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  1. The Arcadian Legends
  2.  
  3. Command Line Parameter Options                     Last Updated: 8/11/96
  4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  5. This is a list of special Command Line Options available for TAL.
  6.  
  7. To use them, just add them to the end of the "TAL.EXE" in your Install
  8. Made Batch File [TAL.BAT] in your BBS Directory, ie. "TAL.EXE /LOCAL"
  9.  
  10. Name                               What it does
  11. ----                               ------------
  12. RESET                              Resets TAL Game - This MUST be done when
  13.                                    the game is first installed.
  14.  
  15. TEST                               This does a basic self-diagnostic test
  16.                                    on your setup of TAL.  It may help find
  17.                                    basic problems in your setup of the game.
  18.  
  19. VIEW                               Allows you to View and delete players,
  20.                                    as well as change their UserNames.
  21.  
  22. REGISTER                           After you recieve your registration code,
  23.                                    run this to register your copy.
  24.  
  25. SCORES                             For InterBBS Leagues
  26.                                    This option will create InterBBS
  27.                                    Scores listings to be viewed in the game.
  28.  
  29. EDITOR                             For League Coordinators or Single-BBS Games
  30.                                    This allows you to change the settings that
  31.                                    were defined for the game at reset.
  32.  
  33. /LOCKED=#####                      This will set a Locked Baud Rate to #####
  34.                                    This option may also by set in RESOURCE.DAT
  35.  
  36. /LOCAL                             Runs game LOCAL Only - Not necessary
  37.                                    for local play.
  38.  
  39. SETUPINTERBBS                      This will automatically set up your
  40.                                    BBS.CFG file if you'd like.  You
  41.                                    can also use a text editor to create
  42.                                    this file.  This file is necessary for
  43.                                    InterBBS play.
  44.  
  45. PLANETARY                          Daily Maintainence for Inter-BBS Warfare
  46.                                    This can be run multiple times during
  47.                                    the day to speed gameplay up by reading
  48.                                    inbound and creating outbound datafiles.
  49.  
  50. INBOUND                            Runs only INBOUND section of TAL PLANETARY.
  51.                                    If you want to run TAL PLANETARY after each
  52.                                    play, run TAL INBOUND before TAL.EXE
  53.  
  54. OUTBOUND                           Same as Inbound, except run AFTER TAL.EXE
  55.                                    Only processes OUTBOUND files.
  56.  
  57. FULL                               Runs a full game of InterBBS TAL,
  58.                                    combining TAL INBOUND, a player, and
  59.                                    TAL OUTBOUND into one step.
  60.                                    Equivalent to running:
  61.                                      TAL INBOUND
  62.                                      TAL
  63.                                      TAL OUTBOUND
  64.  
  65. UPDATE                             In an Inter-BBS Game, sends Configuration
  66.                                    Updates to all nodes to make sure all
  67.                                    nodes have the same config.  Automatically
  68.                                    done internally.  Only can be done by BBS #1.
  69.                                    This is no longer necessary, but can be
  70.                                    run if necessary in special circumstances
  71.  
  72. PLAYERLIST                         This option, for League Coordinators only,
  73.                                    will create a list of all the players on
  74.                                    all the BBSes in the game.
  75.  
  76. REQUEST                            Creates Global Recon Updates and Requests
  77.  
  78. RECON                              Creates Global Recon Updates only
  79.  
  80. ROUTEINFO                          For Coordinator BBSes
  81.                                    Analyzes routing paths producing files
  82.                                    containing information on all file paths
  83.                                    and bad/circular routing.
  84.  
  85. /DETAILED                          This will allow you to see compression and
  86.                                    information on individual data packets
  87.                                    that are sent out.  Used with PLANETARY,
  88.                                    OUTBOUND, and INBOUND options.
  89.                                    (ie, TAL PLANETARY /DETAILED)
  90.  
  91. BBSINFO                            This will create a text file listing all
  92.                                    BBS's, their TAL versions, and the date of
  93.                                    their last recon
  94.  
  95. LASTPACKET                         This creates a text file listing the last
  96.                                    date you processed a packet from every
  97.                                    other BBS.
  98.