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- ──══ Galaxy 5 ══──
- Copyright (C) 1996 Thomas J. Smith
- Installation instruction sheet
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- If you are having trouble installing Galaxy 5, and need to
- manually install the game, move on to the section, MANUAL
- INSTALLATION.
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- CONTENTS
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- Files In This Archive............................................1
- Upgrading........................................................2
- Quick Install....................................................3
- Detailed Installation............................................4
- Manual Installation..............................................5
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- FILES IN THIS ARCHIVE 1
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- Included with G5xxx.ZIP (where xxx is the version number, and
- may sometimes be more than 3 characters, like G5xxxx.ZIP), should
- have been the following files.
-
- INSTALL.EXE - Installation program.
- INSTALL.TXT - This installation instructions text file.
- GALAXY5.DOC - Documentation for the door game.
- G5.ZIP - Program files zipped (pathnames stored,
- subdirectories recursed).
- SCREENS.ZIP - Some ANSI screens that you may use on your BBS to
- announce the door! ;>
- WHATSNEW.TXT - Changes, additions, fixes, etc. in this version
- (as well as previous versions).
- FILE_ID.DIZ - Description text file.
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- UPGRADING 2
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- If you are upgrading, run the INSTALL program and show it the
- directory where your copy of Galaxy 5 is installed to (if it
- doesn't find it first! ;> ). If INSTALL finds a copy of
- GALAXY5.EXE in the specified directory, then you will be asked if
- you wish to use the upgrade options. **PLEASE NOTE** that you
- should only choose Yes to this question if you have customized
- anything about the game (screens, prices, armour & weapon names,
- etc.). Otherwise, select No.
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- If you do select to use the upgrade options, then you will be
- shown a list of the things that you can choose whether or not you
- want them installed or not. These are as follows,
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- 1) All files in the SCREENS subdirectory (*.ANS & *.ASC files).
- 2) All files in the DATA subdirectory (data files).
- 3) All *.TXT text files in your Galaxy 5 home directory.
-
- Select the ones you wish to install by highlighting them, and
- pressing your spacebar. A check mark will appear to the left of
- the selected options. You can highlight an already selected option
- and press your spacebar to "unmark" the option. After you have
- determined which parts you want upgraded, press F10 to begin the
- upgrade, or ESC to abort.
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- **NOTE** When upgrading, INSTALL will always copy over the new
- .EXE and .OVR files, regardless of which areas you have
- marked for upgrade.
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- QUICK INSTALL 3
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- 1 ■ Unzip G5xxx.ZIP to either a temporary directory, or the
- directory where you wish to install the game.
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- 2 ■ Run INSTALL.EXE, choose the letter of the drive you want the
- game installed to, then enter the directory where you want
- the game installed to. If you choose a directory that does
- not exist, it will be created.
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- 3 ■ After INSTALL loads G5SETUP.EXE, choose "Node Setup," and
- setup all of your BBS nodes, then choose "Setup Galaxy 5" to
- set the game to your system and your likings (if upgrading,
- INSTALL will not load G5 Setup).
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- 4 ■ Create your batch files for running the door. Your batch
- file(s) that you use to run the game MUST call the G5.BAT
- file with a node number as the first parameter. So in your
- batch file(s) you would use something like, CALL G5.BAT 1
- where 1 is the node number being loaded. Wildcat! systems can
- take advantage of the wcnodeid variable by using,
- CALL G5.BAT %WCNODEID% Example,
- @ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\GALAXY5
- CALL G5.BAT 1
- CD\BACK\TO\BBS\OR\WHATEVER
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- 5 ■ To try the game locally, either run the LOCAL.BAT file, or
- type GALAXY5 /L on the command line. *NOTE* using the /L
- parameter instead of the LOCAL.BAT file will not allow you to
- use any Xports in the game. If you try to use an Xport and
- you used the /L parameter, then the game will exit to DOS.
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- DETAILED INSTALLATION 4
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- 1 ■ You've probably already unzipped the G5xxx.ZIP file. Now just
- run the INSTALL.EXE program. INSTALL can be ran from a
- temporary directory and it will create its own directory of
- your choice and place the files in their proper places, or if
- you are running it from the directory you want it installed
- to, it will create the necessary directories, and place the
- files in their proper places. Either way, the installation
- program will install the game properly.
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- 2 ■ In the INSTALL program, you will first be asked to key in the
- letter of the drive you want the game installed to. Then, if
- a valid directory is found on that drive where the game can
- be installed, then it will be shown, otherwise, the directory
- you are running INSTALL from will be shown. Type in the
- directory where you want the game installed to. If the
- directory already exists, you may press F2 to choose that
- directory from a pick list. Pressing F2 will only work for
- choosing a directory that already exists.
- -=≡=-
- If a GALAXY5.EXE file is found in the directory you chose to
- install to, then you will be asked if you wish to use the
- upgrade options. When you do, then only the files needed to
- upgrade will be copied to your G5 directory. If you have not
- customized anything about the game, then it would probably be
- best to choose NO when asked to use upgrade options. This is
- safe to do, and will keep all info pertaining to your players.
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- 3 ■ INSTALL will automatically load the G5SETUP.EXE program
- (unless you are using the upgrade options). When you get to
- the G5 Setup program, the first thing you should do is choose
- "Node Setup," and configure all of the nodes that you have.
- G5 Setup contains online help throughout, just press F1
- whenever you have a question to see if it helps! :) After
- configuring your nodes, choose "Setup Galaxy 5" to set up the
- game to your system and your likings.
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- 4 ■ Create your batch files for running the door. Your batch
- file(s) that you use to run the game MUST call the G5.BAT
- file with a node number as the first parameter. So in your
- batch file(s) you would use something like, CALL G5.BAT 1
- where 1 is the node number being loaded. Wildcat! systems can
- take advantage of the wcnodeid variable by using,
- CALL G5.BAT %WCNODEID% Here is an example for node 2's batch
- file,
-
- @ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\GALAXY5
- CALL G5.BAT 2
- CD\BACK\TO\BBS\OR\WHATEVER
-
- And here is an example using the Wildcat! %wcnodeid% variable,
-
- @ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\GALAXY5
- CALL G5.BAT %WCNODEID%
- CD\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID%
-
- I use the above example using the %wcnodeid%. In fact, it is
- exactly what my batch file looks like! Of course you must
- remember that you have to be using the wcnodeid variable in
- order for this to work. For a single line system, all you
- would have to do is put SET WCNODEID=1 either in your CAT.BAT
- or your AUTOEXEC.BAT. As for multi node Wildcat! systems, you
- would have to add SET WCNODEID=N (where N is the proper node
- number), in each of your CAT*.BAT files.
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- It is extremely important that you CALL the G5.BAT file, and
- not GALAXY5.EXE in your BBS batch file(s)!!
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- MANUAL INSTALLATION 5
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- 1 ■ Unzip G5xxx.ZIP to the directory you wish to install the game
- to (xxx will be the version number).
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- 2 ■ Rename the G5.ZIP file (this is inside the G5xxx.ZIP file) to
- G5.EXE. G5.ZIP is actually a self extracting .ZIP archive
- renamed back to .ZIP from .EXE.
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- 3 ■ Type "G5 -d" (without the quotations). This will create a few
- directories and place the proper files in the proper
- directories. After this is done, you may delete the G5.EXE
- archive, as it is no longer needed.
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- 4 ■ Run G5SETUP.EXE and first choose "Setup Nodes" then choose
- "Setup Galaxy 5" to setup the game to your system and your
- likings.
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- 5 ■ Follow the instructions above for making your batch file(s)
- for running the door from your BBS software.
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- 6 ■ To try the game locally, type LOCAL and press enter, or type
- GALAXY5 /L on the command line.
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