Welcome to Mines of Gorr Editor. This is a program that allows you to view some of the objects in the Mines of Gorr BBS Door Game. You can even edit some of these objects. The
menu is accessed by pressing Alt-Space. All the other menus are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. )
Press ESC to put this help screen away.
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(System) menu
(Alt-Spacebar)
The System menu appears on the far left of the menu bar and is represented by the
symbol. (
When you pull down the
menu, you see
About
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About
When you choose the About command from the
(System) menu, a dialog box appears, showing copyright and version information. G
To close the box, press Esc, Space, or Enter, or click the OK button.
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File (Alt-F)
The File menu offers choices for opening files, changing directories, and exiting the program. +
Configure Register
Shell Exit
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File
Configure
The Configure command will allow you to configure how the Mines of Gorr BBS door game runs. It essentially is an easier way to edit the GORR.CFG file. This command will present you with a dialog box of buttons that contains several buttons with options that can be configured.
Game
Intro Game
Maintenance
Game
Exit Initial
Player
Settings
Ranking
Generation Prices
Game
Setup
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Game Intro
The Game Intro command allows you to configure the options that are related to the intro of the game.
The "Display intro screen" check box is an option that can be used to adjust how Mines of Gorr displays it's intro screen. When this option is checked, Mines of Gorr will display the intro screens as usual. If it is not, Mines of Gorr will not display any intro screens and goes right to menu (unless you specify a user defined intro screen, see below). The default for this option is to be checked. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
INTRO.
The "Path for user intro file:" option can be used to display your own custom intro screen. It displays after the normal intro screen if INTRO=YES. Enter the full path of the ANSI file that you would like to display. Note: This works best if you use an 80x23 screen. The default is blank, no user intro screen. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
USERINTRO.
The "Wait for a key press after user intro file" check box is an option that can be used to pause the USERINTRO screen. This option is ignored if "Path for user intro file:" is blank. If it is checked, Mines of Gorr will wait for a keypress to continue after displaying the user intro file. If it is not, Mines of Gorr will pause for 2 seconds and then continue. The default is not checked. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
UIWAITFORKEY.
The "Sponsor of the registered game:" option works only in the REGISTERED game. It is used to display a thank-you screen for the person(s) who have paid for this game. It could be used by the sysop to recognize the person(s) who've contributed to purchase a registration. Leave blank to disable the feature. The default is blank. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
SPONSOR.
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Game Maintenance
The Game Maintenance command allows you to configure the options that are related to the maintenance of the game. c
No external maintenance is required. All maintenance is processed while players are in the game. 2
The "Days to delete inactive players:" option tells how many days an inactive player stay in the the game. The default is 21 days. Players that haven't played the game in this many days will be removed as other players use the game. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
PLAYERDAYS.
The "Days to keep in log:" option tells how many days worth of log messages to keep in the log database. The default is 14 days. The messages that are over this many days old will be removed as players use the game. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
LOGDAYS. -
The "Days to delete an unread message:" option tells how many days an unread message will stay in the message database. The default is 14 days. The messages that are over this many days old will be removed as players use the game. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
MSGDAYS.
The "Delete players with 0 experience" option sets whether or not players with 0 experience will be deleted. The default is YES. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
KILL0EXP.
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Game Exit
The Game Exit command allows you to configure the options that are related to the exit of the game.
The "Display statistics screen" check box tells whether or not the game will display usage stats when it exits. This value only is used in the REGISTERED game and defaults to YES in in an UNREGISTERED game. Also, in the REGISTERED game, the screen can be bypassed by pressing any key even if the option is YES (just like the intro screen). The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
STATS.
The "Path for user exit file:" option can be used to display your own custom exit screen. It displays after the statistics screen if "Display statistics screen" is checked. Enter the full path of the ANSI file that you would like to display. Note: This works best if you use an 80x23 screen. The default is blank, no user exit screen. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
USEREXIT.
The "Wait for a key press after user exit file" check box can be used to pause the USEREXIT screen. This option is ignored if the "Path for user exit file:" is blank. If it is checked, Mines of Gorr will wait for a keypress to continue after displaying the user intro file. If it is not, Mines of Gorr will pause for 2 seconds and then continue. The default is not checked. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
UEWAITFORKEY.
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Initial Player Settings
The Initial Player Settings command allows you to configure the options that are related to the initial values that a new player has.
The "Gold Pieces (GP):" option is the amount of gold pieces that a player will start the game with. The default is 500gp. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
INITGP.
The "Hit Points (HP):" option is the amount of hit points that a player will start the game with. The default is 10hp. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
INITHP.
The "Movement Points (MP):" option is the amount of movement points that a player will start the game with. The default is 100. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
INITMP. V
The "Spell Points (SP):" option is the amount of spell points that a player will start the game with. The default is 0. This is because players don't know any spells when the game starts. However, when they do learn spells the amount of SP will increase above this level. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
INITSP.
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Ranking File Generation
The Ranking File Generation command allows you to configure the options that are related to the creation of ranking files.
The "Ranking file:" option is used to set what type of ranking file will be created. This file can be used as a BBS bulletin. Can also have multiple ranking bulletins, just select more than one check box. The name of the file that will be created is listed to the right of the option and it will be created in the directory where Mines of Gorr is located. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
RANKING.
The "Champions file:" option is used to set what type of ranking file for champions will be created. This file can be used as a BBS bulletin. Can also have multiple ranking bulletins, just select more than one check box. The name of the file that will be created is listed to the right of the option and will be create in the directory where Mines of Gorr is located. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
CHAMPS.
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Prices
The Prices command allows you to configure the options that are related to the prices of some services in Mines of Gorr.
The "HP healed in Temple:" option is the amount it costs to heal a HP from the temple. The default is 3GP for each HP healed. This value will increase based on the characters level, too. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
COSTHEAL.
The "Cure Poison in Temple:" option is the amount it costs to be cured from poison from the temple. The default is 300GP. This value will increase based on the characters level, too. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
COSTCUREPOISON.
The "Purchase resurrection in Temple:" option is the amount it costs to be get a resurrection from the temple. The default is 600GP. This value will increase based on the characters level, too. The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
COSTRESURRECTION.
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Game Setup
The Game Setup command allows you to configure the options that are related to the game settings in Mines of Gorr.
The "Path for semaphores:" option is used to tell Mines of Gorr where to create semaphore files. Semaphores are what are used to allow this game to be a multi-node game. They are 0 byte files with the extension of .SEM. This option will also be used to tell the game where to store players 'state' files. The state file is used in the online combat. This option was provided for those who use RAM disks in their BBS configuration. By allowing the semaphore and state files to be created on a RAM disk, the game will be much faster. Each player will generally only have 2 files at a time, the state file which is approx. 128 bytes and possibly a semaphore file which is always 0 bytes. The state file stays in existence until the player exits the game. Semaphores are created and deleted as the player is in the game. A player would rarely have more than 1 semaphore file in use at a time. If you use a RAM disk, base your estimates on the file sizes mentioned (10 players would need 20 files with a max size of 1.3K of disk space). One final note. The SEMPATH path MUST BE ACCESSIBLE BY ALL NODES OF THE BBS THAT WILL BE USING THE GAME!!!! The default is the directory where Mines of Gorr is installed (blank). The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
SEMPATH.
The "Internode Combat" check box option is used to set internode combat on or off for Mines of Gorr. This option should be turned off (unchecked) for two reasons.
The first reason is if you are running a single line BBS. Since you can't have internode combat on a single line BBS, why have the game doing extra work to look for internode combat events? This will also make the game run faster.
The second reason is if the game is really slow with internode combat turned on. This could be the situation if you are running a slower PC under DESQview (or other multi-tasker) or you have a slow network topology. Mines of Gorr generates a lot of file i/o when checking for internode combat. This high volume of file i/o may not be desirable on a BBS where it can affect BBS performance. The default for this option is checked (on). K
The field in GORR.CFG that this option maintains is GORR
INTERNODECOMBAT.
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Register
The Register command will allow you to create a registration order from that can be printed or saved to a file.
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DOS Shell
With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to perform a DOS command or run another program. 9
To return to this program, type EXIT at the DOS prompt.
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Exit
(Alt-X)
The Exit command terminates this program.
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Players
The Players command allows you to edit the records of the players for Mines of Gorr.
The "Name:" field is contains the name of the BBS user. This field will always be converted to upper case. It must match perfectly with the name that the player uses to access the BBS. This is the key field that Mines of Gorr uses to match a user to a player record.
The "Alias:" field is the name that a player uses in Mines of Gorr. This is the name that will show up in the rankings, etc. The editor will not allow you to enter a alias that is already in use.
The "Deleted" option tells whether or not a player has been deleted by the game. When this option is not checked, the player is active. L
The "Poisoned" option tells whether or not a player is currently poisoned. g
The "Resurrection" option tells whether or not a player has purchased a resurrection from the Temple.
The "Kills:" field is how many players and monsters this player has killed. This option is simply a kill counter. It doesn't affect the players abilities. w
The "Experience:" field is how much experience the player has obtained. This is directly related to the player level.
The "Level:" field is the current level of the player. Once a player is at level 20, they will be able to find Gorr the Dwarf, kill him, and complete the game. 8
The "GP:" field is how many gold pieces a player owns.
The "GP in Vault:" field is how many gold pieces a player has in the Vault. A player receives 1% a day interest for GP in the vault. k
The "Items" button pops up a dialog box that allows editing of the items that this player currently owns. `
The "Tips" button pops up a dialog box that allows editing of which tips a player knows about. d
The "Spells" button pops up a dialog box that allows editing of which spells a player knows about. e
The "Location" button pops up a dialog box that allows editing of the players location in the game.
The "Strength:", "IQ:", "Vitality:", "Dexterity:", and "Luck:" fields are the base attributes of the character. The can not be set to over 100. These attributes are used to influence how well the player can do in the game. y
The "Total HP:" and "Current HP:" fields are for the players hit points. These values are not allowed to exceed 65535. ~
The "Total MP:" and "Current MP:" fields are for the players movement points. These values are not allowed to exceed 65535. {
The "Total SP:" and "Current SP:" fields are for the players spell points. These values are not allowed to exceed 65535. s
The "Record ### / ###" lists the current record (the first number) and the total number of records (last number).
The "Prev" button allows the editor to load the previous player in the database. If the current record is the first in the database, the editor will load the last player in the database. Pressing this button will also save any changes that have been made to the current player record.
The "Next" button allows the editor to load the next player in the database. If the current record is the last in the database, the editor will load the first record in the database. Pressing this button will also save any changes that have been made to the current player record. O
The "OK" button saves the current player record and closes the player editor. [
The "Cancel" button does not save the current player record and closed the player editor.
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Players
Items
This dialog box allows you to select an item that the character is carrying to either edit or load a new one. When you select an item that has text by the button, you will edit that item. If the selection is blank, you will be allowed to load a new item. )
Load
Items
Item
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Items
Whenever an empty item is selected, MOGEdit will ask if you want to load a new item. You will then be presented with a list of available items. Use the arrow keys or mouse to select an item, then press the Load button to select that item. If you do not want to load an item, select Cancel.
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Items
This dialog allows you to edit the attributes of an object/item. First of all there are two informational fields; Object Name and Object Type. These fields are self explanatory. w
Next there are two check boxes for whether the object is equipped or not and whether the object is identified or not. 7
Next there is another informational field called Total HP. This is the total hit points that the object has. It is currently always 100. The next field is the Current HP. This tells how many hit points the object has left and determines the state of the object. Note: this value can't exceed 100, either.
Next are two fields that deal with how fast an object can break. The Break Probability is the percent chance in an attack that the object will lose some hit points. The Break Rate is the maximum number of hit points the object can lose if the dice determines that it should lose some hit points. You'll note that the more powerful objects/items break slower. You can make an item unbreakable by setting the Break Probability to 0.
The last field is AV or WV. This field depends on the object type. If the Object Type is a Weapon, then this field refers to WV. Otherwise it refers to AV. WV is limited to approx. 65,000 (although this weapon would be pretty unfair). AV is limited to 100. AV is an absorption percent. Each defensive object has an AV that may total over 100. To totally absorb all the hit points of damage from an attack set an object AV to 100. a
The Drop button allows you to drop an item from a character. You must do this to load an item.
Load
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Tips
The "Mine Watch" option allows the player to be in watch mode in the mine. J
The "Mine Hide" option allows the player to be able to hide in the mine. Q
The "Mine Ambush" option allows the player to ambush other players in the mine. ]
The "Temple Blessing" option allows the player to be able to get blessings from the Temple. K
The "Vault Rob" option allows the player to be able steal from the Vault.
The "Inn Bribe" option allows the player to be able to bribe the inn keeper to allow them to attack players sleeping in the Inn. o
The "Inn Guardians" options allows the player to hire a guardian to protect them while they sleep in the Inn. ^
The "Magic SP" option allows the player to buy up to 100 Spell Points from the Magic Shoppe. W
The "Magic Amulet" option allows the player to access the Magic Shoppe from the mine.
The "Highest Map" radio buttons sets how many maps a player has. The setting is for the selected option and all maps below that level.
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Spells
Below is a list of all the available spells in Mines of Gorr. The Code is what a player will type in to cast the spell. The Name is the actual name of the spell. SP is how many spell points are used to cast the spell. The Description is self explanatory.
COMPASS Magic Compass 1 Displays direction caster is facing
IDENTIFY Identify 5 Identifies an item
CUREPOS Cure Poison 3 Cures poison from caster
LOCMAJ Major Location 2 Displays X,Y, and level coordinates
BURN Mystic Burn 3 15HP/level of caster on an opponent
LOCFULL Full Location 2 Combines COMPASS and LOCMAJ
HEALMAJ Major Heal 5 25-75 HP cured
PROTECT Protection 5 Absorbs some damage from attacks
FREEZE Mystic Freeze 4 20HP/level of caster on an opponent
FIREBALL Fireball 5 25HP/level of caster on an opponent
BLIZZARD Blizzard Blast 6 15HP/lvl of caster on group of opponents
BDYGRD Bodyguard 10 Absorbs some damage from attacks
LIGHTNING Lightning Bolt 6 30HP/level of caster on an opponent
ICEBLST Ice Blast 8 20HP/lvl of caster on group of opponents
STONE Stone Storm 7 35HP/level of caster on an opponent
SPARKS Spark Storm 10 25HP/lvl of caster on group of opponents
ESCAPE Escape 10 Escape to Castle but lose GP & some items
SUFFOCATE Suffocate 8 40HP/level of caster on an opponent
BLADES Magic Blades 12 30HP/lvl of caster on group of opponents
UNMAKE Unmake 9 45HP/level of caster on an opponent
HEALFULL Full Healing 15 Caster is totally healed
FRCBLST Force Blast 14 35HP/lvl of caster on group of opponents
TELEPORT Teleport 25 Teleport to another location in mine
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Location
The "Location" radio buttons set where a player is located in Mines of Gorr. T
The "Inn Guardian" radio buttons set which guardian is protecting the player when they stay in the Inn. The lower on the list the guardian is, the more powerful they are. Normally a player will have to find out how to hire guardians on their own. It is a hidden option. This option will only be used if the Location is set to the Inn.
The "X-Coordinate in Mine:" is the location of the player in the mine for the X coordinate. The valid range of numbers for this field is 0-19. If an invalid entry is made it will reset back to 0. This option will only be used if the Location is set to the Dungeon.
The "Y-Coordinate in Mine:" is the location of the player in the mine for the Y coordinate. The valid range of numbers for this field is 0-19. If an invalid entry is made it will reset back to 0. This option will only be used if the Location is set to the Dungeon.
The "Level in Mine:" is the location of the player in the mine for the level. The valid range of numbers for this field is 1-10. If an invalid entry is made it will reset back to 1. This option will only be used if the Location is set to the Dungeon.
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Window
(Alt-W)
The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other window-management commands.
Most of the windows in this program have all the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and zoom icons. >
For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows. :
Window-management commands
Size/Move Zoom
Tile Cascade
Next Previous
Close
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Size/Move
(Ctrl-F5)
Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window.
Size
If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press Enter. Q
If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize the window.
Move
When you choose Window
Size/Move, the active window moves in response to the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press Enter. F
You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse.
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Zoom
(F5)
Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its previous size. {
You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window.
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Tile
Choose Window
Tile to tile all windows on the desktop. L
Tiled Windows
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Cascade
Choose Window
Cascade to stack all windows on the desktop. A
Cascaded Windows
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Next
Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop.
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Previous
Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop.
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Close
(Alt-F3)
Choose Close to close the active window. O
You can also click the Close box in the upper right corner to close a window.
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Help on Open a File Dialog Box
The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a file
list, a file information panel, the standard button Cancel, one other action button (Open), plus a history list that's attached to the Name
inputbox.
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Name
The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*).
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Files
FILENM01.PAS
FILENM09.PAS
FILENM02.PAS
FILENM10.PAS
FILENM03.PAS
FILENM11.PAS
FILENM04.PAS
FILENM12.PAS
FILENM05.PAS
..
FILENM06.PAS
\MOREXAMP
FILENM07.PAS
\TOURS
FILENM08.PAS
\ANSWERS.DIR
The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory and all subdirectories.
C:\TP\EXAMPLES\*.PAS
HELLO.PAS 52 Jul 14,1990 12:00pm
The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time, and size of the selected file. =
None of the items on this information panel are selectable.
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[ Open ]
The Open button opens a new Viewer window and places the selected file in that window.
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[ Cancel ]
If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog box is put away. M
(Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button does not appear.)
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[ Open ]
In the Open a File dialog box, if you choose the Open button TVDEMO opens a new window and places the selected file in that window.
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Help on the Change Directory dialog box
The Change Directory dialog box consists of an input box, a list box, the standard OK and Help buttons, and two other buttons (Chdir and Revert). |
Directory Name
The Directory Name input box is where you type in the path of the new directory.
Directory Tree
Drives
C:\
TP
TVISION
The Directory Tree list box enables you to navigate directories by using the selecting bar and pressing Enter.
If you're using the keyboard, press Enter to make the selected directory be the current directory, then choose OK or press Esc to exit the dialog box. +
[Chdir ]
The Chdir button changes the current directory once you've selected or typed in a directory name. +
[Revert]
The Revert button goes back to the previous directory, as long as you haven't yet exited the dialog box.
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