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- THE PIT v4.17 - SYSOP DOCUMENTATION
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- Written by James R. Berry
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- Copyright (c) 1990-95 by MIDAS TOUCH SOFTWARE, all rights reserved
- Copyright (c) 1990-95 by James R. Berry, all rights reserved
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- What's in the Archive - Pg. 3
- Sysop Commands - Pg. 4
- Features of the Game - Pg. 5
- Please Register! - Pg. 6
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- WHAT'S IN THE ARCHIVE
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- FILES INCLUDED IN PIT4XX.ZIP:
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- PIT.EXE - Executable of THE PIT v4.xx online game.
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- CONTROL.EXE - This program allows you to configure the THE PIT's options
- to match those needed by your particular BBS system.
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- PEDIT.EXE - This program is a PLAYER EDITOR. With it you can adjust any
- players stats to those that you desire.
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- PITEDIT.EXE - This program allows the SYSOP to edit weapons, enemies,
- magic, and other settings in THE PIT. It is a powerful
- program with too many options to summarize.
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- PBULL.EXE - This program generates a TOP 10 LISTING for use as a
- bulletin by your BBS.
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- RANKBLD.EXE - This program uses your PLYR.LST and PLYR.DAT files to
- rebuild your RANK.DAT (Player Ranking List). Use this if
- your list of rankings has become corrupted.
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- PLAYER.DOC - This file is all of the documentation needed by players.
- Note however that a majority of this information is
- contained within the game itself in the form of online
- instructions.
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- SYSOP.DOC - The file you are now reading.
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- ORDER.FRM - Order Form (Fill out to register THE PIT).
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- HINT.DOC - Lists hints and other userful information about behind the
- scenes info on THE PIT. (ie. percentages in regards to the
- TAVERN and other things like ASSASSINS and the DARK
- AVENGER)
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- SYSOP COMMANDS
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- There are a few commands that can be activated only by a local sysop.
- They are listed below:
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- <F1> - Help Screen - Lists these function key commands
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- <F2> - System Status (Memory, Stack Space)
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- <F3> - Add five minutes to time left for player.
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- <F4> - Subtract five minutes from time left for player.
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- <F5> - Throw player out of THE PIT.
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- <F10> - Chat with player in a two color chat mode.
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- FEATURES OF THE GAME
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- MULTILINE CHAT/COMBAT
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- If you have a multiline BBS, THE PIT is capable of handling chat and
- player vs. player combat. Players chat in a multiline chat window in
- real time. From inside that area players can challenge each other to
- combat, and provided the other player accepts, they drop into a
- multiline arena to do battle.
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- GRAPHICS
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- THE PIT is capable of displaying graphics to the local player. It
- will play sound effects/music through a sound card or pc speaker. And
- mouse control is also provided.
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- ANSI EMULATION
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- This game simulates ANSI with its own fast screen write routines. The
- ANSI.SYS device driver is not required to see the ANSI screens
- properly. In fact the program even pops windows up using ANSI
- emulation and restores the background to its original condition.
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- BBS MUSIC
- ~~~~~~~~~
- This game will send BBS MUSIC to terminals that are capable of
- playing it (QMODEM, TELEMATE, ect.). It will also play the music
- locally only when the local sysop is playing. Sound effects enhance
- the game by having weapons clang, arrows fly and healers chanting...
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- CHAT MODE
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- This game also includes a CHAT MODE that will pause the timer while
- the player is chatting. A pop-up window will appear that is in split
- screen chat mode.
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- VISUAL BATTLES
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- The primary thing this game offers that many others do not is a
- visual battle. Multiple opponents move about on the screen in an
- attempt to defeat the player. Arrows fly, and make sounds as they
- take flight. And a defeats even end with a death march.
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- BATTLE SAVE
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- If a player is in the middle of a battle and either runs out of time,
- hangs up, or is thrown off, the battle is automatically saved and
- completed at a later time. Notice that players hanging up in the
- middle of battles not only get their game saved, they also get
- penalized for their attempt at cheating.
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- CHALLENGE
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- If a player is alive and not already engaged in a saved battle, you
- can challenge them.
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- LOG OF BATTLES
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- A complete two day log of battles is kept track of by the game. You
- can find out exactly when someone logged onto the game and what major
- conflicts occurred during their session.
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- STATUS LINE
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- A status line appears on the bottom of the local sysop screen. It
- tells you who is on and how much time they have remaining.
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- GRAPHICS TERMINAL
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- THE PIT features a user terminal interface. It acts somewhat like the
- ZMODEM protocol. The player activates the THE PIT BBS game as they do
- normally. They then activate their PIT TERMINAL INTERFACE (Either
- ANSI or EGA version) as if it were a file transfer.
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- Provided they installed the interface correctly on their end, a
- substantial improvement in speed will result. (2400 baud connects
- will seem more like 14.4K)
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- It also has animation, mouse control, panning graphics, ADLIB MUSIC,
- and SOUND BLASTER sound effects.
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- If you do not already have this terminal it is available for download
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- MTS BBS (806)797-2239 (14.4K - 24 hrs)
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- PLEASE REGISTER!
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- The continued support of this game and others of similar quality
- depend soley upon registration. It is simple logic that if a
- programmer is not payed for his (or her) efforts, then the programmer
- will work go to work for someone else and games like this one will
- disappear.
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- UPGRADE POLICY
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- You can register for the low price of only $23.00 + Shipping
- (See ORDER.FRM). There are several ways to register this game. And
- they are all listed in our registration form. (See ORDER.FRM)
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- All MINOR bug fixes (v4.01 - v4.99) are FREE if DOWNLOADED from our
- BBS. All additional MAJOR versions (v5.0, v6.0, ect.) cost about
- $6.95 + Shipping.
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- BUGS!
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- If you have found a bug or you have a question or suggestion, please
- call our BBS:
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- MIDAS TOUCH SOFTWARE BBS
- 14.4K - 24hrs/Day
- (806)797-2239
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- Or call our CUSTOMER SUPPORT phone number:
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- MIDAS TOUCH SOFTWARE
- (806)796-1781
- [MON-FRI 10AM-7PM CST]
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