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* ARROWBRIDGE II - Guardians of Darkness *
* v0.320 SYSOP DOCUMENTATION *
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1. PREFACE..........................................1
2. DISCLAIMER.......................................2
3. INTRODUCTION.....................................3
4. INSTALLATION.....................................4
5. SETUP OPTIONS....................................6
6. COMMAND LINE SWITCHES............................8
7. SYSOP OPTIONS...................................10
8. CREATING YOUR OWN MAPS..........................11
9. REGISTRATION....................................12
10. HELP & SUGGESTIONS.............................15
11. GETTING THE LATEST VERSION.....................16
12. SPECIAL THANKS.................................17
APPENDIX A - COMMON ERROR CODES....................18
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1. PREFACE
Welcome to the land of Arrowbridge. This game is has evolved over nine
years due to a passion that I have for medieval culture and lands of
fantasy. Arrowbridge I was first released to the public in early 1993 and
grew to be very popular.
Recently, I have combined hundreds of new ideas into a new game -
Arrowbridge II: The Guardians of Darkness. This game is set thousands of
years after Arrowbridge I and is designed to compliment the original.
I trust you will enjoy the second game in the Arrowbridge saga.
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2. DISCLAIMER
This product is completely (C)opyrighted by Mark Sinclair of Legend
Electronics. The program can be freely distributed as shareware without any
modifications to the object code. Unauthorised modifications could result
in an abnormal function with the program, in which the author bears no
responsibility from the user. The distribution or use of versions with
unauthorised modifications of the code is highly illegal and offenders will
be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
This program shall be used by the user with no guarantee to the user or
liability against the author. If there is any doubt about the program's
integrity then do not run it!
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3. INTRODUCTION
Arrowbridge II is a ANSI Dungeons and Dragons style online game. The game
has several new and exciting features.
* Arrowbridge II includes a map editor, running under MS windows, which
permits game coordinators to edit the wilderness map, dungeons, hints and
even missions.
* Arrowbridge II features adventuring parties that can contain up to four
characters who fight simultaneously.
* Arrowbridge II has much much more!
3.1 Operating Environment
This version of Arrowbridge II has been thoroughly tested on Remote Access
V2.0x and PCBoard but should work on any BBS that creates a DORINFOx.DEF or
DOOR.SYS file! Arrowbridge II does not require a fossil driver to operate.
Arrowbridge II has been designed to run under MSDOS, 4DOS/NDOS and OS/2.
Arrowbridge II should function with all fossils adopting the fossil
standard, including X00 and BNU. For OS/2, the SIO driver produced by Ray
Gwinn should be used instead of the standard OS/2 fossil drivers from
maximum success.
Arrowbridge II can also be played on a multi-node basis! Make sure that
SHARE.EXE is resident if you intend to run several copies of Arrowbridge II
at once - failure to do this could result in file degradation
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4. INSTALLATION
The following information details the procedure for installing Arrowbridge
II for the first time. If you are upgrading, please read the -UPGRADE.DOC
file.
A De-compress the file into a directory that is to contain all of the
Arrowbridge II files.
B Set up a BBS door and batch file taking into account the following:
> Arrowbridge II supports only DORINFOx.DEF and DOOR.SYS drop files. Most
BBS types support one or both of these drop file standards.
> If you are running with locked baud rates then you must either use the
DOOR.SYS drop file (from which the locked baud rate will be read) or use
ABTOOLS2 SETUP to edit the nodes (see later).
> Systems that only produce DORINFO1.DEF files must rename the file
according to the current line of the BBS as DORINFOx.DEF (where x=line
number) before running the AB2.EXE.
A general batch file example for a single node BBS is
C:
CD \BBS\AB2
AB2.EXE /NODE1 /Pc:\BBS\line1
CD \BBS
The Arrowbridge II command line tells Arrowbridge II that the game is
running as node1 and the path to the drop file is C:\BBS\LINE1.
Examples for specific BBS types are found below. If your BBS type is not
listed then send me a netmail message at FIDO 3:711/520 and let me know how
you managed to set up the game.
* Batch file for REMOTE ACCESS & EZYCOM SYSTEMS
Create a door exit (Type 7) in your BBS menu to run the Arrowbridge II
batch file that is to be created in the following step.
eg. Command Line :
*C /C C:\RA\AB2.BAT *M *N
Create a batch file to run AB2.EXE with the BBS node number and drop file
path as a parameter, ie. use the /NODEx switch (where x=node number) and
/P[path] switch where the [path] is the full path to your drop file (see
section 6.1 for more information).
eg. Sample batch program for Remote Access & Ezycom (%1 = node number)
COPY DORINFO1.DEF DORINFO%1.DEF
CD \RA\AB2
AB2.EXE /NODE%1 /Pc:\ra\line%1
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CD \RA
* Batch file for PCBOARD SYSTEMS
Enable DOOR.SYS in the doors setup. Create a batch file to run AB2.EXE
with the BBS node number and drop file path as a parameter, ie. use the
/NODEx switch (where x=node number) and /P[path] switch where the [path]
is the full path to your drop file (see section 6.1 for more
information).
Choose (S)wap out of PCB
--[ batch example for line 2 - modify as necessary ]--
@echo off
d:
cd\ab2
ab2.exe /NODE2 /Pc:\pcb\node2
c:
cd\pcb\node2
@echo off
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C Run ABTOOLS2 SETUP & enter the information as described in Section 5.
Pay particular attention to the paths and dropfile type entries. Also,
don't forget to set up your nodes!
D Change into the Arrowbridge II directory that you have created and run
ABTOOLS2 CREATE
This will create all of the game files and the MAPS, DUNGEONS and PLAYDNG
sub-directories necessary for Arrowbridge II to run successfully. Do not be
concerned if you see the message "directory already exists".
E Run INSTALL.BAT to create the DUNGEONS directory and copy the dungeon
files into this directory.
F You are ready to play! (Try running AB2 /LOCAL!)
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5. SETUP OPTIONS
ABTOOLS2 SETUP allows you to customise the game as discussed below.
5.1 BBS De