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Four Corner Checkers
(c)1996 Mace Software, Inc.
Version 1.3
November 26, 1996
By
Gary L. Mace
63 Cloverdale Heights
Charles Town, WV
25414-9711
Support
Online:
Fly by Nite BBS (304) 725-1957 Charles Town, WV Sysop: Gary Mace
The Castle Rocks (619) 967-7418 Oceanside, CA Sysop: Michael Frater
Internet: macesoft@fbnbbs.com
FidoNet: Gary Mace@1:2631/42
======================== OBTAINING THE LATEST VERSION: =====================
Please call the FBN BBS for the latest version of this program, or file
request 4CORNER from 1:2631/42, 1:202/418 FidoNet. FTP or Telenet
bbs.goldengate.net
================================ LEGAL STUFF: ===============================
THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS
PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING
OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY. ONCE REGISTERED, ANY
DISTRIBUTION OF THE REGISTERED KEY WILL INVALIDATE YOUR KEY IN ALL FUTURE
VERSIONS OF THIS PROGRAM AND NO PRODUCT SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN. DISTRIBUTING
A REGISTERED KEY FILE WILL ALSO BRING ABOUT CRIMINAL CHARGES.
============================ DISTRIBUTION: =================================
You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file).
======================= REQUIREMENTS AND FEATURES: =========================
Four Corner Checkers will operate with: QuickBBS, Remote Access, RBBS,
SuperBBS, Telegard, WildCat 3, Force!, PcBoard , GAP, WildCat, Genesis,
Spitfire, WWIV, VBBS, Osiris and others BBS software that uses a
compatible format with one mentioned above.
Features of Four Corner Checkers
----------------------------------
- Score Bulletins.
- ANSI and Avatar/0+ support
- Fossil driver or built-in communication routines
- Multitaskers aware (DV, WIN, OS/2, etc.)
- Fast and reliable modem input/output
- Supports all communication ports
- Automatic time left verification
- Automatic carrier detection
- Automatic inactivity time-out verification
- Menu routines with hot keys
This game requires that the user's system be capable of ANSI graphics.
=========================== GAME DESCRIPTION: ==============================
Four Corner Checkers is a game based on the game Chinese Checkers. The board
layout is somewhat different, but the play is the same.
============================ UPGRADE INFO: =================================
Initial Release. READ IMPORTANT INFO IN HISTORY.TXT
============================== INSTALLATION: ===============================
Installing Four Corner Checkers is fairly simple.
First:
Edit the 4CORN1.CFG file. A description of each line is included in
that file. You will need to create a separate configuration file
for each node you operate, including local. Be sure to name each
file differently. ie 4CORN1.CFG, 4CORN2.CFG or whatever.
Next:
The command line for calling the game is
4CORN.EXE <name of the config file for this node>
example: 4CORN 4CORN2.CFG
Fossil Driver Support:
Foru Corner Checkers supports the use of Fossil drivers. The game should
detect most standard Fossil drivers if installed.
NON-Standard Interupts:
To tell the game that you are using a Non-Standard IRQ setting, add
/(x) to you command line, where x is the IRQ used.
example: 4CORN 4CORN1.CFG/5
This will tell the game to use IRQ 5. NOTE!!! No space is added between the
dropfile path and the IRQ switch...
SYSOP KEYS:
F1 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
F2 - Hangs up on caller.
=============================== MAINTENANCE =================================
To have the game skip a players turn if he/she does not play within the
number of days set in your config file, you must run the program NIGHTLY.EXE
every night as an event. This will go through the data file and search for
players who have not played in time and pass the turn onto the next player.
It will also kill a game if a player forfeits his/her turn too many times.
This should prevent players being locked into unplayable games.
To run, pass the number of inactive days and max number of forfeits as a
parameter. FOR EXAMPLE:
To have NIGHTLY.EXE search the data file for players who have not played
their turn for four days, and kill any games where a player has forfeited
more than 5 times run:
NIGHTLY.EXE 4 5
Please note that the parameter passed to NIGHTLY.EXE should be the same as
set in your configuration file. If not, it won't hurt anything, but your
players may be quite unhappy. :)
If you do not wish to limit the number of days before taking turns, then
you do not need to run this utility, although it is recommended that it be
run nightly.
========================== BENEFITS OF REGISTERING ==========================
The shareware version of Four Corner Checkers will not create Hall of Fame
Bulletins. Other than that, the game is fully functional. Also, there is no
exit screen displayed in the registered version. Plus the warm feeling you
get when supporting the shareware concept.
============================ VERSION HISTORY: ===============================
See the HISTORY.TXT file for information on the history of the game
and the new options in the new versions!
============================= KNOWN PROBLEMS: ==============================
Auto-Fossil detection sometimes will not detect the fossil
for some serial cards. I am working to correct this now.
=============================================================================