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KTRIVIA
(c)1994 by Robert Zee
World Rights Reserved
This is a "DO EVERYTHING" Trivia Game! Totally user defined, as
many players as you want. Play it like any DOS type game, or use
it with a BBS as a DOOR Game. Players can add NEW questions to
any game. After the OWNER of the games says "OK," the new entry
becomes part of the game.
INTRODUCTION
This manual is divided into LOGICAL sections. The first section
is about playing the regular game. The second section is about
playing the DOOR game version and how to set it up for most any
kind of BBS.
INSTALLING
If you received this game on a 3-1/2 inch or 5-1/4 inch disk, you
should copy your disk or disks to a hard drive (if you have one).
You should make a special direction for this game so that all the
files will be in one place. The name of your directory can be
any name you like, but KTRIVIA is recommended. Here's an example
of how to copy your disk from drive A:
1. Put your disk in drive A:
2. Type these commands from the DOS prompt:
C:
md \KTRIVIA
cd \KTRIVIA
xcopy A:
3. If you have more than one disk, repeat the last
command for each disk.
If you received this game from a BBS or other site in compressed
format, such a ZIP, then you need to uncompress it first. The
site (supplier) can give you complete details on uncompressing.
PLAYING THE REGULAR GAMES
No special equipment is needed. Ktrivia will run on any kind of
IBM/MSDOS compatible computer with any kind of a monitor. If you
have a color monitor, Ktrivia detects the color and will print in
a colorful way.
To start the game, type: KTRIVIA
Ktrivia comes with at least one game. To add additional games
(or quizzes) please read the section called ADDING NEW GAMES.
PLAYING THE DOOR GAMES
Ktrivia DOOR game is a "stand alone" program and does not need
any fossil drivers. If your BBS runs a fossil, you probably need
to unload it, or any other modem driver, since Ktrivia has its
own built in modem handler.
Ktrivia needs to know about the caller. It does this with a
small file. Some call this a "drop" file. Sometimes this file
is known as a "door.sys" or various other things. For now, only
one type is supported: DORINFO1.DEF file. Others will be added
upon request (please furnish a sample of the file along with an
explanation of what each line means). From this file, Ktrivia
leans about the modem speed and setup, who the caller is, and so
on. To run Ktrivia as a DOOR, the file needs to be in the same
directory as Ktrivia. Usually, a batch file is used to call up
Ktrivia as a DOOR. Here is an example of KTRIVIA.BAT:
COPY DORINFO1.DEF \KTRIVIA
CD\KTRIVIA
KTRIVIA DORINFO1.DEF
Some BBS software will require additional lines to change the
directory back to the BBS directory and other things. Please
refer to your BBS manual if additional things are needed. You
will need to inform you software how to call this DOOR and that
information is probably in your manual, too.
If you are running KBBS (KISSWARE WORKS! BBS) here's how to set
it up. Go to the \KISSBBS\DOOR directory. Add a line to the
DOOR.CFG file like this:
new C 30 C.bat "Cool Trivia Games"
then make a batch file called C.BAT which contains:
@echo off
copy \kissbbs\dorinfo1.def \kissbbs\door\ktrivia
cd ktrivia
ktrivia dorinfo1.def
For KBBS only, the "new" is level of caller, "C" is the command,
"30" is the maximum time limit, which is over-ridden by the
callers time left, if less, and "C.BAT" is the batch file. The
batch file and the door.cfg file both should be in the directory
called \KISSBBS\DOOR.