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Field of Honor v2 Online Door game.
Author : Scott Vermeersch
Support BBS : Computer Connection
: (507)285-5745
: (507)282-5063
Compiled using : TriDoor Door Library
: Borland C++
: Large Memory Model
WELCOME -------------------------------------
Welcome to Field of Honor v2 online Door game. Field of Honor is a
RPG type game for BBSs. It takes place in a small town run by an evil
OverLord. The object of the game is to gain enough experience to
become the OverLord. Once OverLord you can do all sorts of things to
the residents of your town. It is up to you to decide if you are
going to be a kind OverLord or a ruthless one.
Field of Honor is highly configurable. Make your own weapons and
armour. Custom screens, and monsters. This version represents some
major improvements over FOH v1.x. Some of the enhancements include
multi-player/multi-node, exportable and importable player stats,
online battles, customized menus, RIP support, magic powers,
Autodection and use of a FOSSIL driver if one is present in
memory.
FOH's internal comm routines use assembly language for
maximum speed.
Fully supports high speed modems: 16550 FIFO buffering and
locked serial ports.
Built in ANSI terminal emulator. No need to have ANSI.SYS
loaded in memory.
Detection of RIPScrip graphics.
FOH is DesqView, Windows, and OS/2 aware.
Supports all of the most popular door data file formats:
TriBBS, PCBoard, GAP (DOOR.SYS), Spitfire, WildCat!, RBBS,
and WWIV. Field of Honor is compatible with a wide range of
BBS software.
FOH v2 is distributed under the shareware concept. The only
limitation in the unregistered version is the Keep is not accessible.
And the player Import/Export is will not function.
See REGISTER.FRM for registration information. Onto the fun part.
RUNNING FIELD OF HONOR ----------------------
In order to run FOH for the first time, FOHINIT.EXE must be run
to initailize all the *.DAT files.
Field of Honor is run by entering a command similar to the
following:
door config nonstandardirq
Samples:
FOH2 FOH.CFG 5
FOH2 FOH1.CFG
In the above command line, "door" is the name of your door's EXE
file and the "config" parameter is the name of the door's
configuration file. The configuration file can have any name the
sysop chooses, but it must reside in the same directory as the door.
The configuration file is an ASCII text file with the following
format:
Line 1: Door data file type. Line 2: Path to the door data
file(s). Line 3: BBS name. Line 4: Sysop's name. Line 5:
Locked baud rate.
As illustrated above, the door's data file type is specified in line
1 and can be PCB for PCBoard, GAP for GAP (DOOR.SYS), SF for
Spitfire, RBBS for RBBS, WC for WildCat!, TRIBBS for TriBBS, or
WWIV for WWIV. The locked baud rate is specified in line 5. If
the sysop doesn't lock his serial port, he must specify 0 for the
locked baud rate. NOTE: Although many door formats do pass the
locked baud rate in the door data files, some older formats such
as RBBS do not. For conformity, TriDoor requires that you
specify the locked baud rate in line 5 and ignores any value passed
in the door data files.
The following is a sample door configuration file:
TRIBBS
C:\TRIBBS\ *Trailing backslash required*
Computer Connection
Scott Vermeersch
19200
The "nonstandardirq" parameter is used to specify a nonstandard
IRQ for the serial port. The legitimate range of values is from 0 to
15.
If you are running a FOSSIL driver, FOH will detect it and use it.
TriDoor can be run locally without a door data file (handy for
the sysop to use the door without logging on to the BBS) by
specifying LOCAL after the configuration file parameter in the DOS
command line. TriDoor will request the user to enter his name
before running the door.
Well now that wasn't so hard.
FINER DETAILS AND CUSTOMIZATIONS ------------
Included in the archive are editors for the enemy characters, magic,
weapons, and armour. They are pretty self explanatory so I won't go
into the details. If you create some decent *.LST files, send them to
Computer Connection so others can share. You may even get some credit
for doing them.
Menus are customized by just creating a display file in the menu name
with the extension of .ANS or .RIP. The .ANS screens are ANSI files
that can be created with any ANSI drawing program. An excellent ANSI
drawing program is The Draw. RIP screens are drawn using a RIP editor
such as RIP Paint, or Flatline, any one will do the trick. Screens
are cleared before menus are displayed, so there is no need to have
the custom menu clear the screen. Here is the list of menu display
files that can be created where "xxx" stands for ANS, RIP, or BBS for
Wildcat or TriBBS color codes...
ENTER.xxx Shown after Author screen
MAIN1.xxx Main Menu
MAIN2.xxx Main Menu with backdoor
GATE.xxx Gate Menu
MAIL.xxx Post office
OVER1.xxx Overlord's Keep Under level 20
OVER2.xxx Over Level 20
OVER3.xxx Overlord
UNDER.xxx Underworld
FIGHT.xxx Fight other player (Not online)
HEALER.xxx Town Healer
AHEALER.xxx Area Healer
INN.xxx Inn Menu
TAVERN.xxx Tavern Menu
FIELD.xxx Field Menu
WARF.xxx Warf Menu
ARMOURY1.xxx Armoury without backroom
ARMOURY2.xxx Armoury with backroom
WEAPON1.xxx Weaponer without backroom
WEAPON2.xxx Weaponer with backroom
OUTFIT.xxx Outfitter's Menu
MAGIC.xxx Magician's Menu
CHURCH.xxx Church Menu
SCHOOL1.xxx School Menu
SCHOOL2.xxx School closed
SCHOOL3.xxx Player Reached level 20
GATE.xxx Gate Menu
NORTH.xxx North from gate
EAST.xxx East from gate
WEST.xxx West from gate
DBACK.xxx Secret backdoor
BANK1.xxx Bank Menu
BANK2.xxx Bank with hold up
QUIT1.xxx Confirm quit
QUIT2.xxx Final quit
RESID.xxx Residential district
VISITOR.xxx Visitor center
Sample custom screens in RIP and ANSI can be found at the home of
Field of Honor Computer Connection (507)285-5745, (507)282-5063.
The import/export option is invoked by having a batch file named
IMPORTx.BAT or EXPORTx.BAT where "x" is the COM port number. This
option allows players to play the same character on other BBSs that
have the I/E option turned on. The batch file calls a download
protocol and the file to UL/DL must be called FOH2.PLY. For example
here is a simple IMPORT1.BAT file...
DSZ port 1 rz FOH2.PLY
The batch file sets up Z-modem to receive FOH2.PLY.
The LEVEL.LST, SCHOOL.LST, and the OUTFIT.LST files can be edited to
suit your needs. The LEVEL.LST file is a simple text file that
contains the list of level names. All lines must be present or it
will cause an error. SCHOOL.LST is another text file that contains
the Exp points needed to gain a level. Again all lines must be there.
And the OUTFIT.LST is a list of prices for the Outfitters. Yes all
lines must be there. Also there is a HINTS.LST and a FIND.LST that
can be editied as well.
To reset Field of Honor v2 simply delete all the .DAT files. Then
run FOHINIT.EXE to create the needed *.DAT files.
The file RANK.ANS can be copied and renamed to your bulletin menu
for display from the bulletin menu.
All players are deleted after falling below 5 experience points.
Players with 50 or less Exp points are brought back to life each
morning and a reward is offered for killing them. Thus lowering there
Exp points until they drop below 5 and are deleted.
A very special area of FOH v2 is the Dock are at the Wharf. Create the
file SHIPS.LST with single line discriptions of Doors you want to run.
For instance...
Legend of the Red Dragon
Phantasia
Arrow Bridge
A sample SHIP.LST file is included in the archive. The Ships are
listed as they are in the text file with a [1], [2], [3], etc...
Before the descriptions at the Dock. When a player selects a Ship.
For instance Ship #1, a batch file is run from the FOH directory
called DOOR1.BAT. You can copy and rename your batch files that run
your doors to the FOH directory and the Doors should run as if from
the BBS. If you wish to disable the Dock, delete the SHIP.LST file.
You can run any number of Doors from FOH, but going above 10 will
scroll the screen, so you should stay below 10. FOH makes no attempt
to limit the Doors from being run on a multi-node BBS. If you run
a multi-node BBS make sure that all the Doors running from FOH are
multi-node compatible. Or the Doors could crash if two players play
the Door at the same time.
Any further questions please refer to SUPPORT below.
SPECIAL KEYS ---------------------------------
While a door is running, the sysop can press certain special keys
to perform a variety of functions. The following is a list of
the functions that the TriDoor special keys perform:
Key(s) Function
HOME Toggles between the user status window and a
help display that lists the TriDoor special keys.
F6 Takes 5 minutes away from the caller. NOTE:
This will NOT be returned to BBS.
F7 Gives 5 minutes to the caller. NOTE: This will
NOT be returned to the BBS.
F9 Quit the door and return the caller to the BBS.
F10 Enter chat mode. Pressing the ESC key exits
the chat mode.
Alt+D Drop to DOS.
SUPPORT --------------------------------------
Support is done through Computer Connection BBS. If you are having
trouble running FOH or need to report a bug please call. I answer
E-mail everyday and you will get a response within 24 hours of your
call. I will pick up further BBS's for support around the country as
need demands. Here are the numbers to call.
Computer Connection node #1... (507)285-5745 14.4
Computer Connection node #2... (507)282-5063 14.4
If you would like to see some changes please send me some E-mail. I
would be more then happy to get your ideas into Field of Honor.
* Any BBS wishing to become a support and Beta test site please
* E-mail me at Computer Connection. This does require registration
* of Field of Honor.
THANK YOUS -----------------------------------
Thanks to:
Moonshadow for putting up with me for so long.
NightShadow for help with the Armour and Weapons.
LEGAL STUFF ----------------------------------
You run Field of Honor at your own risk. Field of Honor is
distributed as is and has no warranty of any kind. Scott Vermeersch
can not be held liable or responsible for damage or lost data caused
by Field of Honor. You can run Field of Honor on your BBS for a trial
period of 30 days. After 30 days Field of Honor must be registered or
deleted. Any distribution of registered copies of Field of Honor or
Field of Honor registration codes will be prosecuted.
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