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HOW TO INSTALL THE PIT v4.15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Written by James R. Berry
Copyright 1990-95 (c) by Midas Touch Software, all rights reserved.
Copyright 1990-95 (c) by James R. Berry, all rights reserved.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Installation Introduction Pg. 3
Running THE PIT without a BBS Pg. 3
Installing THE PIT (Single Line) Pg. 4
Installing THE PIT (MultiLine) Pg. 5
Multiline: Batch File Installation Pg. 6
Installation: WWIV (CHAIN.TXT) Pg. 7
Installation: TAG/RENEGADE (DOOR.SYS) Pg. 7
Installation: PCBOARD v15.x (PCBOARD.SYS) Pg. 7
Installation: RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF) Pg. 7
Installation: WILDCAT v4.x (DOOR.SYS) Pg. 7
Installation: SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT) Pg. 7
Installation: GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS) Pg. 8
Special Instructions for HIGH SPEED MODEMS Pg. 8
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INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are running a version older than v4.x of THE PIT online game,
you will have to install this version as a new game. The game has
gone through so many changes in the last year that writing a
conversion program would have been a major undertaking.
RUNNING THE PIT without a BBS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following command will allow you to run the game in LOCAL mode:
PIT /LOCAL
Although this does not require a BBS to be hooked up to the game in
order to run it. It still requires some configuration with the
CONTROL.EXE before it will run properly.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v4.xx (Single Line)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
01) Create a directory called PIT4.
02) Copy all files from this disk into that directory
03) <Type at prompt> INSTALL <Enter>
The installation batch file will set everything up for you.
04) <Type at prompt> CONTROL <Enter>
The CONTROL STATION will allow you to define the configuration
you would like to attach to each phone line. We refer to these
lines as NODES.
Control Station
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
05) Select "Edit Pit Configuration"
06) Select an appropriate configuration for your system
07) Go through each option making sure they match the settings
required by your system. You will notice that these settings are
almost exactly the same as in previous versions of THE PIT.
08) Press the ESCAPE key when you are ready to continue.
09) Select "Edit Node Configuration"
10) Attach the appropriate Pit Config to each of your nodes.
Note: The -LOCAL- refers to the configuration you wish to use
when running with the /LOCAL option of the game.
11) Press the ESCAPE key to exit CONTROL.
12) Write up a batch file like the following:
RUNPIT.BAT: ECHO OFF
CLS
CD PIT4
PIT
CD..
And put it in your BBS directory.
13) Continue with the Installation for your particular BBS type.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v4.xx (MultiLine)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
01) Create a directory called PIT4.
02) Copy all files from this disk into that directory
03) <Type at prompt> INSTALL <Enter>
The installation batch file will set everything up for you.
04) <Type at prompt> CONTROL <Enter>
The CONTROL STATION will allow you to define the configuration
you would like to attach to each phone line. We refer to these
lines as NODES.
Control Station
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
05) Select "Edit Pit Configuration"
06) Select an appropriate configuration for your system
07) Go through each option making sure they match the settings
required by your system. You will notice that these settings are
exactly the same as in previous versions of THE PIT.
08) Press the ESCAPE key when you are ready to continue.
09) Select "Toggle Multiline Play"
This will make MULTILINE PLAY active.
10) Select "Edit Number of Nodes"
Change the number given to the actual number of lines you are
running on your BBS.
11) Select "Edit Node Configuration"
12) Attach the appropriate Pit Config to each of your nodes.
Note: The -LOCAL- refers to the configuration you wish to use
when running with the /LOCAL option of the game or with
/NODE=0.
13) Press the ESCAPE key to exit CONTROL.
14) Set Up Multiline Batch File (See Next Section)
15) Continue with the Installation for your particular BBS type.
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MULTILINE: Batch File Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The PIT v4.xx uses a batchfile almost exactly the same as in previous
versions. You can utilize your old batch file to run this game if you
have it. Otherwise one is listed below:
RUNPIT.BAT: ECHO OFF
CLS
CD PIT4
PIT /NODE=1
CD..
Note: The node number is passed to the game with the "/NODE=" symbol.
You can pass it as a parameter like:
RUNPIT 3
This can then be inserted into the BATCH FILE as follows:
RUNPIT.BAT: ECHO OFF
CLS
CD PIT4 /NODE=%1
PIT
CD..
New Pit Parameters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can also utilize a new set of parameters if you have an enormous
number of phone lines. All parameters are listed if you type "PIT ?"
In the CONTROL program a %P can be placed in the path statement. Or a
%N can be used to represent the node number in the path.
If you setup the path in the control program to be: "%P"
A new parameter can be used for the path name.
PIT /PATH=C:\DOOR\ The text to the right of this statment can be
anything you desire. And the game attempt to
load your selected door file from this path.
(i.e. C:\DOOR\)
You can also use another parameter to make creating your path easier.
In the CONTROL program you could make your path:
"C:\WC40\WCWORK\NODE%N\"
Then by passing the node number to the game, the game will
automatically look in the correct directory.
PIT /NODE=3 The game will attempt to load your selected
door file from the path created by the %N
parameter. (i.e C:\WORK\WCWORK\NODE3\)
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INSTALLATION: WWIV (CHAIN.TXT)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I. WWIV (CHAIN.TXT):
Do a CHAINEDIT and place the following into it:
A. Description : THE PIT v4.0
B. Filename : RUNPIT %1 <--- Corresponds to RUNPIT.BAT
C. SL :
D. AR :
E. ANSI : Required
F. DOS Interrupt: Not used <--- Important!
G. 300 Baud : Not allowed <--- They would hate it.
H. Shrink : Yes <--- Important!
INSTALLATION: TELEGARD/TAG (DOOR.SYS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
II. TELEGARD/TAG (DOOR.SYS):
Set up your online games menu so that it creates DOOR.SYS and
executes RUNPIT.
INSTALLATION: PCBOARD 15.x (PCBOARD.SYS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III. PCBOARD (PCBOARD.SYS):
Set up your online games menu so that it creates PCBOARD.SYS and
executes RUNPIT.
INSTALLATION: RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IV. RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF):
Set up your online games menu so that it creates DORINFO1.DEF and
executes RUNPIT.
INSTALLATION: WILDCAT 4.x (DOOR.SYS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
V. WILDCAT! (DOOR.SYS):
Then set up your online games menu so that it creates DOOR.SYS
and executes RUNPIT.
INSTALLATION: SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VI. SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT):
Then set up your online games menu so that it creates SFDOORS.DAT
and executes RUNPIT.
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INSTALLATION: GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VII. GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS):
Set up your online games menu so that it creates GTUSER.BBS and
executes RUNPIT.
SPECIAL INFO: HIGH SPEED MODEMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IX. HIGH SPEED MODEMS:
A "High Speed" modem is any modem that has the capability of
connecting at speeds faster than 2400 baud. They generally
have error correction protocols like MNP-5, V.32, V.32 BIS, V.42,
V.42 BIS, and some have proprietized formats like HST or COMPUCOM.
Baud Rate Settings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These modems continually adjust the baud rate between themselves and
the caller's modem. If you shell out of the BBS to run a game, the
baud rate passed through the DOOR DATA FILE is generally incorrect
since the modem might have auto-adjusted to a strange baud rate. We
get around this by not touching the baud rate at all. Just choose
"Auto-Detect" for your baud rate and the game will not attempt to
change the baud rate.
Flow Control
~~~~~~~~~~~~
These modems also require the use of the CTS/RTS pins in your modem
to control the flow of data across the phone line. On high speed
modems, failure to activate "CTS/RTS Flow Control" will result in
some problems. The user will be unable to see anything on their
remote end, and they will not be able to press any keys. They are
effectively locked out of the game. Turn on CTS/RTS flow control to
correct this.
What you should do:
1) Run CONTROL.EXE
2) Edit Pit Config
Select the config file that is used by the affected
node.
3) Select "Modem Settings"
4) Select "Baud Rate Setting"
5) Select "Do Not Set, Use Default Rate"
6) Select "Flow Control"
7) Choose "CTS/RTS Flow Control"
At this point the game will ignore any attempts to change the
baud rate on the modem, and the Hardware Handshaking (CTS/RTS
Flow Control) will occur.
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