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Barren Realms Elite v0.970 Documentation Last Updated: 1/27/94
Frequently Asked Questions (with Answers) and Common Setup Problems
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Q) My game just isn't running properly.
A) Try running BRE TEST and viewing the file it creates (RESULTS.TXT) for
more information.
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Q) My game is running fairly slow and choppy. Why?
A) The BRE multitasking routines are still being worked on. They work well
on some systems, but not others. Try adding "Multitasker NONE" to your
RESOURCE.DAT file.
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Q) I keep getting a message saying "Not a member of a league" when I run
BRE PLANETARY or OUTBOUND or INBOUND. Why?
A) 2 possible reasons. One, you're really not a member of league and shouldn't
be running those options. More likely, you have an error in your setup.
Make sure your node number in the BRNODES.DAT matches exactly the one in
BBS.CFG.
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Q) I keep getting a Run Time Error. What do I do?
A) First, carefully check your setup and make sure you haven't goofed anywhere.
If that does not help, write down the error number (201 at 2145:2314) and
send it to Mehul Patel at The Solar Realm (Fido: 1:106/900). If your game
seems dead, you can try copying the BACKUP\GAME.DAT over your DATA\GAME.DAT
and see if that fixes the problem.
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Q) I am currently the coordinator of a league. I wish to make another board
into the new coordinator. How do I go about this?
A) First, you must change the BRNODES.DAT to make the new BBS into system #1.
Additionally, you must copy your COORD.KEY file from your main BRE directory
to the other system's main BRE directory. Do *NOT* allow anyone to access
this file, as it prevents systems from becoming "fake" coordinators and
messing up a league.
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Q) I keep receiving all my attacks back as Lost In Transit. Why?
A) Either the routing between you and your opponent is too long (making BRE
think the attack was lost forever) or there is a routing problem. In the
case of the first, either find a new, more efficient method of routing or
ask the coordinator to increase the number of days before assuming an
attack is lost. In the latter case, ask your coordinator to run
"BRE ROUTEINFO" to produce a list of the current routing setup and find
and help solve any problems in the current routing scheme.
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Q) As a coordinator for a BRE League, I keep getting complaints of people
cheating. What should I do?
A) Most cheat-complaints are false alarms, but the occasional one may be true.
Depending on the set up of a game, empires may or may not be able to grow
at unbelievable rates, and so it is very difficult to tell whether or not
an empire really is cheating. It's a judgement call you must make.
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Q) I sent my registration quite a while ago, but have received nothing back.
What does this mean?
A) If it has been less than 4 weeks, please do not ask about it because it
will only slow us down more having to sift through all the e-mail. If it
has been more than 4 weeks, you may wish to Fido-net or Email Amit or Mehul
at The Solar Realm, but don't expect an immediate reply because we have
very limited time and cannot get to all mail immediately.
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Q) How do I set up BRE for my multinode board?
A) BRE cannot run on more than one node at a time, but it will detect this
automatically, so that you do not have to use external utilities or
semaphore files to do this.
To set up BRE for a multinode board, first install BRE normally, for
just node 1. Then, look in your BRE directory for a file called
SETUP.SR. This file contains the path to the door file. You can make
copies of this file for each node (SETUP.1, SETUP.2, SETUP.3, etc.).
In your BBS directory, there will be a BRE.BAT file. Edit this file
and look for a line:
SRDOOR
change this line to
SRDOOR -f SETUP.%NODE%
This assumes that you have an environment variable "NODE" that contains
the node number (1, 2, 3, etc.). If, instead, your node number is passed
on the command line, you can use a line such as
SRDOOR -f SETUP.%1
In addition, your nodes may not have the same locked baud rate. If
this is the case, one solution is to make a RESOURCE.1, RESOURCE.2,
and so on. Then, in each one, you can set a different locked baud rate.
In the batch file, before BRE runs, add the line
COPY RESOURCE.%NODE% RESOURCE.DAT
Good luck!
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Q) BRE shows up fine locally but not remotely.
A) Be sure, for high speed modems, to specify a locked baud rate parameter
in BRE's RESOURCE.DAT file. For example, if your modem is locked at
19200, enter:
LockedBaud 19200
in the RESOURCE.DAT file.
Also, try changing the Fossil driver setting in RESOURCE.DAT:
Fossil yes
or
Fossil no
Some systems may work better when BRE uses the Fossil, and some may
work better when BRE uses its own communication routines.
If you are using a non-standard COM port, and you are not using a
Fossil driver, you may wish to tell BRE what the COM port parameters
are. Check RESOURCE.DOC for details on how to do this.
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Generic A) Check RESOURCE.DOC, as it has dozens of options relating to game
play, more effective running of the game, non standard IRQ's,
fossil drivers, locked bauds, and everything else you could imagine.