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_____________________________________________________________________
Battle Trip v2.2
InterBBS Documentation
Written by
Rob Williams
WCS Software
_____________________________________________________________________
Purpose of This Document
------------------------
This document is to help you set up Battle Trip for InterBBS play.
This document does not replace the documentation for the game, it is
ONLY for help in setting up the game for InterBBS. For questions about
setting up the game, or how to play, please refer to the BATTLE.DOC
file.
Files used for InterBBS Play
----------------------------
BTIBBS.EXE - The main program for InterBBS Play
MASTIBBS.DAT - Created with the BTIBBS program, it is a list
of all the BBSs in the league.
BTIBBS.DAT - The nightly score file that will be sent from the
hub BBS to each of the BBSs in the league.
ROK-nn.DAT - The file each of the node BBSs will create, and send
to the hub BBS nightly. The nn will be replaced by the
node number of the BBS.
BTIBBS.CFG - Contains information to create the netmail messages
to send to/from your IBBS Hub as well as configuration
data for the BTIBBS.EXE program.
ROUTE.CFG - Used only by hubs, it contains a list of all the
Addresses of all the BBSs in the league. Used to
send netmail messages with the nightly BTIBBS.DAT
files attached.
INTERBBS.DOC - This document.
***************************************************************************
***** IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO READ THIS FILE FULLY BEFORE ATTEMPTING ****
***** TO RUN BATTLE TRIP IN AN INTERBBS LEAGUE. ****
***************************************************************************
DBRIDGE.HLP - Help file for people running D'Bridge mailers. Also
helpful as a fallback if you have problems getting
the score files automatically processed.
WCSDOORS.FAQ - Frequently asked questions about WCS Software Doors.
If you are having a problem with either Battle Trip or
the InterBBS portion, read this file first for help.
The BTIBBS.CFG Configuration File
----------------------------------
The configuration file can for the Battle Trip InterBBS Utility MUST be named
BTIBBS.CFG, and it must reside in the same directory as the door. The
configuration file is an ASCII text file with the following format:
Line 1: Your Net Address
Line 2: The To Net Address
Line 3: This Door's Name
Line 4: Netmail Path
Line 5: Incoming File Path
Line 6: Name Of Directory To Decompress Incoming Files To
Line 7: Name Of Directory Holding Outgoing Files To Be Compressed
Line 8: Name Of Directory Holding Compressed Outgoing Files
Line 9: Name Of Directory Holding Compressed Incoming Files
Line 10: BBS Name - *** MUST MATCH EXACTLY THE NAME IN THE GAME .CFG FILE
Line 11: Crash or Hold flag for messages TO HUB - C for Crash, H for Hold
Anything after line 11 is ignored, so you may use that for comments,
etc. By default, if the file is created with the SETUP.EXE program,
the lines following line 11 will contain explanations of each line in
the file, for documentation purposes.
Listed below is a sample configuration file:
1:999/1
1:999/1
Battle Trip
C:\FD\NETMAIL
C:\FD\FILES
INFILES
OUTFILES
OUTZIP
INZIP
Williams Computer Services BBS
C
(************** IBBS.CFG - Everything after line 11 is ignored. ************)
Line 1: Your Net Address
Line 2: The To Net Address
Line 3: This Door's Name
Line 4: Netmail Path
Line 5: Incoming File Path
Line 6: Name Of Directory To Decompress Incoming Files To
Line 7: Name Of Directory Holding Outgoing Files To Be Compressed
Line 8: Name Of Directory Holding Compressed Outgoing Files
Line 9: Name Of Directory Holding Compressed Incoming Files
Line 10: BBS Name - *** MUST MATCH EXACTLY THE NAME IN THE GAME .CFG FILE
Line 11: Crash or Hold flag for messages TO HUB - C for Crash, H for Hold
The first two lines should be the same if you are the hub. Otherwise,
you should put the hubs net address on line 1 and yours on line 2.
*****************************************************************
*** IMPORTANT!!! - Line 3 should be the same for all ***
*** participants in the game. If it is different, messages ***
*** will not be transferred correctly!! ***
*****************************************************************
Lines 4 and 5 should reflect your paths that you have set up in your
mailer for netmail and incoming files.
Lines 6 through 9 should be left as is. The ones listed above are
the defaults, and there should be no reason to change them.
Line 10 should match the name in your BATTLE.CFG file EXACTLY. If you
used the SETUP.EXE program, it will make sure the values match. If
you edit this file, make sure they remain the same.
Line 11 is either C or H. If it is a C, then all messages generated
TO YOUR HUB will have the Crash flag set. If it is an H, then all
messages generated will have the Hold flag set.
************************************************************
*** Line 11 is only used for messages FROM THE NODE TO ***
*** THE HUB. For the messages from the hub to the node, ***
*** refer to the ROUTE.CFG file, which has a crash flag ***
*** that can be set for each BBS individually ***
************************************************************
The ROUTE.CFG Configuration File
--------------------------------
The ROUTE.CFG file for the Battle Trip InterBBS Utility MUST be named
ROUTE.CFG, and it must reside in the same directory as the door. The
purpose of the file is for the hub to specify the addresses of the
nodes in the game, the filenames that will be created for each node,
and whether the messages will be crashed out or put on hold. The
configuration file is an ASCII text file with the following format:
1:999/1;TEST;C
; ---------------------------------------------------------
; Format for ROUTE.CFG is:
; To_Address;Filename;Crash_Flag
; IE: In line one above, all files in the outfiles directory
; will be ZIP'd into TEST.ROK and sent to 1:999/1 with the
; crash flag set. If you want to put the message on hold
; to let them poll for it, you would change the C to an H
;
; All lines beginning with ; are ignored.
You may specify as many lines as you want, and any lines beginning
with a ; are considered comments (they are ignored)
There are 3 pieces of information specified in each line. The first
is the node address, the second is the filename you want created for
this node, and the third is the crash flag setting. Putting in a C
for the crash flag will set the crash flag for this message, and
anything else will cause the hold flag to get set (the node will have
to poll to get the message).
*************************************************************
*** The crash flag in the ROUTE.CFG file is ONLY for ***
*** messages FROM THE HUB TO THE NODES. It is specified ***
*** on a BBS by BBS basis, so you can crash files to some ***
*** BBSs, and put other files on hold. ***
*************************************************************
Setting up Battle Trip for InterBBS Play - NODE Instructions
------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the steps to setting up Battle Trip for InterBBS Play:
1) Find a hub to run the game. Have them set you up in their BBS
list, and have them send you the updated MASTIBBS.DAT file.
(Make sure they send it to all the other BBSs in the league, too)
Get their node number to enter into the BTIBBS.CFG file.
2) Run the SETUP.EXE program, and answer Y to the "InterBBS Play"
question.
3) After saving the BATTLE.CFG file (pressing F10), you will be
asked if you want to setup the InterBBS files. Answer Y.
4) You will be asked for YOUR Node number, your HUB's node number,
the directory where your Front Door (or other .MSG compatible
mailer) netmail messages are stored, and the directory where
incoming files are kept. You will also be asked to verify your
BBS Name (it should match EXACTLY the name in the BATTLE.CFG file,
and it will copy the same name you entered before), and whether or
not you wish to crash messages out or put them on hold for the
hub to poll for. The defaults are for FrontDoor running
on a local C: drive, but the directories are usually similar.
5) Once you finish creating the .cfg files (BATTLE.CFG and BTIBBS.CFG),
you need to set up a nightly event to create your ROK-nn.DAT file
to send to your hub. The command line for this event will be as
follows:
BTIBBS DAILY
After this finishes running, it will create a netmail message with
a ROK-nn.DAT file attached (zipped up into a nodeaddress.ROK file)
to send to your hub.
6) Change your mailer batch file so that whenever you get mail, you run
the following command:
BTIBBS INCOMING
What this will do is to scan your netmail directory for a message
to the game from your host. It will then unzip the packet, and
move the new score file into your game directory. This file will
be named xxxxx.ROK. (A PkZipped file) The xxxxx is something your
hub would like it to be, usually something like an abbreviation of
your BBS name. That is all there is to it!
Setting up Battle Trip for InterBBS Play - HUB Instructions
-----------------------------------------------------------
Here are the steps to setting up Battle Trip for InterBBS Play:
1) Start up the BTIBBS.EXE program, and enter in all the BBSs
using the "League/Add a BBS" option from the menu. Continue
entering in all of the BBSs in the league you want to run.
Send the MASTIBBS.DAT you just created to all the BBSs in the
league. If you add or delete a BBS from the league, make sure
you send out the new MASTIBBS.DAT file to ALL the BBSs in the
league.
2) Edit the enclosed ROUTE.CFG file to show all of the nodes in
your league. The file name after the node can be anything you
want, but it should be unique. If you have questions about the
format of the ROUTE.CFG file, refer to the previous information
in this document about the ROUTE.CFG file
3) Run the SETUP.EXE program, and answer Y to the "InterBBS Play"
question. (Just like setting up a node above...)
4) After saving the BATTLE.CFG file (pressing F10), you will be
asked if you want to setup the InterBBS files. Answer Y.
5) You will be asked for YOUR Node number, your HUB's node number,
(which for you as a hub will the the same), the directory where
your Front Door (or other .MSG compatible mailer) netmail messages
are stored, and the directory where incoming files are kept. You
will also be asked to verify your BBS Name (it should match EXACTLY
the name in the BATTLE.CFG file, and it will copy the same name you
entered before), and whether or not you wish to crash messages out
or put them on hold for the nodes to poll for. The defaults are
for FrontDoor running on a local C: drive, but your directories
will probably be similar.
6) Once you finish creating the .cfg files (BATTLE.CFG and BTIBBS.CFG),
As a hub for the game, you need to do 2 things each night. The
first is to process your game scores, and the second is to create
the BTIBBS.DAT file to send to all your nodes. The command line
for this event will be as follows:
BTIBBS DAILY
BTIBBS DAILYHOST
After this finishes running, it will create a netmail message with
the filename.ROK (PKZipped file) file attached to send to each of
your nodes. The filename will be the name you specified in the
ROUTE.CFG file. If you specifed that you want the messages
crashed out (a C on line 11 of the BTIBBS.CFG file), the messages
will have the crash flag set, otherwise they will have the hold
flag set.
Support
-------
If you have problems, I will try and help as best I can, whether you
are registered or not. Registered users will get priority over non-
registered users, though. You may get help with problems by calling
Williams Computer Services BBS at (503) 631-8439, or by writing to
the author at the following addresses:
FIDO : 1:105/278
Internet : support@wcs.org
rwilliam@cybernw.com
US Mail:
Rob Williams
18370 S. Henrici Road
Oregon City, OR 97045