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Time Travel
Daily Happenings File Structure
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This file contains the structures to the daily happenings file
created when certain things happen. If you wish to post anything
that happens in your EPM in the daily happenings file you will
have to follow a few rules. For example, you may wish to announce
the installation of your EPM in the daily happenings shown to each
user at logon or you may want to allow users to announce something
to everyone else here. This file will almost ALWAYS exist. It is
reset and created automatically by Time Travel whenever the first user
of the day enters the door. So you MUST always ADD to this file, NEVER
delete and create it new. On the off chance the Sysop is installing
Time Travel and your EPM at the same time, you might want to check to
make sure it exists anyway.
You CAN access this file when the Sysop is installing the EPM for the
very first time. You should use line 27 and line 28 in the TTDAT.DAT
file if you wish to add any happenings or events to the daily
happennings when a user has played in your EPM though. This is the
quickest and most effective way.
Below you will find 3 examples of happenings written for Time Travel.
Check TTCODES.TXT for information on color codes used in these examples.
You may also include color codes in your text. *IMPORTANT* The blue
color code ( ~ ) CANNOT be used since it is used to tell Time Travel
there are 2 lines in a particular happening. You can see an example
of this in the 3rd line below.
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The format that MUST be followed in order for Time Travel to display
each line properly is:
[1] 2 lines MAX
[2] 79 characters per line MAX (this would also include a MAX of 20
characters for Alias names, so if you were displaying the users
Alias in the line, you would only be allowed 59 more characters)
[3] When 2 lines are written, write both on the same line with the
~ seperator.
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SAMPLE LINES:
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Here is }sample} line number 1!
Here is sample line ^number^ 2!
}Zippy} was ^killed^ by Creature. ~ Zippy says, @`Wait until next time!'@
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NOTE:
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If you are planning to allow a user to enter an announcement to other
players, you should also write this in the TTDAT.DAT file. Time
Travel will automatically cross reference your text with words that
the Sysop has defined as being BAD or FOUL. Time Travel will then
IGNORE the entire line.
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