Registration:
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Barons is distributed as shareware. Please read and return the registration
form in REGISTER.DOC. If you are already a registered user (ie. you sent in
$10 for some version previous to 3.00), then you are entitled to a registered
version of Barons 3.00 without paying any additional fee.
File list:
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This document is a simple instruction to use to setup Barons
for your BBS. The following files are included:
BSYSOP.DOC - SysOp documentation (this document)
BEDITOR.DOC - SysOp editor documentation
REGISTER.DOC - SysOp game registration form
BARONS.DOC - User documentation
BARONS.BAT - DOORS execution file (sample)
BARONS.EXE - The executible program (will run stand-alone)
BCONFIG.DAT - Configuration file (info)
NODES.BBS - A list of your comm port assignments by BBS node
TIMEGEN.EXE - Time control file generator
TIMES.DEF - Sample time control file
Executing Barons:
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To execute directly as a door, you can use the file BARONS.BAT. The
program must be executed from the directory containing all of the
above listed files except that NODES.BBS must be in the RBBS directory.
Barons is invoked one of five ways.
1. BARONS
2. BARONS node
3. BARONS node path
4. BARONS node path bbs
The first is used to run Barons in local mode. This will play as any
other game on your IBM PC. The second method is used to run Barons
under the door monitor. The node parameter is automatically supplied by
the door monitor itself. The third method is used when running as a
door under RBBS 15. The path parameter is the current full path containing
the RBBS configuration files. The node is the RBBS node number. The
node number is passed to door batch files as parameter 1. The fourth
method may be used for a variety of BBSs. The fourth parameter is
used to specify the BBS type. Set this to:
(empty) for RBBS 15.x
RBBS for RBBS 16.x
QBBS for Quick BBS
PCBOARD for PC-Board BBS 12.1
PCBOARD14 for PC-Board BBS 14.0
WILDCAT for Wildcat BBS
GAP for GAP BBS
WWIV for WWIV BBS
Assumed RBBS 16.x files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the directory specified
by the path parameter when running directly under RBBS 16.x:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
MESSAGES This file contains the information pertaining
to each node on the BBS.
DORINFOx.DEF This file contains all of the users settings
such as graphics, parity, baud rate, etc.
Assumed RBBS 15.x files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the directory specified
by the path parameter when running directly under RBBS 15.x:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
MESSAGES This file contains the information pertaining
to each node on the BBS.
USERS This file contains all of the users settings
such as graphics, parity, baud rate, etc.
PASSWRDS This file MUST contain an entry for each security
level allowed to run doors. Barons gets the
users daily time limit from this file.
Assumed Quick BBS files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the directory specified
by the path parameter when running directly under Quick BBS:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
DORINFOx.DEF This file contains all of the users settings
such as graphics, parity, baud rate, etc.
Assumed PC-BOARD files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the directory specified
by the path parameter when running directly under PC-Board:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
PCBOARD.SYS This file contains the information pertaining
to the BBS node and the callers information.
Assumed Wildcat files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the directory specified
by the path parameter when running directly under Wildcat:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
CALLINFO.BBS This file contains all of the users settings
such as graphics, parity, baud rate, etc.
Assumed GAP files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the directory specified
by the path parameter when running directly under GAP BBS:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
DOOR.SYS This file contains all of the users settings
such as graphics, parity, baud rate, etc.
Assumed WWIV files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the directory specified
by the path parameter when running directly under WWIV BBS:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
CHAIN.TXT This file contains all of the users settings
such as graphics, parity, baud rate, etc.
Assumed Monitor files:
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Barons assumes that the following files are in the local directory with
the game when running under an RBBS monitor:
NODES.BBS Node definition file.
TIMEOFFx.DOR This file contains all of the users settings
such as graphics, parity, baud rate, etc.
Barons assumes that the following files are in directory specified in the
path parameter of the TIMEOFFx.DOR file:
USERS.DOR Monitor users file.
MONITOR1.EXE This file will be executed when the program
terminates.
Barons will build the following files are in the local directory with
the game when running under an RBBS monitor:
POINTSx.DOR This file contains returns the amount of time
used in the game and a Monitor score value.
Restarting a new game:
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AT any time should you wish to start a new game, simply delete all the data
files (.DAT) in the barons directory.
Adding time controls:
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Barons contains the ability to control access of the game by security level,
time of day, total play time per day, total play time per game, total game
count per day, and time required to wait in between games.
The time control file may be used directly under a BBS or also with the door
monitor. If not included, then only the standard time controls are used.
The time definition file is an ASCII file used to create the time control
data file. It has the following format:
:SYSOP 1000 2330 ; Sysops hours
:LEVEL 006 007 008 008 008 008 008 008 ; Level access classes
:DAYT 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 ; Daily time limits
:DAYG 001 002 003 003 003 003 003 003 ; Daily game limits
:WAIT 000 030 030 000 000 000 000 000 ; Time between games
:TIME 0000 060 060 060 060 060 060 060 120 ; Per game access
:TIME 0600 000 030 030 030 030 030 030 030 ; Per game access
:TIME 1000 000 045 045 045 045 045 045 120 ; Per game access
:TIME 1600 000 030 030 030 030 030 030 030 ; Per game access
:TIME 2000 000 045 045 045 045 045 045 060 ; Per game access
The first entry defines the SysOp hours. This controls when the player may
use the page command. These entires are expressed as HHMM. The second entry
may be smaller than the first. As an example, ":SYSOP 0700 1900" allows the
player to use the page command from 7am until 7pm. The entry ":SYSOP 2200
0200" allows the page command to be used between 10pm and 2am.
The ":LEVEL" entry defines how different security level users have access to
the game. This line consists of 8 entries in ascending order. Each entry
corresponds to a game control level. As an example let us consider the
following entry: ":LEVEL 010 020 030 040 050 060 070 080". Any user with
a security level of less than 10 would not have access to the game. Users
with security level 10 through 19 would have level 0 privelidges. Users
with security level 20 through 29 would have level 1 privelidges, etc.
Priveledges are explained below.
The ":DAYT" entry defines the maximum time in minutes each privelidge level
may play the game per day. This entry consists of 8 values each corresponding
to a privelidge level in ascending order. Each value is in minutes. A value
of 0 represents no daily time limit for that particular privelidge level.
The ":DAYG" entry defines the maximum number of times the user may enter the
game on a gien day. It consists of 8 values each corresponding to a
privelidge level in ascending order. A value of 0 represents no game limit
for that particular privelidge level.
The ":WAIT" entry defines the amount of time in minutes each user must
wait between entering the game. This entry consists of 8 values each
corresponding to a privelidge level in ascending order.
The ":TIME" entries define the amount of time each user may spend during a
single play session. It consists of 9 values. The first is the time of
day the period starts. The remaining 8 are the game time limits for
each of the 8 privelidge levels. Time limits are in minutes. A 0 value
here means that the user my not play the game during that time period.
Each ":TIME" entry must be in ascending time of day order. There may be
a maximum of 8 ":TIME" entries.
To build the time control file, the following command line is used:
TIMEGEN def_file time_file
Where def_file is the ASCII file defining all time controls and time_file
is the output file that the game will read. For Barons, use the following
command line:
TIMEGEN times.def barons.tim
SysOp controls:
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The SysOp has similar controls as to those provided in RBBS. The following
set of functions are available:
Alt F1 This key will eject a user from the game by
setting all his time to consumed.
Right Arrow This key will add one minute of game time to
the current users current game session.
Left Arrow This key will subtract one minute of game time
from the current users current game session.
F4 The F4 key will toggle the state of the SysOp
annoy toggle. Note that it is reset to its
original state when RBBS is reentered.
F6 The F6 key will toggle the state of the SysOp
availability toggle. Note that it is reset to
its original state when RBBS is reentered.
F9 The F9 key will toggle the state of the SysOp
snoop toggle. Note that it is reset to its
original state when RBBS is reentered.
F10 The F10 key is used to initiate CHAT mode. This
allows the SysOp to converse with the user via the
keyboard. Unlike RBBS, CHAT mode in Barons does
not support word wrap and you will need to hit the
ENTER key at the end of each line.
ESC The escape key is used to answer a user page. It
is also used to terminate CHAT mode.
Epilog:
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Please enjoy the program and feel free to contact Mycroft RBBS with any
comments or questions. The BBS and virtual I/O are performed by the Mycroft
DM library. The game author may also be contacted on Mycroft RBBS under the
login of Richard Wilkes.
Thanks,
Michael W. Bayley
MYCROFT RBBS
(408) 927-0105
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