Requesting Help with Setting Up Doors

[buck...@gamebanshee.com]

Hey guys,

I'm tinkering with a new BBS in my spare time for the sake of nostalgia, and am having difficulty setting up Arrowbridge I and II, Assassin (it loads on the BBS side but the terminal console just hangs), and Exitilus. Is anyone willing to share the Synchronet and door settings they used to get these games working?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Nightfox]

To: bucksatan
Re: Requesting Help with Setting Up Doors
By: bucksatan to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Sep 12 2013 21:14:07

bu> I'm tinkering with a new BBS in my spare time for the sake of nostalgia,
bu> an= d am having difficulty setting up Arrowbridge I and II, Assassin (it
bu> loads = on the BBS side but the terminal console just hangs), and
bu> Exitilus. Is any= one willing to share the Synchronet and door settings
bu> they used to get thes= e games working?

Arrowbridge 1:
+[�][?]----------------------------------------------------+
� Arrowbridge 1 �
�----------------------------------------------------------�
� �Name Arrowbridge 1 �
� �Internal Code ABRIDGE1 �
� �Start-up Directory \BBS\DOORS\ABRIDGE1 �
� �Command Line ABRIDGE1.BAT %# �
� �Clean-up Command Line �
� �Execution Cost None �
� �Access Requirements �
� �Execution Requirements �
� �Multiple Concurrent Users Yes �
� �Intercept I/O No �
� �Native Executable No �
� �Use Shell to Execute Yes �
� �Modify User Data No �
� �Execute on Event No �
� �Pause After Execution No �
� �BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS �
� �Place Drop File In Node Directory �
+----------------------------------------------------------+
And my ABRIDGE1.BAT file:
@echo off
D:
cd \BBS\DOORS\ABRIDGE1
ABRIDGE.EXE /NODE%1 /PD:\BBS\sbbs\node%1


Arrowbridge 2:
+[�][?]----------------------------------------------------+
� Arrowbridge 2 �
�----------------------------------------------------------�
� �Name Arrowbridge 2 �
� �Internal Code ABRIDGE2 �
� �Start-up Directory \BBS\DOORS\ABRIDGE2 �
� �Command Line ABRIDGE2.BAT %# �
� �Clean-up Command Line �
� �Execution Cost None �
� �Access Requirements �
� �Execution Requirements �
� �Multiple Concurrent Users Yes �
� �Intercept I/O No �
� �Native Executable No �
� �Use Shell to Execute Yes �
� �Modify User Data No �
� �Execute on Event No �
� �Pause After Execution No �
� �BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS �
� �Place Drop File In Node Directory �
+----------------------------------------------------------+
And my ABRIDGE2.BAT file:
@echo off
D:
cd \BBS\DOORS\ABRIDGE2
AB2.EXE /NODE%1 /PD:\BBS\sbbs\node%1

Exitilus:
+[�][?]----------------------------------------------------+
� Exitilus �
�----------------------------------------------------------�
� �Name Exitilus �
� �Internal Code EXITILUS �
� �Start-up Directory \BBS\DOORS\EXITILUS �
� �Command Line ex.bat %# �
� �Clean-up Command Line �
� �Execution Cost None �
� �Access Requirements �
� �Execution Requirements �
� �Multiple Concurrent Users Yes �
� �Intercept I/O No �
� �Native Executable No �
� �Use Shell to Execute Yes �
� �Modify User Data No �
� �Execute on Event No �
� �Pause After Execution No �
� �BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS �
� �Place Drop File In Node Directory �
+----------------------------------------------------------+
And my ex.bat:
@echo off
D:
cd \BBS\DOORS\EXITILUS
EXITILUS.EXE %1

Nightfox

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[Digital Man]

To: Nightfox

Re: Requesting Help with Setting Up Doors

By: Nightfox to bucksatan on Thu Sep 12 2013 10:07 pm

> And my ABRIDGE1.BAT file:
> @echo off
> D:
> cd \BBS\DOORS\ABRIDGE1
> ABRIDGE.EXE /NODE%1 /PD:\BBS\sbbs\node%1

> And my ABRIDGE2.BAT file:
> @echo off
> D:
> cd \BBS\DOORS\ABRIDGE2
> AB2.EXE /NODE%1 /PD:\BBS\sbbs\node%1

> And my ex.bat:
> @echo off
> D:
> cd \BBS\DOORS\EXITILUS
> EXITILUS.EXE %1

You know these batch files don't actually accomplish anything, right? :-) The
changing of drive/directory is already done by Synchronet (with the startup dir
option) and the command-line can just be typed in SCFG - no batch file needed.

digital man

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[Nightfox]

To: Digital Man

Re: Requesting Help with Setting Up Doors

By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Thu Sep 12 2013 22:48:43

DM> You know these batch files don't actually accomplish anything, right? :-)
DM> The changing of drive/directory is already done by Synchronet (with the
DM> startup dir option) and the command-line can just be typed in SCFG - no
DM> batch file needed.

Ah, makes sense.. Old habits, I guess. :) One reason I like using a batch
file, though, is that if there's anything wrong with the door, I can put a
"pause" command in my batch file so I can see the output in the console before
it closes. Also, if I'm calling the .exe directly in my configuration and want
to change it, I need to wait for all users to log off before the change goes
into effect.

Nightfox

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[Digital Man]

To: Nightfox

Re: Requesting Help with Setting Up Doors

By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri Sep 13 2013 07:27 am

> Re: Requesting Help with Setting Up Doors
> By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Thu Sep 12 2013 22:48:43
>
> DM> You know these batch files don't actually accomplish anything, right?

> DM> :-) The changing of drive/directory is already done by Synchronet
> DM> (with the startup dir option) and the command-line can just be typed
> DM> in SCFG - no batch file needed.

>
> Ah, makes sense.. Old habits, I guess. :) One reason I like using a
> batch file, though, is that if there's anything wrong with the door, I can
> put a "pause" command in my batch file so I can see the output in the
> console before it closes. Also, if I'm calling the .exe directly in my
> configuration and want to change it, I need to wait for all users to log
> off before the change goes into effect.

Yeah, it doesn't hurt anything. But for new sysops, unnecessary batch files are
an extra item to mess-up so I try to avoid using them in my examples.

digital man

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Weather station currently offline (out for repair)

[buck...@gamebanshee.com]

Thanks Nightfox! While I'm definitely far closer than I was, I cannot get Arrowbridge to run because it's looking for a KINGRULE.ABR file that is not in my path. The file is not in the original archive and running ABTOOLS SETUP does not generate this file. Any idea how to obtain it?

Also, I'm having some problems getting Dungeon Master and The Pit to run, too. Any chance you know what the door settings should be for those?

Thanks again!