Has anyone figured out how to get Bloodshed Door game to run multinode?
I made .ctl files for each node, BS1.CTL, BS2.CTL etc... But I noticed that the game uses another file named config.bs which has info on where the drop file is located. But it only has \mystic\temp1 in the file.
I'm not sure how how to tell the game the directory where the drop file
is located for each node. It's a bit confusing.
You are most definately correct!
This game is poorly written. Even if you wish to run BSCONFIG.EXE to edit the CONFIG.BS, it will NOT update it (and it is not .txt reader friendly - and MUST be 257 bytes long). In order to edit it, you must delete CONFIG.BS and then run the .exe.
This author needs to also add a PATH to his Command Strings (eg. /P) where you can then tell what path the door.sys file is located. Most authors allow /Pc:\mystic\temp%1\ (notice the wildcard). This game does not allow ANY wildcards, so it needs to be re-written to do so. And all those BS#.CTL mean nothing; those mean more for Registration than anything else. You aren't even allowed to edit BBSTYPE DOOR.SYS to allow any wildcard or paths.
I was logged into node 1 and tried to COPY DOOR.SYS to BloodShed directory to play -- worked. I logged out, deleted DOOR.SYS and ran again from node 2. FAILS: therefore, this game is not truly multi-node compatible. I thought about creating multiple directories (one for each node) but I don't think it would allow cross-sharing of the data files either.
It would be nice to have the CONFIG.BS allow \TEMP%1\ or at least allow each BS#.CTL to allow pointing to each node directory - that is the whole point of multinode - no bbs uses the same path for DOOR.SYS for all nodes, they each have their own.
The game is almost neat - but he puts UNREGISTERED in every
single screen and command you do. You aren't even allowed to run BS MAINT from the BSCONFIG.EXE without registering (sure, you can run bs.exe /F or /H from an mx.bat file each night).
Needs more Multinode work, but is a decent game (so far) for a single node play.
Timothy Norris
aka SirRonmit
admin@f4fbbs.com
bbs.f4fbbs.com:62323
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