******************************************************************************* * * * H Y P E R T Y P E R * * * * v2.12 * * * ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* * INTRODUCTION * ******************************************************************************* v1.00 HyperTyper is a doorgame I saw on a MS-DOS BBS two days ago (I was asked several times to visit the new BBS of a friend of mine, and after ten times, I finally called). It is very simple, but highly addictive. The object of the game is to become the fastest typist on the BBS, that's all :-). The version on the IBM has still some more features, but they'll have to wait until I'll figure out how to implement them (I asked the original autor for the source, but he told me NO!. When I received his answer, this door was already done :-)). It is a nice door, so try it out ! v2.00 addendum: In my opinion, this version is now far superior to the MS-Dos version. Every feature supported in the MS-Dos version is included in this one (Except that in this version, users CANNOT add words to the words.txt file!). - The ansi graphics of the DLG version looks better, - The input routines are better (MS-Dos version discards some of the input if the user types too fast!!), - The DLG version supports DLG's inform command. Users will be told if someone has beaten them! - Bonus points are awarded for fast typers in the DLG version, - The DLG version supports TRUE multiuser games! The MS-Dos version only has a 'Play vs Sysop' mode, in which the user must use the lower characters, and the Sysop uses the upper characters (The Sysop must press caps-lock :-)). - The DLG version features true highscores! Only a user's highest score is kept in the list! - Incoming broadcasts are captured and shown in the multi-user page system (featuring a very nice who's online window), and in the menu screen. - Chat mode included after playing a game in battle mode, so you can tell your opponent about the fact that you have a tenniselbow, and that he has gotten all the easy words :-)). - The DLG version has a statistics list, with 10 methods to sort it :-) Features the MS-Dos version has, and the DLG version doesn't: - The DLG version doesn't have a 'suggest word' feature (I hate those!). - The MS-Dos version places random dots on the places left open when the laser moves to the right. It looks nice, but also it looks quite stupid to have a 'space background' on the left, and just a black screen on the right. It is one of the most addictive doorgames I know for DLG Pro, so I suggest you give it a try on your board! (And pay the shareware :-)) ******************************************************************************* * INSTALLATION * ******************************************************************************* After unpacking the archives, place all files in DOORS:Typer/ (Create this directory). After this, you must create a menu item for this door. (Preferably one in every menu! :-)). My entry looks like this: [ 1] Letter: H [ 2] Executable: (path/name) DOORS:Typer/Typer [ 4] Description: HyperTyper - Who is the best typist on the BBS? [ 5] Type: Executable [ 6] Help File: DOORS/H [ 7] Lower level: 1 [ 8] Upper level: 255 [ 9] Hidden: YES [10] Load type: OVERLAY [11] Ask user if sure: NO [12] Pend messages: YES [13] Cli mode: NO [14] Pause on completion: NO [15] Log value: None [16] Activity string: Is waiting at the HyperTyper menu! (Join him!) [17] Priority: DEFAULT [18] Edit help file If you're using a version <2.00, please delete all files in your directory. Use the clear (0 byte files) in this archive! This is because the scoring has changed dramatically. ******************************************************************************* * SHAREWARE NOTICE * ******************************************************************************* v1.00 This door is SHAREWARE, which means it is free to distribute to anyone you want! (I even encourage you to do so). However, if you use this door on your BBS, you must pay the shareware fee, or remove it after 30 days. I don't have any crippled features in this program, because I simply want to see if there are honest people in the world! v2.10: Since nobody paid up, I've crippled it. Not in a heavy way, but the Statistics display routine won't work on unregistered copies and a irritating startup screen will be displayed. The shareware fee for this program is 10 US dollars. Registration means you'll receive bugfixes, updates and a registrated copy of this door. Please support shareware! It gives the programmer an extra push to continue programming. ******************************************************************************* * NOTES * ******************************************************************************* The words used in the game are in Dutch! You can edit this file by editing the file 'Words.txt'. Be careful! Words may not be longer than 25 characters, and there can be no more than 1000 words in the list! (Should be enough). If someone has made a list of English words, please dump it on my BBS, so I can include it in later versions. I still haven't got an English words.txt file. Can somebody send me a decent on to include in the archive? The first person to send an English wordsfile over 500 words will get a free registration for this door :) Never delete the datafiles completely! If you want to restart the door, simply copy the empty files of the archive into the Doors:Typer directory or clear the files manually. The 'new' locking mechanism hasn't been tested long, and I hope it'll work for everybody! Previous versions would not work correctly under OS 3.0 if what Eric De Jong told me was correct. Please let me know if there are any problems getting this door to work 100%. It has been played here about 130 times without any problems at all. (I had one guru once due to an error in v2.00, before that, it had been played 200 times or something like that). I want every little bug reported ASAP!! To contact me, send mail in the DLG_CHAT or DLG_DEV mail area to me, or send mail and registrations to: Wim Rumping Sandenburg 108 1965 NM Heemskerk The Netherlands BBS: The miningship 'Red Dwarf' +31-2510-47830 (** Trapdoor node! **) +31-2510-39479 (Crappy phone line!) Fido: 2:285/404.20 Bos : 99:999/1.0 Amy : 39:151/105.0 ******************************************************************************* * THANKS TO: * ******************************************************************************* Eric De Jong / Digital Desert for being my 'private' support BBS, and reporting the problems with the busy locking under OS 3.0. Erno Tuomainen / Moonlight Sonata for sending me the first bugreport ever. :-) TPT for the dlg.library & help in the DLG.DEV area. Sean Clarke for being the ONLY person who registered before the crippling took place. (It wasn't $10, but it's the thought that counts :)) Eddy Carroll for the 2nd bugreport. All players on my own BBS for playtesting this door. ******************************************************************************* * THINGS I WANT TO ADD/CHANGE * ******************************************************************************* - Optimize the sourcecode. (It's simply becoming too long. Some things can be done easier/faster). ******************************************************************************* * HISTORY * ******************************************************************************* v1.00 - 09-07-93 First version. v1.10 - 11-07-93 - Incoming broadcasts are displayed in the menu. - Actionstrings added in the game, so users looking at a Who's online door can view the players progress :-) - Made a start with the Two player mode by adding an Interface routine in which a user can page another user to play with him. Also added a Who's online display in this interface. The ports looked at are configurable in the config file I've added. (Note that you can't use more than 9 ports). It looks the best when you're using 5 ports. This interface can only be entered when a user's baudrate is at least 4800 baud. (Because the 2 player mode will need a lot of fast ansi sequences, which simply won't be possible on 2400 baud). Paging of another user isn't implemented yet. - Changed a problem concering the highscore routine. Inform to the losers should be okay now :-). - Cheaters using an 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' type macro CAN'T cheat anymore! 8 Typingerrors per word will cost 1 point from a user's score. - The highest level is now set at 21. (The beam can't move out of the window anymore). - My highest score is 1283 points :-) Beat that.... v1.20 - 12-07-93 - The scores.dat file was corrupted today. I can't find out why, but it looks like the fileread routine read 2 characters AFTER the linefeed. Can't seem to reproduce it though... If anyone can give more information, please!!! (I've taken some preventive measurements, but still it couldn't have happened!) - Captured broadcasts won't get updated if the standard statusline was already on the screen, this way it looks nicer :-) - Whenever you score bonus points, this is displayed at the position where you removed the word. (ie. +7). It gives you an extra push :-) My score now is 1687 (But a user of mine got 1837 :-( ). *** These scores are now invalid. They should lie around the 1300 *** - Changed the layout of the built-in Who's Online a little. Name length is now 21 characters instead of 20. - Removed some typing errors from the words.txt file (And added a few words). v1.30 - 15-07-93 - Forgot to include the data files in the archive of the previous version. :-( - Improved and completed the Who's online & page screen. - Paging system added for Battle Mode. - Battle Mode added. - Menu layout has changed somewhat. - Added two new keywords in the config file. SYSOPNAME is the name of the Sysop (Error messages will be sent to him). MSGPRI is the priority of the messaging system used by this door. This should be set at the taskpriority of the door (on my system, this is 1, which is the default value). - Added baudrate checking on single player games (2400 baud is the minimum). - Expanded the 'manual.ansi' file. - Removed a bug which created an event.log file for non-existing highscore entries. This created a harmless even.log file in the root of the Harddisk containing my User: directory. - Sh*t! While cleaning up my code, I've found a bug in the score routine! The bonus was added TWICE! to a user's score. This means that the highscore data files must be cleared because the scores are invalid... - Added chatmode after playing the game in battle mode. It is quite simple, but it should be adequate for most occasions. - Decided that the version I'll let loose on the unsuspecting world is going to be v2.0 :-)) v1.40 - 16-07-93 - Removed the '_' cursor from the chatmode. It was more irritating than it was useful. - In single & battle mode games, one point will be deducted from the user's score for every 2 errors he makes in a word instead of 8. This is somewhat more fair to the people not banging as many keys as they can hit (I am one of these keybangers myself :-)). - In battle mode, more than 10 typing errors in a word means that the word won't count. You'll have to type one word more to increase the opponent's level! - Renamed some of the datafiles. 'Data.scores' has become 'Scoredata.single', 'Highscore.Ansi' has become 'Highscore.single'. v1.50 - 17-07-93 - Renamed the Battlemode datafiles. - Highscore lists will now have 15 entries instead of 20. - Changed the look of the battle mode highscores. - Users can kick other users away in the Battlemode interface section. (As a try-out. If there is too much abuse (which I doubt), I'll remove it). - Statistics file 'Player.stats' will now be kept. All player info will be saved in this file for later use. - In battlemode, the firstnames of the players are placed in their score- window instead of just 'Player' & 'Opponent'. - Added statistics viewer. Users can sort the statistics in 10 different ways to examine it as they want it :-)) v2.00 - 18-07-93 - Added drop-carrier message check from remote in the loop before entering chatmode. - Changed the 'PortRemove' function a bit, it now sends two 'Drop-carrier' messages to the remote port, and if the carrier was indeed dropped, the port shall wait 2 seconds before it is deactivated. This is done to let the remote port notice the 'drop-carrier' messages, so any stray messages it sends in these 2 seconds will not be send to a random memory address. (However, I should wait completely until the remote sends a replymessage, but I'm using a complete asynchronic messaging system, so this would be a problem to implement. If these 2 seconds prove to be too short, you should raise the message priority!) - Didn't compile with the 'Optimize' functions in SAS C on. If I compile with optimization, the highscores get messed up. - Changed the timing between words a little in the battlemode. The gameplay isn't affected by this, just the coordination between the two tasks is now better. v2.01 - 19-07-93 - Tried to remove a little cursorposition bug in the chatter. Sometimes a user could type in the remote window (shouldn't be possible). - Removed a 'fflush(stdout)' from the battlemode gameloop. - Typing mistake removed. - Chatmode doesn't send empty messages anymore (less traffic on the messageports) - Added the actionstring "Viewing HyperTyper statistics" to the door. v2.02 - 20-07-93 - Received bugreport from Erno Tuomainen about enforcerhits (Byte Write to 0). The only reason this could be happening was that he was missing a linefeed on the last line of his words.txt file. Fixed it anyway. You now don't need a linefeed on the last line of your word.txt file. - Found 4 enforcer hits when entering chat and the opponent had hung up. Should be fixed now. - Redone the remove-port again. The send routine won't send now if a message of 'type 10' is received. The old version should guru anyway, but Erno Tuomainen said that when somebody dropped the carrier in HyperTyper battle mode, his a3000 crashed. (Never happened here). Let's try it :-)) - The remotelaser could get breached by a stray character. Not any more... v2.03 - 25-07-93 - Changed the lenght of the message packet string. 400 characters per second should be enough. - Changed the busy locking mechanism, because the normal version I use doesn't appear to work on OS 3.0 !!!!! I now use the LockResource method from the dlg.library. It is a little slower than before, but still, it should suffice. I can always create another method (But I choose for the easy way out :-)). v2.04 - 26-07-93 - Back to version 2.02, because the DLG locking mechanism didn't work on my version of the kickstart (tried semaphores, but they didn't work correctly either. After a failed retry, the next try would succeed). *** This was happening in another door of me, so I've changed it in this *** door too. It turned out to be a silly thing in the clean-up code in that *** program, so the v2.03 should work correctly after all! - Changed the lenght of the message packet string. 400 characters per second should be enough. - Used a Keyfile to lock the door with. Not as nice as the dlg resource locking, but it works for me !!! v2.05 - 01-08-93 - All memory allocation will now be done with the MEMF_CLEAR flag set. This is done on request by Eric de Jong. - Changed the amount of failed messages before error to 120 (was 75). This because sometimes (2 times in 200 games) it passed the 75! (Too many failed messages error). v2.10 - 16-08-93 - Bugreport by Eddy Carroll: Drop Carrier in main menu gives infinite loop. Fixed this by adding a little output after each character (^C checking only works after output). - Included a second set of empty datafiles so you can easily reset the game. - Added shareware screen when entering the game. - Disabled Show Statistics feature for unregistered users. v2.11 - 16-08-93 - Small bug fixed, didn't close the DLGSerial file after checking. v2.12 - 26-08-93 - 2400 Baud users now have an increased waiting period between levels. Should be more fair now. - Eric De Jong is now also a registered user.