@database 00463288-0 @master E!Mines14U.guide @$VER: 1.0 @author "Jan-willem van Eys" @(c) "1996 Inorix scripts" @remark Created with Heddley v1.1 (c) Edd Dumbill 1994 @remark Heddley Bugs Fixed with FixHeddley 1.0 (c) 1995 by David Zvekic @node "Main" "E!Mines v1.5 Unregistered" @{u}@{fg shine}E!Mines v1.5 (unregistered)@{uu}@{fg text} A doorgame for @{"Excelsior! BBS v1.20+" link "Needed" 0} @{"Introduction" link "Intro" 0} @{"Requirements" link "Requirements" 0} @{"Installation" link "Install" 0} @{"Registration" link "Registration" 0} @{" History " link "History" 0} @{"Author" link "Author" 0} @endnode @node "Intro" "What's it all about?" Some time ago someone who just had purchased the @{"Excelsior! BBS" link "Needed" 0} package, wrote a message in @{"AmyNet," link "Needed" 0} that he was looking for someone who could write Arexx doors for E!... The person was @{"Jankees Geijteman," link "Needed" 0} and @{"I" link "Author" 0} answered the call, as my inspiration for @{"Spot" link "Needed" 0} scripts was more or less exhausted. Jankees gave me the Arexx port commands, and I started writing. After some small tryout doors, I got a flash of inspiration, and started writing this doorgame. I think it's good enough to release it, so here it is! @endnode @node "Requirements" "What do I need for this?" This script doesn't require too much... @{u}What's needed:@{uu} @{"Excelsior BBS v1.20+" link "Needed" 0} - This one needs to be bought :-) @{"RexxMast" link "Needed" 0} - Comes with WB2.04+ @{"rexxsupport.library" link "Needed" 0} - Comes with WB2.04+ @endnode @node "Install" "How does this @#$#$ thing work?" Installation is easy: 1 - Copy @{"E!Mines15u.rexx" link "History" 0} to your doorgames directory 2 - Add the door to your list. (It's a standard Arexx door) 3 - This is the most difficult part: - If you do nothing, E!Mines will write a Highscorelist to RAM: - If you want the highscorelist to be permanent, fire up a shell, and create a datadirectory anywhere you like. Now type this: @{fg highlight}SetENV InorixDataPath @{fg text} Copy InorixDataPath to ENVARC: - Why this Environmental variable? - Because this way you don't have to dig through the script editing all references by hand. - Because this way all @{"Inorix scripts" link "Other" 0} doors can use the same datadirectory. That's it! @endnode @node "Registration" "Do we have to pay for this?" @{u}There's just a small catch:@{uu} This version has only one difficulty level, and the field size is fixed to a 10 by 10 grid... I also have a version with variable field size, and three difficulty levels... If you want it, you have to register yourself, and I'll send you this version. @{u}What does it cost you?:@{uu} Absolutely nothing! It's free to register E!Mines. That doesn't mean the registered version of E!Mines is freeware though! I'd like some feedback, and this way I can get an idea about where my doors end up :-) @{u}How to register:@{uu} Send @{"me" link "Author" 0} an E-Mail message with your name & address (real life physical address :-)) and ask me for the registered version. I'll send it UUEncoded back to your E-Mail address. Bugreports, ideas, tips etc. are also welcome! @endnode @node "Author" "Who did all this?" You can reach me here for bugreports, hints etc... FidoNet 2:286/407.23 SnailMail: Jan-willem van Eys Pijlrogstraat 5 1317 NN Almere The Netherlands For a @{"registered" link "Registration" 0} version, you need to write to my E-Mail address: jave@grafix.xs4all.nl @endnode @node "Needed" "So what's all that stuff?" @{u}What is...@{uu} Spot - A FidoNet mailer written by Nico François. RexxMast - The Arexx interpreter rexxsupport.library - A system library with some extra Arexx commands Excelsior! BBS - A nice BBS program CNet BBS - A nice BBS program, that has almost the same Arexx interpreter as Excelsior, so it's easy to convert doors :-) Jankees Geijteman - The sysop of @{fg shine}Cyborg BBS@{fg text} (+31-(0)33-4804065) AmyNet - A FidoNet-like world-wide Amiga message network @endnode @node "Other" "What did JAVE write besides this?" @{b}@{u}Here are some more Inorix scripts:@{ub}@{uu} @{u}For Excelsior! BBS:@{uu} - Gunslinger : A Wild-West shootout game. - SimpleWall : A very simple junkwall door. - TimeQuest : A multiple choice quiz doorgame (you can win extra time!) - CookieDoor : A fortune-cookie door. @{u}For Spot:@{uu} - SaveUUE : A script that searches for UUEncoded messages in areas & saves (or decodes) them. - FinishUp : An exit script that allows you to set optimize/clear flags maintenance/export etc... - AutoReply : A reply robot, people can send a mail to it, and get a message back (That's how I send my scripts :-)) - SnapMsg : A script that searches for messages with a certain subject, and saves them out to a file. (great for the virusscanlists!) - MailFTP : A 'FTP by mail' script. - UUCoder : Allows you to UU/FSEncode a file, after LhA/LZX'ing it first - SfT : Search for Text, an 'inverse twitlist' it filters out all messages in an area that don't contain keywords. @{u}For Diskmaster II:@{uu} - DM-Vir : Check a file with VirusZ (or VirusChecker). - FileID Show : A File_ID.diz extractor. @{u}Other:@{uu} - FileRecog : A file recognition subroutine, it recognizes 32 filetypes at the moment. Very easy to implement in other Arexx scripts. - IconChange : A GUI for IconUpdate v2.01, because IconUpdate v4.5 doesn't work with MUI >v2.1 - Some more things, for BED, for myself, and for fun :-) @endnode @node "History" "How did it come to this version?" @{u}History of E!Mines (unregistered)@{uu} v1.5 (24.12.96) - Almost Christmas, and I'm still stuck behind my Amiga... - Added a quite random routine, based on 'Very Random v1.1' which is (c) 1990 by Shane D. Killian. The game is more difficult because of this, so I suggest deleting your old highscores. :-) Third release. v1.4 (30.10.96) - Changed hiscore filename to EMines.hi, because I'm also working on a @{"CNet" link "Needed" 0} version... - Forgot to change the 'v1.2' to 'v1.3' in the first release... Second release. v1.3 (21.10.96) - Changed minefield location on screen. First public release. v1.2 (10.10.96) - Made the screen a bit 'nicer' - Disappearing flags bug fixed. Not released. v1.1 (30.09.96) - Added support for Datapath variable. - From here on there are two versions: Registered and Unregistered. - Added flags set/left display. - Added highscorelist (thanks to Gerda!). Only given to CyBorg BBS. v1.0 (25.09.96) - First version. It works (more or less). Not released. @endnode