************************************************** Empire Maint v2.01 © 1990,1991,1992 by Crazy Cad ************************************************** Version 2.01 RELEASE VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Minor Changes Version 1.98 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Corrected problem with Emperor Hall of Fame generation. Problem occured if Emp.Emperors file Existed but was Empty. o Add some more error checking into Last XX Emperors generation. Version 1.94 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Reversed Last 10 Emperors List. o Fixed bug in Last 10 Emperors. Bug existed only when an Emperors handle had the word 'on' in it. Spaceman found this critter. Version 1.93 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Fixed problem in update of Emp.Emperor file. o Added new TopTen files into Delete list (Emp.Reset). Version 1.92 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Added SPAWNing of Emp.UpEmp when a player is crowned Emperor. This file generates the Emperor Hall of Fame. It can be ran by itself, through Emp.Util or will automatically run through Emp.Maint. If Emp.UpEmp has never been ran before (hence no Emp.Emperors file has been generated) then it will read in the Emp.Emperor file (this is the last 10 Emperors) and create the Emp.Emperors file. o Added generation of Emp.Top10.3 (Last 10 Emperors). This file is generated from the Emp.Emperor file (which has been around awhile). Version 1.91 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o During a Reset, Empire now updates an Emp.Emperors file. This file contains all the Emperors names and how many times they have been crowned Emperor. o I edited the Top xx Logs, I changed the Name field from 20 chars to 22 chars; Land/Acres field from 10 chars to 8 chars. With the addition of the Rank to some long names, some names where being chopped off. This will give us 2 more chars to work with. Version 1.90 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o If there are less than 10 players, Emp.Maint will not longer generate a Top 5. It will generate for however many people there are. So as soon as there are 2 players, you should start getting a Top 2. Version 1.80 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Added Main Running Check to prevent multiple Emp.Maint runnings o Updated installation instructions for adding Emp.Maint to BBSEVENT, see Installation below for details. Version 1.70 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Small changes Version 1.60 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Emp.Maint now adds entries into the Players Log whenever it is run. Version 1.52 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Colors converted to new C-Net 2.0 standard. o Port routines added to prevent Emp.Maint from running while Empire is being ran on another port. Emp.Maint will send a termination request and kick the player off so that it can run. Version 1.51 BETA VERSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Reset re-written to avoid problems. o Visual status of who is being processed. o Minor tweaks here and there... Version 1.5 Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Sort routines are now done internally (no more usage of Workbench SORT command). The sorts are now faster. o The player alphabetizing is now done with my internal sorts. So it is faster now also. o A Skypics honor roll is now generated. (It isn't fancy, just a font change for the heading.) o Many routines have been re-written to run a bit faster. o As Emp.Maint runs, it gives more information to the screen explaining exactly what it is doing. o The bug that cuased problems with the inactive player weed was fixed. It did not like comparing dates of two different years. It would not see them as inactive and not delete them. o Emp.Maint has been updated to use new Empire v1.5 Directory Stucture. About ~~~~~ Emp.Maint is a Maintenance file for C-Net Amiga Empire v1.3 and above. This program can be ran in the PFILES system and/or during Amaint to do the following. o Generate a Top Ten Honor Roll (if there are 10 players) o Generate a Top xx Honor Roll (if there are less than 10 players) o Generate the Emperor Hall of Fame o Generate Last 10 Emperors file o Delete Inactive players o Shorten various Empire logs o Reset Empire when someone is crowned Emperor (If RESET=1 in Emp.Config) Installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This file can be added into the PFILES directory and simply ran by the sysop or users. This would probally work better if installed to run during C-Nets Automaint. To install this file in AMaint, Edit the BBSEVENT0 file and add the following line: ALL 400 ALL 400 -oh RUNA pfiles:Emp.Maint Before this change in the BBSEVENT0 file is recognized, C-Net must be reloaded. Misc Notes ~~~~~~~~~~ o The Inactive Player deletion has a built in precaution. It will only delete 5 players in one execution. This is just in case your system date is somehow corrupted to prevent all the players from being deleted. o The method of determining the the date for inactive deleting required a change in the Empire player files. This change included the addition of the last play date in days of the year. This change made it EASY to determine if they needed to be deleted. However, this change was not made until Empire v1.2. Therefore, the users that have not played the Empire v1.2 will not be updated and not be deleted. This can be overcome by manually deleting them or editing their last play date via the Empire maint commands. That's it! ~~~~~~~~~~ See the Empire 'Emp.Readme1' file for more information on Empire and how to edit the Maint features in the 'Emp.Config'. If you have any problems let me know! Catch Ya Later CRAZY CAD Crazy Cad - Chris A.D. Warren Peace - Dr. John M. 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