NOTE: These are the original docs written for the stand-alone BBS version of Hack & Slash. They are included merely for reference and information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a standalone BBS program to play a Role Playing Game. It is a very addicting game to those people who are familiar with D&D style of play. User interaction, mixed with intelligent computer opponents, makes this BBS unique and popular to call. Everyone gets tired of message bases, networks, nodes, file uploads & downloads. Most people want fun from their computers. Why not play games with other people? Let your keyboard be your joystick and your modem be your game cartridge! Go kill a monster or another user. Joust for gold and glory. Rob another user. Pick pockets in the Square. Buy a naval warship and hunt sea monsters or sink another user's ship. Create a gang of users to party against another gang or the fearful Monster Mash. Drop into a dungeon and explore your way to adventure. Or, drink beer in the Tavern and start a brawl amongst the other players. Sure, there is even E-mail and a message base for communicating and posting, but the real fun is beating up players, taking their possessions, and hoarding gold! This demo version is fully playable. The only difference is that you become Immortal upon reaching level 30 instead of level 100. Levels 31-99 are v-e-r-y interesting as magic users become more powerful and fighting classes get tougher. There is ONLINE documentation in the Help & Hints section. Read them all for game play instructions!!! Sysops can access their menu from the pulldown option Sysop or Right-Amiga-S. From remote locations, King and Queen level users can type an @ at the Main Menu to get into the Sysop menu. Access levels determines the user's ability to use the game features. For example: <1> Visitor 2-calls, 10-minutes. Default access to NEW users. <2> Stranger 2-calls, 10-minutes. Assign this to users you are having problems verifying. <3> Prisoner 2-calls, 5-minutes. Assign this to any user you don't want playing the game. <4> Serf 2-calls, 20-minutes. Assign this to novice players. <5> Squire 3-calls, 15-minutes. Any Serf who reaches the 3rd level gets promoted to a Squire. <6> Knight 3-calls, 20-minutes. Any Squire who reaches the 10th level becomes a Knight. They may start a gang. <7> Noble 3-calls, 25-minutes. Any Knight who becomes Immortal becomes a Noble. <8> Lord 3-calls, 25-minutes. Assign this to special users. <9> Queen 3-calls, 25-minutes. I gave this status to my girl. She lets me rule when she says so! <10> King 3-calls, 25-minutes. The sysop. User #1. Make sure. RPGBBS can run using any Commodore Amiga hardware configuration with a Hayes compatible program. Among hardware tested, an Amiga 3000 under WB2.04 and a Supra2400, SupraFAX 14.4, and a Practical Peripherals 9600 modems were used. RPGBBS supports 128 users. The message base holds the last 50 messages. The software multitasks very well, as it is event-driven and demands very little CPU power at a clip. To configure RPGBBS: Copy the Venus font to your System FONTS directory. This font is necessary for the local, custom screen. RPGBBS.config file contains the following lines and can be edited: 1. Your BBS name <- Put your BBS name here 2. 19200 <- Maximum baud rate your modem supports 19200 is the computer-to-modem rate 9600+ baud modem owners. 3. ATMS0=1 <- Modem initialization string when waiting for a caller. Puts into Auto-Answer mode with speaker off. 4. ATZ <- Modem shutdown string when RPGBBS is taken offline. RPGBBS.system file is updated when RPGBBS is taken offline. The file contains the following lines: 1. Last date RPGBBS was taken offline 2. Total logins to date 3. First Bulletin Message on disk 4. Next Bulletin Message to store 5. Last Caller #1 6. Last Caller #2 7. Last Caller #3 8. Border message 9. Caller stats (Sun-Sat) A User and Gang file gets created and initialized if they do not exist in the directory RPGBBSdemo gets booted from. Text files may have .mono counterparts if you wish to dispose of the ANSI versions and rename them to take their place. Or, you may customize them to your own taste. ------------- --=:)) TO REGISTER ((:=-- ------------- Support the Shareware concept. To get all 99-levels of play, please send a mere $20 for the executable on disk. Robert Hurst 11 Patricia Court Warwick, RI 02889 BBS: (401) 738-1437 (1200-2400-4800-9600-14400)