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- Q v1.00a Written by David Proper ░▒▓█▓▒░ Copyright 1993 David Proper
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- "Boy, isn't that a descriptive name" - I like to make people guess sometimes.
-
- "Ya, I gathered that. So what is this?" - It's Q.
-
- "Ha-ha. Real funny. That one is getting old." - Ya, I have overused it.
-
- "What does this Q do" - Ever see the ST:TNG episodes where Q, from the
- Q Continuium pops up and 'plays' with the Enterprise?
-
- "Ya. I've seen them. What connection is there with this program?" - Well, the
- other day I logged on to my BBS to check the new messages like I always do
- and found a feedback message from Jerry Woody. He gave an idea about having
- a Q-type person going around pissing with the users. He said that it would do
- either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on Q's mood. So it does.
-
- "Cool. I like this. How come the other TW authors don't do stuff like this?"
- I guess because I'm better. :) haha.
-
- "Ego alarm, I can hear it" - Ya, me too.
-
- "So how does this program work and what does it do?" - same setup as the rest.
-
- Calling syntax: Q datapath
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- Where datapath is the drive:path to your TW data files.
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- When Q is run, it will pick a random sector, and check for players in that
- sector. It will then decide what kind of mood it's in, either good or bad.
-
- Then it will pick what it will mess with, Fighters, shields, or Credits. If
- it's in a good mood it will add a random amount, if in a bad mood, it will
- subtract a random amount.
-
- While adding it takes into consideration ship limits on shields and fighters.
- If they have more fighters or shields then the max the ship can handle, then
- it will remove the extra. Like like a miniature bug catcher.
-
- OK, that's about it.
-
-
-
-
- So far I haven't gotten jack shit for donations for all the damn programs I've
- written for Trade Wars. If this continues I'm just going to stop doing TW
- stuff. I am currently working on some registration routines. I'm not writing
- thies things for my health ya know.
-
- And for the people who even give a shit, I decided to skip my video digitizer
- and go for a faster modem. So you guys can call AOS to get the programs and
- not go in debt with your phone company. And so I can start calling LD and
- uploading my programs when I first release them so you people can get them
- faster. Gee, ain't that nice of me?
-
- So send any money you feel the programs are worth. Or if you own/run a
- company, donate hardware to my BBS (like a 19.2 kbp modem!) and get your
- company/store name and address posted on my board AND in my doc files!!!
- Hows that for some good advertising? I think it's worth it. And if you do
- donate hardware, you'll get the next 5 releases free that require a
- registration to unlock features. So I think you get something good in return.
-
- Send any donations or hardware to the address given shortly. And for hardware,
- don't forget to include any information you want added to my board/DOCs about
- your store, like phone number, address, what you sell/do, etc. A full ANSI
- advertisement would be great to.
-
-
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- The following people deserves thanks for sending money in for one or more of
- my TradeWars-adon programs:
-
- 11/02/92 : Mike Fergione
- 02/08/93 : Rick Blackwell
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-
- That should be enough. Now the stuff no one reads.. If you like this or
- any of the other programs I've done that you have or have seen, please send
- me something for my time and testing. I currently don't have a "real" job and
- my only income is from my BBS and my programming. Do you know how hard it is
- for a 22 year old computer nerd to get a job in a small hick town?
-
- Send any donations, or your own programs that you've written to be placed on
- my BBS to:
-
- David Proper
- 927 Maple Avenue, NW
- New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663-1522
-
-
- Or if you just want to check out my BBS, which has all my publicly released
- programs online, give my BBS a call:
-
-
- The Ace of Spades
- 1-216-339-4592
- 300/1200/2400 baud - 24hrs - 7dys
- 21,000+ files - 130+ doors - 7+megs Gfiles
- 930megs online - 30+ message bases - Truly Private Email
- Adult Section - CMF/MOD/GIF/MID/ROL/VOC/Etc files
- Supports the 1st Admendment - Lots more goodies like a SysOp
- who accualys answers mail and the pager.
- Yea, I also have a Sound Blaster Pro so I can do any audio samples for the
- users that they may want.
-
-
- A quick little thank you goes out to Dan Roseen, SysOp of Nite Owl BBS
- 206-631-4949. He gave the TW file formats to one of my users that called his
- system looking for them. Thanks Dan, we need more SysOps like that who are
- willing to help out there users and other SysOps. (You wouldn't believe the
- bullshit in this area between the local systems. It's unbelievable)
-
- And of course thanks to Jason Boyd for writting the text file that had the
- file formats.
-
- Guess that's the end of this file. Increase the peace. Later.
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