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Documentation For Mr. Sinister V1.25
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Disclaimer:
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I, the programmer of this program, can not be held responsible
in any way, especially not economically, for any damage this
program may cause to your data, your hardware, your finacial
situation or your life.
Credits:
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Wardancer from Vanity made Mr. Sinister including this
documentation.
Also, some big thanks to the following dudes how betatested
for me: Zany at Susperia (+45 4343-4236)
Gilthanas at Warez Unlimited (+45 4494-6208)
Manace (who didnt test it at his board :( )
What is it:
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If you don't know what it is, then why did you download it ?
Well, I admit it, the name is a bit cryptic, so let me
explain what 'Mr. Sinister' is. 'Mr. Sinister' is a program
that lets you add all kinds of ad's to .lha archives, when I
say all kinds of ad's I mean ad's with random names and the
likes.
How does it work:
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Well, it is quite simple, the program will look for a icon
containing some tooltypes, the icons name must be
'config.info', and must be placed in 'Doors:!!!War!!!/Adder',
or in the same directory as the adder itself (progdir:).
The tooltypes is as follows:
FLAGS Flags that can be set to make the adder do some
extra stuff.
TYPE.x Indicates what type of ad you want. So far the
following types are supported:
NORMAL For normal ad's (nothing random).
LHANAME For ad's using the archives name.
RNDCHARS For ad's using random characters.
RNDINTS For ad's using random integers.
RNDCHARS&INTS For ad's using both random
characters adn integers.
RNDAMOK As above just with weird signs
included.
TICTACTOE For random words.
DECREASE For an ad with an decreasing
number.
INCREASE For an ad with an increasing
number.
SOURCE.x Indicates where the ad's is to be taken from eg.
'Data:ad.txt'.
MISC.x Misc. data, varies from type to type, will be
explained later on.
SUBDIR.x Indicates that you want the ad in a subdir in
the archieve, so far subdirs in subdirs arent
supported so dont try stuff like
'SUBDIR.0=skod/borg/tåbe', it wont work.
As mentionen, the MISC.x filed varies from type to type,
here comes the list:
NORMAL: MISC.x is used for holding the name that will be
used as the ad's name in the archieve.
TYPE.0=NORMAL
SOURCE.0=Data:ad.txt
MISC.0=Skodboard
This would generate an ad in the archieve with
the name of 'Skodboard' with the content of
'Data:ad.txt'.
LHANAME: MISC.x is used to hold what will be added to the
archives name.
Imagine an archive called Pacmag41.lha
TYPE.1=LHANAME
SOURCE.1=Data:ad.txt
MISC.1=Susperia
This would generate an ad with the name
'Pacmag41.Susperia'.
RNDCHARS, RNDINTS, RNDCHARS&INTS and RNDAMOK:
MISC.x is used for the length the string will
get.
TYPE.2=RNDCHARS
SOURCE.2=Data:ad.txt
MISC.2=24
This would generate an ad of random characters
with an length of 24 characters.
TICTACTOE: This one is special, because it uses a new
tooltype, the MISC.x tooltype is used to hold
the length of the ad's name. The new tooltype is
TICWORD.x.y, here is an example:
TYPE.3=TICTACTOE
SOURCE.3=Data:ad.txt
MISC.3=40
TICWORD.3.0=Super
TICWORD.3.1=Duper
TICWORD.3.2=Frog
Thsi would generate an ad of 40 characters using
the words 'Super', 'Duper' and 'Frog' in a random
combination.
DECREASE: Well, it is more difficult than TICTACTOE, anyway,
this one will continue to decrease the number it
will place in your ad by one until it reaches a
minimum you have defined, example follows:
TYPE.4=DECREASE
SOURCE.4=Data:ad.txt
MISC.4=Seats Left_
DECREASECUR=200 <-- This is the current value
DECREASESTOP=0 <-- The minimum value
The above entry would create something like
'Seats Left_200' first time it was executed and
'Seats Left_199' the second time, since it would
decrese the value in DECRESECUR by one each time
it is executed, until 0 (DECREASESTOP) is reached.
Please note that the DECREASESTOP tooltype can be
left out if not needed.
INCREASE: Just the opposite of DECREASE, example:
TYPE.5=INCREASE
SOURCE.5=Data:ad.txt
MISC.5=Uploads_
INCREASECUR=1
INCREASESTOP=1000000
First time executed the following would be created:
'Uploads_1', the next time 'Uploads_2' and so on,
until 1000000 is reached. Please note that the
INCREASESTOP tooltype can be let out if not needed.
Let's take a look at those flags I mentioned earlier:
CHEATDIZ This flag will make the adder more the FILE_ID.DIZ
down to the bottom of the archieve, handy if you
wants to evade strippers that only checks from the
file_id.diz and down.
QUIET Will make the adder shut up about what it is adding,
this will also prevent the adder from showing how
bytes have been added and the archieve gain in
percents.
One last thing, if you want more than one flag, just use a | to
seperate the flags (FALGS=CHEATDIZ|QUIET).
History:
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Vo.5o Beta test version for Susperia Only.
V1.oo First release.
Added total bytes added indicator.
Added TICTACTOE type.
V1.25 Added archieve gain percentage.
Added decrease type.
Added increase type.
Optimized the copy() rutine.
Fixed a bug in RNDAMOK.
Fixed a bug reagrding length of strings.
Greetings:
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All the guys in Vanity, naturally... :)
Json, Devilstar, Zinko, Janitor, Deature, Striker, Energy,
Spike, SCA, Relief, Webster, D-Tron, Playmate, Ironman,
Nashua, Enzo, Carebear, Paranoid
And all the other m8 I forgot.
Wardancer of Vanity signing of
7th September 1995