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Path: uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!hydra!klaava!hurtta
From: Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI (Kari. E. Hurtta)
Newsgroups: vmsnet.sources.games,vmsnet.sources.d
Subject: Monster Helsinki, Delta from 1.04 to 1.05 - part 0/7
Message-ID: <1992Jun30.185941.9847@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 30 Jun 92 18:59:41 GMT
Sender: hurtta@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Kari Hurtta)
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Archive-name: monster_helsinki_104_to_105/delta0
Environment: VMS, Pascal
Author: Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI
MONSTER Helsinki V 1.05
-----------------------
Monster, a multiplayer adventure game where the players create the
world and make the rules.
Derived from Rich Skrenta's Monster (from version 1).
Includes programmable non-player characters (NPC) with own programming
language - MDL (Monster Defination Language). Also rooms and objects
can program with it (via so called hooks). NPCs are called to 'monster',
all other MDL-objects are called to 'hook'.
Environment: VMS V4.x (MONSTER_INSTALL.COM requires V5.x)
PASCAL
THIS IS DELTA POSTING AGAIST VERSION 1.04
Version 1.04 is posted 14.6.1992
New to version 1.04:
- MONSTER /BUILD and /DUMP commands now correct handle passwords
of virual userids created by MONSTER/USER (you can't do
text dump of database and build new database where password
of virtual userids have saved in available)
- MDL function 'or' accept now any number of parameters
- MDL function 'and' accept now more than two parameters
- New modules: VERSION.PAS (version number of monster)
ALLOC.PAS
- New image MONSTER_REBUILD.EXE - here is now commands:
MONSTER/REBUILD
MONSTER/FIX
MONSTER/BATCH
- Document have updated little
New in version 1.04 to version 1.03 (posted 24.11.1990):
- Several bugfixes (of course)
- New commands MONSTER/DUMP and MONSTER/BUILD (via MONSTER_DUMP.EXE)
- Reading of keyboard and database polling starategy have rewrote -
should cause smaller IO-load to system (new GUTS.PAS).
- MDL -parser now writes offending line and points error position when
it detects error in MDL-program.
Running delta:
Get MONSTER Version 1.04 distribution
Put logical name MONSTER104 to point that directory
Create directory for sources of version 1.05
Put logical name MONSTER105 to point that directory
Go to directory where is this delta distribution
execute UPDATE.COM:
$ @UPDATE
Go directory MONSTER105
Compilation and installation - three possibility:
1) Compile MONSTER_E.HLP
$ LIBRARIAN/HELP/CREATE MONSTER_E MONSTER_E
Read installation help
$ HELP/LIBRARY=SYS$DISK:<>MONSTER_E Installation
and follow help.
2) Run installation-script
$ @MONSTER_INSTALL
and answer to questions.
3) Compile with MMS (there if file MAKEFILE.)
$ MMS ALL
Install manually
Send notice to me (Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.Fi) if you get this
working or if you have problems.
- K E H
( Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI,
hurtta@cc.Helsinki.FI,
hurtta@cs.Helsinki.FI,
HURTTA@FINUH.BITNET
)