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Setting up Inter-Planetary warfare in BRE involves a VERY simple process.
NOTE: It seems we THOUGHT it required a netmail system... We were proved
wrong by various non-netmail systems that SOMEHOW got the thing working
although we currently had NO IDEA how. :(
The first thing you must do is choose whether you wish to be a member of a
league or a Coordinator of a league.
NOTE: v0.900 of Barren Realms Elite is NOT compatible with previous
versions. Because of this, ALL BBS's in a league must either be
running v0.0877 or below, or v0.900+ versions. We are sorry for
the inconvienence, but the 0.900 version enhanced the mail system
too much to maintain previous version compatibility. Thank you.
All:
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Daily Maintainence: run BRE PLANETARY
- This can be run multiple times during the day to speed up processing
of inbound and outbound mail.
- If running before and after each user plays,
use BRE INBOUND before and BRE OUTBOUND after
Look at IPDATA.SAM if you want to Route Mail, set mail on CRASH priority,
or set mail on HOLD priority
If you'd like Inter-Planetary Scores Bulletins created, then run
BRSCORES.EXE (probably in daily maint? Or after each play)
- See WHATS.NEW to see major changes since version upgrades
Use RESOURCE.DAT [See RESOURCE.DOC] file and set all your parameters
to customize your game
If you are joining a league:
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Set up a PLANDATA.BBS file (See PLANDATA.SAM for format) and be sure to
get your league number from your league coordinator.
This can now be done easily by using "BRE IPSETUP".
Give your BBS Information [BBS Name, Fido Address, City, State, Country]
to the League Coordinator.
Get a copy of the BRNODES.DAT [Nodelist] from the Coordinator.
If you are becoming a Coordinator:
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Select a League number (1-999) and create your PLANDATA.BBS - See
PLANDATA.SAM for format. Do not worry about if another game is going
on with the same league number. The only importance of the League
Numbers is if one BBS is participating in multiple leagues - the
league numbers of those leagues MUST be different.
This can now be done easily by using "BRE IPSETUP".
Read NODEFORM.INF to see the format of the nodelist. BRNODES.DAT should
be maintained by you and you *MUST BE* BBS #1 in the League. When others
join the league, you should add them to the nodelist, and give the new BBS
a copy of it. BRE will automatically send updated nodelists to all other
nodes [and the new one, but it may take a while].
Also: Coordinators, you may wish to consider getting BBS's from Long
Distance areas to join the league rather than a bunch of local systems.
Although this has the disadvantages of LD Costs (Small), it allows you
to play against a variety of players rather than having the same gamers
on the other BBS's!
Also #1: Due to the fact that your system will produce a piece of mail for
each BBS in your league every time the BRNODES.DAT is updated, you may wish
to consider asking some systems to poll you daily and you put your mail on
HOLD status. (See IPDATA.SAM)
Also #2: Enjoy the game! It requires very little maintainence, and we
tried to make it as user friendly as possible! If you have any problems,
notify the Mehul Patel at The Solar Realm (1:106/900 / 713-855-1665) and
I'll try to reply ASAP.