Subj : Re: Thunder cat V3.30 BBS door game help
To : Fzf
From : Cozmo
Date : Tue Oct 15 2024 06:21 pm
Fz> The path without the filename is the correct setting.
Fz>
Fz> This door kit is picky about the dropfiles it reads. In the case of
Fz> Mystic's DOOR.SYS file, line 14 (User password) being blank is causing
Fz> the error #5. Anything at all on that line will suffice to get rid of
Fz> the error. Then you'll start getting runtime error #6.
Fz>
Fz> Line #46 gets "32768" written to it by default. This line gets read
Fz> into a 16-bit signed integer with a maximum positive value of 32767.
Fz> Anything over that results in a runtime error.
Fz> There's a utility called CVTDOOR that can be used to manipulate these two
Fz> lines. Use the utility to add anything to line 14 and set line 46 to any
Fz> smaller number. By changing these two lines I was able to get the Mystic
Fz> generated DOOR.SYS file to work.
Awesome! got it to work. Thank You! My issue was just the blank line 14 (user password) Did what you said and it fired right up.
I would have to say that you're right that this game is very picky with dropfiles.
