Subj : Lord 4.08b?
To : Jas Hud
From : Rixter
Date : Tue Apr 08 2025 07:23 pm
> Re: Lord 4.08b?
> By: Rob Swindell to Jas Hud on Mon Dec 30 2024 02:12 pm
>
> > Re: Lord 4.08b?
> > By: Jas Hud to Martin Kazmaier on Mon Dec 30 2024 05:06 pm
>
> > > rob's copy of lord32 has a bunch of garbage in it. a bunch of executab
> > > that don't belong and batchfiles.
>
> > Yup, it's as Z gave it to me.
>
> > > the 32bit version of windows was up on the lord website.
>
> > It was? Does anyone have *that* archive or (old) link? archive.org might
> > have it. It might be different/newer than the one that Z gave me.
>
> there is only one version that was released of lord32bit. he had it on the s
> for a very short time and then took it down. it was when that bullshit about
> gamesport stealing his cut of registrations went on.
>
> he also gave me a copy of 32 but i think it was just a few files. i had to
> marry it with lord 4.7's files and I didn't like the newer ansis so i put in
> the old ones. My bbses were the beta testers for lord because I had a lot o
> users and they would give feedback.
>
> I uploaded my copy. for some reason the file_id.diz was for the fixed npclo
> util so i changed that. So lord32.zip is on vert now.
>
> no you can't use dos igms with lord32.
>
>
> > > it's really not worth using.
>
> > I think sysops running on Windows-x64 systems would be happy to have/use
>
> Well that handful of sysops would just run it for the sake of running it. i
> dont think they'd be happy.
>
> People should be able to run 16bit doorgames if they want games on their bbs
> lord32 is limited because you can't use the different igms and npc programs
> utils that you can in a 16bit environment. igms really expand the game.
>
> not sure if preslar would like me releasing this but people like lordtime we
> releasing it for almost 20 years on their bbs. also i'm sure hundreds of
> people have lord32 because it was on my BBStorrents site and tons of people
> downloaded from it.
>
> The thing that is a true shame is we won't ever have the web version of lord
> which I really liked. I was able to test that out.
I am running L.O.R.D 4.08b with 77 IGMs. I find the IGMs do expand the game and
help players immerse themselves any even more aspects of L.O.R.D. I have some
people spending 20 to 30 minutes a day playing it. I do not reset my game so it
just keeps growing. We really love it.
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