Subj : Re: DoorMUD
To : IB Joe
From : Richard Cini
Date : Thu Oct 01 2020 06:50 am
On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 9:44:19 AM UTC-4, IB Joe wrote:
> On 30 Sep 2020, Richard Cini said the following...
> RC> > g0> If you have doormud installed in c:\doormud then you would do:
> RC> > g0>
> RC> > g0> Data: c:\doormud\dmud32d -n %N -d %Pdoor32.sys
> RC> > g0>
>
> RC> external command from what was in the dmud manual to the above, and I
> RC> get further along, but now I get an error "Unable to read door
> RC> information file". My setup is going to be used as a
> RC> dial-up demo for a computer museum, so it's older -- 1.07.3 running on
> RC> Windows 98SE with a Digi AccelPort board. The board itself works fine,
> RC> and I can get Pimpwars running, but dmud is a challenge.
> RC>
> RC> Thanks!
>
> I have quoted above some of the information needed. I quoted what g00r00
> told me to used to get the door running. I don't know how you're doing it
> but the above can be broken down in to 2 pieces to better understand how to
> get the door to work.... 1st, c:\doormud\dmud32d.exe , points where the exe
> file to get the door working... 2nd, -n %N -d %Pdoor32.sys... is the info
> needed to tell the door where the door info files are...
>
> -n %N tells the program what node you are on.... current mystic BBSes use
> that, prior version and or other BBSes my use something else. The next is -d
> %Pdoor32.sys .... this is the argument that points to the directory where
> your door files are... current versions of Mystic would take that %P and
> translate that as \mystic\temp1 or \mystic\temp2 or \mystic\temp3... and so
> on... depending on the node you are on. The ending to that statement
> door32.sys is the door info file.
>
> Lets just say that your software doesn't use the %P argument you can execute
> the door like this...
> c:\doormud\dmud32d -n %N -d \mystic\temp%N\door32.sys
>
> The error you're getting sounds like the door isn't able to find the door
> info files .... The -d \mystic\temp%N\door32.sys part...
> IB Joe
> AKA Joe Schweier
> SysOp of Joe's BBS
> -=JoesBBS.com=-
Thanks Joe. I will look at the variables again and see if something changed between 1.07.03 and 1.12 or whatever the current version is. I know that the paths are correct and exist so it has to be something with the node variable.
