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dspain

hey man.. welcome!

dspain

Sounds like it would be a fun project. I would probably host it on Github when/if you decide to open it up so you're not using your own resources.

I'd like to see a lot of the Borland code moved to a modern version of C++. I had luck in the past porting the Borland code to VC++ (which never saw ...

dspain

Hey folks... the failure of the server that was hosting us was two fold - the drive died, they didn't have a mirror... and worse, they never setup backup despite us requesting it.

So I had to rebuild everything from the backups that fortunately I saved when I build THAT server. But it cost us 2 ...

dspain

looking for any old 32 bit desktop pcs anyone has, speeds do not matter.
this is for a world group project testing in both 32 bit unix and freedos enviroments.

all i currently have are x64 windows 7 and 8 based worldgroup testbeds.

i did receive a donation of an hp dc series 32 bit machine i am ...

dspain

i currently have 2 21" iMac pcs and a 15" macbook pro notebook, the imacs are running the newest mountain lion where the notebook is running just osx. the problem is i need a desktop mac pc where i can interchange things to test various setups.

does anyone have any old imac pcs laying around? i ...

dspain

Cross platform for OSX/Win/Linux 32&64 bit.

SqLite database (as default) since it is lightweight and cross platform? But of course you can change the database to other database platforms (I know you like MySql and I am a MSSql guy).

As you said baseline version 1 is terminal and web.

oh no ...

dspain

If a new version of Worldgroup was to be built from the ground up, what would you keep and what would you ditch?

My keep list :
Basic Internet Servers (Httpd, nntpd, ftpd, telnetd, rlogind)
Accounting - For Pay models
Teleconference
File Libraries
Forums
Web Support (a modern web interface)

My ...

dspain

now this is not something that was typically done, but it can be done and if anyone can offer some insight that would be great.

the compiler is Borland C++ 4.5.2

i need to use arrays larger than 256x256

an example of my array:

i need to store room descriptions for a game, there are a maximum of ...

dspain

hmm what errors? i just installed a clean copy of taedit 1.0m then applied the gold database update and have been using that to pull data from as i make my new wg 2.0 ta engine.

give me the play by play from the time you install it til you get your first error.

Well I was in meltdown mode ...

dspain

honestly, it doesnt need to be ported it needs to evolve.

Yes! Preach On Brother!

what we need is a complete rewrite from the ground up using technologies available to us today

Absolutely! I was looking at the code again last night and was thinking for the day it was really cool code, but ...

dspain

i have both a private and current cvs setup, private is for my own fork of 3.12 codenamed Worldgroup 3.12.xx and the current is a version of 3.30 with alot of free modifications with my premium modifications remaining closed.

Where can I get access to the cvs for the current 3.30.

I would love ...

dspain

So while I was tinkering around with things, I ran across something interesting...

for the Active HTML Account display/edit you are not able to change the birthday of a user... there is no key to define to allow someone to change this... (WG 3.2 NT)

instead the user is only able to telnet into ...

dspain

Iceman wrote:I couldn't connect to the telnet system... got two pings then it pooped... I wanted to try TA since its been a few eons heh.

it's back up and running some fresh builds of both Tele-Arena and Arctic Registry.

dspain

Iceman wrote:I couldn't connect to the telnet system... got two pings then it pooped... I wanted to try TA since its been a few eons heh.

switching over a few network servers want to test wg running alongside an rlogin server with no complications.

dspain

I recently started up my old BBS. We are mainly a chat community oriented bbs. I am looking for teleconference type games. I am mainly looking for brawl. anything else along those lines are great. hard to find anything these days.

yeah i stopped developing tele-based games i can get ya brawl and ...

dspain

i have both a private and current cvs setup, private is for my own fork of 3.12 codenamed Worldgroup 3.12.xx and the current is a version of 3.30 with alot of free modifications with my premium modifications remaining closed.

Where can I get access to the cvs for the current 3.30.

I would love ...

dspain

We need a updated code base and central repository. Has anyone (rick, daniel) thought about creating a central repository. Maybe a private repository somewhere that people who want/have something to contribute they can send it in.

I am itching to get a copy of Daniel's source. I want to update ...

dspain

which is why i have been working with visual c++ to get a worldgroup64 project compiled.

we need native support

We need a updated code base and central repository. Has anyone (rick, daniel) thought about creating a central repository. Maybe a private repository somewhere that people who want ...

dspain

Check out Pheedom.net - OhASys is working closely and is an official Elwynor Technologies demo/beta site.

seems everyone you use to be a beta site, dedicated worldlink server, etc.... go away!

need some help? i got 14 dedicated machines that run various things some of em been online since early ...

dspain

released to maintenence builds of Global Chat and Global Control, very minor fixes on both to cleanup something that *MAY* cause a bit of lag when querying something, i could not duplicate this on all systems and it mainly affected older x86 based machines and even then only sometimes,
but either ...

dspain

Since I cannot get my TA editor fixed (without Sean) and the main reason why I bought WG 2.0 or to find a completly clean editor (thanks Dan, but it was with errors) I will ask my Son if he wants all the goodies and if not I think I will just trash everything, don't feel like selling or ebaying it ...

dspain

good news for WG2 sysops my nice new TA engine i created for WGNT, well i decided to do one for WG2 as well.

the wg2 version uses btrieve but each database was pulled from within the game and written to it's own database, the databases are named to reflect what they contain just like the windows ...

dspain

released global chat v3.40 tonight, same as my older global chat modules only cleaned it up and fixed the old gag bug.

this allows your users all to chat with each other through global chat channels from anywhere on the server, has commands where you can scan all user channels, squelch a user from ...

dspain

I haven't passed the code on to anyone else yet, as I'm not sure of the licensing status of it. I've heard (through this forum) that 2.2 was released as open source, but I have yet to find it. Old URLs are old.

What I'd like to do is:
Figure out the differences between the original code to the ...

dspain

Back in action, two majormud realms, stock and non-stock. Also running Rose COG, Swords of Chaos, LORD, and various teleconference add-ons.

The beebs is on a stable cable connection running on great hardware. Backups are hourly and unnoticed. We are up to about 15 users currently and can support ...

dspain

I've got a version of 2.1c that I've manage to get working in a stand-alone fashion. maybe we should compare notes on this one. I'm in the middle of reworking my copy into something that uses STL objects and a massive cleanup. It already uses sqlite3 and compiles under win32 and posix (though, I ...

dspain

got a new build of Tele-Arena Classic online at arcticzone.dyndns.org.
log in and check out the new engine.

got a web version for the worldgroup web server in development, i will have that online for testing soon.

dspain

Dwagar wrote:Nevermind I got it, I was trying to connect to a web site, so I tried telnet and the site worked. You must have the web server disabled.

yeah once i update to the new 2.0 web server i will enable it again once i am sure there are no cgi / javascript problems.

dspain

launched a demo & support system at arcticzone.dyndns.org.

i will be updating this site all week so check it out.

put Arctic Registry and the new SMTP engine online so feel free to drop in create a profile to check it out and send an email to see it all working.

dspain

with my tele-arena engine finished i wanted to focus more on my own ip mud game so users can have an affordable game solution for wg that is actively developed.

XanthaMud is a game i have been designing for the past couple years and gonna release it soon for sysops to install on their system.

if ...

dspain

alot of sysops have wanted ot build their own custom muds but didnt like some of the advanced editing features of some or they were unavailable so i am gonna be releasing my own mud builder named the Worldgroup Mud engine.

this is an sqlite driven mud engine where everything is customizable and ...

dspain

looking for some experienced usurper door game players to help build the worldgroup port of usurper.

pm me if interested.

dspain

released the arctic registry system, this is an enhanced registry option for you to offer users the chance to enter other things than the standard registry that was more focused on business interests.

this registry system comes with up to 15 questions you can edit through level 4 config, you can ...

dspain

the new SMTP engine for WGNT is now finished, i ran some last minute tests this afternoon, i sent from my wg server directly to my msn email account and received the response right back.

the new options are in level 4 config.

USEHOST - set this to yes to enable the use of a relay server
SMTSMRT ...

dspain

the new SMTP engine for WGNT is now finished, i ran some last minute tests this afternoon, i sent from my wg server directly to my msn email account and received the response right back.

the new options are in level 4 config.

USEHOST - set this to yes to enable the use of a relay server
SMTSMRT ...

dspain

SMTP

This issss awwwwwesome! so where can we buy or download the stuff?!

i have a new webhost through godaddy i am gonna put a page up.
the main page is arcticzonebbs.com i will probably just do an arcticzonebbs.com/addons page.

gonna put some forums up too for all my products just trying to ...

dspain

SMTP

This issss awwwwwesome! so where can we buy or download the stuff?!

i have a new webhost through godaddy i am gonna put a page up.
the main page is arcticzonebbs.com i will probably just do an arcticzonebbs.com/addons page.

gonna put some forums up too for all my products just trying to ...

dspain

Sea Battle from Logicom
Tetris from Logicom
Forbidden Lands I
Mud Maker from Cheersoft (this is rick's i think so unreleased)

dspain

hit a fee snags porting this with memory bits and addresses, when i have more time i will finsh this.

dspain

Tele-Arena Classic - yeah its done for the most part, few small tinkering to tweak out some things but this game is complete.

Arctic Trivia - farwest was by far the king of this genre but since they are gone we need a replacement, here it is, being tested as we speak.

Quest for Magic - ported to ...

dspain

these games are in the making stages.

Usurper - a wg version, approved by the author, i just need to get to it

Tele-Arena Game Engine - the old stuff is fun but some people want a change in scenery, with this engine you can do just that, an edit on the fly game engine where all data is database ...

dspain

got some new global programs you may be interested in:

Global Control - a standard globals package with about any global command you may use on a daily basis without overbloating it with a ton of commands that just take up screen space.

Global Macros - the name says it all, just a utility program ...

dspain

Rlogin Client - a modification to the original rlogin client that allows you to specify which port to connect to, this comes in handy when connecting to a door server or twgs server running on alternate ports, ie: /rlogin <where> -p 2002, etc....
also allows you to specify a module name to the ...

dspain

Oh I forgot to mention... it has to start at "gos" because some commands like "go hole" or "go path" would be interrupted and not available in the game or for other things on the BBS...

so yeah if there is a way to have it use gos-gossip that would be ideal for what I am attempting to do here ...

dspain

Is it possible for the global chat to be keyed to...

gos
goss
gossi
gossip

So that sayyy systems with multiple majormud realms could intercept majormuds localized game gossip and spread it around all realms running?

I'm sure its meant to have just a single character before it like globals in the ...

dspain

Drex wrote:
dspain wrote: yeah i support all platforms with my modules and only limited to wgnt if its the sql stuff.

Cool when can we grab a copy of the new TA?? (WG2.0 DOS)

compiled a fresh copy today and got it on a wg2 bbs running just fine, hoping for a beta release soon.

dspain

Is it possible for the global chat to be keyed to...

gos
goss
gossi
gossip

So that sayyy systems with multiple majormud realms could intercept majormuds localized game gossip and spread it around all realms running?

I'm sure its meant to have just a single character before it like globals in the ...

dspain

Yes its from an icon. I'm aware of the service icon thing. This I believe has something to do with it running on a 64bit os I believe.

Interesting. I don't have a 64bit server running, but I don't remember the same problem with 64bit XP which I ran for awhile on a desktop. I will have to recheck ...

dspain

i am lookign for people who are familiar with some of the earlier TW games created by Chris Sherrick and John Morris, i created a TW2 module using the basic source, and the pascal source and want someone to test it that was familiar with the game.

Do you have it up and running somewhere? :?:

i ...

dspain

good news for those sysops that been having trouble sending smtp email from their wg system.

i updated the GALSMTP addon to now support authentication to your isp smtp server to send emails.

i tested this using comcast and did it as follows:

in your smarthost field put: smtp.comcast.net

then ...

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