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Iceman

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 the ...

Iceman

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.

Iceman

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 ...

Iceman

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

Or if you need a new beta site for a baseline package, I've gone down to 100 users since I shut off new signups, but I could always run another system for the flood of new users I send to ...

Iceman

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 ...

Iceman

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 see which was to go .... phpbb, smc, etc.....

well let us know when you ...

Iceman

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 ...

Iceman

SMTP

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

Iceman

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...

Iceman

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 ...

Iceman

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 ...

Iceman

i am gonna compile a new x64 build sometime this week, im finishing up the x86 build in the next 2 days.

you talking abput the x64 for win or osx?

for windows... looking to run it next to worldgroup, heh 3 telnet servers on one machine... I've got a feeling I'm going to need the telnet server ...

Iceman

the standalone is written in c++ and comes in both an x86 or x64 variant with ipv6 capabilities, an email verification system, built in listserver for news and info to be shared among your users, an in game messaging system, and a light http server for hosting basic info about the game.

there ...

Iceman

and... I just checked quickly to see if someone did make a pdf... without downloading the whole thing to double check... seems the description says the answer is yes someone already made pdf's of this...

http://www.gcommarchive.com/history/manuals/m620dev.zip
http://www.gcommarchive.com/history ...

Iceman

Well surprise surprise surprise... I was going through thousands of old text files from the past 25 years... and wondered, what do I have hidden in the boxes in the storage room from the past 25 years... I found tons of books!

Developer's Guide for the Major BBS Version 6.2 January 1994 (213 pages ...

Iceman

I am considering setting up my system again for some friends. I have noticed MajorMud is corrupt and I can not seem to find 1.11p anywhere. Does anyone know where we can get this from? Metro is unresponsive for some reason, probably went under.

Well depends which version you need...

MajorMUD ...

Iceman

Questman wrote:Dan and I have an agreement done. I'm going to send him all the paperwork and once everything is signed we'll move forward.

Is TA ready.

Iceman

did anyone ever manage to get into the mod10 areas? a guy contacted me 2 years ago where he could go to the mod 10 area but couldnt move and wanted me to look at the database and structure blocks and try to bypass it.
he offered me a king's ransom b/c it would "require so much time" and even paid ...

Iceman

been getting alot of emails regarding ipv6 recently and to answer em all in one go, yes i will have the complete connectivity option ported over from ipv4 to ipv6, already been playing with galtcp.dll, galtnt.dll, and galtntd.dll

i added a ton of new features like ip control, and email validation ...

Iceman

actually thinking about it there is nothing in WG2 that puts a busy flag on unless it is a sensitive system process unless they are connected through Rlogin, sometimes coming in from the dos made rlogin stuff busy'd ya out, if they are rlogin connected out from inside Wg that busies em too.
but ...

Iceman

Well i guess this is impossible. Guess its back to emulating and typing =b on the users screen and send a message.

be very careful when you use emulation... people do NOT like that one bit... if there is something you need to tell someone... write them a mail that will show up when they relog ...

Iceman

Well can you open a dos prompt and type "xcopy /?" to make sure the program is on the machine and/or allowed to run in the directory you are trying to launch it from, and that you are using the correct syntax for the version you are using on the new server...

I've always liked using command prompt ...

Iceman

Actually, it's just for me to do some of the sysop stuff easier... Not for users...

Thanks!

My only good solution so far has been to keep a win98 VM that I can load up just to launch this program and connect to the BBS to do the few things I will like using it for...

it still is 16bit and won't ...

Iceman

I fixed the limit problem in my release of the 1.oox release of the Majormud DLL. There is no limits on that anymore. I went through the entire DLL fixed all of that.

A lot of boards are running the 1.00x now. I did it with Metor's knowledge and even sent them a copy of the update.

Is this 1.00x ...

Iceman

I think I might have finally found it lol... started at the very top again going through all the options...

under security & accounting - core security & accounting - SAMPLN

seems if you set this option fro "256" to "0" it says new users will only be allowed to signup on channel "00" which is the ...

Iceman

agreed, alot of people just want sources so they can "write their own" you know my take on that, want to see a new Tele-Arena, write your own, just as i did, and also got a majormud sysop talkign to me about redoing that for wg, addons do not need to be open sourced when so many of them can be ...

Iceman

I think I might have finally found it lol... started at the very top again going through all the options...

under security & accounting - core security & accounting - SAMPLN

seems if you set this option fro "256" to "0" it says new users will only be allowed to signup on channel "00" which is the ...

Iceman

Well I've spent quite a while trying to find the option to disable new signups and I can't for the life of me find it... my system lines are almost full and I need to stop new signups in the next few days.

and if anyone knows that option, is there a textblock message associated with that rejection ...

Iceman

It could also turn into a ton of source code spin offs too. remember what happened to the wwiv source code and others? everyone and thier mothers was knocking out thier own bbs packages. course thou, synchronet is a open source bbs system and I havnt seen a ton of knock offs from that, and it's a ...

Iceman

Understood. The last I heard was Merlin was pretty adamant about not accepting emails; so I though perhaps you could get an answer from the Metro owners, since they still list on one of their sites a registration screen for MegaMUD.

Sorry.

Yeah I heard the same, thats why he disappeared so ...

Iceman

Here are a couple of links detailing the trademarks and company that owns them (Gameport, Metro, plus a few more)

http://www.trademarkia.com/majormud-75731103.html

http://www.trademarkia.com/company-ms-electronics-llc-834439-page-1-2

Those are for MajorMUD... I'm looking for MegaMUD... the ...

Iceman

Don't forget the increased buffers so things like user listings display entirely lol... with 177 players you can list them using the games internal "who" command... but after we go beyond that, the bottom dozen or two drop off as if the listing just stops... I wonder if they ever tested with this ...

Iceman

Well I have tried with countless rejected emails, wrong phone numbers, and lost trails from where others have directed me... so I'm hoping someone knows who wrote MegaMUD, and how to get a hold of the guy...

I have a user or two every week asking me how to register the program because they can't ...

Iceman

correct, the modern version is a port of the unix flavor of the breakthrough, what i am proposing is actually eliminating it entirely, i mean how hard is it to write a single threaded windows socket server nowadays? i can do it in around 34 lines of code, rewriting the core in itself is what needs ...

Iceman

Given that a large part of WG's irrelevance today is the user count limit, a matter which I see discussed quite heavily on this system, part of the irony of your attack on me is that just before WG died, I tried to interest Tessier et al in a module which would have at that time revolutionized WG ...

Iceman

that's possibly the problem today, everything under one ownership, competition is a fierce driving force, if 1 person owned everything they could move along at a snails pace and not really care one way or another, however if we had multiple people pumping out add ons, then they would do like they ...

Iceman

I would like to see everyone work with Questman, to create a new version with everything under one roof and working together on a single platform going forward for all those who want to revive the local bbs with a little international reach... that seems to be what I've done... same local friendly ...

Iceman

Interesting, that also explains why I see so many systems warning about dupe accounts and or limiting them. Your system PVP or Non-PVP?

NoN-PvP (to create a casual play environment)
unlimited limiteds (since you can't go kill the guy who has what you want)
equipment is loyal (won't drop upon ...

Iceman

I rn the radio station, reworked the entire WG Database, took out the ugly HTML replaced with PHP etc and run it all off of the same Pervaise Database. You might be able to get it to work with updating the Database.

I never thought of trying to increase users beyond the 256, because I have mine ...

Iceman

But why? I don't see the enjoyment factor in using scripts...?

Various answers for various people... mostly so they can get larger characters and go on boss hunts with other people... the larger you are the bigger the bosses you can socially go attack... some systems let people get 2x 4x 10x the ...

Iceman

Well, I can understand your feelings on multiple systems. I'm lucky enough (I guess) that monitoring additional systems falls in line with what I do anyway - install and monitor systems for small business's in the area.

Question; I've read that some systems have users who let scripts run their ...

Iceman

I was thinking along the lines of splitting the MUD, say realm 1-5 on BBS #1 then 6-9 on #2, if you can do such a split. If such a thing can be done. Use an unlimited telnet server behind your firewall/router to direct users to the proper BBS.

You can probably put some BBS's in your logout ...

Iceman

Do you have the ability to run a second system yourself? I'm not sure how the licensing for MajorMUD works in that respect.

There are a number of other free systems active; however their worlds/environments may be different.

Well as far as I always understood all of the license agreements... I ...

Iceman

So anyone have any ideas on what to do once I hit 256 users sometime in the next couple months it appears if the trend keeps going...

Is there a list of free BBS's still active (all I can find is turbosentry.org) so I can at least add some message when someone signs up as new and is rejected, so ...

Iceman

Well I wouldn't go so far as to say the ISV is what killed things... when it comes down to it, its the core system not having the features its competition did back in the transition from BBS to ISP days... so the business can expand and grow to meet new demands...

in 25 years, ODS BBS went from ...

Iceman

well with 180 online playing majormud right now... you would be amazed at how instant gratification works on the adults as well... especially with players coming from edited boards where they have 2x 4x 10x the exp normally provided... they want to get everything now and rush through the game so ...

Iceman

@iceman:Thanks for crosswordz, good to know!

So that 2012 on Mod9 is pure smoke ! Since mmud is the big thing in the whole bbs scene, it looked reasonable that there would still be a profitable demand on it...

So nobody's updating Majormud content anymore? What happen to addicted players that ...

Iceman

- Metro (crosswordz@239$ says it all)

Don't install crosswordz on a windows version of worldgroup... any user can crash the system using in game commands... it used to be a pretty popular module of mine till I had to pull the plug.

as far as I know the dos version was not victim to this issue ...

Iceman

Well what an odd question to be asking these days... but what does one do when you reach 256 users online?

purchase the mysql multiple servers using a single database solution!

of course we just recently got the wgsdk to take mysql as a databasing option, but thats the vision.

so many people ...

Iceman

Well what an odd question to be asking these days... but what does one do when you reach 256 users online?

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