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How do i go about finding other players passwords and as well changing the sysop's password in the MBBS version.

For which game?

hojo79 wrote:How do i go about finding other players passwords and as well changing the sysop's password in the MBBS version.

In CNF Sercurity settings (WG or one of the offline utils for mbbs), under the 1st heading "Core Security and Accounting" find the option "VISPSW Make password visible in detail info displays" set it to yes. You can then edit Passwords at will like other user info which can be edited from the sysop console.

This will display ALL users passwords in the account information screen from the sysop console. If you have other people visiting or that have access to the consoles keyboard/monitor you will want to leave this off. Otherwise visitors can see or change everyones passwords with a simple ALT-A and page up/down.

Yes i have seen that report. Can you see that report online? The other half was how do i change the sysop's password?

hojo79 wrote:Yes i have seen that report. Can you see that report online? The other half was how do i change the sysop's password?

I dont know what "report" you speaking of. If it is the Config (wgscnf.exe)
to set password display option that must be done with server offline.



As you can see the picture shows password display OFF, change that as I described in previous message. Restart the bbs then:

From the sysop console hit F5, type sysop then enter or F9.
scoll down (use up/down arrow keys) to Password, change it, hit enter.

All of this must be done from the sysop console. You can also shange user passwords in this fashion.

The other method is to run the worldgroup setup I cant rember what the command was in v5-6xx for the fresh install configuration. The WG console and Major consoles are virtually identical. Hope this helps.

Worked out great thanks guys. Now to start playing around with some old settings for TWars.. man i didnt think there was soo many settings!! Hey you know how to make multiple twar games in the mbbs?

hojo79 wrote:Worked out great thanks guys. Now to start playing around with some old settings for TWars.. man i didnt think there was soo many settings!! Hey you know how to make multiple twar games in the mbbs?

could also do /l <user-id> for a quick reference.

to change password install Global Control logon and type =PW


Enter Current Password.
->

Enter New Password.
->

Retype New Password.
->

Changed


i also have a set of freeware utilities that add a few / global commands.

one of them happens to be password changing.

but if you want to offer your users a wide spectrum of commands global control is the way to go, not as many features as global power and not as bloated as FU but so far sysops arent reporting any commands they see missing that the users use and version 3.21 will be the first version available for NT/DOS/MBBS

dspain wrote:

hojo79 wrote:Worked out great thanks guys. Now to start playing around with some old settings for TWars.. man i didnt think there was soo many settings!! Hey you know how to make multiple twar games in the mbbs?

could also do /l <user-id> for a quick reference.

to change password install Global Control logon and type =PW


Enter Current Password.
->

Enter New Password.
->

Retype New Password.
->

Changed


i also have a set of freeware utilities that add a few / global commands.

one of them happens to be password changing.

but if you want to offer your users a wide spectrum of commands global control is the way to go, not as many features as global power and not as bloated as FU but so far sysops arent reporting any commands they see missing that the users use and version 3.21 will be the first version available for NT/DOS/MBBS

I remember it had one command for everyone to see anyones
password. /i I think. found this one day when I logged in and saw a new sysop on my system.

FU! must stand for forked up. FU!

hojo79 wrote:Worked out great thanks guys. Now to start playing around with some old settings for TWars.. man i didnt think there was soo many settings!! Hey you know how to make multiple twar games in the mbbs?

Good to hear you got it figured out.

As for multiple TW2002 its possible, read the install docs for TW it will explan the multiple directory install. Be very carefull to follow them to the letter as it is very is to get one game reading the other games data. If you need more help thier is an explanation of tw game config settings on my bbs.

frcorey wrote:

dspain wrote:

hojo79 wrote:Worked out great thanks guys. Now to start playing around with some old settings for TWars.. man i didnt think there was soo many settings!! Hey you know how to make multiple twar games in the mbbs?

could also do /l <user-id> for a quick reference.

to change password install Global Control logon and type =PW


Enter Current Password.
->

Enter New Password.
->

Retype New Password.
->

Changed


i also have a set of freeware utilities that add a few / global commands.

one of them happens to be password changing.

but if you want to offer your users a wide spectrum of commands global control is the way to go, not as many features as global power and not as bloated as FU but so far sysops arent reporting any commands they see missing that the users use and version 3.21 will be the first version available for NT/DOS/MBBS

I remember it had one command for everyone to see anyones
password. /i I think. found this one day when I logged in and saw a new sysop on my system.

FU! must stand for forked up. FU!

i think that had to do with the cracked version, i recall a sysop asking me to write him a custom globals package back in like 2003 for that exact reason, no good globals package were anywhere and he ran a cracked FU (he didnt know dial was still in operation) and said users could see other user's passwords.

pretty strange

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

hojo79 wrote:Worked out great thanks guys. Now to start playing around with some old settings for TWars.. man i didnt think there was soo many settings!! Hey you know how to make multiple twar games in the mbbs?

Good to hear you got it figured out.

As for multiple TW2002 its possible, read the install docs for TW it will explan the multiple directory install. Be very carefull to follow them to the letter as it is very is to get one game reading the other games data. If you need more help thier is an explanation of tw game config settings on my bbs.

in your opinion wouldnt it be easier to install TWGS which supports a bunch of diff games and handles all the connections,logins,etc?
and on top of that that TW and TW_GOLD are still supported.

My church bought a full trade wars game server license.
and no one ever played it. if anyone wants to use the license,
let me know.

Ok i got a bunch of questions now sorry.

1) I do have the TW gold package but was told i needed a seperate computer to run that??

2) Also i do remember a global package where u were able to message anyone on the system, is that wat ur talking about?

3) Referring to a specific setting for the game i use to love it when you were able to trap the ferrengi in a specific room and kill them for $$ 15k a pop anyone know that specific setting?

hojo79 wrote:Ok i got a bunch of questions now sorry.

1) I do have the TW gold package but was told i needed a seperate computer to run that??

2) Also i do remember a global package where u were able to message anyone on the system, is that wat ur talking about?

3) Referring to a specific setting for the game i use to love it when you were able to trap the ferrengi in a specific room and kill them for $$ 15k a pop anyone know that specific setting?

1) they were probably referring to the bbs game requiring seperate software.
install TWGS, set its port to whatever, using WG rlogin to the machine
supplying port and module name.


2) several of us wrote global chat modules back then i think im the only one that has on out today i could be wrong.

3) not sure about the setting, could have possibbly been an addon?
im gonna put a TWGS up for public use if you wanna just play there,
i own the game ill buy the GOLD upgrade.

dspain wrote: in your opinion wouldnt it be easier to install TWGS which supports a bunch of diff games and handles all the connections,logins,etc?
and on top of that that TW and TW_GOLD are still supported.

Yes TWGS would likely be easier to setup with a gameserver (http://www.gamesrv.ca/) and run multiple TWGS style games.
You can setup gameserv, run big bang and be online in under an hour.

You can setup a Tw universe for Major/WG in about 30-60 minutes assuming you have the Major/WG bbs configured.
In my personal opinion the High Velocity version for Major/WG is has far superior TRUE multiuser play ineractions, globals, macro's and runs much faster. Also when you add in tournements and twpro's online capabilties .
As you know alot more work running Major/Wg and Tw2002 but it makes for the best play of Tradewars 2002.

hojo79 wrote:Ok i got a bunch of questions now sorry.

1) I do have the TW gold package but was told i needed a seperate computer to run that??

3) Referring to a specific setting for the game i use to love it when you were able to trap the ferrengi in a specific room and kill them for $$ 15k a pop anyone know that specific setting?

If you run Major/WG you need another computer for gameserver or 2 lan cards in a single machine or possibly single with port 80 for major/wg and 8080 for gameserv.

As for trapping a Ferringi, dont know of a command for that other than use of your indictor generator which some ships have. Set your regen rate in game settings to 30% or higher this will generate lots of them during maintenance.

Great advice just stopped home for lunch and saw all of them will try them tonight. As far as Trapping Ferrengi it was not a command just from what i remember a corp had a sector set up with two planets. One they protected one opened for others to t-port out.

What i cant figure out is how Ferrengi give out $$ bonuses. There use to be two different $. First for the kill second for a bonus. I know i am being a P in the A sorry. Just thinking back to that Early 90s era.

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

hojo79 wrote:Ok i got a bunch of questions now sorry.

1) I do have the TW gold package but was told i needed a seperate computer to run that??

3) Referring to a specific setting for the game i use to love it when you were able to trap the ferrengi in a specific room and kill them for $$ 15k a pop anyone know that specific setting?

If you run Major/WG you need another computer for gameserver or 2 lan cards in a single machine or possibly single with port 80 for major/wg and 8080 for gameserv.

As for trapping a Ferringi, dont know of a command for that other than use of your indictor generator which some ships have. Set your regen rate in game settings to 30% or higher this will generate lots of them during maintenance.

even if shutting down incoming rlogins within WG you need another machine? i thought i tested this before i could be wrong been a while.
ill work on a resolution to running multiple rlogin servers with WG on the same machine.

Well i am running an old version of MBBS with Tradewars already plugged in and seems i cant change setting like i can with the gold package i bought. I will just run it liek that just would like the option where Killing the Ferrengi means something . Seems like i can play Twars without other's fearing SYsop influence since theres no edits (are there) like there is available in Telearena?

hojo79 wrote:Well i am running an old version of MBBS with Tradewars already plugged in and seems i cant change setting like i can with the gold package i bought. I will just run it liek that just would like the option where Killing the Ferrengi means something . Seems like i can play Twars without other's fearing SYsop influence since theres no edits (are there) like there is available in Telearena?

i do believe theres an offline utility to open theconfigs you are looking for, i could be wrong.

hojo79 wrote:Well i am running an old version of MBBS with Tradewars already plugged in and seems i cant change setting like i can with the gold package i bought. I will just run it like that just would like the option where Killing the Ferrengi means something . Seems like i can play Twars without other's fearing SYsop influence since theres no edits (are there) like there is available in Telearena?

The only online editor for the mbbs version is Twpro you can edit almost everything. You must first lock the game (no users in it) the edit to your hearts content, unlock and play.
You can also edit offline with hvstwedt.exe (I think correct name) from the offline util menu in mbbs.

As for the sysop+aliens VS user style game of twgs thats twgs and was never put into the HVS version. No fear of sysop luanching ailen assults for the users. The ferrengi and alien regen rates will effect how many get generated at maintenance each night.

As for the ferrengi score it varies cash+points and if you are evil, nuetral or a fed member and the ferrengi's experience. Feration members get highest payout of cash, evil the least.

I know i played on a board about a year ago and when i did kill a ferrengi it only gave me one pay out the old version im thinking of gave me 2 different ones . Maybe i've gone crazy or memory bad but i remember a second bonus. I haven't killed any ferrengi yet in my version just curious if i could edit the sysop character and give it shot.

hojo79 wrote:I know i played on a board about a year ago and when i did kill a ferrengi it only gave me one pay out the old version im thinking of gave me 2 different ones . Maybe i've gone crazy or memory bad but i remember a second bonus. I haven't killed any ferrengi yet in my version just curious if i could edit the sysop character and give it shot.

there was a slew of addons for ferrengi, Q, etc... people made throughout the years, perhaps you played the bbs version last year? that was a downside to the WG version no hooks for us to write addons, something i hope to change if rick acquires it.
a way for addons to be re-implemented.

Well i would guess that the there were no addons if what i remember was from early 90's . I guess better leave it way it was.

hojo79 wrote:Well i would guess that the there were no addons if what i remember was from early 90's . I guess better leave it way it was.

actually thats when the addons were made.

Is there ANY way to edit the MBBS Tradewars characters? I tried that exe and it told me to try another exe program which didnt work.

hojo79 wrote:Is there ANY way to edit the MBBS Tradewars characters? I tried that exe and it told me to try another exe program which didnt work.

i thought tedit was in one of the offline EXE's.
i run the non WG version but seems im gonna have to install it.
my problem will be registering it, so im holding off til that can be done.

hojo79 wrote:Is there ANY way to edit the MBBS Tradewars characters? I tried that exe and it told me to try another exe program which didnt work.

another way would be a direct database edit if HVS would supply me a copy of the structure i could write an offline character editor myself.

I can run the Twars GOld package i got too but unsure how to connect them, i am guessing rlogon but never done that.

hojo79 wrote:I can run the Twars GOld package i got too but unsure how to connect them, i am guessing rlogon but never done that.

download gameserv.

hojo79 wrote:Is there ANY way to edit the MBBS Tradewars characters? I tried that exe and it told me to try another exe program which didnt work.

Twpro editor is an addon module HVS wrote to edit the games ships, sectors prices at stardock, aliens and more. Here is a screen cap of some of the options from the wg 2 version of HVS twpro.






If you dont have reg code for twpro this wont help you but it is possible to edit virtually everthing in the game and do it with bbs online and TW "locked".
Thier is also a aliens and ship editor.

Unfortunatly in the WG3NT version of the TW-Pro editor has a bug which will crash the bbs when you enter the editor.

Hey long time not on.. I have the OLD Version of MBBS 2.03 and i never saw TWPro where can i get it from? I googled it and no luck.

hojo79 wrote:Hey long time not on.. I have the OLD Version of MBBS 2.03 and i never saw TWPro where can i get it from? I googled it and no luck.

The above screen shots are from High Velocities tw2002 ver 2.03 compiled March 6 1997. I belive TWPRO was added in v 201.

You edit the game 2 ways

1 Offline from the offline utilites menu or from dos promt run btreive then execute hvstwedt.exe. Hvstwedt will allow you to edit sectors, regen rates, players, planets, aliens. Same basic setting as before you run big bang.

2 TWPRO editor, it will edit almost every game setting includeding customized ships, stardock costs, citidale requirements etc etc.

3 You are a programming genius and then some

Their is no way to register Twpro currently due to hvs's doesnt exist today. Its files will be in the main bbs dir and the hvstw dir, if you look in cnf security you'll likely find where to plug in the twpro registration code.

Hopefully Questman can get the last few details worked out for the source code and key generator.

dspain wrote: even if shutting down incoming rlogins within WG you need another machine? i thought i tested this before i could be wrong been a while.
ill work on a resolution to running multiple rlogin servers with WG on the same machine.

Yes the game server will work on a single machine with WG. You dont even need to disable or change WG rlogin. Just run the game server on port 8080, 8081 or 8090 (http alternates) along with theyour new rlogin update it works.
I use the menu command line option for rlogin module
192.169.xxx.xxx -p 80xx -m Gamesrv it wil pass the user ID without any command line switch.
I have gameserv configed to accept logins only from 192.168.xxx.xxx
Their still seem to be a few perfomance problems with some of the old door games within Gamsrv. Its a real fast and easy way to add some old classic single line bbs games.

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

dspain wrote: even if shutting down incoming rlogins within WG you need another machine? i thought i tested this before i could be wrong been a while.
ill work on a resolution to running multiple rlogin servers with WG on the same machine.

Yes the game server will work on a single machine with WG. You dont even need to disable or change WG rlogin. Just run the game server on port 8080, 8081 or 8090 (http alternates) along with theyour new rlogin update it works.
I use the menu command line option for rlogin module
192.169.xxx.xxx -p 80xx -m Gamesrv it wil pass the user ID without any command line switch.
I have gameserv configed to accept logins only from 192.168.xxx.xxx
Their still seem to be a few perfomance problems with some of the old door games within Gamsrv. Its a real fast and easy way to add some old classic single line bbs games.

im almost wondering if we shouldnt put together a huge server where all of us can play Tw together rather than 3 here, 2 there everyone come to one central location.
i could mod an rlogin client to make user-id something like ....

ARC_Sysop with a small system id being before the user-id to prevent name conflicts and make sure PW settings are on, but could be a good way to revitalize the Tw community and get a big game going again.

During the MBBS/WG heydey there was a guy in Ohio who's name I don't remember offhand except that his first name was Robert, who put together a service where he had quite a few of the games on a few powerful servers and WG sysops could buy subscriptions for his service and they would be allowed to use the games. When their users would select a particular game on the local server it would take them to the large server where they had quite a few players from WG systems all over to play the games with. It worked very well and was popular until bbs systems started dropping like flies.

I think your idea is a good one but I do think it would take some nominal monthly contributions to support the hardware and bandwidth but it would make gaming a lot more fun and keep people coming back into their local bbs's in order to play those games. It would be up to the local sysops to tell them they were playing on a central server or not but its really a big "who cares" because if they were interested in the games they would keep coming back to their local bbs in order to access those games.

R

racedog wrote:During the MBBS/WG heydey there was a guy in Ohio who's name I don't remember offhand except that his first name was Robert, who put together a service where he had quite a few of the games on a few powerful servers and WG sysops could buy subscriptions for his service and they would be allowed to use the games. When their users would select a particular game on the local server it would take them to the large server where they had quite a few players from WG systems all over to play the games with. It worked very well and was popular until bbs systems started dropping like flies.

I think your idea is a good one but I do think it would take some nominal monthly contributions to support the hardware and bandwidth but it would make gaming a lot more fun and keep people coming back into their local bbs's in order to play those games. It would be up to the local sysops to tell them they were playing on a central server or not but its really a big "who cares" because if they were interested in the games they would keep coming back to their local bbs in order to access those games.

R

there would be no need to make a subscription service to play text based games, i was one of the ones who did it back in the day with telnet and rlogin services to help prevent local users from acquiring long distance fees but today its not that big of a market.
to run tradewars would be no diff than running majormud or any other text based game it wouldnt burn that much bandwidth.

dspain wrote: im almost wondering if we shouldnt put together a huge server where all of us can play Tw together rather than 3 here, 2 there everyone come to one central location.
i could mod an rlogin client to make user-id something like ....

ARC_Sysop with a small system id being before the user-id to prevent name conflicts and make sure PW settings are on, but could be a good way to revitalize the Tw community and get a big game going again.

I do have a 256 user licence for HVS TW for wg NT and TWpro editor. I would be glad run the host . Altho it would take away from each bbs's abaility to control/configure the game it would make for some great multibbs play.

Would it be much to write software to do this?

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

dspain wrote: im almost wondering if we shouldnt put together a huge server where all of us can play Tw together rather than 3 here, 2 there everyone come to one central location.
i could mod an rlogin client to make user-id something like ....

ARC_Sysop with a small system id being before the user-id to prevent name conflicts and make sure PW settings are on, but could be a good way to revitalize the Tw community and get a big game going again.

I do have a 256 user licence for HVS TW for wg NT and TWpro editor. I would be glad run the host . Altho it would take away from each bbs's abaility to control/configure the game it would make for some great multibbs play.

Would it be much to write software to do this?

to use WG's version would require DMA, to use TWGS would be easier for it only uses rlogin and WG's rlogin client.

dspain wrote:
to use WG's version would require DMA, to use TWGS would be easier for it only uses rlogin and WG's rlogin client.

TWGS isnt MBBS Tradewars, no offence to EIS or Mr Pritchard's work it just doesnt play like HVS's true multiplayer tw. It has also strayed from what tw 2002 is suppose to be in my opinion. I remember the suggestions summited to Martech's message bases, most rejected by Martech for good reason only to show up in twgs/twgold.

As for running DMA I am assuming all the bbs's would require it to join a tw game network. The cost for those who dont run DMA would be enormous for each sysop, is it even possible to register still? I cant see anyone spending a thousand dollars today for it with the lack of income from users.

It would be nice to get this running for HVS's TW2002 is their not some other way you could create to do this.

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

dspain wrote:
to use WG's version would require DMA, to use TWGS would be easier for it only uses rlogin and WG's rlogin client.

TWGS isnt MBBS Tradewars, no offence to EIS or Mr Pritchard's work it just doesnt play like HVS's true multiplayer tw. It has also strayed from what tw 2002 is suppose to be in my opinion. I remember the suggestions summited to Martech's message bases, most rejected by Martech for good reason only to show up in twgs/twgold.

As for running DMA I am assuming all the bbs's would require it to join a tw game network. The cost for those who dont run DMA would be enormous for each sysop, is it even possible to register still? I cant see anyone spending a thousand dollars today for it with the lack of income from users.

It would be nice to get this running for HVS's TW2002 is their not some other way you could create to do this.

well TWGS just runs the door version which is the original and true multiplayer.
all TWGS is, is the server to connect people to the game itself. ultimately you could scrap TWGS and just run gameserv or synchronet to handle connections and install either 3.09 or the 32bit version of TW and run it that way and experience the same elements as HVS's version and even install some of the addons floating around out there.

dspain wrote:
well TWGS just runs the door version which is the original and true multiplayer.
all TWGS is, is the server to connect people to the game itself. ultimately you could scrap TWGS and just run gameserv or synchronet to handle connections and install either 3.09 or the 32bit version of TW and run it that way and experience the same elements as HVS's version and even install some of the addons floating around out there.

I have yet to be able have 2-3 players warp to a sector and see/attack each other at the same time. I will test this again to see if the possiblity exists. From what I found in the sysop is the only one who gets live interactions with players, i could be wrong as I havent tested 3.09 but a previous versions.

In the hvs version you get live interactions between players. Global messages sent to users on the bbs, if you are in another module and your being attacked in tw you will get a message telling you so. With the twpro addon you can add rouge fighters, ferrengis, planets, edit the ships and more. Best of all when users warp to the same sector they see each other and can react.

As for addons like "the wandering planets" other Alien packages etc etc I ran back in v 103 they sucked and made the game into something that wasnt tw in my opinion.

If thier are ANY bbs that would like to experiment with 3.09 multi bbs play I will set up a 3.09 server for testing the idea.

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

dspain wrote:
well TWGS just runs the door version which is the original and true multiplayer.
all TWGS is, is the server to connect people to the game itself. ultimately you could scrap TWGS and just run gameserv or synchronet to handle connections and install either 3.09 or the 32bit version of TW and run it that way and experience the same elements as HVS's version and even install some of the addons floating around out there.

I have yet to be able have 2-3 players warp to a sector and see/attack each other at the same time. I will test this again to see if the possiblity exists. From what I found in the sysop is the only one who gets live interactions with players, i could be wrong as I havent tested 3.09 but a previous versions.

In the hvs version you get live interactions between players. Global messages sent to users on the bbs, if you are in another module and your being attacked in tw you will get a message telling you so. With the twpro addon you can add rouge fighters, ferrengis, planets, edit the ships and more. Best of all when users warp to the same sector they see each other and can react.

As for addons like "the wandering planets" other Alien packages etc etc I ran back in v 103 they sucked and made the game into something that wasnt tw in my opinion.

If thier are ANY bbs that would like to experiment with 3.09 multi bbs play I will set up a 3.09 server for testing the idea.

oh yeah the door version of TW does live interaction, and all the twpro edits can be done by a program called 'tedit'
as far as the addons yeah some people made some that totally seemed out of place but some were quite impressive.
as far as that problem you ran into, it is quite possible they were running single line in a multiline enviroment i seen this done on quite a few occasions where a sysop would be running WWIV or Ra or some other software running a multiplayer game but the batch files called it as single player and even though you were there it wouldnt allow interaction.

which brings me to another idea, a door server, could you imagine the intense gameplay if a bunch of us could play common doors together,

BRE,SRE, arrowbridge, assassin, all the classics.
i have over 90 registered doors to my name alone.

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

dspain wrote:
well TWGS just runs the door version which is the original and true multiplayer.
all TWGS is, is the server to connect people to the game itself. ultimately you could scrap TWGS and just run gameserv or synchronet to handle connections and install either 3.09 or the 32bit version of TW and run it that way and experience the same elements as HVS's version and even install some of the addons floating around out there.

I have yet to be able have 2-3 players warp to a sector and see/attack each other at the same time. I will test this again to see if the possiblity exists. From what I found in the sysop is the only one who gets live interactions with players, i could be wrong as I havent tested 3.09 but a previous versions.

In the hvs version you get live interactions between players. Global messages sent to users on the bbs, if you are in another module and your being attacked in tw you will get a message telling you so. With the twpro addon you can add rouge fighters, ferrengis, planets, edit the ships and more. Best of all when users warp to the same sector they see each other and can react.

As for addons like "the wandering planets" other Alien packages etc etc I ran back in v 103 they sucked and made the game into something that wasnt tw in my opinion.

If thier are ANY bbs that would like to experiment with 3.09 multi bbs play I will set up a 3.09 server for testing the idea.

ordered a socket 775 MB and p4 3.40 cpu today to put together a door server, ill play with both 32 and 16 bit versions of 3.09 and get back to ya, just to make sure nothing changed from 3.08 to 3.09

Very impressed you guys have all lost me. I am trying to run my old version of MBBS and twars 2.00p? i think. I have tried to play the newer versions but never liked all the new stuff. I also have TA which was a game of addiction. I know u all probably run this stuff but i will open up the server very soon for public and step away from the game play. my buddies are testing the server now for kinks. The first one said that he was getting logged off but i ran a test overnight and nothing but the clean up logged me off.

I know im minis hue from what your running but i can give u the address for test?

dspain wrote:

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

dspain wrote:
well TWGS just runs the door version which is the original and true multiplayer.
all TWGS is, is the server to connect people to the game itself. ultimately you could scrap TWGS and just run gameserv or synchronet to handle connections and install either 3.09 or the 32bit version of TW and run it that way and experience the same elements as HVS's version and even install some of the addons floating around out there.

I have yet to be able have 2-3 players warp to a sector and see/attack each other at the same time. I will test this again to see if the possiblity exists. From what I found in the sysop is the only one who gets live interactions with players, i could be wrong as I havent tested 3.09 but a previous versions.

In the hvs version you get live interactions between players. Global messages sent to users on the bbs, if you are in another module and your being attacked in tw you will get a message telling you so. With the twpro addon you can add rouge fighters, ferrengis, planets, edit the ships and more. Best of all when users warp to the same sector they see each other and can react.

As for addons like "the wandering planets" other Alien packages etc etc I ran back in v 103 they sucked and made the game into something that wasnt tw in my opinion.

If thier are ANY bbs that would like to experiment with 3.09 multi bbs play I will set up a 3.09 server for testing the idea.

ordered a socket 775 MB and p4 3.40 cpu today to put together a door server, ill play with both 32 and 16 bit versions of 3.09 and get back to ya, just to make sure nothing changed from 3.08 to 3.09

I think it was 308 I tested last for similtaneous user interatcions, so many versions. I will be trying it over the weekend also.

hojo79 wrote:Very impressed you guys have all lost me. I am trying to run my old version of MBBS and twars 2.00p? i think. I have tried to play the newer versions but never liked all the new stuff. I also have TA which was a game of addiction. I know u all probably run this stuff but i will open up the server very soon for public and step away from the game play. my buddies are testing the server now for kinks. The first one said that he was getting logged off but i ran a test overnight and nothing but the clean up logged me off.

I know im minis hue from what your running but i can give u the address for test?

Their should be a 2.03 kicking around somewhere for the mbbs 5-6, my bbs or arcticzone shpuld have it.
As for the logoff check the account class/keyrings he is in it may have a time limit per call set for that class cuaseing the loggoff.

So was there any luck of the global messaging on Major BBS on Galacticomm?