Hiding In The Shadows v2.70: IGM Usage Warnings and Limits:

Copyright 2005-2007 by Donald G. Tidmore.  {HitsWarn.txt}
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                             IGM Usage Warnings:
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By using this IGM you automatically accept all limitations and
rules that this IGM uses.  Violation of those rules and limits
may result in termination of your right to free Technical support
for this IGM.  

    The usage Rules are as follows:

1) You may NOT, under any circumstance, add your own lines to
SHADOWS3.DAT file.  That can cause the IGM to malfunction. The
file has SIX lines in it.

2) NEVER use the *ANY* of the IGM's executable files while you
have any of the IGM's data files write-protected.  That can and
probably will cause the program to crash.

3) Program Configuration/Installation.  All FIVE text fields are
limited to 40-space data.  This is so that they appear normally
when you view the configuration data on-screen.  Usage of LORD
Color codes inside SHADOWS3.DAT is NOT allowed.  The sixth data
field may not exceed 5 as a value for Max Visits/Day.

4) This IGM will only work with DOS LORD.  This IGM is NOT usable
with LORD/32 beta.  A 32-bit version for LORD for Windows usage
may be worked on sometime in 2007.  I will not be making
IGMs for specific usage with either LORD for Linux or LORD for
OS/2, since I have no knowledge of either operating system.

5) Don't try to create/update the IGM Usage reports if you don't
have a SHADPLAY.DAT file.  The IGM's executable files -- SHADCFG.EXE,
SHADOWS.EXE, and SHADOWS.EXE, -- will crash if you attempt to
access an older SHADPLAY.DAT file if it uses a different player
database structure.

6) Do NOT ever manually delete any primary-level IGM data file,
such as SHADPLAY.DAT, while the IGM is running.  Avoid manual
editing of any IGM text file while using the IGM's programs.

Regarding OUT files, remember that un-installing the IGM will
automatically delete all OUT files made by Hiding In The Shadows.

If you are testing Un-install and plan to re-install the igm,
backup all of your OUT.* files first in the LORD directory,
so that you can restore them from the backup source.
  
If another IGM is used to evict a player from this IGM, such as
The Pawn Shop, that IGM usually will delete the player's OUT file
that showed that player as being asleep in the affected IGM.

7) During IGM installation, Hiding In the Shadows will only
do actual installation if both SHADOWS.EXE and SHADCFG.EXE
are found in the directory that you specify as the IGM's location.

Installation is also terminated if the IGM is unable to find
LORD.EXE where you tell it to look.
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                              IGM Usage Limits:
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1) Players are automatically protected from being killed by IGM
if they have paid for Conan's protection.  If player is killed,
and they have a Fairy, it is allowed to save you ONE time per day.

If on repeat visit to igm, on same day, you get killed again, then
you stay dead until the next LORD game day.  Fairy Rescue ONLY
works in Hall of Illusion IGM event - it is the only one that will
kill players.  If you get killed a second time that day, while
trying to use a Fairy, your body is fed to the Red Dragon.

2) Vault robbery attempts are limited to TWO per day.  The vault
can only be robbed ONE time per day.  If you succeed on first try,
you are not allowed to visit the Vault again until the next day.

If you are captured robbing the vault, or trying to do so, then
you lose half of whatever Gold and Gems you were carrying.

Vault robbery success: Gems gain is limited to 250 gems maximum.
Minimum gems gain is 25 gems.  Gold gain is limited to 100 Million
Gold maximum or 20% of player's LORD Gold in Bank, whichever is
the lower amount.

3) Wishing Well, Hall of Illusion, The Corridor, Garden of Lust:
Those events may only be used ONE time per day.  However, if you
enter one and then simply exit, you are allowed to return to
that event again later in day.

3-A) In the Wishing Well, if the IGM is unable to grant a wish,
you get a Second Chance to use the Well until a Wish is granted.
If you waste a wish, asking for something you already have, there
is no Second Chance.  Ex 1. Don't wish for a Horse if you have
one. And Ex. 2:  Flirt and Bard Song wishes will only work if
you have already used the appropriate event in the LORD Inn
earlier in the day.  All wishes honor Seth Robinson's boundary
limits for numeric lord stats. The IGM will not raise Gold or
Experience above Two Billion.  Skill Point and Skill Use Points
wishes are subject to 100 points limit. All other numeric Lord
stats are subject to their 32,000 limits.

3-B) Wishes are not granted if they would cause a LORD stat to
go negative, or if they would cause a LORD stat to exceed the
limits Seth Robinson established for LORD IGMs to follow.

Examples:  The IGM will not raise Gold or Experience above Two
Billion.  Skill Point and Skill Use Points wishes are subject to
100 points limit. All other numeric Lord stats are subject to
their 32,000 limits.

4) Player may only use the IGM a maximum of 5 times per day. If
they are on a BBS, the sysop may make the IGM usable between 1
and 5 times per day during IGM configuration.

5) ATM Access only works if you have money in your LORD Bank
account.  All users have to pay an access fee to Conan for EACH
access of the ATM.  Fees are limited to max of 5 Million Gold.

ATM Deposit/Withdrawal requests that would cause Gold in Hand
or Gold in Bank to go negative, or go over Two Billion, are not
allowed by the IGM.

6) Free room at Inn privilege only applies to a player who is
married to another player.  It does not work with NPC marriages.

7) If a player's OUT file is deleted for any reason, that player
MAY not be considered to be asleep in the IGM when they return
later that day.  If the OUT file deleted belonged to the current
player's spouse who was asleep in the IGM, the player does not
qualify for the free Lair Inn room.  When the spouse returns to
IGM in same day, the WakeUp process is not run for that player.

Exception: If a player is listed as being asleep in the IGM's
database, when a new day's player database file is created on
the following day, they remain classified as asleep even if they
don't have an OUT file for the HITS IGM any more.

8) You only have to pay Conan protection money ONE time per day.
On repeat visits, if they are allowed, the IGM will remember that
you have protection.  Exception:  If SHADPLAY.DAT is deleted between
visits, the IGM naturally will not remember anything about your
previous visit(s).  So, of course, you would have to buy protection
all over again from Conan.
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Archived from SHADOWS.TXT on 12/30/2006:
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 Thanks - by Kenneth:
 ** Screaming Eagle - Inspiration when it came down to writing
    the documentation.  The many hours of help in spell checking,
    and being a human dictionary for me!  Thanks man!  I'll be
    the first to buy your great novels when you are that world
    renowned writer! :)

 ** Boesmanni - Well, if you didn't beg me to finish this IGM,
    I probbably wouldn't have!  Also, that VERY helpful female
    perspective and stuff! =)

 ** Seth Able - For the totally *awesome* door games! Not to
    mention the PLAYER.DAT format!  Also, for answering ANY
    question I asked (no matter how stupid) and your GREAT help
    with testing, suggesting, etc.!   Thanks!  Mails? :>

 ** Mike Woltz - BCShare, great file sharing routines!
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Thanks - from Donald:
     Rob McGee, Joe Kinjin, Michael Everett, and other members of
     my beta testers team in 2004 and 2005.

     Stephen Gibbs: For working on IGM in September-November 2004
     when version 2.00 turned out to have usabilitiy problems when
     played on a BBS over a com port modem connection.  And for
     testing later updates to the IGM in subsequent months.

     Stephen Gibbs #2: For his work on my CONVBANK.EXE utility
     for Kiteria's Lord Bank which was used to create this igm's
     CONVHITS.EXE utility program;  for his work on the LordStat
     LORD utility in November 2005;  and for his work on the
     Realm of Lore and Village Hut LORD IGM's files in
     November-December 2005.

     Steven Lorenz: He released DDIGM v1.01 which this IGM uses.

     Scott Baker: He released DDPLUS v7.1.  Its documentation tells
     programmers how to use DDPLUS processes that are used by DDIGM.

     Michael Preslar:  If it was not for him, I would not have started
     doing LADY Script programming.  He also encouraged me to relearn
     Pascal and do LORD IGM Programming in early 2002.  Lastly, LORD
     would have died without his interest in the game.  Certainly,
     there would be no 32-bit versions of LORD even in existence, if he
     had not convinced Metropolis Gameport to authorize their creation.

     Seth Robinson:  When I started using the Internet, he would always
     try to answer questions I had about LORD.  And he was and is a good
     friend to have as a LORD programmer.
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 Troubleshooting:
     Q: Hiding in the Shadows ends abruptly or says "Runtime Error
        002"!  <Error checking is done, so this should never happen!>

     A: Most likely, it cannot access a file needed for it to run.
        The files accessed by Hiding in the Shadows are:

        Player Database: SHADPLAY.DAT, IGM Usage Report: HS-USAGE.TXT,
        time/use maint file: ShadTime.DAT, IGM Config file:
        SHADOWS3.DAT, and IGM Gossip file: SHADTALK.TXT.

        The IGM will NOT run if you do not have a SHADOWS3.DAT file.

        If you don't have a SHADPLAY.DAT or shadtime.dat file when
        you enter the IGM, they are created automatically.  And if
        SHADPLAY.DAT somehow is deleted during IGM usage, it should
        be recreated automatically.  But in that case, it will only
        know about the current player.  Data on other players will
        have been lost.

        Do not ever run SHADCFG.EXE while someone is using the IGM
        in a LORD game session.  And don't manually delete the IGM's
        data files while running either SHADCFG.EXE or SHADOWS.EXE.
        Lastly, never manually edit SHADOWS3.DAT while either program
        is running.  You should ALWAYS use SHADCFG.EXE to change values
        in the IGM's configuration file.

        The IGM also accesses these three LORD data files:

        Player.dat, Lognow.txt, and Garden.txt.  If Lognow.txt or
        Garden.txt are missing, LORD should recreate them when it
        resumes control after the IGM session ends.  The IGM will
        not cause player.dat corruption, so if something happens
        to that file, it is not the IGM's fault.
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 Note: While using the IGM, do not EVER write-protect any of the IGM's
       data files - SHADPLAY.DAT, ShadTime.DAT, SHADTALK.TXT, or
       SHADOWS3.DAT.

       If the IGM tries to access a write-protected file, it will quit
       working with an RTE 5 "File access denied" error message.

       Which should be recorded in LORD's ERROR.LOG data file,
       which is stored in the LORD directory.

       Don't ever write-protect either SHADOWS.EXE or SHADCFG.EXE
       since they may not work properly in that situation.

       If IGM causes any other error, it should be recorded in
       ERROR.LOG.  When notifying me of such problems, please be
       detailed in what information was recorded by the IGM in
       that data file.  Donald.
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Archived from SHADOWS.TXT on 12/30/2006:
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 Notation for users of MS Windows XP, and possibly Windows NT/2000.

 -- In the Windows XP DOS emulation, it will not allow you to do
 commands from the DOS prompt such as "START 0" as listed above.  That
 is because the operating system thinks you are trying to run a
 Windows program named "0".

 Instead you will have to type START.BAT 0 and similar commands,
 or use this solution:  Setup a different batch file for each node
 you are using.  Then type START-1 to execute a batch file for running
 LORD on Node 1 and so forth.
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Archived from SHADOWS.TXT on 12/30/2006:
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7.00: ****:   IGM Support.  BBS Support.  Misc. information:
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IGM Support:
    As of February 2004, I am directly supporting this
    IGM.  Version 2.00 was a fully recompiled IGM update that
    eliminated the old RunTime Error 200 problem that the previous
    v1.xx version(s) had.

    v2.00 had one major glitch: it did not work correctly on BBS
    systems, due to it not transmitting data lines and prompts to
    a remote user or correctly acquiring keyboard input from that
    remote user.  Stephen Gibbs identified the problems for me and
    fixed them in September-October 2004, for which I am very thankful.

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    Version (2.50) DOES work correctly on BBS systems.  With
    two exceptions, that I learned about in September 2005.
    v2.50 can not remember between visits who is sleeping inside
    the IGM.  Yeah, that's kind of a large bug.  You can thank
    Daryl Stout for discovering it and getting it fixed.

    That glitch no longer exists in version 2.70.
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    The DOS LORD version of this IGM will NOT work under
    32-bit LORD for Windows, known as LORD/32.  The 32-bit
    versions of LORD simply can't use DOS LORD IGMs.  One has
    to completely recreate them using the Manndoor tool-kit
    and the Virtual Pascal compiler.
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BBS Support:  I don't personally run a BBS, and neither does
    Kenneth these days.  But I have several friends who are
    long-time BBS sysops, so if you have a BBS support question,
    I'm sure one of them will be able to answer it.  My primary
    BBS sysop beta tester for v2.00-v2.50, and v2.51-v2.70
    igm development beta testing was Stephen Gibbs.
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The next MAJOR release of this IGM will be done using the
A.N.G.E.L. Tool-kit.  Timetable is for January 2007, and
may be done in a later month.  That will be for version 3.00.
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Operating System Note:  I can only directly support users who are
running Microsoft Windows O.S.'s.  If you use an OS/2 or Linux
system, and can run DOS LORD, then that's great.  But don't
expect me to be able to provide much relevant help if you have
trouble with DOS LORD IGMs in those situations.

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Betas of LORD, LORD II, Planets: TEOS, and LORD/32 are
available from Michael Preslar using files@LORDlegacy.com
email account.  One beta program per email message limit.

Subject must be either: Send Me LORD, Send Me LORD2, Send Me
TEOS, or Send Me LORD32.  Requests are normally processed at
the end of each hour by an email "robot" program.

To contact Michael Preslar personally via email, use
mike@lordlegacy.com.

As of September 2006, only DOS LORD and the 32-bit versions
of LORD are in development.  No work has been done on LORD II
or Planets TEOS in a long time.  And as of December 2006, no
work has been done on LORD since late September 2006.
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IGM Features:
   * Installs easier than any other IGM I've seen. (Kenneth).
     SHADCFG.EXE features a never before seen attempt at
     making the sysop's job easier!

   * Uninstall option is provided.  SHADCFG.EXE automatically
     checks all OUT files in the LORD directory.  If one was
     made by SHADOWS.EXE, it is automatically deleted during
     IGM un-installation.  The OUT file is used to tell LORD
     whether a player is asleep in an IGM or just visiting there.

     WARNING: Once you delete OUT files, there is NO recovery of
     the files unless you have them backed up in an archive file
     or backup sub-directory.

   * Time slices released for DESQview, Windows, and OS/2

   * Allows player to enter between 1 and 5 times per day.

   * If player "wakes up" in the IGM, they are given a choice of
     staying inside the IGM or returning to LORD immediately.

   * Players only need to pay the Large Man, "Conan", for his
     protection one time per day. If the player returns to the
     IGM again that day, Conan recognizes them, and does not ask
     for protection money again.  To be sure you are protected,
     simply visit him in his office on repeat visits.

   * All player values are kept fair.  Rewards and penalties are
     sometimes based on Game Level, or some other LORD stat.

   * This IGM times user out after 3 minutes of keyboard
     inactivity.  Setting is not controll-able by the IGM.  It
     is part of the DDIGM bbs door tool-kit that HITS v2.70
     Beta was created with.

     For those late night gamers that fall asleep in an IGM,
     most IGM's wait for input forever!

   * LORD "Clean Mode" compliant.  Lay Points rewards and related
     Lognow.txt News notices are processed only when players have
     less than 31,999 Lay Points, and LORD is NOT in Clean Mode.

     Nothing else in the IGM is based on LORD's Clean Mode status.

   * All IGM display statements and messages written to LORD's
     lognow.txt assume that the player is an adult.  No explicit
     sexual wording is ever used by my IGMs.

   * LORD "Swear Patrol" compliant (BADWORDS.DAT)

   * LORD color codes usage is supported -- except in the IGM's
     SHADOWS3.DAT configuration file.

   * Writes INFO.<player #> to reflect time used in IGM.

     Too many IGMs give back the time used while in them because
     they do not comply with Seth's request of writting the time
     left back to INFO.?. This IGM takes the time from the user.

   * IGM orients some dialogue and character names/sex pronouns
     (him/her, etc) so that male player encounters a lady, and
     the female player meets a man, in places like the Garden
     of Lust, or the Hall of Illusion.

     If player obtains Sex Change via Wishing Well, the IGM
     changes how it interacts with the player. Example: You
     enter IGM as a man.  You go to Garden and meet Leilani.
     You get Sex Change.  Afterwards, every NPC character
     will recognize you as a woman and act accordingly.

   * All primary IGM events are usable one time per day. That
     applies to Hall of Illusion, The Corridor, Wishing Well,
     and Garden of Lust primarily.  Events such as ATM Service
     and Getting a Room are not covered by this usage limit.

   * If an event allows you to enter and leave without actually
     doing anything, you should be able to re-use that event
     later in same visit or in a repeat visit later in the day.

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Note: If you are denied access to an IGM event and have not used
it earlier in the day, that is an IGM glitch that I failed to find.
So if that happens to you, please report it to me via email or
postal mail or via Fidonet mail.  I can be reached on Fidonet
via NetMail, LORD Echo, or the DoorGames Echo.
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  "Why should I update from HITS v2.50?"  {Added 09-18-05}
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  Answers:  (1) I made a mistake in v2.50 that caused two
  glitches.  The IGM can not remember from one visit to another
  who is asleep in the Lair's Inn.  It also fails to grant
  anyone the Free Room, and a Room Rent Refund, when the current
  player's spouse is already asleep in the IGM.  Both of those
  glitches were fixed in beta version 2.51-2.52.

  Reason (2).  The most current version of an IGM is the only
  version I can really provide technical support for.  So if
  you want technical support for the HITS IGM, you need to run
  the official release v2.70 IGM.
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****:  STANDARD DISCLAIMER

     Donald Tidmore, the author of this IGM, and Kenneth Padgett,
     the creator of Hiding in the Shadows IGM have taken every
     precaution to insure that no harm or  damage will occur on
     computer systems operating Hiding in the Shadows.

     Nonetheless, the authors shall NOT be  held liable  for  whatever
     may happen on your computer system  or to any  computer systems
     which connect  to your  own as a result of operating this IGM.

     The user  assumes full responsibility for the correct  operation
     of this software package,  whether harm or damage results from
     software error, hardware malfunction, or operator error.  NO
     warranties  are  offered,  expressly  stated  or implied,
     including  without  limitation   or  restriction  any  warranties
     of operation for a particular purpose and/or merchantability.

     A major  portion of  this software  was written  by Scott Baker.
     Mr.  Baker's Door driver kit is used  for the communications and
     interrupt handling  and this part of  the software remains
     copyrighted by him.

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** WARNING **:  This IGM is designed for adult users primarily.
    No explicit wording is ever used in my IGMs in their sexual
    relation events.  If you can't handle wording in those events,
    then you should NOT use this IGM.

    If you are a BBS sysop, then it is YOUR responsibility to
    make sure all children and teenagers who you know are not
    mature are playing LORD with it set for Clean Mode.

    By using this IGM, you automatically agree to honor and obey
    its usage rules and restrictions.  Donald.

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     LORD (Legend of the Red Dragon), current version 4.06, was
     created by Seth Able Robinson (seth@rtsoft.com).  Copyright
     1992-1997 Robinson Technologies.  It was sold to Metropolis
     Systems in 1998.  Copyright 1998-2006+ Metropolis, Inc.

     Current betas of DOS LORD, LORD/X, and LORD/32 are similarly
     protected by U.S. and international copyrights owned by
     Metropolis Gameport.  Those also apply to any references made
     in this documentation to other BBS door games owned by Gameport.

     LORD is developed, since v4.00a, by Michael Preslar
     (mike@lordlegacy.com). http://wwww.michaelpreslar.com,
     and http://lordlegacy.com/ - Official LORD Site.

     All rights regarding LORD are reserved by Metropolis, Inc.
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Copyright 2004-2007. Donald G. Tidmore. Castle Camelot LORD Apps.
              
HITSWARN.TXT,  File was created on April 11th, 2005.

Updated on December 30, 2006 at 03:01 am.

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