
                         The Outlands Tavern v1.3a
                              By Jason Brown
                   Written in Borland Turbo Pascal 7.0
             Used DDPlus v7.1 by Steven Lorenz and Bob Dalton
                For Legend of the Red Dragon by Seth Able
                         Version date: 10/11/1999



[LEGAL DISCLAIMER]

                         DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

            THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
            WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY
            OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  BECAUSE
            OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO
            WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR
            A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.  GOOD DATA PROCESSING
            PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED
            WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT.  THE USER
            MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM.  ANY
            LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO
            PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.

[INTRODUCTION]
So, I decided to do a simple tavern before finishing The L.O.R.D.
Catapult.  Yea, I know there are a lot of taverns.  But this is the first
FREEWARE one I've seen that lets users stay overnight in it, although
there is a new one, Aladdin's Palace, but it costs $1,000,000 to stay
overnight!  There's also a SHAREWARE one I saw that has to be registered
to let users stay overnight.  This Tavern has some intresting obscure
stuff in it and its not too much!  BTW: Yes, I recycled a lot of this doc
from The LORD Cavern's doc.  That's because the install program's the
same, and so why write a completly new doc?  One last thing, do not use
this IGM with other IGMs that let users kill other users, it will screw
everything up!  The only one I know of is Werewolf!!, but be warned!

[FILE LIST]

  Files that should be in OUTS13.ZIP:

  FILE_ID.DIZ   : BBS Discription File.
  WHATS.NEW     : Revsions/what's new in this version.
  OUTLANDS.TXT  : You're reading it.
                  RENAMED FROM OUTLANDS.DOC!
 *OUTLANDS.ANS  : Introduction ANSI file.
 *OUTLANDS.EXE  : The Outlands Tavern!
 *SETUP.EXE     : Setup/config program.
  HOMEPAGE.URL  : Internet Shortcut to my homepage.

  Files that are made by The Outlands Tavern in its directory:
 *OUTLANDS.DAT  : Player info file.
 *OUTSTIME.DAT  : Time keeping file.
 *OUTLANDS.CFG  : Configuration file.
 *EXTRA.CFG     : Extra configuration file.

  ERROR.LOG     : Created in directory ran from, usually LORD's, and has
                  any errors that happen in the IGM.

  *=Needed for program to run.

BTW: Setup isn't really needed.  Its just nice to keep around.  <G>

[REQUIREMENTS]
A computer!
LORD version 3.50+ (will work with version 3.25+, but then users cannot
stay in the Tavern overnight)(LORD 3.55+ needed for BADWORDS.DAT).
DOS version 3.1 or better.
SHARE installed for multinode systems.
A Modem!  300-115,200 baud and any fossil lock baud rate up to 115,200.
286 or later processor
Memory!  Very little needed to run...

[UPGRADING]
From v1.0+:
Copy all files in this ZIP over the existing.  No additional configuation
needed.  You can edit OUTLANDS.CFG to enter your handel, or it is just set
as blank.

[INSTALLATION]
 Note: If you have The L.O.R.D. Cavern, all you have to do is copy
       LORDCAVE.CFG in your LORD Cavern dir to OUTLANDS.CFG in your
       Outlands dir and then use Setup to install (option 'I').
Put the files in the zip in a directory off of your LORD directory.  May I
suggest naming the directory "Outlands"?  Then run SETUP.  Press 'C' to
configure first.  The rest shouldn't be too hard to figure out.  Just
awnser all the questions.  Installing (pressing 'I' after leaving the
configure menu) will put the run lines into '3RDPARTY.DAT', and an
announcement that The Outlands Tavern has been installed in the daily
happenings.  For those of you who want to edit OUTLANDS.CFG yourself,
here's a listing of it:

OUTLANDS.CFG Listing:

D:\BBS\LORD\
Unregistered BBS
Unregistered
Sysop
Sysop #1
000000

Line 1: Path to LORD with trailing backslash
Line 2: Your BBS name
Line 3: Your real first name
Line 4: Your real last name
Line 5: *NEW!* Your handel (optional).  Displayed at start up instead of
        your real name, no effect on registration.
Line 6: Not used by The Outlands Tavern, but something must be here.

The path must be on the first line, and no comments are allowed unless
they are after the sixth line.

You'll notice that I said it'll use non-standard com ports in the
File_id.Diz, but there's not a configuration setting for that.  That's
because it gets all that stuff from LORD's Node*.Dat file.  As long as
LORD is set up right, this will be set up right in that respect.  I wish
more IGMs used that Node*.Dat, too...

These are the lines put in 3RDPARTY.DAT by The Outlands Tavern:

<path to OUTLANDS>\OUTLANDS.EXE *
`!T`3he `!O`3utlands `!T`3avern`2

Just in case you wanted to know.  :^)

[UNINSTALLATING]
 Note: To reset The Outlands Tavern, run SETUP and press 'R'.
Now why would you want to do that <G>?  Well, run SETUP, press 'U'.  I
won't go into anything about IGM expanders, because this program was
really written for LORD 3.50, and that version got rid of the need for
them.

[USING IT]
Just select it in the other places.  It automaticly does its maintence
when the first person of the day enters.  When someone stays the night,
LORD will do daily maintence (if necessary), display mail, then run The
Outlands Tavern, where then the tavern will go to its wake-up screen.  I'm
telling you again, don't use this IGM with other IGMs that let users kill
other users, it will screw everything up!  The only one I know of is
Werewolf!!, but be warned again!

[REGISTRATION]
None!  This is FREEWARE!  If you have comments, bug reports, or the like
send them to:
  InterNet: jmbrown@mines.edu
  SnailMail: The address on the order form <G>.
Be sure to include your version number.  Thanks! Please send ideas on how
to improve this IGM!

[DISTRIBUTION SITES]
Check out these Internet sites!

FTP: None currently...
WWW: http://www.pcinet.sys/~jmbrown/
My World Wide Web page includes links to other pages, like Seth Able's!

[COMING SOON]
I hope to have a set of RHPs for this soon...  and I may work on some
stuff to make BBS like things for the web...

[OTHER PRODUCTS]
Here is the other LORD stuff that I've done!

The L.O.R.D. Cavern v1.4 - IGM for LORD 3.25+ - 13 different random
(CAVE14.ZIP)               actions, great comm routines (fixed for some
                           odd LORD settings), intro ANSI, and some cool
                           ending really rare happenings!  Random
                           Happening Program (RHP) language lets you make
                           your own random happenings!  Now allows sysop
                           handels.  Node 0 and DigiBoard support!
                           Shareware, $5.

The LORD Cavern RHP Set 1 - 5 RHP programs for The L.O.R.D. Cavern!
(CAVERHP1.ZIP)              The Lost City of Darborne, The Waterfall, The
                            Old Magician, The Diamond Mine, and The
                            Canyon.  v1.3a+ (some require v1.3c+).

The LORD Cavern RHP Set 2 - 5 MORE RHP programs for The L.O.R.D. Cavern!
(CAVEEHP2.ZIP               The Bats, The Flower Patch, A Random Hobbit,
                            The Mushroom Patch and The Cavern Women.  All
                            written by users!  v1.3b+ (some require v1.3c+).

LordStat v1.6 - Bulletin generator for LORD 3.15+ - 11 different bulletins
(LORDST16.ZIP)  to spice up your LORD game!  Helps users to pick and
                choose who to attack, and tells who is the best warrior in
                the Realm!  Now also tells users where others are in the
                Realm, sleeping in the Inn, Field, or in an IGM!  New
                bulletin lists the installed IGMs!  Lets you not use any
                of the bulletins you don't want to, and has an easy to use
                built in SETUP program!  Now has the ability to have custom
                buttetins made!  Includes Renegade, Wildcat! and
                RemoteAccess pause code support.  Freeware.

[CLOSING]
I hope you like this IGM!  BTW:  Parts of this IGM were ripped out of the
first IGM I was working on, but dropped, called The L.O.R.D. Castle, which
wasn't finished.  Looks like all that work now has a home <G>.  Dancing,
the Stats, and the ATM were orginally from that ill-fated IGM.  Now for my
list of thanks:

Bye to Horizon BBS <SNIF>!

Thanks to Thomas Wendland, aka Mathias, for doing the intro ANSI.

Thanks to everyone that Beta tested this.

Thanks to Seth Able Robinsion for writing LORD, releasing the PLAYER.DAT
structure, and helping with the player fight setup.

Thanks to Jemery Kink (aka Draconith) of Dragon's Keep for also helping
with the player fight setup.  Sorry to see your BBS go!  <SNIF>

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