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  • Railroad Empires door game problem

    From acn@1:103/705 to All on Tuesday, March 02, 2021 15:25:20
    Hi,

    I'm trying some door games and came along "Railroad Empires 2" (http://bbsfiles.com/ftp/ExDx/).

    My setup is: Synchronet 3.18b on Linux with dosemu.
    In dosemu, I've installed PC-DOS 7.
    Im using this setup for some more games and did not notice problems until now.

    The game starts, but after the second welcome screen, it just quits...?!
    I don't see any message why it quits.
    This also happens in local mode (running RRX2GAME /L in dosemu).

    Does anyone else have this game running?
    At least to try it :)

    Thank you very much!

    Regards,
    Anna

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  • From xbit@1:103/705 to acn on Tuesday, March 02, 2021 09:47:28
    Re: Railroad Empires door game problem
    By: acn to All on Tue Mar 02 2021 03:25 pm

    I'm trying some door games and came along "Railroad Empires 2" (http://bbsfiles.com/ftp/ExDx/).
    The game starts, but after the second welcome screen, it just quits...?!

    I just downloaded and installed to try and reproduce the issue, sadly it seems to be working for me. I'm on SBBS v3.16c running on Win10 32bit currently. My setup is as follows:

    I didn't make any changes to the games RRX2.CTL file. What's odd is the game starts, shows some ANSI and then drops you back to the BBS.


    -----------------------------------------------
    Name Railroad Empires
    Internal Code RR2
    Start-up Directory ..\xtrn\rr2
    Command Line RRX2GAME /Pd:\sbbs\node%#
    Clean-up Command Line
    Execution Cost None
    Access Requirements
    Execution Requirements
    Multiple Concurrent Users Yes
    Intercept I/O No
    Native Executable No
    Use Shell to Execute No
    Modify User Data No
    Execute on Event No
    Pause After Execution No
    BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS
    Place Drop File In Node Directory --------------------------------
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to xbit on Tuesday, March 02, 2021 21:08:54
    Re: Railroad Empires door game problem
    By: xbit to acn on Tue Mar 02 2021 09:47 am

    Re: Railroad Empires door game problem
    By: acn to All on Tue Mar 02 2021 03:25 pm

    I'm trying some door games and came along "Railroad Empires 2" (http://bbsfiles.com/ftp/ExDx/).
    The game starts, but after the second welcome screen, it just quits...?!

    I just downloaded and installed to try and reproduce the issue, sadly it seems to be working for me. I'm on SBBS v3.16c running on Win10 32bit currently. My setup is as follows:

    I didn't make any changes to the games RRX2.CTL file. What's odd is the game starts, shows some ANSI and then drops you back to the BBS.


    see if you have to add a switch for fossil.
    and try using dorinfo1.def instead
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  • From xbit@1:103/705 to MRO on Wednesday, March 03, 2021 06:39:16
    Re: Railroad Empires door game problem
    By: MRO to xbit on Tue Mar 02 2021 09:08 pm

    see if you have to add a switch for fossil.
    and try using dorinfo1.def instead

    The door still works for me with Dorinfo1.def used and fossil w/ or w/out. Dbl check the RRX2.CTL file for BBSTYPE QUICK amd fossil switches.

    Also in sysconfig not sure if using real names or not will play a part. I told my sync door file setup to no real names and no lower case file names.
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  • From acn@1:103/705 to xbit on Wednesday, March 03, 2021 16:36:04
    Hi,

    Thank you for your answers.

    I've tried switching to BBSTYPE QUICK and DORINFOx.DEF, but the result is the same.

    My settings in scfg are:

    ========================================
    Name Railroad Empires 2
    Internal Code RRX2
    Start-up Directory ../dos/apps/rrx
    Command Line rrx2game /PD:\ /N%#
    Clean-up Command Line
    Execution Cost None
    Access Requirements
    Execution Requirements
    Multiple Concurrent Users Yes
    Intercept I/O No
    Native Executable No
    Use Shell / New Context No
    Modify User Data No
    Execute on Event No
    Pause After Execution No
    BBS Drop File Type RBBS/QuickBBS DORINFO#.DEF
    Place Drop File In Node Directory ========================================

    in RRX2.CTL, the settings are (all lines without ; at the beginning):

    ========================================
    SYSOPFIRST FREE
    SYSOPLAST COPY
    BBSNAME BBSFiles.com
    BBSTYPE QUICK
    FOSSIL
    PAUSECODE @PAUSE@
    ========================================

    I'm using the dosemu FOSSIL.COM, and have set BUFFERS=40 and FILES=60, as the README for this game says that more are needed...?!

    After this screen, it quits silently:

    █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀⠖€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â– €â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–ˆ â–ˆ Welcome to RAILROAD EMPIRES v2.18
    â–ˆ
    â–ˆ by Steven R. Lorenz (C) Copyright 1993
    â–ˆ
    â–ˆ
    â–ˆ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄⠖„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â– „â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–ˆ

    Press any key to continue . . .

    @xbit: Is your BBS up again so I could test the game in your BBS? Thank you!

    Regards,
    Anna

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  • From xbit@1:103/705 to acn on Wednesday, March 03, 2021 11:37:03
    Re: Railroad Empires door game problem
    By: acn to xbit on Wed Mar 03 2021 04:36 pm

    Thank you for your answers.

    More than happy to help :D

    Start-up Directory ../dos/apps/rrx
    Command Line rrx2game /PD:\ /N%#

    I'm using the dosemu FOSSIL.COM, and have set BUFFERS=40 and FILES=60, as the README for this game says that more are needed...?!

    @xbit: Is your BBS up again so I could test the game in your BBS? Thank you!

    My BBS is on a win10 32bit OS at the moment. So sadly, I'm not sure I'm the best person to test with :( Also, I've yet to open the BBS back up to the public. I may later in the summer but for now I'm just getting things working and looking into a possible port to Sync on *nix.


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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to xbit on Saturday, March 06, 2021 11:30:57
    Re: Railroad Empires door game problem
    By: xbit to MRO on Wed Mar 03 2021 06:39 am

    Re: Railroad Empires door game problem
    By: MRO to xbit on Tue Mar 02 2021 09:08 pm

    see if you have to add a switch for fossil.
    and try using dorinfo1.def instead

    The door still works for me with Dorinfo1.def used and fossil w/ or w/out. Dbl check the RRX2.CTL file for BBSTYPE QUICK amd fossil switches.

    Also in sysconfig not sure if using real names or not will play a part. I


    so it works now?
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  • From acn@1:103/705 to MRO on Tuesday, March 09, 2021 16:13:21
    Hi,

    so it works now?

    Not on my system, I still don't know what the problem is.
    I will test it again soon, but at the moment I don't have the time for more intense tests.

    Regards,
    Anna

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