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echo: jdssoft
to: JAHMAS
from: Scott Adams
date: 2004-03-17 00:39:40
subject: Re: BRE under XP

-=> Quoting JAHMAS to John Dailey <=-

 JA> {at}MSGID: 1:109/500 4056fa5c
 >I actually run BRE under XPPro myself without any problems.  Can you describe
 >in a little more detail what is or isn't working right?

 JA> Basically the game just does not load and start. In otherwords the BBS
 JA> just does not shell out to the game. My bbs setup is basically a telnet
 JA> frontend which uses Netfoss built in. I've had some problems with
 JA> specific doors i.e., Tradewars and BRE but DoorMud and LORD setup the
 JA> same without problems. I'm thinking it might be the fossil driver. I
 JA> know two other folks running XP and VADV software and I have tried
 JA> their batchfile routines but no luck :( 

        Try some batch file things like echoing strings to the
        screen nad pauses so you know it at least get sto bre
        and out of it.

        Echo Hello World >com# [comport]
        Pause

        For example..

        What does the error.log for bre show?
         

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