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to: Martin Kazmaier
from: Martin Kazmaier
date: 2024-11-25 15:39:00
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 MK> MK> MK> Starship Galactica.  Has anyone gotten this to run on a non-wwiv
 MK> MK> system
 MK> MK> MK> using nfu to create the chain.txt file? I'm also using doorway to
 MK> run
 MK> MK> MK> the game, but might be able to use nf /m /i1 to use netfoss with i
 MK> MK> MK> mode.  This is the space invaders game I've been trying to
 MK> find.
 MK> MK> MK> I didn't realize it would be so hard to run, though...

 MK> MK> MK> My batch file looks like:

 MK> MK> MK> c:\ele\nf\nfu . /C cd \ele\doors\galaga
 MK> C:\ele\doorway\doorway.exe
 MK> MK> MK> COM1F /T:300 /B:X /S:* /G:ON /V:D /CD /H: /O:T
 MK> MK> MK> /P:c:\ele\doors\galaga\starship.exe c:\ele\node%1\CHAIN.TXT

 MK> MK> MK> The last 2 lines wrapped and are a single doorway command.

 MK> MK> I'm getting the error:  Error reading CHAIN.TXT...

 MK> I tried using doormaster 5.8 (dm58.zip) to convert the dropfiles:
 MK> dm.exe /f=ra /t=wwiv

 MK> Which resulted in a file that the game could read!  Unfortunately, the
 MK> ansi output from the game doesn't include carriage returns. Has
 MK> anyone gotten that working? What dropfile converter did you use? If
 MK> you're an sbbs sysop, please don't answer; it won't help.

Ok, my BBS isn't passing to the dropfile converter the proper ANSI settings,
so I don't think I can run this.  Sorry, I don't have the ability to change
the to: field on my BBS...

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