--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00015 Date: 02/13/98 From: RAY ELLIS Time: 04:43pm \/To: BIL BURTON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: podding? BB> BB> Of course, if you *always* open with P-Q4, then, as far as BB> BB> this discussion goes, it would be PK4... you follow? Just as BB> BB> if I always opened with the horsey, that'd be my PK4... Not *always*. Just when I see that P-K4 and think I can get away with that Indian variant. BB> What can I say, I'm a knight kind of guy. I once played a BB> guy who BB> was none to complementary when I traded my bishop for his BB> knight. BB> He told me in no uncertain terms that *everyone* knew BB> bishops were BB> better knights, and since he was now a point a head, I BB> should just BB> resign. Well *I* didn't know that. I thought they were equal. BB> Imspired, I went on to not only beat him, but to BB> accumulate nine BB> knights... I had people rolling on the floor, not an easy BB> task BB> during a chess tournament. BB> But then, I digress... Indeed, we both are. This is a TradeWars echo. BB> What I am saying, metaphorically, of course, is you BB> sometimes have BB> to be willing to exchange that passed pawn off, not for a BB> queen, BB> as many "experts" recommend, but for a knight when a BB> knight suits BB> your needs. Sure. Or a rook. Maybe even a bishop. Or maybe even an Interdictor uiser. --- * Origin: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... (1:320/119) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00016 Date: 02/13/98 From: GENO MARINE Time: 05:37pm \/To: DARK MAN (Read 0 times) Subj: TW2002 In a message to All <02/11/98> Dark Man wrote: DM> Hey i was just wondering... DM> In Tw2002, will the FEDS do anything if i move my LEV. 6 citadel into SD? DM> Will it automatically blow the crap out of SD? ... :) Why don't you try putting a fighter in the sector first? If you can put the fighter there, I'm sure you'll be able to twarp your planet in. Hehehe ~~~~~Geno~~~~~ * WCE 2.1G1/2462 * What are you doing?!? The message is over,GO AWAY! --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: ViaMAIL! -Illusions BBS 702-437-4438 Las Vegas, NV (1:209/155) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00017 Date: 02/13/98 From: PAUL LOPEZ Time: 09:35pm \/To: CRAIG HEALY (Read 0 times) Subj: Version 3.05 -=> Quoting Craig Healy to Paul Lopez <=- -> Anyone having trouble with version 3.05? For some reason when a user -> into the game, it plays fine, but then when the user tries to exit (h -> key) my computer locks up completely. Plus I get errors when I try t -> in fossil mode. CH> Just as a random thought, is the GFILES path/filename set correctly? CH> TW will update that at game exit, and if it's trying to write to a CH> bad path it may lock. Nope, don't use that here. Never had any trouble until I ran it under Win 3.10. CH> Second, is the BBS software set to shell or terminate when a door CH> is run? If it's terminating, make sure you have the correct CH> re-entry set. I run 17 other doors here. They all terminate normally. I heard from Jim Pritchard, one of the techs besides the Martin's that work on TW and he did say that they've had a little trouble with the exiting procedures. But I can feel the overhead that TW puts on my system when it tries to exit. I went back to version 3.04 and it did the same thing with that version also. Fact is, according to the dock, there's no mention of testing under Windows 3.xx. It acknowledges it. It runs the game just fine. It just doesn't exit it properly and that tells me there may be something slightly wrong with the game when one os is hampered in one routine only :(. -> I'm wondering if running under Windows 3.10 may have something to do -> with it. CH> Why not? We've managed to blame El Nino, diaper rash and Bill CH> Clinton on Windows 3.1 so far. How 'bout Bill Gates :) Paul ... Blue Wave - World Tour - 1998 --- FastEcho 1.46+/Telegard BBS * Origin: LOPEZVILLE BBS (410) 592-5447 (1:261/1371) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00018 Date: 02/14/98 From: JERIMIAH SHORT Time: 12:48am \/To: GREG EASTHOM (Read 0 times) Subj: Well put... GE> SD>**** BUT: You can't use the code in your own programs unless you have GE> SD>written permission/license from the original author. GE> So that would mean that this excerpt from a program I have: GE> - Q B a s i c M O N E Y M A N A G E R GE> - Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1990 GE> has line 1442 saying: GE> - PRINT "*"; GE> Does this mean I need written permission to use this line in my program? WELL PUT! --- Terminate 5.00 UnReg(29) TerMail/QWK Have you ever been TERMINATEd ? * Origin: * }{ead Games * 765-642-4312 * Anderson IN * (1:2255/90) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00019 Date: 02/14/98 From: JERIMIAH SHORT Time: 12:48am \/To: CHRIS ANDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: help 26-Jan-98 01:50:00, Chris Anderson wrote to All Subject: help CA> I wrote this little security logon program in qbasic...very simple. one CA> feature I want and don't know how to get, however, is to have CHR$(219) CA> appear in the place of the letters when typing in the passcode, like on CA> a bbs. I've tried some things that didn't work and I don't know how to CA> get it done, so if anyone has any suggestions please tell me. Thanks. Here's a little program that might help... [WARNING: This code is untested; straight from my head. Use with caution!] Fold and cut at the perferation! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIM Pass$(1 TO 15) '15 characters _should_ be enough for a N = 1 'password. CLS PRINT "Password: "; LOCATE , , 1 'Make the cursor visable X = 11: Y = 1 'Set the starting cursor position GetKey: DO: K$ = INKEY$: LOOP WHILE K$ = "" 'We're waiting for them to press a key SELECT CASE K$ CASE CHR$(13) '[Enter/Return] PRINT 'Add the linefeed GOTO Put.It.Together 'The user is done entering the password CASE CHR$(8) '[Backspace] IF N <> 0 THEN 'Make sure they typed something, N = N - 1 'Made a mistake, we have to go back in Pass$(N) = "" 'the array to erase the last character. LOCATE Y, X - 1 ' PRINT " "; 'Now we set the cursor right. LOCATE Y, X - 1 ' ELSE BEEP END IF CASE ELSE '[Any other characters] IF N = 16 THEN 'If the password entered exceeds 15 BEEP 'characters, let the user know only N = 16 '15 letters may be entered. ELSE ' Pass$(N) = K$ 'Let's put the character in it's spot, PRINT CHR$(254); 'and print the desired character, NOT X = X + 1 'the real character. N = N + 1 'And advance the array to the next spot. END IF ' END SELECT GOTO GetKey Put.It.Together: FOR i = 1 TO N Password$ = Password$ + Pass$(i) NEXT i ' Now we need to compare the password PRINT Password$ IF Password$ = "secret" THEN 'Is the password the same? PRINT "Password correct!" 'Ok, they're fine ELSE PRINT "Incorrect password attempt!" DO: LOOP 'Now we lock the computer up END IF --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope this helps! Please note that this program makes the password(s) CASE SENSATIVE! If you wish to change this, simply add either UCASE$ or LCASE$ command to the comparison. Good Luck! Jerimiah Short --- Terminate 5.00 UnReg(29) TerMail/QWK Terminate does both QWK offline-mail and fido-mail! * Origin: * }{ead Games * 765-642-4312 * Anderson IN * (1:2255/90) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00020 Date: 02/14/98 From: JERIMIAH SHORT Time: 12:48am \/To: JASON PETTY (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Copyrights & -wrongs 02-Feb-98 00:55:00, Jason Petty wrote to Harry Hickey Subject: Re: Copyrights & -wrongs HH>> There's been a lot of traffic on this conference about the legality HH>> of passing around copies of QuickBasic, inasmuch as the copyright ^^^^^^^^^^ JP> i agree with ya. if those people cant find a legal copy of qbasic and You may have meant well, but he said QUICKBasic, not Qbasic. They are totally separate in themselves...but good comment. ;-) Jerimiah Short --- Terminate 5.00 UnReg(29) TerMail/QWK Terminate is now specially built for Internet! * Origin: * }{ead Games * 765-642-4312 * Anderson IN * (1:2255/90) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00021 Date: 02/13/98 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 10:05pm \/To: BOBBY CROWDER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: reset the tw game -> CH> If I'm going to be beaten, it had better be by a decent player -> CH> and not a roll of the dice, so to speak. Too much time and -> CH> effort invested in a long running game to be taken away at a -> CH> whim of some byte somewhere. -> -> Agreed, but what if the Ferrengi had been designed to actually -> expand their territory, attacking and/or invading player assets they -> discovered in the process, using the same rules of combat that -> applied to the players? Would that also be objectionable? That would be fine, because you can defend against them. It's the ones that can blast through a million fighters and wipe you out that I won't accept. -> The reason I'm asking is because I'm currently designing a TW-like -> game (well, alike in the fact that it's a turned-based tactical space -> exploration/exploitation wargame that takes place in a randomly -> generated universe) and I've been playing around with the idea of -> introducing an alien invasion force at some point that will -> attack/invade everything it encounters until it is defeated by the -> players. Sounds like a winner. Please keep us informed. And I do have a "Games Test" menu on my BBS if you want a beta site. -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 124 TRADE WARS Ref: F2K00022 Date: 02/13/98 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 10:06pm \/To: JIM PITTMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: reset the tw game -> -> Is there a reason people don't like the addons? -> -> CH> I think most serious players object to add-ons that can destroy -> CH> a lot of work randomly, with no possible defense. The Borg and -> -> Also, most of the add-ons just added more bugs, like withdrawing nega -> amounts in your bank. Agreed! And intentional bugs like moving planets into FedSpace. Blah! -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120)