• Mystic MPLs

    From Black Panther@21:1/186 to All on Monday, October 05, 2020 02:13:18
    Hi All,

    I just wanted to let everyone know that I've been working on some MPL
    programs that are running on Castle Rock. I haven't released any of them yet, as I'm still testing and tweaking them.

    Scrollz Announcements
    This is a completely configurable scrolling text banner. All of the options
    are inside an INI file, including up to 10 different messages to display. The display field can be adjusted to whatever length and placement you would like on your menu. Even the color of the display is configurable!

    BBS Reviews
    This was an MPL that I had found in my file base, and no idea who the author is/was. It was written in an older version of MPL, so it needed to be
    updated. I have continued to work on it, with the help of The Godfather.
    There are now many more options included. You can add your BBS, review other BBS's, telnet to those BBS's, leave comments on other's reviews, leave anonymous reviews, and more.

    RCS Who's Online
    This was written so the standard user listing could be sorted by different fields, including name, location, last login, etc. Nothing fancy on this one, it just works well and does what I wanted it to. :)

    OneLiners
    This was another MPL that was written for an older version of Mystic. I have updated it, and made some changes to both the appearance and functionality.

    Logoff Menu
    Yet another older MPL that was converted to work with current Mystic
    versions. This MPL lets you leave a message for the last caller, contains a small message board, view system bulletins, return to the BBS, leave
    feedback, and yes, it will let you log off as well.

    I also have my previous MPLs which include UserStats, which basically gives
    you a screen with all of your user stats. LastCallers, which lists the last
    10 callers to the BBS.

    Stop by and take a look. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions about any of them. I hope to start releasing them soon, so be on the lookout.


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Black Panther on Monday, October 05, 2020 16:53:53
    Hi All,

    I just wanted to let everyone know that I've been working on some MPL programs that are running on Castle Rock. I haven't released any of them yet, as I'm still testing and tweaking them.

    Scrollz Announcements
    This is a completely configurable scrolling text banner. All of the options are inside an INI file, including up to 10 different messages to display. The display field can be adjusted to whatever length and placement you would like on your menu. Even the color of the display is configurable!

    BBS Reviews
    This was an MPL that I had found in my file base, and no idea who the author is/was. It was written in an older version of MPL, so it needed
    to be updated. I have continued to work on it, with the help of The Godfather. There are now many more options included. You can add your
    BBS, review other BBS's, telnet to those BBS's, leave comments on
    other's reviews, leave anonymous reviews, and more.

    RCS Who's Online
    This was written so the standard user listing could be sorted by
    different fields, including name, location, last login, etc. Nothing
    fancy on this one, it just works well and does what I wanted it to. :)

    OneLiners
    This was another MPL that was written for an older version of Mystic. I have updated it, and made some changes to both the appearance and functionality.

    Logoff Menu
    Yet another older MPL that was converted to work with current Mystic versions. This MPL lets you leave a message for the last caller,
    contains a small message board, view system bulletins, return to the
    BBS, leave feedback, and yes, it will let you log off as well.

    I also have my previous MPLs which include UserStats, which basically gives you a screen with all of your user stats. LastCallers, which lists the last 10 callers to the BBS.

    Stop by and take a look. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions about any of them. I hope to start releasing them soon, so be
    on the lookout.

    Yes yes yes yes; especially yes on the scrollz announcments as we spoke
    about.. I, can't wait to dig into new mods that come out and attempt to keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground... and I'll
    login soon to see the exciting news.



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to paulie420 on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 21:38:01
    On 05 Oct 2020 at 04:53p, paulie420 pondered and said...

    keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground...
    and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

    I got to answer the question 'shall we play a game' when I visited tonight :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to paulie420 on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 02:57:34
    On 05 Oct 2020, 04:53p, paulie420 said the following...

    Yes yes yes yes; especially yes on the scrollz announcments as we spoke about.. I, can't wait to dig into new mods that come out and attempt to keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground...
    and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

    Thanks. When you stop by, make sure you check out the new Info Menu from the Main Menu. That's where a lot of the new MPLs are. :)


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Avon on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 02:58:46
    On 06 Oct 2020, 09:38p, Avon said the following...

    keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground... and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

    I got to answer the question 'shall we play a game' when I visited
    tonight :)

    I knew you'd like that one. :) I made that when I was trying to get a handle
    on C. After watching your videos, I knew it would be a good one for you. ;)


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Avon on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 08:09:58
    On 05 Oct 2020 at 04:53p, paulie420 pondered and said...

    keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground... and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

    I got to answer the question 'shall we play a game' when I visited
    tonight :)

    LOL, I've seen that there before and knew it had something to do with you. :P



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From x1pepe@21:1/150 to Black Panther on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 18:56:09
    Great! it will works on Raspberry Pi?
    Thanks!

    *Sotano Msx BBS*
    telnet sotanomsxbbs.org:23
    <Ultimo usuario activo de Msx en Ibiza>

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Sotano Msx Bbs (21:1/150)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to x1pepe on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 12:16:18
    On 06 Oct 2020, 06:56p, x1pepe said the following...

    Great! it will works on Raspberry Pi?
    Thanks!

    It should! It's an MPL, and it's already running on Linux... I don't have my RPi set up at the moment or I'd test it out.


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Wednesday, October 07, 2020 10:43:58
    On 06 Oct 2020 at 02:58a, Black Panther pondered and said...

    I knew you'd like that one. :) I made that when I was trying to get a handle on C. After watching your videos, I knew it would be a good one
    for you. ;)

    I wonder what I should put on my desktop for the next set of videos? Gotta
    keep you on your toes :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to paulie420 on Wednesday, October 07, 2020 10:44:07
    On 06 Oct 2020 at 08:09a, paulie420 pondered and said...

    LOL, I've seen that there before and knew it had something to do with
    you. :P

    :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Avon on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 16:12:34
    On 07 Oct 2020, 10:43a, Avon said the following...

    I knew you'd like that one. :) I made that when I was trying to get a handle on C. After watching your videos, I knew it would be a good on for you. ;)

    I wonder what I should put on my desktop for the next set of videos?
    Gotta keep you on your toes :)

    You know I'll watch your videos, if for no other reason, as a refresher. ;)

    But first, you need to make more videos... :)


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Wednesday, October 07, 2020 11:56:38
    On 06 Oct 2020 at 04:12p, Black Panther pondered and said...

    But first, you need to make more videos... :)

    Lemme get some HUB stuff in order first... but yes that's the plan.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From HSM@21:2/162 to Black Panther on Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:02:42
    On 05 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...
    Scrollz Announcements
    This is a completely configurable scrolling text banner. All of the options are inside an INI file, including up to 10 different messages to display. The display field can be adjusted to whatever length and placement you would like on your menu. Even the color of the display is configurable!


    Hi,
    I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini file.
    I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Any ideas?

    -=- Gary aka HSM -=-
    -=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to HSM on Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:10:12
    On 22 Oct 2020, 11:02a, HSM said the following...

    I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini
    file. I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Anyideas?

    Is the .ini file in your scripts directory? If so, just use the command 'scrollz scrollz.ini' and it should find it.


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From HSM@21:2/162 to Black Panther on Thursday, October 22, 2020 14:24:44
    On 22 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...

    On 22 Oct 2020, 11:02a, HSM said the following...

    I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini file. I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Anyideas?

    Is the .ini file in your scripts directory? If so, just use the command 'scrollz scrollz.ini' and it should find it.

    It should... but it doesn't. Maybe I'm missing an environemnt variable?
    In order to run any MPL I have to use the full path. So I have it setup as \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz.ini (With forward slashes).

    -=- Gary aka HSM -=-
    -=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to HSM on Thursday, October 22, 2020 13:41:16
    On 22 Oct 2020, 02:24p, HSM said the following...

    It should... but it doesn't. Maybe I'm missing an environemnt variable? In order to run any MPL I have to use the full path. So I have it setup as\mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz.ini (With forward slashes).

    Hmmmm, that's strange. I have it set up here in Linux as:
    scrollz scrollz.ini

    You shouldn't need the entire path. Why would it need forward slashes?

    Is you Theme path set properly in System Paths in mystic -cfg?


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to HSM on Thursday, October 22, 2020 18:01:41
    Hi,
    I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini
    file. I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Any ideas?

    Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps, right?

    scrollz scrollz.ini
    ??
    sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the mpl:
    scrollz



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to HSM on Thursday, October 22, 2020 21:38:16
    On 22 Oct 2020, 06:01p, paulie420 said the following...

    Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps, right?

    scrollz scrollz.ini
    ??
    sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the mpl: scrollz

    Thanks Paulie,

    HSM, that's something else you can do to test it out. Try running it without the .ini file and see what happens. It does have default settings so it should run with the 'Ad' message that's in there.

    Let me know if that works for you.


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Rick Smith@21:1/190.1 to Black Panther on Thursday, October 22, 2020 21:45:28
    Greetings Black!

    Thursday October 22 2020 21:38, you wrote to HSM about an urgent matter!:

    On 22 Oct 2020, 06:01p, paulie420 said the following...

    Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps,
    right?

    scrollz scrollz.ini
    ??
    sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the
    mpl: scrollz

    Thanks Paulie,

    HSM, that's something else you can do to test it out. Try running it without the .ini file and see what happens. It does have default
    settings so it should run with the 'Ad' message that's in there.

    Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a


    ----
    Regards,


    Rick Smith (Nitro)

    ... BBSing is a lot like sex, except you never want to get off.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: ----> Abacus Sysop Point --->>>>bbs.abon.us:2323 (21:1/190.1)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Rick Smith on Thursday, October 22, 2020 23:40:00
    On 22 Oct 2020, 09:45p, Rick Smith said the following...

    Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a

    Yes he did. If you go to the Menu editor in mystic -cfg, and hit /S to go into the settings, you'll see it towards the bottom of the window.

    You can have one on every menu if you want to. ;)

    The only thing I've found, is the 'Offset', which tells it how many spaces to have between repeating the message, will only save '1'. So, what I did, is add spaces to the end of the message. g00r00 did say it will be fixed in the next pre-release.


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From HSM@21:2/162 to Black Panther on Friday, October 23, 2020 07:10:41
    On 22 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...

    On 22 Oct 2020, 02:24p, HSM said the following...

    It should... but it doesn't. Maybe I'm missing an environemnt variab In order to run any MPL I have to use the full path. So I have it se as\mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz.ini (With forward slashes).

    Hmmmm, that's strange. I have it set up here in Linux as:
    scrollz scrollz.ini

    You shouldn't need the entire path. Why would it need forward slashes?

    Is you Theme path set properly in System Paths in mystic -cfg?

    Yep, theme path is correct. /mystic/themes/ .

    For all my MPL's, if I don't use the full path they don't work. Don't know why.

    -=- Gary aka HSM -=-
    -=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)
  • From HSM@21:2/162 to Black Panther on Friday, October 23, 2020 07:26:37
    On 22 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...

    On 22 Oct 2020, 06:01p, paulie420 said the following...

    Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps, rig

    scrollz scrollz.ini
    ??
    sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the mpl: scrollz

    Thanks Paulie,

    HSM, that's something else you can do to test it out. Try running it without the .ini file and see what happens. It does have default
    settings so it should run with the 'Ad' message that's in there.

    Let me know if that works for you.

    Nope.
    scrollz - nothing
    scrollz scrollz.ini - nothing
    /m/t/d/s/scrollz (with or without)scrollz.ini -nothing .
    /m/t/d/s/scrollz /m/t/d/s/scrollz.ini - it works, but only displays the ad message and "cant read ini".

    -=- Gary aka HSM -=-
    -=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to HSM on Friday, October 23, 2020 13:09:44
    On 23 Oct 2020, 07:26a, HSM said the following...

    Nope.
    scrollz - nothing
    scrollz scrollz.ini - nothing
    /m/t/d/s/scrollz (with or without)scrollz.ini -nothing .
    /m/t/d/s/scrollz /m/t/d/s/scrollz.ini - it works, but only displays the admessage and "cant read ini".

    That is just strange... Let me see what I can figure out...


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Rick Smith@21:1/190.1 to Black Panther on Friday, October 23, 2020 12:52:20
    Greetings Black!

    Thursday October 22 2020 23:40, you wrote to me about an urgent matter!:

    On 22 Oct 2020, 09:45p, Rick Smith said the following...

    Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate
    it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a

    Yes he did. If you go to the Menu editor in mystic -cfg, and hit /S to
    go into the settings, you'll see it towards the bottom of the window.

    You can have one on every menu if you want to. ;)

    The only thing I've found, is the 'Offset', which tells it how many
    spaces to have between repeating the message, will only save '1'. So,
    what I did, is add spaces to the end of the message. g00r00 did say it will be fixed in the next pre-release.


    Must not be in the Pi version I have the latest preA and its not there.. I am sure he will get around to it...


    ----
    Regards,


    Rick Smith (Nitro)

    ... Teenage Hell: A parent who's into BBSing
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: ----> Abacus Sysop Point --->>>>bbs.abon.us:2323 (21:1/190.1)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Rick Smith on Saturday, October 24, 2020 16:52:59
    Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a

    g00r00 added marquee features on A47, and RCS Software has a scrollz app available on Castle Rock, The Underground or my $2o For Beers bbs, deets
    below.



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)