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On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 7:08:08 PM UTC-4, Tracker1 wrote:

To: Shane O'Neill
On 7/16/2021 3:28 PM, Shane O'Neill wrote:

I have tried all kinds of settings with the same result, currently:

�Name Zork I
�Internal Code ZORKI

I know this is kind of old... IIRC, you can load/save games in Zork...
you may want to copy the executable into a per user directory, so that
each user can load/save their own game state.

Assuming you otherwise have this working... it'll add a bit of disk
usage, but likely not too big of a problem... and/or change to a running directory per-user, but this may not work as intended. Should test it.
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I've been looking for a way to make Infocom games available to my MajorBBS users and also allow them the ability to save and load their games - so their progress isn't lost when they log out. Has anyone found a way of doing this? I've found Frotzdoor, but have not been able to dive deeply into it yet.
Would really love to see this become a reality... we run MBBSV10 on a WIndows 2019 server... I think Frotz needs Linux??
If there's anyone familiar with BBSs and Infocom games/doors/porting... I'd be willing to discuss compensating someones time, as best I could, to get an solution up and running.
Thanks for a good thread! Nice to see people still into the old school text games.
J
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Jason Van Horne to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Aug 09 2023 12:22 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 7:08:08¡PM UTC-4, Tracker1 wrote:

To: Shane O'Neill
I know this is kind of old... IIRC, you can load/save games in Zork...
you may want to copy the executable into a per user directory, so that each user can load/save their own game state.

you are posting in the wrong area.
i would move it and reply but you are posting on newsgroups

i use doorway with synchronet, using netfoss as the fossil.
i had to do a screenshot because my editor was quitting when i pasted.

https://i.imgur.com/Z2qLsLi.png
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 12:22:36 -0700
"Jason Van Horne" (VERT) <VERT!Jason.Van.Horne@endofthelinebbs.com>
wrote:

I've been looking for a way to make Infocom games available to my
MajorBBS users and also allow them the ability to save and load their
games - so their progress isn't lost when they log out. Has anyone
found a way of doing this? I've found Frotzdoor, but have not been
able to dive deeply into it yet. Would really love to see this become
a reality... we run MBBSV10 on a WIndows 2019 server... I think Frotz
needs Linux?? If there's anyone familiar with BBSs and Infocom games/doors/porting... I'd be willing to discuss compensating
someones time, as best I could, to get an solution up and running.
Thanks for a good thread! Nice to see people still into the old
school text games. J --- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114 _
Synchronet _ Vertrauen _ Home of Synchronet _
[vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net

This may not be of use to you but it might be to someone.

With Synchronet on Linux I use frotz and long with a bash script. Each
user has a number, so I create a directory in /sbbs/data/user for the
user to store their saved games.

#!/bin/bash

stty kill undef
stty erase

if [ -z $1 ] ; then
echo "Must provide a user number"
exit 1
fi

if [ -z $2 ] ; then
echo "Must provide a filename"
exit 1
fi

BASENAME=$(echo $2|cut -f1 -d.)
GAMEPATH=/sbbs/xtrn/infocom
SAVEPATH=/sbbs/data/user/${1}/${BASENAME}
if [ ! -d ${SAVEPATH} ] ; then
mkdir -p ${SAVEPATH}
fi

/usr/local/bin/frotz -R ${SAVEPATH} ${GAMEPATH}/${2}

Then I setup each game accordingly. They're all stored in
/sbbs/xtrn/infocom


[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]
1: Name Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2: Internal Code ICHHGG
3: Start-up Directory ../xtrn/infocom
4: Command Line rungame %4 hitchhiker.z3
5: Clean-up Command Line
6: Execution Cost None
7: Access Requirements
8: Execution Requirements
9: Multiple Concurrent Users Yes
10: I/O Method Standard
11: Native Executable/Script No
12: Use Shell or New Context No
13: Modify User Data No
14: Execute on Event No
15: Pause After Execution No
16: Disable Local Display No
17: BBS Drop File Type None
18: Place Drop File In Node Directory
19: Time Options...


%4 is the user's 4 digit, zero filled user name.

These setting seem to work fine for dosemu2 and using SyncTerm to
access the BBS. I can't say I've really tried other terminals.
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Nelgin to All on Wed Aug 09 2023 06:04 pm

%4 is the user's 4 digit, zero filled user name.

user number. :-)
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Nelgin to All on Wed Aug 09 2023 06:04 pm

With Synchronet on Linux I use frotz and long with a bash script.

There's also this:
https://github.com/fstltna/FrotzDoor

But it's a parentless fork of Frotz, so hard to exactly what was changed and why.
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Wed Aug 09 2023 16:55:30

%4 is the user's 4 digit, zero filled user name.

user number. :-)

We have a winner of Nigel's Deliberate Mistake of the Day Contest.
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Wed Aug 09 2023 16:57:59

But it's a parentless fork of Frotz, so hard to exactly what was changed and why.

hard to what now?

;)
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: MRO to Jason Van Horne on Wed Aug 09 2023 05:14 pm

i use doorway with synchronet, using netfoss as the fossil.

here ya go. i have more time to post the doorway settings

[hitchhiker's g2g]
1: Name hitchhiker's g2g
2: Internal Code HHGG
3: Start-up Directory c:\sbbs\xtrn\scifi
4: Command Line nf.bat /N%# /H%H hhgg.bat %#
5: Clean-up Command Line
6: Execution Cost None
7: Access Requirements
8: Execution Requirements
9: Multiple Concurrent Users No
10: I/O Method Socket
11: Native Executable/Script Yes
12: Use Shell or New Context No
13: Modify User Data No
14: Execute on Event No
15: Pause After Execution No
16: BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS
17: Place Drop File In Node Directory
18: Time Options...

Which (Help or Quit):

-+-

hhgg.bat

copy c:\sbbs\node%1\door.sys
echo DO YOU WANT COLOR?
DOORWAY SYSF /S:c:\sbbs\node%1 /G:ON /O /H /V:D /D /M:60 /I:WELCOME.ANS /B:MSZ /P:hitch.exe /FC


https://pastebin.com/LXTjqnqG
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Nelgin to Digital Man on Wed Aug 09 2023 11:34 pm

Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Wed Aug 09 2023 16:57:59

But it's a parentless fork of Frotz, so hard to exactly what was changed and why.

hard to what now?

;)

hard to exactly.
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Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Nelgin to Digital Man on Wed Aug 09 2023 11:34 pm

Re: Re: Infocom doors..
By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Wed Aug 09 2023 16:57:59

But it's a parentless fork of Frotz, so hard to exactly what was changed and why.

hard to what now?

See. Hard to see. :-P
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