Subj : Re: BBS door "lost carrier"
To   : Sneaky
From : Wall E. Weasel
Date : Thu Jul 29 2021 08:13 pm

 Sn>     okay I did all that and YES it is working fine now useing dx and
 Sn>     no fossel

Great!

 WE>
 WE>  Sn>  bre
 WE>  Sn> @echo off
 WE>  Sn> c:
 WE>  Sn> cd \bbs\mystic\mydoors\fsxnet\bre
 WE>  Sn> srdoor
 WE>  Sn> bre planetary
 WE>  Sn> bre
 WE>  Sn> c:
 WE>  Sn> cd \bbs\mystic
 WE>  Sn> mis poll 21:1/10
 WE>  Sn> exit

 Sn>  Now you fix DX, what do I have to do to fix my bat file

It's both the game and batch file that need adjustment.  As it's configured now
it only reads the DOOR.SYS file from one directory, regardless of which node
runs the game.  Each node is loading the same SETUP.SR file which (most likely)
points to C:\Mystic\Temp1\DOOR.SYS.  So if someone runs the game from node 2,
it's still looking for door.sys in the node 1 directory.  One of two things
will happen.

1. If the user on node 1 is running a door, there will be a door.sys file where
BRE is expecting it.  But it contains the information of the user on node 1,
not on node 2.  Node 1's info will be used to play the door.

2. If there isn't a user on node 1 running a door, there will be no door.sys
where BRE expects to find it.  Most doors would simply exit with an error at
this point.  But BRE has a peculiarity there.  Insted of giving an error, BRE
will go ahead and run but will do so using the data of the last user to run the
door.

You need to make a copy of SETUP.SR for each node, change each node's new
configuration file to point at the correct DOOR.SYS file, and change the batch
file so each node uses its own config file.

Make a copy of SETUP.SR for each node using the node # as part of the filename.
 Manually copy SETUP.SR to NODE1.SR, NODE2.SR, etc for each node you have.  Or
make friends with the FOR command to do it for you:

for /L %N in (1, 1, 4) do (copy SETUP.SR NODE%N.SR)

Replace the 4 with however many nodes you have set up.

Next, edit each one of those files with a text editor.  The first line contains
the location and name of the drop file.  Make NODE2.SR point to
C:\Mystic\Temp2\DOOR.SYS and so on.  The FOR command makes this easier here,
too:

for %F in (node*.sr) do (edit %F)

This will bring up each of the new files in edit.com.  You'll see the filename
with the node number in it.  Change the drop file location to that node's temp
directory, save the file, and exit.  The next file will come up automatically.

Next, change BRE.BAT so it calls the correct setup file for each node:

@echo off
REM BRE.BAT - Called with node # as %1
c:
cd \bbs\mystic\mydoors\fsxnet\bre
srdoor -f node%1.sr
bre planetary
bre
c:
cd \bbs\mystic
mis poll 21:1/10
exit

BRE.BAT needs to be called with the node # as its only parameter.  I believe
you already have it set up that way but double check.

 Sn> okay it work now, so I am sure we don't have to do any thing about
 Sn> NTVDM, right.

Keep an eye on it.  It shouldn't have given an error when BRE was in FOSSIL
mode.

 Sn> just another question about dx in linuk rasbperry os in mystic.
 Sn> or is it only Window.

It's 32 bit Windows only.

 Sn> Thank you

Not a problem! 
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