=========================================================================== BBS: The Digital Wasteland Date: 05-18-93 (00:08) Number: 100 From: PAUL REED Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: Renegade FAQ (1 of 1) Conf: (18) Itcrene --------------------------------------------------------------------------- if i left any of the more frequently asked question out let me know and i will include them as well.. i think i have covered about 90% of the questions being asked in the renegade base with this file.. i will post this once every 2 weeks at the least.. maybe once a week for a while.. Renegade Frequently Asked Question List Created by - Paul Reed (85:823/207) Created 09/04/92 Last Revised 04/04/93 Q. My Protocols, Archivers, and some of my Door games are not working properly.. what happened? A. With the release of RG 04-01 Beta comes a change in the MCI codes for Doors, Archivers and Protocols. They have been made more consistent. In other words % N passes the node number in all three areas.. where as before @ E was used in the door games to pass node number. As yet i have not seen anything to convert the MCI codes to the new ones. ( i did mine by hand ) but it didn;t take long.. the thing that took the longest was the archivers.. protocols are easy if you are using Cott's protocol.dat since i just grabbed the one out of the installation package for 04-01 Beta and used it.. Q. What is the Latest version of Renegade Available? A. The latest version of Renegade released to the public is Renegade 04-16Beta. Q. How come in the newest versions of Renegade all my Menu prompts have these HEART shaped ASCII characters within them.. A. as of version 2-27 Beta's release the Ascii-3 (or Heart) coloring system has been COMPLETELY removed.. you should obtain the file CLRFIX.ZIP or ARJ whatever the case may be. and follow the directions included.. for those of you who have an aversion to reading DOCS i will include the steps to take to run it successfuly on your system place clrfix.exe into your main BBS directory. the DATE on Clrfix.exe should be 2-1-93 at 00:26am or it is too old of a version and will not convert all the DATA files that need to be converted.. do NOT run clrfix on the data files by passing *.dat to clrfix.. you WILL destroy your data files if you do this.. at the dos prompt type CLRFIX and press Enter which is NOT the long key at the bottom of the keyboard couldn't resist Cott. you will see it process several different .DAT files.. then when it is done type CLRFIX MENU\*.MNU to convert your menus.. then use CLRFIX MISC\*.ASC to convert your ascii text files.. Q. Why does the built in .QWK door give all of my bases a base number of 0 and then put all the messages into all the bases in the reader? A. With the release of version 2-27 Beta the message bases now have a permanent Index Number used for .QWK packets.. you should run the program PERMINDX.EXE contained in the distribution archives for RG 2-27Beta and Later.. RUN THIS ONLY ONCE.. when you run it it will ask you for the path to MBASES.DAT which is located in your DATA directory.. Q. How come in the .QWK downloads i always get 0 Messages in EVERY Base? A. You need to go configure your Max Messages in the .QWK configuration Q. What the hell happened to all the Header colors?? its all grey on black!!! A. With the release of RG 2-27 Beta a New color configuration System was implemented.. you should go into the color configuration setup (K) from the System Configuration menu and configure a default color system.. Q. Why won't Renegade respond to my modem, or why wont it even load up? A. All versions of renegade require a fossil driver to operate at ALL Renegade WILL however load up without a fossil driver installed if the -L option is used on the commandline.. the 2 most popular FOSSIL drivers out are BNU and X00.. most boards should have these available it is beyond the scope of this manual to explain how to set up a FOSSIL driver. Q. Where are the DOCS!?!?!?!? A. Currently Theo Van Dinter has released a doc file for Renegade.. However.. these Docs have not been Sanctioned by Cott Lang at least that i am aware of anyways..but should serve to get you through until a release approved by Cott Lang. Q. Why are there so many bugs.. stuff never seems to work right!! A. Renegade is still in Beta form.. this means that it is NOT a standard release.. at this point in time everyone that sets up a renegade BBS is in effect a Beta tester.. or bug hunter if you will.. as such BETA releases have bugs.. it is one of the drawbacks of getting new versions at least once a month.. Q. How do i become a BETA site? A. if you are running the software technically you already are.. currently though there is NO official Beta site structure.. although Cott Lang has stated that once a standard release is made he may go to a Beta testing structure.. at this point in time it does not even pay to ask as the answer will always be NO. Q. How the HELL do i make the PCR system work... its really confusing.. A. first you have to go into System config and set up the PCR system as to what security levels are going to have one and how many messages each user has to post to meet the PCR. Next any command that you want to be restricted based on the PCR you would insert a ZZ somewhere in the ACS field for that command.. conversely you can set up a linked command (see the docs on how to do that) with an acs of !ZZ to display a file or message to the user saying their PCR is out of balance... its really quite simple but it really is one of the most confusing things to set up it seems... Q. When will the Standard Release of Renegade be made? A. When its made.. all indications are that it won't be too much longer Q. How much does Renegade cost to Register it? A. Currently there is no registration fee asociated with renegade.. At some point when the Standard release is made a registration fee may be required.. Cott hasn't quite made up his mind on how much he is planing on charging for registration.. Or even if a fee will be charged at all. Q. How do i set up HSLINK/BI-MODEM/HYDRA with Renegade? A. At this point in time Renegade has built in bi-directional protocol support.. but only HS-LINK is supported at this time.. Bi-Modem is NOT recommnded as there are some potential security risks to someone holding a registered copy.. HSLINK can best be configured by grabbing PROTOCOL.ZIP off of Cott Lang's or any other Renegade Support board that has it.. this is a copy of Cott Langs own protocol.dat file with most of the popular protocols installed including HSLINK.. Cott has suggested that the best way to configure HSLINK itself is NOT to configure it.. just straight out of the BOX should work for most people... And the same should Apply to Hydra.. Hydra and HSLINK are both set up in the protocol.dat Cott Releases on a regular basis... Q. How do i set up Renegade multi-node?? A. this probably has to be the MOST asked question in renegade's history. and in actuality it is probably one of the easiest things to set up. =========================================================================== BBS: The Digital Wasteland Date: 05-18-93 (00:08) Number: 101 From: PAUL REED Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: Renegade FAQ (2 of 2) Conf: (18) Itcrene --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are the settings i use for Renegade with Desview running a 3 node system with front door on node 1.. i am only going to post the frodo node 1 and renegade node 2 entries.. as the node 3 is completely identical to the node 2 settings i will also post the batch files i use for both.. If you are using DESQview.. TURN MANAGE PRINTER CONTENTION OFF or you will not be able to load more than one node.... Change a Program Program Name............: Renegade Node 1 Keys to Use on Open Menu: R1 Memory Size (in K): 200 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Program...: runfd.bat Parameters: Directory.: c:\fd 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Options: Writes text directly to screen.......: [Y] Displays graphics information........: [N] Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: [Y] Uses serial ports (Y,N,1,2)..........: [N] Requires floppy diskette.............: [N] Change a Program Advanced Options System Memory (in K).......: 0 Maximum Program Memory Size (in K)..: 600 Script Buffer Size.......: 1000 Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K): 1000 Text Pages: 1 Graphics Pages: 0 Initial Mode: Interrupts: 00 to FF 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Window Position: Maximum Height: 25 Starting Height: Starting Row...: Maximum Width.: 80 Starting Width.: Starting Column: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Shared Program Pathname..: Data......: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Close on exit (Y,N,blank)......: [N] Uses its own colors..............: [Y] Allow Close Window command.....: [Y] Runs in background (Y,N,blank)...: [Y] Uses math coprocessor..........: [N] Keyboard conflict (0-F)..........: [0] Share CPU when foreground......: [Y] Share EGA when foreground/zoomed.: [Y] Can be swapped out (Y,N,blank).: [N] Protection level (0-3)...........: [0] Change a Program Program Name............: Renegade Node 2 Keys to Use on Open Menu: R2 Memory Size (in K): 200 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Program...: node2.bat Parameters: Directory.: c:\renegade 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Options: Writes text directly to screen.......: [Y] Displays graphics information........: [N] Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: [Y] Uses serial ports (Y,N,1,2)..........: [N] Requires floppy diskette.............: [N] Change a Program Advanced Options System Memory (in K).......: 0 Maximum Program Memory Size (in K)..: 600 Script Buffer Size.......: 1000 Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K): 1000 Text Pages: 1 Graphics Pages: 0 Initial Mode: Interrupts: 00 to FF 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Window Position: Maximum Height: 25 Starting Height: Starting Row...: Maximum Width.: 80 Starting Width.: Starting Column: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Shared Program Pathname..: Data......: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Close on exit (Y,N,blank)......: [N] Uses its own colors..............: [Y] Allow Close Window command.....: [Y] Runs in background (Y,N,blank)...: [Y] Uses math coprocessor..........: [N] Keyboard conflict (0-F)..........: [0] Share CPU when foreground......: [Y] Share EGA when foreground/zoomed.: [Y] Can be swapped out (Y,N,blank).: [N] Protection level (0-3)...........: [0] Here is a Windows 3.1 setup that is working for 1 RG sysop These are the PIFs I use for one dialup node and one local node for The Time Warp. PIF for Node 1 Program Filename: RUN.BAT Window Title: FrontDoor Optional Parameters: Startup Directory: Directory where FroDo's BAT is located. Video Memory: X Text _ Low Graphics _ High Graphics Memory Requirements: KB Required:128 KB Desired:640 EMS Memory: KB Required:1024 KB Desired:1024 XMS Memory: KB Required:0 KB Desired:0 Display Usage: X Full Screen Execution: X Background _ Windowed _ Exclusive X Close Window on Exit Advanced Options Multitasking Options Background Priority:200 Foreground:200 Leave Detect Idle Time set to off Memory Options X EMS Memory Locked _ XMS Memory Locked X Uses High Memory Area X Lock Application Memory PIF For Node 2 Program Filename: Renegade.exe Window Title: Renegade Node 2 Optional Parameters: -n2 -l Start-up Directory: Directory Where Renegade is located Video Memory: KB Required 340 KB Desired 640 EMS Memory: KB Required 1024 KB Desired 1024 XMS Memory: KB Required 0 KB Desired 0 Display Usage: X Full Screen Execution: X Background _ Windowed _ Exclusive X Close Window On Exit Advanced Options Multitasking Options Background Priority: 75 Foreground Priority: 75 Leave Detect Idle Time set to off Memory Options _ EMS Memory Locked _ XMS Memory Locked X Uses High Memory Area _ Lock Application Memory These are the PIF settings I use for Windows 3.1 for my bbs and