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                      IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR USERS OF
                     The Lords of Irongate Adventure!
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NOTE: v1.xx and v2.xx use a DIFFERENT DATA FILE format. Player characters
      from a v1.xx release CANNOT be used/transfered to the v2.xx release!


1)   To get QUICK command line help for running IRONGATE type the following
     command from a dos shell:

       IRONGATE ?


2)   YOU MUST MODIFY/EDIT the 5 lines in the IRONGATE.CFG file to specify
     the following:

     LINE  INFORMATION               VALID ENTRIES or EXAMPLE
     ----  ------------------------  -------------------------------------
      1    DOOR DATA FILE TYPE       GAP, PCB, TRIBBS, SF, RBBS, WC, WWIV
      2    PATH TO DROP FILE         C:\BBS
      3    BBS NAME                  Snarfs Pub II
      4    SYSOP's NAME              Nameless
      5    LOCKED BAUD RATE          38400

     As illustrated above, the door's data file type is specified in line 1
     and can be PCB for PCBoard, GAP for GAP (DOOR.SYS), SF for SpitFire,
     RBBS for RBBS, WC for WildCat!, TRIBBS for TriBBS, or WWIV for WWIV
     but you can only specify ONE of these!.

     The locked baud rate is specified in line 5. If the sysop doesn't lock
     his serial port, he must specify 0 for the locked baud rate.

     NOTE: Although many door formats do pass the locked baud rate in the
     door data files, some older formats such as RBBS do not. Irongate
     requires that you specify the locked baud rate in line 5 and ignores
     any value passed in the door data file.

     This configuration file MUST be specified as an argument in the
     command line when you run Irongate, ie... 

        IRONGATE.EXE IRONGATE.CFG ...etc...

     If starting the program from your BBS you may want to use the sample
     LOISTART.BAT program and edit it to include the correct paths and
     options for you.


3)   The CRITICAL files YOU NEED to run the program include:

     IRONGATE.EXE       <- The main executable file for the game
     IRONGATE.CFG       <- The BBS CONFIGURATION file
     CHANGES.TXT        <- Irongate revision and release history information
     IRONGATE.DOC       <- The complete documentation file
     MONSTERS.DAT       <- Monsters DATA file
     ITEMS.DAT          <- Items DATA file

     LOICOVER.ANS       <- ANSI COLOR text Cover picture
     LOIHELP.ANS        <- ANSI COLOR text online Help document
     LOIHINTS.ANS       <- ANSI COLOR text online Hints document
     LOIABOUT.ANS       <- ANSI COLOR text online About document
     LOIHIST.ANS        <- ANSI COLOR text of Quest History

     LOICOVER.TXT       <- TEXT (NO ANSI) Cover picture
     LOIHELP.TXT        <- TEXT (NO ANSI) online Help document
     LOIHINTS.TXT       <- TEXT (NO ANSI) online Hints document
     LOIABOUT.TXT       <- TEXT (NO ANSI) online About document
     LOIHIST.TXT        <- TEXT (NO ANSI) text of Quest History

     Additional files which are created as needed by The Lords of Irongate
     include (These files you may not have and don't need to start). In
     fact, if you are upgrading from a previous version it is recommended
     that you only copy the above (.EXE, .CFG and LOI??????.* files)
     over so as not to destroy any of your current players.

     PLAYERS.DAT        <- Binary file containing the players information
     HISCORES.ANS       <- ANSI COLOR text with the top 10 scores
     HISCORES.TXT       <- TEXT (NO ANSI CODES) of the top 10 scores

     Other files which may be included in an archive (DEMO) and/or the
     registered disk copy but are not needed for the game to run:

     README.TXT         <- Last minute IMPORTANT! installation instructions
     REGISTER.TXT       <- Registration form
     FILE_ID.DIZ        <- Auto file identification file
     LOISTART.BAT       <- SAMPLE Startup Batch file for your BBS


4)   ENJOY!