PAROLE Software Trivia Series Copyright 1992-94, PAROLE Software FIDO: 1:151/185 All rights reserved (919) 965-4696 ============================================================================== This document covers all of the PAROLE Software Trivia series doors. that includes: CELEBRITY TRIVIA MOVIETIME TRIVIA DIAMOND TRIVIA ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS TRIVIA NCAA SPORTS TRIVIA STAR TREK TRIVIA AMERICAN HISTORY TRIVIA Please substitute the proper name for the particular door you are running. ============================================================================== 1.0 04/04/1992 Initial release. 1.1 04/14/1992 Move the game screen external to the EXE file. This vastly improved the overall looks of the door. Worked on a few of the routines to optimize them a bit. SysOps may now specify the number of times a user can play the door each day. This is accomplished by entering the number of times allowed on the 11th line of the CFG file. You *MUST* add this line to the CFG. file. Line 10 has changed in that the door now has the ability to create PCBoard specific color coded bulletins. Place "PCB" on line 10 for PCBoard bulletins and "WC" for WC!3.x specific color bulletins. Anything else or blank will create ANSI & ASCii bulletins. 2.0 11/08/1992 MAJOR UPGRADE! A complete reinstallation is required. The database is no longer encrypted. Several of the screens have changed. Display routines are much faster now. I've also added several options to the Game Screen instead of asking them before the user gets there. Users may now view the instructions or change their color selections at any time during the game. This release was also compiled using the new Visual Basic/DOS from MicroSoft. AWARD may also be run locally by entering: AWARD LOCAL from the DOS prompt. If you are using the old MAINTAIN.EXE program, DO NOT attempt to use it with this release. It will corrupt the databases. A new version is available to registered sysops from The Parole Board BBS. 2.11 1/23/93 Fixed the auto reset routine. 2.2 3/6/93 Reworked the date routines. Modified the auto-reset routine because it wasn't working correctly on all systems. 2.3 5/1/93 !!! CFG FILE CHANGE !!! Added a 12th line to the CFG file. This one specifies if you wish to create RIP style bulletins or not. Place "RIP" if you wish RIP bulletins and an "N" if you do not want or need them. This version also supports the changes made in DOOR.SYS and USERINFO.DAT in WC!3.9. Optimized the code quite a bit to make it smaller and faster. Added the ability for users to [G]oodbye from the door. 3.0 !!! MAJOR UPDATE !!! Added RIPSCRIP Graphics capability. If for some reason you do not wish to support RIP graphics, create a file named "RIP.NO" and place it in the door directory. Fixed a bug in the monthly reset routine. Award Trivia should automatically reset the game scores at the beginning of each month. 3.1 9/29/93 Made a few minor fixes and changes. UnZIP the SCREENS.ZIP into your "\SCREENS" directory as several of the RIP screens have been slightly modified and RESET.RIP has been added. ==================== Initial Release of "Star Trek Trivia" All updates and changes listed from here on also apply to "Star Trek Trivia". ==================== 3.5 10/12/93 !!!!! MAJOR UPDATE !!!!! CFG FILE CHANGE !!!!! STT v1.5 Added a command line description to the game screen. The doors will now reject an answer selection that contains "N/A". This means that you can also include TRUE/FALSE questions in the database or even limit the questions to three answers. You may now create an INSTRUCT.RIP screen that will display when the user selects the "[I]nstructions" options from the game menu. If this file exists, the door will display it, if not, it will send a RIP border and then display the appropriate ANSI/ASCii INSTRUCT file. This applys to when a user is in RIP mode only. Fixed the times played counter. It was allowing users unlimited plays in the door. NOTE-> !!!! CFG file change !!!! If a user times out on a question, the door will now accept that as an incorrect answer instead of returning them to the BBS. (Peter Fuller) Add a 13th line to the CFG file. This line allows the SysOp to set the question timeout limit. The default is 10 seconds and is the least that can be entered. This line *MUST* be added to the CFG file or the door will not operate. (Robert Ferguson) 3.6 11/7/93 I had left out the "RIGHT" and "WRONG" RIP prompts STT 1.6 from the RIP upgrade. You will need to add the "RESULT-x.RIP" prompts in the SCREENS.ZIP to your "\SCREENS" directory. You may now turn off the [G]oodbye function by placing a file named "GOODBYE.NO" in the door directory. This may be a "0" byte file. The Trivia Series will now display "SPECIAL.xxx" just after the opening screen. Place this file in the door directory. You may create this file with a ".RIP", ".ANS" and an ".ASC" extension. If you only create one (1) file, please use the ".ASC" extension as that is the default format. You can use this as an introduction to the door or an announcment type screen. 3.7 12/26/93 Recompiled using the latest DoorFrame Release. This STT 1.7 release fixes a few bugs concerning FOSSIL drivers so AHT 1.1 it should be a bit more stable on DigiBoards. The trivia doors will also use DOOR.SYS with a LOCAL login via the BBS.