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Q: How do i run BRE InterBBS using LORA?

A: Simple, just as all other doors, you must create a .Bat file to run,
   (you can do this by running INSTALL), then create a BBS.CFG file
   that will define your BBS information within the league, (this can
   be done by running BRE IPSETUP) and then edit your SETUP.SR file
   to reflect your BBS info. An example of all of these files are below.

This is an example of my BRE1.BAT file and uses the Door.sys drop file.

@ECHO OFF
CD \LORA\DOOR\BRE2
SRDOOR
BRE FULL
BRE SCORE
c:
CD \lora

The following is an example of my BBS.cfg file for league 401.

Robert Butler
Abacus PC Online
86:8350/1
C:\LORA\INBOUND
C:\LORA\MSG\NET
401
BINKLEY

#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
Sample BBS.CFG file

NOTE:  The BBS.CFG file should be stored in your main BRE directory

Line 1 = Sysop Name
Line 2 = BBS Name or Planet Name - This is used only to identify your
         planet in the game, so use whatever you like - to make others
         see the selected name, request that it be placed in the Nodelist
         in place of the BBS name
Line 3 = NodeNumber WITH Net/Node ONLY - Include the ZONE *only* if it is
         included in the BRNODES.DAT file.  Zones should be used is the
         zone number is greater than one - be sure to get your coordinator
         to place it in the BRNODES.DAT.
Line 4 = Your Front End Incoming FILE Directory
Line 5 = Your NetMail Directory
Line 6 = League number - Must be the same throughout the league.  This
         can be any number between 1 and 999.  It is used if a BBS wishes
         to be a member of two leagues to separate incoming files.
         I suggest league coordinators pick a unique number for their league
         to avoid confusion with other leagues.  Support for this has been
         installed and you will need this number whether running one or more
         games.  Enjoy!
Line 7 = Your Front End Mailer
         This should be one of the following:
         FRONTDOOR   BINKLEY   DBRIDGE   INTERMAIL   DBRIDGEOLD   OTHER   NONE
         If you wish to run BRE PLANETARY more than once a day, you MUST
         be running Front Door, Binkleyterm, D'Bridge, or Intermail.
         D'Bridge 1.51 and below do not support the necessary features for
         BRE to allow multiple files per day to be transferred, and you must
         therefore use the "DBRIDGEOLD" setting.
         If you run D'Bridge 1.51- or OTHER, then be SURE to only run
         BRE PLANETARY during daily maintainence.  Otherwise, you will lose
         Data.
         Also, many systems are running BRE *without* a mail system
         completely (no idea how, but they have succeeded!).  You can use
         the NONE setting if you delete files after they are sent.
         Selecting NONE will *not* create a .MSG file.

The following is a sample of my setup.sr file. edit this to your needs.
THIS FILE IS REQUIRED FOR PROPER EXECUTION OF THE GAME!!!

c:\lora\DOOR.SYS
10   <- Line # of Username or First name
0   <- Line # of Last name (0 if prev line was full name)
20   <- Line # of IBM charaters (1/Y/G = yes)
20   <- Line # of ANSI support (1/Y/G/C = yes)
21   <- Line # of number of lines on the screen
2   <- Line # of baud rate
1   <- Line # of COM port
19   <- Line # of time left (minutes)
0   <- Line # of Real Name
Enter 0 for any value not supported.


The following is an example of the menu setup you will need to use, it is
assuming you are using the DOOR.SYS dropfile and calling BRE1.BAT (for node1)


KEY      <character you define to launch door>
DISPLAY  <DO NOT enter anything in this field if you are using ansi menu's>
COLOR    <Default>
HILIGHT  <Default>
COMMAND  10-Run External Program
ARGUMENT c:\lora\door\bre2\bre%k.bat *DD



Q: How can i set lora up to immediatly process incoming BRE packets?

A: You need to create a bat/cmd file that will run after inbound mail,
   I use a bat file to call all of my interbbs games maint routines called
   planet.bat, an example of this is below, in this example i am able
   to not only process my BRE packets, but also Arcadian Legends, Demintia Wall
   and InterLord packets. This is an EXAMPLE! edit this for your needs.


REM PLANET.BAT
C:
CD \LORA

:PLANET
REM edit these to fit your league #'s!! the 401*.* denotes league 401
IF EXIST C:\LORA\INBOUND\401*.* GOTO BRE
IF EXIST C:\LORA\INBOUND\350*.* GOTO TAL
IF EXIST C:\LORA\INBOUND\*.DWL  GOTO DWL
IF EXIST C:\LORA\INBOUND\*.225  GOTO LORD
GOTO END

:BRE
REM Make sure to edit these to your paths!!
CD \LORA\DOOR\BRE2
BRE PLANETARY
GOTO PLANET

:TAL
CD \LORA\DOOR\ARCADIA
TAL PLANETARY
GOTO PLANET

:DWL
CD \LORA\DOOR\WALL
IBBSDWL IN OUT
GOTO PLANET

:LORD
CD \LORA\DOOR\LORD\IGM\ILORD
MAINTAIN INBOUND
MAINTAIN OUTBOUND
GOTO END

:END
CD \LORA
EXIT

The following is the setup to call this file after mail import.
GLOBAL>GENERALOPTIONS>

TASK#           <your node#>
LOG FILE        lora%u.log
EVENTS          events
AFTER CALLER    c:\lora\planet.bat
AFTER MAIL      c:\lora\planet.bat


Thats it! Hope it helped!

Robert Butler
Abacus PC Online BBS
TEAM LORA
http://www.abacus.isonline.com


