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LORD SERVER FOR WINDOWS 1.3 and LORD FREE PASCAL EDITION
Two new ways to run Legend of the Red Dragon ========================================================================

Hello all,

I've been working on two Legend of the Red Dragon projects and both are
now ready for other sysops to try.


LORD SERVER FOR WINDOWS

A LORD game server in the style of TWGS. It runs on a Windows box and
players reach it two ways:

- telnet straight in, with their own login
- an rlogin door from your BBS; the player is created from the BBS
user name, with no extra password

So players from several boards can share one realm. Other features:

- several games on one server (A, B, C ...), each with its own
players
- a live sysop console showing who is on, with kick, settings,
game set-up and game reset
- runs as a Windows service, or in a console window
- DOS IGMs from 3RDPARTY.DAT run through DOSBox-X, which is
included with a small FOSSIL driver. Tested with The Dragon
Vault, Barak's House and The Pawn Shop 3.40
- installer, MSI or plain zip, for 64-bit Windows 10/11 or
Server 2016 and newer

Version 1.3 fixes the player editor: turning Dead off for a killed
player now also restores their hit points.


LORD FREE PASCAL EDITION (LORD FP)

A rebuild of LORD in Free Pascal, based on the JavaScript LORD that
comes with Synchronet. Each download is a complete game, ready to set
up from scratch - you don't need LORD already installed:

- DOS: LORD.EXE and LORDCFG.EXE with the stock LORD 4.06 data
files. Already running LORD 4.06? It can also drop into your
existing directory and keep your players, IGMs, LADY scripts
and MAINT.BAT
- Linux: a native door, no DOS emulator needed for the game itself

It reads the common drop files (DOOR.SYS, DOOR32.SYS, DORINFO and
others), and the full source code is included.


TRY IT OR GET IT

Play both on Kalgoorlie Retro BBS: telnet bbs.theiguru.au, then X
for the games.

Downloads and documentation:

https://games.theiguru.au/lordsrv/
https://games.theiguru.au/lordfp/

They are also in the Heisenbergs Files area on the BBS (log in to
download).

Questions, bug reports and IGM test results are welcome here or by
netmail.

Heisenberg
Kalgoorlie Retro BBS
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* Origin: Kalgoorie Retro BBS, Kalgoorlie Western Australia (3:633/290)