Welcome to the seventh issue of the LORD Authors Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 3. This issue covers May 2001 through August 04, 2001, and is about the BBS door games LORD - Legend of the Red Dragon, LORD II, Wildcat Tournament LORD, and Planets: TEOS. Author entries are listed in alphabetical order, divided by Active/Inactive sections. This is the last issue released using Listbot, due to their closing free mailing list services. Distribution routes: primary - my web-site, Eudora mailings; secondary - Listbot text version release; text archive sent for Fidonet Release via friends. 04/05/02: LordNews Issue #8 was distributed to LordNews List subscribers via the old LordLegacy list server. All current issues are distributed through lordnews@fidotel.com now.
Official Release Notes: This issue was started on May 31, 2001, and concluded on Aug. 05. Text version released in three parts on Sunday morning via Listbot, finished at 12:58 am. The graphics files archive, ccigm-7p.zip, was sent to friends for Fidonet release. 6:45 pm Note: Fixed more spelling errors in the text/HTML files. Development of this issue is completed.
Post-Release Updates: 08/08/01: Completed CCIGM-07.TXT update adding email/web-site address links. Minor changes were made to this web-page during the update process. CCIGM-06.TXT has been updated with email/web-site addresses. 08/10: Some other old issue files have been worked on for similar email address problems. 08/11: Started work on LordNews Issue #8. 03/06 Notes: Added following paragraph on Fidonet info, current LordNews List info. 04/06/02: Discontinued usage of dragon photo.
Added 03/06/2002: Fidonet LORD Echo info: Janis Kracht set up my own Fidonet Distribution Network for me in October 2001, and I've been handling Fidonet postings of LORD files since October 13, 2001. As they are officially released or periodically updated, all LORD Newsletter issues will be posted to my Camelot LordNews FDN site. All LORD/TEOS material I come across is posted to Michael Preslar's Lord Legacy FTP Site. LORD IGMs are posted in Lloyd Hannesson's LORD IGMs List database. I can be reached on the Fidonet LORD echo by writing to me at 1:123/450.
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Brief updates of the LordNews Issue #6 web-page files were re-released on July 15, after removal of Listbot HTML code. Due to the lack of participation, the Favorite IGMs section is hereby dropped. My thanks to Chuck Brogan for his review of the Twilight Zone WT-Lord IGM, and to those other friends who previously shared their favorite IGMs with me/us. Please send me feedback on this and other newsletter issues and show me that my hard work is appreciated, by more than a dozen or so loyal friends. Mainly, I'm tired of writing to old LORD authors asking for information and being ignored. In case someone wonders, that issue is one of the main reasons I started calling some LORD sites "Dead" or "Abandoned".
Feedback Reminders: If you know of problems/bugs in LordNet, please send them to Rick Parrish. Send bug/problem reports and/or feature requests for Wildcat T-Lord via Shannon Talley, and they will be relayed to Joe Marcelletti. Send similar reports and requests for LORD, LORD2, LORD/X, Web-LORD, WG T-LORD, and TEOS to Michael Preslar. Lastly, there are various IGM authors, such as Michael Bujold, who have stated that they need bug reports in order to know what needs to be updated in their LORD-based programs. So like myself, everyone needs feedback.
LordNews Entry Form Notes: It works using Microsoft Internet Explorer. It does NOT work with Netscape Navigator unless it is configured to handle your email. If someone can create a form page that works for everyone using Navigator, please do so for me. However, I much prefer to receive contributions by direct email. Forms-based data is not easy to read after all. The Form page is simply there to try to get more people to participate. Web-page address: http://castlecamelot.soureceforge.net/lnwsform.htm.
Recent Castle Camelot web-page Updates: 05/30/01: Replaced the
waterfall pictures on my LORD II IGMs Page.
06/21: Replaced waterfall pictures on my Browser
Resources Page. 07/04: Replaced waterfall pictures on my
LORD IGMs Page. 07/22: Moved Drag-038.jpg
picture, of green dragon, to LordNews Issue #6
Update web-page -- 12/03/02: Discontinued usage in summer 2002.
07/21-08/01 period: Made page layout changes on
my LORD Links Page, Lord Links Summary Page,
and Kiteria's Lord Links page. I have added new tables to cover former
LORD/LORD II authors. Note to LORD authors: if you wish to have your
site moved to a different section, drop me an email note. 08/03:
Replaced swimsuit pictures on my Swimsuit Links
Page. Enjoy looking at Katalina Verdin, Caprice Bourret, and Karen
McDougal. (08/07: Added web-site addresses for paragraph hyperlinks to
CCIGM-07.TXT file.)
Site relocations: The LORD Legacy sites were moved to a new
server by Michael Preslar, following a job change.
Site Openings/Re-openings: The IceRage Technologies site has
returned, hosted by Shannon Talley, but is under development and
unfinished. 07/16/01: Shannon's Fidotel.com site is online again,
following his return from naval military duty. 07/21: Mad Systems
site, Arctic Productions site, and LORD IRC Web-ring Homepage found
online again. The web-ring is considered an "Abandoned/Dead" site.
Site Closures: 06/12: Colby Reich's LORD Domain Ring homepage,
Shaun's LORD Cheats page, Blackhand Lord site, and Tieftech site.
07/12: Dropped the WT-Lord Webring site - author Thomas Kloos unavailable
by email. Web-ring is now declared "Abandoned/Dead". 07/17: [SYS] LORD
site. 07/19: Sharkware, main Korombos site. 08/02: The Dragon Archives
site - discovered closed last week. 08/04: Believed closed: Telery
Login Homepage, Marty Blankenship web-site/Telnet server, Lloyd Hannesson's
Telnet server, petes.dhs.org telnet site, and the kingdom.darktech.org
telnet site.
Note: This section is for material relating to Joel Gathercole, Michael Preslar, and Bobby Queen. Next issue, I'll include any news I get from Joe Marcelletti here.
Joel Gathercole -- Lord II: Complete New World (Closed) ICQ #16277704
06/03: If anyone other than Duncan Idaho needs help with their Lord2 programming, I will be happy to help them out. In answer to your question on Michael's LLScore program, it is a program that will allow sysops to send their score files to his server, where all the players can be ranked on a larger scale, to see who is the best player in the entire world. 06/06: The next release of Lord II: CNW will be either 138.0 or higher, depending on how many new IGMs and stuff are added. This will be another major update, and will have an EXE installer program, instead of a batch file, thanks to Rick Parrish.
Source: June LORD2 Mailing list message digests: 06/07: Joel: In a future version of CNW, I'm planning on removing all night maintenance stuff, and run the maint basically while people are playing in small parts. It has been cut in half since it was first introduced. I have updated the Lord2 BBS List, located at: http://greenmachinebbs.com/lord2/playit.htm. 06/09: Sysops with web-servers who are interested in setting up a Java Lord2 are asked to write to Joel, who will help you set it up, preferably using Synchronet. (For details see Lord2 Mailing list.) Contact me at ICQ #16277704 or by email. 06/25: The iBBS Lord2 server is now back up. We ran into a few troubles with the local phone company, they didn't want to put the line in or something (for the DSL), anyway, it's running again. http://greenmachinebbs.com/lord2/ibbslist.htm
07/17: I'm currently checking my email about once a week. I've
been extremely busy and preoccupied with my family's needs. For the
newsletter mailing list issue, I recommend Yahoo Groups, which is used
for lord2@egroups.com, and is very easy to use. However, having Michael
Preslar host it on his site would be a great idea also. There is not
anything to report yet on the CNW 138.0 release preparations. I'm
concentrating on enjoying the summer while it's here, so I'm not actively
working on the CNW program. I am both a programmer and webmaster, and I
offer free web-space to LORD-related webmasters if anyone needs it. I
also offer to host domain names, at a really cheap cost. And I like
the green dragon picture most.
NOTE: The following is taken from Joel's l2igms.htm page, and I would appreciate it if the authors listed would contact me or Joel. If you are no longer supporting your Lord2 programs, he is willing to take over their support and development. And if you are still supporting them, and are listed in the Needs Development or Unknown Status portions, please write to Joel, and let him know he can reclassify you. All LORD/Lord2 authors who haven't already done so, are invited to send in a contribution for the next LORD newsletter as well. Lastly, if you're the author of a LORD2 IGM, and are not listed below, please contact one of us. Donald. 08/04/01.
Listed under "Supported IGMs" column: Joel Gathercole (3 listed),
and Codax Dragon's IGMs (7 listed).
Listed under "Needs Development": Crazy Man's House, Scorpion's Den,
Devils Island, Town of Andrew, Camelot, The Begger, Knotwood Village, Red
Dragon Town, Happy House, Figaro Castle, and Jason Brown's Stones! IGM.
Listed under "Unknown Status": Jay Weber's IGMs (8 listed).
Listed under "Not Contacted": Bryan Turner - Seasons '97; Bartron
IGMs (2 listed), Chan's IGMs - Hong Kong Studio; Michael Adams - Slug
House; Jason Brown - Stones!; Michael Bujold (2 listed);
Chris Belanger - Greentree Manor; Icelord Keep; Chris Curry - Uncle
Lenny; Kevin Brown - SandCity; Jared McQuade - Tower of Krystal; Lauri
Aalto - Cool TeamLord; Heath Axton - Mythrans Cottage; Eric Bennett -
Q's Fortress; Peter Jackon/Aesir Software (3 listed); Trent Renshaw -
Township of New Stonebrook; Night Flyer - Gargoyle's Landing;
White_Stone's IGMs - Photek's House; King Lucifer - Red Dragon's
Hide-Out, Red Dragon's Castle; Valtane - Woodland Underground; Thos
Swallow - SpringFang's House of Wonders; Shadow Rider - Black Sheep
of the Family; Max Walton (2 listed); Kevin Farrell - Doc Farrell;
Peter Pelliccia - Sea Serpent; Don Kinney - Sysop Castle; Stealth -
Moldy City; Jon Hanson - Big Bad Bait Shop; Ben Mondoux (2 listed);
Jim Wilson (2 listed); Lucas Watson - Yoda's Hut; Chris Yeates (3
listed); Tom Torbeck - The Bunny Cave; Chet Rhodes/Hawkmoon (4 listed);
Gum-Lass (2 listed); Mercer - (3 listed); Michael Hutson (4 listed);
Hades Software - G'Dogg's Disco Hall; Isaac Laurin - Fortress Fear;
Nicholas "Flink" Morrissey (3 listed); Spencer Vickers (3 listed);
Senor Frog - Jennie Garth's Hidden House; Weaver - Sosen Inn Safeguard;
Ryan Fields - Habib's Tavern; Talaphid (8 listed); Dave Henderson -
Torin Castle; Sejr Andersen (2 listed); James Jones (2 listed);
Jennifer Doyle - The Hundred Acre Woods; ArticNight IGMs (2 listed);
Sam Wilson (2 listed); Yan Qingwei (3 listed); David Loranger - The
Wishing Well; Jonathon Welborn - Frostglint Keep; Tien Lung (6 listed);
MamooSoft IGMs (12 listed); Tony Brown (2 listed); Lloyd Hannesson (3
listed); Unkown/Unsorted IGMs: BeachSide Cottage, Jack's Restauraunt
by ASC, Reporter's Office, The Gypsy Encampment, The Father's Grave,
Highton Thieves' Guild. and Black Death's Tavern - by Jim (who?).
03/06/02: *ALL* URLs relating to the Lord II: CNW site used throughout this issue are NOT usable. The site shut down in August 2001, and is still closed down. The darktech email account Joel used stopped working around January 2002, and his Yahoo email account is now rejecting all incoming mail. It is listed as over quota. The Lord2 list site links are still valid.
Michael Preslar --
LORD Legacy Site --
Lord Legacy FTP: files
area -- Elysium Software
IRC Site: irc.lordlegacy.org -- Telnet site: telnet.lordlegacy.org --
LORD Legacy News Page
Source: Michael's July 10 Fidonet LORD conference message, courtesy of Bryan Turner. I know, I know. been awhile since I wrote a news entry. Well.. Heres a good one for you. ... Web-site stuff: Keeping up with the sites, the IRC server, all of the programming, being a husband to be, day job, etc.. As I'm sure you can guess.. It's "exciting". So I definitely need help keeping things in order around here.. Since Brandon moved on, I asked a friend of mine, Eric, to take over the webmaster stuff.. He accepted, and so far has done a real good job of cleaning up different stuff. Thanks Eric. Speaking of web-sites.. I'm hoping that the Lord2 and TEOS sites kick up sometime soon as well. A friend is working on the site designs (I did the Lord site.. but just don't have the time to do the others) and then Eric's going to take it from there.. If you have anything to donate towards making a killer Lord2 or TEOS page, email me or Eric. Eric also did a HUGE favor and added a ton of IGMs to the IGM list.. Many thanks. All of the ratings on the BBS list have been reset. I honestly didn't pay much attention to what the ratings were in the past.. I checked them last week, and noticed a TON of cheating.. So.. I made it so you can only vote for a board once. And I reset the scores to be fair. If you've been watching the wish-list lately, you would have noticed that I've started to get quite a few of the requests taken care of.. Be sure to stop by, and spit out your own ideas..
Since there's less to take care of, maybe now I can relax a bit and get back to coding, eh? Game Development: I'm hoping to have a new version of Lord out here in the next 3-4 months.. Might take a bit longer, not sure. I want to whip the 100% CPU bug before the next release, but I might not do it this time around just so you guys can get your hands on the new stuff sooner.. I recently got the source code to the MajorBBS/Worldgroup version of Tournament LORD, and the necessary tools to work on it.. I've got no time frame on when a next version will be out.. Would be silly to predict something you don't know, right? However, I figured I'd let you guys know that I will be working on it.. To work on the Linux version (of LORD), I often find myself needing to compare the Linux source with the DOS source, line for line.. Kind of hard to do with only one monitor and a KVM.. So I recently pulled out an old 16" color CGA monitor that should do ANSI in Linux just fine. Being that the Linux version really is pretty close to a distributable version, I should start work on Lord/32 and Lord/2 sometime soon. Maybe in the next 3 months. A straight port will be rather simple, but won't have door32 capabilities, and will have the same problems (that) the DOS version does.. I'll probably do a straight port so you guys have something to run while I'm re-working the games to run properly (so to speak).. While I'm at it.. A thanks to Deuce.. He's already working on porting some of the Joseph Masters IGMs (that) I adopted over to Linux .. According to him.. It's rather simple using FPC.. (You BSD people can be happy too.. He compiled to BSD as well). Speaking of Master's IGMs.. Rick Parrish has actively started to work on LordNet again.. Sigh.. So many projects, so little time.. That's where friends that are good coders come in.. He picked up that project for me awhile ago, but then got caught up in the day job.. Either way.. http://lordnet.lordlegacy.org has the good stuff on that.
Other: Awhile ago, I mentioned a little program me and Rick were working on.. It's called LLScore.. It pulls the top player from your game and submits it to my server.. I then have a list of the top players in the world (so to speak).. The program itself is done, and has tested very well. There are still 2 things I need to do with it, however.. Add more cheat protection, and add "versioning" ability.. AKA, Make sure sysops are running the proper version of LLScore (don't want people running an older version that has a bug so they can cheat at the scores, right?) Not sure when I'll be able to get around to finishing this up.. We'll see. It happened again.. I put a board up.. telnet://bbs.lordlegacy.org .. It's a Synchronet board (I didn't want to mess with virtual modems and all that).. Currently, it's terribly default.. But a friend, Maskreet, said he had sysop things for me so I could have a local test board (using someone else's board is one thing.. but it's hard to test stuff, see bugs, etc..) While the default everything is a negative knock, there's a silver lining.. I've only got 3 games.. Lord, Lord2, and TEOS.. and they're the "working" copies of the games. If you notice any problems/bugs with the game, make sure to let me know.. Take a screen shot if you can..
Newsletter: Donald Tidmore is getting close to finishing up the next edition of the Lord Newsletter (I like to think of it as the LordLetter.. Unfortunately, Listbot is shutting down, so we'll have to find a different way to get it out to everyone.. Maybe it's finally time to make use of the mailing list software on the Lord Legacy server, eh? Either way.. Watch both the Castle Camelot LORD Links Page and this news page for any details about that.. That should be it.. I'd apologize for the length, but hey.. You didn't really need to watch that Scooby Doo rerun did you?
07/26 Email - Michael: The new LordNews Mailing list has been set-up. To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@lordlegacy.org, with "subscribe lordnews" (without quotes) in the body. Members can subscribe and unsubscribe themselves. You can use Digest mode, getting one message per day for activity on the list. Archives are automatically saved of all messages on the list, and may be viewed by any list member. (04/05/02: Disregard previous sentences - No longer valid.) Development - LORD, LORD II, and TEOS: I've been working like a madman on Lord, Lord2, and TEOS. Seth's original source code was very messy (usually called "spaghetti code").. LORD is 75% cleaned up, and runs much better. Quite a few bugs have been fixed, different things here and there have been cleaned up, etc. All in all, LORD is getting better by the day. LORD2 and TEOS.. I've been working on their source code files, cleaning things up. TEOS is coming along easily, and I've got some ideas on how to make LORD2 faster. I've about got the 100% CPU bug licked. I know _exactly_ where it comes from, down to the line. Once I get this fixed, LORD, LORD2, and TEOS won't need Tame, fdfix4w, slicer, or any other time slicing program. T-LORD.. I've been reading over the sources, getting to know it.. It's messy. Not sure when I'll have a new release of this out.
Other Programs: I've not worked on LLScore lately.. I've been
spending all my time on LORD, LORD2, and TEOS. Rick Parrish whipped up
a little utility, at my request, that automatically FTP uploads files to
a server for you. Using this utility, LORDBull (a LORD statistics/bulletin
generator), and an ANSI to HTML conversion program, I've got my LORDBull
bulletins going to http://www.liquidtension.org (the web-site for my BBS).
I'll be putting this collection of utilities on the Elysium web-site sometime
soon (once we get all of the kinks worked out), so other people can do
the same thing. Note: This will be for Win32 only. LORDBull is DOS-based,
but ans2html and ftpup are Win32 programs.
Web-site: The LORD Legacy web-site has been pretty quiet in
the past few weeks.. That could be because I've only been reading it, and
not responding to the message board.. I didn't respond because I wanted
to work on the game itself. DGT Note: Michael, thanks for fixing the
new LordNews mailing list up, and for this newsletter info update.
Bobby Queen --
Official Lord II IGM Archive Site (closed April 2002)
Kiteria's Korner! site archive.
08/02/01 Kiteria's Korner Status: I have updated the site's
LORD IGMs page, LORD Archives page, and LORD Links page, but they
have not been uploaded to the server(s) yet. The files are available
from me if anyone wishes them, and the Links page is on my site.
See: Kiteria's Lord Links Page.
Bobby's web-site is still completely inactive. 03/20/03: I reopened
Kiteria's Korner in mid-January 2003 at:
http://www.fidotel.com/public/kiteria/.
This section is those who are actively working on LORD web-sites and/or programming, or are otherwise actively participating in this newsletter. The Inactive section is for those deemed inactive by myself, or those who have declared themselves inactive. If one's LORD site is over six months old, without update, then it is considered to be inactive. If the copyright date is over a year old, or if an author's email address is unusable as listed, the site is considered to be Abandoned. I've added a section for authors who are returning later this year to LORD programming. And on my LORD Links Page(s), those who have quit doing Lord/Lord2 programming are listed now as Former Lord/Lord2 Authors, instead of being stuck into various Inactive tables.
Chuck Brogan -- Acad's World -- WT-Lord IGM Hints and Tips
07/15: I'm making progress on the Hints Bulletin and hope to have the update finished this month. I'm willing to submit for the newsletter some reviews of various WT-Lord IGMs. Explaining the features, and how, and when to use them. There are currently 27 IGMs by Joe Watson that I use, and am very familiar with. I can do one major IGM's review each time, with maybe two or three of the basic ones as well. About the making of the Twilight Zone, Joe and I spent a lot of time working on it, and getting it just right. Many of the ideas found their way into other IGMs of his, and have really made it all more exciting. Great news about WT-Lord and IceRage, I hope it continues to get supported as I have found a number of bugs that I'd like to see fixed. About the White House, Joe and I have been running an LORD poster giveaway on our BBS's, which ran from July 04 until July 15. Three people will win a LORD poster and have it sent to them postage free. We will run another contest starting today when this one ends, but have not decided on it's time span, or the number of winners. 08/04/01 Note: The updated WT-Lord Hints Bulletin has not been released yet.
Mike Dillon - -- Crystalline Realms
Codax Dragon -- Codax Dragon's Den Ultd Homepage -- Alternate site address: http://fly.to/drgnden
Notes on the Cruises IGM: This is very close to an alpha version. There are still bugs to be worked out, and only a few combinations have been tested. While it worked for me, I can't guarantee the same for anyone else, so install at your own risk. Otherwise have fun. A registered version of Lord2 v1.00 or higher is required to use the IGM. It is freeware. What do you do on the IGM? You are on a peaceful, relaxing cruise on the Gigantic or Tritanic, the largest and only luxury cruise liners in the world. Enjoy 3 classes of entertainment, and even become a captain of your own ship. Don't worry about explosions, incompetent captains, or pirates. Just relax. Don't worry, these ships are "virtually Unsinkable".
Orion Elder -- SMAUG site -- KnyteHawk's LORD II IGM Programming
Elysium Software -- Lord Legacy FTP: Elysium directory
Michael
Everett -- Bobo's BBS
-- LORD on Bobo's
BBS -- SuperColored
Monsters Page -- Telnet: bobobbs.net
07/09: More lord news. We now have 2 complete new random Lady events and the works are underway for a much bigger Lady script. As soon as I get my BBS back up (it's offline now, thanks to a hard drive crash), I'll work on packaging up our Lady scripts... Don't really have a good way to easily install them in mind, but hopefully I'll get something fixed up soon... Finally got an IGM to compile!! It's just the default that comes with the Kdrive/Klord door/IGM kits. I have yet to test it with remote connections to the BBS, but locally it works great... That will soon be modified and added to, since there are some things that my cousin and I just can't do with Lady... Also my cousin will hopefully start modding the LORD menuset so we'll have another one of those. (like we need another *L*) But I just wanted one with all the same Lord menus but with some colors... don't worry, it shouldn't be too colorized like the monsters. 07/14: We have finished the final release of the SuperColored Monster menuset v12.0 (12 levels completed = version 12.0). I have gotten my BBS back online, and my three wonderful LORD Lady scripts are installed there. The menuset archive, scmon12.zip, is available from http://www.bobobbs.net/scmon/.
Mike Hodgson -- FreeDoor Page -- Elysium Software -- Mike Hodgson's Development Page
Duncan Idaho -- VisualMatrix Homepage
Paul Koukos -- Hellas BBS -- Hellas BBS Files Page -- Telnet: hellasbbs.com - ICQ: 9899458 -- Freq Files: irex@nyc.rr.com
Rick Parrish -- LordNet Homepage
Download link: Lnkeygen.zip (147 KB). Now listed on my LORD IGMs Page. 07/25: July 12 web-site info: OK, so I know I said I was going to do a rewrite, but it looks like that is just going to be way too time consuming. And you guys (if anyone still reads this) have been waiting for a long time, so I've changed my mind. What I want to do first is get feedback about things that need to be fixed in the current LordNet binaries. I won't be adding anything new (I may take out the registration crap though), I just want to fix all the problems that exist so that while you wait for me to rewrite the code, you will at least have a bug-free version to play with in the mean time. I'm just a programmer, and don't even run a BBS, let alone LORD + Lordnet anymore, so I don't know what problems exist. So if you run Lordnet (or even just used to), please E-Mail Me. and let me know about them. As bug reports start coming in, I will (try to) start fixing the problems and releasing a new binary every time something is done. So check this site often to watch for the newest version. (Notes: Rick has added code on-site for people to use to create their registration keys for LordNet online. Also, the Y2K Lordnet patch archive has been renamed to y2kpatch.zip. Use: http://lordnet.lordlegacy.org/y2kpatch.zip)
Mike Snyder -- Prowler Productions -- Distant Places Page
07/15: Joe has requested that I not distribute his Email address. That being said, he also stated that he lost pretty much everything. He has some backup code for the game though. He transferred jobs, and when he did, he left a Linux box at his old job, which had "everything" on it - including his web-site. And they won't let him have it back. He said if we find "bugs" then he'll work on them. Outside of that, we shouldn't expect any additional "development" on the game as we know it now. Things are going along faster than I originally thought, so I may be ready to distribute the registration keys next week. 07/16: Joe doesn't have time to answer email from anyone, right now. It was only at my prodding that he agreed to distribute the keys. I will be the point of contact/intermediary between Joe and the WT-Lord community. That includes product upgrades. I haven't found any bugs myself, but if you have found some, please write me with the details, identifying the problem(s). I will correlate the bug reports and present them to Joe, and ask him to update the application. Joe's a programmer for a large company, and spends a great deal of time at work. WT-Lord was a hobby that got out of hand, and resulting in a lopsided balance between work and the hobby. So as a result, we lost a good programmer. I believe that once things die down a little at work, he'll provide us with a little more attention.
07/17 Notes: I have sent Shannon my entire collection of WT-Lord IGM and utility archives, so he can use them to rebuild the IceRage site. And he (and anyone else) can use my LORD Utilities Page to download old versions of WT-LORD, WG T-Lord, LORD, and LORD II, if any are needed. I have just verified the WT-Lord links and those are all working. I need to get WT-Lord v1.25 and WT-Lord v2.50 and restore those links, and hope to get the files back from Bobby Queen's collection soon. I had originally searched for all those old versions for him, over the past two years approximately, and got rid of them after sending them to him. Should anyone happen to have any other old LORD program's versions lying around that are NOT listed on my old-lord.htm page, please send me a copy. DGT. (12/03/02: Old-lord.htm page was discontinued in Spring 2002. Merged into camelot8.htm.)
07/17: Answers to questions: Carl Tice is not doing door games any more. He pretty much gave/sold everything he had to Janet Terry, who lost her husband in September 1999. She moved, and had to shut down Vandora.org. She said she will re-open it when she gets time. She has a pretty active life right now. She's working on a really nice game called "Mork". Development had stopped on Food Fight for LORD, as the game was pretty much finished. I've got the full game and IGM running on my game over here. As for the guy (John Winter) who made the Across the Tracks IGM, nobody knows what happened to him. He has kind of fallen through the wood-work. The IceRage site closed in May 2000, when Joe's former company turned it off. Joe is a programmer by trade, and wasn't making any money on WT-Lord. He needed his time and resources to make a living, so the WT-Lord hobby was dropped. Gameport receives a percentage of his profits for the registration keys he sells (sold). So he has an extreme lack of motivation. Thanks for the old IceRage site web-pages, they have helped me a great deal. I'm creating new graphics for the new site, since we don't have the original ones. 08/09: Added Telnet address. 08/21: Fixed Icerage Technologies site address.
Joseph
Watson --
joeCODE WT-LORD IGM Page
Main WT-Lord Page --
WT-Lord
Newsletter -- Alternate Email: jmwatson@cox-internet.com
June 29 email: Answers to some questions. The problem Paul Koukos was having with WT-Lord involved two files that have to be added to one's WC4 directory - lord.wcx and lordlib.wcx. And once added, that seems to have solved his problem. About the White House IGM, yes the Bush girls are there, and they occasionally have too much to drink, and if you catch them at the right time, they will give you the old bush. Fidel is lost and looking for his Used UnSmoked Cigar - will you be the one who helps him find it? The Mutant Chickens are from the old DOS Lord Lordnet days, and involved riddles in a closet. The new IGM is inter-active with other IGMs, but the players will have to figure out which ones, and how they work with each other. Bad news is that this program will not be freeware. Should anyone else have problems with their WT-Lord game, where they've lost their LordLib.wcx file, I can send one to them. But I can't help anyone with lost registration codes, and it appears that the IceRage people have disappeared without a trace. 07/03: Added link for Joe's new WT-Lord Newsletter to entry header. Joe, thanks very much for the wonderful Fourth of July greetings email that you sent me and your other friends today. Note: Joe's Favorite WT-Lord IGM page lists Twilight Zone as #1, Rue Morgue as #2, and Our Town as #3 in popularity. 07/14: I'm both a WT-Lord IGM programmer and a webmaster of a WT-Lord web-site: http://www.farpointbbs.com/wtlord/. Dragon picture Vote: I like the red dragon jpg. 07/19: The White House IGM v1.0 was released on Joe's site on July 15. 08/11: My apologies to Joseph. I realized today that I had you in the Inactive section. Sorry about that.
Aaron Wornom --
Sweet Dreams Software --
WcNavigator: online.sdsoft.org/
Telnet: bbs.sdsoft.org/ --
Sweet Dreams FTP site
New section added 07/14, to cover info on old LORD authors whom I have heard from, who will be returning to active Lord programming status. Included: Bryan Stanbridge, Jay Cochrane.
Jay Cochrane -- Wonderland Software Files
Bryan Stanbridge -- Micropics Files Page
Jason Brown --
Jason's Programs Page --
Jason's Homepage
Alternate Email: farlander@mailandnews.com
Lloyd
Hannesson -- Tech'N
Software -- LORD
1 IGM List
Alternate Email: dasme@dasme.org
Trevor Herndon
Marc Ryan -- ICQ #42897049
Bryan Turner
-- Vagabond Software
Vagabond Software
Mailing List --
Bryan's
software Registration Page
Ruth Argust --- DDS on the Web -- Goldengate ddsdoors FTP
Mike Ehlert ---
BBS Archives ---
PC Micro LORD Addons
Page
--- PC Micro
LORD Utilities Page ---
PC Micro Door Developer Kits Page
Jack Phlash -- Demonic Productions -- Damned Software page
Seth Robinson -- Robinson Technologies
Programs are listed with the dates I found them, separated by category. I found a few programs to list here, but most of the authors have been taking a vacation. Listed programs are from Robert McLeod, Rick Parrish, Mike Hodgson, Michael Everett, Codax Dragon, and Joseph Watson.
LORD II IGMs: RK100.ZIP 9737 6-05-01 Rustik Castle v1.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- LORD IGM/BBS Door development programs: FDOOR114.ZIP 223512 6-22-01 FreeDoor 1.14 FREEDOOR.PAS 24551 7-31-01 Freedoor v1.15 patch MANNDOOR.ZIP 59477 8-02-01 Manndoor v16.12.2000 (Dec. 2000) ----------------------------------------------------------------- LORD Menusets/Utilities: SCMON4.ZIP 10370 6-27-01 SuperColored Monsters v4.0 LNKEYGEN.ZIP 151094 7-12-01 LordNet Key Generator utility SCMON12 ZIP 12727 7-16-01 SuperColored Monsters v12.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Beta LORD II files: CRUISE09.ZIP 82686 6-30-01 Gigantic/Tritanic Cruises, beta v0.9 Not publicly released/available. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WT-Lord IGMs: TWHBETA1.ZIP 80816 7-06-01 The White House wide beta 1 TWH10 ZIP 113394 7-19-01 The White House v1.00 End of recent LORD releases listing.
07/04 - By Chuck Brogan:
The Twilight Zone is my favorite IGM for WT-LORD. Joseph
Watson, WINS author, of the Farpoint BBS, created it. It is written in
WcCode and will only run on a Wildcat BBS with WT-LORD. This is one of
Joe's Inter-active IGMs, meaning, to get the most out of this IGM you need
to play another IGM (The Rue Morgue) first. There are six secret levels to
be discovered. Three of them require a password, one an item found in this
IGM, another an item found in The Rue Morgue and the final one, just knowing
which letter to press. Probably the most amusing routine is that you can
"Tell a Lie." You get to make an announcement in the Daily News and everyone
who enters the game sees the message YOU wrote. Amusing? The message doesn't
appear in your name but by another player's name, and you get to pick the
player! Another routine that can be very amusing is changing another player's
name! You don't get to pick the name just your victim. The names are drawn
sequentially from an editable file of sixty pre-defined names. I've edited
the file on my system and changed a few of the names. I've found players get
rather annoyed by being renamed Acad's Pet Rock, Acad being my character
name. The names are "clean" and in good taste but amusing. Those two routines
are fun and do no real damage to another player. Now, if you really want to
attack another player and do some serious damage to their character this is
the IGM to do it. You could give another player the Ebola Virus, set the
Imhotep High Priest upon them or the ultimate weapon, Nuking them. There's
nothing like logging on the next day as a level 12 player to find your hit
points at 10 and your defense and strength cut in half several times over,
not to mention your horse gone, your charm down to 1, and your bank account
nearly wiped out. Some of the other great features of this IGM are, finding
a fairy, changing your sex, random events, extra rewards, millions in gold
and experience points, a hidden bank, charm, and etc. Of course, this IGM
isn't all "give me, give me" there are dangers if you take the approach, I'll
just press all the keys! You were warned, although the damage I'd like to see
by this tactic isn't quite as severe as I'd like to see. The best part for
last! The Disco Duck! A secret level requiring an item found in The Rue
Morgue to enter. This is a routine that could stand on it's own as an IGM.
It is quick and easy, much like Barak's House (of DOS LORD fame) but in no
way a copy , just a very cleverly written routine that is absolutely great!
I'm not going to describe it, you'll just have to try it. I think it's better
than Barak's House! My favorite DOS LORD IGM? Barak's House, the first and
truly cheat proof IGM! If only all the other IGM authors had paid attention
to the instructions by Seth on "HOW" to write an IGM, or knew how and when
to open and close a file! I shouldn't say all, but most. Did I say cheat
proof? You bet! This IGM is, as are all of Joseph's IGMs. You drop-carrier
you get zero. You get to an IGM menu and sit, a timer starts and kicks you
from the IGM after four minutes whether you're online or not, you get zero.
Now you are wide open to attack and you got nothing from the IGM.
Lloyd Hannesson is currently inactive because his mother had heart trouble previously, last year I believe, and she is currently taking chemotherapy for cancer. Thomas Kloos and the WT-Lord Web-ring site have been classified "Abandoned", due to (a) no valid email address, and (b) long-term inactivity of the web-ring. The same applies to the LORD IRC Web-ring. Currently, there is NO Lord-based web-ring I know of that is considered active. Trevor Herndon has been confirmed as fully inactive, but is still supporting his Lord programs as much as possible. No info known on what happened to Korombos and his site.
Fully active Authors/webmasters list: Joel Gathercole, Michael Preslar, Mike Dillon, Codax Dragon, Joseph Watson, Aaron Wornom, Michael Everett, Duncan Idaho, Mike Snyder, Mike Hodgson, Rick Parrish, Chuck Brogan, and myself. Also: Ruth Argust, Mike Ehlert, Shannon Talley, and Paul Koukos. Returning to Active status: Bryan Stanbridge, Jay Cochrane; and Janet Terry - date unknown. Semi-Active status list: Orion Elder, Robert McLeod, Robert Olsen, Brent Jackson, Sallee Huber, and the Kiteria's Korner web-site. Bryan Turner - no current LORD programming activity, other than free registrations stuff. Return to semi-active status: IceRage Technologies web-site and Joe Marcelletti. The Elysium Software site is viewed as semi-active, since they haven't released a LORD program in recent months. Other than new programs underway there, I believe they continue to work on updating the rest of Joseph Master's old Lord IGMs and utilities.
Considered partly Inactive: Jason Brown, Marty Blankenship, Michael Bujold, Lloyd Hannesson. Fully Inactive: Bobby Queen - except for Fidonet moderator duties. Black Omen, Marc Ryan, Ken Weitzel, and Steve Gargolinski. The Lord III: Future Shock site, LORD II: the Awakening site. No longer doing LORD programming: Bryan Turner, Elric, Tien Lung, Seth Robinson, Chet Rhodes, Michael Adams, Spencer Vickers, and Vamsi Tadepalli. Includes the Angel's Planets: TEOS site. LORD web-rings analysis: All are considered fully inactive. No known homepage exists for Preslar's LORD web-ring. No active management of Elric's LORD2 web-ring is known. Considered abandoned: The WT-Lord ring, LORD Domain ring, and the LORD IRC ring. 3dham Software Status: John Elson has never responded to my email inquiries, so until that changes, or there is a new LORD FAQ released by them, 3dham continues to be classified Fully Inactive.
Still interested in LORD, but not actively involved with web-sites or programming: Dawn Bidot, Suzanne Franklin, Robert Fogt (TEOS). Known as completely inactive for years: Rick Troiano, David Simmons, Shawn Highfield, Chet Rhodes, Tony Brown, Voodoo Knight, and Eric Richardson. All of Voodoo Knight's Lord2 programs are now being developed and supported by Joel Gathercole. LORD Files sites analysis: To save time, the only ones considered active are: LORD Legacy site, Goldengate ddsdoors, and the PC Micro LORD pages. The DDS site's LORD/LORD2 page has not been updated since April, when LordNews issue #6 was released, so it is considered inactive currently. The LORD II: CNW site is another fully active site. When it isn't having problems, relating to Joel's recent house move. All other known FTP servers or web-sites offering LORD files, that don't belong to specific authors, are known to be fully inactive. Some of them I have seen go without update since 1995.
Abandoned sites category: All LORD-based sites that have copyright dates for 2000 or earlier, unless otherwise noted. This includes: WT-Lord web-ring, LORD IRC web-ring, Dore's IGMs; LORD Domain web-ring and web-site, L.O.R.D. Archives site (both by Colby Reich); the [SYS] LORD site, Mad Systems, Billy England site, Blackfist LORD, FX Sound Systems, Carlton Griffin site, No Name Productions, phsoft, Purple Haze, Shaun's LORD Cheat page, Shining Star Software, Arctic Productions, and the TonyTown software site. Un-classified sites: I've not tried to classify the sites listed on my LORD Links page, offering dragon graphics. And I have no knowledge whether the Sysop's Corner site, or Darktech's BBS Links Database, are active or not.
Telnet sites: I dropped several of these from listing in the
last week of July, on my LORD Links Page(s). Those believed to be closed,
are listed in the LORD Site Closures section of this issue. Those that
were still responsive were kept on my LORD Links page, Lord Links Summary
Page, and on the Kiteria's Korner Lord Links Page (July 31 update version).
Final note: My apologies to any LORD authors if I have forgotten
someone. If you're classified wrong, it's probably because I have not
heard from you in recent months, or you have never contacted me.
LordNews Issue #1 - Released on April
28, 2000. -- Issue #1 Archive
LordNews Issue #2 - Released on June 26,
2000. -- Issue #2 Archive
LordNews Issue #3 - Released on June 28,
2000. -- Issue #3 Archive
LordNews Issue #4 - Released on Sept. 20,
2000. -- Issue #4 Archive
LordNews Issue #5 - Released on December
20, 2000. -- Issue #5 Archive
LordNews Issue #6 - Released on April 19,
2001. -- Issue #6 Archive
LordNews Issue #7 - Released on August 05,
2001. Issue #7 Archive.
LordNews Issue #8 -
LordNews Issue #8 Archive
Released on Oct. 08, 2001 in two parts. Recombined into single
web-page on May 28, 2002.
LordNews Issue #9 --
Issue #9 Archive. Released on
December 03, 2001.
LordNews Issue #10 --
Issue #10 HTML Archive.
Released on February 06, 2002. Updated on February 27, 2002.
LordNews Issue #11 --
Issue #11 HTML Archive.
Covers February 06 - May 16, 2002. Revised 05/30/02.
LordNews Issue #12 --
Issue #12 HTML Archive. Issue
released on October 07, 2002.
LordNews Issue #1 - Text --
Issue #1 Text Archive.
Released on December 20, 1999.
LordNews Issue #2 - Text --
Issue #2 Text Archive.
Released on April 05, 2000.
LordNews Issue #3 - Text --
Issue #3 Text Archive.
Released on June 20, 2000.
LordNews Issue #4 - Text --
Issue #4 Text Archive.
Released on September 20, 2000.
LordNews Issue #5 - Text --
Issue #5 Text Archive.
Released on December 20, 2000.
LordNews Issue #6 - Text --
Issue #6 Text Archive.
Released on April 19, 2001.
LordNews Issue #7 - Text --
Issue #7 Text Archive.
Released on August 05, 2001.
LordNews Issue #8 Text, Part One
-- LordNews Issue #8 Text, Part
Two
LordNews Issue #8 Text
Archive. Released on October 08, 2001.
LordNews Issue #9 Text Version
-- Issue #9 Archive.
Released on December 04, 2001.
LORD Newsletters, Issues #1-#5 covered three months each. Issue #6 covered four months. I have returned to three months per issue with this one. When necessary, Addendum messages are prepared and released for newsletter issues. And periodically the old issues are updated and released via my web-site. This web-page was started on May 31, and will be completed on August 04. It covers information gathered for May, June, and July 2001. Plus anything learned on Aug. 01-04, 2001. This issue's acknowledgments focus will be on active participant's only. My thanks, in alphabetical order by author's name, go to: Chuck Brogan, Jason Brown, Mike Dillon, Codax Dragon, Orion Elder, Michael Everett, Joel Gathercole, Lloyd Hannesson, Mike Hodgson, Duncan Idaho, Paul Koukos, Rick Parrish, Michael Preslar, Bobby Queen, Mike Snyder, Bryan Stanbridge, Shannon Talley, Bryan Turner, Joseph Watson, and Aaron Wornom. Thanks also goes to Ruth Argust, Mike Ehlert, Suzanne Franklin, and Seth Robinson, for their long-time support of my LORD newsletter work, and LORD web-page activity. Suzanne is always appreciated, since she never forgets my birthday, and sends me cards for other holidays as well. The Red LORD barline graphic is public domain.
This web-page was developed using Qedit v3.0 DOS text editor, and
checked out using Netscape Navigator v4.79 and Microsoft Internet Explorer
v5.50. My web-pages are optimized for Netscape Navigator browsers.
Note: Those pages with many tables are best printed using MS Internet
Explorer. Printed page length: 22 pages.
I had thought I might have everything released by midnight Saturday, but didn't make it. But I hope everyone enjoys reading the full, final issue. My thanks for your putting up with these long newsletter text files in your Email every few months. Release via Listbot LordNews mailing list was completed, in three parts, at 12:58 am, Aug. 05, 2001. 6:45-7:15 pm Notes, Aug. 05: Fixed spelling errors, reworded Introduction section, added Upcoming Plans portion. Updated LordNews Issues Links Section. 08/07: Fixed cc7-hh.zip file link error. Started adding email/web-site links to various sections of CCIGM-07.TXT. 08/08: Completed LordNews #7 files update. 08/09: Completed update of LordNews Issue #6 Text version, related changes made to LordNews Issue #6 Web-page. 08/10: Fixed some email address errors. 08/11: Started LordNews Issue #8; Finished error-checking corrections for this issue. 08/21: Fixed Icerage site address link. Printed web-page. 09/11: Officially released Issue #7 HTML Help Version, on Sept. 04. Microsoft's HTML Help Viewer is required to view the compiled program. Removed Trevor Herndon's email address on request. 10/31: Updated Aaron Wornom email address. Replaced LordNews Issues links section. 03/06/02: Replaced all Vagabond Software web-site links. Removed site links for closed LORD2: CNW site. 12/03/02: Brief update of file for upload to re-activated GeoCities site. Updated LordNews Issues Links section.
January 2003 revision. Replaced old GeoCities URL links to work with current fidotel.com web-site. Updated LordNews Issues Links section.
06/27/07 Note: All web-sites formerly hosted on fidotel.com were either closed since 2003 or have been relocated. IceRage Technologies is closed; Kiteria's Korner is relocated; Lord2 IGM Archive Site is closed; and FieldSoft IGMs is closed. Did brief update to replace Fidotel.com hyperlinks. The Kiteria's Korner web-site was returned to Suzanne Franklin in June 2006, and is now located at http://kiteria.lordlegacy.com/. 01/13/09: I will replace the web-page counters code eventually (maybe). Fixed some HTML coding errors.
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