Subj : Fresh SBBS install question
To   : RickV
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Jul 07 2026 15:35:21

  Re: Fresh SBBS install question
  By: RickV to Digital Man on Tue Jul 07 2026 04:36 pm

 >
 > Hello Digital!
 >
 > 06 Jul 26 16:17, you wrote to me:
 >
 >  DM>   Re: Fresh SBBS install question
 >  DM>   By: RickV to All on Mon Jul 06 2026 10:40 am
 >
 >  >> Hello everybody!
 >
 >  >>  I did a fresh install on a different PC (Windows 11 w/ ntvdmx64
 >  >> installed and working) to see if the auto-install for games would
 >  >> install the JNS and Sunrise games. It didn't. Why is it not seeing
 >  >> the JNS & Sunrise setup information and installing them? All the
 >  >> .js and .ini files for the games are in the /xtrn/3rdp-install
 >  DM>  > directory. Anyone have a idea how to get them ti install?
 >
 >  DM> A lot of those games must be extracted and even have their own
 >  DM> installer run first and then (and only then) can install-xtrn.js add
 >  DM> them to your Synchronet configurtaion.
 >  DM> --
 >  DM>                                             digital man (rob)
 >
 >
 > Why in the wiki for "Installing Sunrise Doors" does it have a suggestion for
 > the .cfg of a %PCBDIR%\door.sys?
 >
 > Now edit the door's .CFG file to include the dynamic path to the current
 > node's drop file (%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS) and set the other lines to match your
 > BBS and sysop name (see the door's .DOC file for full details).
 >
 > %PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
 > Your BBS
 > Your
 > Name
 >
 > I don't understand how that can be used.
 >
 > Hello Digital!
 >
 > 06 Jul 26 16:17, you wrote to me:
 >
 >  DM>   Re: Fresh SBBS install question
 >  DM>   By: RickV to All on Mon Jul 06 2026 10:40 am
 >
 >  >> Hello everybody!
 >
 >  >>  I did a fresh install on a different PC (Windows 11 w/ ntvdmx64
 >  >> installed and working) to see if the auto-install for games would
 >  >> install the JNS and Sunrise games. It didn't. Why is it not seeing
 >  >> the JNS & Sunrise setup information and installing them? All the
 >  >> .js and .ini files for the games are in the /xtrn/3rdp-install
 >  DM>  > directory. Anyone have a idea how to get them ti install?
 >
 >  DM> A lot of those games must be extracted and even have their own
 >  DM> installer run first and then (and only then) can install-xtrn.js add
 >  DM> them to your Synchronet configurtaion.
 >  DM> --
 >  DM>                                             digital man (rob)
 >
 >
 > Why in the wiki for "Installing Sunrise Doors" does it have a suggestion for
 > the .cfg of a %PCBDIR%\door.sys?
 >
 > Now edit the door's .CFG file to include the dynamic path to the current
 > node's drop file (%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS) and set the other lines to match your
 > BBS and sysop name (see the door's .DOC file for full details).
 >
 > %PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
 > Your BBS
 > Your
 > Name
 >
 > I don't understand how that can be used.

The Sunrisde doors recognize %PCBDIR% as a variable to replace with the value of the PCBDIR environment variable set by sbbs when executing external programs. If you're using the 3rdp-install/*.ini files, you can ignore the instructions in wiki since it's doing all the setup for you.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

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