Subj : Re: Help with doors
To   : Alonzo
From : Avon
Date : Mon Dec 26 2022 11:00 am

On 25 Dec 2022 at 10:30a, Alonzo pondered and said...
 
 Al> Hi everybody. This seems like a newbie question, and it is, but I am new
 Al> to Mystic and I am having trouble installing door games. I am not sure
 Al> what to put in the configuration. Are there some instructions somewhere
 Al> on how to install doors on Mystic? I used to run a BBS back in the 90s
 Al> but I've forgotten most of what I knew back then. Do I need a fossil
 Al> driver or some kind of drop file? I'm totally confused, so any help
 Al> would be appreciated. Thanks. Alonzo - The Unmarked Van BBS - Telnet:
 Al> woofer.v6.rocks - Mt. Healthy, Ohio

The first thing is what kind of door do you want to run? It's likely that it may be something you can only run on a 32 bit system and ideally on Windows not some dos-box type emulation.

There are other doors like Galactic Dynasty and For Honour that Apam has created and they run both on Linux and Windows.. we run a inter-bbs league for them here in fsxNet and there's some guidance in the infopack about how to install them etc.

I am not an expert in this area but have run some doors on Windows and Linux so can help you a bit, others will also chip in with their advice and guidance :)

There are door servers that offer you the option to link to their cloud based service so you don;t have to install the doors locally... and many love and use them , and that's all cool too... it kinda depends on if you like/want to run them/install/cong etc. locally and enjoy that sort of thing or if you don't want to both with that but just have some avail on your BBS via a doorway server / service..

Best, Paul

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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