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Author:  Lawdog [ Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Theme Game Intro
Hey guys, Lawdog here.

I'm striving to make one of my edits mirror a movie theme, I can't think of a better way to set the mood for a game than to have a quick 10 line introduction to the game based off the theme of the movie. Is there any way to add into the start-up message your own prompt, say after the welcome message, or as an edited welcome message?
Author:  Cruncher [ Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
Lawdog wrote:
Hey guys, Lawdog here.

I'm striving to make one of my edits mirror a movie theme, I can't think of a better way to set the mood for a game than to have a quick 10 line introduction to the game based off the theme of the movie. Is there any way to add into the start-up message your own prompt, say after the welcome message, or as an edited welcome message?


V'Ger the sysop at Ice-9 has a server side script that can do that and much more!
Author:  John Pritchett [ Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
Also, you can use announce.txt or announce.ans in your game's directory to provide your own display at startup.
Author:  Micro [ Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
I like the script idea, as the in-game message is only sent to new players when they log in.
Author:  Lawdog [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
I was unable to locate the Announce.txt or Announce.ans, is it under /gamea/b?
Author:  Archy [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
Lawdog wrote:
I was unable to locate the Announce.txt or Announce.ans, is it under /gamea/b?

you need to create the file and place it in the folder of the game you want the announcement for..
Author:  Lawdog [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
I must be doing something wrong, I created "announce.txt" in TWGS/Game/GameA/
and nothign happen.
Author:  topper4125 [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
Image

Worked on this one.
Author:  Master Blaster [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
I just tried it myself and it works perfectly both as a txt file and an ansi file...
Author:  Lawdog [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
I got it to work thanks. I was just over-looking where the announcement was at.

Also, is there a way to configure that announcement to only show when someone logs in for the first time? Like a welcome message for new players that veteran players won't have to keep seeing when they log on?
Author:  John Pritchett [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
I'll make a note, but no, not at this time. If something like that is added, it would need to be shown either after the player account is created, or at the same place as announce.txt, but the SECOND time a player connects.
Author:  topper4125 [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
RemoteAccess BBS Software had OnceOnly.ans/asc It would only display once to each user. If the file was changed then it would display it again... only once.

I'm pretty sure it worked by comparing the last date the user logged on to the date of the onceonly file.

It was a pretty useful file.
Author:  John Pritchett [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Theme Game Intro
Yeah, that's a good way to go. But you don't actually know who a player is until they actually sign in, and announce.txt is shown before that point. So really, if I'm going to show it once per player, I have to show it after sign-in and not where announce.txt is shown.
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