BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Operation Overkill II door setup
De:       Gamgee
Data:     Tue, 19 May 2026 20:28:15 -0500
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-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ni>   Re: Operation Overkill II door setup
 Ni>   By: Gamgee to All on Tue May 19 2026 02:22 pm

 Ga> Having some problems with this door... it seemed to have been working, but
 Ga> a user tells me it sometimes thinks he's another player.  I think it's a
 Ga> dropfile/config issue, and have tried every combination I can think of, to
 Ga> the point where the door will no longer even launch.  Have followed the
 Ga> Wiki instructions for this door, but they are Windows-centric, and the use
 Ga> of 'dosemu' on Linux here changes the paths.  I do know about the drive
 Ga> assignment letters in dosemu, but could somebody who has this working post
 Ga> the SCFG screenshot of your setup, and maybe the contents of OOIIDOOR.BAT
 Ga> ...?  Also if possible, a screenshot of the OOSETUP utility that shows the
 Ga> path definitions for the various things.

 Ni> I have Operation Overkill II running with dosemu2 in Linux. I recall
 Ni> sometimes users on my BBS have complained it thought someone was still
 Ni> playing - I think sometimes it might not be good at detecting whether a
 Ni> user has disconnected.

 Ni> Also, I thought I had read that it doesn't support multiple users at
 Ni> the same time, but in OOIISETUP, I see there is an option to enable
 Ni> multi-node operation..  I have that set to Yes in mine, but concurrent
 Ni> users set to No in SCFG..

 Ni> This is my configuration for it in SCFG (relevant options):

 Ni> Name                        Operation: Overkill II
 Ni> Internal Code               OOII
 Ni> Start-up Directory          ../../doors/OOII
 Ni> Command Line                OOIIDOOR.BAT %#
 Ni> Multiple Concurrent Users   No
 Ni> Native Executable           No
 Ni> I/O Method                  FOSSIL or UART
 Ni> Use Shell or New Context    Yes
 Ni> BBS Drop File Type          DOOR.SYS (52 lines)
 Ni> Place Drop File In          Node Directory


 Ni> These are the system settings from my OOSETUP:
 Ni> BBS Type                  GAP
 Ni> Path to BBS               D:\
 Ni> Path to Ansi Bulletins    E:\OOII
 Ni> Path To Ascii Bulletins   E:\OOII
 Ni> Bulletin Pause String     NONE
 Ni> Multi-Node Operation      YES
 Ni> Video Mode                DIRECT
 Ni> Comm Support              FOSSIL
 Ni> Fight Delay               42
 Ni> Path To Game Data Files   E:\OOII\
 Ni> Path To Game Text Files   E:\OOII\
 Ni> Path to NEWS.ASC File     E:\OOII\
 Ni> Path to BANNED.DAT file   E:\OOII\

Great, some of that is significantly different than what I have (and 
from the Wiki description).  Will give that a go tomorrow, appreciate 
you taking the time to send that along.



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