if I add this in command line in scfg DARK16.EXE %f
and in darkness.cfg file I add D:/DOOR.SYS I am able to see game and play it.
However, I am guessing that is wrong approach here. I am guessing maybe dosemu2
is the issue here or I am doing something wrong. I appreciate the help. Thanks

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 07:34 pm

tm> I did the following:
tm> command line DARK16.EXE /N%#

I don't have a DARK16.EXE.. My archive only had a DARKNESS.EXE and dark32.exe. DARKNESS.EXE is the 16-bit DOS version, and dark32.exe is the 32-bit Windows version. Are you sure you have a DARK16.EXE?

tm> in externalbat file in that node which is 3 has:
tm> :EXEC
tm> DARK16.EXE /N3

tm> That is for sure wrong isn't suposed to be D:/NODE3/DOOR.SYS ?

That command line looks fine. The command-line /N3 only specifies that it's running for node 3. From that, it seems the door knows which of its node-specific configuration files to read (in this case, it would read NODE.3), and that file specifies where the drop file is located.

After you run DARKCFG.EXE, you may notice it creates those NODE.# files after you configure the settings for each node (which includes the location of the drop file).

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 08:09 pm

tm> if I add this in command line in scfg DARK16.EXE %f
tm> and in darkness.cfg file I add D:/DOOR.SYS I am able to see game and play
tm> it. However, I am guessing that is wrong approach here. I am guessing
tm> maybe dosemu2 is the issue here or I am doing something wrong. I

I haven't tried that, as I haven't seen anything to suggest the exe would take a parameter specifying the full path & filename of the dropfile. From the batch file, the only example I've seen is one taking /N with the node number.

Also, I don't have a DARK16.EXE. Maybe you have a different copy than I have.

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> Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
> By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 08:09 pm

> I haven't tried that, as I haven't seen anything to suggest the exe would
> take a parameter specifying the full path & filename of the dropfile. From
> the batch file, the only example I've seen is one taking /N with the node
> number.

> Also, I don't have a DARK16.EXE. Maybe you have a different copy than I
> have.

> Nightfox

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I have the latest release version 2.0. Do you know what version you have? Are
you using dosemu2?

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 02:00 am

>> Also, I don't have a DARK16.EXE. Maybe you have a different copy than
>> I have.

tm> I have the latest release version 2.0. Do you know what version you have?
tm> Are you using dosemu2?

Ah, it looks like mine is v1.00 beta 2. And yes, I'm using dosemu2 (though I'm not sure how that's related).

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 02:00 am

tm> I have the latest release version 2.0. Do you know what version you have?

Now that you mention Darkness 2.0, I just downloaded it. Earlier you asked about documentation.. I see there is a DARKNESS.DOC in version 2.

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> Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
> By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 02:00 am

> Now that you mention Darkness 2.0, I just downloaded it. Earlier you asked
> about documentation.. I see there is a DARKNESS.DOC in version 2.

> Nightfox

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I just read the doc now as well. I have it at /sbbs/xtrn/dosgames/darkness it
is saying For the "data" of the D3 command, enter the path to your
Darkness executable, followed by the "/N%3" parameter.

Name DARKNESS
Internal Code DARKNESS
Start-up Directory ../xtrn/dosgames/darkness
Command Line DARK16.EXE /N%3
Clean-up Command Line
Execution Cost None
Access Requirements
Execution Requirements
Multiple Concurrent Users Yes
Intercept I/O No
Native Executable No
Use Shell to Execute Yes
Modify User Data Yes
Execute on Event No
Pause After Execution No
BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS
Place Drop File In Node Directory

in Darkness CFG, I have it like this:

D:\sbbs\n%3
and DOOR.SYS

Now, I said yes to real names and no to lowercase names.

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Oops no to Use Shell to Execute and in darkness.cfg, I have D:\sbbs\N%3

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 11:23 am

tm> Darkness executable, followed by the "/N%3" parameter.

tm> Command Line DARK16.EXE /N%3
tm> in Darkness CFG, I have it like this:

That should be /N%# (with a #, not a 3).

tm> in Darkness CFG, I have it like this:

tm> D:\sbbs\n%3

That should just be D:\

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I feel like such a idiot, Thanks for all you help.

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Feb 20 2023 05:05 pm

> > tm>> I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?
>
> MR> there arent any docs with the archive?
>
> Why are you replying to me? I didn't write what you quoted.
>

i drank like 4 cups of jim beam and when you combine that with how fucking fast i type, shit happens.

this is what i didnt tag

--being--
tm> I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?

NF>I didn't. But I've been able to get Darkness to run.
NF>There's a batch file, START.BAT, and in there, I saw that it has this --end---

> And no, there are no docs in the archive, aside from a whatsnew.txt (at
> least in the zip file I have).

https://i.imgur.com/iqJXOLf.png
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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Feb 20 2023 05:05 pm

> Why are you replying to me? I didn't write what you quoted.
>
> And no, there are no docs in the archive, aside from a whatsnew.txt (at
> least in the zip file I have).
>
> Nightfox

here's even the real old version with the docs and everything.
https://i.imgur.com/HjH5bhX.png
https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to tmccaffe on Tue Feb 21 2023 09:36 am

> Ah, it looks like mine is v1.00 beta 2. And yes, I'm using dosemu2 (though
> I'm not sure how that's related).

you don't saaaaay

https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png

docs. no start.bat
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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 06:35 pm

>> And no, there are no docs in the archive, aside from a whatsnew.txt
>> (at least in the zip file I have).

MR> https://i.imgur.com/iqJXOLf.png

Yeah, I was using an earlier version than he was, and mine didn't have that .DOC file. I found the newer version and I have that now.

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 06:40 pm

MR> https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png

MR> docs. no start.bat

The archive I had was different (it wasn't named Drk100b2.zip), and the one I had didn't have a darkness.doc. And start.bast was generated after you ran the configuration program.

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Wed Feb 22 2023 09:11 am

> Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
> By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 06:40 pm
>
> MR> https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png
>
> MR> docs. no start.bat
>
> The archive I had was different (it wasn't named Drk100b2.zip), and the one
> I had didn't have a darkness.doc. And start.bast was generated after you
> ran the configuration program.
>

just get the stuff from the source. i looked at the b1 and it had the docs too.
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El 14/2/23 a las 19:50, Nightfox escribi�:
> Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
> By: tmccaffe to Ryan Fantus on Tue Feb 14 2023 01:55 pm
>
> tm> I see one issue and not sure where to fix this:
>
> tm> it can't find DOOR.SYS the directory slashing is wrong.
>
> tm> It has D:/gbbs/sbbs/node1\DOOR.SYS not found in log
>
> Normally (and by default, I think), your dosemu setup with Synchronet should be set up such that drive D: is whatever node directory the user is on (so D: would be your sbbs/node1), so your door configuration would just need to specify D:\DOOR.SYS as the drop file (or be pointed to D:\DOOR.SYS by the %F command-line specifier, or perhaps be pointed to D:\ with the %n command-line spedifier - and note the 'n' there is lower-case, as I'm pretty sure %N (capital N) is the node number).
>

for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to
get mapped these drives

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Ragnarok to Nightfox on Thu Feb 23 2023 12:11 pm

Ra> for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to
Ra> get mapped these drives

Yes, I did that as well

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> El 14/2/23 a las 19:50, Nightfox escribi�:

> for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to
> get mapped these drives

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Interesting where does that command go in the cmd=?

I have this:
cmd=/usr/bin/env $TERM HOME=$CTRLDIR QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=$NODEDIR
NODEDIR=$NODEDIR $DOSEMUBIN -I"video { none }" $VIRTUALCONF -f$DOSEMUCONF
-E$EXTBAT -o$NODEDIRdosemu_boot.log $EXTLOG

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmcca to Ragnarok on Thu Feb 23 2023 05:00 pm

>> for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to
>> get mapped these drives

tm> Interesting where does that command go in the cmd=?

tm> I have this:
tm> cmd=/usr/bin/env $TERM HOME=$CTRLDIR QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=$NODEDIR
tm> NODEDIR=$NODEDIR $DOSEMUBIN -I"video { none }" $VIRTUALCONF -f$DOSEMUCONF
tm> -E$EXTBAT -o$NODEDIRdosemu_boot.log $EXTLOG

I think those can go anywhere in the dosemu commandline. I put the -d specifications right after $DOSEMUBIN (so they're basically the first arguments).

The Synchronet wiki has a page for dosemu2:

http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu2

Nightfox

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