Hi everyone, a couple months back I posted a version of Oregon Trail I was working on just as a test version, and some people installed it on their
boards and were happy as far as I could tell. To those people who already downloaded it, this a new and improved version that I like a whole lot more.

https://github.com/chairmanmow/synchro_trail

bug fixes : the game exits gracefully and doesn't throw any errors on exit (that was a stopgap solution)

features : BBS to BBS play, list of players to complete trail, 'tombstones', cause of death added to game over method and DB functions to record player deaths and a "high scores list" those who complete trail. When you enter the game you will see a list of all the people who have beat the trail and what
BBS (it's not easy), followed by a list of those who have died and how far
they made it before they died and it tells you what they died of and what they wrote on their tombstone. When you die, you will be shown your tombstone and then a flashing red GAME OVER. If you somehow make it to Oregon City (I've
only done it once), you'll get your name on the list of people who have made it, which will be ranked by the date people made it. I have a score server on my BBS and there is a server.ini file in the github dir.

I've pushed the version from 0.1 to 0.2.1b, if you read the github page thoroughly you might have an idea of why I keep the versions low and why I decided to add a beta label. But if you're too lazy to read that whole thing
: I can think of more enhancements to the game and I think there are a couple places in the game where the logic might be slightly askew (aka bugs). Fortunately, they are pretty minor, if anything benefit the player, but not to a great extent. The unfortunate part about it though is that it is a bit of grunt work for me that I'm not in a hurry to tackle. But if you want to build upon it or anything take a stab, or if you want to work on it some you can let me know.

There's grunt work that can be done if you don't code also. ANSI screens
could replace the events for instance. The content matter could be changed,
or made modular (so you could have a themed out version of the Trail for your BBS). You don't need a degree in rocket science if these are improvements you'd like to see, otherwise, don't keep your fingers crossed. But I'm
willing to provide guidance and moral support especially if it helps improve your own human capital.

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this a new and improved version that I like a whole lot more.

https://github.com/chairmanmow/synchro_trail

if you want to work on it some you can let me know.

There's grunt work that can be done if you don't code also. ANSI screens could r...

What I meant to say when I quote the middle paragraph above was:

"
if you want to work on it some and >NEED SUGGESTIONS OR HELP, < you can let me know. >HERE'S A FEW IF YOU WANT SOME SUGGESTIONS AND ARE A SELF STARTER :

There's grunt work...

"

I just wanted to correct what I was saying there, because it was a brain fart as far as expressing myself and editing. I don't want my tone to come off as unhelpful or misanthropic.

cheers,

oh wait, i'm talking to myself.

doy!

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Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to All on Tue Aug 19 2014 12:15 pm

Hi everyone, a couple months back I posted a version of Oregon Trail I was working on just as a test version, and some people installed it on their boards and were happy as far as I could tell. To those people who already downloaded it, this a new and improved version that I like a whole lot more.

Definitely need to install this. I meant to check it out back then, but vacation intruded. Thanks for doing it.

--Josh

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Hi everyone, a couple months back I posted a version of Oregon Trail I was working on just as a test version, and some people installed it on their boards and were happy as far as I could tell. To those people who already downloaded it, this a new and improved version that I like a whole lot
more.

https://github.com/chairmanmow/synchro_trail

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LaRRy, thanks so much for working on this! I'll have to download the new version.

~KenDB3

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Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Kirkman to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Wed Aug 20 2014 06:17 pm

Definitely need to install this. I meant to check it out back then, but vacation intruded. Thanks for doing it.
--Josh

No problem, It was a good learning experience for me. The last version was just to see if anyone noticed any bugs, no one noticed, but there may have been one or two. Anyhow they're gone now, even the ones I was talking about when I said it was beta (although though it's possible there are others).

The cool thing about this new version is if you make it to the end of the trail, you will get your name on the list in the order you made it. So if you were to make it to the end of the trail now, you would be the first on the list forever, since no one has made it yet. Try to be the first!

I almost made it to the end, you can see I made it 2004 miles recently, 36 miles short of Oregon City before running out of bullets against some riders. It was mildy exciting.

I could give some tips, but it seems like people are doing ok, but I challenge you to complete the trail. I don't want to be the first one without giving other people a chance to familiarize themselves with it. I'll give it another go soon though!

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: KenDB3 to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Thu Aug 21 2014 04:22 am

LaRRy, thanks so much for working on this! I'll have to download the new version.
~KenDB3

No problem Ken! Make sure to grab the server.ini file so you can be connected to the interbbs high scores and cemetery!

llmorphg

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No problem Ken! Make sure to grab the server.ini file so you can be connected to the interbbs high scores and cemetery!

llmorphg

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Done and Done!
~KenDB3

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: KenDB3 to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Thu Aug 21 2014 04:22 am

I'd like to give this a try also. Is there a special way to install it?


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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Gate Keeper to KenDB3 on Fri Aug 29 2014 10:35 am

the instructions are on the github site, you just need the two files, server.ini and oregontrail.js ...put them in an folder somewhere in xtrn and set your program up in SCFG the command line would be :

?oregontrail.js

can support multiple users : Yes

let me know if u have any issues. the instructions should be clearer on github.
cheers


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On 08-29-14 18:56, LaRRy LaGoMoRpH wrote to Gate Keeper <=-

the instructions are on the github site, you just need the two files, server.ini and oregontrail.js ...put them in an folder somewhere in
xtrn and set your program up in SCFG the command line would be :

?oregontrail.js

can support multiple users : Yes

let me know if u have any issues. the instructions should be clearer
on github.
cheers

Make sure you tell him to edit his json-services.ini file as well... :)


Bill

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Bill McGarrity to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Fri Aug 29 2014 09:08 pm

Make sure you tell him to edit his json-services.ini file as well... :)

As long as he keeps the services.ini file in the same directory, he shouldn't have to configure anything because it should connect to my server, otherwise you're right!

cheers

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On 08-30-14 03:12, LaRRy LaGoMoRpH wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

Make sure you tell him to edit his json-services.ini file as well... :)

As long as he keeps the services.ini file in the same directory, he shouldn't have to configure anything because it should connect to my server, otherwise you're right!

Ahhh... I edited mine... so everything is local here. Suggestion... maybe add a way to make extra cash. :)


Bill

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to Gate Keeper on Fri Aug 29 2014 06:56 pm

whats the address to the github site?

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to Bill McGarrity on Sat Aug 30 2014 03:12 am

Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Bill McGarrity to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Fri Aug 29 2014 09:08 pm

Make sure you tell him to edit his json-services.ini file as well...
:)

As long as he keeps the services.ini file in the same directory, he shouldn't have to configure anything because it should connect to my
server, otherwise you're right!

so why does he need to connect to your server for a game like that?
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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Bill McGarrity to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Sat Aug 30 2014 12:36 am

On 08-30-14 03:12, LaRRy LaGoMoRpH wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

Make sure you tell him to edit his json-services.ini file as well...
:)

As long as he keeps the services.ini file in the same directory, he shouldn't have to configure anything because it should connect to my server, otherwise you're right!

Ahhh... I edited mine... so everything is local here. Suggestion... maybe add a way to make extra cash. :)

i checked it out a while ago. one thing that came to me first was it would be nice if it had some cool ansi graphics.

not k-rad cool, just something attractive.
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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Bill McGarrity to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Sat Aug 30 2014 12:36 am

Ahhh... I edited mine... so everything is local here. Suggestion... maybe add a way to make extra cash. :)

Bill

Aha, good deal. I tried to make things as close to the original in that version, but here's a little strategy guide I'm coming up with.

For my initial purchases, I usually spend the max on oxen 299, with about 21 bucks spent on food, 50 bucks on ammo, and like maybe 30 bucks on supplies... sometimes I don't worry about clothes.

Obviously, that's not a lot of food, so I start hunting right away, if I miss then the game is over otherwise, you keep going, don't spend a lot of money on food.

You want to keep an eye or your supplies and ammo as well, if you get caught with bandits and no bullets or stuck in a blizzard with no supplies you die. The reason you don't want to spend too much money on supplies though is because they often get damaged throughout the trip, but you should have enough on hand to not die (usually 20 is more than enough). Clothes can keep you from having to use supplies as they can keep you from getting sick and they never get damaged, but you can still get sick with any amount of clothes on because the amount of clothes neeeded is a random number.

When you hit 950 miles, you'll be in the mountains, and you won't know if you've made it out until you hit around 1750 miles and there's always a chance of a blizzard in the mountains. I often die when I hit the mountains unaware and don't have any supplies.

Good luck!

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Gate Keeper to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Fri Aug 29 2014 11:04 pm

http://www.github.com/chairmanmow/synchro_trail

whats the address to the github site?

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Mro to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Sat Aug 30 2014 08:20 am

so why does he need to connect to your server for a game like that?

There's a db hosted on my machine that has all the "high scores" and "tombstones". When you play the game it will tell you all the people who beat the game and in what order and what BBS they were from and on what date. There's also another little DB that gets written to when you die that basically says what you died of, how far you traveled and from what BBS, and what you wrote on your tombstone.

Anyhow, when you boot the game, it'll show all the people who have beat the trail (no one yet) and then the most recent people to die and what their tombstones say. I think it makes the game more fun to play because now you're competing against other people. But it's easy enough to run locally though as well with your own db, it's the same as most of the other js games in cvs that use the json-svc.

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Mro to All on Sat Aug 30 2014 08:21 am

i checked it out a while ago. one thing that came to me first was it would be nice if it had some cool ansi graphics.

not k-rad cool, just something attractive.

Yeah, I know it would look better with some graphics, and I'm not entirely incapable of doing, but don't have the time right now. It's easy enough to do, it's just a matter of drawing the pictures, which I would imagine I'd need at least 25 or so for all the events and intros and what not. I think as far as the next version goes it will probably have that ability, but also it will probably be modular in the sense that it will a separate file where you can customize the strings and the ansi's so that the game can have different themes between boards. I'm not actively working on this right now, but maybe someone else is, if anyone has anything they want to contribute to the project from a load screen to events to actual coding, it's appreciated and I can be of assistance and help coordinate, it's not that complicated to do, I'm just avoiding the busy work for now.

cheers

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to Gate Keeper on Sat Aug 30 2014 05:02 pm

Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Gate Keeper to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Fri Aug 29 2014 11:04 pm

http://www.github.com/chairmanmow/synchro_trail

whats the address to the github site?

Getting an error when I launch the game

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Gate Keeper to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Sat Aug 30 2014 05:30 pm

Getting an error when I launch the game

You'll have to be more specific than that, but in the interest of not trashing doveNET general with a troubleshooting session, you can shoot me an email or log onto my board or synchronet irc and ask me. Email is fine for me though, grudgemirror (at) gmail (dot) com. It's probably nothing too complicated I hope.



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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to Bill McGarrity on Sat Aug 30 2014 17:01:07

When you hit 950 miles, you'll be in the mountains, and you won't know if you've made it out until you hit around 1750 miles and there's always a

The last time I played and I died, I was buried by Oregon city I guess, I was still in the mountains... Very important not to run out of money, I died because I couldnt pay for a doctor...

PE

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to Mro on Sat Aug 30 2014 17:41:36

I got some friends on iCE and ACiD that aren't dead yet and are still drawing ANSI Art, I will ask around to see if some can help whip up some images, heck maybe I can give it a whirl, if you tell me what you need... hit me up later and lets see if I can help you out.

PE

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Gate Keeper to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Sat Aug 30 2014 17:30:19

Getting an error when I launch the game

Can you post the error? My divination skills are a bit off today... :)

PE

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Gate Keeper to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Sat Aug 30 2014 05:30 pm

whats the address to the github site?

Getting an error when I launch the game

good error report there.
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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to Mro on Sat Aug 30 2014 17:41:36

I got some friends on iCE and ACiD that aren't dead yet and are still drawing ANSI Art, I will ask around to see if some can help whip up some images, heck maybe I can give it a whirl, if you tell me what you need... hit me up later and lets see if I can help you out.

PE

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yeah, that might be cool to set something up, shoot me an email or something.
i can probably give you some tips for synchronet, although i tried to log on
to your board and it looks like you're already doing some stuff so keep on doing on. don't let mro discourage you or get under your skin, i didn't pop
up on that thread to back mro up, i really didn't even read what he wrote and knew it had taken a turn for the worse so i thought i'd offer my 2 cents, a lot of people ignore him, although he manages to pop up pretty much
everywhere. i was pretty lazy at that point though and didn't actually copy the actual settings i just gave you the gist of it. anyhow, i offer nothing but goodwill. mro does not like it when English is not used, so I wasn't really speaking to him, except to get under his skin just a little bit in the woefully optimistic hopes that he will one day lighten and praise jah!

anyhow, word up!

as far as documentation goes, knocking it doesn't get you very far, i'll tell you.

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: LaRRy LaGoMoRpH to Phuck Ewe on Mon Sep 01 2014 06:13 am

as far as documentation goes, knocking it doesn't get you very far,
i'll tell you.

and if you dont like it, you can always submit content to it.
i'm pretty sure that's why they chose a wiki.

that fella claims to be about 15 types of engineer and MCSE certified, but
cant edit 2 simple text files. His linkedin and his resume don't match though. looks like this guy job jumps around a lot.

probably has ADD. And maybe some reading disorder because he's staying things are not there when they are.

i talked to the htmlterm author and he was wondering why the guy didn't
contact him instead of posting on facebook. he'd rather trashtalk it than accomplish anything.
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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: Gate Keeper to KenDB3 on Fri Aug 29 2014 10:35 am

Subject: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: KenDB3 to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Thu Aug 21 2014 04:22 am

I'd like to give this a try also. Is there a special way to install it?

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Re: Re: Improved Oregon Trail version 0.2.1b for Synchronet
By: KenDB3 to LaRRy LaGoMoRpH on Thu Aug 21 2014 04:22 am

I'd like to give this a try also. Is there a special way to install it?

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Sorry for the delay in responding, I was out of town.
The GitHub URL where you can find all the files: https://github.com/chairmanmow/synchro_trail

And installation instructions are very specific and easy to use, they can be found here: https://github.com/chairmanmow/synchro_trail/blob/master/Install.txt

~KenDB3

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