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THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON (C) 1994, SimSoft Professional Computer Services
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Version 1.6
WE HAVE TESTED THIS ADD-ON REPEATEDLY WITH TRADEWARS VERSION 2 BETA 5 AND
HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT ALL BUGS HAVE BEEN HAMMERED OUT. PLEASE REPORT ANY
UNDISCOVERED BUGS TO SIMSOFT PCS AT THE ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER LISTED
BELOW.
If there is an option that you believe would enhance THE ICONIAN COMPUTER
WEAPON, please let us know. We are always looking for ways to improve our
products for our users!
THANX!
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Disclaimer
Neither David R. Sim, nor SimSoft Professional Computer Services, nor any
person or Entity affiliated with either, will assume any responsibility for
any situation which occurs as a result, be it direct, or indirect, of the
use of this program. THE USER ASSUMES ALL RISK WHICH MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
There are no warrantees whatsoever, expressed or implied, as to the
usefulness or effectiveness of this system for any particular purpose.
This software is sold as is, and is not guaranteed to work on any particular
machine, or under any particular hardware or software configuration.
This program has been tested on our hardware under numerous configurations
to perform as described in this documentation.
USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IN ANY WAY CONSTITUTES IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE
TERMS BY THE USER.
Reverse Engineering Notice
You MAY NOT disassemble, reverse engineer, hack, change, modify, alter,
8mutate, refashion, vary, or catalyze this program or its documentation in
any way, manner shape or form.
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Shareware registration
THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON is a commercial software product, distributed via
Shareware. If you like it and are keeping a copy for your personal or BBS use,
please send a $7.00 registration fee + $3 S/H to the address below. By doing
so you will receive the following benefits:
1. Registered Key that will enable all features of THE ICONIAN
COMPUTER WEAPON.
2. Support for the program by mail or phone.
Whether you register or not, we encourage you to make copies of THE ICONIAN
COMPUTER WEAPON for any friends, acquaintances and associates you feel may
enjoy the program if the executable, this document, and all other distribution
files have not been modified in any way.
If you have a modem, please feel free to upload THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON to
your favorite BBS. They will appreciate it and so will we. Please include all
files on any copies you make. This will help ensure that future users of THE
ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON will get maximum enjoyment from our product.
Please send your $7.00 registration to:
(please include $3 S/H to help defray mailing costs)
TW-EXTENDERS
SimSoft Professional Computer Services
P.O. Box 69
Otto, NC 28763
(803) 638-5017
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THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON is one of the many add-ons available for TradeWars
2002 version 2 from SimSoft Professional Computer Services. We have paid very
close attention to detail in an attempt to make THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON
appear to be an actual part of the TradeWars game, even down to the colors of
the messages that are sent to traders when THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON
encounters them. If you notice something that you believe could make THE
ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON appear even more as part of the actual game, please
drop us a note or give us a call.
When THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON is run, it will be sent through a specified
number of sectors of the TradeWars 2002 universe in a similar way that a
trader passes from sector to sector. As it enters each sector, it will
infest any occupied ships that it encounters and enter the ships computer
system in an attempt to scramble the ships navigational software. In that
attempt, it will scramble part of the ships navigational system, including the
traders list of avoided sectors and the traders list of explored/unexplored
sectors.
NOTE:
The first time ICW.EXE is run, a file will be created in the directory which
contains ICW.EXE called ICW.INS, and a message will be posted to all traders
that THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON has been unleashed in the TradeWars universe.
It is a small file, and simply contains the date that THE ICONIAN COMPUTER
WEAPON was installed in the tradewars game. This file must be present after
this run. If it is not, the program will continually post the above message to
the traders every time that it is run. ICW /REMOVE will delete this file, and
post a second message to the traders that THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON has been
removed.
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To run the THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON add-on, you can place it in the TW2002
directory and just type: ICW and press ENTER. It is best run however, just
after the TradeWars maintenance program EXTERN.EXE. You should place it in
your nightly maintenance batch file so it is called directly after EXTERN.EXE.
Another option is to place ICW.EXE program in a different directory if you do
not like to mix your different programs in the same directory. If this is the
case, you will need to add the /DP command line parameter so that THE ICONIAN
COMPUTER WEAPON can find the TradeWars data files.
Example: ICW /DP:C:\DOORS\TW2002
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There are several command lines parameters that are available to modify the
way THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON act. Most of these however, are only
available in the registered version. The command line parameters are listed
below, with the registered features marked with an asterisk.
Optional command line parameters:
/DP:xxx Allows you to set the path to the TradeWars data files.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it to look for the TradeWars data files in the
C:\DOORS\TW2002 directory.
Example: ICW /DP:C:\DOORS\TW2002
* /ST:xxx Allows you to set the number of sectors that THE ICONIAN COMPUTER
WEAPON will travel through. Range = 1 - 255, Default = 5.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that you want THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON to travel
through 20 sectors instead of the default 5.
Example: ICW /ST:20
* /DAY:xx Specifies the Day to actually run. 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 3=Tuesday,
4=Wednesday, 5=Thursday, 6=Friday, 7=Saturday, R=Random. The day
numbers can be in any order and in any combination. If R is
specified, the day numbers will be ignored. You could have THE
ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON run through the universe every day of the
week if you wanted. The Unregistered version will only move on
Fridays.
The following example would run the THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it to move randomly. ie. the program will pick a number
between 0 and 1. If it chooses 1, THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON will
run. If it chooses 0, it will not.
Example: ICW /DAY:R
The following example would run the THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it to only move through sectors on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday.
Example: ICW /DAY:345
* /NOFED Tells THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON to stay out of fedspace, stardock
and class 0 ports.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that you do not want it to enter sectors 1 - 10, the
stardock sector, or either of the 2 class 0 port sectors.
Example: ICW /NOFED
* /CL:xxx Specifies the "odds" that the ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON will find a
traders ship when it is cloaked. Range = 1 - 100, Default = 50.
The following example would run the THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that the odds of finding a trader when they are cloaked
are 75%.
Example: ICW /CL:75
* /NA Specifies that the ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON is NOT allowed to mess
with traders avoid list of sectors.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that it should NOT mess wit the traders list of avoids.
Example: ICW /NA
* /NE Specifies that the ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON is NOT allowed to mess
with traders explored/unexplored list of sectors.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that it should NOT mess with the traders list of
explored/unexplored sectors.
Example: ICW /NE
* /MAS:xx Specifies the Max number of avoids to turn on for each trader
encountered. Range = 1 - 100, Default = 10.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that the maximum number of avoids to turn ON are 15.
Example: ICW /MAS:15
* /MAC:xx Specifies the Max number of avoids to turn off for each trader
encountered. Range = 1 - 100, Default = 10.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that the maximum number of avoids to turn OFF are 15.
Example: ICW /MAS:15
* /MES:xx Specifies the Max number of explored sectors to turn on for
each trader encountered. Range = 1 - 100, Default = 10.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that the maximum number of explored sectors to turn ON
are 15.
Example: ICW /MES:15
* /MEC:xx Specifies the Max number of explored sectors to turn off for
each trader encountered. Range = 1 - 100, Default = 10.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that the maximum number of explored sectors to turn OFF
are 15.
Example: ICW /MEC:15
/LOG Causes all THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON actions to be written to
a log file.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that you want it to write everything that it does to
the log file ICW.LOG.
8Example: ICW /LOG
* /REMOVE Removes THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON from the universe.
The following example would run THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that you want it remove THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON
from the universe and post a removal message to all traders
letting them know. The program will then terminate.
Example: ICW /REMOVE
/@xxxxx Tells THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON to look for all other command
line options in the file xxxxx.
The following example would run the THE ICONIAN COMPUTER WEAPON,
telling it that all command line options are in the file ICW.PAR.
Example: ICW /@ICW.PAR
The format for the parameter file is simple. Just place each
command line option on a separate line. See the file SAMPLE.PAR
for an example.
All parameters can be used in cunjunction with another.
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UPGRADING NOTES:
Any updates to this program may be copied directly over the current version.
We do recommend, however, that you run ICW /REMOVE with the old version,
before running the new version. The new version will add him back into the
game the first time that it is run.
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