From: Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI (Kari E. Hurtta) Newsgroups: vmsnet.sources.d,vmsnet.sources.games Subject: Monster Helsinki V 1.04 - part 00/32 Date: 13 Jun 92 18:58:11 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Monster Helsinki V 1.04 ----------------------- Monster, a multiplayer adventure game where the players create the world and make the rules. Derived from Rich Skrenta's Monster (from version 1). Includes programmable non-player characters (NPC) with own programming language - MDL (Monster Defination Language). Also rooms and objects can program with it (via so called hooks). NPCs are called to 'monster', all other MDL-objects are called to 'hook'. Environment: VMS V4.x (MONSTER_INSTALL.COM requires V5.x) PASCAL New to version 1.03 (posted 24.11.1990): 1) Several bugfixes (of course) 2) New commands MONSTER/DUMP and MONSTER/BUILD (via MONSTER_DUMP.EXE) 3) Reading of keyboard and database polling starategy have rewrote - should cause smaller IO-load to system (new GUTS.PAS). 4) MDL -parser now writes offending line and points error position when it detects error in MDL-program. This distribution includes also small database for starters (Build with command MONSTER/BUILD CASTLE.DMP). Compilation and installation - two possibility: 1) Compile MONSTER_E.HLP $ LIBRARIAN/HELP/CREATE MONSTER_E MONSTER_E Read installation help $ HELP/LIBRARY=SYS$DISK:<>MONSTER_E Installation and follow help. 2) Run installation-script $ @MONSTER_INSTALL and answer to questions. Send notice to me (Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.Fi) if you get this working or if you have problems. - K E H ( Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI, hurtta@cc.Helsinki.FI, hurtta@cs.Helsinki.FI, HURTTA@FINUH.BITNET )