From 753d0d57ff83d7026249c70a3d2115d5988af2c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Donald Burr Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 09:30:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Fix some typos. - Add more useful info to DESCR and MESSAGE. - Remove some stuff I commented out in Makefile (because it was no longer needed), but forgot to delete before committing. Coming soon: - Fix the code that spawns Daemons, and instead of giving them generic names like "Beelzebub"(?) or "daemon", give them names like "Chuck", "init", "telnetd", ... :-) :-) --- games/uox3/Makefile | 5 ++--- games/uox3/pkg-descr | 10 ++++++---- games/uox3/pkg-message | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/games/uox3/Makefile b/games/uox3/Makefile index 012447c752e2..399caa04123a 100644 --- a/games/uox3/Makefile +++ b/games/uox3/Makefile @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # Date created: 24 Feb 1999 # Whom: Donald Burr # -# $Id$ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 1999/02/25 06:55:49 dburr Exp $ # DISTNAME= uox3v6902-linux @@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ MAINTAINER= dburr@FreeBSD.ORG BUILD_DEPENDS= unzip:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/unzip DIST_SUBDIR= uox3 -#EXTRACT_ONLY= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} EXTRACT_CMD= unzip EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS= -qa -EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS= # empty +EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS= # This space left intentionally blank. NO_WRKSUBDIR= YES diff --git a/games/uox3/pkg-descr b/games/uox3/pkg-descr index 1737196b8958..93189ecb6bbf 100644 --- a/games/uox3/pkg-descr +++ b/games/uox3/pkg-descr @@ -1,17 +1,19 @@ UOX3 is the "Ultima Offline eXperiment", a GPL'd server for Origin -Systems' Ultima Online fantasy role playing (FRPG) game. +Systems' Ultima Online multiplayer fantasy role playing (FRPG) game. This program is a full-featured Ultima Online server. It implements everything you would need to run a fully functional UO game (monsters, -spawn sites, vendors, guards zones, etc.). +spawn sites, vendors, guard zones, etc.). This game includes a "world file" that has most towns fully developed (i.e. all vendors installed), plus many fully-active spawn sites -scattered throughout the land. +scattered throughout the land. Of course, you can fully customize +this "world", deleting anything you don't like and adding new stuff! -With this server, you can play by yourself, or with up to 32 plauers +With this server, you can play by yourself, or with up to 32 players over your local area network (or over the Internet!). This server package is being used by many player-run games available on the Internet. +Yes, now YOU TOO can run your own public shard!!! You will need to own the Ultima Online product to be able to use this server. Some files from your game directory will need to be copied to diff --git a/games/uox3/pkg-message b/games/uox3/pkg-message index e3c355507cf8..c265cb35f96e 100644 --- a/games/uox3/pkg-message +++ b/games/uox3/pkg-message @@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ tiledata.mul multi.mul multi.idx +If you're low on disk space, you can make symlinks for these files to +your already-installed copy of UO (if you have your DOS partition mounted), +or to your CD-ROM. But this will probably affect game performance +(especially if you symlink to a CD-ROM), so it is not advised if you +wish to run an even moderately-busy server. + Also, edit ${PREFIX}/uox3/uox3.ini to set your world's name, IP address, and other configuration data. @@ -25,11 +31,11 @@ The server is created with three default accounts. They are: You will probably want to change these. In particular, the very first account in the file is "special" because it has full Game Master (GM) privileges! The file to edit is called accounts.adm, and is located in -${PREFIX}/uox3. +${PREFIX}/uox3. The file format is pretty self-explanatory. Documentation on the server and the various commands available to Game Masters (GM's) and other higher-level characters is available in the -directory ${PREFIX}/uox3/docs. +directory ${PREFIX}/uox3/docs, in HTML and text format. You may be interested in the Chaos GM Tool (CGMT). This is an excellent (Windows-based) tool that makes being a GM or Counselor extremely easy. @@ -38,4 +44,10 @@ much more, using a simple point-and-click interface. No more memorizing complex commands! For more info on CGMT, or to download a (free) copy, visit the CGMT web site at: http://www.prodes.org/cgmt/. +For more info on UOX3, please visit: + http://uox.stratics.com/ + +For more info on Ultima Online, please visit: + http://www.owo.com/ + Have fun!