• Changes being made ...

    From T.J. Mcmillen@1:129/305 to All on Sunday, January 30, 2022 09:55:58
    Here's a list of what we've been working on since v1.25/DOS of Renegade was released. Took some time off after Christmas, but we're back in the saddle. ;)

    Updates since v1.25/DOS was released.

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    U - Updated A - Added F - Fixed
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    A. Not really a Renegade Fix, but added Lee Woodridge to the
    Renegade Development Team.

    A. Added internal OneLiner Program.

    New Files :

    ONELH.* - Oneliners Header (Optional)
    ONELM.* - Oneliners Middle (Required!!)
    ONELT.* - Oneliners Footer (Optional)

    ONELM.* MCI Codes :

    ~AN (Anon - Yes/No) ~AT (Anon - True/False)
    ~DA (Date Added) ~OL (The Oneliner)
    ~RN (Record Number) ~U# (User ID with '#')
    ~U1 (User ID without '#') ~UN (User Name)
    ~UL (User Name Lowercase)
    ~US (First 2 Letters of Username - iNiQUiTY Style)
    ~UU (First 2 letters of username lowercase)

    New MENUCMD Keys For OneLiners:

    1L - Display Oneliner (Header/Footer & all Oneliners)

    1R - Display Random line from Oneliner File

    F. Local file upload bug. Before when uploading locally with
    the FU command key after 1 upload it would stop and you would
    have to repeat the process. It somehow become broken over
    the years and no one said anything. Now it will upload all
    files without stopping if a *.* is entered for the filename.

    F. When a file was moved, if it was a dupe, the file wasn't moved
    but the description was. This is no longer the case. If the
    file is a dupe, nothing is moved. This prevents dupe file
    descriptions.

    F. The (~TO) MCI Code in the LASTM.ASC file would display a random
    number when viewed while the user was still online. This has
    now been updated to show " - " until the user logs off and
    the correct time online will be shown by this MCI code.

    A. New MCI Code - %XYaa;bb% (aa=01-80 Left to right) and
    (bb=01-25 Top to Bottom). Allows format positioning of the
    cursor without the need of having your ANSI menu file do it,
    for you. Say you wanted the word "Hello!" to appear in the
    middle of the screen, it would be used as such:

    %XY40;12%Hello!

    The above would move the cursor to space 40, line 12, and put
    your text of "Hello!" starting there.

    U. The Auto Message is now configurable. It is like the oneliner,
    last caller, user list, etc. It has a header, main, and a
    footer file in the MISC directory.

    The auto message is now saved as "AUTOM.ASC" instead of
    "AUTO.ASC" to make it conform to the rest of the code base.

    New Files :

    AUTOH.* - Auto Message Header (Optional)
    AUTOM.* - (Can be made, but automagically made when a auto)
    (message is created. This is your auto message.)
    AUTOT.* - Auto Message Footer (Optional)

    U. Disabled Forgot password response for Co-SyOp and above.
    This would prevent someone from trying to logon as the SysOp
    and trying the forgot password question answer and resetting
    it so they can logon as the SysOp.

    U. Can now scroll through the node settings without having to
    load each node seperately.

    A. Added System Config Menu Option (N). SysOp Macros. They were
    moved from another submenu to make a more cleaner look and easier
    to find.

    F. Removed System Config and File Area Editors strings from
    the language files to prevent unwanted access. Also removed the
    MCI codes that ran these menus (which would've caused a problem
    in certain instances.)

    A. YES/NO LightBar Choice options added to the YES/NO Prompt MENUCMDs.

    F. Split Screen Chat now auto scrolls and stays within it's
    borders. Also added help commands that are listed in the center
    of the chat screen.

    U. When the SysOp breaks into chat via a "Chat Page" with the
    SpaceBar the split screen chat will auto load. Otherwise, the
    normal line chat will be used.

    Chat commands are as follows:
    ALT-C - Line Chat ALT-S - Split Screen Chat

    U. Teleconference strings are now located within the RGLNG
    text file instead of the Node setup options screen in the system
    configuration section.

    U. RENEGADE.EXE /? now shows what command line parameters are
    available to run along with a short message of what each does.

    U. All strings are now combined into RGLNG.TXT.

    A. New MENUCMD *T to toggle SysOp Chat Availability without
    the use of the SCROLL LOCK key. Also, new MCI Code %SA to show
    if the sysop is avaliable or not.

    U. Removed more strings from Renegade and added them to
    RGLNG.TXT for more editing for the SysOp.

    U. Redid NewUser Toggle Questions Menu to add all toggles
    in one place. Remember to clear your all of your toggles after
    you upgrade so the new changes will take effect. Cmd Key of *
    will do this for you.

    U. User #0 (Default account) can now be cleared for all user
    options. Cmd Key of $ will allow you to clear out which
    fields you want to be blank instead of having a "." or some
    random text in the user data file. This is also a good idea to
    do once you upgrade as the forgot password question more than
    likely has a space in it's field and more than likely won't
    work until you clear the prompt with the $ cmd key.

    U. Updated OP Menu CMD options. Be sure to change these in
    your NEWINFO menu and PERSONAL info menus or else what you
    have listed won't match what it does. ;)


    New OP Menu CMD Options:

    1 Handle
    2 Real Name
    3 Country
    4 Address
    5 City, State
    6 Zip Code
    7 Phone Number
    8 Age
    9 Gender
    10 SysOp Defined Question #1
    11 SysOp Defined Question #2
    12 SysOp Defined Question #3
    13 Password
    14 Forgot Password Question Answer
    15 Terminal Emulation
    16 ANSI Color Toggle
    17 Color Scheme
    18 Screen Size
    19 Screen Clearing
    20 Screen Pausing
    21 Hotkey Input
    22 Expert Mode
    23 Lightbars Toggle
    24 Editor Toggle
    25 Mailbox Toggle
    26 QWK Configuration
    27 * UNUSED *
    28 * UNUSED *
    29 * UNUSED *
    30 * UNUSED *

    U. Updated SysOp LOG Output. Now shows a bit more info on
    what the user was doing while online. Such as what menus
    were accessed (along with menu titles & numbers) and a time
    stamp on when things were accessed.

    ... Redneck marriage proposal:.........YER WHUT!!??????

    --- Renegade v1.30r1/Exp
    * Origin: The Titantic BBS Telnet - ttb.rgbbs.info (1:129/305)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to T.J. Mcmillen on Tuesday, February 01, 2022 20:01:16
    On 30 Jan 2022 at 09:55a, T.J. Mcmillen pondered and said...

    Here's a list of what we've been working on since v1.25/DOS of Renegade was released. Took some time off after Christmas, but we're back in the saddle. ;)

    Updates since v1.25/DOS was released.

    wonderful news, thanks for working on BBS software and adding these things in :)

    Hey, would it be OK if I forwarded your post into an othernet I run? I'd like to share your work/news with others.
    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)