• LORD buglet

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Michael Preslar on Fri May 11 14:48:13 2007
    Hello, Michael.

    I'm having that weird problem again with the latest DOS release (the one off of
    Gameport's site). LORDCFG is saying that it's incompatible with my current install of LORD. Unfortunately, I don't have a current install of LORD; just this new one. Do you have a solution to that?

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Bryan Turner@1:124/7013 to Sean Dennis on Thu May 17 10:36:47 2007
    Just an FYI.. I downloaded lord407.zip from gameport.. Unzipped it to
    its own directory and then ran lordcfg.exe It asked me to Upgrade/create
    the lord.dat file and then went on into the new lordcfg.

    Since this is a new lord game, have you attempted to delete the lord.dat
    file and then rerun Cfg?

    Sean Dennis wrote:
    Hello, Michael.

    I'm having that weird problem again with the latest DOS release (the one off
    of
    Gameport's site). LORDCFG is saying that it's incompatible with my current install of LORD. Unfortunately, I don't have a current install of LORD; just

    this new one. Do you have a solution to that?

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Bryan Turner on Fri May 18 10:59:58 2007
    Hello, Bryan.

    On 17 May 07 at 10:36, Bryan Turner wrote to Sean Dennis:

    Since this is a new lord game, have you attempted to delete the
    lord.dat file and then rerun Cfg?

    There never was a LORD.DAT file created. IIRC, this is a specific bug concerning OS/2, but unfortunately, I can't remember anymore. But this is what
    I get when I run LORDCFG:

    This version of LordCfg is not meant for your version of
    Lord.

    Cannot continue. Halting.

    ...there is no LORD.DAT file in the door's directory either.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Donald Tidmore@1:261/38 to Sean Dennis on Sat May 19 17:46:32 2007
    Hello, Michael.
    I'm having that weird problem again with the latest DOS release (the one off o
    Gameport's site). LORDCFG is saying that it's incompatible with my current install of LORD. Unfortunately, I don't have a current install of LORD; just this new one. Do you have a solution to that?
    Later, > Sean
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    I somehow ended up with that same situation today, and what happened to me, may
    be what you are dealing with. The LORDCFG.EXE for DOS LORD v4.08 beta is 183,440 bytes, dated 09-23-2006. Somehow, it got replaced with the one from LORD/32, which is 463,360 bytes in size. I was trying to use LORDCFG after one
    of my igms crashed and I had to close down that DOS window. LORD has a problem
    sometimes when that happens and you re-enter the game with the same character.
    So I was going to use Lordcfg to reset the On_now flag for that player to False. Lpedit can't do it correctly due to some changes Preslar made that change content of playext.dat and playext2.dat in relation to the on_now flag's
    status.

    If you try to use a LORDCFG.EXE from Lord/32 with a DOS LORD game, it gives you
    error messages and unhandled exception errors in particular. And it says stuff
    like this when you try to use Node Configuration: "The node config is only used by LORD for DOS.". When I saw that, I finally figured out that my LORDCFG.EXE from my Lord/32 game had replaced the one needed by DOS LORD. So I
    unzipped lordcfg.exe from the lord.zip in l408b-d1.zip beta archive for DOS Lord 4.08 beta, and things started working right again.

    So make sure that your lordcfg.exe is the RIGHT one, for the version of Lord you are using. Oh and you can't edit a player.dat file used by DOS LORD using the LORDCFG Player Editor if that is the one for LORD/32 I found out. That resulted in another of those aggravating "unhandled exception error" messages.


    I also came across a LORD data file today that I had never noticed before, or seen before, named netlord.dat. Its a binary file, and I don't know what its purpose is.

    Hope this info on what happened to me if of use to you and others. Incidentally, I don't think Preslar is paying attention to Fidonet's Lord echo any more, since he has not been around here in several months. Donald

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Donald Tidmore on Tue May 22 18:47:21 2007
    Hello, Donald.

    On 19 May 07 at 17:46, Donald Tidmore wrote to Sean Dennis:

    Hope this info on what happened to me if of use to you and others.

    Thanks and I appreciate it. I'm running 4.06 right now and it's working fine. But if I decide to try to fool around later with 4.07, I'll remember this.

    Incidentally, I don't think Preslar is paying attention to Fidonet's
    Lord echo any more, since he has not been around here in several
    months.

    I sent him three emails and didn't get an answer, so I think he's probably blown off LORD.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Bryan Turner@1:124/7013 to Sean Dennis on Wed May 30 12:04:31 2007
    Sean Dennis wrote:
    I sent him three emails and didn't get an answer, so I think he's probably blown off LORD.

    What email Address did you use?
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Bryan Turner on Wed May 30 22:50:53 2007
    Bryan Turner wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:

    What email Address did you use?

    The same one he's had for years: mike@lordlegacy.com.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Donald Tidmore@1:261/38 to Sean Dennis on Thu May 31 02:07:34 2007
    Bryan Turner wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:
    What email Address did you use?
    The same one he's had for years: mike@lordlegacy.com.
    Later, > Sean

    Sean's not the only person who has tried to get answers on LORD's development status from Michael. I wrote to him over a week ago about the problems I've had with DOS LORD and LORD/32 not letting you change Skill Class in the tavern,
    with no response. I don't know what's up with him, but he seems to be ignoring
    everyone's email regarding LORD technical support. And no one that I have talked to via email has been able to get email from him recently. One can't get
    any relevant information on Lord's development status from the Lordlegacy web-site or from his michaelpreslar.com site either. All the latter ever has is those pictures of his children, and nothing else at all. An increasing number of people that I am aware of are getting the idea that he's dumped LORD development, and we all just want to just know what is going on.

    It is very hard to understand what Michael is doing at times, but especially in
    the last several months. He needs to let people if he is still going to support/develop the Lord programs or not. There are just too many little bugs in v4.08's beta archives (which no one can even get their hands on any more), including the corrupted lordtxt.dat file. And if its not corrupted, then why does pkunzip say that the Lord.zip file fails CRC check, that is inside the dos
    lord v4.08 beta archive from late September 2007.

    BTW, I also used the mike@lordlegacy.com email address, which is the only one he's said he wants people to use when they write to him. Donald

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  • From Donald Tidmore@1:261/38 to Sean Dennis on Thu May 31 02:07:46 2007
    Bryan Turner wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:
    What email Address did you use?
    The same one he's had for years: mike@lordlegacy.com.
    Later, > Sean

    Sean's not the only person who has tried to get answers on LORD's development status from Michael. I wrote to him over a week ago about the problems I've had with DOS LORD and LORD/32 not letting you change Skill Class in the tavern,
    with no response. I don't know what's up with him, but he seems to be ignoring
    everyone's email regarding LORD technical support. And no one that I have talked to via email has been able to get email from him recently. One can't get
    any relevant information on Lord's development status from the Lordlegacy web-site or from his michaelpreslar.com site either. All the latter ever has is those pictures of his children, and nothing else at all. An increasing number of people that I am aware of are getting the idea that he's dumped LORD development, and we all just want to just know what is going on.

    It is very hard to understand what Michael is doing at times, but especially in
    the last several months. He needs to let people if he is still going to support/develop the Lord programs or not. There are just too many little bugs in v4.08's beta archives (which no one can even get their hands on any more), including the corrupted lordtxt.dat file. And if its not corrupted, then why does pkunzip say that the Lord.zip file fails CRC check, that is inside the dos
    lord v4.08 beta archive from late September 2007.

    BTW, I also used the mike@lordlegacy.com email address, which is the only one he's said he wants people to use when they write to him. Donald

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  • From Bryan Turner@1:124/7013 to Donald Tidmore on Thu May 31 15:46:28 2007
    Donald Tidmore wrote:
    Bryan Turner wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:
    What email Address did you use?
    The same one he's had for years: mike@lordlegacy.com.
    Later, > Sean

    Well that is the right one.

    Sean's not the only person who has tried to get answers on LORD's development

    status from Michael. I wrote to him over a week ago about the problems I've
    Donald I have seen your emails to him. They are books.

    had with DOS LORD and LORD/32 not letting you change Skill Class in the
    tavern,
    with no response. I don't know what's up with him, but he seems to be
    ignoring
    everyone's email regarding LORD technical support. And no one that I have
    Other than Sean. Who else has emailed him? What bugs? Just wondering how
    many people you know that are going to you instead of going to gameport?


    talked to via email has been able to get email from him recently. One can't
    get
    any relevant information on Lord's development status from the Lordlegacy web-site or from his michaelpreslar.com site either. All the latter ever has

    is those pictures of his children, and nothing else at all. An increasing
    Umm. Personal Website, Has personal things? Damn hope you dont look at pegasus.bbs.us and complain because it has nothing to do with vbsoft.org
    or pegasushosting.net. Why would you think that mp.com would have
    anything about lord on it. That is what ll.com is for.

    number of people that I am aware of are getting the idea that he's dumped
    LORD
    development, and we all just want to just know what is going on.
    When was the last release of BRE? Tradewars? OOII? Global Wars?

    It is very hard to understand what Michael is doing at times, but especially
    in
    the last several months. He needs to let people if he is still going to support/develop the Lord programs or not. There are just too many little
    bugs
    That is between him and gameport, Not you and him.


    in v4.08's beta archives (which no one can even get their hands on any
    more),
    Ok. Lets take that... 4.08 BETA! Ok you know what B stands for. BUGS!
    Yes there are bugs in Beta's. Please stop running them you can not
    handle it. And if I remember correctly the beta started getting passed
    out and THAT is the reason that it is not there any more. So.. Lets look
    at this. Beta Software that he is not passing out and talking to you
    about. Maybe you should load 4.07 and send him a bug from that one. (A
    real one not one that you have to load your IGM and then go in and then
    when you come out the data file is messed up.

    including the corrupted lordtxt.dat file. And if its not corrupted, then why

    does pkunzip say that the Lord.zip file fails CRC check, that is inside the
    dos
    lord v4.08 beta archive from late September 2007.
    Opened in mine. But please read the above statement.


    BTW, I also used the mike@lordlegacy.com email address, which is the only
    one
    he's said he wants people to use when they write to him. Donald

    Yep that is him. AFAIK.
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  • From Jason Hud@1:124/7013 to Donald Tidmore on Thu May 31 23:27:51 2007
    Re: LORD buglet
    By: Donald Tidmore to Sean Dennis on Thu May 31 2007 02:07 am

    web-site or from his michaelpreslar.com site either. All the latter ever ha is those pictures of his children, and nothing else at all.


    so, what's wrong with that? he may be 'mr lord and nothing else' to you, but that's just not the case.

    An increasing
    number of people that I am aware of are getting the idea that he's dumped LO development, and we all just want to just know what is going on.



    dude, seriously.. who gives a shit. you dont even run a bbs!

    only a scad few are running this beta, they can just go back to running an earlier version.

    It is very hard to understand what Michael is doing at times, but especially

    that's because you are not his 'good friend'.

    BTW, I also used the mike@lordlegacy.com email address, which is the only o he's said he wants people to use when they write to him. Donald


    a lot of people that i know.. who know YOU.. say they grow to ignore your emails.

    really, just let it rest, i dont see why YOU have your thong in a bundle.

    what i would like to know is how many times you've approached metro gameport asking them if you could take over?

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