I am trying to add a dos door and have the following issues:

says

cannot setup graphics mode under terminal.

Any ideas? Does synchronet support dos graphics?

Also I noticed I have no D: NODEDIR

synchronet is installed under dir /gbbs/sbbs

this is my dosemu.conf

_cpu = "80486"
$_cpu_emu = "emulator"
$_floppy_a = ""
$_cdrom = ""
$_xms = (8192)
$_ems = (2048)
$_dpmi_base = (0x10000000)
$_ems_frame = (0xe000)
$_external_char_set = "cp437"
$_internal_char_set = "cp437"
$_term_updfreq = (8)
$_layout = "us"
$_rawkeyboard = (auto)
$_mouse_internal = (on)
$_mouse_dev = ""
$_joy_device = ""
$_lpt1 = ""
$_lp2 = ""
$_speaker = ""
$_sound = (off)
$_sb_dsp = ""

$_hdimage = "+0 -2 /gbbs/sbbs/ctrl /gbbs/sbbs/data /gbbs/sbbs/xtrn /gbbs/sbbs/exec +1"
$_lredir_paths = "/gbbs/sbbs"

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Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to All on Mon Feb 13 2023 11:32 am

I am trying to add a dos door and have the following issues:

says

cannot setup graphics mode under terminal.

Any ideas? Does synchronet support dos graphics?

If the DOS door program is trying to enter a graphics mode on the BBS machine, I'm not sure that will work. What door is it?

Nightfox

I am trying to install the game darkness it complains about the size of the screen. Note Dos needs 25 lines enlarge window before starting that is what error I am getting.

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Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 13 2023 03:57 pm

I am trying to install the game darkness it complains about the size of the screen. Note Dos needs 25 lines enlarge window before starting that is what error I am getting.

I have Darkness set up on my BBS as well, and it seems to be failing to run for me as well. I'll need to look into that.

Nightfox

I am trying to install the game darkness it complains about the size of the screen. Note Dos needs 25 lines enlarge window before starting that
is what error I am getting.

Are you using traditional dosemu or dosemu2? I have dosemu2 with no problems running darkness.

In my /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf I have the following:

$_fixed_term_size = "80x25"

This will fix the "Dos needs 25 lines..." error you're seeing. What's probably happening is dosemu is displaying thta line of text and waiting for someone to press enter, but it's not waiting on the virtual comport, so the keypresses from the user session aren't making it through.

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That fixed the lines issue but now it goes to the screen with a cursor than back to game menu so something is wrong. Where do I look to troubleshoot? Using Linux by the way.

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I see one issue and not sure where to fix this:

it can't find DOOR.SYS the directory slashing is wrong.

It has D:/gbbs/sbbs/node1\DOOR.SYS not found in log

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Ryan Fantus on Tue Feb 14 2023 01:55 pm

I see one issue and not sure where to fix this:

it can't find DOOR.SYS the directory slashing is wrong.

It has D:/gbbs/sbbs/node1\DOOR.SYS not found in log

Normally (and by default, I think), your dosemu setup with Synchronet should be set up such that drive D: is whatever node directory the user is on (so D: would be your sbbs/node1), so your door configuration would just need to specify D:\DOOR.SYS as the drop file (or be pointed to D:\DOOR.SYS by the %F command-line specifier, or perhaps be pointed to D:\ with the %n command-line spedifier - and note the 'n' there is lower-case, as I'm pretty sure %N (capital N) is the node number).

Nightfox

weird fixed that but says still not found. Maybe I have it setup wrong in SCFG? How is this supposed to be setup? Using the 16 bit executable.

D:/GBBS/SBBS/NODE1/DOOR.SYS and it's in that directory so not sure whats up here

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Ok, right now i have it command line like this dark16.exe %n the n wold be the node number that user is currently at correct?

I am not sure what to do here this is my first door install so bare with me new to this.

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 14 2023 03:48 pm

Ok, right now i have it command line like this dark16.exe %n the n wold be the node number that user is currently at correct?

No, %n is the specifier for the node *directory*. See http://wiki.synchro.net/config:cmdline for details.
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got it, I added the following to darkness config:

D:\gbbs\sbbs\node#\door.sys
in scfg I added dark16.exe %f

I get the following in external.bat

SET STARTDIR=darkness
@lredir -f E: \gbbs\sbbs\xtrn\dosgames >NUL
@lredir -f F: \gbbs\sbbs\ctrl >NUL
@lredir -f G: \gbbs\sbbs\data >NUL
@lredir -f H: \gbbs\sbbs\exec >NUL
@lredir -f D: \gbbs\sbbs\node1 >NUL

:EXEC
dark16.exe D:\DOOR.SYS

I am guessing dosemu2 not giving full path or am I missing something?
the game complains cant find door.sys

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I got somewhere it looks like now though getting:

Error initializing fossil driver!

does dosemu2 come with fossil driver?

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Thanks, I got it working.

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I was confused but now I get it. Thanks for all the help.

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 14 2023 03:48 pm

Ok, right now i have it command line like this dark16.exe %n the n wold be the node number that user is currently at correct?

%n is the node directory. I may have been incorrect previously, as %# is the node number.
The command-line specifiers that Synchronet supports are listed here: http://wiki.synchro.net/config:cmdline

You should look at the documentation for the door you're setting up to be sure you use the correct command line for it. You might not be able to just give it the node number like that - it might need a command-line specifier to tell it the next thing is the node number, etc..

Nightfox

I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 12:19 pm

I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?

I didn't. But I've been able to get Darkness to run.
There's a batch file, START.BAT, and in there, I saw that it has this command:

DARKNESS.EXE /N%1

So it looks like you can pass the command-line argument /N with the node number. In SCFG, I now have it set to run DARKNESS.EXE /N%# and it's working. Just be sure to run DARKCFG and configure the door with the drop file type and the location of the drop file. The location of the drop file should always be D:\ for all nodes when using dosemu. Currently I have it set to use DOOR.SYS for the drop file type.

Nightfox

Interesting the darkness zip file I got didnt have start.bat? Where did you get the file? Thanks

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 01:18 pm

Interesting the darkness zip file I got didnt have start.bat? Where did you get the file? Thanks

I don't remember where I downloaded Darkness. But my zip file doesn't have start.bat either. start.bat is generated the first time you run darkcfg. It sounds like you haven't run darkcfg?

Nightfox

Oh ok, I will try that. This is where I got it

https://jackphla.sh/darkness/

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 02:30 pm

Oh ok, I will try that. This is where I got it

It would be good if you quoted the part of the message you're replying to. That would make your messages easier to follow.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to tmccaffe on Mon Feb 20 2023 01:03 pm

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 12:19 pm

I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?

there arent any docs with the archive?
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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 06:20 pm

I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?

there arent any docs with the archive?

Why are you replying to me? I didn't write what you quoted.

And no, there are no docs in the archive, aside from a whatsnew.txt (at least in the zip file I have).

Nightfox

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 12:19 pm

I didn't. But I've been able to get Darkness to run.
There's a batch file, START.BAT, and in there, I saw that it has this command:

DARKNESS.EXE /N%1

So it looks like you can pass the command-line argument /N with the node number. In SCFG, I now have it set to run DARKNESS.EXE /N%# and it's working. Just be sure to run DARKCFG and configure the door with the drop file type and the location of the drop file. The location of the drop file should always be D:\ for all nodes when using dosemu. Currently I have it set to use DOOR.SYS for the drop file type.

Nightfox

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I did the following:
command line DARK16.EXE /N%#

in externalbat file in that node which is 3 has:
:EXEC
DARK16.EXE /N3

That is for sure wrong isn't suposed to be D:/NODE3/DOOR.SYS ?

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 07:34 pm

I did the following:
command line DARK16.EXE /N%#

I don't have a DARK16.EXE.. My archive only had a DARKNESS.EXE and dark32.exe. DARKNESS.EXE is the 16-bit DOS version, and dark32.exe is the 32-bit Windows version. Are you sure you have a DARK16.EXE?

in externalbat file in that node which is 3 has:
:EXEC
DARK16.EXE /N3

That is for sure wrong isn't suposed to be D:/NODE3/DOOR.SYS ?

That command line looks fine. The command-line /N3 only specifies that it's running for node 3. From that, it seems the door knows which of its node-specific configuration files to read (in this case, it would read NODE.3), and that file specifies where the drop file is located.

After you run DARKCFG.EXE, you may notice it creates those NODE.# files after you configure the settings for each node (which includes the location of the drop file).

Nightfox

if I add this in command line in scfg DARK16.EXE %f
and in darkness.cfg file I add D:/DOOR.SYS I am able to see game and play it. However, I am guessing that is wrong approach here. I am guessing maybe dosemu2 is the issue here or I am doing something wrong. I appreciate the help. Thanks

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 08:09 pm

if I add this in command line in scfg DARK16.EXE %f
and in darkness.cfg file I add D:/DOOR.SYS I am able to see game and play it. However, I am guessing that is wrong approach here. I am guessing maybe dosemu2 is the issue here or I am doing something wrong. I

I haven't tried that, as I haven't seen anything to suggest the exe would take a parameter specifying the full path & filename of the dropfile. From the batch file, the only example I've seen is one taking /N with the node number.

Also, I don't have a DARK16.EXE. Maybe you have a different copy than I have.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Mon Feb 20 2023 08:09 pm

I haven't tried that, as I haven't seen anything to suggest the exe would take a parameter specifying the full path & filename of the dropfile. From the batch file, the only example I've seen is one taking /N with the node number.

Also, I don't have a DARK16.EXE. Maybe you have a different copy than I have.

Nightfox

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I have the latest release version 2.0. Do you know what version you have? Are you using dosemu2?

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 02:00 am

Also, I don't have a DARK16.EXE. Maybe you have a different copy than
I have.

I have the latest release version 2.0. Do you know what version you have? Are you using dosemu2?

Ah, it looks like mine is v1.00 beta 2. And yes, I'm using dosemu2 (though I'm not sure how that's related).

Nightfox

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 02:00 am

I have the latest release version 2.0. Do you know what version you have?

Now that you mention Darkness 2.0, I just downloaded it. Earlier you asked about documentation.. I see there is a DARKNESS.DOC in version 2.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 02:00 am

Now that you mention Darkness 2.0, I just downloaded it. Earlier you asked about documentation.. I see there is a DARKNESS.DOC in version 2.

Nightfox

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I just read the doc now as well. I have it at /sbbs/xtrn/dosgames/darkness it is saying For the "data" of the D3 command, enter the path to your
Darkness executable, followed by the "/N%3" parameter.

Name DARKNESS
Internal Code DARKNESS
Start-up Directory ../xtrn/dosgames/darkness
Command Line DARK16.EXE /N%3
Clean-up Command Line
Execution Cost None
Access Requirements
Execution Requirements
Multiple Concurrent Users Yes
Intercept I/O No
Native Executable No
Use Shell to Execute Yes
Modify User Data Yes
Execute on Event No
Pause After Execution No
BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS
Place Drop File In Node Directory

in Darkness CFG, I have it like this:

D:\sbbs\n%3
and DOOR.SYS

Now, I said yes to real names and no to lowercase names.

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Oops no to Use Shell to Execute and in darkness.cfg, I have D:\sbbs\N%3

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 11:23 am

Darkness executable, followed by the "/N%3" parameter.

Command Line DARK16.EXE /N%3
in Darkness CFG, I have it like this:

That should be /N%# (with a #, not a 3).

in Darkness CFG, I have it like this:

D:\sbbs\n%3

That should just be D:\

Nightfox

I feel like such a idiot, Thanks for all you help.

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Feb 20 2023 05:05 pm

I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?

there arent any docs with the archive?

Why are you replying to me? I didn't write what you quoted.

i drank like 4 cups of jim beam and when you combine that with how fucking fast i type, shit happens.

this is what i didnt tag

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I didn't find any clear docs on the game darkness. Did you?

I didn't. But I've been able to get Darkness to run.
There's a batch file, START.BAT, and in there, I saw that it has this --end---

And no, there are no docs in the archive, aside from a whatsnew.txt (at least in the zip file I have).

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Feb 20 2023 05:05 pm

Why are you replying to me? I didn't write what you quoted.

And no, there are no docs in the archive, aside from a whatsnew.txt (at least in the zip file I have).

Nightfox

here's even the real old version with the docs and everything. https://i.imgur.com/HjH5bhX.png
https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to tmccaffe on Tue Feb 21 2023 09:36 am

Ah, it looks like mine is v1.00 beta 2. And yes, I'm using dosemu2 (though I'm not sure how that's related).

you don't saaaaay

https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png

docs. no start.bat
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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 06:35 pm

And no, there are no docs in the archive, aside from a whatsnew.txt
(at least in the zip file I have).

https://i.imgur.com/iqJXOLf.png

Yeah, I was using an earlier version than he was, and mine didn't have that .DOC file. I found the newer version and I have that now.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 06:40 pm

https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png

docs. no start.bat

The archive I had was different (it wasn't named Drk100b2.zip), and the one I had didn't have a darkness.doc. And start.bast was generated after you ran the configuration program.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Wed Feb 22 2023 09:11 am

Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Feb 21 2023 06:40 pm

https://i.imgur.com/eyZyGSd.png

docs. no start.bat

The archive I had was different (it wasn't named Drk100b2.zip), and the one I had didn't have a darkness.doc. And start.bast was generated after you ran the configuration program.

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmccaffe to Ryan Fantus on Tue Feb 14 2023 01:55 pm

tm> I see one issue and not sure where to fix this:

tm> it can't find DOOR.SYS the directory slashing is wrong.

tm> It has D:/gbbs/sbbs/node1\DOOR.SYS not found in log

Normally (and by default, I think), your dosemu setup with Synchronet should be set up such that drive D: is whatever node directory the user is on (so D: would be your sbbs/node1), so your door configuration would just need to specify D:\DOOR.SYS as the drop file (or be pointed to D:\DOOR.SYS by the %F command-line specifier, or perhaps be pointed to D:\ with the %n command-line spedifier - and note the 'n' there is lower-case, as I'm pretty sure %N (capital N) is the node number).

for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to
get mapped these drives

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: Ragnarok to Nightfox on Thu Feb 23 2023 12:11 pm

for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to get mapped these drives

Yes, I did that as well

Nightfox

El 14/2/23 a las 19:50, Nightfox escribió:

for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to
get mapped these drives

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Interesting where does that command go in the cmd=?

I have this:
cmd=/usr/bin/env $TERM HOME=$CTRLDIR QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=$NODEDIR NODEDIR=$NODEDIR $DOSEMUBIN -I"video { none }" $VIRTUALCONF -f$DOSEMUCONF -E$EXTBAT -o$NODEDIRdosemu_boot.log $EXTLOG

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Re: Re: Dosemu door help?
By: tmcca to Ragnarok on Thu Feb 23 2023 05:00 pm

for dosemu2 i had to add -d $NODEDIR -d $XTRNDIR to exec/dosemu.ini to
get mapped these drives

Interesting where does that command go in the cmd=?

I have this:
cmd=/usr/bin/env $TERM HOME=$CTRLDIR QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=$NODEDIR NODEDIR=$NODEDIR $DOSEMUBIN -I"video { none }" $VIRTUALCONF -f$DOSEMUCONF -E$EXTBAT -o$NODEDIRdosemu_boot.log $EXTLOG

I think those can go anywhere in the dosemu commandline. I put the -d specifications right after $DOSEMUBIN (so they're basically the first arguments).

The Synchronet wiki has a page for dosemu2:

http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu2

Nightfox