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    From Heisenberg@21:3/211 to All on Sun Sep 7 06:46:43 2025
    Hi Everyone,
    so i just got a doorgame working.. Tradewars 2002, but its not displaying ANSI graphics properly.

    Im using SyncTerm, and when im in the BBS, the graphics/ANSI displays properly but as soon as i go into tradwars, the ANSI graphics look like garbage.. Ive checked, and Font is set to CP437 in Syncterm.

    I connect with putty and change encoding to utf8 and it works perfectly.


    Syncterm does not seem to have the option for utf8 so what do i do.. i dont like using putty.

    thanks,
    Michael

    ... Everyone smiles in the same language.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Kalgoorie Retro BBS, Kalgoorlie WA (21:3/211)
  • From Accession@21:1/200 to Heisenberg on Sun Sep 7 09:48:58 2025
    Hey Heisenberg!

    On Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:46:42 +0000, you wrote:

    so i just got a doorgame working.. Tradewars 2002, but its not
    displaying ANSI graphics properly.

    Im using SyncTerm, and when im in the BBS, the graphics/ANSI displays properly but as soon as i go into tradwars, the ANSI graphics look
    like garbage.. Ive checked, and Font is set to CP437 in Syncterm.

    I connect with putty and change encoding to utf8 and it works
    perfectly.

    Syncterm does not seem to have the option for utf8 so what do i do..
    i dont like using putty.

    You shouldn't need putty. Are you running this doorgame with dosemu/dosemu2 or some other kind of DOS emulator? If so, the setting would be in dosemu.conf as:

    $_internal_char_set = "cp437"
    $_external_char_set = "cp437"

    I believe those settings are commented out on a new dosemu/dosemu2 install.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20250409
    * Origin: _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (21:1/200)
  • From Heisenberg@21:3/211 to Accession on Mon Sep 8 14:56:51 2025
    Hey there, thanks for the reply.. Im using dosemu2, and no i dont have that option in the config. Ill do that now, and see if it makes a difference.


    thanks,
    Michael

    ... Running Windows is better than washing them!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Kalgoorie Retro BBS, Kalgoorlie WA (21:3/211)
  • From Heisenberg@21:3/211 to Accession on Mon Sep 8 16:02:29 2025
    Hey there,
    i tried what you said.. worked first go.. now im playing tw2002 in all its ansi goodness.. thanks for the help.

    regards,
    Midchael

    ... What was the best thing before sliced bread?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Kalgoorie Retro BBS, Kalgoorlie WA (21:3/211)
  • From Accession@21:1/200 to Heisenberg on Mon Sep 8 18:12:32 2025
    Hey Heisenberg!

    On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:02:28 +0000, you wrote:

    i tried what you said.. worked first go.. now im playing tw2002 in all
    its ansi goodness.. thanks for the help.

    Sure thing! Glad you got it sorted out. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20250409
    * Origin: _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (21:1/200)