Hi All,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I've been working on some MPL
programs that are running on Castle Rock. I haven't released any of them yet, as I'm still testing and tweaking them.

Scrollz Announcements
This is a completely configurable scrolling text banner. All of the options
are inside an INI file, including up to 10 different messages to display. The display field can be adjusted to whatever length and placement you would like on your menu. Even the color of the display is configurable!

BBS Reviews
This was an MPL that I had found in my file base, and no idea who the author is/was. It was written in an older version of MPL, so it needed to be
updated. I have continued to work on it, with the help of The Godfather.
There are now many more options included. You can add your BBS, review other BBS's, telnet to those BBS's, leave comments on other's reviews, leave anonymous reviews, and more.

RCS Who's Online
This was written so the standard user listing could be sorted by different fields, including name, location, last login, etc. Nothing fancy on this one, it just works well and does what I wanted it to. :)

OneLiners
This was another MPL that was written for an older version of Mystic. I have updated it, and made some changes to both the appearance and functionality.

Logoff Menu
Yet another older MPL that was converted to work with current Mystic
versions. This MPL lets you leave a message for the last caller, contains a small message board, view system bulletins, return to the BBS, leave
feedback, and yes, it will let you log off as well.

I also have my previous MPLs which include UserStats, which basically gives
you a screen with all of your user stats. LastCallers, which lists the last
10 callers to the BBS.

Stop by and take a look. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions about any of them. I hope to start releasing them soon, so be on the lookout.


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

Hi All,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I've been working on some MPL programs that are running on Castle Rock. I haven't released any of them yet, as I'm still testing and tweaking them.

Scrollz Announcements
This is a completely configurable scrolling text banner. All of the options are inside an INI file, including up to 10 different messages to display. The display field can be adjusted to whatever length and placement you would like on your menu. Even the color of the display is configurable!

BBS Reviews
This was an MPL that I had found in my file base, and no idea who the author is/was. It was written in an older version of MPL, so it needed
to be updated. I have continued to work on it, with the help of The Godfather. There are now many more options included. You can add your
BBS, review other BBS's, telnet to those BBS's, leave comments on
other's reviews, leave anonymous reviews, and more.

RCS Who's Online
This was written so the standard user listing could be sorted by
different fields, including name, location, last login, etc. Nothing
fancy on this one, it just works well and does what I wanted it to. :)

OneLiners
This was another MPL that was written for an older version of Mystic. I have updated it, and made some changes to both the appearance and functionality.

Logoff Menu
Yet another older MPL that was converted to work with current Mystic versions. This MPL lets you leave a message for the last caller,
contains a small message board, view system bulletins, return to the
BBS, leave feedback, and yes, it will let you log off as well.

I also have my previous MPLs which include UserStats, which basically gives you a screen with all of your user stats. LastCallers, which lists the last 10 callers to the BBS.

Stop by and take a look. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions about any of them. I hope to start releasing them soon, so be
on the lookout.

Yes yes yes yes; especially yes on the scrollz announcments as we spoke
about.. I, can't wait to dig into new mods that come out and attempt to keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground... and I'll
login soon to see the exciting news.



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

On 05 Oct 2020 at 04:53p, paulie420 pondered and said...

keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground...
and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

I got to answer the question 'shall we play a game' when I visited tonight :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 05 Oct 2020, 04:53p, paulie420 said the following...

Yes yes yes yes; especially yes on the scrollz announcments as we spoke about.. I, can't wait to dig into new mods that come out and attempt to keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground...
and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

Thanks. When you stop by, make sure you check out the new Info Menu from the Main Menu. That's where a lot of the new MPLs are. :)


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

On 06 Oct 2020, 09:38p, Avon said the following...

keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground... and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

I got to answer the question 'shall we play a game' when I visited
tonight :)

I knew you'd like that one. :) I made that when I was trying to get a handle
on C. After watching your videos, I knew it would be a good one for you. ;)


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

On 05 Oct 2020 at 04:53p, paulie420 pondered and said...

keep going. GREAT news BP... you know I'm a fan of your playground... and I'll login soon to see the exciting news.

I got to answer the question 'shall we play a game' when I visited
tonight :)

LOL, I've seen that there before and knew it had something to do with you. :P



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

Great! it will works on Raspberry Pi?
Thanks!

*Sotano Msx BBS*
telnet sotanomsxbbs.org:23
<Ultimo usuario activo de Msx en Ibiza>

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx Bbs (21:1/150)

On 06 Oct 2020, 06:56p, x1pepe said the following...

Great! it will works on Raspberry Pi?
Thanks!

It should! It's an MPL, and it's already running on Linux... I don't have my RPi set up at the moment or I'd test it out.


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

On 06 Oct 2020 at 02:58a, Black Panther pondered and said...

I knew you'd like that one. :) I made that when I was trying to get a handle on C. After watching your videos, I knew it would be a good one
for you. ;)

I wonder what I should put on my desktop for the next set of videos? Gotta
keep you on your toes :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 06 Oct 2020 at 08:09a, paulie420 pondered and said...

LOL, I've seen that there before and knew it had something to do with
you. :P

:)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 07 Oct 2020, 10:43a, Avon said the following...

I knew you'd like that one. :) I made that when I was trying to get a handle on C. After watching your videos, I knew it would be a good on for you. ;)

I wonder what I should put on my desktop for the next set of videos?
Gotta keep you on your toes :)

You know I'll watch your videos, if for no other reason, as a refresher. ;)

But first, you need to make more videos... :)


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

On 06 Oct 2020 at 04:12p, Black Panther pondered and said...

But first, you need to make more videos... :)

Lemme get some HUB stuff in order first... but yes that's the plan.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 05 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...

Scrollz Announcements
This is a completely configurable scrolling text banner. All of the options are inside an INI file, including up to 10 different messages to display. The display field can be adjusted to whatever length and placement you would like on your menu. Even the color of the display is configurable!

Hi,
I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini file.
I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Any ideas?

-=- Gary aka HSM -=-
-=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)

On 22 Oct 2020, 11:02a, HSM said the following...

I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini
file. I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Anyideas?

Is the .ini file in your scripts directory? If so, just use the command 'scrollz scrollz.ini' and it should find it.


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

On 22 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...

On 22 Oct 2020, 11:02a, HSM said the following...

I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini file. I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Anyideas?

Is the .ini file in your scripts directory? If so, just use the command 'scrollz scrollz.ini' and it should find it.

It should... but it doesn't. Maybe I'm missing an environemnt variable?
In order to run any MPL I have to use the full path. So I have it setup as \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz.ini (With forward slashes).

-=- Gary aka HSM -=-
-=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)

On 22 Oct 2020, 02:24p, HSM said the following...

It should... but it doesn't. Maybe I'm missing an environemnt variable? In order to run any MPL I have to use the full path. So I have it setup as\mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz.ini (With forward slashes).

Hmmmm, that's strange. I have it set up here in Linux as:
scrollz scrollz.ini

You shouldn't need the entire path. Why would it need forward slashes?

Is you Theme path set properly in System Paths in mystic -cfg?


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

Hi,
I'm running on Linux and try as I might Scrollz won't find the .ini
file. I'm using the full path and the permissions on the file seem correct. Any ideas?

Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps, right?

scrollz scrollz.ini
??
sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the mpl:
scrollz



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

On 22 Oct 2020, 06:01p, paulie420 said the following...

Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps, right?

scrollz scrollz.ini
??
sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the mpl: scrollz

Thanks Paulie,

HSM, that's something else you can do to test it out. Try running it without the .ini file and see what happens. It does have default settings so it should run with the 'Ad' message that's in there.

Let me know if that works for you.


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

Greetings Black!

Thursday October 22 2020 21:38, you wrote to HSM about an urgent matter!:

On 22 Oct 2020, 06:01p, paulie420 said the following...

Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps,
right?

scrollz scrollz.ini
??
sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the
mpl: scrollz

Thanks Paulie,

HSM, that's something else you can do to test it out. Try running it without the .ini file and see what happens. It does have default
settings so it should run with the 'Ad' message that's in there.

Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a


----
Regards,


Rick Smith (Nitro)

... BBSing is a lot like sex, except you never want to get off.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: ----> Abacus Sysop Point --->>>>bbs.abon.us:2323 (21:1/190.1)

On 22 Oct 2020, 09:45p, Rick Smith said the following...

Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a

Yes he did. If you go to the Menu editor in mystic -cfg, and hit /S to go into the settings, you'll see it towards the bottom of the window.

You can have one on every menu if you want to. ;)

The only thing I've found, is the 'Offset', which tells it how many spaces to have between repeating the message, will only save '1'. So, what I did, is add spaces to the end of the message. g00r00 did say it will be fixed in the next pre-release.


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

On 22 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...

On 22 Oct 2020, 02:24p, HSM said the following...

It should... but it doesn't. Maybe I'm missing an environemnt variab In order to run any MPL I have to use the full path. So I have it se as\mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz \mystic\themes\default\scripts\scrollz.ini (With forward slashes).

Hmmmm, that's strange. I have it set up here in Linux as:
scrollz scrollz.ini

You shouldn't need the entire path. Why would it need forward slashes?

Is you Theme path set properly in System Paths in mystic -cfg?

Yep, theme path is correct. /mystic/themes/ .

For all my MPL's, if I don't use the full path they don't work. Don't know why.

-=- Gary aka HSM -=-
-=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)

On 22 Oct 2020, Black Panther said the following...

On 22 Oct 2020, 06:01p, paulie420 said the following...

Im just a newbie, but your calling the ini after you run the mps, rig

scrollz scrollz.ini
??
sorry if thats basic and you are... but sometimes i just run the mpl: scrollz

Thanks Paulie,

HSM, that's something else you can do to test it out. Try running it without the .ini file and see what happens. It does have default
settings so it should run with the 'Ad' message that's in there.

Let me know if that works for you.

Nope.
scrollz - nothing
scrollz scrollz.ini - nothing
/m/t/d/s/scrollz (with or without)scrollz.ini -nothing .
/m/t/d/s/scrollz /m/t/d/s/scrollz.ini - it works, but only displays the ad message and "cant read ini".

-=- Gary aka HSM -=-
-=Mystic.BBSGameTime.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)

On 23 Oct 2020, 07:26a, HSM said the following...

Nope.
scrollz - nothing
scrollz scrollz.ini - nothing
/m/t/d/s/scrollz (with or without)scrollz.ini -nothing .
/m/t/d/s/scrollz /m/t/d/s/scrollz.ini - it works, but only displays the admessage and "cant read ini".

That is just strange... Let me see what I can figure out...


---

Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

Greetings Black!

Thursday October 22 2020 23:40, you wrote to me about an urgent matter!:

On 22 Oct 2020, 09:45p, Rick Smith said the following...

Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate
it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a

Yes he did. If you go to the Menu editor in mystic -cfg, and hit /S to
go into the settings, you'll see it towards the bottom of the window.

You can have one on every menu if you want to. ;)

The only thing I've found, is the 'Offset', which tells it how many
spaces to have between repeating the message, will only save '1'. So,
what I did, is add spaces to the end of the message. g00r00 did say it will be fixed in the next pre-release.

Must not be in the Pi version I have the latest preA and its not there.. I am sure he will get around to it...


----
Regards,


Rick Smith (Nitro)

... Teenage Hell: A parent who's into BBSing
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: ----> Abacus Sysop Point --->>>>bbs.abon.us:2323 (21:1/190.1)

Did g00r00 ad marque type feature? If so where might I locate it.. I have upgraded to the latest pre-a

g00r00 added marquee features on A47, and RCS Software has a scrollz app available on Castle Rock, The Underground or my $2o For Beers bbs, deets
below.



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)