__          ___               _          __   ______    _ _
\ \        / / |             | |        / _| |  ____|  | | |
 \ \  /\  / /| |__   ___  ___| |   ___ | |_  | |__ __ _| | | _____ _ __
  \ \/  \/ / | '_ \ / _ \/ _ \ |  / _ \|  _| |  __/ _` | | |/ / _ \ '_ \
   \  /\  /  | | | |  __/  __/ | | (_) | |   | | | (_| | |   <  __/ | | |
    \/  \/   |_| |_|\___|\___|_|  \___/|_|   |_|  \__,_|_|_|\_\___|_| |_|

Things left to do:
  Categories - Currently, there are no categories shown.  I've been putting
               this off for a while, but I will get it done.

  Game Timeouts - Games need to timeout after a month or so of inactivity.
	
Contact Information
	http://bbs.ipass.net
	email:  eric@ipass.net
	telnet://bbs.ipass.net
	ftp://bbs.ipass.net
	
Price:
  The price of this game is 1 billion US dollars.  If you send an email
  to eric@ipass.net letting me know that you are using the game,
  I will waive the registration fee.  I will institute little unregistered
  nags by the time the full release is ready.

About the game:
  This is your standard Wheel of Fortune hack.  It can support 256
  simultaneous games, carrying a maximum of 64 users at one time.  It
  features 1086 puzzles as of this writing (1.04) and I will be adding
 	more.  My goal is to have at least 5000 puzzles.  The gameplay is simple
  as most people already know how to play Wheel of Fortune.  There aren't
  any sysop configurable options yet.
	
  Players that are "watching" a game (in a game, but not playing the game)
  will not be able to see the puzzle.  This is so they can't "help" other
  users.

Special Thanx to:
  Car Doctor:  For helping me with all my silly questions
        Appy:  For the game idea and 900+ puzzles
       Kevin:  For playing the game at 1:30 in the morning and finding
               a HUGE bug.
         Ben:  For always bitching about how I knew all the puzzles and
               never wanting to play
       Chris:  For not getting too pissed off when I didn't come to bed
      Rachel:  For being my first WoF addict


Installation:
  Ok... installation is simple.  The game can reside where ever you want
  it.  
	
  There is a program included in this package called ./install
  this is a bash shell script which will take care of the dirty work.
  it will prompt you for pathnames to install the game to.
  It will work on most installations (Even Car Doctor's weird setup).
  
	Just run the install program by typing:
	  ./install
	
	It will ask you for a directory to install to.  Enter the path where
	you would like Wheel of Falken to reside (such as /falken/doors/wofalken)
	
	If the directory does not exist, then you will be prompted to create
	it.
	
	At this point, it should copy the files from the current directory to
	the install directory.  Then it will ask you for the name of the BBS
	user.  Generally, this will be 'bbs'.
	
	Next it will attempt to find the group name of the bbs user with the
	id command.  If this is incorrect, you can correct it here.
	
	Then it will change the permissions on the install directory and the
	game files, create the data files, and set their permissions as well.
	Voila, that's done.
	
	Next, you'll need to add a menu entry for the game in your Menu Setup
	in bbscfg. The entry should look something like this:

 w____ ./doors/wofalken/wofload ./doors/wofalken/________  0_  Wheel Of Falken
 
  Include the full path to wofload program for the commandline.  THe
	only parameter you should pass is the path to the install directory.
	ie if your path where the game files exist is /falken/wofalken, the
	commandline would be:
	
 w____ ./wofalken/wofload /falken/wofalken/_____________  0_  Wheel Of Falken

 NOTE - The trailing slash is optional.
 
 The wofalken executable can take a parameter of 'init'.
 	./wofalken init
 This will reset the data files and remove all games and all high scores.
 Currently, there is no timeout for a game.  In other words, if someone
 doesn't finish a game, it will sit there forever until the game is finished.
 This is run automatically for you in the install script.
 
 You can also install the ./woflogon program to run at logon time.  This
 will show users if they currently have any games active in which it is
 their turn.  If they do not have any games waiting, it will not show them
 anything.  You can setup the logon doors from the bbscfg program.
 
 Then restart the bbs, and you should be ready to go.
 
 If you have any problems or questions, please send email to eric@ipass.net
 or telnet to bbs.ipass.net to find me online. 



