Hi Martin,
Got your netmail with the VPN address, thanks - it came through fine to 3:633/290.
You don't need to wait on me, though: your board has already signed
itself up and it works. From the server log (times are server time):
12:53 sign-up from 146.70.174.158, tag SHS
12:54 sign-up from 146.70.174.158, tag HEAVENLY
12:55 Shurato@HEAVENLY entered game A, played, logged off normally
Because you link with a BBS key, the VPN address doesn't matter. The
key is checked, not the IP, so I haven't added 146.70.174.158 to the
allow list and you don't need it there. If your VPN exit changes, the
door keeps working.
The rlogin fields
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rlogin sends three things. Whatever your door program calls its
switches, this is what each one has to carry:
Field What to put in it Example
--------------- ------------------------- --------------------
client user the player's name/alias Shurato
server user your BBS key XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
terminal the game to start xtrn=A
Host: bbs.theiguru.au Port: 5130 (rlogin, not telnet)
There is no password. Since 1.4.1 the server also accepts the key in
the client-user field (Mystic sends the password field there), so if
the two name fields come out swapped it still works. But the player
name has to be in the other one, or every caller lands on the same
character.
For telnetdoor/rgterm I can't tell you for sure which of -X/-Y is which
in your version, but your 12:55 call already had it right: the key went
in as the server user, "Shurato" as the client user and xtrn=A as the
terminal. Whatever command line you used for that call is the one to
keep. If you were going by the usual Synchronet-style door command:
?rlogin bbs.theiguru.au:5130 -s YOUR-KEY -t xtrn=A
the player name is filled in from the caller's alias.
What your players see
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Each caller gets their own character the first time they come in, named
from their alias. On the server the account is stored as Name@HEAVENLY,
so your Bob and another board's Bob are two different players. Inside
the game they show as just their name. Game A is the same game my own
board plays, with The Dragon Vault, Barak's House and the Pawn Shop
installed.
Two tags
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You signed up twice, so there are two tags with two different keys:
SHS - no calls yet
HEAVENLY - the one your door is using now
Unless you want both, tell me which one to remove and I'll delete it.
I'd suggest keeping HEAVENLY, since Shurato already has a character
under it. Note the tag is part of every player's account name, so
switching tags later means your players start new characters.
If you lose the key, let me know and I'll issue a new one for the same
tag (the old key stops working, accounts are kept).
Full guide for linking a BBS, Synchronet and Mystic examples included:
https://games.theiguru.au/docs/lordsrv/link_your_bbs
Thanks for setting it up.
Heisenberg
Kalgoorlie Retro Gaming BBS
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* Origin: Kalgoorie Retro BBS, Kalgoorlie Western Australia (3:633/290)