• FSXnet Hub 2 update

    From Solaris@21:2/1202 to All on Fri Jul 2 23:52:13 2021
    I have updated FSXnet hub 2 to the newest pre alpha . Let me know if there are any issues . here is a snip of the what in new . Notice there is now a command line shut down ...

    + MIS will now shutdown if a "mis.shutdown" Semaphore file exists in the
    semaphore directory. MIS may take up to 10 seconds before it notices the
    semaphore and begins to shutdown.

    + The "mis shutdown" command now uses this shutdown Semaphore file instead of
    OS-level functions. This means that the shutdown command will now work in
    Windows.

    + New ANSI viewer has now replaced the old one. The new one has a few new
    features most notably is that is uses the newer template system and also
    can load varible sized ANSIs in a virtual canvas space. What does that
    mean? It means for example you can load a 160 column ANSI while you're
    only in 80 columns and then use the left/right arrows, the new TAB view,
    or new page left/right functions to scroll around the file. A new second
    percentage/graph bar is provided for X axis bars in addition to the
    existing Y axis in the old viewer.

    Other new features include prompting for the baud rate when pressing SPACE
    to show file as a traditional scroller. The defaults for columns and baud
    can be set by template or overridden by menu command options.

    The format for the GV menu command has changed very slightly to also conform
    to newer standards used within Mystic BBS:

    Command: GV ANSI File Viewer
    Data: <viewer template>;<filename> [options]

    The following options can be used:

    /END : Causes file to begin displaying at the end of the ANSI
    /COLS=x : Override default columns to render the file (ie /cols=160)
    /BAUD=x : Set default baud rate when scroller viewing (ie /baud=19200)

    Example:

    Command: GV
    Data: ansiview;my160columnansifile /cols=160 /end

    New default templates have been provided and should be copied into your
    themes when upgrading: ansiview.ini and ansiview.ans. These replace the
    old ansiviewer.ans in the default installation.

    Changed the default ANSI file view on the Demo menu to now use a 132 column
    ANSI done by BBS advocate and otherwise sick ass artist Smooth (A rendition
    of the Mistigris logo which is also a great group of creative people check
    all of them out if you never have)

    + The ANSI archive viewer template (archive_view.ini) has a new option in
    the [Options] stanza called "viewer" which sets the viewer template to use
    when calling the ANSI file viewer (defaults to ansiview if undefined)

    Sysop SolaRis
    Error 1202 and Error 404 BBS !
    FSXnet HuB 2 Tholian AdmiN !

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/06/28 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Error 1202 BBS (21:2/1202)
  • From Ktulu@21:2/124 to Solaris on Sun Jul 4 02:43:12 2021
    It looks like even more changes / new stuff in the latest preAlpha dated 7/3/21 10:36pm.

    + Input barrier options have been added to Theme editor > Options

    + Themes now have a Color Mode option which can be set to one of three
    options:

    None : Do nothing when theme is loaded
    Blinking : Set remote terminal to use blinking colors
    iCE : Set remote terminal to use iCE colors

    Whenever a theme is loaded or changed, Mystic will attempt to set the
    color mode if one has been selected. Whether or not these actually work
    will depend on the terminal the user is connected with.

    + New MCI code: CD This MCI code resets the remote terminal to the default
    color mode set in the current theme.

    + Themes now have a Font Mode option which can be set to one of the following
    values/options:

    0 - None > Do nothing when theme is loaded
    1 - Default > Sends the "set default font" sequence
    2 - IBM CP437 > Switch to IBM CP437 font
    3 - Topaz > Switch to Amiga Topaz
    4 - Topaz+ > Switch to Amiga Topaz Plus
    5 - MicroKnight > Switch to Amiga MicroKnight
    6 - MicroKnight+ > Switch to Amiga MicroKnight+
    7 - mo'sOul > Switch to Amiga mo'sOul
    8 - p0t NOoDLE > Switch to Amiga p0t NOoDLE

    Whenever a theme is loaded, Mystic will attempt to set the remote terminal
    to use this font (or do nothing when set to None). Whether or not this
    actually works depends on the terminal being used. Some terminals will not
    work at all, some will switch to an Amiga font but possibly not the one
    selected, and so on.

    + New MCI code TF resets the terminal font to the theme's default font setting

    + The fallback setting for a theme has been split into separate fallback
    settings for text files, menu files, prompts, and scripts. When enabled for each specific category, the theme will fall back to the default theme if it cannot find a menu, prompt, script or text file.

    If you ever changed the fallback setting in a theme from its default then
    go into your themes and make sure these settings are set the way you want
    them to be set.

    + Mystic Python and MPL have had their fallback variables prefixed with a
    P, T, M, or S for each fallback type. The default bulletin.mps will need
    a minor update in the variable name or you can copy over the new default.

    + New MCI code SFxx where XX is a font number to switch to in 2-digit format
    for example SF07 would set the font to Amiga mo'sOul. The number
    corresponds to the same number used to define default font in the theme
    configuration:

    1 - Default > Sends the "set default font" sequence
    2 - IBM CP437 > Switch to IBM CP437 font
    3 - Topaz > Switch to Amiga Topaz
    4 - Topaz+ > Switch to Amiga Topaz Plus
    5 - MicroKnight > Switch to Amiga MicroKnight
    6 - MicroKnight+ > Switch to Amiga MicroKnight+
    7 - mo'sOul > Switch to Amiga mo'sOul
    8 - p0t NOoDLE > Switch to Amiga p0t NOoDLE

    + Mystic's ANSI viewer will now read column information from a SAUCE v5 record if one exists, and this will override the default columns set by the viewer template.

    + Mystic's ANSI viewer will now attempt to read font information from a
    SAUCE v5 record. If a default font is defined for the current theme then
    Mystic will switch fonts to the font type appropriate to view the file and
    then reset back to the theme's default font upon exit of the viewer.

    + Mystic's ANSI viewer will now attempt to load an Amiga specific template
    when viewing files that have an Amiga font defined for them in a SAUCE v5
    record. This is done by appending "_amiga" to the template name so if the
    template is "ansiview" then Mystic will first try to load the
    "ansiview_amiga" template before loading "ansiview" if it does not exist.

    + Mystic's ANSI viewer will now attempt to read color information from a SAUCE v5 record. If a color mode is found and if a default color mode is defined for the current theme, then Mystic set the color mode of the file upon loading the viewer and then restore the theme's color mode upon exit.

    + [ and ] keys now work in the ANSI viewer to do page left/right while viewing large column ANSI files.

    |08-|12Ktulu
    |12S|04ys|12O|04p |08@ |12I|04nsane |12A|04sylum |12BBS
    |07Insane Asylum BBS -telnet://asylum.boardz.org port 23

    ... I know a good tagline when I steal one!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Insane Asylum (21:2/124)