====== The Windows version ======

The Windows version (''LORDFPW.ZIP'') is a **DOOR32.SYS door** for Windows BBSes: 64-bit ''lord.exe'' and ''lordcfg.exe''. Your BBS answers the caller and then starts ''lord.exe''; it writes a drop file, ''DOOR32.SYS'', that tells the game who the caller is and gives it the caller's connection (a **socket**). The game talks to the caller over that connection, and when the player quits, the BBS takes over again.

It is the same game as the [[linux_version|Linux version]] and uses the same files (''lord.ini'', ''player.bin'', ''lordtxt.lrd'' and the other ''.lrd'' screens). DOS LORD 4.06 In-Game Modules run in DOSBox-X, which is in the zip.

You need 64-bit Windows 10, 11 or Server 2016 or later, and a BBS that can run DOOR32.SYS doors: Synchronet and Mystic are covered below.

Running your own copy of the game this way is different from [[lordsrv:link_your_bbs|linking your BBS to our LORD Server]]: with this zip the game, its players and its data are all on your own computer.

===== Install the game =====

**1.** Download ''LORDFPW.ZIP'' from [[https://games.theiguru.au/lordfp/]].

**2.** Make a folder for the game and unzip the zip into it. For example:
^ BBS ^ Folder ^
| Synchronet | ''C:\sbbs\xtrn\lordfp'' |
| Mystic | ''C:\mystic\doors\lordfp'' |
Keep the ''dosbox'' folder next to ''lord.exe'': the game looks for DOSBox-X there.

**3.** Open the folder, and double-click ''lordcfg.exe''. The first time, it makes ''lord.ini''. Look through **1** (Game options), then press **Q** to quit.

**4.** Try the game on this computer. Open a Command Prompt in the game folder (in File Explorer, type ''cmd'' in the address bar and press Enter) and type:<code>lord -l -u YourName</code>You play in the Command Prompt window. Quit the game with **Q** in the town square.

Windows may say ''lord.exe'' is from an unknown publisher the first time: the programs are not signed. Your BBS does all the networking, so no firewall rule is needed for the game.

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===== Synchronet =====

**1.** On the computer running Synchronet, run SCFG: ''C:\sbbs\exec\scfg.exe''.

**2.** Choose **External Programs**, then **Online Programs...**.

**3.** You see a list of program sections (for example "Games" or "Doors"). Choose the one you want the door in, and press Enter.

**4.** You see the list of programs in that section. Press the **Insert** key (or move to the empty line at the bottom and press Enter) to add one.

**5.** At **Online Program Name**, type what your callers will see, e.g. ''LORD - Legend of the Red Dragon'', and press Enter.

**6.** At **Internal Code**, type a short code with no spaces, e.g. ''LORDFP'', and press Enter.

**7.** The new program's settings open. Move to each of these with the arrow keys, press Enter, and set it:

^ Setting ^ Set it to ^
| Start-up Directory | ''C:\sbbs\xtrn\lordfp'' (your game folder) |
| Command Line | ''C:\sbbs\xtrn\lordfp\lord.exe -d %n -r %r'' |
| Multiple Concurrent Users | Yes |
| Native Executable | Yes |
| I/O Method | Socket |
| Use Shell or New Context | No |
| BBS Drop File Type | Mystic DOOR32.SYS |
| Place Drop File In | Node Directory |

Leave everything else as it is. Older Synchronet versions have **Intercept I/O** in place of I/O Method: set it to **No**.

**8.** Press **Esc** until SCFG asks **Save Changes?**, and answer **Yes**. Then leave SCFG. Synchronet picks up the change by itself within a minute or so (or restart the BBS).

**9.** Log in to your BBS, go to the section you chose, and run the door.

==== What the command line means ====
^ Part ^ Meaning ^
| ''C:\sbbs\xtrn\lordfp\lord.exe'' | The game. |
| ''-d %n'' | Synchronet puts the node folder there (e.g. ''C:\sbbs\node1\''); the game finds ''DOOR32.SYS'' in it. |
| ''-r %r'' | The caller's screen rows (DOOR32.SYS doesn't have them). |

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===== Mystic =====

You add a menu item that runs the game with Mystic's **D3** command (run a DOOR32.SYS door).

The menu editor's layout differs a little between Mystic versions; the steps below say what to set. Mystic's own help is on its wiki: [[https://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=menus|menus]] and [[https://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=menu_commands|menu commands]].

**1.** On the computer running Mystic, open its configuration: ''mystic.exe -cfg'', in Mystic's folder.

**2.** Open the **Menu Editor** (in the **Editors** menu), choose your theme, and open the menu your doors are on (for example ''doors''; if you don't have one, use ''main'').

**3.** Insert a new menu item, and set:

^ Item setting ^ Set it to ^
| Text | ''LORD - Legend of the Red Dragon'' (what callers see) |
| Hot key | a letter not used on that menu, e.g. ''L'' |
| Access | blank, or the security level your callers have |

**4.** Give the item **one command**:

^ Command setting ^ Set it to ^
| Command | **D3** (Exec DOOR32 door) |
| Data | ''C:\mystic\doors\lordfp\lord.exe -d %P'' |

''%P'' is the node's temporary folder, where Mystic writes ''door32.sys''. Use your own game folder in place of ''C:\mystic\doors\lordfp''.

**5.** Save the menu. If the menu uses its own ANSI screen rather than a generated list, add the item to that screen too.

**6.** Log in to your BBS, go to that menu, and press the hot key.

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===== Other BBS software =====
Any Windows BBS that can run a DOOR32.SYS door works the same way: run ''lord.exe'' with ''-d'' and the path of the ''DOOR32.SYS'' it writes, or the folder it writes it in. Add ''-r'' and the caller's screen rows if your BBS can supply them.

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===== DOS IGMs (Other Places) =====
DOS LORD 4.06 In-Game Modules run in DOSBox-X, as in [[lordsrv:igms|LORD Server]]. For each visit ''lord.exe'' starts ''dosbox\dosbox-x.exe'' with no window, with:
^ Drive ^ What it is ^
| ''C:\LORD'' | The game folder, as LORD sits on a DOS BBS. |
| ''D:'' | The node folder, with a ''DOOR.SYS'' for IGMs that want one. |
| ''COM1'' | The caller, with LORD Server's FOSSIL driver (''LSFOSSIL.COM'') loaded for it. |
It runs the IGM's command from ''3RDPARTY.DAT'' and brings back what the IGM changed (see [[igms]]). If the player hangs up, the IGM sees the carrier drop and has 15 seconds to save and leave.

==== Installing an IGM ====

**1.** Unzip the IGM into a folder of its own in the game folder, e.g. ''VAULT''.

**2.** Run ''lordcfg.exe'', choose **O** (Other Places), then **D** (DOS prompt). A DOSBox-X window opens at ''C:\LORD'', the game folder, as the IGMs will see it. (Double-clicking ''DOSPROMPT.BAT'' in the game folder opens the same prompt.)

**3.** Run the IGM's set-up program there, e.g. ''CD VAULT'' then ''VAULTCFG''. Where it asks for LORD's folder, give it ''C:\LORD\''. Many IGMs offer to add themselves to Other Places (''3RDPARTY.DAT''); let them. Type ''EXIT'' to close the window; lordcfg shows the Other Places list again.

**4.** If the IGM isn't in the list: press **A** and add it, with the DOS command line its docs give (''*'' is the node number), e.g. ''C:\LORD\VAULT\VAULT.EXE * C:\LORD\ 1''.

==== IGM settings ====
In ''lord.ini'' (or lordcfg > **1**):
<code ini>
[IGM]
DOSBoxCycles=fixed 10000
DOSBoxFossil=1
</code>
^ Setting ^ What it does ^
| ''DOSBoxCommand'' | How DOSBox-X is started: ''%x'' is DOSBox-X, ''%c'' the ''DOSBOX.CONF'' made for each visit, ''%n'' the node. Take out ''-silent'' to watch an IGM in a window, for testing. |
| ''DOSBoxCycles'' | DOSBox-X's speed for IGMs: ''fixed 10000'' (a fast 386), ''auto'' or ''max''. |
| ''DOSBoxFossil'' | ''1'' loads ''LSFOSSIL.COM'' before each IGM. Most IGMs want a FOSSIL driver. |
''MAINT.BAT'' in the game folder runs in DOSBox-X once a day, at the first login after the daily maintenance, as LORD 4.06 does.

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===== If it doesn't work =====
^ What you see ^ What to do ^
| The door starts and ends at once, or the caller sees nothing | Synchronet: check **I/O Method** is **Socket** (or Intercept I/O is No) and the drop file is **Mystic DOOR32.SYS**. Mystic: check the command is **D3**, not D- or DD. |
| ''DOOR32.SYS socket handle ... is not a socket'' in a console window or the BBS log | The BBS didn't hand over the connection: the same settings as above. |
| ''comm type 1 (serial) is not supported'' | The BBS is set up for a modem or serial line. Use telnet (comm type 2). |
| ''Unable to read drop file'' | The path after ''-d'' is wrong. Synchronet: ''-d %n''; Mystic: ''-d %P''. |
| An IGM says the player's file is missing, or nothing happens | Check the IGM was set up for ''C:\LORD\'' (step 3 above). ''error.log'' in the game folder says why an IGM didn't start. |
| Screens are cut off at the bottom | Give the caller's rows with ''-r'' (Synchronet: ''-r %r''). |
| ''lordcfg.exe'' or local play shows codes like ''←[0;1;37;44m'' instead of colours | An older copy in a legacy-mode console window. Fixed in the 30 October 2026 ''LORDFPW.ZIP'': download it again, or click the window's icon, **Properties**, and untick **Use legacy console**. |

Other problems: [[troubleshooting]].

===== The files =====
^ File ^ What it is ^
| ''lord.exe'' | The game. |
| ''lordcfg.exe'' | The set-up program (see [[lordcfg]]). |
| ''dosbox\'' | DOSBox-X (GPL; ''SOURCE.TXT'' says where its source is) and ''LSFOSSIL.COM'', for IGMs. |
| ''DOSPROMPT.BAT'' | A DOS prompt at ''C:\LORD'', for setting up IGMs. |
| ''WINDOWS.TXT'' | This page as plain text. |
| ''SYSOP.TXT'' | The options, LADY scripts and set-up program. |
The rest is the same as the Linux version's: see its [[linux_version#the_files|list of files]].