Game options (lord.ini)

The game options are in lord.ini in the game directory (LORD.INI on DOS). Set them with lordcfg's 1 (see lordcfg, the set-up program), or edit the file; the next player to enter uses the new values. The file is the same format as lord.js's: Key=value lines (tabs or spaces before the value are fine), then [Tournament] and [IGM] sections.

The game

Key	lordcfg field	Default	What it does
`BBSName`	BBS name		Kept for LORDCFG familiarity; not shown in the game.
`SysopName`	Sysop name		The sysop's name.
`ForestFightsPerDay`	Forest fights per day	15
`PlayerFightsPerDay`	Player fights per day	3
`InactivityDays`	Delete players after (days)	15	Inactive players are deleted after this many days. 0 = never.
`Delete1XP`	Delete 1 XP players daily	true	Delete players who never got past 1 experience point.
`DeedsToWin`	Heroic deeds to win	3	Dragon kills to win the game; 0 = never.
`ResurrectionDays`	Resurrection days	3	How many days the dead are raised while away.
`CleanMode`	Clean mode	false	Tones down the adult text and options.
`BankTransfersAllowed`	Bank transfers allowed	true
`BankTransfersPerDay`	Bank transfers per day	2	0 = any number.
`MaximumTransferAmount`	Max transfer amount	2000000	See the note below.
`Olivia`	Olivia event	true	The Olivia forest event.
`NoNPCChatter`	NPC chatter in the bar	false	true turns the NPC chatter in the bar off.
`FunkyFlowers`	Colour codes in flowers	true	Players may use colour codes in the flower garden.
`ShopLimit`	Shop strength/defence limit	false	true: armour and weapons need defence and strength points, as in lord.js. LORD 4.06: false.
`FiveSkillPoints`	5 skill points per use (old)	false	The old skill point rule.
`BonusDefForPlayerKill`	Bonus defence for PK	false
`BonusStrForPlayerKill`	Bonus strength for PK	false
`BeefUpForHeroes`	Beef up monsters for heroes	false	Stronger monsters for players who have killed the dragon.
`OldStealAmounts`	Old (big) thief steal amounts	true
`WakeUpDragon`	Dragon wakes campers	false
`DeathKnightBoost`	Death Knight boost (x3.3)	false
`NewUglyStick`		false	lord.js's ugly / pretty stick forest event. LORD 4.06 doesn't have it.
`NoLEnemy`	Ignore lenemy.bin/dragon.bin	false	Use the built-in monsters even if the table files are there.
`SafeNode`	Safe node (nodeon.* files)	true	Mark who is on with `nodeon.*` files.
`UseFancyMore`	Fancy (erasing) MORE prompt	true	The MORE prompt erases itself.
`OutOfTimeFile`	Out-of-time file		A screen shown when the caller runs out of time.
`GamePrefix`	Game data prefix/dir		Where the data files are; blank = the program directory.
`MenuDir`	Menu dir		Where custom menus are.
`GameServer`, `GameUser`			lord.js's inter-BBS game server; not used by LORD FP.

Note on the transfer limit: lord.js's stock lord.ini and its Sysop.doc call this MaxTransferAmount, but lord.js reads MaximumTransferAmount, and so does LORD FP. A MaxTransferAmount line is ignored and the default (2,000,000) applies. lordcfg writes the name that works.

[Tournament]

Key	What it does
`Enabled`	true runs a tournament.
`Days`	How many days; 0 = the first to reach the goals wins.
`WinStat`	What ranks a days-mode tournament: `XP`, `DragonKills`, `PlayerKills`, `Level` or `Lays`.
`Experience`, `DragonKills`, `PlayerKills`, `Level`, `Lays`	The goals.

[IGM]

Which keys apply depends on the version:

Key	Version	What it does
`PreCommands`	all	DOS commands before each IGM, separated by `;` (e.g. `fossil.com >NUL`, `SHARE`). On DOS: “DOS commands first”, added to the top of the IGM batch file.
`DOSGameDir`	Linux, Windows	The game directory as DOS sees it.
`DOSemuCommand`	Linux	How dosemu2 is started: %d node dir, %b batch file (DOS path), %n node.
`DOSBoxCommand`	Windows	How DOSBox-X is started: %x DOSBox-X, %c its .conf, %n node.
`DOSBoxCycles`	Windows	DOSBox-X's CPU speed: `fixed 10000`, `auto` or `max`.
`DOSBoxFossil`	Windows	Load LSFOSSIL.COM for COM1 first.

See DOS IGMs from Linux and LORD Server's IGM settings.

An example

The Linux door on Kalgoorlie Retro BBS:

BBSName=		Kalgoorlie Retro BBS
SysopName=		Heisenberg
InactivityDays=		15
Delete1XP=		true
CleanMode=		false
DeedsToWin=		3
BankTransfersAllowed=	true
BankTransfersPerDay=	2
PlayerFightsPerDay=	3
ForestFightsPerDay=	40
ResurrectionDays=	3
SafeNode=		true
UseFancyMore=		true
Olivia=			true
ShopLimit=		false
OldStealAmounts=        true
WakeUpDragon=		true
 
[Tournament]
Enabled=		false
 
[IGM]
DOSGameDir=	E:\LORDFP\
PreCommands=	fossil.com >NUL

Kalgoorlie Retro Docs

Table of Contents

Game options (lord.ini)

The game

[Tournament]

[IGM]

An example