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--- lordfp:windows [2026-10-30 13:01] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ lordfp:windows [2026-10-30 13:44] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 **1.** Unzip the IGM into a folder of its own in the game folder, e.g. ''VAULT''.
-**2.** Double-click ''DOSPROMPT.BAT'' in the game folder. A DOSBox-X window opens at ''C:\LORD'', the game folder, as the IGMs will see it.
+**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.
+**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 didn't add itself: run ''lordcfg.exe'', choose **O** (Other Places) 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''.
+**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 ====
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 | 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 | The console window is in legacy mode: click the window's icon, **Properties**, untick **Use legacy console**, and start it again. |
+| ''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]].