I'm thinking of undertaking a Baja adventure.. I'd like to write a
"Farwest Trivia" clone for Synchronet using Sync's built-in
teleconference.. I just don't know how to go about it.. Can you load
services to run for BBS users like this?.. Is there any way to make
a service intercept a user's typing in the teleconference before sending
the input to the chat module so that the service can check for a right answer?.. Also, is there any way to make sure that all the nodes synch
up this way?..

Has anyone else here ever even played Farwest trivia on any MBBS systems
and know what I'm talking about?.. :)

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Re: Farwest Trivia
By: Cats Eye to All on Thu Feb 28 2002 10:25 am

I'm thinking of undertaking a Baja adventure.. I'd like to write a
"Farwest Trivia" clone for Synchronet using Sync's built-in
teleconference.. I just don't know how to go about it.. Can you load services to run for BBS users like this?..

Right now, there is no way to insert games or other modules into the multinode chat.

Is there any way to make
a service intercept a user's typing in the teleconference before sending
the input to the chat module so that the service can check for a right answer?..

Not really. You'd probably be better off just writing your own multinode chat module and including the game in it.

Also, is there any way to make sure that all the nodes synch
up this way?..

Not sure what you mean here.

Has anyone else here ever even played Farwest trivia on any MBBS systems
and know what I'm talking about?.. :)

I don't remember, but I've seen how MBBS games/modules could be integrated with their chat system. Right now, Synchronet doesn't have anything like that.

digital man

"Cats Eye" <Cats Eye@VERT> wrote in message news:101...

I'm thinking of undertaking a Baja adventure.. I'd like to write a
"Farwest Trivia" clone for Synchronet using Sync's built-in
teleconference.. I just don't know how to go about it.. Can you load
services to run for BBS users like this?.. Is there any way to make
a service intercept a user's typing in the teleconference before sending
the input to the chat module so that the service can check for a right answer?.. Also, is there any way to make sure that all the nodes synch
up this way?..

Has anyone else here ever even played Farwest trivia on any MBBS systems
and know what I'm talking about?.. :)

would be cool.. that and brawl.. :D Would be cool to have an xsdk chat
door, with inter-bbs, and chat games in it.. :)

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would be cool.. that and brawl.. :D Would be cool to have an xsdk chat door, with inter-bbs, and chat games in it.. :)

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Re: Farwest Trivia
By: Cats Eye to All on Thu Feb 28 2002 10:25 am

Has anyone else here ever even played Farwest trivia on any MBBS systems
and know what I'm talking about?.. :)

Well, I used to play Farwest a lot back in the day, definitely a great game. Some people I knew played it to the point where they had many questions memorized (surprising considering the staggering number of questions in the database)...

But as for the answers to your other questions, derr, no idea :(