Hello everybody!

I did a fresh install on a different PC (Windows 11 w/ ntvdmx64 installed and working) to see if the auto-install for games would install the JNS and Sunrise games. It didn't. Why is it not seeing the JNS & Sunrise setup information and installing them? All the .js and .ini files for the games are in the /xtrn/3rdp-install directory. Anyone have a idea how to get them ti install?


Thanks,
RickV


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Re: Fresh SBBS install question
By: RickV to All on Mon Jul 06 2026 10:40 am

Hello everybody!

I did a fresh install on a different PC (Windows 11 w/ ntvdmx64 installed and working) to see if the auto-install for games would install the JNS and Sunrise games. It didn't. Why is it not seeing the JNS & Sunrise setup information and installing them? All the .js and .ini files for the games are in the /xtrn/3rdp-install directory. Anyone have a idea how to get them ti install?

A lot of those games must be extracted and even have their own installer run first and then (and only then) can install-xtrn.js add them to your Synchronet configurtaion.
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Hello Digital!

06 Jul 26 16:17, you wrote to me:

Re: Fresh SBBS install question
By: RickV to All on Mon Jul 06 2026 10:40 am

Hello everybody!

I did a fresh install on a different PC (Windows 11 w/ ntvdmx64
installed and working) to see if the auto-install for games would
install the JNS and Sunrise games. It didn't. Why is it not seeing
the JNS & Sunrise setup information and installing them? All the
.js and .ini files for the games are in the /xtrn/3rdp-install

directory. Anyone have a idea how to get them ti install?

A lot of those games must be extracted and even have their own
installer run first and then (and only then) can install-xtrn.js add
them to your Synchronet configurtaion.
--
digital man (rob)

Why in the wiki for "Installing Sunrise Doors" does it have a suggestion for the .cfg of a %PCBDIR%\door.sys?

Now edit the door's .CFG file to include the dynamic path to the current node's drop file (%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS) and set the other lines to match your BBS and sysop name (see the door's .DOC file for full details).

%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
Your BBS
Your
Name

I don't understand how that can be used.

Thanks,
RickV


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Re: Fresh SBBS install question
By: RickV to Digital Man on Tue Jul 07 2026 04:36 pm

Hello Digital!

06 Jul 26 16:17, you wrote to me:

Re: Fresh SBBS install question
By: RickV to All on Mon Jul 06 2026 10:40 am

Hello everybody!

I did a fresh install on a different PC (Windows 11 w/ ntvdmx64
installed and working) to see if the auto-install for games would
install the JNS and Sunrise games. It didn't. Why is it not seeing
the JNS & Sunrise setup information and installing them? All the
.js and .ini files for the games are in the /xtrn/3rdp-install

directory. Anyone have a idea how to get them ti install?

A lot of those games must be extracted and even have their own installer run first and then (and only then) can install-xtrn.js add them to your Synchronet configurtaion.
--
digital man (rob)

Why in the wiki for "Installing Sunrise Doors" does it have a suggestion for the .cfg of a %PCBDIR%\door.sys?

Now edit the door's .CFG file to include the dynamic path to the current node's drop file (%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS) and set the other lines to match your BBS and sysop name (see the door's .DOC file for full details).

%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
Your BBS
Your
Name

I don't understand how that can be used.

Hello Digital!

06 Jul 26 16:17, you wrote to me:

Re: Fresh SBBS install question
By: RickV to All on Mon Jul 06 2026 10:40 am

Hello everybody!

I did a fresh install on a different PC (Windows 11 w/ ntvdmx64
installed and working) to see if the auto-install for games would
install the JNS and Sunrise games. It didn't. Why is it not seeing
the JNS & Sunrise setup information and installing them? All the
.js and .ini files for the games are in the /xtrn/3rdp-install

directory. Anyone have a idea how to get them ti install?

A lot of those games must be extracted and even have their own installer run first and then (and only then) can install-xtrn.js add them to your Synchronet configurtaion.
--
digital man (rob)

Why in the wiki for "Installing Sunrise Doors" does it have a suggestion for the .cfg of a %PCBDIR%\door.sys?

Now edit the door's .CFG file to include the dynamic path to the current node's drop file (%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS) and set the other lines to match your BBS and sysop name (see the door's .DOC file for full details).

%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
Your BBS
Your
Name

I don't understand how that can be used.

The Sunrisde doors recognize %PCBDIR% as a variable to replace with the value of the PCBDIR environment variable set by sbbs when executing external programs. If you're using the 3rdp-install/*.ini files, you can ignore the instructions in wiki since it's doing all the setup for you.
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