Integrated Client/Server Download and Installation

Current Version: 1.0e, released 4/21/00

Download Instructions:

During the beta testing phase, Land of Devastation is distributed in a standalone version. This is most convenient for beta testers since it involves little configuration effort -- you just execute the game and play. Once initial beta testing is complete and the system becomes semi-stable, we will begin to distribute NETLOD as seperate client and server programs.

Please check the known bugs and unimplemented features list regularly to see what is and isn't working.

You must be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 to run the client side (Gterm) of NETLOD.

You may download NETLOD as a single large zip file, or as a series of zip files for each disk:

Single file download:

All Disks

Seperate files:

disk1
disk2
disk3
disk4
disk5
disk6

Requirements:

• You must be running a recent version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (I suggest IE5.0) to use the client side (Gterm) portion of NETLOD. This is because NETLOD uses HTML as a text format and Gterm uses the Internet Explorer engine to render the HTML pages on-screen. Personally, I use IE5.0, but other versions should work as well.
• Windows 95/98/2000/NT
• Approximately 20MB of disk space is required.

Installation:

1. Unzip the archive(s) into a temporary directory of your choice. If you download the multiple-disk archives, then you may unzip them all into the same directory.
2. Run the Setup program. It is a standard Installshield setup program that should feel very familiar.
3. Once setup is complete, you can execute Gterm and play the standalone game.