[CXO-LORD] Distant Places T-LORD IGM Script Expander - Unable to load about mbbsemu HOT 5 CLOSED

Creating a empty file named .msg in the same directory as distant places satisfies MCV compilation and the module loads but is unavailable in T-LoRD's IGM manager (T-LoRD -> (U)se Sysop Options -> (I)GM Manager):

On v6.25 the module shows up after being loaded in MajorBBS:

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IGM DLL's might be a little tricky.

We'll have to poke into how the DLL's work. They might be dynamically loaded by T-LORD or by the system itself as modules.

Additionally, we'll need to check the relocation table for Imports in the IGM DLL to see if it requires relocation patching including ordinals within RTSLORD.

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Looking at a true-blue MBBS installation with T-LoRD and Distant Places, it looks like the Distant Places installer does a couple of things.

During the install process it looks for the MBBS executable, so it's likely throwing the DLL in there somehow. Additionally, it adds two lines to the file IGMLIST.TXT in the RTSLORD subdirectory. The contents of that file are:

CXO-LORD
`0D`9istant `0P`9laces! `7(LORD IGM Expansion by `%M`7ike `%S`7nyder)

CXO-LORD.DLL and CXO-LORD.MDF are in the root MBBS directory. There is a subdirectory, \CXOLIGMS, which appear to contain dozens of IGMs using the Distant Places logic.

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I looked at the Imports for CXO-LORD and it APPEARS to be a standalone module. No reason it couldn't be supported. Need to investigate more.

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The MSG issue will be fixed in PR #119

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