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| [Official Material?] | [WWW Problems] | [Viewing Volumes?] | [Further Trouble] | [Ways of cheating] | [Credits] |
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sure that your browser is capable of these features and uses them
as the Netscape Navigator uses them.
However, you don't need a modern browser to access the files!
A plain FTP client is sufficient for that task, too. Just connect
to the following FTP site manually using your own access data:
FTP site: post.herlev-snet.dk
Don't try to login as anonymous or guest. This won't lead you
anywhere! This also means that you shouldn't browse to that site
using the URL ftp://post.herlev-snet.dk, because your
browser will assume anonymous access, which is wrong!
The documents have been zipped using the WinZip program. You need a
similar program to unzip (ie. uncompress) these files before you will
be able to view them.
To print this document, you need to have access to a PostScript-
capable printer. Most laser, deskjet, and bubblejet printers have
such a PS module included (or can be tuned this way - either by
updating the hardware module or using software like the Ghostscript/
Ghostview package mentioned above).
In any case, try to contact the editor (not the authors) if you
encounter any problem with the adventure collection.
...you're still reading? Shame on you,... but anyway...
...and you will have bad feelings then. Believe me, you will leave
the right path when cheating and sooner or later Chaos will have
you. You will begin to mutate and pray to dark and insane gods.
Afterall, the best way is to write an adventure by youself...
Because of this, I would like to say Thank You to all of
you who sent compliments and/or critical statements. I'd like to
thank all of you authors, translators, illustrators and copyists
who support the Adventure Collection. You're simply great!
I would also like to say Thank You to James Wallis of
Hogshead Publishing, who made the WFRP revival possible and who
does not nitpick too much on trademark matters.
I would also like to thank my provider (Estensis GmbH, Germany) and Michael Andersen
(and his provider, too), who provides the FTP space that allows
the WFRP Adventure Collection to live on. You're a hero, Michael!
I would also like to thank the various WFRP mailing list hosts
who always allowed me to using their lists to promote my project.
My thanks go also to Noel Welsh who suggested the use of the
commenting system and to the author/maintainer of that system.
Is there any 'official' material inside the WFRP Adventure Collection?
No, no adventure previously published by Gams Workshop or Hogshead
Publishing has been included. This will not happen no matter how
frequently you ask. This is (apart from copyright reasons) the
tribute to Hogshead's revival of WFRP.
I have problems with this WWW page!
First of all, you need a username and a password to access the documents
of the WFRP Adventure Collection. If you don't have these, it's normal
that you encounter problems when accessing the adventure volumes.
Use the web gateway in the Download section of this site instead.
What kind of software/hardware do I need to view/print this
document?
You need to work with a PostScript (PS) document. To do so, you need
some PostScript interpreting software to view such a document on your
computer. Luckily such a software package is freely available on the
net via FTP for most popular computers (UNIX, PC, Mac, Amiga,
Atari). Check out for the newest GhostScript/GhostView version.
There may be other software on the market, but I don't use these and
thus cannot help you with these.
Note: As some volumes of the WFRP Adventure Collection contains level
II PostScript code, you should update your GhostScript/GhostView
package if possible.
You definetely do not need LaTeX to view or print this document.
If you're still unsure what to do, please read the following FAQs:
PostScript FAQ, Internet FAQ - FTP.
Alternatively, GhostView offers the opportunity to print these
documents using any other graphic-capable system printer (under
Windows, for example).
If you lack the money for either of these, try to ask several copy shops
near you. One of them should be able to print this document.
I have access to the WFRP Adventure Collection but I still have troubles handling
the files.
The files are compressed with Zip. Zip is fully compatible to
MSDOS PKzip, so you don't need to get GNU Unzip (which is incompatible
to normal ZIP) or some other archiving tools.
Well, try to get some program which is able to split PostScript
files (like UNIX or MSDOS psselect (from psutils)). This is a way to go around this
problem.
Try to get it another day (maybe the local server was in no good
shape - remember this is Internet and Sh*t happens).
If you still get this reply then, probably you missed the editor's
announcement of a new version of the document (or he forgot
to send such an announcement) on the WFRP mailing list.
Please make sure to use the URLs given by the links in this document.
If nothing seems to work, contact the author of this web page:
Oliver Rosenkranz (rossi@cs.tu-berlin.de) via email.
Is there a way to cheat to gain access to the Adv.Coll.?
Sure, there are some ways to do so. If you do not play dirty, stop
reading here...
The Adventure Collection is available via WWW and FTP. Each person with
access to this document has a username and a password together
the actual URL. Try to find such a person and bribe him to let you
use his 'account'. Well, this user risks to loose access, but while
done secretly, how can the editor know (apart from sitting down
and checking access routes from suspicious accesses)?
Well, another way is to try to hack the FTP server the material is
on. While this may be possible, there is no way to find any sympathy
using that method...
Credits
While the WFRP Adventure Collection is a project of mine, there
are lots of people who supported it. Without the help of these
people, the Collection wouldn't exist anymore.