Miscellaneous Hints:


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        Wondering how to activate KEY QUEST?  First you must attempt to open
a locked door thus gaining permission to begin the quest.  You may be given a        
hint such as:  "you may find this key in the Wild Cat Valley while the Droids
are roaming".  This means that you've battles left for the day.  Look at the 
design of the terrain, notice the Zone with a picture of a cat?  Roam this
zone and you will find a chamber where you will have to pass obstacles to get
to the key.  

        Starting out>>>Hang out in Zones 1-3 saving up your geckles up for 
waves(ammo) and life.  

        Mission Hints!!  In several missions you must first find scuba gear
first before you can swim through the water to the door on the other side.  
To not get "zapped" by a blinking object simply "walk" into it when it is 
beside you and "on", then the next move when you are on top of it, it will be
"off".  If the blinking object is "moving" you can walk into the spot where
it currently is because on the next move it will move off of that spot and 
you will be safe.  If you find the secret code letters in order you will gain
bonus experience.  The secert code letters are spelled out on the botton 
right of the screen as you find them.  Use the "5" key on the numeric pad to 
stand still and "watch" the blinks to determine the pattern.



Subj : Ox Tip of the Day                                                     
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Now that version 3.00wb1 is out, there's a lot of uncharted territory
for everyone to learn.  

Today's tip:  the option to "Work Land" is one of the most important in
the game, and you'll want to take advantage of it nearly every day.  In
version 1.x and 2.x of Ox, you couldn't make products immediately:  you
had to claim land, put an ox on it, and hope it would make something for
tomorrow.  Now, in addition to what your oxen make, you get a number of
chances every day to make things with your own hands -- and you can use
any land, not just the land you own.  In the early days of a game, you
can actually make more this way than you can make with all the land you
claim!

Two things to know:  First off, you can only work any given plot once a
day.  That means you'll have to move around as you work land to take
advantage of all of your turns.  One effective way to work is to move
around and make whatever the game says each plot is good for. :-)

Second of all, making products takes some problem-solving skill, so it
may take a little time to learn how!  Making food and energy is pretty
easy, but the valuable stuff -- ore and luxite -- can be challenging
sometimes.


Subj : Iron Ox                                                     
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-> Hi,
->   Well I tried to install IronOx but could not get it to find the uar
-> on a 5 node lantastic system.  this was after using both the fossile
-> /nfossil switches.  I was at a loss to do much about it and so just
-> dropped it. Any advice?

Did you use the default configs and the likes?
Did you play it with the  /local switch to initialize it before trying
to run it as a door?
I did both of the above and it seems to work like a champ with Wildcat.


   *****I found my batch file, and it is as below;

@ECHO OFF
N:\TNET\OX\IRONOX.EXE /LRIP
CD\WC40

Note that it does not change to the ironox directory. I remember now
that the docs say it should be executed from the node's work directory
so that it can get the port information from the dropfile.
If you are changing to the doors directory (as most do) that could be
the problem.



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