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                Steel & Ice v3.00 - August 20, 1993 ∙
  Copyright (c) 1992-93 Minds Edge Productions, Inc ∙
                 WHATSNEW.300 - History and Changes ∙

 ■ Version 3.00
 ■ Although most of the external aesthetics are similar to the earlier
   versions, the internal aspects of this version has changed drastically.
   Over 2500 new lines of code were added in order to provide the multitude
   of changes for v3.00.

 - New split-screen chat program by Peter Lam.
 - Exhibition games taken out -- Sysops now allowed to set maximum number
   of REAL league games per day [Registered version].
 - New screen design to conserve space and increase speed during game play.
 - Maintenance is now a faster external program.
 - Sorting algorithmns for statistics now faster.
 - Faceoff/shooting pointer now a 'Speed/Power' graph for use with wrist
   or slap shots.
 - Player roster expanded from 6 players / 24 teams (total 144 players) to
   20 players / 26 teams (total 520 players).
 - Ability scores expanded from choice of 3 to choice of 8 per player.
 - Ability scores are cumulative per team, so some teams can create 'super-
   stars'.
 - Ability score option now added to goalies.
 - 4 possible line combinations with change option during play.
 - [I]cePuck, [1..4]LineChange, [W]rist/[S]lapShot options added.
 - Teams can be called for icing in the appropriate situations (even handed,
   offside clearing attempt).
 - Expanded statistics include winning percentage, plus/minus, penalties in
   minutes.
 - Best goalie and defencemen statistics added.
 - James Norris, Lady Byng, Frank Selke trophies added.
 - Users can now edit ability scores anytime during the season.
 - Line edit options now available.
 - Top Offensive and Defensive teams statistics removed for space conservation.
 - Expansion teams Anaheim and Florida added and stocked with various players
   from the expansion draft.
 - Computer played games during maintenance now hand out statistics according
   to ability scores (ie more goals to proficient scorers).
 - Player rosters reflect changes after the trades, expansion and entry drafts.
 - League realigned as to reflect recent changes (Winnipeg, Pittsburgh, Tampa
   Bay, Anaheim, Florida).
 - League conferences and divisions renamed.


 ■ Version 2.10

 - Registration sites opened in New Zealand and Europe.
 - "Nassau[n] Coliseum", "Madison Square Garden[s]", and "Boston Garden[s]"
   spelling fixes.  Thanks to B.W. Behling.
 - Fixed bug where certain teams played more games than they should
   have.
 - Standings now shown in order of point totals.
 - Updated teams with regards to player trades and transactions.
 - New users must use the default city name in the franchise name.
 - Displayed number of days until end of season in main menu.
 - Extended statistics to include Goal Differentials, Top Offensive
   and Top Defensive teams.
 - Hall of Fame file to display previous 1st place teams.  Thanks to
   Eric Tremblay.
 - Small one-liner message system added.  Thanks to Eric Tremblay.


 ■ Version 2.01

 - Fixed Error #100 that occurs after playing Washington at Calgary.
 - Fixed bug in which computer played ALL your games for you.  Sorry
   about this one, it should have never gotten past beta test =(.


 ■ Version 2.00

 - Minor bug that cut off letters in the "Action Strings" during
   play fixed.
 - "Big Numbers" score display added.
 - Major reworking of aesthetics.
 - User configurable player skill abilities.
 - NHL awards and Hall of Fame added.
 - Configurable league length in days added.
 - Configurable period length in seconds added.
 - Path available on command line for easier access by multinode systems.
 - Shot response graph reworked so that players won't have to sit
   there and wait for ages until it moves to the centre.
 - Actions now variant in that it's easier to check people in your
   own zone, and harder to move around in the opponent's zone.
 - Mathematical operations reworked AGAIN -- hopefully the game will
   be fairer this time.  The shots on goal and actual scores of games
   should be much more realistic than the previous version.
 - Doubled the amount of "Action Strings" available.
 - User configurable player names.
 - Shots on goal clock added.
 - Time clock added.
 - Team statistics and viewing now available.
 - News file does not take up as much space.
 - News file now reports shots on goal, goal scorers and summaries.
 - Player roster updated to reflect trades up to January.
 - ONLY the first game of the day will count towards your statistics.
   Additional games (if registered) will allow the user to select which
   team to play an exhibition game against.
 - Daily maintenance now plays all teams that did not play that day.
   This is to help managers who sign up halfway through a league, as
   well as letting the players even out their scores.


 ■ Version 1.10
 ■ This version was supposed to have been released early July, but
   a hard drive crashed set back development a few weeks.  Released
   under Minds Edge Productions Inc.

 - New door routines by Eddie Karsai.
 - Remote windowing/menu routines by Peter Lam.
 - Minor maintenance/bug upgrade/fix.
 - Avatar support.
 - Penalties now possible for your opponents.
 - Action strings less "structured".
 - Setup program rewritten.
 - Detects Desqview and uses time slicing if available.
 - Desqview Multinode compatible.
 - Novell LAN multinode compatible.
 - Shorter registration message.
 - Minor aesthetic changes.
 - DOOR.SYS and DORINFOx.DEF supported ONLY.
 - Fixed various mathematical inconsistencies during play.
 - Fixed bug with periodically deleting players after maintenance.
 - Fixed bug with uneven scoring/saving mathematical operations.
 - Message system taken out to conserve space.  (if someone wants
   this back in, give me some feedback -- but for the most part,
   hardly anyone used this function).
 - Player configurable team names.
 - After deletion of player after 10 inactive days, the team name
   will be reset back to the original city.
 - All new player roster that should be accurate up to early October,
   with respect to trades and signings.