DP Tool Club 15/CD_ASCQ_15_070894.iso/vrac/se221.zip/README.221

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Several changes have been made to Stellar Empires between 1.0 and version 2.21.
If you are running any version PRIOR to 2.0 then you must replace all the
files in the door's directory and run CREATION.  Because some data files have
been altered, any current game must be restarted.  If you are running 2.0, or
later, there is NO need to reset the current game, just replace all the .EXE
files with the ones contained herein.  If you are upgrading from 2.1 or 2.11,
you need to replace STELLAR.EXE and SEHELP with the new ones, copy the new
MAPARC.BAT and DOWNLOAD.BAT and edit them to fit your setup - that's it!

In this archive there should have been the following files:
CHAINVRT ZIP  Chain.txt to Door.sys converter
CREATION EXE  Starts a new game
DOWNLOAD BAT  Let's player download information files
FILE_ID  DIZ  You know what these are
HISTORY  DOC  The history of the galaxy
MAPARC   BAT  Batch file to archive maps for downloading
MENU     DOC  The games main menu for downloading
MRBBS    TXT  Info on the games home system
README   221  This file
SEEDIT   EXE  Sysop's editor, used to be named SEEDITOR.EXE
SEHELP        Online help file
SEMAINT  EXE  Nightly, or whenever, maintenance utility
SERULES  DOC  Game rules for players
STELLAR  CFG  Sample config file
STELLAR  EXE  The main program
SYSOP    DOC  Sysop's documentaion

Update History
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5/13/94 - 2.21
1. Scanner display highlights enemy squadrons.
2. Fleet status gives you choice of viewing ships at systems or ships en-route.
3. System list highlights systems you own.
4. Full system list (menu selection #6) added to downloadable information.

5/10/94
1. When increasing the industrial level of a system you were told how many
   Technology units it would cost, changed it to Industry units.
2. Ship building menu displays how many Industry units you have and how many
   of each ship type you can construct up front.

4/24/94 - 2.2
1. Empire Status now includes totals for each ship class.
2. Game will export Empire Status, System Overview, and Fleet Status into
   a downloadable file which can be downloaded from within the door.
3. SEMAP is now downloadable from within the door.
4. Changed title screen.
5. Updated player's docs.

4/1/94 - 2.11
1. Fixed anomoly in SEMAINT that when opening a delinquent player's empire
   for a new player at the SAME TIME that empire's LAST system was captured
   would end up making an open empire with NO systems!
2. Map display highlights friendly & rival systems that have SBF's on them;
   this was done is 2.1, but wasn't mentioned.
3. Fixed docs to show #2 above.

3/29/94 - 2.1
1. Completed the sysop's editor, SEEDIT, which actually allows EDITING!

3/23/94
1. Altered how Ship-Building-Facilities pricing is calculated.
2. Added SBF Destruction feature so player can keep SBFs from falling into
   enemy hands!

1/6/94 - 2.0
1. Planets are now referred to as "Systems" and Radars are now referred
   to as "Scanners" through all the programs and docs.
2. Empire Probes now cost 2 Technology Units each and are limited only
   by the number of TU's you have.

1/1/94
1. Really annoying Bug that would cause wrong empire's stats to be written
   to the current players record finally tracked down and eradicated.
2. Added Ship-Building-Facilities feature.
3. Update Planet Overview to show ship-yards.
4. Spruced up Fleet status display to make it easier to read.

12/28/93
1. Revamped displays for Fleet Status, Planet overview, and Radar Report.
2. Touched up some minor things in CREATION and SEEDITOR

12/26/93 - 1.2
1. Fixed problems in radar building routine.
2. Eliminated empires playername's now changed to "Eliminated" allowing
   players to re-enter game as a new empire.
3. Messages to eliminated and delinquent empires purged in maintenance.
4. Delinquent empire's names blanked out now.
5. Fixed bulletin creation to leave out delinquent and eliminated empires.
6. Renamed "Dreadnought" ship class to "Attackship" so it would start with a
   letter other than "D."

12/21/93 - 1.1
1. Added error-trapping code.

12/19/93
1. Fixed problem with messages-sending routine.

12/7/93
1. Added code so players who havn't called in 10 runs of the maintenance
   program empire's will revert to 'empty' and will be taken up by the next
   new player.
2. REPORT messages show all gains and losses, not just those involving owned
   planets.

12/3/93 - 1.0
1. Couple of touches here and there to improve appearance.
2. New players are shown a list of empires so they can see names used
   before deciding on their own.
3. Examine Radars will tell if there are no radars rather than just
   saying "all clear."
4. Fixed problem with multi-worded empire's name not showing up in
   events logs.
5. Empire name changes are noted in event log so everyone can know who
   changed to what.
6. SE now creates high scores bulletins in B/W and Color.

11/30/93 - beta
1. The bug that told you that your 15 TUs weren't enough to up your
   tech level by .3 is fixed - whatever it was!
2. Got rid of the too many "press any key" prompts in Radar Reports.
3. Cleaned up the "Planet Status" display a little.
4. Work force allocation can be done for one planet or all planets at once.
5. Added "Rival" planets color code to map display.
6. Completed game rules and included them, and a menu reference in
   SEMAP.ZIP
7. Fixed scoring routine in Maintenance program.