Monster Media 1994 #1/monster.zip/monster/RENEGADE/RG0102.ZIP/WHATSNEW.12

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603)   %G in ACTIONS.LST will now return HIS or HER based on the sender's
       gender.

604)   %H in ACTIONS.LST will now return HIM or HER based on the sender's
       gender.

605)   Renegade now logs user info changes such as handle, real name,
       phone number, address, etc.

606)   Renegade's QWK system should now report when the maximum number
       of messages per base has been reached.

607)   Renegade's QWK will report when the maximum total number of messages
       downloadable has been reached, AND abort message gathering and proceed
       to archiving.

608)   Renegade now allows sysops to send a default new user message through
       email.  If NEWLET.ASC exists when a user applies, it is imported and
       sent to that user to read in email.  It is simply a text file
       with the following format:

       [FROM]           1 line
       [SUBJECT]        1 line
       [MESSAGE TEXT]   Unlimited lines

       Any replies to the message are directed to the same person that
       new user applications are sent to.

609)   Renegade now erases 'Scanning BASENAME ...' prompts in the file
       and message areas, and uses ANSI and AVATAR codes to erase them
       faster.

610)   Upon selecting a terminal emulation, the user is now prompted
       "Would you like this to be auto-detected in the future? "  If
       yes, the user's terminal emulation will not be saved, and will
       be set at login by the auto-detection.

611)   Renegade now fully supports the separate upload paths definable
       in file bases.  Essentially, each file base has two directories.
       Both can be downloaded from transparently.  However, all MOVES
       and UPLOADS will ONLY go to the upload path.  Thus, a person
       with a CD-ROM can have a path on the CD-ROM for downloads AND
       allow uploads to that base to be stored on a hard drive, rather
       than having separate CD-ROM bases for everything.

612)   (P) while editing files now goes backwards through the files.

613)   New cmdkeys:

        $+  Increases a user's credit    ( Increases balance )
        $-  Increases a user's debit     ( Decreases balance )

        The option field contains the amount.

614)   If an archiver's compression line is blank, Renegade will now
       automatically assume it was compressed.  This is for people
       using things like THDPRO to scan GIFs who also want recompression
       flagged on.  Before, it would delete any uploaded GIFs since there
       was no way to compress them.

615)   The prompt while listing files is now a menu; FILEP.MNU.  Added are
       several special commandkeys for that menu:

       L1 - Continue listing
       L2 - Quit listing
       L3 - Next file base
       L4 - Toggle newscan of that base

       *** YOU ARE HEREBY WARNED:

        YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO MAKE CALLS TO OTHER MENUS FROM
        THIS MENU. IF YOU DO, DO NOT MAIL ME ABOUT "ERROR 202s".

616)   New cmdkeys NW set the listed "activity" on the node list to
       the optional string.  i.e. "NW;Futzing around" would display
       "Futzing around" under "Activity"

617)   Smarter input - when selecting message bases or file bases
       from a menu prompt, Renegade will "hit return" when the user
       enters the maximum number of digits, and not before.  i.e.
       if you have 20 file bases, as soon as the user enters 2 digits,
       it hits return.  If you have 43,000 file bases, it won't hit
       return until he enters 5 digits.

618)   The prompt while reading messages is now a menu; READP.MNU.  Added are
       several special commandkeys for that menu:

       RA - Read again
       R- - Read previous
       RM - Move message
       RX - Extract message
       RE - Edit message      Only SysOps or original poster
       RR - Reply to message
       RI - Ignore remaining messages and set high pointer
       RB - Back in thread
       RF - Forward in thread
       RC - Continuous reading
       RD - Delete message
       RH - Set highread pointer
       RG - Goto next base
       RQ - Quit reading
       RL - List messages
       RU - Edit user of last message read
       RT - Toggle newscan of message base
       RN - Next message
       R# - MUST be present to allow users to jump to a certain
            message by typing in its number!

       *** YOU ARE HEREBY WARNED:

        YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO MAKE CALLS TO OTHER MENUS FROM
        THIS MENU. IF YOU DO, DO NOT MAIL ME ABOUT "ERROR 202s".

619)   Renemail's fastpurge should work across disks.

620)   The FB (Add to batch) and FD (download) cmdkeys can now
       have an optional file name specified.  It must be a file
       in the file areas; it simply does not prompt them for
       a file name.

621)   The OO (sysop status) cmdkeys have been removed. They can
       (and should, obviously) be implemented with the "OO" ACS
       functions tied in with either -L or -F cmdkeys.

622)   On local QWK downloads (attended or otherwise), if a .QWK
       already exists, Renegade will rename the new one to .QWA,
       then .QWB, then .QWC and so on up to .QWZ.  If it is an
       attended download, the local user will be asked if he wants
       to replace the current .QWK.

623)   Renegade will now purge the temp\up directory before batch
       uploads.

624)   File points are only displayed if the file points system is on.

625)   Renegade's use of pause prompts has changed, and Yes, No, Continuous
       is now available everywhere.  The problem of permanently toggling
       pausing off has also been corrected.

626)   Huge improvement in speed of adding new users.

627)   User.idx format changed back to text based to speed up partial
       string matches.

628)   In file bases marked "CD-ROM", Renegade will now copy files off
       the CD-ROM and into the TEMP\CD directory before a batch download.
       The files will be purged as they are downloaded, or when the user
       logs off.

629)   Renemail now only scans message bases that have outbound echomail.

630)   Added new -A absolute scan option to thwart #629.

631)   The "problem" with blank expiration levels is corrected by
       redoing option "I" for that level, and hitting space.

632)   Renegade now reports "RIP" in DOOR.SYS files.

633)   Renegade now internally supports Digiboard intelligent communications
       cards using the Int 14h DOS driver.   This allows you to run 8 or
       more copies of Renegade off of one machine, and FAST.   Support is
       toggled on in the node setup section.

634)   Old infoform answers are now replaced with new infoform answers if
       the user fills the infoform out again.

635)   System Config option "M" is now credit system config.  Note that
       credit charge values can be negative to REWARD credits for an
       action.

636)   Filepoints have been removed and replaced with the credit system.

       Notes:
              1)  Use optional FP2CR to convert file points to credits.
              2)  "OD" cmdkeys are gone
              3)  The P acs is gone
              4)  The @U mci is gone

637)   File "NOCREDS.XXX" is displayed to users who don't have enough
       credits to meet the per minute charges when logging on.

638)   The NS cmdkeys will now accept a node argument of 0 (ZERO) which
       will send the message to ALL active nodes.

639)   Lines with expanded MCI codes are NO LONGER limited to 255 characters
       in externally displayed files.  i.e. before, if you had a file with
       a 250 character line and an mci that translated to 50 characters, you
       lost 45 characters at the end.  No more.

640)   Option "D" in the credit config will allow Renegade to give users
       who don't have enough credits for online time a certain amount of
       free time at logon.  This is ideal for allowing users to logon
       and email the sysop or download a subscription form.

641)   The credit system, when charging per minute, will dynamically
       adjust the user's remaining time.  If the user is running out
       of credits, his time will be cut, and he will be notified. If
       the user suddenly gains credits, his time will be increased
       back to it's original limit.   Note that increasing his time
       manually with the sysop functions will not work, as the system
       will counter the adjustments - you must change the user's
       credits.

642)   Users may no longer use the archive menu extraction command
       on files they don't have access to download.

643)   Renegade now supports random selection (.RIP, .RI1...RI9) of
       RIP files.

644)   A completely new, RIP compatible MCI system is in place. See
       MCI.DOC for details.  It consists of the % character followed
       by two alphanumeric characters, case insensitive.  You need
       to find and use Kerry Sander's MCIFIX utility to convert
       to this mci set.

645)   MCI padding:  #xx following an MCI code will now pad that MCI
       code out to xx places.  Example:

       %UN#50  would pad the user name out to 50 spaces.

       It will also chop mci's to fit the space if necessary.

646)   The newuser info screen/menu has been replaced by NEWINFO.MNU.
       Global commands do not work here.

       IMPORTANT:  Keep in mind that a user does NOT have a user
       number at this menu.  Things requiring a user number like
       posting messages, answering questionnaires, etc, will not
       have the desired result.

647)   Any door drop command with a blank option line will simply
       create the specified drop file without shelling to dos.

648)   Renegade will now copy single files off a CD-ROM for download,
       and should figure out whether a file in a file area is on
       a CD-ROM or a hard drive in the upload path.

649)   Reread while viewing outbound email now works as well as
       a new 'previous' command.

650)   When exiting for a door, if a node's activity description
       is a custom one, Renegade will NOT change the activity
       to reflect "out in a door"; it will have to be done manually
       with menus.

651)   Setting DL/UL DLK/ULK ratios to ZERO now disables them for
       that particular security level.

652)   New path: RAM drive/multinode path is for the multinode files,
       and should be used to put them in the fastest drive on your
       system; preferably a RAM drive.

653)   ACTIONS.LST should be moved to your MISC directory.

       Boy, I can't wait to hear the "bug reports" on this one.

654)   Renegade will now not allow people to upload more posts in a
       .REP packet than they are allowed to post in a day.

655)   ENTER is now a valid option for a protocol key.

656)   Renemail will now properly recognize incoming file attaches,
       and allow the user to download them.

657)   Renegade now allows a "network rep acs" to be defined in the
       offline mail configuration.  This will allow users meeting
       that ACS to upload network .rep packets.

658)   Renegade will attempt to load RENEGADE.OVR from the RAM drive
       path if it can't find it in the default directory.

659)   21600, 24000, 26600, and 28800 are now supported.

660)   The infoform language can now test input multiple times. ie:

       Pick 1,2, or 3: *
       ;I1,ONE
       ;I2,TWO
       ;I3,THREE

       Would branch correctly.

661)   Two new cmdkeys:         -Y;QUESTION;NO RESPONSE
                                -N;QUESTION;YES RESPONSE

       Both cmdkeys ask "QUESTION" as a yes or no question.

       -Y will continue execution of the menu key if the user
       hits "Y", and display "NO RESPONSE" if the user hits "N"

       -N will continue execution of the menu key if the user
       hits "N", and display "YES RESPONSE" if the user hits "Y"

       They work basically like -$ does.

662)   Two new functional MCI codes:

       %C - Com port address
       %E - Com port IRQ

       These are defined in the NODE configuration section and
       are ONLY used for MCI codes.  They have no FUNCTIONAL
       usage; since Renegade uses a Fossil or Digiboard driver.

       These are for people running non-standard serial ports
       with DSZ and the like for easy protocol definitions.

663)   Total list of new MCI codes introduced with the new system:


             User defined answer #1                 %D1
             User defined answer #2                 %D2
             User defined answer #3                 %D3
             Date of subscription expiration        %ED
             U/D k ratio                            %KR
             Minutes online so far                  %MO
             U/D ratio                              %NR
             User's terminal emulation              %O1
             User's screen size                     %O2
             User's screen clearing toggle          %O3
             User's f/s editor toggle               %O4
             User's screen pausing toggle           %O5
             User's hotkey toggle                   %O6
             User's password                        %PW
             Batch Queue - Download #               %QD
             Batch Queue - Upload #                 %QU
             SysOp defined category #1              %S1
             SysOp defined category #2              %S2
             SysOp defined category #3              %S3
             User's sex (Male/Female)               %SX
             User's age                             %UA
             User's birthdate                       %UB
             User's calls today                     %UC
             User number                            %UU
             Renegade version                       %VR

664)   A user can NEVER even try to eject a sysop now.

665)   Teleconferencing should be sped up a good bit thanks
       to some structure modifications.

666)   <- EEK!

       Renegade will now read ACTIONS.LST off the RAM path if
       it exists there.

667)   The Px ACS command now returns true if the user's account
       balance is above x.

668)   FILEP and READP menus cannot call other menus with -/ -\ or -^.

12-25 released.

669)   Renegade will do partial string matching in Teleconf functions
       such as /P.  Example:

       Old:
       /p THE SYSOP Hello!
       New:
       /p sys Hello!