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Version 2.10 (August 1991)
- First dual mode version. Operates as FREEWARE in the absence
of a registration key.
- /N parameter. The QBBS style EXITINFO.BBS drop file may now be
bypassed by using the /N as a command line parameter when starting
the program. The DORINFO1.DEF file is still required unless either
the /D or /L command line parameters are used.
- /L parameter. Buccaneer may now be played in local mode by using
using /L as a command line parameter when starting the program.
- /D parameter. GAP style DOOR.SYS drop file is now supported by
using /D as a command line parameter when starting the program.
- /Kn parameter. Automatic old player killer. Will remove any players
who have not played the game in n days. Game defaults to 365 days
if this parameter is not specified.
- /B parameter <registered only> permits toggling of log-on/log-off
beep.
- New menus, some file name changes.
- Separate help menu.
- Lottery is now a "Scratch-N-Match" format instead of "Pick-4".
- User flag #16 implemented to keep players from playing lottery more
than once per day.
- Daily maintainance now checks to see that all player ships have money
on board. If onboard cash is $0, 10% of a player's buried treasure is
placed onboard to give other players a chance at a big score.
- Identity Change option dropped. There was a serious bug in this
option that permitted players to be reincarnated if they knew the
right keys to press. "I" key now brings up program information.
- Expert and ASCII versions of game play are now the same.
- Faster menu displays, hotkeys still active but no longer interrupt
display of ANSI screens.
- Information on sunken ships no longer displayed.
- Crippled version of BUCKEDIT now included with archive. Same key
that unlocks game also unlocks options on BUCKEDIT.
- Buckedit no longer requires EXITINFO.BBS to run. Still will not
run with DOOR.SYS file though. Will try to fix that in the next
version.
- "Cheat" display of other player's GOLD and STRENGTH locked out in
freeware mode of the LIST function.
Version 2.02b (Nov. 5, 1990)
- Bug in BUCK202.EXE and 202A.EXE which prevented end of month
roll over of new champion to "Last Months Champion" corrected.
Version 2.02a (Oct. 22, 1990)
- Bug in BUCK.MNU display corrected. Version 2.02 sometimes crashed
after displaying a variable number of menu screens, the exact number
seems to have been based on when disk access occured last and your
FILES= variable in CONFIG.SYS. The same correction has been made to
BUCKEDIT also in case the bug was hiding there too.
Version 2.02 (Oct. ?? 1990)
- Program now supports multi-task systems.
- User flag #1 has been implemented. When the player chooses Xpert mode,
this flag is set. When the player joins the game the next time, the
Xpert mode is automatically turned on.
- Ships log may now be read in normal or reverse order.
- Hotkeys now permit players to interrupt welcome screens, cheat switch,
the lottery and the main menu.
- Kludge screen. Pressing "K" will redraw the ANSI screen in the
event of line noise.
- Menu for ANSI players is now contained in an .ANS file.
- More attractive ANSI welcome screen.
- Crew and Guns are now displayed for player information.
- Extraneous information dropped from Y (Your settings) command.
- Telescope function is much improved.
- Listing players in "cheat" mode now lists players strength, and
gold onboard as well as other vital information.
- Program now requires a registration key to operate. Future versions
will run in "freeware" mode in the absence of this key.
- Buckedit now picks up player data at the exact point that you
exited the game instead of several moves previous.
- Buckedit now displays all player data, all treasure ships and
the spanish armada while you are editing.
- Buckedit documentation has been separated from game documentation
and expanded.