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Ver. Date
1996 07-15-96 -Release 96 version - updated NFL roster.
-Cleveland Browns (CLE) changed to Baltimore Ravens (BAL).
1995b 09-03-95 -Fix for problem when using potpourri position and using
kickers as the potpourri position, would give invalid
message stating that no kickers were selected as starters.
-Fix for League Options not saving the "C" option for the
Suppress Duplicate Player message option.
-Fix for problem with Realign Team Numbers.
-Fix for problem with punt & kickoff returns doubling basic
points.
1995a 08-25-95 -Fix for problem of displaying a duplicate player warning
message for team positions (qb, kicker, defense, coach) even
though the team code was different. Also corrected problem
with manual score entry showing same points for all defenses
(or team qb/kicker/coaches).
-Fix for problem when switching leagues, the team selection
window would still contain the previous league's information.
-When realigning team numbers, will also align owner info
accordingly.
-Fix for problem when using distance scoring and a distance
score is entered after a 2 point conversion, extra point,
or field goal, then the distance points were not being
awarded, only the base points for the score.
1995 07-20-95 -More flexible scoring options. Can be any combination of
basic, performance, or distance. Can subtract points for
interceptions. Defense scoring expanded. Option to apply 2
point conversions to player, special team (defense), or both.
-Supports 2 or 4 divisions for 16 team leagues.
-Supports multiple leagues. For example, can automatically
import scores for all leagues, and reports can be printed
for all leagues at once without having to manually change
leagues.
-Expanded NFL teams for Jaguars and Panthers, change for
LA Rams to St. Louis Rams.
-New option to realign team numbers. Used primarily for
"keeper" leagues so teams can be realinged into different
divisions without having to re-enter team rosters. Option
in Clear For New Season to keep rosters intact for "keeper"
leagues.
-Option in Starting Lineup Report to print by fantasy team
or by NFL team.
-Current Week Detail expanded to print detail, summary, or
both.
-Can now set the number of lines to print on a page.
1994 12-06-94 -Fix for problem in Standings Report when points scored exceed
3 digits.
1994 09-20-94 -Fix for problem when drafting the same player on multiple
teams, manual score entry would not display all the players.
-Corrected week # in heading on Top Ten Report.
-Fix for problem on USA-TODAY import not recognizing a blocked
kick as a defensive touchdown.
-Fix for division numbers being "wiped out" when Clearing File
For New Season.
-Fix for problem printing the wrong schedule on the Standings
report when printing multiple copies (2nd copy and greater
were not printing correct schedules).
-Import did not recognize Raiders and Rams when using team
quarterback and/or team kicker.
-Bull Board stats now supports distance scoring method.
1994 08-01-94 -Switched version number scheme to represent the year that
the version was released, since a new version of FFA is
normally released once a year, every year.
-Fix for problem with Starting Lineup Report not sorting
according to schedule after the 10th week of season.
-Tab will now work the same as Enter, and Shift-Tab will work
the same as Up Arrow.
-Current Week Detail Report will now print teams playing
each other that week across from each other (but only if
using basic scoring method and a regular season game).
-Schedule Maintenace will now allow you to only schedule
playoff teams after the regular season, including byes.
Processing and reports will only display those teams that
are in the playoffs for that week.
-Will now accept USA Today stats as an import file.
-Defensive categories added for touchdowns, safeties, fumble
recoveries, interceptions and sacks.
-Changes to hanlde 2 point conversions.
-Kicker scoring method is now independant of general scoring
method.
-Option to combine rushing and receiving yardage in performance
scoring method.
-Changes to allow same NFL player to be on more than 1 fantasy
team.
-Changes to indicate not only which players are currently on
a bye week, but also those players that will be on a bye
week NEXT week.
-New option to sort standings based on total points instead
of win/loss record.
-New option for determining how reserve points are to be
handled as far as team total points are concerned. Can be
set to never include, always include, or only include when
the starters have tied. This is to try and simulate more
closely what the NFL does in tie games concerning scoring
stats.
-Negative points can be entered for basic points or in the
miscellaneous field for performance and distance scoring.
-A new "Top 10" report showing the top 10 year-to-date
scorers for each position.
-Standings Report moved to the Reports Menu, can now print
multiple copies.
-12 team leagues using divisions now have option to use
either 2 or 3 divisions.
2.1a 09-04-93 -Fix for problem when using team kickers, look-up window
was off 1 position for position and team name.
-Fix for problem with Owner Maintenance not saving properly
when pressing F10 key.
-Fix for problem when printing multiple copies of the Team
Roster report - first copy was ok, but after the first one,
the report would print fewer and fewer teams on a page.
2.1 07-07-93 -Bye Week Maintenance function added to Utilities Menu. Used
to help identify those players that have the week off.
-Team Roster and Team Maintenance will now indicate what
players are currently on a bye week. Players will have a "#"
printed next to their name.
-Now supports divisions for 8 team leagues.
-Can now set up a combined basic/performance scoring method.
-Can now draft more than 1 defense/coach.
-Team roster has been expanded to 22 players.
-Options added to support team quarterbacks and kickers.
-Can now bypass the legal lineup check by entering 0 for the
number of starters at each position.
-A "potpourri" position has been added to the legal lineup.
This is for leagues that in addition to a set number of
players at each position, also allow for a team owner to
fill out their starting lineup with any position.
-When importing scores, can now customize point values
assigned for the basic scoring method. Import also supports
the combined basic/performance method.
-When entering scores manually, the performance and distance
scoring methods now have a "miscellaneous" field, used to
enter any points that are not covered by the normal scoring
method.
-Registered users can bypass the signon screen with /B on
the command line (FFA /B).
-A warning is now displayed if executing Team Maintenance
and weekly scores are present. Once weekly scores have been
entered for the week, no additions/deletions/trades should
be made, else weekly scores may be posted to the wrong players.
-Team Maintenance will warn you if you press [Esc] after you
have made changes to a roster and did not save the changes
with [F10].
-Team Roster can now be printed by either fantasy team or
NFL team.
-Team Roster and Starting Lineup reports will print the
division names of teams (if using divisions). Only team
names are printed, team numbers have been removed.
-Starting Lineup report now sorted according to the schedule
to make it easier to compare scores.
-The description of a transaction has been expanded from 1
line of 50 characters to 2 lines of 50 characters.
-Transaction report will now print the total paid/unpaid even
if there are no entries for the team in the selected week.
-Reprinting the current standings will now also print the
head to head results of the previous week.
-When printing standings, you can enter commissioner notes to
be printed at the top of the standings report.
-When using divisions, current standings will also show
division wins/losses/ties. Win/Loss Maintenance changed to
access division wins/losses/ties.
-Pressing Alt-X (pressing the Alt key and the X key at the
same time) anywhere in the program will temporarily exit to
DOS. Entering EXIT and then pressing [ENTER] will return to
FFA.
-Num Lock setting is saved when starting FFA and restored
when FFA is terminated.
2.0 07-13-92 -Fix for win/loss percentage showing incorrectly when it
dropped below .100 .
-FFA now consists of 3 menus, the main menu, a reports menu,
and utilities menu. The main menu contains the functions
that are normally used to enter scores and update standings.
The reports menu contains all the reports that can be gen-
erated by FFA. The utilities menu contains functions that
are rarely used, such as League Options, Win/Loss Main-
tenance, etc.
-For all look-up windows, if all entries are currently
visible in the window, the window frame will be a single
line box. If there are more entries than can be shown in
the current window, the window frame will be a double line
box.
-New functions added to enter and report transactions.
Transaction Entry and Transaction Report.
-New functions added to enter and report team owner infor-
mation such as name, address, phone #, fax#, comments.
Owner Setup and Owner Report.
-New function added to be able to customize point values
for the performance and distance scoring methods (Scoring
Maintenance).
-New function added to be able to restore the previous
week's data files (assuming there is enough room on the
disk to create backup files).
-New function added to set printer options (Printer Setup).
Can now set the device name, initialization codes and 8
lines per inch codes.
-Added bonus for registered users - Draft Assistant. This
program will help set up the draft by randomly assigning
team numbers and the draft order. You can also manually
adjust the draft order to account for draft trades. As the
draft is taking place, it will track each round and pick
by selecting the player from the roster list. It will show
what players have been selected and also what players are
remaining, with several different sort options. When the
draft is done, team rosters are automatically loaded into
FFA. This program is only available directly from the
author.
-Flex option added to League Options, allows any combination
of wide receivers and/or tight ends to satisfy a legal
lineup.
-Sort Team Roster option added to League Options which is
used to automatically sort the team rosters by position.
-Team Setup will now warn if a player is already on another
fantasy team.
-When entering weekly scores, pressing [F4] will display
a window showing the points that have been entered for each
NFL team. Helpful to determine if some teams have not
been entered yet.
-When entering scores manually, starters will be noted with
a "s" next to their name and reserves will have a "r".
-Pressing [F4] in Starting Lineup will clear the status of
each player, making it easier to enter starting lineups.
-Starting Lineup report shows the current week number.
-All reports have the option to go to the printer, screen,
or file. Also have the option of specifying the number of
copies to be printed.
-Can now print Current Week's Detail report AFTER updating
the standings. This will only work if there was enough room
on the disk to create the backup file, and Enter Weekly
Scores has not been used for the current week.
07-27-92 -Fix for problem with Out Of String Space error when execut-
ing Team Setup after using Enter Weekly Scores AND using
the distance scoring method.
07-29-92 -Fix for problem of getting message "Duplicate Player" when
deleting a player from the roster and then using F10 to
update the file. File was updating correctly, just getting
the warning message when it shouldn't have.
-Fix for problem of Team Setup not always detecting a dup-
licate player.
08-18-92 -Corrected spelling of "vistor" to "visitor" in Schedule
Report and Starting Lineup Report.
09-04-92 -Fixes for more problems with Out Of String Space when using
more than 12 teams and a full roster (20 players). Was
happening when trying to perform a trade in Team Setup and
could also happen in Manual Score Entry if using the
distance scoring method.
1.4a 09-02-91
1.4 08-17-91
1.3a 07-22-91
1.3 06-25-91
1.2 11-19-90
1.1 11-13-90
1.0 08-20-90 -Origianl release of Fantasy Football Manager.