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Announcing Galactic version 2.2:
PROGRAM NAME: "GALACTIC" [v2.2] {June 1997}
GAME SYSTEM: Traveller/MegaTraveller
AUTHOR: Jim Vassilakos (jimv@empirenet.com)
FUNCTION: Sector Viewer/Generator
SIZE: 2,854,580 Bytes
OPERATING SYSTEM: IBM (MS-DOS)
(but windows will also run dos-applications)
COMMENTS: Allows user to randomly generate sectors, displays
the maps in VGA, translates the UWP code to English,
and keeps campaign notes in text files which can be
accessed directly from the map. The maps all mesh
seemlessly. Includes lots of official and non-official
sectors. Even includes some world mapping software.
Note, you must use the "-d" option when unzipping:
>>>>>>>> pkunzip -d gal22.zip <<<<<<<<
Oh, and make sure you're using pkunzip 2.04g to do the unzipping.
If you have trouble getting Galactic, unzipping it, or whatever,
let me know. I'll be happy to postal you a set of floppies.
For those who have been using version 2.1, here some of the new
stuff:
* Charles Collin contributed several alien names files for world
generation
* Dakin Burdick contributed the Magyar Sector
* Michel Boucher contributed the Beyond Sector & Vanguard Reaches
(these two sectors originally developed by Paranoia Press)
* Lewis Roberts updated his TNE galaxy, revising the Old Expanses and
adding Spica & Diaspora, also contributing a Classic version of the
Spica Sector (Spica data for both eras created by Leroy Guatney)
* Andrew Vallance contributed his Greater Magellanic Cloud galaxy as
well as the Ley Sector and Glimmerdrift Reaches (these two sectors
were originally developed by Judges Guild)
Here are the software upgrades:
* Nearly all of the UWP stats separated into user-modifiable UWP.DAT
* Added non-world objects to map (see Variant-1:Gythios/Idhra subsector)
* Added insertion/deletion feature on the subsector map (use Ins/Del)
* Added world mapping feature (use F4 from the subsector map)
* Added data-strainer for PBeM-GMs (use F5 from sector or subsector maps)
And here are a few extras:
* Incorporated Traveller Copyright Archive v0.2 into help section
* Incorporated information on the Galactic Mailing List
* Included section2.exe (dgp-sector sectioner) in section2 directory
That's all for now... let me know if you run into any snags...
_ /| Jim Vassilakos
\`o_O' jimv@empirenet.com
( ) http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jimv
U San Bernardino, California