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- TW2 Beta Test Goodies
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- TW2 for OS/2 3.0 32-bit (TradeWars/2) the 2 1/2 week newbie..
- TW2 for DOS.. the 6 1/2 year tradition..
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- * - fixes/changes to OS/2 version
- ! - fixes/changes to DOS version
- # - fixes/changes to both versions
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- 10/07/92
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- * Fixed a TRAP 0005 when a user tried to CHAT. This didn't _always_
- occur, but the chances were probably greater than 85% that it would.
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- * Also, colorized the chat text as it is displayed. Each node will
- type in a different color. Up to 7 different nodes/colors. For
- instance, nodes 1 thru 7 will each be in a different color, but
- node 8 will be the same color as node 1.. I'll see about upping the
- color count to 15 or something in the future. I like bright text
- myself.. easier to see.. thats the reason for 7 colors..
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- 10/08/92
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- * Somewhere in the conversion from 16-bit MSC 6.0 to 32-bit WC9.0, a simple
- bit of data conversion (char to short) was not working the same under
- Watcoms C.. I think that may be because WC9 treats chars as unsigned..
- well, anyway, changed the thing so TW2 wouldn't loop 'forever' and die
- a nasty stack-overflow-like death once a team had been created.
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- * Also a slightly changed GIO.DLL.. instead of assuming that every com
- port would be named 'COMx' I now make it possible to specify the exact
- name of the port. Now GIO-0096.ZIP
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- I hope these bugs won't become a habit..
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- 10/09/92
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- * Added ANSI music capability to the OS/2 version. ANSI text files (opening
- and closing files) can have ANSI music added to them. By default ANSI
- music will NOT be sent to the local speaker! If you wish to listen to the
- ANSI music, then you need to go into the editor, page 2 of the main
- options, and toggle option N which enables/disables local sound.
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- Also, you can edit the TradeWars text (TW2TEXT.DAT) and put ANSI music
- in the prompts, or whatever. If you modify the text, be sure to compile
- it afterwards using LNGCMP.
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- I'll be doing something similar to the program in the near future.
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- 10/10/92
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- * Bug fix.. if you had hit a space at any prompt where TW2 is expecting a
- single character (hot-key, turbo key.. whatever ya wanna call it)
- TW2 would TRAP..
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- * User can now use the 'O' command to select music even when not using the
- TW2 graphics shell. Music will be in ANSI music format.. An example:
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- "\x1B[MFT255O5L8P8CP16CP18CP18L4EP18L8CP18L3E\x0E"
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- I don't have the space to go into specifics on ANSI music format. It
- uses the same format as the BASIC 'PLAY' statement, with '\x1B[MF'
- prepended, and the string appended with a '\x0E'
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- If you put music in the ANSI text screens, then whether or not the user
- wants the ANSI music, it is sent to the com port.. what his comm program
- does with that string is up in the air..
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- 10/11/92
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- ! DOS version will now allow ANSI music to be sent to the user even when
- they are not in EGA/VGA graphics mode. This ANSI music will not be
- played locally, and the SysOp will see the ANSI music string on
- the display.
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- ! In some text files, the DOS version would display the last line of the
- text file twice.. This fix also improved the display of ansi files.
-
- # Removed the help screen text from the TW2TEXT.DAT file, and put it into
- 8 separate and editable text menus. Menus are named MENUxA for the plain
- ASCII text menus, and MENUxC for the ANSI color menus.
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- MENU1x - Main menu shown when user in sector
- MENU2x - Main menu shown when user blocked by sector defense force
- MENU3x - Planet menu help
- MENU4x - Fighter Factory menu help
- MENU5x - Computer menu help (not used in EGA mode)
- MENU6x - Team menu help, player not on team. (not used in EGA mode)
- MENU7x - Team menu help, player on team. (not used in EGA mode)
- MENU8x - Defense force option help
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- If you edit these files, try not to add too many extra lines. ie. If you
- TYPE the file, and it has, lets say 5 lines, don't make it more than 7
- or 8 lines. This is a consideration for the EGA mode. OS/2 SysOps
- can check their edited menus by running the DOS version in EGA mode.
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- UnZIP TW2MENUS.ZIP in your current TW2 directory.
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- 10/13/92
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- * OS/2 version not properly diplaying help menus.
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