There is now a sound for the dustbuster. You can also choose whether or not you want wind, and how much cash you want to start with. For people with extended keyboards, pgup, pgdwn, home and end key support was added, but I have no way to really test if this is working. A submenu now lets you select the method of choosing who goes first on the next level.
5/25/95
I added a new weapon, with two levels of power, the Dustbuster. This weapons simply clears out the dirt from its explosion area. There is also a minor bug fix for the AI's when they have low heath. Note: In the future I plan to make explosion sizes based on your screen size. Right now they are designed for 13" use.
5/23/95
There are now 2 new AI's. First is the Cyborg. This AI has a high chance of hitting it's target. The only thing that may get in the way is a little dirt. The Cyborg will target the player with the highest score. Second is the Lobber. This is probably the best AI for normal play. It targets a computer, and then slowly tracks in on it.
My method for accessing the menu bar was causing crashes, so I created two buttons on the top side of the screen to end a round and the game. (no more access to the menu bar when all computers are playing.)
5/16/95
You can now access the menu bar when computer tanks are moving their turrets.
Players are now placed at a random spot on screen (so you don't always end up in the middle.)
5/14/95
I have changed the internal method of calculating the trajectory of a shot. Instead of using standard physics formulas, a good estimate is that of a sine wave. I calibrated the sine wave with the maximum height the shot should reach using standard physics. This may mean that, especially in mid-range shots, you will see a trajectory slightly higher than you may have expected from the barrel of your Dome. I will expirement with adjusting for this in future releases.
The reason I made this change is because it makes writing AI's A LOT easier. I can now predict where a shot will be at any time t, meaning I can quickly and accurately adjust a shot to hit an opponent. If you want to watch the AI working right now, press the shift key when it is the comptuters turn, and you will see it's simulations in white.
WIND is now in use!
Negative values of wind blow to the left, and positive values are to the right. There isn't much more to it.
That's all I can think of that I added for now. Again, I am always open to suggestions, so free to e-mail me at: nathanst@soda.csua.berkeley.edu, and I will always have the newest version of this game posted at "http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~nathanst".
