We switched back to a color cursor, because the standard system arrow was creating some problems on PCI PowerMacs. We further improved sound output on all Macs (especially on PPCs). Finally, we released the first PPC native version (thouroughly tested, although not as deeply as the 68K versions). It was obviously compiled under CodeWarrior™.
On popular demand, the cheat key combo (available only to registered users) now disables high score tracking.
• How to use this update
The current archive contains this Read Me, the standard game Read Me, and three small applications. These apps are patches created with the wonderful ResCompare utility by Michael Hecht. Their usage is pretty straightforward: when you launch them, they ask you where is the specific file to be patched. After having selected the file, the original one will be renamed <filename version backup> and moved to the Trash; finally, the patch will replace the original file with the new one. It's just that easy!
This archive contains also the first PPC native release of the program: it's a plain application, so you'll simply have to move it into your TheZone folder.
• Contact information
If you wish to send us your comments or problem reports, please use our email address:
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• Version History
1.3, released Jan 28, 1996
* fourth public release
* on popular demand, switched back to a color cursor: the standard arrow seems to have bugs on PCI PowerMacs (thanks to Hansjoerg Gruendler)
* further improved sound output on all Macs, particularly on PowerMacs (thanks to Lance Murray)
* on popular demand, the cheat key combo now disables high score tracking
* released a PPC native application: now the package contains three apps, one 68K, one FPU/68K, one PPC; future releases might contain only two apps, one FAT (68K&PPC) and one FPU/68K
* released an update from version 1.2 to version 1.3
1.2, released Jan 20, 1996
* third public release
* fixed major bugs that prevented the game to run on systems equipped with multiple monitors (thanks to Bruce Goldstein)
* fixed "scrolling stars" bug on some specific video configurations
* improved sound output on stereo equipped Macs
* released an update from version 1.1 to version 1.2
1.1, released Jan 13, 1996
* second public release
* compiled using the wonderful CodeWarrior™ •"Real men do it with CodeWarrior" •
* added a warning in the About section about never touching a mother base, because it might destroy your ship (sorry, folks, we forgot about that!)
* now uses the nice CavemanSoundSystem library by David Hay to produce sounds
* removed the color cursor: it caused some problems on PCI PowerMacs
* on popular demand, changed some of the game sounds with fresh ones :-)
* fixed a small bug: when the game was quitting, it left some garbage in the lower part of the screen
* on popular demand, TheZone now maintains the last high score name entered
* fixed major bug on systems equipped with more than one monitor
* now includes a cheat key (for registered users only) that gives full power to the player ship, at the expense of disabling high score tracking
1.0.2, released Jan 2, 1996
* fixed some bugs dealing with sound output, plus a likely uncompatibility with big monitors
* released an update from versions 1.x to version 1.0.2
1.0.1, released Dec 31, 1995
* fixed minor bugs within playing cycle
* fixed hard bug within the licensing scheme: the previous version might trash the Preferences folder (thanks to Matt Harmon and Jon Moon)
* included a FPU version of the program (to be used on 68K Macs only)
1.0, released Dec 30, 1995
* first public release
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