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- THIS IS VERSION 1.21 OF WORLD GENERATOR, A SOLAR SYSTEM
- GENERATION PROGRAM FOR SCIENCE FICTION ROLE PLAYING GAMES.
- ----------------------------------------------------------
- World Generator is generally called WORLDGEN throughout this file and other
- documentation on this disk.
-
- USER SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
- -----------------------
- If I have not sold you this program directly, you have probably acquired it
- through a user group or from another user. If you like it, PLEASE consider
- registering your copy; registered users will get the source code (for Turbo
- Pascal 4.00), and will be sent the next major revision (V 2.00) of the
- program without charge. See WORLDGEN.DOC for a registration form.
- Because this program may require customisation to work with your
- preferred game system, and because there is justified alarm about software
- viruses and other `dangerous' programs, I originally included ALL source
- code with the program disk. To date I have evidence that at least 100+
- copies have been distributed or downloaded. No user has sent me a
- registration fee, other than those who ordered the program from me
- directly, and I have reluctantly decided to omit the source code from all
- future releases.
-
- VERSIONS
- --------
- Files produced by versions 1.00 and 1.01 are NOT compatible with this
- release; they can be converted using the utility WG_CONV.COM
- Files produced by versions 1.02 onward can be loaded without modification.
-
- Files produced by ALL earlier versions will give different results under
- version 1.2 & 1.21; See WORLDGEN.DOC for details.
-
- DOCUMENTATION
- -------------
- Documentation is in the file WORLDGEN.DOC; it is split into pages which
- should be suitable for paper of 66 lines or more. To print it, just set
- your printer to your preferred paper size then COPY WORLDGEN.DOC LPT1: (or
- whatever). PLEASE read this file; it's in ASCII form and should be
- compatible with most printers and word processors.
-
- HELP FILE
- ---------
- This version of World Generator includes a large on-line help file, WG.HLP,
- which replaces the files for PC-Outline and Sidekick used in earlier
- versions. To use it, just press "H" whenever it is shown as an option on
- menus. The first time you use this option you may need to press return
- before information appears.
-
- BRIEF START-UP INSTRUCTIONS
- ---------------------------
- The following files are needed to run this program;
-
- WORLDGEN.EXE or WG87.EXE
- TITLES.TXT
- WGINS1.TXT to WGINS6.TXT (used for tutorial and rolling demonstration)
- WG.HLP
-
- All other files are documentation, sample files, etc.
-
- If you want to copy graphics to your printer, load the appropriate
- PC-DOS/MS-DOS utility before running WORLDGEN.
-
- Put your work disk in any drive, then switch to that drive (eg drive A,
- drive B).
-
- At the DOS prompt type WORLDGEN or WG87 <return> to start the program.
-
- If you load this program without reading the full instructions, I strongly
- advise running the tutorial section before doing anything else!
-
- HARD DISK OPERATION
- -------------------
- WORLDGEN only looks for instructions and other files on its own disk, and
- in its own directory, unless you modify it. It does NOT modify directories,
- delete files, format, or do anything else that might make it unsuitable for
- use on a hard disk.
-
- FILES ON THIS DISK
- ------------------
- WORLDGEN.EXE The main program
- WG-8087.EXE 8087 version
- WORLDGEN.PAS * Turbo Pascal source code
- WG1.INC to WG6.INC * Include files for WORLDGEN.PAS
- WORLDGEN.DOC Documentation
- TITLES.TXT The opening screen
- SAMPLE.SEC A sample space sector
- SAMPLE.DOC file describing sector
- UNNAMED.SEC & .DOC Another sector
- WGINS1.TXT to WGINS6.TXT Used by tutorial
- WG.HLP On-line help file
- WG_CONV.COM Conversion utility; only needed if you
- WG_CONV.PAS * have sector files from earlier versions.
- READ.ME This one!
- * Supplied to registered users ONLY
-
- Marcus L. Rowland - July 1988
-
- REGISTERED USERS - PLEASE READ
- ------------------------------
- Since writing the documentation and help files I have found it necessary to
- re-write part of the program, and compile it as a Turbo Pascal unit,
- WG1.TPU, with source code WG1.PAS, replacing WG1.INC. Operation of the
- program is not affected. Source code etc. is only supplied to registered
- users.
-
- MLR
-
- UPDATE JANUARY 1989
- -------------------
- Version 1.21 fixes two minor bugs in version 1.2;
- 1: A null file name is no longer translated as UNNAMED; this corrects a
- problem that could occur if files were loaded or saved after the HELP
- option was used.
- 2: The PLANETARIUM option had an unusually stupid error which meant that
- positions didn't change with time. This has now been fixed.
-
- There are now a few registered users, though not enough to encourage me to
- devote much time to developing version 2. I now hope to launch version 2 in
- mid-1989 if all goes well.
-
- UPDATE MARCH 1989
- -----------------
- It had to happen! The bug-fix in V. 1.21 caused another bug, which made the
- program crash if the HELP or INFORMATION routines were used and the file
- WG.HLP wasn't present.
- This bug is fixed on the enclosed version 1.22, hopefully without
- causing any more problems. Please note that this version has been compiled
- using Turbo Pascal 5; if you want to recompile it using Turbo Pascal 4, you
- MUST re-compile the file WG1.PAS to make a TP4 unit.
-