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- 07/16/94
-
- Version 3.2a of Las Vegas CRAPS consists of the following changes:
-
- The animation now works fine on faster machines. A bug in
- the C compiler I used caused the flying dice and the intro
- music to play unrealistically fast on '486 machines. Using
- a newer C++ compiler solved the problem.
-
- The menu system has been completely reworked. All dialog boxes
- now have a 'newer' look to them. Hot keys are now used in all
- dialog boxes.
-
- The intro. screen has been done away with in favor of a more
- streamlined version. The offensive musical score is gone
- as well.
-
- The odds for Don't Pass or Don't Come bets are now always on.
-
- You now can have Place and/or Buy bets working on a Come out
- roll. The older versions of this program had those bets "off"
- on a Come out roll, however, in Vegas you have the option of
- telling the dealer to have those bets "working" on a come out
- roll.
-
- You can now have the odds on a Come bet "on" during a come
- out roll. The default is "off", as it is in Vegas.
-
- Using the Odds ON/OFF toggle now only toggles odds on Pass Line
- and Come bets.
-
- You can now remove Pass Line or Come bets after they are placed
- before the dice are rolled. Therefore, if you place a $10
- Pass Line bet and decide to change it to a $20 bet, you
- can remove the $10 bet as long as you do so before the dice
- are rolled.
-
- Don't Come and Don't Pass bets now can be removed at any time.
-
- The mouse no longer jumps whenever a dialog box pops up.
- This was a neat idea for keyboard users but was annoying for
- mouse users.
-
- You now start the program with $1000 instead of $500.
-
- The program is no longer called "EGA Craps". The program has
- always worked fine on VGA monitors and the EGA reference is
- a bit dated.
-
- Throughout older versions of this program I referred to
- "Taking Odds" on Pass Line, Come, Don't Come, and Don't Pass
- bets. Technically, the term is "Lay Odds" on Don't Come and
- Don't Pass bets. I have modified the help screens and the menu
- to show this.
-
- The help screens have been updated.
-
- A bug was found in calculating double odds on a Don't Pass
- bet on the 5 and 9 if the bet was an odd number.
-
- * NOTE ******************************************************************
-
- With this release, I strongly feel that this is the most complete
- and accurate Craps game on the market. However, there is one
- concession to accuracy in the game that was added to try to please
- a wide variety of players.
-
- In Vegas you will NOT find a table with a $1 minimum bet and a
- $1000 maximum bet. You will find tables with limits such as
- $5 - $500 or $1 - $100. The reason you will not find tables with
- $1 - $1000 limits is that it allows a bet to be doubled nine times
- before reaching the house limit. Most casinos set the limits so a
- bet could be doubled only six or seven times. This house betting
- limit is the reason that progressive betting systems don't work.
-
- * NOTE #2 ****************************************************************
-
- I have seen some strange behavior with this program on machines
- running with QEMM386's STEALTH mode. QEMM386 by itself works
- great, but I've had a lot of problems getting stealth mode to
- work right. I'm not too concerned, however. The machine in
- question also had compatability problems with several other
- software packages.
-
- Kent Myers
-
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