This program will update After Dark version 2.0, 2.0h, 2.0s, 2.0t, 2.0u, 2.0v, or 2.0w to version 2.0x. It will also update all of the modules from the After Dark 2.0 package. After Dark 2.0x is completely compatible with system software from 6.0.4 to System 7.1. It is also compatible with the Mac Plus or later.
This version of the After Dark 2.0x Updater replaces all previous updater programs. Please include this text file if you plan to distribute the updater program.
For those customers who have After Dark site-licensed at their location, they should contact their system administrator for an update.
After Dark 2.0x contains some bug fixes and new features for both the After Dark control panel and modules.
BUG FIXES (from 2.0v to 2.0x)
- Fixed a problem where the After Dark control panel would quit if you had the password feature activated and your monitor set to thousands of colors.
- Fixed an occasional problem where SystemIQ might prevent After Dark from going to sleep if you had several file servers mounted on the Desktop.
- Fixed a problem with Fish! displaying screen garbage along the sea floor. This only seemed to happen on Macintosh Quadras running under System 7.1.
- Fixed problems with Fish! after importing more fish.
- Fixed a problem where Fish! crashes if given a very small MultiModule region.
- Fixed a problem where Fish! crashes if it’s completely covered in MultiModule.
- Fixed a problem where Logo would crash if you clicked on the scroll bar with an empty scrapbook.
- Fixed a problem where Zot would freeze if set to the narrowest region possible in MultiModule.
NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
- The After Dark control panel now has SystemIQ activity monitor turned ON by default.
- There’s an option in the control panel to mute sound for all modules.
- There’s an option in the control panel to not display its “Please Wake Up” messages.
- The password feature was rewritten to support WorldScript.
- Hitting the Control key will turn off the sound when After Dark is on the screen, even with the password activated.
- The control panel has a niftier icon. Make sure you rebuild the Desktop file after running the updater program.
- Randomizer now has “All” and “None” options for selecting which modules to use.
- Randomizer has much longer times available between modules, up to an hour.
- The Slide Show module will now load the CLUT for a picture if it has one.
- Slide Show now supports QuickTime JPEG images and Kodak PhotoCD pictures.
- Slide Show also supports aliases under System 7. Pictures no longer have to be in the Slide Show folder.
- Slide Show also has an option to display all the pictures in a folder or only just one.
