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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Realm of Kisom Version 1.01: History File of Changes in Previous Versions │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Key: "o" means a change in an option in the game "x" means a general comment about the game "b" means a minor bug fix in the game "B" means a MAJOR bug fix in the game "+" means an addition to the game "-" means a removal of an option from the game ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Friday, October 25th, 1996 - Version 1.01 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ b Fixed a minor problem in EGO #2 - Esmerelda's Magic Shop. o In a reset from within ROKCFG.EXE, it will now delete the Gangs.Dat file as well as all MSG*.DAT files. o ROK now ranks all characters listings in order from greatest to least according to their experience. Much easier to view who's winning and who's not with this new type of listing. + The Paladin and Cleric Spell "View Other Character" now works properly. o If the Kingdom has only one Soldier in their Army, it can no longer be sold in Kingdom Negotiations with Aphrenam or Ishkan. B Now does a lot of checking when a player commits suicide. If the dead player was the Owner of the Inn of Casimonda, it will return ownership to the defaulted NPC - Logan. Likewise, in the Health Revival Hut, it will return ownership to Othello, the default NPC HRH Owner. Also, if the deceased player belonged to a Gang, it will remove them accordingly. B Fixed a major bug where if a player committed suicide it would no longer let new players into the game for x number of days. b The King/Queen of Kisom can no longer assign the same Royalty Ranking to multiple players. For example, the King/Queen could have 3 Dukes. Fixed now (there is only one player for each title). o ROK's Maintenance will now deduct Hope/Logan's loyalty to their married players regardless if they enter the game or not. It'll also now inform them of a divorce instead of them finding out in the news. Much better this way. b In ROKCFG.EXE's (E)ditor's Menu, the (7) Kingdom Editor will no longer save changes regardless if the SysOp has registered ROK or not. :) + An intricate Gangs Editor has been added in ROKCFG.EXE's (E)ditors Menu. + A Health Revival Hut (HRH) Editor has been added in ROKCFG.EXE's (E)ditors Menu. This is almost identical to the Inn of Casimonda Editor, since they are both properties which can be purchased within ROK. o Royalty (Prince, Princess, etc), and the King or Queen can now access the Palace Dungeons without having to sneak into the Palace through the Alley. o Any person of Royal Status can no longer access the Rebel's Corner. o Balanced out the Player Battles a bit more evenly. The way it was before was that the player who attacked another player almost always won. o Field Monsters are a little stronger now. o The owner of the HRH now gets 10% of the profits earned when players heal instead of 1% (to make it worth the purchase of the property). + It will now write to the Daily News when a Gang Member resurrects one of his/her teammates. o Player's HP will no longer be completely healed after a battle with Atma. o The chances of getting caught when (R)unning away from the Tax Collector has been raised to 1 in 3 (it used to be 1 in 5). b A player can no longer be both Cursed and Blessed at the same time. :) o Bank Transfers now use a players Gold in the Bank, not Gold on Hand. o When the list of Gangs is shown, it now ranks them from greatest to least according to the Gangs' combined experience. Much easier to see who is winning the Gang Battles this way. o A character's bank account can no longer exceed 1.5 Billion Gold. + After a long struggle with multiple mountains to overcome, BadWords has finally been implemented into ROK. The format is the same as in other doorgames out there today. A maximum of 20 words can be in BadWords.Dat. ROK will check for BadWords in 1. Conversation Areas (Palace, Inn, and Rebel's Corner), 2. Messages between the players, 3. Comments after a player battle victory/defeat, and 4. Make Announcement. o Players can no longer vote more than once/day on an EGO. o A Gang Member can only resurrect one player per day now. o A player can read the Book of Kisom's Secrets once/day. o Possibly the biggest change in this version, the Gang Battle routine was completely re-written. In the process, the duplicate account and record #0 deletion bugs were both erradicated completely. Hopefully there should be no more problems stemming from this area, but one can never be too sure. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Sunday, August 25th, 1996 - Version 1.00 │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ x The very first public version of ROK was released on this date. ROKV100.ZIP - ROK v1.00 - to all, finally, after 3 months of beta testing. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Thursday, August 22nd, 1996 - Version 0.97 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ b Now checks for Gold in the EGO "Esmerelda's Magic Shop" when players wanted to curse other players. This fixes Negative Gold problems as well which stemmed from this option. (I don't know how I could have missed that one....) o The Inn of Casimonda Owner can no longer set the price of getting a room over $500,000. This fixed a huge bug with regards to a negative amount being given to players (a huge advantage for them). ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Tuesday, August 13th, 1996 - Version 0.96 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ b Fixed a minor bug in the Gangs Resurrection option. B Fixed a huge bug in the listing of the Gangs if no gangs existed yet. b Fixed a couple of problems in the online duels. b The King/Queen can no longer purchase as many Soldiers as they want until their Kingdom Treasury Funds run out from Aphrenam/Ishkan. B Fixed EGO Funds collected problem. B Players can no longer do battle in Gang Warfare if they do not belong to a gang themselves. o Re-did the Assigning/Demoting of S.Ranks in the Palace for the King/Queen. Much better this way. Fixed a few problems which stemmed from this option, including the "duel account" bug. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Friday, August 9th, 1996 - Version 0.95d │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ x Gangs can no longer challenge themselves. b Minor bug fix where players would not be able to read more than one msg per log in. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Thursday, August 9th, 1996 - Version 0.95c │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ o Warrior's can no longer *ADD* Field Fights. I found that this gives them an unfair advantage comapred to the rest of the Guilds in the game. If a player was smart (and patient), s/he could go through the entire game in one day. Not anymore, with this change. + Added an ATM page in Othello's Book of Kisom's Secrets. + Players with Social Rankings can now chat in the Palace Conversation Area. This was supposed to be in the last version, but I forgot to put it in. I don't think the King/Queen will like talking to themselves all the time. :-) x Now does an "N/A" (not available) check for the 4th and 5th Spell if the player is a Sorcerer/Cleric. x If a player is defeated in a Player Battle, the other player will now receive 10% experience - just as if that player had done been victorious when s/he was playing. o After running some tests I found that the amount you have to pay to the Tax Collector is MUCH too high. Instead of it being around 5% to 8%, which is what it should have been, it was around 20% to 25% of their Gold being taxed. This was due to a bad calculation error in the code. It has since been fixed. I have tested the new method with numerous different values, and it appears that it's always taking the percentage that it should. Good thing I fixed this, hey! x When ROK is reset from ROKCFG.EXE, it will now delete the News Files, and delete the Maintenance Flag file (TIME.DAT), if they exist. x Beefed up the Level Master's once again. Should be better now. b Fixed a minor bug in regards to Atma's weapon. What happened is that on the next day, the player's weapon NAME wasn't being changed back to normal, but the actual weapon was. Fixed now. b Fixed a small bug in Tax Time. It should now add the Gold collected to the Kingdom Treasury and the EGO Fund. B Fixed a couple of MAJOR (and I do mean MAJOR) bugs in Player Battles. x ** MAIL ROUTINES ARE FINISHED! ** At long last, after nearly two months of trying to get them to work, my brain finally kicked in and figured out a STABLE (and quite easy) method of doing them. I've ran MANY tests, and it appears to be ROK solid (no pun intended...). Boy, am I a happy guy now! x ** EGO'S HAVE BEEN FINISHED! ** After MANY hours of hard work, I've completed a COMPLETELY unique option that has NEVER been used in ANY doorgame ever created! EGO Support is explained in the ROK Documentation - ROK.DOC. Three EGO's are currently in ROK at this point. They are: 1. The Altar of the Deities, 2. Esmerelda's Magic Shop, and 3. Temple of Eternal Damnation. x ** GANG'S HAVE BEEN COMPLETED! ** Yes, that's right, ROK now boasts GANG SUPPORT! After 14 hours of really hard work, I finished Gang Support (it was harder than I thought...). I hope it works well -- there could be MANY bugs in this option! x An ENTER key press will now get players out of most menus/options. b Fixed minor bug in the Assassin Technique #4 -- "Mutilate Remains". x I've re-done the HoneyMoon sequences for both Hope and Logan to match medieval times -- not current day stuff. b Fixed a small bug in the Experience Rewards after a victorious p.battle. + With the completion of Mail Routines, (T)ransfer Funds now works in the Bank of Kisom. x Players can now purchase the HRH. It's much the same as the Inn of Casimonda ownership. Owners of the HRH receive 1% of all money gained from players being healed (a lot, actually...). ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Sunday, July 21st, 1996 - Version 0.95b │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + *NEW* NODE0.DAT. Type "ROK 0" on a command line to boot up Local Mode. The only thing in this file is the word "Local", but it is necessary for ROK to know that you want to run in Local Mode. x Now resets Kingdom/Rebel Funds & Soldiers when ROK is reset. x ** NEW REALISM APPROACH TO GAMING! ** Unlike in other "Kingdom-Style" doorgames, ROK approaches this method with a touch of Realism not found in other doorgames today. Every day, there is a random chance that the King/Queen of the Realm of Kisom will be invaded from another Kingdom (Ishkan, Aphrenam, etc). There's also a random chance that one of these Kingdoms will want to trade with the Realm of Kisom. Sort of like where Canada trades certain goods with the United States, for example. In these trade bargaining meetings, the King/Queen can purchase Soldiers, sell Soldiers, demand tribute (Gold), or give Tribute. When they quit the meetings, there's a random response from the Delegate (Verian for Ishkan, Borland for Aphrenam). One such response is that they immediately declare war on the Realm of Kisom. Like I said, a new approach to implementing realism in doorgames today! x Another such new realism is that when a player is Jailed, s/he will be "tortured", so to speak. Basically, they'll lose a random amount of Strength/Defense/HP. Let's face it. For most incarcerated people, jail isn't a cake walk. ROK now is more realistic in that respect. x ** IMPORTANT AUTHOR ADDRESS CHANGE ** No, I haven't moved. I still live at the same address as before. However, since I am 16 years old, and perhaps in the next 3-4 years, I will move out of my parent's house, I don't want to change every documentation of every program that I've ever made. My Mom owns her own business, and for at least the next 12 years, she'll be in the same place. So, all registrations/mail will now be at that address (c/o 834 Ninth Avenue NW). Another address of note is that my Internet Server has switched Domains. It is no longer the "Brooksk@SaskNet.Sk.Ca". Rather, it is now "bfs@sk.sympatico.ca". Please make note of these changes. + Added the "Palace Dungeons" in the Palace. Since v0.95a, I've seen a major increase in players who're being Jailed (cannot be attacked). Many players TRY to become jailed at the end of the day, simply because it saves them from being attacked while they're offline. Players will first have to bribe the Warden to get into the Dungeons, then they can attack whoever they want to. It's another one of ROK's secret's, though. Press "D" when you've snuck into the Palace to access the Dungeons. + Added support for a "Yesterday's News" file (ROKYNEWS.TXT). You may think this would've been easy to do, but it was HARD! :-) I have also hopefully cleared up all of the "missing lines" of text when a new page is displayed. I've tested the new listing method MANY different times, and it appears to be working 100% right. x Players now lose 10% of their XP when they're executed after a Rebellion. + New conversation area: The Palace of Kisom. King/Queen and all the S.Ranked players can converse between themselves in there. x I've re-done many things in the Weapon & Armour Shops. New things include: A player can now ask Matt/Anna for the best weapon available for their current Gold on Hand, instead of having to look at all the prices and decide which is the best one. Players can now Haggle the prices - up to 20% can be Haggled off of the weapon price. Players who are the King/Queen or have a Social Ranking are entitled to an automatic 10% discount on all Weapons and Armours BEFORE Haggling. Another thing to note is I've re-done the way ROK buys/sells the Weapons/Armours. Basically, it's less code to work with, and from what I can tell it's perfect - but there *could* be bugs in the new system I've created. x The King/Queen can no longer Commit Suicide. + Added a "Kingdom Editor" in ROKCFG.EXE's Editors Menu. Here, when ROK is registered, you can edit the Kingdom Funds & Soldiers, and the Rebel's Funds and Soldiers. x ROK now has ANSI! :-) I'm hoping everyone likes the new screens. x Balanced out the Kingdom damage when compared to the Rebel's damage in a Kingdom-To-Rebel battle. The way I had it before was the Kingdom would almost always kill more Soldiers than the Rebel's would. Fixed now. x Players can now (R)un from the Tax Collector in Tax Time. x Instead of being Jailed if they're caught Running/Bribing the Tax Collector, players will now have to pay Double the taxes. + Now adds the Gold to the Inn Owner's bank account when a player sleeps in the Inn of Casimonda. Also the Owner can now sleep for free. x ROK now has a Bug Report/Comment/Suggestion Form included in the Archive. + Instead of the boring "I have no comment." stuff after a player chooses not to comment on their victory/defeat after a player battle, I've now added random responses as well as different descriptions of the type of battle that actually took place. For example, if it was a first-round defeat, it will say something like "I'M DEAD ALREADY!?", questions <name>. Much better this way, in my opinion. + Added the Othello The Wizard Random Event in the Fields. o (R)ob The Kingdom Fund when Sneaking into the Palace now works correctly. o In a Player Battle, there is now a 50% chance that the challenger will not get the first strike on his/her opponent. More realistic this way. o The Paladin/Cleric Spells, Enchant Weapon & Enchant Armour, now work the way they are supposed to. Enchant W. gives a 10% bonus on every battle attack (not spell attack), and Enchant Armour absorbs 10% of all damage inflicted during battles. These spells work in either Player or Monster battles. o Beefed up the Level Masters. They were WAY too wimpy... o Toned down the Monster's battle damage. I actually tested the new system this time, and it seems to be much better now. No longer do monster's do outrageous damages. Should be fair for all players now. b Fixed minor bug in regards to the usage of Assassin's Techniques. Basically, it would take away from the Maximum Skill Points instead of the Current Skill Points. o I've implemented an alternative way to kill Atma. No, you won't get his weapon with this method, but you will receive 250 XP * Level when if you use this secret. + Another one of the many secrets for players to discover while playing ROK has been added - Players can now purchase a "Magic Potion" from Othello, The Wizard, in the Health Revival Hut. You'll have to guess at the right key, though... + New Status available in ROKCFG.EXE's Player Editor. You can now set a player's status to "Not Jailed" if you want to get them out of Jail for the day. + Added the Othello's Book of Kisom's Secrets random event in the Inn of Casimonda and the Alley. You can find this book once every time you go into the Realm. There are nine pages, each page gives one secret. Some a lot of players will know, but with this version, there are a few new secrets, so they'll have to read the book to find out how to get them... ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Monday, July 1st, 1996 - Version 0.95a │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B Fixed a MAJOR bug with regards to the users records. Well, it's *really* hard to explain, so I won't bother. In short, it would bloat the size of the users record to about 1.2k/record. It should be around 262b/record. Fixed now, thank goodness. I didn't sleep much last night because of this bug. :-) b Fixed the "attack-a-dead-player" bug. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Sunday, June 30th, 1996 - Version 0.95 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ x MAJOR new version! :-) b Fixed a small bug in one of the rewards given when a Paladin, Cleric, or a Sorcerer pray's to their Deities. o Re-did the Sysop-To-User chat sequence. Much better than before. It will now refresh the entire screen after the chat has been ended. Hopefully it will work fine, but if there are problems, let me know! B Hopefully, I have fixed all the bugs surrounding the usage of Assassin Techniques. There were bugs if there was a certain combination of player Techniques, etc. It's really hard to explain. However, after I fixed it, I did extensive testing, and I haven't found a flaw since. Again, I hope this fixes the Techniques problem once and for all. :-) o Changed the Statistics screen when the Assassin Technique "View Char Stats" is used. I had it as the OLD screen when ROK was still in it's infancy stages. It now looks like same as the normal View stats, except for the fact that it has another characters statistics. This change also affects the Paladin/Cleric spell "View Other Char". b Fixed minor bug when showing an external file, such as listing the players, or showing the daily news. Basically, when the file was down showing, in some cases, it would not properly close the file. If any of these files were shown more than 13 times (any combination, not just listing players 13 times straight), it would give Run-Time Error #4, which, for some reason, was not shown in ERROR.LOG. I don't know if anyone has ever encountered this error yet when testing the game, but I'm glad I fixed it regardless. A pretty elusive bug, considering the circumstances. x Added "Atma" and the Buying/Selling of the Inn of Casimonda explanations in the ROK Documentation (ROK.DOC), on Page 7 (ROK Info & Notes). I forgot to explain it there the first time. Sorry! :-) It also now shows just how much money the King receives from tax collections. x If NODE1.DAT doesn't exist when ROKCFG.EXE's (S)etup Node(s) option is ran, then it will be created. The way I had it before was it would run-time error out. Fixed now. + Fixed a small bug in the Rainbow random event. o Decreased the amount of Gold you find at the end of the Rainbow in the Rainbow random event. Basically, it's based on the player's level now. + Paladin's/Cleric's/Sorcerer's can now cast spells OUTSIDE of Monster or Player battles. It's done in the (V)iew Statistics screen. Paladin's and Cleric's can primarily use the "Heal Wounds" or "View Other Char" spell, while Sorcerer's can cast "Reincarnation". There are also some other spells that can be cast outside of battles, but I won't go into detail on those. Major new option for these character classes! :) o Re-did some of the Kingdom-To-Rebel fighting stuff. Much better now. b Fixed a minor bug in the Training Center. o Merged "ATMA.DAT", and "INN.DAT" into the Global Variable file (ROK.DAT). + Added (A)TM (Automated Teller Machine) in the Fields. It isn't actually displayed on the Field Menu, but if you hit (A), it'll happen. :) + Hope/Logan now can divorce a player if they're married. Didn't check for this in previous versions. + The King/Queen can now change the Tax Rate if they wish to do so. x Now shows how many Soldiers players can afford when drafting soldiers into the Rebel's Cause instead of making them do the calculations themselves. :) o Re-did ALL ending sequences. Much better than before. There are specific endings for: King/Queen, Prince/Princess, Duke/Dutchess, Squire/Squiress, Paladin, Cleric, Sorcerer, Assassin, and Warrior Guild Members. There's also a "secret" ending within the game, too. o Changed all Guilds Descriptions when a new player is deciding which Guild to join. + Major new feature! Players can now steal the opponents weapon if they are victorious against them in a player battle! And, possibly best of all, unlike in other games with this feature, if the SysOp wishes, s/he can disable weapon stealing altogether! The best of both worlds! If you don't like this in your ROK game, simply disable it in ROKCFG.EXE. Oh, in case you're wondering, it DOES decrease/increase the player's strength when they take the opponents weapon (the same for the opponent as well). + Another unique idea NOT found in any other doorgame! "Atma" has been coded into the game. It's explained in the ROK Documentation (ROK.DOC) if you do not know what it is. Basically, it's a unique feature where if a player defeats Atma in a player battle, s/he will be able to keep Atma's Weapon for the day. It's much stronger than the most expensive weapon in the game. MAJOR new option! (If the SysOp wishes to do so, it can be disabled in the Atma Editor in ROKCFG.EXE, fully functional when registered) + Again, another unique option NOT found in any other doorgame! The Inn of Casimonda can now be bought by players! It's explained in the Realm of Kisom Documentation (ROK.DOC). No need to go into detail here. If SysOp's wish, they can disable it in the Inn Editor in ROKCFG.EXE (fully functional when registered). + New Feature - The Alley! (HINT: Press "*" from Main St to get to it) Here, players can Commit Suicide, Sneak into the Palace, and Rob the Bank of Kisom. + Now limits the number of times a player can cast spells. Uses a Spell points system in comparison to Current HP and Max HP, but replace HP with the Spell points (SP). :-) ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Sunday, June 23rd, 1996 - Version 0.94d │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ x Finished the ROK Documentation! A whopping 126k of information! :-) - Removed "(R)equest Advice From Master" in the Training Center. All the information the Master gives you is available in the AI chat with the Bartender. + Added a "counter" in the Online battles. Basically, what this does is when it says "Waiting for other player to decide......", if the other player doesn't choose an option in seven seconds, then this player can choose to leave the fight or continue waiting. This should help single line BBS's with online duel problems. I hope this works alright. B Fixed a huge bug in the ending game sequence where it would totally screw up the player's record. B Fixed a MAJOR bug with the Sakar Kane HP rating *not* decreasing after an attack. :-) Fixed. b Fixed a bug in Tax Time. o Changed Monster Battle Damage. Reduced by more than 33%. Should make the game easier to play now, hopefully. :) B Again, fixed a MAJOR bug in the HRH (Health Revival Hut). Basically, on higher levels, the cost would turn to a negative number. Thus, it would cost the player nothing to heal, plus s/he would get that negative gold added to their Gold On Hand. Had it is an "Integer" variable instead of a "Long Integer", if anyone knows what I'm talking about. :-) + Players can now view the Daily News & Happenings and List the Characters in the game from the Introduction Screen. o GREATLY increased the amount of Gold a player receives when they kill a monster in the Fields. After playing the game myself on my BBS for a few days, I realized that the Gold rewards were MUCH to minimal for a player to survive. I couldn't win - and I'm the author! :-) In some cases, as much as a 200% increase was given. Most, however, were about a 75% increase. o All $1 Gold rewards are removed, and replaced with a "normal" reward. o Re-worked some of the stuff in the HRH (Health Revival Hut). Had many requests for some much-needed information regarding how much HP could be healed, etc. Now gives appropriate amount of HP, as well as showing the cost to heal one HP, the player's current HP status, and gold on hand. Should be much easier now for players. o Changed the odds of getting a random event in the Fields from 1 in 10 to 1 in 8. We'll see how this works now. x Should now display the correct Node Number on the SysOp Status Line. x Now, when a Paladin/Cleric casts Heal Wounds/Complete Healing, it will simply let the player choose another command. The way I had it before was that the player would heal, but then the monster would automatically hit them. Sort of made the spell a bit useless... :) + Added Rainbow random event in the Fields. This should help players if they're lacking some much needed Gold. + Added the Elf random event in the Fields. + Added the Spirit of Beautification random event in the Fields. + Added Zigfried's Fountain random event in the Fields. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Sunday, June 16th, 1996 - Version 0.94c │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B Fixed MAJOR bug where it would cost the King/Queen of Kisom nothing to purchase Soldiers. Had it as the cost of 00 instead of 10 Gold. :-) b Fixed a small bug in the Old Man random event. B Fixed a somewhat large bug in the Kirin random event. + Added new .EXE to the file. This will simply set all player record's "OnNow" flag to OFF. This is ran from the batch file before ROK is ran. Useful on single-line BBS's. x A couple of cosmetical changes throughout the game... I'm actually a great speller, I just don't pay attention sometimes. Typing 100 Words per minute has it's drawbacks ya know. :-) + Added one event for each character class. In short, this means that there is now one event for each of the five character classes in ROK. If the player doesn't have a class, then it will simply fight a monster instead of going into the event. B Fixed MAJOR bug which dealt with the beginning screen. Basically, if a player quit from THAT screen, instead of from inside the game, it would completely erase the first player's record from the game. HUGE bug. :) After about 15 minutes, I erradicated it. :-) ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Thursday, June 13th, 1996 - Version 0.94b │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B Fixed MAJOR bug where it would always decrease a player's level if they lost in a battle. B When a player loses a level due to the 10% XP loss after a defeat in battle, it now decreases their Strength/Defense/HP accordingly. + ROK will now refill a player's HP if they've been killed and have not player yet today. b Fixed minor bug in the assigning of Rankings to Squires/Squiresses. + Added Old Man random event in the Fields. + Should now turn the OnNow Flag to OFF when a user drops carrier. b Fixed "Division By Zero" bug in Tax Time. B Fixed MAJOR bug in the OnLine Duel feature. It's hard to explain, so I won't bother trying. Just know that it's fixed, hopefully. B Fixed MAJOR bug with the Sorcerer's Guild regarding usage of Spells in battles. Only happened with Sorcerer's, though. Fixed now. B Fixed MAJOR bug with the Assassin's Techniques usage. + Decreased the cost of Soldiers from $100 Gold to $10 Gold/Soldier. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Friday, June 7th, 1996 - Version 0.94a │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ b Fixed bug where the OnToday variable would not be reset to False upon maintenance - meaning that if a player was killed, and s/he hasn't played yet today, s/he would not be allowed in the game today, because the ontoday variable was set to True. Kind of complex stuff. Fixed now. b Fixed blank record error when it would screw up the order of the listing of characters if a deleted player existed in the PLAYER.DAT. x Re-worked battle damage. Should do much less damage when attacking monsters/players now. Re-balanced the game, hopefully. + If ENTER is pressed in the Healer's, it'll now return them to the previous menu. b Fixed Run-Time Error #2 upon resetting the game. x If CleanMode is Enabled, then the (F)lirt With Bar Patrons will not be seen on the Inn of Casimonda menu, nor will it inform the player that the SysOp has disabled this feature should the "F" key be pressed, it will simply re-draw the screen. o If a blank input is given in the Inn/Rebel Conversation, it won't save it. + Players can now view their Stats from the Weapon & Armour Shops. b No longer allows color codes in player aliases. o Now a 25% chance of being jailed when attempting to bribe the Tax Collector instead of a 50% chance. o If the GuildMaster is dead, then a Guild Member cannot challenge him/her for the GuildMaster's job. + The King can now assign Female S.Rankings (Princess, Dutchess, & Squiress) to female characters in the game. Now should hopefully be sexism free. :) o If the King is a female, then it will now say "Queen!" instead of "*King*". When making references to the "King" in these documentations, I will usually use a "he" or "his", but it could be a "her" or "hers" as well. I am *NOT* a sexist person. :-) + The King now gets 3 Gold pieces for every 10 Gold collected by Taxes. Meaning, if $10 Gold was collected from a player, the King would get $3 extra Gold. This is automatically put in the Bank of Kisom. + Added a Conversation Editor - the SysOp can edit the lines in either the Inn or Rebel Conversation. + SysOp's can now specify the path to dropfile in the command line, similar to "ROK.EXE 1 /PC:\BBS\NODE1". /P, then the path, with or without the "\" will tell ROK to look for the drop file at that directory. + Unique addition - when a player is defeated, either in a monster or player battle, s/he loses 10% of their experience. After this is calculated, if their XP is less than the previous level's requirement, then that player will now drop a level. Meaning, for example, if level 2 required 100 XP points to pass, and this player was level three, but dropped below 100 XP, that player would now be Level 2. Sort of complicated, but if you think about it - it's a great addition to this game. + Added "Atma" editor. Atma isn't actually coded into the game yet - will be in the next version, though. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Sunday, June 2nd, 1996 - Version 0.94 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ x This is an absolutely fantastic beta team, I must say! b Run-Time Error #2 upon first player log-in fixed. b Fixed weird bug that when a monster/player missed during a fight, the player's HP would go up. (resulting from subracting a negative number from the HP, <two negatives = positve, if you don't know math :->) o Now displays appropriate information in View Stats screen when a player selects (S)pell Info, and s/he doesn't have spells/techniques to view. b Fixed bug in the Armour Shop where it would give no Gold to a player when s/he sells their Armour. x Now resets the two Chat Files to the standard ones that come with ROK when the SysOp chooses to reset the game. b Fixed small bug when proposing marriage to Hope or Logan in the Inn. x It's now a 1 in 10 chance of getting a random event, instead of 1 in 6. While watching players play the game on my BBS, it seemed to me that they were getting events FAR too often. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Date: Saturday, June 1st, 1996 - Version 0.93 │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ x Isn't it great that I put it on my BBS before I put it out for beta testing? Just look at all the stuff I fixed/changed before it went out! That saved a lot of tester's some headaches, I'm sure, since today I released it to the beta team. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Friday, May 31st, 1996 - Version 0.93 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B Fixed major bug in the Assassin's Guild where a member would not be able to leave the Guild unless s/he attacked the GuildMaster first. x Completed (S)etup Node(s) Menu in ROKCFG.EXE. ROK now supports up to 999 Nodes, each fully configurable. b Fixed a few minor bugs when (U)sing Assassin Techniques in the Assassin's Guild. + Added Kirin random event in the Fields. x Players can now resign from a Guild if they are the GuildMaster. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Wednesday, May 29th, 1996 - Version 0.92 │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + Now gives 10% interest per day in the Bank of Kisom. + Checks for an "OnToday" flag. This way, if a character has been killed, but s/he hasn't played yet today, then s/he will be able to play. It's unfair to some players if I didn't implement this. + Now uses Defense in determing damaged inflicted in player battles. (Don't know how I could've missed that....) x New method of Listing Players. Now, ROK will write the players to file - ROKRANKS.TXT, and then read the file in, similar to ROKTNEWS.TXT. (This can also be used as a bulletin of some sort for BBS's to show who's winning the game) + Now shows Gold in Weapon/Armour Shops when purchasing a new weapon/armour. B Fixed one MAJOR bug in each of the Guilds. + Instead of being able to toggle the online status of a player, SysOp's can now put them in Jail if they wish. Also re-worked some things in the user editor. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Tuesday, May 28th, 1996 - Version 0.91 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + When a player advances a level, it will now reward them with Skill Points for their character class. The formula is : Random Num between 1 & Level times 5. Meaning that if it was a level one player, it would be a random number between 1 and 5. + Completely re-wrote the Sakar Kane ending. Now is much more refined, with different endings depending on what type of character class you are, what status you are in the Realm, and other variables. In new versions, I hope to re-do the ending sequences totally, to add more "spice" to the game. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Monday, May 27th, 1996 - Version 0.91 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + Players can now comment in the Daily News if they have been defeated in a battle with another player. x Now checks for the amount of player fights available to players per day. Don't know how I could've overlooked it when coding! + Now writes to the Daily News when a player advances a level. o Completely re-did the View Stats screen. Now has the option to display Guild Information as well as Spell Information, and an ENTER keypress will exit the screen automatically. + Players can now use Spells in both Monster and Player Battles, if they have learned them from the Paladin's, Cleric's, or Sorcerer's Guild. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Sunday, May 26th, 1996 - Version 0.91 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ b Fixed many things in the Sorcerer's Guild. Seems I overlooked it when I was coding it in that it was exactly the same as the Cleric's Guild. x Re-did some of the things when the Tax Collector comes to collect his dues. Now doesn't ask for Gold if it's less than $0. There's also a random chance that a player will be sent to the Palace Dungeons for punishment if they try to Bribe the Tax Collector. o Now displays the new GuildMaster's name in the Daily News if a player in a Guild has challenged and defeated the previous GuildMaster. b Fixed small bug in the Training Center of Level Advancement. + Added Error Logging to ERROR.LOG file when ROK has an error. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Saturday, May 25th, 1996 - Version 0.90 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + Now displays the cost of Soldiers in both the Palace and the Rebel's Corner. Players complained that they didn't know how much gold to pay to hire a Soldier. (100 Gold per Soldier is the cost) o Changed the delays (again). Should work better now this way. b Now displays Coronation Ceremony text in ROKTNEWS.TXT when the King selects the 2nd Option when deciding Darok's Fate. b Fixed minor bug in Training Center of Level Advancement. + Added options to list characters sleeping in both the Palace of Kisom and the Inn of Casimonda. + Added support for a Weapon for each Monster. It's displayed when a player looks for enemies in the Fields. Configurable in the Monster Editor in ROKCFG.EXE for each of the 200 Monsters in ROK. Option will save changes upon registering the game. B Fixed major bug in the Assassin's Guild. B Fixed major bug when purchasing a new Weapon or Armour. Game would lock up entirely at this point. Fixed entirely. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Friday, May 24th, 1996 - Version 0.90 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + Players can now list the available Weapons & Armours in the Weapon and Armour Shop to see the prices. b Fixed minor bug where it would show the wrong Level Master's name. b Fixed minor bug in Training Center of Level Advancement where it would not re-display the menu after it paused for key press. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Thursday, May 23rd, 1996 - Version 0.90 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ o Modified Delay procedure from one that I used to Pascal's Internal Delay Procedure. Had some problems under OS/2. + When a player is deciding which Guild to join, it now shows how many players are in each Guild. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change Date: Wednesday, May 22nd, 1996 - Version 0.90 │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ x The initial version of Realm of Kisom, 0.90 was completely finished. Put on the authors BBS - The Inner City BBS (306) 694-5864 for alpha testing. End of Realm of Kisom History File.