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- GLOBAL WAR
- Copyright 1989-1995 Joel Bergen
- ProVision BBS
- (206) 353-6966 & (206) 353-2494
- Fidonet 1:343/65
-
- Jump to the end of this document to see what's new in this version.
-
- Be sure to read SYSOP.TXT for instructions on how to install Global War
- for the first time.
-
- The file REGISTER.TXT contains information on how to register your copy
- of Global War.
-
- The file WAR.CFG contains information on how to configure Global War.
-
- IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF GLOBAL WAR:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Your existing games will continue uninterrupted, and you can enjoy the
- new features of Global War version 2.5 if you follow these steps:
-
- 1. Unzip this archive into a temporary subdirectory (hopefully you've
- already done this!)
-
- 2. Copy (replace) all of the files in your Global War subdirectory with
- the new ones contained in this archive EXCEPT the following files:
- WAR.BAT (or whatever you called your batch file that starts GWar)
- WAR.CFG
-
- 3. Temporarily save your old WAR.CFG file by renaming it to something else.
-
- 4. Copy WAR.CFG to your Global War subdirectory.
-
- 5. Edit the new WAR.CFG file using your old one as an example. You'll
- notice several new items, and some old ones are gone. Detailed
- explanations for the new options can be found at the end of WAR.CFG.
- DO NOT try to use your old WAR.CFG file or you'll get runtime errors
- and may even lose data!
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.50 OVER v2.42
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- All serial communications are now handled by TurboPower Software's Async
- Professional package, which provides the following new features:
- Support for the Digiboard multi-port board. See SYSOP.TXT for more info.
- Baudrates up to 115200 with I/O buffering and 16550 UART support.
- Auto-Detection of current baudrate. No more locked baudrate problems.
- Added option to configure Direct or BIOS screen writes in WAR.CFG.
- You may now configure how many armies each set of commendations is worth.
- The number of bonus armies earned for holding a continent is configurable.
- Fortifications may be "Direct" or "Adjacent", Sysop or player selectable.
- Player's time remaining now displayed onscreen.
- Added support for more multitaskers (Windows, OS/2, NT, etc).
-
- Bug fixes
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Games were deleted after using surrender option.
- Countries could fortify themselves.
- Problem reading callinfo.bbs in local mode.
- No commendation awarded in non-sequential games after hangup/resume.
- Fixed hangup bug in non-seq games: If player fortified, hungup, resumed
- any armies still left to deploy were lost, game came back in attack mode.
- Points were lost when resetting ranks in team game.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.51
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed problems with Global War running under PowerBBS & MS Windows
- where GW would hang at end of the opening screen.
-
- Added code to handle the word "LOCAL" in place of the baudrate in
- DOOR.SYS and DORINFOx.DEF. PowerBBS writes the word "LOCAL" instead of
- the number 0 for the baudrate when in local mode.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.52
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed bug in checking for illegal baudrates.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.53
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed bug causing dropped carrier when using fossil.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.54
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Discovered that some BBSes (Spitfire is one) like to drop the RTS line
- when shelling to a door. This would cause GW not to accept input from
- the remote caller. Added some code to make sure RTS and DTR were both
- active when GW starts.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.55
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed bug in /A command.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.56
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Baudrate of 115200 caused a runtime error - fixed.
- Added FOSSIL support for ports up to COM16.
- Added Digiboard support for ports up to COM32.
- Added support for IRQ values above IRQ9.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.57
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Was reading 1 digit com port number in door.sys & others
- Fixed problem with IRQ values over IRQ7
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.58
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Another tweak aimed at supporting non-standard hardware.
-
- CHANGES IN VERSION 2.59
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed problems with Uart drivers using nonstandard IRQs
-