PC Online 1996 October/PCO_10.ISO/filesbbs/rtpower.arj/HISTORY.DOC

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                          RISE TO POWER Version History
                          -----------------------------

    Version 2.00B     - Complete, and I mean complete, re-write of the game:
                        1.  New spiffy, non-scrolling GUI.
                        2.  On-line quick help/advice.
                        3.  Now multi-node and on-line multi-player!
                        4.  Better combat routines with a broader range of
                             options and reactions.
                        5.  Players who become Barons and/or the KING
                             now get a cut of subordinate players revenues.
                        8.  Players who become Barons and/or the King
                             now get new advantages AND player menu options.
                        9.  Reduced number of provinces from 4 to 2
                             in order to try to become King.
                       10.  Stats now range from 1 to 100 instead of 1 to 10.
                       11.  Now allow storage for up to 20 messages per
                             player instead of the old 20 messages per GAME.
                       12.  Consolidated the game setup files into ONE file
                             which initializes and sets up the game, and if
                             you are registered, allows you to configure
                             almost any option in the game.
                       13.  A bounty can be set by Human Barons on any
                             player of their choice.
                       14.  A human King can now set assassin rates
                             for each type of job they can do.
                       15.  If you are related to someone by marriage you
                             CANNOT attack or harm them. This makes marriage
                             a REAL strategy now.
                       16.  Eliminated the Recon routine from the Home Menu.
                             It just was not useful.
                       17.  New combat options with brigands. You can now
                             attempt to talk with them and some might just
                             join you.
                       18.  Completely re-wrote the combat routines to take
                             account of reaction, morale and the possibility
                             that one side's men-at-arms might break and
                             run.
                       19.  Human Barons have more control over their Human
                             Vassals in their province.
                       20.  More news is now published and more messages are
                             generated to inform players on what's going on
                             or has happened AND to help them out.
                       21.  After a failed treachery attempt is made, the
                             player is now thrown out of the home he
                             committed the act in and the doors are
                             automatically locked to prevent him from
                             re-entering.
                       22.  Menu options now only show what a player can do
                             or afford to do on a particular day.
                       23.  It is now much harder for lower level players
                             to harm or kill higher level players.
                       24.  The old "cheesy" looking separate ansi menus
                             have been eliminated.
                       25.  Many old, but aggrevating bugs have been
                             eliminated and the game has been cleaned up
                             to make it look much more professional.
                       26.  The game is almost twice the size it was
                             before, so in order to reduce memory
                             requirements you will now find that parts of
                             the game are now in a RTP.OVR file
                             which is loaded into memory only as needed.
                       27.  Completely re-wrote the sysop.doc to make
                             setup and troubleshooting more easier and
                             helpful.  Do yourself a favor: Read this
                             document!
                       28.  Improved time slice releasing support to the
                            multi-taskers. Should act a little more "spry"
                            now when used with them and should not slow
                            down other programs using multi-taskers now.
                       29.  Now using DDPlus version 7.0 with a few new
                            enhancements you will probably never notice or
                            see..
                       30. Provided a better batch file for single node
                            WildCat systems (See the Sample3.bat file)
                       31.  Made an adjustment so that the stats of an
                            heir are lowered to 1/2 of the normal starting
                            level instead of just 1 point in each which was
                            the previous case.
                       32.  Added Digi-board support.
                       33.  Added enhanced multi-tasker support. This should
                            help speed up the game when used under a
                            multi-tasker such as DesqView, OS/2, etc..
                       34.  Added a new CTL format to support new options.
                       35.  Added a new DDSETUP program to make the new
                            version of the CTL file.
                       36.  Supports one new drop file format.
                       37.  Added better fossil support for both BNU and XOO.
                       38.  DOS SHARE is now a REQUIREMENT for both single
                            and multi-node use of the game. Not having it
                            present was the major reason for why moves
                            were going so slowly in some cases.
                       39.  Some minor bug fixes for ansi support have been
                            implemented.
                       40.  The bugrpt.frm, register.frm, sysop.doc,
                            catalog.txt and dsites.txt files have been
                            changed/updated.
                       41.  After several requests I have changed the
                            program to eliminate non-players after 5 days
                            of inactivity.
                            longer keep repeating.
                       42.  I have added a map repair routine which will
                            check the map for errors and correct them.
                       43.  I have added a repair routine which will check
                            for the presence of human bosses and repair any
                            problems it finds with this area.
                       44.  I have added a repair routine which will check
                            status of all hostages held and repair any
                            problems it finds with this area.
                            fix them.
                       45.  After several requests I have decided to add
                            a command to the Home Menu and Map Movement
                            Menu to allow users to view the entire map
                            at one time.
                       46.  New key method used!! Registered users will
                            need to obtain a different key number from the
                            one they now have. See upgrade.doc for details
                            on how to get the key..
                       47.  The delay has been removed from the unregistered
                            version of the game and you can now use the
                            setup program to set defaults even when
                            not registered :-)
                       48.  Unregistered versions of the game will not
                            allow players to advance to the King
                            rank :-(
                       49.  Added a new bulletin called BSWORD.DAT which
                            shows the Best Swordsman List ranked by the
                            Swordsmanship Stat. Enjoy!
                       50.  Added a routine to the Barons menu that allows
                            visitors to marry the barons daughter if the
                            baron is a human.
                       51.  Modified the routine and menu choice in the
                            King's menu so that when a human is the
                            King, then the visitor will marry HIS
                            daughter instead of a fictious one.
                       52.  Changed the appearance of the newspapers and
                            score bulletins to make them look better.
                            Also changed the newpaper routine to report
                            brigand deaths once per player
                            game day.  This should make the newspaper
                            more mageable in size and more readable.
                       53.  Added a routine which will now change the
                            castle of the Baron you take over to your color.
                            This will make it easier to see who's the
                            most powerful person at anyone time.
                       54.  Changed the build home routine so that after
                            you build the home you immediately enter it.
                            Will save a few key strokes as a result...
                       55.  The price to register has gone up!