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- TOP COP! WHAT'S NEW
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- Version 2.54 05/26/97
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- 1. Fixed a bug in the HQ when choosing an AOM. This had to do with
- choosing Info on another Cop and when entering the Hot Item menu.
- Thank you Weyland Richards.
- 2. Fixed a bug when in the Court House and changing names. If you
- chose a name that already existed and then exited out of the option,
- you would take on the stats of the person you entered. Those stats
- would stay in the roster and your character would be reset.
- Thanks to Patrick McConville.
- 3. Added coding for Roadside UniSex Bathroom (R.U.B.). When an MW
- is caught, using versions previous to v2.54, the Most Wanted
- data in the HQ will not show until the user logs off or when
- some other option is chosen that updates the MW. v2.54 correctly
- updates the information when exiting the AOM.
- 4. 2 AOMs released. R.U.B. and The Health Club (THC).
- R.U.B. was totally conceived by a faithful and ardent supporter
- of Top Cop!, Patrick McConville. Many thanks Patrick.
- 5. Changed Defalut Most Wanted Arrests to 3 from 5. This will affect
- mainly the Unregistered version. If you have a registered version
- and desire 5 as the limit, you will need to change to 5.
- 6. Added an IRS Tax Man who will appear every 7 days of play and will
- take a Default of 25% of taxes on Wages, Lotto Winnings, Sales of
- Equipment in the Pawn Shop and Interest gained in the Bank.
- Garnishee on Wages if the user does not have enough money.
- 7. Reworked the Most Wanted to ensure catching of the last MW.
- 8. Fixed a bug in the Inn. Eating was always giving a positive
- consequence. Now positive and negative.
- 9. Increased price of Airline Tickets...Inflation.
- 10. Decreased Bank Interest Rate. REGISTERED OWNERS check the setting.
- 11. Fixed a bug in Equipment where once you sold your gear and had the
- T-shirt on and attempted to buy gear that was not authorized, it
- would give you a Shirt instead of your T-Shirt. FIXED!
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- Version 2.53 03/16/97
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- 1. Still had a problem with making Chief. Found a bug just after
- release of v2.52. NOW IT IS FIXED!!! You may still encounter
- problems if you have a user who has made Chief prior to this version.
- When v2.52 was run, it deleted the TOPSCORE.DAT AND TOPSCORE.ASC
- files and started anew. This wiped out the Chiefs at that point.
- Weyland Richards states that he installed v2.52 and found that
- the user who made Chief was deleted. He copied over the TOPSCORE.DAT
- file from the previous version and that the name showed up and is now
- working. I cannot confirm this, but Weyland is very active with TC!
- and has been a tremendous help.
- 2. Finally fixed Liposuction. Thank you Sharon McCormick.
- 3. Fixed Alley command line bug when choosing International Airport
- as the AOM Menu. (Just moved the menu over 1 space)
- 4. Reduced Alley memory.
- 5. Fixed some bugs in AOM menu selection. [Q] fixed on key selection.
- 6. Added coding for The Health Club AOM. (functional only when THC
- is released - helps in the Bar Brawl)
- 7. The BARCHAT.DAT file was being overwritten on all upgrades. If there
- were conversations, they would be deleted. Now, TCC.EXE checks for
- the existance of BARCHAT.DAT and if it exists, it is not overwritten.
- If BARCHAT.DAT does not exist, as in new installations, then a file
- called BCHAT.DAT is renamed to BARCHAT.DAT.
- 8. Reduced Interest the Bank pays.
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- Version 2.52 03/01/97
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- 1. Fixed a bug in setup when using the Status ON/OFF option.
- When OFF was chosen, it bombed out of the editor.
- Thanks to Jack Chen for this report and is known as Chen's bug!
- 2. Fixed the elusive bug when winning the game. It wasn't recording
- the player and was sometimes not resetting the player.
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- Version 2.51 02/20/97
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- 1. New web site: www.thuntek.net/topcop/topcop.htm
- v2.5 will show the incorrect site name. Please upgrade to v2.51.
- 2. Added web site to Opening screen.
- 3. Fixed a bug with the Liposuction.
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- Version 2.5 02/07/97
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- 2. Made The Black Market accessible from the Alley (with restrictions).
- (Must get TCALL25.ZIP or above in order to function).
- 3. Fixed a problem with the health. Some players were into the
- hundreds of health. Now sysop configurable.
- 4. Restricted gear purchases by rank. Even if you have the money, you
- may only purchase gear 1 rating above your rank.
- 5. Restrictions in use of Vitamins, First Aid Kit, and Twinkie
- when over 99% health added. Events occur when exceeding health limit.
- Thanks to Mike Norris for items 2, 3, and 4.
- 6. Reduced memory requirements. TC! now requires 281K to run.
- The memory requirements prior to this was preventing AOMs from
- running on some systems.
- 7. Field Promotions are now limited to only once per game per user.
- 8. Fixed TC! to recognize AOMs health of 1%. (Sends user to hospital)
- 9. Added page 2 to TC! Editor.
- a) Health Maximum.
- b) Weight Max/Min for both sexes.
- c) Thank You feature for donators to TC!
- d) Reset Most Wanted List.
- e) Reset Negatives
- 10. Added weight feature for officers.
- 11. Modified the Help screen to reflect information about Clinic/Health.
- 12. Modified View Screen. Will change when The Police Academy AOM is used.
- 13. Bug with AOMs creating a user called SYSOP in record #255 which was
- really record #0. This would overwrite whoever was in record #0.
- The problem was in the AOMs. This occurred when using the Test AOM
- feature. All AOMs have been updated with this fix and are labled
- v2.5 or above.
- 14. Added Lipsuction option in the Clinic.
- Note: Any AOM that used the 'L' key in the Clinic to access an AOM
- will automatically be changed to the 'K' key.
- 15. Updates to the TCMAINT.DAT and AOMTEST.DAT files will be automtic
- when TCC is run.
- 16. Added a version number to the data files. This will allow automatic
- detection of versions being updated. This makes it easier on you
- (and me) to complete upgrades automatically.
- 17. Released Gone Fishin' and The Police Academy AOMs.
- 18. Fixed a bug in ATM Illegal Access. There was a way to withdraw
- more money than was in a bank account. FIXED!
- Thanks to Steve Henson for this report.
- 19. Editor Page 2 option - Reset Negatives. This allows the sysop to
- reset various variables to 0 if they have somehow become negative.
- 20. Modified the X option (Delete Player) in the Editor to be used
- by both Registered and Unregistered copies of TC!
- 21. Reduced TC! memory requirements from 321K to 275K.
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- Version 2.4 12/08/96
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- Deepest apologies for v2.3
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- 1. A Major bug with 2.3. The scenarios would not be reset for the
- next day. Eventually running out of perpetrators. This caused
- a loop that looked like a lock-up. FIXED!
- 2. Added an Airport ANSI.
- 3. Re-organized the Clinic Menu.
- 4. Fixed the 'R' key bug at the Main Menu.
- 5. The old Flirt was renamed to Madam Woo and the AOM selection
- process was not updated. FIXED!
- 6. Initialization of Most Wanted in a new setup was not being
- randomized. FIXED!
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- Version 2.3 12/06/96
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- 1. Fixed a bug with DORINFO1.DEF and DORINFOx.DEF file type ONLY.
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- Version 2.2 12/03/96
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- 1. Interest was being lost. Fixed!
- 2. TCC would not create a node passed 2. Fixed!
- 3. URL of http://www.swcp.com/~mmuller/topcop.htm was in CAPS.
- Duh! Didn't realize URL's were case sensitive. S/B lower case.
- 4. Fixed a problem with QBBS and RBBS not reading DORINFOx.DEF files.
- 5. When criminals were caught and user logged off, then logged back
- on again, those criminals previously caught could be caught again.
- This reduced the chances of getting a Most Wanted. FIXED!
- 6. If user called for backup, the backup police would arrest the
- perp. Nothing was noted in the Rap Sheet or Most Wanted. FIXED!
- 7. AOM setup had the 'P' Key available from the Main Menu. REMOVED!
- 8. Changed the names of the cities in the Mount Pilot area to be more
- regionally correct.
- 9. Added Scores.ANS and Scores.ASC for BBS bulletins.
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- Version 2.11 11/24/96
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- 1. Fixed numerous messaging bugs.
- 2. Fixed name searches to work on multi colored names.
- Thanks to Weyland Richards for this one.
- 3. Fixed dinners. Were always negative.
- 4. Upgraded Black Market and Alley
- 5. Fixed a typo. Boys II Men now.
- 6. Fixed Hot Items return items bug. (Thanks Weyland)
- 7. Fixed Sleeper Time Out when returning from Sysop Chat
- 8. Renamed Flirt to Madam Woo's Rose Garden.
- 9. Renamed Mail to Fax.
- 10. Reworked the ? Help screens.
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- Version 2.0 11/11/96
- Where do I start...
- 1. Upgraded to an awesome and easy setup.
- 2. Removed the TC /S command. Removed the setup from the TC.EXE file
- and created a TCC.EXE. (Top Cop Config)
- 3. Went to using .OVR - Had memory concerns.
- 4. Added Add-On Module Feature (AOM) Totally AWESOME!
- 5. Included The Alley AOM and Black Market AOM.
- 6. AOM feature in setup will allow for registration of slots rather
- than the AOM itself. 1st slot registration included is free.
- Read docs for further explanation.
- 7. Added On-Line Messaging.
- 8. Added the option M to Patrol to view Most Wanted locations.
- 9. Made first level much easier to get through.
- 10. Made it possible for the Perp to shoot first.
- 11. Added Hot/Stolen Items to the list of items found.
- 12. Added Hot/Stolen Items Property Room for the above items.
- 13. Fixed Partner bugs when changing names while partners.
- 14. Fixed some Player Editor bugs.
- 15. Upped amount of experience gained when more than one perp.
- 16. Fixed bug with some screens scrolling and not letting you into them.
- 17. Conversion required from v1.04 to v2.0 database. Transparent to
- setting up the game though. Read docs.
- 18. Increased reward for Arresting a Most Wanted.
- 19. Fixed a rare bug in the Player Flirt. (1st player in game would get
- this one).
- 20. Setup could create a -1 node. Fixed!
- 21. Fixed Lotto bug. Unregistered version would start out with 0 jackpot.
- 22. Fixed Name Change routines.
- 23. Added 3 hidden features. One of which gives a Field Promotion.
- 24. Removed the amount set for Dice games played in the Editor and replaced
- with amount for One Punch Jackpot.
- 25. Limited flirting to opposite sex.
- Thanks to T.J. Morrissey for the following
- 26. Fixed Convert Kills To Arrests bug. If set to 10, could only enter 9.
- 27. Fixed Most Wanted on the View screen. When over 10 Most Wanted were
- arrested, the screen would not show correctly.
- Thanks to George Roots for the following
- 28. Added "Sleeper" timeout feature. 2-3 minutes of non-activity exits.
- 29. Up and down arrow keys would crash the game. Fixed.
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- Version 1.04 07/15/96
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- 1. Incorrect amount of money in Sabotage was being deducted. FIXED!
- 2. Airline payments were not being deducted if player had $0. FIXED!
- 3. Several bugs relating to loss of health. Sometimes would go
- below 1 and could continue the game. FIXED!
- 4. Some screens would 'flash' by on some systems. FIXED!
- 5. The cabinet in the Court House was weird. FIXED!
- 6. Some systems running through Win95 have had problems running TC.
- Suggest a fossil driver. See TC.DOC for specific details.
- 7. Increased the chance of getting a room in the Inn.
- 8. Hire/Fire Partner has been added to the daily news.
- 9. Ranking screen now reflects current stats.
- 10. Reworked the Clinic.
- 11. Included the Help.TXT file for DDSETUP - duh!
- 12. Updated the Quick Help Menu.
- 13. Added air crash scenario to Daily News.
- 14. Bank transfer was not resetting. FIXED!
- 15. If having two vouchers, and using one, the 2nd one was unusable. FIXED!
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- Version 1.03 07/01/96
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- 1. Money transfers were only up to $499 instead of $500 - FIXED!
- 2. Protection Screen said "Buy Weapon" instead of "Buy Protection" - FIXED!
- 3. Most Wanted Rap Sheet was not re-initializing the comments when the
- last Most Wanted was killed until the game was played again - FIXED!
- 4. Most Wanted arrests was not resetting after a promotion - FIXED!
- 5. Lottery payoff was weird. Fixed!
- 6. Partner Roster was not showing correct ranks. FIXED!
- 7. Most Wanted requirements variable not resetting after promotion. FIXED!
- 8. Added Hours bonus from your partner.
- 9. Changed colors in the Inn's chat.
- 10. Removed ability to have spaces after your name when logging into TC!
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