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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╕ ╕ ╕ ╕ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╞══╕╞══╕╒══╕ ╞══╕╒══╕╕ ╕│ │ │ │ ││ │╘══╕ │ ││ ││ ││ ver 1.7 │ │ ╘══╛╘══╛╘══╛ ╘══╛╘══╛╘═╧═╛╘═ ▄██ │ │ Whats.new ▄██▄█ │ │ ──────── ─────────────── ─────── ▄██▀███ │ │ ────────── ── ──────────── ─ ████▀██ ▄▄▄▄ │ │ ──── ─ ───────────── ───── ▀███▀▄███▀▄▀▀ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Written by: James Fair Compiled in Turbo Pascal v5.5 What's new file for BBSBowl v1.5 ─────────────────────────── RA/QBBS/RBBS - Spitfire - PCB12.x PCB14.x - Wildcat v2.x - Wildcat3.x ─────────────────────────── (c)Copyright 1991,1992 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ■ BBS Bowl ver1.1 Updates and bug fixes ■ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ *** Warning ************************************************************** ** You must run the new Bowlcfg.exe again in order for ver1.1 to work ** ** properly due to a new sysop configurable option written to the new ** ** bbsbowl.cfg. So just be sure to run it and answer all questions... ** ************************************************************************** (1) Had some problems with the file structure with Wildcat 3.x Door.sys file. Mostly for local play. FIXED. If you continue to have a problem with door.sys please let me know. You may use a converter and create a dorinfo1.def and tell bowlcfg to use the "[1] QBBS/RA/RBBS" doortype. (2) Had a problem with the ANSI bulletin for some Board Types. It would not type out the entire file. Forced ANSI code not to exceed 255 characters in length and forced carriage return. Should fix for all BBS types. (3) Had a small bug in the Practice Rolls under the Instruction part of the introduction. Sometimes would not roll ball or knock pins down correctly. This would happen only after a gutter ball. FIXED. (4) Had overlooked the Delay rate for 14400 connects. Added 14400 in the baud rate selection for Delay rates. (5) Added Sysop Configurable "Straight Roll" key. Sysop may enable a feature to allow the "5" key to roll a straight ball. Must Run Bowlcfg.exe!! (6) Major oversight on my part for 10th frame scoring. Would add spares and/or strikes in 11th and 12th frame to final score. Ooops.. Special thanks to Sam Wyatt for catching that one! FIXED. (7) Had some cosmetic changes in a few screens. (8) Made some changes on the pin action for some spare shots as well as first rolls. Believe me, I don't think we'll see any 300 games! Yes a 300 game is possible but you'll have to get pretty lucky! You could throw a good strike ball and get a lot of tough splits. Re-did pin action on those first throws so splits are more rare on a good roll. You will still get a few but not as often. (9) Enhanced Make-up day structure. That is, when you went to play make-up days, it would ask for the day and then repaint entire screen and Re- Present you with the opening options (S-start, H-high scores, Q-quit, and I-instructions) forcing you to hit "S" to start the make-up game. Now only repaints the scoreboard and alley, and then the user information area speeding up the make-up day process. Also would always reset Comments to "ON". In version 1.1 it remembers and resets your Comments On/Off to setting from previous game. (10) Added support for up to 99 players in the registered version. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ■ BBS Bowl ver1.2 Updates and bug fixes ■ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ********************************************************************* * WARNING - you must DELETE the existing "BBSBOWL.DAT" file for ver * * 1.2 to work correctly due to new data file structure to allow the * * multiple games-per-day feature! Also be sure to run the new * * bowlcfg.exe first - Enjoy the game * ********************************************************************* (1) Had a problem with PCBoard conversion that if the game could not figure out the time remaining would default to 10 minutes. Now defaults to 30 minutes if unable to determine from PCBoard.dat and PCBoard.sys. (2) If bowlwin.dat was deleted or missing from the correct directory the game would immediately return to the board with a run-time error when displaying the high scores. FIXED - If bowlwin.dat is missing it will display the high scores and place "UnKnown" and a score of "000" in the top of the high score screen and then re-write the bowlwin.dat file with "The Champion" and "5,000" for last month's winner. It will also append the "bbsbowl.log" file with the date and time this occurred and show that "The Champion" was placed in that file with a score of 5,000. (3) In an attempt to fix some of the pin action I deleted a line that on one particular roll would not knock the 3-pin down. FIXED. (4) Also in an attempt to fix the 10th frame score problem mentioned above, In two scenarios it would give the user a score of "0" regardless of their actual score in the game. FIXED! (I can hear them cursing me all over the U.S. right now! hee hee) Sorry about that one folks! (5) Added a new sysop configurable feature allowing 1 to 3 games-per-day for those of you who have asked for this. Hope you enjoy this new feature. High score screen changed slightly to show days/games played! (6) Made just a few minor adjustments to some of the pin action! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ■ BBS Bowl ver1.3 Updates and bug fixes ■ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ *** Warning ************************************************************** ** You must run the new Bowlcfg.exe again in order for ver1.3 to work ** ** properly due to a new support for multi-node operations writing the ** ** bbsbowl#.cfg. So just be sure to run it and answer all questions... ** ************************************************************************** (1) One small bug left where it would not reset the strikes and spares to "0" in the User Information area when playing a make-up day. (2) Added full support for Multi-Node Systems. Must run Bowlcfg.exe for each node. Bowlcfg.exe now asks for which node the current config file will be written for. Now writes "BBSBowl#.cfg" for each node Where "#" represents the node number. Nodes 1 through 9 are supported at this time. For single node operations just place a "1" here and BBSBowl will look for "BBSBowl1.cfg" for the user information, comport, path to userfile, etc. (3) Changed the comments to what I will call "PG" rated comments. I am truly sorry if the comments offended anyone. Was just trying to make them fun and interesting to read. Anyway, hope this version clears all that up. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ■ BBS Bowl ver1.4 Updates and bug fixes ■ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ *** Warning ************************************************************** ** You must run the new Bowlcfg.exe again in order for ver1.4 to work ** ** properly due to a new support for multi-node operations writing the ** ** bbsbowl#.cfg So just be sure to run it and answer all questions... ** ** YOU MUST ALSO DELETE THE EXISTING BBSBOWL.DAT TO UPDATE TO VER 1.4 ** ** FROM ANY PREVIOUS VERSION. NEW BBSBOWL.DAT STRUCTURE! ** ************************************************************************** Hope you enjoy the Game. (1) Added file locking/sharing for LAN systems. It would sometimes corrupt the bbsbowl.dat file on Novell type systems. FIXED! (2) Last month's high score (if more than 5 characters) would get garbaged with the commas. That is it might say something like 5,,21. Had to change the bbsbowl.dat file structure to allow 6 characters to accomodate the comma. OOPS! (3) Had a big problem with 14,400 modems and the delay rate of the ball and curve bar. FIXED! Just a minor change in the code. Sorry about that one folks. Was picking up 1 character too mamy on the baud rate! (4) If you hit "Q" from the practice rolls (in the Instructions) it would ask "Are you sure you want to Quit?" and allow you to quit with a negative score. FIXED! (5) On the scoreboard, when you had two strikes and a spare and your score was 100 or higher would move the score over to the right one space. FIXED! (6) Added direct support for WWIV BBS software and will read the Chain.txt for user information. (7) Several other cosmetic changes as well as fine tuning the pin action... ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ■ BBS Bowl ver1.5 Updates and bug fixes ■ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Version 1.5 is quite simply some clean-up fixes and/or cosmetic changes with the exception of the following. (1) On the WWIV "Chain.txt" userfile I was picking up the user name instead of the alias. I was told that it was best to use the alias so ver 1.5 will now pick that up. (2) I have also fixed a little bug that would sometimes write the score one space to the left or right on the scoreboard in a couple of scenarios. That is FIXED! (3) Also cleaned up the boo boo where it would put two commas in last month's winner's High Score. FIXED! That's about it. ******* The Good News ****************************************************** * In order to update from ver 1.4 to ver 1.5 requires nothing more than to * * copy the new bbsbowl.exe over the old one. That's it...Enjoy * **************************************************************************** ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ■ BBS Bowl ver1.6 New Feature ■ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (1) The biggest problem I have had reported since ver 1.5 came out was that someone got a new high speed modem and/or locks their comport, and now when a user plays the game the curve bar moves so fast that they cannot respond quickly enough. Therefore, Ver 1.6! - I have added support for a file called "delay.dat". This file is sysop configurable to allow you to set the delay you want for the Curve Bar and Ball Speed for each baud rate (1200 to 38400). Please read "BBSBOWL.DOC" for details. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ■ BBS Bowl ver1.7 New Feature ■ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (1) I made a small boo boo and forgot to add the support for 16,800 connects in the game and in the "Delay.Dat" file. This is the only change in the game. However, I also modified the Bowlcfg.exe file to create this file for you. Simply answer each question and if desired answer the delay rates for each baud rate (which you are prompted for) and it will write Delay.dat for you in the current directory. Enjoy! ******* The Good News Again ************************************************ * In order to update from ver 1.5 to ver 1.7 requires nothing more than to * * copy the new bbsbowl.exe over the old one, and if desired, add the file * * delay.dat for the sysop configurable delay on curve bar and ball roll. * **************************************************************************** Thanks...James Fair Author of "FairWare"