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This file will contain the changes or revisions to the The Civil War
game and will serve as a quick guide to SysOps in setting up upgrades.
Whats New in V4.0 of Civil War?
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(1) Additional BBS caller file/type support.
(2) BIOS and DIRECT screen write routines.
a. BIOS will make calls to resident ANSI driver installed, i.e. ANSI.SYS
b. DIRECT will write directly to screen for fast writes.
Note:
This is for users running DESQview on a 80286 machine that cannot do
virtual screens. This prevents screen bleeds across windows, and is
not for COM routines or FOSSIL drivers.
(3) Expanded support in the SETUP.EXE program for quick setup.
(4) New Color bulletin its no longer 'animated' and will not get "split-up"
by a 23 line "more?" trigger.
(5) Expanded 'help' screen and improved keyboard interface for commands.
(6) Added Registered user info fields into CIVILWAR.CFG to eliminate the
need for a separate ".key" file. Although the game will still look
in the current directory for "CIVILWAR.KEY" if the information is not
in the CIVILWAR.CFG file. Entering your registered Name and serial
number into the .CFG file will skip the disk check for the .Key to
auto-register the game.
(7) For those who have previously registered earlier versions of this
game and you do not have a ".key" file or know your serial number,
you can contact me via Email on my BBS and I will give you the info
needed to enter into SETUP to register once you've downloaded this
game upgrade.
(8) Configuration file name/setup slightly changed to support from 1-99
nodes under Novell networks. Now command line switch supports this
via /NODE1 through /NODE99. Although the SETUP program still only
sets 'multinode' operations from nodes 1-4, you can directly edit
the configuration filenames from CVLWAR1.CFG through CVLWAR99.CFG.
Use any ASCII editor to edit these files directly under the format
described and documented in the manual.
If you are upgrading from previous versions (ie 4.0 and below) you
can run setup to enter your BBS config directly or run the latest
SETUP.EXE program and enter the required information. Version 4.0
users need only rename their CIVLWARx.CFG for nodes 1-4 by dropping
the "I" in the configuration filename, to CVLWARxx.CFG where the
"xx" is a number between 1 and 99.
V4.2
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Added in support for WWIV v4.07 and up BBS's via the CHAIN.TXT
caller info file.
V4.3
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Added CTS flow control support in sending ANSI graphics for setups
using hi baud rate DTE. Also repaired small glitch in bulletin
creation for color scoreboard from .cfg file path.
v4.4
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Added direct support for new Wildcat v3.0 and SpitFire BBS's.
Read documentation on WCPORTID.DOC for proper installations on
this new version of WildCat BBS.
v4.5
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Fixed a few minor bugs, notably in the ANSI color scoreboard with
an extra spaces added into President only scores. Also optimized
code for smaller .exe file
v4.5a
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Fixed typo causing LOCKED port at 19200 baud to not work properly
and a minor screen clearing problem for ANSI clear screen.
Corrected PCBoard caller file glitch on LOCAL connects via BBS.
v4.6
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Added feature for registered users to use the game outside of a BBS
by placing their registration info in "CIVILWAR.KEY" for the game to
read in. If you do not have a "CIVILWAR.KEY" file you may create one
easily by using an ASCII editor and plaing on line #1 your registered
NAME ending with a CRLF and on line #2 placing your game SERIAL number
ended with a CRLF. The game will no skip the doorware announcement
delay.
Added short timing delay on CTS raise for slower machines using the
required RTS/CTS flow control for fast speeds or locked baud rates.
Also added faster carrier detect on users dropping carrier on large
ansi screen files.
v4.7
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Few minor bug fixes and some code streamlined.
V4.7a
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Repaired glitch in DOOR.SYS reading on DTE baud rate.
v4.7b
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Optimized ANSI color decoding and speed on RTS/CTS.
v4.8
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Added DTE port speeds of 57600 and 115200kbps support. IF using the
BIOS screen write option (ANSI.SYS), change to DIRECT screen writes
as ANSI.SYS is too slow at speeds above DTE 38400 bps.