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Text File | 1995-01-18 | 14KB | 280 lines

01/18/95
         [v2.6] We have closed a loophole in the logic of the program that
                allowed the caller to PASS back to the Computer (even though
                the player had a move in his/her hand) when the Boneyard
                was empty.

                Eliminated the 'ANSI not detected....' message since there are
                a few communications packages out there that give off their
                own type of ANSI.

                If using the TRIBBS.SYS system file, the door always presented
                the opening screen in black and white. Will now be presented
                in color.

                A first time caller to the Door was being given a black and
                white screen throughout the Door. The caller would then have
                to use the Door option to toggle the color on. The Door will
                now default to having the color turned on and the caller will
                have to use the color toggle, on the game menu, to turn it off.

                The Door knows that the caller is the Sysop, if the caller is
                record #1 in the BBS' user database. The BBS software passes
                that record number to the door via the system file. Some BBS
                software does not pass the actual record number but passes a
                relative number (ie: record #1 is passed as record #0). If the
                number being passsed is 0, the Door will not know it is the
                Sysop calling. We will now recognize the caller as the Sysop
                if their record number is 0 or 1.

                As more and more BBS' use Alias', we have been asked to
                provide a way for the callers to use their Alias' rather
                than their LogonName. All Sunrise Doors will now have this
                Sysop configurable option in the CFG file.

                If participating in an InterBBS game, the number of games per
                day will NOT be overridden by the security specific entries in
                the CFG file.


08/21/94
         [v2.5] There were some reports of players only being able to play ONE
                game, even though the CFG file entry indicated more plays per
                day. The player was able to leave the Door and come back in
                and play again. This version hopefully fixes that problem.

08/11/94
         [v2.4] When player has reached the maximum number fo games allowed
                they still had to respond to the "Another Game?..."
                question. Program will now detect maximum number of games
                reached and NOT ask the question.

                The number of bones in the computer's hand display was not
                being updated if the computer had the high double. The display
                would be updated correctly on the second and subsequent turns.

                A new option has been added to the CFG file to control the
                number of high score entries you wish to be displayed when
                the player chooses the appropriate option OR when they are
                leaving the game. There is no maximum/minmum that can be
                displayed OR you can use ZERO(0) to display ALL entries.

                If the XXXX/YYYY entries in the CFG file were entered in
                LOWERCASE, the Door would display a CFG error and return to BBS

                Using a NEW entry in the CFG, you can now define the number of
                months to retain in the HALL of FAME files.

                Added a new option to the playing menu that allows the player
                to toggle the Color On/Off.

                You will have to run a conversion program called USREXPND
                (included in the Door ZIP file). This program is to be run ONCE
                ONLY if you are upgrading from an earlier version of the Door.
                If you do not wish to run the conversion program you can just
                delete the .USR file (deleting the USR file causes the game to
                start over with all prior scores being lost).

                The program will now check to see if you have any moves in your
                hand. It will NOT allow the player to draw a tile if moves
                exist in player's hand.

03/12/94
         [v2.3] Past problems with large values in the Door.Sys or other System
                Files (Drop Files) generating an OVERLOW (Error 6) error, have
                been resolved.

                When the Door displays the opening screen, it asks if you want
                instructions and you are forced to enter a Y or N. This was
                installed to handle problems encountered when using Digiboards.
                With this release you can choose whether you want to force a
                y/n OR if you want to use the y/N format which allows the
                player to press ENTER for the default N. You must update your
                CFG file, see DOC file.

                New Feature: If the player has the high double AND that double
                is a double five, the player will receive a 10 point bonus as
                he/she would if the move resulted in a bonus during the game.
                Thus a player will receive a 35 point bonus if they have the
                high double AND that double is a double five.

02/26/94
         [v2.2] Player's last move was not being displayed on the display if
                it was the last tile in the player's hand.

                If the final play by the player resulted in a Fives bonus,
                the board was not relecting the FIVES total correctly.

                If you QUIT a game, you will LOSE a total of the Tiles in
                your hand. DOMINOES.INS (Player INSTRUCTIONS) has been
                updated to reflect this change.

11/29/93
         [v2.1] If running InterBBS and you are a HUB and it is the first of
                the month and a current player (already in the score file)
                plays the game BEFORE you have run INTERBBS.EXE with the HUB
                option, the player's score for the prior month will be lost
                (it was being overlaid by the new score for the month).

                Players hand will be sorted to make it appear less jumbled

                The Makeup days option and number of games played/remaining,
                was not working properly if you left the game and came back
                in to continue playing. You never lost any turns/games since
                the turns/games would readjust the next day.

                When playing in an InterBBS game, the BULLETINS created will
                reflect the same screen as that seen when looking at the
                Door's high scores (will not affect non-InterBBS games).

                The Hiscore display when in the InterBBS mode, has changed.
                The number of games a player has PLAYED will be shown in the
                space previously occupied by the LAST DATE PLAYED. With this
                change a player can now tell if the players around them have
                played all their games to date or are possibly holding back.
                Multiplying today's day number by the number of games allowed
                per day will give the total number of PLAYS a player should
                have if they are CURRENT.

                New Feature: If the player gets the HIGH DOUBLE to start the
                             game, they will earn a 25 point BONUS, provided
                             they WIN THAT HAND!

                New Feature: If the result of a player's tile play results in
                             the total of the Master Die being equal to 5 or
                             10, the points will accumlated and added to the
                             player's score ONLY IF he/she WINS the game.

                Minor changes were made to accomodate the HIGH DOUBLE and
                5's SCORING points display

                Final move of the game was not being updated on the screen

                Non-registered version will automatically reset the player's
                scores anywhere from the 17th thru 29th day of use

                Increased the number fo games per day allowed in the
                non-registered version

09/28/93
         [v2.0] If you were using DOMINOES in an InterBBS mode AND there were
                duplicate names being used between some of the BBS' (ie:
                SYSOP on one BBS and SYSOP on another) then the program was
                duplicating names in the score file. In addition to using
                this new version, you MUST delete the DOMINOE.ISC file and
                allow the program to recreate it correctly.

08/24/93
         [v1.9] If running the door in an InterBBS environment, the proper
                scores were not being reflected when you lost points during
                game play. The correct scores were being kept in the user
                database but not in the ISC file.

08/16/93
         [v1.8] We have received a report of a problem with the makeup days
                not working for some players and working for others. It seems
                that the problem is that the SYSOP was not getting the makeup
                days but the players were. This bug has been in the program
                since version 1.0.

                Score files were not being created properly and InterBBS was
                dropping players from the DOMINOE.ISC file. If you have a
                Dominoes.ISC file and or a DOMINOE0.xxx file, delete them and
                they will correct themselves

                If you had used up all the allotted games for today and
                re-entered the Door, the opening screen would 'flash' and it
                would immediately display the screen informing caller that all
                games had been used. It will now pause.

08/10/93
         [v1.7] Introducing an INTER-BBS option whereby players may compete
                against players from any number of other BBS', running
                DOMINOES.. See Docs for a more indepth explanation as
                well as an explanation of the new CFG option.

                Added a Screen Refresh option.

                Added an option to display the High Scores at any time
                during the game.

                Added an option to display the Instructions at any time
                during the game.

                When a double tile is played against a board tile of the
                same value on both ends, the player will not be asked the
                "Match Which End..." question. Instead it will assume the
                (L)eft end.

                For technical reasons we no longer support CHAIN.TXT

06/19/93
         [v1.6] Removed delay at start of game.

                Added support for the PCBoard /M version!

03/12/93
         [v1.5] Now supports Comm Ports 0-15

                Hall of Fame routine was working only partially. Correct
                player was listed in HOF, but with a blank score.

                If no one played the door or if the highest score obtained
                during the month was zero, the game will NOT show a Hall of
                Fame entry for the month.

                Callers will be required to answer the "Want Instructions.."
                question with a Y or N. This was required to circumvent a
                problem encountered when running under WildCat's IM version.

                Hall of Fame display was always displaying in color, regardless
                of the color setting of the current session.


01/23/93
         [v1.4] The program was not processing the double blank tile
                correctly, if it was the only double in either hand. Very
                hard to test this as it is rare to only have the double blank
                be the highest double in either hand.

12/25/92
         [v1.3] When the computer won the game, the computer's last play
                was not being reflected on the screen.

                New Configuration option to allow Sysop to choose whether
                they want the computer to allocate 999 games to them or if
                they just want to be like any other caller.

                Corrected an alignment problem with the SUNHOF.ASC/ANS files.
                All entries, from this point on, will be aligned properly.
                You will have to manually align the existing entries (after
                the next monthly maintenance run).

                The Hall of Fame list will now be displayed to the player
                after the High Scores (if the SUNHOF.ANS is found and the
                Door is registered)

12/14/92
         [v1.2] Corrected some logic that was causing incorrect scoring to
                occur when the player beat the computer. All points were not
                being awarded to the player and the computer was not playing
                tiles it should have played.

                When the Player wins it will now display the computer's hand.

11/14/92
         [v1.1] Left out the option to turn off the ADOPT-A-DOOR screen.
                Have added that back in which will require that you update
                the CFG file. Compare Docs CFG description to the v1.0
                CFG and make the appropriate change!

                The detailed description of the CFG file, in the DOCs, was
                incorrect. It will now reflect the correct order of the
                parameters. (Always said I hated writing DOCs, this only goes
                to prove my point  <grin> )

                Added support for  Fossil-based Multi-Port boards.

11/11/92
         [v1.0] Initial release