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01/18/97 [v6.9] Made several changes to internal routines that interact with the modem. Will make for smoother play at higher baud rates. 06/12/96 [v6.8] A NEW option has been added to the CFG file to control whether or not you wish to have the door LOG callers (ON/OFF) to a USAGE file. A separate file is created for each Node. 02/04/96 [v6.7] When saving a game the die were not being saved. The die will now be saved along with all the other data. The YAHTZEE.INX file MUST be deleted as well as any files with a .SAV extension. ALIAS option NOT working properly. Added 'last date played' to Bulletins for NON-InterBBS only If a Player logged on prior to midnight on the last day of the month and plays past midnight on the 1st of the new month, the monthly maintenance routine would 'kick in' during the players logon. Eliminated the YAHTZMRG.EXE file. Merging of files created offline by PCYAHTZ is no longer supported until PCYAHTZEE is updated. 01/08/95 [v6.6] When saving a game in progress, the program would overwrite the current player's user record with another user's record. This would result in the current player being deleted from the User file AND the duplication of the user record that was used to overwrite the current player's record. 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. 08/14/94 [v6.5] When resetting the game at end of month, the prior month's saved games were not being deleted. With this release all saved games will be deleted when game is being reset. If a player tried to save a game in progress AND the player's name contained a period (.) it would generate an Error 64. If the player saved a game in progress, it was counted as a FULL game played and counted against the number of games allowed to be played per day. With this version, a saved game will NOT be counted against the allowed games per day. 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). 03/14/94 [v6.4] 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. Changed the color of the 'LOADING SCORES' display to make it easier to read. 11/26/93 [v6.3] If playing InterBBS, the Score display will flash the player's name to make it easier for them to spot their position in the top scores. The InterBBS bulletins were displaying the names of those players with a zero (0) score. Since that is not relevent they will be bypassed and not displayed. 11/25/93 [v6.2] The bulletins created, when playing an InterBBS game, were incomplete. 11/24/93 [v6.1] When playing in the InterBBS mode, the TOP Hiscore entry displayed on the playing board, only reflected the Highest score for those that played on that BBS and not the Highest score for all the participants in the InterBBS competition. 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. Non-registered version will automatically reset the player's scores anywhere from the 17th thru 29th day of use 10/18/93 [v6.0] When the 11th player finished playing the game, the Door would hang and you would end up with a QEMM error or a String Space Corrupt error. 10/11/93 [v5.9] Some prolonged delays were being experienced when the game started and when the player chose to play another game. Made some programming changes to alleviate the problem which was introduced when we coverted the program to make it InterBBS capable. 10/03/93 [v5.8] Added a few more informative messages, especially when starting a new game. Hall of Fame listing was not being displayed. 09/10/93 [v5.7] This is tricky to explain, hopefully you will get the idea. When using the HOTKEY option and you indicated that you were changing a certain number of dice, the cursor would drop down a line and position itself to the extreme right of the line, IF you entered less dice numbers and pressed ENTER. This problem has been around 'forever' and I was finally able to find it (hopefully <g>) The bulletins generated by the game (if you supplied file names in the CFG file) were either not being created or the color version was being written for the ASCII one. It should all be straightened out now. Looks like this problem has been around for a while as well. 09/06/93 [v5.6] When running the door in a NETWORK environment AND the player chose to view the High Scores OR player replied "N" to "Do you want to play another game" the program would abort with an Error 52 (Bad File Number). The High Score file was updated correctly. The only problem was that the player was unable to see the scores (on demand or at end of game). This was really a DUMB mistake on my part and we appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. 09/02/93 [v5.5] CFG file has been RE-ARRANGED.... see DOCs for description of each entry in the CFG! Introducing an INTER-BBS option whereby players may compete against players from any number of other BBS', running Triple Yahtzee.. See Docs for a more indepth explanation as well as an explanation of the new CFG options! Added a MAKE-UP-PLAYS feature that allows the caller to makeup game plays they may have missed during the current month. This will afford those callers that do not call every day, an equal chance to compete with callers that play every day. Config file lines 6 and 7 have changed!!!!!!! Be sure to read Documentation!!! Automatic game reset will take place when the first caller of the month plays the game. Two Hall of Fame bulletin files will be created (SUNHOF.ANS and SUNHOF.ASC) and all scores cleared. Be sure to read the Documentation!!! Last version, we introduced the ability to use a Yahtzee to fill another category if all Yahtzees were used. The number of points generated for the Small Straight and Large Straight, when this option was used, were incorrect. We were generating 25 points for each when we should have been generating 30 and 40 points respectively.... corrected! NOTE: In order to accomodate InterBBS play, make-up days and automatic game reset at end of month, we have removed the option to choose between allowing a caller to have multiple entries in the score file or having only one entry (the highest) in the score file. The Door will only allow 1 entry per player. 06/19/93 [v5.4] After completing a game and replying 'yes' to play another, the number of dice rolls were not being reset and the player received only 1 roll on the first play of a new game When player quits a game they will be asked if they wish to play again, provided they have not exhausted all games for the day. In prior versions you had to exit the door to play again. First time into the door the response to "Change How Many Dice"? was printed in a purple color instead of white. Top scores will not be shown unless you choose the option from the main menu or when you leave the door to return to the BBS. Added "Games Played/Games Allowed" to the display. This was long overdue :) If you have used the Yahtzee category in all 3 games and you roll a Yahtzee, you may now use that Yahtzee to fill another category. Eligible categories are 9, A or B. Added support for PCBoard /M version Menu option "*" has been changed to "#" for display of the game instructions. 05/05/93 [v5.3] After 4 years of use we received a report that an Error #5 was encountered if the user had an upper total of more than 99 points, before the bonus was applied. This was ever taken into consideration and when the program attempted to display a 3 digit number, the error occured. 03/12/93 [v5.2] Now supports Comm Ports 0-15 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. 12/26/92 [v5.1] YAHTZMRG was not recognizing that Yahtzee was registered. This only ocurred if you used GTUSER.BBS on the first line of the configuration file. BRUN45.EXE no longer required! Added support for Fossil-based Multi-Port cards! New Configuration option to allow Sysop to choose whether they want the computer to allocate 99 games to them or if they just want to be like any other caller. 10/14/92 [v5.0] Added support for TRIBBS software. We now access the TRIBBS.SYS system file directly! After a CHAT or DROP-TO-DOS the game screen will now be restored to its original state. If you played a previously saved game, did NOT make any moves and quit the game, the game would not be re-saved. This has been corrected! 06/18/92 [v4.9] 'Input Past End of File' error message when loading the door. This error popped up on one Sysop after running the Door for some time. Finally tracked it down to the the .USR and/or .INX files. Seems that when you get a caller who logs on as 'First Last, Jr.' and the caller ends up saving a game, the Error will pop up on ALL subsequent loads of the game. It seems as though I was not handling the name properly if there it contained ', Jr.' in the caller's name. This 'bug' has been in the program since it's release, 2 years ago, and just today came to the surface... You can now use an environmental variable for Non-Standard IRQs. This will eliminate the need to have multiple batch files to execute the door. See DOCs under NON-STANDARD COM SUPPORT for details. You can now use environmental variables, on the first line of the configuration file. This will eliminate the requirement that you create an individual configuration file for each node in a multinode environment (ONE config file for ALL nodes!!). See DOCs under MULTI-NODE SETUP for details. Made some changes to fix the TIMEOUT errors encountered when usinga 486 with/without DesqView. Need feedback !! Made some changes to correct the Error #6 (Overflow Error) when using SpitFire version 3.2/SFDOORS.DAT. I need some feedback on this one as well! Added support for GT Power's GTUSER.BBS file. To use this you will be required to add to lines to your configuration files. Please see Docs for changes. Need some feedback on this as well! 04/12/92 [v4.8] Some of the messages were flashing by briefly, making it hard for the player to seem them. Removed the "Do you want to view the Top Player's List" question, when you have already chosen this option anyway. Worst case would be that you made a mistake and would be able to exit after the first screen of the Hiscore list was displayed. Added the ability to view the instructions prior to entering the game. You can now use an environmental variable for Non-Standard IRQs. This will eliminate the need to have multiple batch files to execute the door. See DOCs under NON-STANDARD COM SUPPORT for details. You can now use environmental variables, on the first line of the configuration file. This will eliminate the requirement that you create an individual configuration file for each node in a multinode environment (ONE config file for ALL nodes!!). See DOCs under MULTI-NODE SETUP for details. If you had entered a Time Limit in the CFG file, the program would loop when exiting. 02/20/92 [v4.7] The new option introduced in v4.6, where you can indicate how you want the caller's score kept in the Hiscore file, was not working under certain circumstances. When trying to backspace over characters you entered, while logged on LOCALLY, the system would lock up. 12/29/91 [v4.6] Added an option to control when you DO NOT want the DOOR to be used. Allows for 5 Blackout periods. This requires a configuration file change. SEE DOCS for DETAILS! A new option was added to the Configuration file to indicate whether you want the caller to appear in the Hiscore file once or multiple times. 11/01/91 [v4.5] Added an option to control the number of plays per day, based upon the user's security level. This requires a configuration file change. SEE DOCS for DETAILS! Added an option to control the length of time the game may be played (each time caller enters the Door), based upon the user's security level. This requires a configuration file change. SEE DOCS for DETAILS! 10/17/91 [v4.4] Added a colorized Bulletin. Config file change!! Changes to internal routines 09/17/91 [v4.3] Die numbers not showing above the 5 dice. 09/06/91 [v4.2] Re-adjust delay values in non-registered version 08/23/91 [v4.1] Changes made to several internal routines 07/18/91 [v4.0] Game not allowing 5 of a kind (Yahtzee) to be placed in the FULL HOUSE category. Changed the "random" number generator. May give some better random dice generation. If ANSI not detected, caller has option to contimue or return to BBS. No longer denies access to game, outright! If Sysop uses the door, he/she is given 99 chances to play the game. Registered version ONLY! Added support for Wildcat! v3.0 (See Docs.. Config file!) Added support for WWIV BBS' (See Docs.. Config file [untested]) Under certain circumstances the program would hang the system after displaying the ADOPT-A-DOOR screen 05/31/91 [v3.9] Program will no longer save a game if no moves were made. Changes made to internal variables related to timeleft. The "[C] Yahtzee" category was not printing, in Non-Graphics mode only. Fixed! Added support for non-standard IRQ numbers (othe than IRQ3/IRQ4). See docs for implementation. 05/05/91 [v3.8] Door would hang, in local mode, when returning to BBS. In YAHTZMRG.EXE the date being passed to Yahtzee.Sco was garbled. YAHTEMRG.EXE not calculating security values correctly. 04/14/91 [v3.7] After releasing v3.7, I uncovered a problem that would only occur if you had more than 10 entries in the YAHTZEE.SCO file. No one reported it, I ran into it on my BBS. It only affected those that converted a previous .SCO file with more than 10 entries. ONLY THE YAHTZEE.EXE FILE NEED BE REPLACED IF YOU ARE ALREADY RUNNING v3.7 !!!!! 04/06/91 [v3.7] Must run SCOCNVRT.EXE to convert existing YAHTZEE.SCO file. If no existing YAHTZEE.SCO file, DO NOT RUN !!! To execute type: SCOCNVRT YAHTZEE ________________ This release incorporates the changes required to allow your callers to play Triple Yahtzee offline on their PCs and upload their score(s) to your BBS. You can then merge ALL uploaded scores into the Triple Yahtzee Door high score file, using a combination of DOS commands and a supplied program (YAHTZMRG.EXE)... READ DOCS!!! 03/24/91 [v3.6] Added option for Sysop to restrict number of games that can be played per day. You must change your CFG file !!!!! otherwise you will get an ERROR !!! CHANGE IT NOW !!!! Read DOCS! Bulletin being created had extra line feeds between lines. When presented with the "Press ENTER or E to exit" message, pressing E caused another "Press ENTER to continue" message to appear. Eliminated the second "Press ENTER..." message after you press an E to exit. When using DORINFOx.DEF, the door would stop at the start of the game and require a key press to continue. When using DORINFOx.DEF, the BBS NAME was not being picked up from the configuration file and was not picking up the correct NODE number from the configuration file. 03/10/91 [v3.5] Several problems related to the use of DORINFOx.DEF were corrected 02/23/91 [v3.4] Internal changes to speed up program. Corrected "hung system" when responding to a "Press ENTER to continue, E to end" message. 02/08/91 [v3.3] Internal routine changes. 01/13/91 [v3.2] Added error trapping routines Changed method of creating filenames that hold the "saved" game. This will accomodate 1-word handles. 01/07/91 [v3.1] Well I finally was able to locate that little bug some of you said existed. Seems that Yahtzee bonus' were being given at odd times and not conforming to giving the bonus' only after all 3 Yahtzee categories were filled. Please let me know if I still have a "bug" with this item. 01/01/91 [v3.0] Problem with last display of instructions not remaining on screen. Several internal programming changes. 12/29/90 [v2.9] ADOPT-A-DOOR display problem fixed "Warnin x Minutes Remain...." message messed up the display. The message has been eliminated. ANSI checking is now automatic. Opening screen ANSI question has been eliminated. DORINFOx.DEF now handles security levels > 32767. 12/02/90 [v2.8] HiScore file name capitalization inconsistant with prior versions. All names will now be capitalized. 12/01/90 [v2.7] Corrected a problem with the "game save" feature. NOTE:Delete the YAHTZEE.INX file and ANY .SAV files in your directory. Not recognizing DORINFOx.DEF - Fixed Not handling midnight time change properly - Fixed 11/27/90 [v2.6] Now Supports DOOR.SYS, CALLINFO.BBS, DORINFOx.DEF and PCBoard.SYS. Major board color is now configurable. ADOPT-A-DOOR is now an option in Config file 11/16/90 [v2.5] Cosmetic changes. More informative opening screen. 11/16/90 [v2.4] Problems reported relative to the slow response after a key is pressed in response to a prompt. This only happened if using the HOTKEY option. Changed some of the input routines and it looks like I have fixed the problem. Feedback about whether it is better or not would be appreciated! 11/10/90 [v2.3] When running the Door Converter called DoorMaster and you are using the Door in a local mode, DoorMaster created a 4 digit number for "call time remaining". Since I was expecting a 3 digit maximum, pgm was producing an ERROR #5. I have fixed this by changing the time remaining to 30 minutes if the time remaining is greater than 999 minutes. (That should be more than enough for a Sysop to play the game locally...<grin>) 11/08/90 [v2.2] Caller names were not being outputted in uppercase. This caused a problem with the HiScore file in that a caller could show up in the Hiscore file with their name in both upper and upper/lower case. To correct the file use an editor or word processor to correct the spelling to all upper case characters. 11/04/90 [v2.1] Having failed to fix the intermittant system hangs, I have re-written the program using a different set of routines. This version requires a CHANGE to the CONFIGURATION FILE!! Check the DOCs for changes required !! Added option to allow Sysop to bypass dipalying the ADOPT-A-DOORmessage! 10/20/90 [v2.0] Several changes made in an ATTEMPT to fix the "system hang" problem when running under SOME DesqView configurations. Slight cosmetic changes made. You may now use a zero (0), along with a "P" or a "+" to signal that you want to stop rolling the dice and play the current hand! ADOPT-A-DOOR display now centers names automatically. Removed the BRUN45.EXE file from the ZIP file. This was done to reduce the size of the ZIP which will result in a shorter transfer time. It will be available on the Sunrise-80 BBS. 09/21/90 [v1.9] The speed by which individual dice are changed/displayed, has been increased. This will speedup overall game play. Added a new entry to the configuration file. You can now set the initial setting of the HOTKEY feature to either ON or OFF (1=ON, 0=OFF). Several Sysops have reported unusually long delays (and possible system hang situations) when running TY under a DesqView environment. From what I can tell, it has something to do with the way I was causing "pre-planned" pauses throughout the program. I have made some changes, but since I do not run in a DesqView environment, I would appreciate some feedback from those of you that do. NOTE: Unregistered version will encounter a 15 seconds (approx) delay on the opening and closing screen! 08/28/90 [v1.8] Error #52 on multi-node systems....fixed 08/25/90 [v1.7] HOTKEY activate/deactivate is now consistant for all input fields on the game board. Game Board heading changed to reflect only the name of the game and the version being used. Added the ability to play another game, when current game is completed, rather than having to exit and enter the door again. I believe I have fixed the color problems at the end of the game and while displaying the Top Score list. If not please let me know! 08/23/90 [v1.6] Removed requirement that SHARE be loaded in single node systems. Fixed a misplaced "pause" statement Introducing the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept. See Docs for more info. New feature allows player to toggle between HOTKEY and non-HOTKEY, when responding to prompts. Corrected a problem with the game SAVE routine, where a game was saved one day and was not found when the player logged back on next time. 08/19/90 [v1.5] Added the capability to produce a Bulletin of the Top Scores. This requires an addition to the configuration file. The DOC file has been updated to reflect this new feature, as well as including a warning that you MUST have SHARE loaded or you will get an ERROR #70. 08/18/90 [v1.4] Added a new entry to .CNF file. You can now control the keyboard timeout value. Minimum value=2 minutes. Minimum number of HiScore entries allowed is 10. 08/17/90 [v1.3] Fixed Error #5 generated when updating the HiScore file 08/17/90 [v1.2] Added some code to support multi-node system usage. I am unable to test the multi-node function, so I would appreciate some help. 08/14/90 [v1.1] Several minor "bugs" eradicated. 08/11/90 [v1.0] First production release.