X-Git-Url: https://git.artsoft.org/?p=rocksndiamonds.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=CHANGES;h=b4cb9a2f3f51b8ae1ad07c709049dcdb260c0760;hp=441f3d06284e0b4070131ff229f5a3c9ac5467a7;hb=50c422d96b6da2c0412b6bd3763e9d1a029a6014;hpb=a5a03e15b395ba1942c180d1cd0d3a4f43b87f56 diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 441f3d06..b4cb9a2f 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -1,6 +1,48 @@ -Release Version 1.0 [9 APR 97] ------------------------------- +Release Version 1.2 [WILL HOPEFULLY SOON BE RELEASED...] +-------------------------------------------------------- + - new WAV sound loader + - new PCX graphics loader + - network multiplayer games with upto four players + - no separate network server needed; each client can + fork a network server at startup if there's no server + running at this moment + - possibility to invoke the game to act as a standalone + network server (on a separate machine, for example) + - local multiplayer games with upto four players + - support for upto four joysticks + - completely free customizable keyboard and joystick + for all four players individually + - new joystick calibration screen which can be left + (with Escape key) if no joystick is connected... ;-) + - new (working) GIF graphics loader (but still support + for the old XPM method) + - supports private colormap with extremely less flashing + on 8-bit (256 colors) displays + - soft-scrolling with 50 frames per second (which raises + the system requirements and makes it completely + unplayable on my "old reference" 486/33 (where 0.9b runs + smoothly) and running at 90% speed on my K6-200. + - completely new file format for personal setup data + in ASCII format which is human readable and easily + customizable even with a texteditor; stored in the + user's home directory and no longer somewhere in the + game's installation directory + - high score lists changed: now one file per level and + no longer one file per level series; now using readable + ASCII format + - useful command line options to specify the X11 display, + the game's base (installation) directory, an alternate + level directory, standalone server execution and verbose + execution + +Release Version 1.1 [NOT RELEASED] +---------------------------------- + - new (but broken) GIF graphics loader to be independent + from the XPM library and replace all graphics by GIFs. + +Release Version 1.0 [9 APR 97] [NOT RELEASED] +--------------------------------------------- - the game now contains many really playable levels, not only a few levels for testing - the game is now even better playable by keyboard