Thank you for those who commented on LIBRARY. Most of your
suggestions have been implemented. Quite a few of them were already
implemented in the non-shareware edition. A full list of new features
and details on ordering follows.
You *can* edit the mainworld UPP for planets in a sector.
You can't, as of yet, modify otherworld's UPPs. That, plus adding
and deleting planets, will be the next step. It won't be in the next
few weeks, though. I'm getting married on the 20th and will be rather
busy :-).
Also in the mail server directory are two or three competition
adventures the Collective has produced. In the most recent (arch.zip)
of the 60 or so player responses only two were negative.
A curious sidenote: does anyone know any large (i.e. >40)
competition modules that had homosexual characters? That last two
we have done had two lesbians which proved to be very popular (despite
the fact that 90% of the players were male and straight). It was
only character background and had nothing to do with the scenario
but players lept upon it (metaphorically speaking).
New features:
Travel times between systems can be viewed.
A configuration file containing the date, jump drive, maneuver
drive, screen attributes, monitor type and print command has been added.
Screen titles are there.
Search for system added.
A key on the planetary map has been added.
In the system details -> and <- take you direct from
menu to menu.
Animal generation tables are created for each planet.
Animal tables can be printed for each planet.
Menu selection can be made by first letter.
Entire sectors can be printed.
A grand survey map can be printed.
A system can be searched for across sectors.
You can browse the sector map to select systems.
You can browse the subsector map to select systems.
Grand survey on graphics screen.
It is distributed as shareware for a nominal price ($15).
Payment may be by personal cheque, cash, money order, or draft in any currency.
People sending money get updates with more features and a complete manual.
Reports of bugs and suggestions of improvements are welcome and necissary.
Helpful people will get mentioned in the thanks section when it is
distributed.
LIBRARY is available from [email removed] in the
jaymin/trav directory either as the libdist.zip file or the unzipped files
library.exe, library.doc, and core.asc. If you send mail containing the
one line HELP as the text to info-server you will get full instructions
on uploading files. Note the mail server will compress and uuencode files
it sends.
Alternatively you can FTP into lanczos.maths.tcd.ie and get it
yourself.
Send comments/queries/money to:
Jo Jaquinta
[email removed]
or
The Devnaree Collective,
[address removed]
Tallaght,
Dublin 24,
Ireland.
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