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Netrek XP 2006, Version 1.3:
-- added support for server feature packets TURN_KEYS and SHOW_VISIBILITY_RANGE, client
- will only be allowed to show visibility range on galactic if server allows it. Same
- with using keypad to turn ship.
-- changed CHECK_PLANETS to send a request for a planet cross-check at a rate of 10
- planets/second, rather than updating all planets at once. Also, dashboard packet
- lights will no longer show packet requests from CP_PLANET.
-- whether main netrek window is maximized or not now saves via in-game save key
-- bomb RCD used on an unknown planet or planet with 4 or less armies will now say
- "bomb <planetname>" instead of the more useless, unspecific "bomb"
-- start music will no longer play if you connect to a server and wind up on a wait queue,
- the music will instead play once you reach the login screen
-- bug fix to cambot playback with richtext windows
-- bug fix to saving resized window geometries for text and scrolling windows
-- new netrekrc option "richTextMove: on/(off)" to allow rich text message windows to be
- moved. Since left mouse is used to move window, and left mouse is also used to highlight
- text, this option defaults to off, to make it easier to highlight text.
-- new netrekrc option "mainMaximized: (on)/off" to make main window maximized on client
- start
-- the left and right arrow keys are now mapped to turn left and turn right, they execute
- a turn request for a 1/16 turn in the desired direction. I personally find it awkward
- but if someone is playing without a mouse for whatever reason, it allows them to move
- at least. Since using the arrow pad requires a keyboard equivalent key, and these
- are new keyactions, there are now 2 less available key sequences. Control+[ is now
- mapped to turn left, and control+] is turn right, these keys were selected to be as
- out of the way as possible to avoid conflicts with existing keymaps.
-- the up and down arrow keys now are mapped to accelerate and deccelerate
-- changed how message scrolling works in richtext windows. If the mouse is over a
- message window AND message position isn't already at the bottom of the window,
- it will not scroll upon receiving a new message, as it is likely you are scrolling
- back to read old messages. If mouse is not in a window that receives a message,
- that window will scroll to the bottom, solving the problem of sometimes accidentally
- not resetting window scrollback to bottom and the failing to see new messages as
- they come in.
-- changed how sizing border works on windows (local, map, message windows), they now
- all follow the same procedure. Right click on window border to activate sizing border,
- and right click again to deactivate sizing border. Remember, mainResizeable needs to
- be on for this to work with the local and map windows.
-- new netrekrc option "fullBitmapRotation: (on)/off" that lets you choose to draw the
- old ship bitmaps to 32 positions (off) instead of 256 (on). Useful for those with
- custom bitmap sets, as it will use all 32 bitmaps in a set rather than just rotating
- the first one in the set.
-- cloak range circle now shows on tactical if tactical is sized large enough
-- text, COW, KRP and LABs dashboards now adjust for font size
-- added the huge list of color names and color RGB codes to netrekxp manual, this was
- always confusing to me as to what color names were actually allowed. They were buried
- in the code, now they are visible in the manual.
-- adjusted documentation window and netrekrc window to scale properly with font size
-- entry window now scales properly with font size, and team/quit windows no longer
- disappear on resizing or moving the entry window
-- main title bar now defaults to on
-- stats window and ping stats window now scale properly with font size
-- fixed galactic planet names and army counts so they are centered on planets
-- added fontSize option to netrekrc (this option always existed, but was undocumented).
- This option controls the pixel height of the font used in game
-- cambot files names are now autogenerated, similiar to logfile names, if no name
- is given (names will be like 20070401.pkt)
-- password, playerlist2 layout, b1keymap - b5keymap, and metaservers now save via
- in-game save key
-- color settings now save and are now all listed in netrekrc
-- added netrekrc option "color.God: <color>" to alter color of God messages
-- resizing the local and map windows now only lets you size them as squares
-- richtext message windows are now resizeable, it works a little different than sizing
- other windows. First you right click on the window once to activate the sizing border,
- then grab border with mouse and size normally. The window will now have a larger border,
- which you will probably want to get rid of. To get rid of it, right click the window
- again. The reason the procedure is a little complicated is because having a border
- which can both resize the window requires a larger border, which cuts into precious
- screen space for messages. So this sizing border needs to be activated first, then
- deactivated when the window is done sizing.
-- richtext message windows are now moveable, it works a little different than moving other
- windows. Instead of clicking on border, you click on body of window, hold down left
- mouse button, and move the window.
-- phaser misses on sturgeon servers now show proper phaser length
-- can now change login name via options menu, saved via in-game save key
-- preference for showing main title bar (toggled via alt+enter) is now saved via
- in-game save key
-- Window placements and sizes to save with the in-game save key. In the special case
- of local and map windows, they will always be square.
- In the case of the main window, it won't save placement, for now (complicated to do).
- All other windows will obey size and placements you give them. Hopefully this takes
- some of the pain out of setting up windows (you should be able to do it without
- having to edit netrekrc).
-- new netrekrc option "saveFile: name" to control what filename you write to when you
- save your options in game (either with " key or via the save menu). Default is now
- netrekrc, so that means if you save in-game, it will overwrite your netrekrc with
- your current settings (I have a feeling the benefits of this strongly outweigh the
- negatives such as mistakenly remapping things then mistakenly saving your netrekrc)
-- the netrekrc save feature now saves all ckeymaps, ship specific keymaps/ckeymap
- /buttonmaps/netrekrc, and observer/servertype specific options. Saving servernick
- options is not supported, but I doubt anyone uses those to begin with.
-- the ' key (single quote) is now the default key for toggling on and off the expanded
- playerlist window
-- now get a popup box when client receives a game shutdown message from server, indicating
- that the game has been terminated and to try again later
-- the mainResizeable netrekrc option now allows map/local to be resizeable via dragging
- the window border, local/map will now adjust viewable area to match the new window
- size. Some windows (team select, quit) will resize properly to match new local size,
- others (position of options menu, dashboard, etc.) will not move. Interesting sidenote:
- resizing local window will reinitialize background star positions.
-- fixed a bug with RCM kill messages when kills were higher than 255 but less than 320
-- added new function keys, control-z and control-a, for zooming. Control-z zooms in,
- and control-a zooms out. As part of the benefit of having all graphics scale, ALL ship
- bitmap sets now show ships to 256 positions.
-- added netrekrc option "scaleFactor: (10-40)" that allows you to zoom in the local map
- to get more detail! Turn on those high resolution bitmaps, pump up your tactical size
- to 1000x1000 and see the great graphics! Default scale is 40 (this is the traditional
- scale used in clients, changing scale to 20 will effectively double the scale).
-- added netrekrc option "richText: (on)/off" to allow stuff like cut/paste from message
- windows and clickable URLs.
-- added the ability to change the size of the local or map windows! This is a huge improvement,
- and is probably the most often requested feature. There really is no limit on how big or small
- you can make the windows. As you increase local window size, you can see further, giving
- somewhat of a gameplay advantage - you can see ships, shields, explosions, but not weapons
- fire other than your own torps. Just as important, you can now choose a different size
- for local vs map window. A typical user may want a 750x750 local but only a 400x400 map.
- The upper pixel limit is 5000x5000 for either map or local window, but I don't expect
- anyone has a monitor to support even close to that limit.
-- most netrekrc window's geometries are now commented out (all except map and local), this
- is because adjusting the size of local or map will now do a pretty good job of autoplacing
- all the other windows for you
-- new netrekrc option "infoRange: (on)/off" to draw a dashed white box on your tactical
- if you increase the tactical size beyond 500 x 500. This box is drawn to show the 500
- x 500 range, which is important because other people's weapons data is not sent beyond
- this range (box essentially shows limit of fog of war for weapons).
-- added support for CHECK_PLANETS feature packet, this is a nice packet that checks
- with the server to make sure your planet info is up to date, so no more phantom
- armies on a planet or delay on bombing a planet flat because you lost a planet
- packet. Also no more wondering if you missed a planet packet while dropping.
- if planet army count doesn't go down. This cross-check with server occurs 10 times/
- second for a planet you are orbitting (critical) and every 5 seconds for all the
- planets your team has info on (non-critical).
-- if weaponsOnMap option is on, internal timer to determine when it's safe to expire
- weapons is moved to map draw routine. Fixes problem where observers who are not
- locked onto anyone but still getting weapons drawn on map would have problems
- with weapons (like phasers) not expiring correctly due to packet loss
-- enemy torps which are off local screen are no longer automatically freed (since
- this data is now sent for observers). Also fixed an issue with exploding torps
- that would not clear properly.
-- new netrekrc option "showCloakers: (on)/off" to show other cloakers on tactical,
- only works if server has the new feature packet SHOW_CLOAKERS on.
-- new netrekrc option "showOtherSpeed: (on)/off" to show speed next to other players,
- only works if server has the new feature packet SHOW_OTHER_SPEED on.
-- changed showArmy option to be a range (0-3), to take advantage of new server feature
- packet SHOW_ARMY_COUNT. Range of values is now as follows:
+
+User interface:
+1) War window now says "Re-program" instead of "Save" for changing war settings.
+2) The planet list window can now be used with info, lock and certain RCDs. In
+other words, you can lock onto planets through the planet list window, and send
+planet-related RCDs through the window as well.
+3) New Options menus for Hockey and Weapons.
+4) Added ability to update buttonmap through the options menu.
+5) Restored ability for middle and right mouse clicks to raise the current
+window to the top, helps with overlapped windows.
+6) Default buttonmap now uses mouse wheel for accel/decel, scroll up to
+accelerate to max, scroll down to decelerate to warp 0.
+7) Left clicking on message window will either a) start a new message to all
+board or b) continue current pending message.
+8) Message window will now say "Click here to send a message to ALL" until any
+message is sent, then it will be blank as usual. Mostly to help newbies
+figure out how to send a message.
+9) Rank window now shows DI needed for next rank.
+10) Added the ability to change the size of the local or map windows! This is a
+huge improvement, and is probably the most often requested feature. There
+really is no limit on how big or small you can make the windows. As you
+increase local window size, you can see further, giving somewhat of a gameplay
+advantage - you can see ships, shields, explosions, but not weapons fire other
+than your own torps. Just as important, you can now choose a different size for
+local vs map window. A typical user may want a 750x750 local but only a 400x400
+map. The upper pixel limit is 5000x5000 for either map or local window, but I
+don't expect anyone has a monitor to support even close to that limit.
+11) Most netrekrc window's geometries are now commented out (all except map and
+local), this is because adjusting the size of local or map will now do a pretty
+good job of autoplacing all the other windows for you.
+12) Added new function keys, control-z and control-a, for zooming. Control-z
+zooms in, and control-a zooms out. As part of the benefit of having all
+graphics scale, ALL ship bitmap sets can now show ships to 256 positions.
+13) Richtext message windows are now resizeable and moveable. Moving works a
+little different than moving other windows. Instead of clicking on border, you
+click on the body of the window, hold down left mouse button, and move the
+window. This only works if the richTextMove option is on.
+14) The mainResizeable netrekrc option now allows map/local to be resizeable.
+Note that resizing local and map windows only lets you size them as squares.
+Some windows (team select, quit) will resize properly to match new local size,
+others (position of options menu, dashboard, etc.) will not move. Interesting
+sidenote: resizing local window will reinitialize background star positions.
+To resize the local/map/richtext windows, right click on window border to
+activate sizing border, resize the window as you want, then right click again
+to deactivate sizing border. The reason the procedure is a little complicated is
+because having a border which can both resize the window requires a larger border,
+which cuts into precious screen space. So this sizing border needs to be
+activated first, then deactivated when the window is done sizing.
+15) The ' key (single quote) is now the default key for toggling on and off the
+expanded playerlist window.
+16) Color settings are now all listed in netrekrc, and a list of valid colors is
+now found at the end of the netrekxp manual.
+17) You now get a popup box when client receives a game shutdown message from
+server, indicating that the game has been terminated and to try again later.
+18) Main title bar now defaults to on.
+19) Can now change login name via options menu (don't forget to save if you want
+to make it permanent).
+20) The left and right arrow keys are now mapped to turn left and turn right,
+they execute a turn request for a 1/16 turn in the desired direction. I
+personally find it awkward but if someone is playing without a mouse for
+whatever reason, it allows them to move at least. Since using the arrow pad
+requires a keyboard equivalent key, and these are new keyactions, there are now
+2 less available key sequences. Control+[ is now mapped to turn left, and
+control+] is turn right, these keys were selected to be as out of the way as
+possible to avoid conflicts with existing keymaps. Turn keys are controlled
+server side via the TURN_KEYS feature packet, so they will only work if the
+server allows it.
+21) The up and down arrow keys now are mapped to accelerate and deccelerate.
+
+Graphics:
+1) New graphics for the team select windows, and new option
+"newTeams: (on)/off" whether to use these graphics or the old team windows.
+2) Fixed flicker experienced sometimes seen with stationary ships near a planet
+on the galactic map.
+3) The old mono torps are now default. Big torps are nice and all, but I think
+there is a loss in dodging ability with the bigger torps.
+
+Sound:
+1) Added new sounds for when engine melt, and then for when they are unmelted.
+2) Sound can now be initialized via sound menu if program starts with sound off.
+3) Start music will no longer play if you connect to a server and wind up on a
+wait queue, the music will instead play once you reach the login screen.
+
+General bug fixes:
+1) Fixed bug with metaserver not sorting correcty sometimes, and some server
+entries not having their metaping field initialized.
+2) Fixed bug where alert border was not working right upon death with old ship
+bitmaps.
+3) Fixed error messages with cambot and beeplite.
+4) Fixed music playback with cambot so it stops playing on entry properly.
+5) Several fixes to BRMH shrink phasers - they now can shrink on miss, and
+enemy phasers also shrink properly.
+6) Planet window no longer gets unmapped on death.
+7) Fixed macro crash bug with sending macros to invisible players on the
+playerlist.
+8) Fixed annoying bug where tactical would sometimes seem to disappear on
+reentry into game after death, was due to losing your position packet and not
+requesting a new one (you now WILL request a position update if alive but
+seemingly off the map).
+9) Fixed bug with self phasers where they would sometimes stretch across the
+screen upon death.
+10) Dist.taking (used in older netrekrc files) will now work, though dist.take
+is still the preferred name for that distress call.
+11) Changed how message HUD works, it now is refreshed during the redraw of the
+local map rather than updated independently, should fix some redraw bugs with
+message HUD.
+12) Enemy torps which are off local screen are no longer automatically freed
+(since this data is now sent for observers). Also fixed an issue with exploding
+torps that would not clear properly.
+13) Fixed a bug with RCM kill messages when kills were higher than 255 but less
+than 320.
+14) Bomb RCD used on an unknown planet or planet with 4 or less armies will now
+say "bomb <planetname>" instead of the more useless, unspecific "bomb".
+15) Fixed galactic and tactical planet names so they are centered on planets.
+16) Phaser misses on sturgeon servers now show proper phaser length based on
+how many phaser upgrades the ship has.
+
+New features:
+1) Main window titlebar now shows your loginname and slot number, in addition
+to showing the servername.
+2) New dashboard message for warp 0 ("Stopped") instead of saying "Impulse"
+3) Added "autoSetWar: (0-2)" netrekrc option that controls declare war settings
+with enemy races when you first join. Can now automatically declare peace on
+3rd space races, for example.
+4) Improved explanation of keymap/buttonmap in the netrekrc.
+5) Support for AT ship in playerlist and info window (shows 'AT' instead of
+'??').
+6) The "Flags" text on COW and KRP dashboards will now turn red if your ship is
+weapon temped or engine temped.
+7) Added "lockLine: (on)/off" to draw a dashed green line on the galactic map
+between your ship and the target you are locked on to, whether it be a player or
+a planet.
+8) Added "tractorID: (on)/off" to draw the player number of the person you are
+tractoring or pressoring below and to the left of your ship. Continues to
+display who you are tractor/pressoring even if they cloak.
+9) Added "puckArrow: (on)/off" option to draw a tic mark on the puck in hockey
+to indicate puck direction.
+10) Added "sortPlanets: (on)/off" to sort the planet list, with your planets
+first, then the planets of the other teams, starting with the team with the most
+players. Within a team, planets are sorted from low to high army count. Left
+clicking the planet list window will toggle between a sorted and unsorted planet
+list, right clicking will close the planet window. Team's starting planets are
+separated by a white line.
+11) Added "headingTic: on/(off)" to draw a tick mark indicating your ship's
+heading, as well as a smaller secondary mark indicating where you are turning
+to, or in the case of when you are locked on to a player/planet, indicating the
+direction to that player/planet. This option helps with aiming in hockey and
+hitting cloaked ships you are locked on to.
+12) Added "weaponsOnMap: (on)/off" to show torps, plasmas and phasers on the
+galactic map.
+13) Removed the netrek.w32caption option that was undocumented and has since
+been replaced by the mainTitleBar option.
+14) Added "viewRange: (0-3)" option to draw a dashed circle on the map showing
+the range at which enemies can see you. You can choose to draw it at all times,
+only when you are cloaked, only when carrying, or not at all. If orbitting a
+foreign planet, no circle is drawn, as you are visible to all. View range is
+disabled if your ship is a starbase. Cloaked view range will also show on the
+tactical map if tactical is resized large enough. Showing view range circles on
+the galactic map is controlled server side via the SHOW_VISIBILITY_RANGE feature
+packet, so this option will only work for the most part if the server allows it.
+15) Added support for feature packet FULL_WEAPON_RESOLUTION, this means that
+observers can see all weapons on the galaxy map, yay! It also means you can see
+your torps on the galaxy map beyond your tactical range (good for plinking).
+Can turn this feature packet on/off with the netrekrc option
+"useFullWeapInfo: (on)/off".
+16) Added "clickDelay: (0-50)" to allow for a delay between continuous mouse
+clicks, range is in # of updates.
+17) Added "packetLights: (on)/off" to show packets sent and received via
+blinking lights on dashboard.
+18) New netrekrc option "showCloakers: (on)/off" to show other cloakers on
+tactical, only works if server has the new feature packet SHOW_CLOAKERS on.
+19) New netrekrc option "showOtherSpeed: (on)/off" to show speed next to other
+players, only works if server has the new feature packet SHOW_OTHER_SPEED on.
+20) Changed showArmy option to be a range (0-3), to take advantage of new server
+feature packet SHOW_ARMY_COUNT. Range of values is now as follows:
# 0 - don't show army counts
# 1 - show army counts on local map only (default)
# 2 - show army counts on galactic map only
# 3 - show army counts on both maps
-- changed how message HUD works, it now is refreshed during the redraw of the local map
- rather than updated independently, should fix some redraw bugs with message HUD
-- message window will now say "Click here to send a message to ALL" until any message
- is sent, then it will be blank as usual
-- left clicking on message window will either a) start a new message to all board or
- b) continue current pending message
-- rank window now shows DI needed for next rank
-- default buttonmap now uses mouse wheel for accel/decel, scroll up to accelerate to max,
- scroll down to decelerate to warp 0.
-- fixed annoying bug where tactical would sometimes seem to disappear on reentry into game
- after death, was due to losing your position packet and not requesting a new one (you now
- WILL request a position update if alive but seemingly off the map)
-- dist.taking (used in older netrekrc files) will now work, though dist.take is still
- the preferred name for that distress call
-- sound can now be initialized via sound menu if program starts with sound off
-- fixed bug with self phasers where they would sometimes stretch across the screen
- upon death
-- added "clickDelay: (0-50)" to allow for a delay between continuous mouse clicks, range
- is in # of updates
-- added "packetLights: (on)/off" to show packets sent and received via blinking lights
- on dashboard
-- restored ability for middle and right mouse clicks to raise the current window to the
- top, helps with overlapped windows
-- removed the netrek.w32caption option that was undocumented and has since been replaced
- by the mainTitleBar option
-- some bug fixes related to handling graphics initilization and exit
-- added "viewRange: (0-3)" option to draw a dashed circle on the map showing
- the range at which enemies can see you. You can choose to draw it at all times,
- only when you are cloaked, only when carrying, or not at all. If orbitting a
- foreign planet, no circle is drawn, as you are visible to all. View range is
- disabled if your ship is a starbase.
-- fixed flicker experienced sometimes seen with stationary ships near a planet
- on the galactic map
-- the old mono torps are now default. Big torps are nice and all, but I think
- there is a loss in dodging ability with the bigger torps.
-- added support for feature packet FULL_WEAPON_RESOLUTION, this means that observers
- can see all weapons on the galaxy map, yay! It also means you can see your torps
- on the galaxy map beyond your tactical range (good for plinking). Can turn this
- feature packet on/off with the netrekrc option "useFullWeapInfo: (on)/off".
-- added ability to update buttonmap through the options menu
-- added "weaponsOnMap: (on)/off" to show torps, plasmas and phasers on the galactic map.
-- new Options menus for Hockey and Weapons
-- planet window no longer gets unmapped on death
-- fixed macro crash bug with sending macros to invisible players on the playerlist
-- added "sortPlanets: (on)/off" to sort the planet list, with your planets first, then the planets
- of the other teams, starting with the team with the most players. Within a team, planets
- are sorted from low to high army count.
-- the planet list window can now be used with info, lock and certain RCDs. In other words,
- you can lock onto planets through the planet list window, and send planet-related RCDs
- through the window as well.
-- left clicking the planet list window will toggle between a sorted and unsorted planet
- list, right clicking will close the planet window. Team's starting planets are now
- separated by a white line.
-- added "headingTic: on/(off)" to draw a tick mark indicating your ship's heading, as well
- as a smaller secondary mark indicating where you are turning to, or in the case of when
- you are locked on to a player/planet, indicating the direction to that player/planet.
- This option helps with aiming in hockey and hitting cloaked ships you are locked on to.
-- added "lockLine: (on)/off" to draw a dashed green line on the galactic map between your
- ship and the target you are locked on to, whether it be a player or a planet.
-- added "tractorID: (on)/off" to draw the player number of the person you are tractoring
- or pressoring below and to the left of your ship. Continues to display who you are
- tractor/pressoring even if they cloak.
-- added "puckArrow: (on)/off" option to draw a tic mark on the puck in hockey to indicate
- puck direction
-- several fixes to BRMH shrink phasers - they now can shrink on miss, and enemy phasers
- also shrink properly
-- added new sounds for when engine melt, and then for when they are unmelted
-- new graphics for the team select windows, and new option "newTeams: (on)/off" whether
- to use these graphics or the old team windows
-- the "Flags" text on COW and KRP dashboards will now turn red if your ship is
- weapon temped or engine temped
-- support for AT ship in playerlist and info window (shows 'AT' instead of '??')
-- improved explanation of keymap/buttonmap in the netrekrc
-- main window titlebar now shows your loginname and slot number, in addition to showing
- the servername
-- new dashboard message for warp 0 ("Stopped") instead of saying "Impulse"
-- war window now says "Re-program" instead of "Save" for changing war settings
-- added "autoSetWar: (0-2)" netrekrc option that controls declare war settings with
- enemy races when you first join. Can now automatically declare peace on 3rd space
- races, for example.
-- fixed bug where alert border was not working right upon death with old ship bitmaps
-- fixed error messages with cambot and beeplite
-- fixed music playback with cambot so it stops playing on entry properly
-- fixed bug with metaserver not sorting correcty sometimes, and some server entries not
- having their metaping field initialized.
+21) Added support for CHECK_PLANETS feature packet, this is a nice packet that
+checks with the server to make sure your planet info is up to date, so no more
+phantom armies on a planet or delay on bombing a planet flat because you lost a
+planet packet. Also no more wondering if you missed a planet packet while
+dropping if planet army count doesn't go down. This cross-check with server
+occurs 10 times/second for a planet you are orbitting (critical), and once
+every 4 seconds for all the planets your team has info on (non-critical).
+22) New netrekrc option "infoRange: (on)/off" to draw a dashed white box on your
+tactical if you increase the tactical size beyond 500 x 500. This box is drawn
+to show the 500 x 500 range, which is important because other people's weapons
+data is not sent beyond this range (box essentially shows limit of fog of war
+for weapons).
+23) Added netrekrc option "richText: (on)/off" to allow stuff like cut/paste
+from message windows and clickable URLs. Richtext windows also have a smarter
+scrollback mechanism. If the mouse is over a richtext message window AND
+message position isn't already at the bottom of the window, it will not scroll
+upon receiving a new message, as it is likely you are scrolling back to read
+old messages. If mouse is not in a window that receives a message, that window
+will scroll to the bottom, solving the problem of sometimes accidentally not
+resetting window scrollback to bottom and the failing to see new messages as
+they come in.
+24) Added netrekrc option "scaleFactor: (10-40)" that allows you to zoom in the
+tactical map to get more detail! Turn on those high resolution bitmaps, pump up
+your tactical size to 1000x1000 and see the great graphics! Default scale is 40
+(this is the traditional scale used in clients, changing scale to 20 will
+effectively double the scale).
+25) Added netrekrc option "color.God: <color>" to alter color of God messages.
+26) New netrekrc option "fullBitmapRotation: (on)/off" that lets you choose to
+draw the old ship bitmaps to 32 positions (off) instead of 256 (on). Useful
+for those with custom bitmap sets, as it will use all 32 bitmaps in a set rather
+than just rotating the first one in the set.
+27) New netrekrc option "saveFile: name" to control what filename you write to
+when you save your options in game (either with " key or via the save menu).
+Default is now netrekrc, so that means if you save in-game, it will overwrite
+your netrekrc with your current settings (I have a feeling the benefits of this
+strongly outweigh the negatives such as mistakenly remapping things then
+mistakenly saving your netrekrc). The netrekrc save feature now saves
+EVERYTHING. Well pretty much everything. All netrekrc options, windows
+geometries and locations, keymap, buttonmap, macros, etc. It also saves some
+obscure options like ckeymaps, ship specific keymaps/ckeymap/buttonmaps
+/netrekrc, b1keymap - b5keymap, and observer/servertype specific options.
+Saving servernick options is not supported, but I doubt anyone uses those to
+begin with. If any features are found which do NOT save properly, please send
+in a bug report. In the case of the main window, it won't save the new size or
+coordinates if you resize them in game, as this is complicated to do due to
+things like task bars, title bars, and window resize borders. Hopefully
+between using the mainTitleBar and mainMaximized options, as well as adjusting
+your netrekrc line "netrek.geometry", you can easily size the netrek window to
+be what you want it to be. The in-game save key takes a lot of the pain out of
+setting up windows (you should be able to do it without having to edit netrekrc).
+It also makes editting the netrekrc to change options mostly unnecessary.
+28) Cambot files names are now autogenerated, similiar to logfile names, if no
+name is given (names will be like 20070401.pkt).
+29) New netrekrc option "mainMaximized: (on)/off" to make main window maximized
+on client start.
+30) New netrekrc option "richTextMove: on/(off)" to allow rich text message
+windows to be moved. Since left mouse is used to move window, and left mouse is
+also used to highlight text, this option defaults to off, to make it easier to
+highlight text.
+31) Added fontSize option to netrekrc (this option always existed, but was
+undocumented and horribly buggy). This option controls the pixel height of the
+font used in game. As a result of changing font size, most windows should adjust
+to a new proper size. Such as dashboards and playerlist and message windows.
+
Netrek XP 2006, Version 1.2: (Released Mar-2007)
- added "messageKeyOnly: (on)/off" so that you will only start messages with the actual
@@ -371,6 +381,7 @@
(i.e. 20061002.log will be the log file generated on October 2, 2006).
- added support for multiline macros sent using NEWMACRO variables (%p, %z, etc)
+
Netrek XP 2006, Version 1.1: (Released 26-Jun-2006)
- middle mouse button now closes the help window
- other people's phasers sounds were not being heard if you were cloaked, this has been fixed
@@ -424,6 +435,7 @@
- fixed beeplite sounds with newSound
- hopefully fixed redraw problem with beeplite not refreshing planets on the planet map
+
Netrek XP 2006, Version 1.0: (Released 01-Jun-2006)
- changed to constant border redraw vs. only redraw border on alert change - fixes some
problems with the new bitmap sets