smile@mhuxd.UUCP (Edward Barlow) (03/10/88)
Hi...
I have just posted patch files #2 and #3 for conquer to the bugs newsgroups.
I tried to post them 2 weeks ago, but it appears they did not go out.
I have limited their distribution to north america (the files are large)
and request that players elsewhere post to me and I will send them
copies.
Please note that my new login id is {inhp4}!homxc!smile.
These patches assume that you have implemented patch file 1 for conquer.
I have ignored the fact that half the man page was not distributed on
the second distribution. Reading the help
file is more useful, and I have already posted the full page to
the bugs newsgroups. Documentation can be found by using "make docs".
If you wish to not add unit types,
you can just run patch #2. You will then need to go into newlogin.c
and remove all lines with the word ATYPE in it to make it work.
The Ed
homxc!smile <- note that my mhuxd login will soon go away
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The following are the bug fixes and feature enhancements in version 2.1
1) Added Unit Types. This is 80% of the code in this patch, and greatly
enhances the game. Now you can run cavalry, infantry, mercenaries,
rocs, trolls, orcs, seige engines... This, however, involves
a different data format than the last version, so games in progress
will be incompatible.
2) Implemented (in a better way) the netnews patch that made random
events that were to work on 1 sector, work on many. If you pulled
that patch off netnews, you should take it out. MAJOR FIX.
3) Changed compilation method by removing the Defaultdir declaration in
header.h, and moving it to Makefile. This assures a smoother install.
4) Changed the bug that when you became a DESTROYER, only *bad* terrain
around you was made desert.
5) Doubled the cost of reproduction (it is too cheap). +10 to start points.
6) Fixed plague bug -> I forgot that .7 is really a 0 on computers.
Now, however, soldiers are also affected by the black plague when it
hits. Given that many soldiers died of poor conditions... Two random
events will now kill 20% of your soldiers.
7) Enabled the keypad for movement by including in your cursing
switch statement the numbers as options . .
8) Took care of the fact that conquer -h did not change directories as
it should have.
9) Toned down schisms and non peasant rebelions to 30%.
10) Added function to smooth the world.
11) Fixed several bugs in naval combat.
12) Flushed output buffer on beep... it was holding the beeps. Fixed by
'putc'ing to stderr.
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PATCH #2 FOLLOWS
####################pete@clinet.FI (Petri Helenius) (03/16/88)
I'll like to see the patches here in Finland (Europe) too! I've also missed the previous #1 patch, so if you please send me all the three patches.
pngaud@pyuxe.UUCP (William L Boutin) (03/19/88)
In article <616@clinet.FI>, pete@clinet.UUCP writes: > > I'll like to see the patches here in Finland (Europe) too! > I've also missed the previous #1 patch, so if you please send me all the three > patches. Even with all three patches applied, I still get files created which are not accessed. My player limit is 28. I get messages 28, 29, and 30 created, stating information pertinent to the only player country (18). I get a message to the news board stating A attacks B when, in reality, B attacked A. What's wrong? Is there a SYS 5 REL 2 fix?
adb@bucsb.UUCP (Adam Bryant) (03/20/88)
In article <636@pyuxe.UUCP> pngaud@pyuxe.UUCP (William L Boutin) writes: >Even with all three patches applied, I still get files created >which are not accessed. My player limit is 28. I get messages >28, 29, and 30 created, stating information pertinent to the only >player country (18). I get a message to the news board stating >A attacks B when, in reality, B attacked A. >What's wrong? The files for messages28 through 30 are created by the computer for the nomads, barbarians and pirates. For some reason the battle messages for battles between barbarians (etc) and players are sent to barbarians(etc) and not players. I will post a fix for this whenever I find it. The second problem is because he simply reversed the tests when printing out that result line. Just 'grep "attacker" update.c' to find out exactly where. I have also made number other fixes to the game, including the implementation of a few of the random events, erupting volcanoes and a few fixs to makeworld.c to vary the number of lizards and mountains based on the size of the world. (One major bug that I found is that dervish power doesn't generate food. In update.c on a magic(country,DERVISH), it should read "sctptr->owner" instead or "country") I have tried to contact Ed Barlow, with no result or reply. I would post patches, but I no longer have the original code to compare with. Followups have been redirected to comp.sources.games.bugs. adam bryant-- Adam Bryant || ARPANET: adb@bucsb.bu.edu 91 Bay State Rd || BITNET: adb@buenga engb0du@bostonu Boston, MA 02215 || UUCP: ..!harvard!bu-cs!bucsb!adb (617) 375-7380 || CSNET: adb%bucsb@bu-cs
smile@mhuxd.UUCP (Edward Barlow) (03/21/88)
Hi Again, Enclosed is a repost of conquer patch1 and new patches 4 and 5. As with patches 2 and 3, these new patches alter the format of the database. This will invalidate any games in progress. There is a quick fix to that. Keep a copy of the old data.h for reference and use the old navy/army/sector structures. They should work fine. As with my previous posting, game administrators outside of north america should send me mail and I will send them a personal copy of the patches (saves $$$ overall). The Ed These patches corrects the following problems: 1) When a player tried to read messages that did not exist, the messages:temp file was being retained. 2) There are a number of file ownership problems. We have solved this by changing the program to setuid, "games" in our case. 3) Flee now kills 40% of the sectors population 4) Used 32 several places in misc.c instead of NTOTAL 5) A point of purchasing power now only buys 900 troops. This circumvents the problem of just buying troops at the beginning. 6) Overflow of variables is now corrected - gold, jewels, food, and iron do not now overflow to negative numbers. 7) Fixed floating point math error in combat.c 8) Fixed bug in ORC takeover routine - regarding news file 9) Fixed messaging problem when monsters were involved. 10) NPCs now respect national boundaries. 11) Fixed bug in update when npc had 0 soldiers - core dumped 12) Added unittyp for fleets - unused now but will allow no dbms reconversion later. 13) Made magic a 32 bit variable. This was a big change, but required for people with 16 bit machines. 14) Added crew/soldiers to navy structure - for future usage 15) Added code so npc's cheat to keep up with pc combat skills. 16) NPC armies should be transported to their capital if there are no owned sectors of theirs within 3 sectors. 17) Nomads reproduce at 10%, pirates at 5% and lizards at 5% Problems that I know about are or desired changes: The rebel random event is causing problems. All NPC nations should have unique names - retreived from random table in main.c and unique nation marks 2x cost to move across ally/confederates land powers should be broken up more logically (magic/civilian/military) more powers should be added. (Powers should effect units you can build). npc's should have better budget/production/teritory strategies Change the markers so that they are consistent. Upper case - nation marks Lower case - sector designations (no cities - rename to towns) Other - terrain No power should have 0 maintenance cost - minimum of 1/4th - unbalances the game Vampire Power should cause all nations to go to jihad with you.
pete@clinet.FI (Petri Helenius) (03/25/88)
Would you please build up an external post-list for conquer patches? It should include all game masters outside States (i.e. outside distribution area). Send me patches #4 and #5 please.
jdc@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Jeff Capehart) (03/26/88)
Sorry to trouble anyone, but I would like to know where I can find a copy of CONQUER. I am not sure, but I think it may be on some of the VAXSIG tapes. Maybe that is CONQUEST. Could someone explain the difference? Also, the game on VAXSIG has been locked up so none of us peons can get on and compile it and play our own version. As a matter of fact, games are highly disliked on our VAXen. I am still interested in finding where I can FTP this source or executbale from. I have other VAXen on which it would be nice to play. BTW- what kind of a game is CONQUER...? Compare it to Empire anybody? Thanks... -- Jeff Capehart Internet: jdc@beach.cis.ufl.edu University of Florida UUCP: ..!ihnp4!codas!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!jdc