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HISTORY of STELCON
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August 5, 1992
- First BETA version released
August 12, 1992
- Version 1.1 released
- Some bug fixes
- Empire Menu added
- Launch SSMs added
- News Added
- Technology added
August 17, 1992
- Version 1.2 released
- VGA "snow" bug fixed
- SCCONFIG.EXE added to fix the VGA problem
- Menu items are now highlighted as you select them
- Computer players are "smart". Levels can range
from 1-easy to 3-hard
- 4 different ship levels! So with new techlevels,
your ship picture will change! More weapons!
- Keyboard shortcuts added. Hit F1 for help
- Some new coding for better memory management
August 18, 1992
- Version 1.21 released
- I forgot to include "SCCONFIG.EXE" in the zips
(Sorry about that!)
August 20, 1992
- Version 1.3 released
- Divide error fixed
- Touched up some graphics
- Some minor bugs where fixed
- Improved on the computer's AI
- Cleaned up some code
September 8, 1992
- Version 1.4 released (Major update)
- Computer bug fixed
- Fixed bug where human player had to be first
- Redrew some graphics
- Added new menu colors (REGISTERED VERSION ONLY)
- You can actually see your fleet move
- You can see another empire's fleet move
(REGISTERED VERSION ONLY)
- You can change a fleet's destination
(REGISTERED VERSION ONLY)
- Fixed an overflow bug in the production phase
- Deploy fleet fixed
- 128k Extended memory is added to reduce base
memory consumption (286+ required)
- Computer is A LOT smarter
- Menus look better
- Some random events have been added
- Recompiled to 286+ coding.
- Redesigned the SILICONIS logo
- Remade the SCCONFIG and renamed it to SCSETUP
- And many other improvements that I can't seem to
remember!
Oct 3, 1992
- Version 1.6 released
- Divide bug fixed
- Some negative numbers fixed
Oct 19, 1992
- Version 1.6.1 released
- Production phase fixed - Step 1000 removed
Oct 24, 1992
- Version 1.7 released
- Recompiled with Borland C++ v3.0
Oct 28, 1992
- Version 1.7.1 released
- For some reason Borland C++ v3.0 messed up compiling,
there where reports of strange ship numbers - So I
recompiled with TC++ v3.0