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1991-09-07
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Thanks for downloading Mech Zone. There's not much to
say other than READ THE MANUAL, but we are aware of a
few bugs that haven't been ironed out yet:
On the cosmetic side of things, the shield meters
sometimes go completely black or get whited out for
no good reason. We don't know why. There have also
been a few instances in which the debugging windows
aren't redrawn fully.
When using structured code, system errors can occur
due to syntactically-correct-but-functionally-incorrect
robot code. We've tried to incorporate a fair amount of
run-time error checking, but things can slip through the
cracks, apparently.
(This one's mentioned in the manual, but is worth
repeating): when creating variables, don't let them begin
with names of reserved words, i.e. WHILE is a reserved word
in Mech Zone. For the sake of your sanity, don't create a
variable called WHILEST.
These problems occur very rarely and may not happen to you
at all. If any of them does happen to rear its ugly head,
try to remember what you were doing and what was going on
in the battle (and what robots were battling) when the
problem occured, and drop us a note.
A sound note: if you have System 6.0.5 or better, turn
the sound volume up to 11 in your control panel and prepare
to bang your head against your monitor as the intro tune
plays. If you like the tune, BUY THE ALBUM. See the
About... box for song credits. I recommend it most
heartily.
A word to those who like to plan for the future: the
few eccentricities of the language noted above are a
result of a bastardizing of two completely disjoint
programming styles: line-numbers-and-GOTOs-style (a la
BASIC) and structured style (a la Pascal). This strange
marriage is the result of a desire for a more robust
language coupled with a desire to allow users of
Robot Battle 1.1 to run their old programs. This is the
last version of Robot Battle that will allow these
old-style programs. A new version, slated for the end of
the year, will have a very robust programming language
(complete with functions, parameters, and all the other
goodies associated with C and Pascal) which will be
completely incompatible with version 1.1 robots. If you're
interested in staying current, start getting into the
swing of structured programming now. It's the wave of the
future - ride it.
Tob
9-7-91