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THIS IS VERSION 1.21 OF WORLD GENERATOR, A SOLAR SYSTEM
GENERATION PROGRAM FOR SCIENCE FICTION ROLE PLAYING GAMES.
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World Generator is generally called WORLDGEN throughout this file and other
documentation on this disk.
USER SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
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If I have not sold you this program directly, you have probably acquired it
through a user group or from another user. If you like it, PLEASE consider
registering your copy; registered users will get the source code (for Turbo
Pascal 4.00), and will be sent the next major revision (V 2.00) of the
program without charge. See WORLDGEN.DOC for a registration form.
Because this program may require customisation to work with your
preferred game system, and because there is justified alarm about software
viruses and other `dangerous' programs, I originally included ALL source
code with the program disk. To date I have evidence that at least 100+
copies have been distributed or downloaded. No user has sent me a
registration fee, other than those who ordered the program from me
directly, and I have reluctantly decided to omit the source code from all
future releases.
VERSIONS
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Files produced by versions 1.00 and 1.01 are NOT compatible with this
release; they can be converted using the utility WG_CONV.COM
Files produced by versions 1.02 onward can be loaded without modification.
Files produced by ALL earlier versions will give different results under
version 1.2 & 1.21; See WORLDGEN.DOC for details.
DOCUMENTATION
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Documentation is in the file WORLDGEN.DOC; it is split into pages which
should be suitable for paper of 66 lines or more. To print it, just set
your printer to your preferred paper size then COPY WORLDGEN.DOC LPT1: (or
whatever). PLEASE read this file; it's in ASCII form and should be
compatible with most printers and word processors.
HELP FILE
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This version of World Generator includes a large on-line help file, WG.HLP,
which replaces the files for PC-Outline and Sidekick used in earlier
versions. To use it, just press "H" whenever it is shown as an option on
menus. The first time you use this option you may need to press return
before information appears.
BRIEF START-UP INSTRUCTIONS
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The following files are needed to run this program;
WORLDGEN.EXE or WG87.EXE
TITLES.TXT
WGINS1.TXT to WGINS6.TXT (used for tutorial and rolling demonstration)
WG.HLP
All other files are documentation, sample files, etc.
If you want to copy graphics to your printer, load the appropriate
PC-DOS/MS-DOS utility before running WORLDGEN.
Put your work disk in any drive, then switch to that drive (eg drive A,
drive B).
At the DOS prompt type WORLDGEN or WG87 <return> to start the program.
If you load this program without reading the full instructions, I strongly
advise running the tutorial section before doing anything else!
HARD DISK OPERATION
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WORLDGEN only looks for instructions and other files on its own disk, and
in its own directory, unless you modify it. It does NOT modify directories,
delete files, format, or do anything else that might make it unsuitable for
use on a hard disk.
FILES ON THIS DISK
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WORLDGEN.EXE The main program
WG-8087.EXE 8087 version
WORLDGEN.PAS * Turbo Pascal source code
WG1.INC to WG6.INC * Include files for WORLDGEN.PAS
WORLDGEN.DOC Documentation
TITLES.TXT The opening screen
SAMPLE.SEC A sample space sector
SAMPLE.DOC file describing sector
UNNAMED.SEC & .DOC Another sector
WGINS1.TXT to WGINS6.TXT Used by tutorial
WG.HLP On-line help file
WG_CONV.COM Conversion utility; only needed if you
WG_CONV.PAS * have sector files from earlier versions.
READ.ME This one!
* Supplied to registered users ONLY
Marcus L. Rowland - July 1988
REGISTERED USERS - PLEASE READ
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Since writing the documentation and help files I have found it necessary to
re-write part of the program, and compile it as a Turbo Pascal unit,
WG1.TPU, with source code WG1.PAS, replacing WG1.INC. Operation of the
program is not affected. Source code etc. is only supplied to registered
users.
MLR
UPDATE JANUARY 1989
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Version 1.21 fixes two minor bugs in version 1.2;
1: A null file name is no longer translated as UNNAMED; this corrects a
problem that could occur if files were loaded or saved after the HELP
option was used.
2: The PLANETARIUM option had an unusually stupid error which meant that
positions didn't change with time. This has now been fixed.
There are now a few registered users, though not enough to encourage me to
devote much time to developing version 2. I now hope to launch version 2 in
mid-1989 if all goes well.
UPDATE MARCH 1989
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It had to happen! The bug-fix in V. 1.21 caused another bug, which made the
program crash if the HELP or INFORMATION routines were used and the file
WG.HLP wasn't present.
This bug is fixed on the enclosed version 1.22, hopefully without
causing any more problems. Please note that this version has been compiled
using Turbo Pascal 5; if you want to recompile it using Turbo Pascal 4, you
MUST re-compile the file WG1.PAS to make a TP4 unit.