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Filename : WHATS.NEW

Overkill II -- What's New?

This file has been created as of 6/24/90

(NOTE: Bugs corrected are assumed fixed.)

Bugs fixes/modifications: .96á
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-Pause when "shot to death" removed
-Drop "water crystals" colored
-Armor hits decrease with each opponent hit
-Medical Kit, 2 Rations automatically granted to new users
-Steal procedures fixed and lowered percentage of stealing crystals
-Combat damage now varied
-Crystals shown before upgrading Base security/structures
-Teleportation limited to only the same level
-Monsters fixed after level 10
-Fossil AND modem routines now available
-Scenario spell-checked
-Combat descriptions touched up
-Base security bug fixed if price is over 32767
-Combat keys switched, to R)un from Combat, E)xchange weapons
-Game room names fixed
-Dynamite damage against Bases lowered
-New long range descriptions
-Steal from dead person fixed
-Surrender/death bug fixed


Bugs fixes/modifications: .97á
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-Bank loan minimized to 3 days on payback -- immediate interest charge
-Constant algorithm for recruiting stats at 59
-Re-roll option taken out. Commit suicide if you don't like your character
-New Base security, shields, and defensive guns armed optional on Bases now
-Staff room deleted -- useless, no internal player editing
-SysOp is now "human" -- no more super powers (such as the on-line editor),
so the SysOp can play as a legal player
-Base defenses against the use of dynamite and hacking access codes
-Night Report for Base Owners if Base is attacked
-Combat Accuracy attribute added for results of your hits/attempts in combat
-Action combat for Long Range combat
-Use Medical Kit in Medical Center now -- can't "buy" hitpoints back
-Disease Department now open in Medical Center with Vaccination treatments
-Combat Accuracy now in the Top 10
-Able to contract diseases from opponent when fighting
-Disease effects now working (moving/combat)
-Long range action combat now needs more accuracy to hit
-Key pad directional keys converted into N)orth, S)outh, E)ast, W)est display
-Combat action faster at higher levels
-Giant Roaches now have exteremly high hit points
-Steal inventory displays "0) Nothing" if camper has no equipment
-Curing/Vaccination prices lowered
-Only level 0 players now protected from attacks/steals -- level 1 vulnerable
-Teleporters now limited on range
-Roach Races now available
-Pause in Frontier Log
-OOINFO.EXE program now used. Replaces all past convertor files
-Code completely restructured -- may be slower, but more memory efficient
-New Registration handling process
-Addition of BADNAME.DAT file (avoids trashy names)
-Game files created upon exiting OOCONFIG.EXE
-"Use Fossil?" bug fixed in OOCONFIG
-Node detection with OOIINODE.DAT file. Only one player may access the game
at a time
-Drop Carrier bug fixed - saves files and aborts program immediately
-RECRUIT.TXT removed
-USERDOCS.TXT segment 1 rewritten
-MANUAL.DOC updated
-Added Sysops REAL NAME to OOCONFIG for remote accessing of game
-Player Editor completely rewritten by Tom and put in the Map Editor
now called EDITOOII.EXE


Bugs fixes/modifications: .98á
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-Items now printed in double columns
-Can send Base messages to "ALL" which last 4 days
-Rations range increased
-Players can't go past level 2 -- fixed
-Bulletin.txt not printing, instead news.txt -- fixed
-Dynamite damage to Bases lowered
-"*) Exit to Barracks" inserted into the Games Room menu
-Meat Darts & Roach Races -- better random selector
-Randomizer slowed to allow for faster machine processing
-Non-abortable text files now actually non-abortable
-Scenario shown before Recruiting of new user instead of after
-Death scenes now stored in Death.txt file
-Restructured EMAIL.OO for Base messages
-Aborting Frontier Log doesn't require extra pause
-Monster encounters now based on map level (harder monsters on lower levels)
-Experience points gained is not based on opponents stats
-Chat alarm sped up
-Speed of Action Combat now determined according to the opponent
-Experience lowered for higher players killing lower monsters
-Aerial Scan now functional on all levels (except in a Base)
-Damage calculation adjusted -- relying more on strength
-Steal menu now abortable
-Aborting steal crystal procedure back to wastelands menu -- fixed
-Using rope going up from level 2 not working -- fixed
-Base cost lowered to 100,000 crystals
-Infrared scanner display speeded up
-Summoner attraction changed to *2 instead of *3 probability
-Randomizing function fixed -- no more negative numbers
-Pause taken out after Print status
-Order of combat now variable
-Armor with 0 Hits now listed as "unusable"
-U)se Medical now shows both hit points, radiation, and applications left
-Print Status hit points now lined/formatted
-Price to neutralize radiation increased
-Infrared Scanner displayed after checking all other options
-New equipment added
-Receive bank interested when on and time flips past midnight
-Crystals decreased for high level players against low monsters
-Sysop Page display changed
-Hydrites steal from "fortunate" dead players
-Run from Overkill bug fixed
-Can not bribe Overkill anymore when surrendering
-Camping player's combat accuracy fixed into determining hit
-Player's location shown in Check
-Level bonus checked in Bases
-Number of items in wastelands expanded to 200
-Hydrite Prison added -- not the same as prison in Overkill I!
-Bases may not be built on the same location as the Hydrite Prison
-Experience points for level changed -- in the players manual
-Fightdelay lowered to 1.0 seconds from 1.2 seconds
-Deposit/Withdraw ALL crystals at bank prompt with Yes or No
-Multinode option in configuration file and only checked if set to 'Y'
-Player "Lvl" in infrared scanner switched to "Map" level
-Inform users of Expert function when advancing to level 5
-"Exp. to Go" colorized
-Sonic Devastator renamed to "Devastator" for items 2x column printout
-Automatic re-recruiting when Overkill has been defeated for next game
-Top10 listing now abortable
-"Nil"'s not shown when selling weapons, armor, or equipment
-Radiation increase for radiation mounds
-Diseases contracted during combat only when opponent hits
-Over 70 monsters added
-Thumper bug fixed
-Hydrites now have poison (from Overkill I) -- listed as a disease
-Terrain on Zaverus Maps spaced out
-Monsters now "talk" during combat
-INVNTORY.TXT updated for new equipment
-MONSTERS.TXT monster descriptions removed -- inserted into MONSTER.DAT


Bugs fixes/modifications: .987á
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-Key for Aerial Scanner display
-Collapsable pits, sending players down into next level, if passable
-Roach winners determine at end of rounds instead of first to 300 cms
-Percentange of Hydrite messages lowered
-Armor dropped with 0 hits discarded -- not added to items list
-Unknown monster found on level 5 bug fixed
-Surrendering with < half crystals bug fixed
-Radiation suit not working -- radiation from environment adjusted
-Monsters "talking" sequence improved
-Cost of neutralizing radiation lowered
-Some monster stats lowered on mid-levels
-Last played game against bug fixed
-Released from Prison after 7 days, name not removed -- fixed
-Red key, blue key, green key rechecked and fixed
-Combat text wrapping over fixed/shortened to next line
-Level 5-6 on map2, instead of 5 on map2 and 6 on map3
-Increased sell value of the miscellaneous equipment (non-purchasable)
-Top10 displaying users with less than 20 kills on Accuracy -- fixed
-Recharging of Telepod cost reduced 1000 crystals
-Teleporting allowed thru levels, but only one level per teleport
-Dynamite not being deleted from equipment list -- fixed

Bugs fixes/modifications: .99á
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-Suicidal players not erased from Prison list - fixed
-Telegrasp not found equiped on monsters -- fixed
-Beast type monsters stats raised on higher levels
-Colorized LOGON.TXT for ANSI
-Damage of hit when fleeing based on opponents second weapon (long-range)
-Stats of higher level 5 monsters lowered for challengers
-Asterisks replace characters when entering Base access codes
-Descending down a hole, text changed
-Telegrasp equipment activated
-Bases asking for code when owner owns Base bug -- fixed
-Monster accuracy displaying 0%, deleted
-Monster view, changed "Training" to "Form/Shape"
-When fighting another player, speed of action combat super fast -- fixed
-Harder to hit long range in action combat
-Diseases not reading in from monster record -- fixed
-Radiation curage lowered when using medical kit (1-3% each application)
-New item, VacPack -- vaccinates person completely of all diseases
-Explain to users when they are supposed to be imprisoned but cells are full
-Text fix for Overkill's appearance
-Stats of Overkill equalized
-100K added to experience and crystals for Overkill's defeat
-Hydrites not informing users of stealing weapons from dead -- fixed
-Roach Races not awarding crystals to player #1 if winner -- fixed
-More combat descriptions formatted to screen width
-Encounter % of Hydrite guards in Prison reduced to 10%
-Poison messages changed to light red for clearness
-When checking stats in Prison (not in cell) shows "AirForce Base" -- fixed
-Prison keys matching cells rearranged and fixed
-Trackers were assigned prison keys -- fixed
-Terminator's talk message mispelled -- fixed
-Surrendering to Overkill file not open bug -- fixed
-Old users not cleared out of Prison -- fixed
-Hydrites kidnapping non-recruited players to Prison -- fixed
-Rations and medical kits not being given to players after reset -- fixed
-Sysops character not checking into Hall of Fame -- fixed
-Player's timed out when walking in Prison, not reset map #, so next
call file *.MP8 not found, resulting in crash -- fixed
-Experience gained for encountering the mysterious Oracle
-Games used and Fight delay now stored in the player's record
-Sysop's Monsters On/Off removed
-Scavengers and Wanderers armor points reduced
-Acid-rain storms now hover the wastelands
-Base Shields damage against player reduced
-Chat hours 9AM - 11PM only
-Chat option in Wastelands menu
-Monsters now shoot long-range if they are armed and player chooses h-t-h
-Players affected by opponents radiation factor
-Combat damage formula altered in favor of Strength and Weapon
-Base Range-Finder installed in Bases for Owner use only
-Level of Oracle based on same concept as the Combat figuring Exp. Points
-Players receiving large negative numbers to have to wait for next call
-Dynamite blows up loose items in the wastelands
-Selling armor with high hits resulted in a negative crystal trade -- fixed
-Sharp Shooter game added to the Game Room
-Buying drinks and talking to the bartender options added to the Game Room
-Aerial scanner completely abortable
-Nukem's level not being saved into Nukem file -- fixed
-Maximum number of Bases increased to 30
-In HQ, added "View News" AND "View Bulletin"
-B)ulletin option taken out of Barracks Menu
-If a suicide occurs in Prison, Frontier Log says "killed in Prison"
-F)eedback option taken out of HQ -- remains in Communication Post
-"Removing player from wastelands" function not properly working -- fixed
-Base menu combined with Base Report
-Base Report option taken out of Base Menu
-Main menus updated
-Base weapons code remodified for better flow
-Players informed of wastelands transmission from Hydrites
-Telepod not displaying Bases after 20 -- fixed
-Maximum Bases set to 30
-Nukem immediately attacking Thumpee if installing Thumpers too close to him
-Long range descriptions adjusted and formatted
-Players informed of one million storage bank deposit maximum
-Base name tester added when building a Base
-Checker for building more than Maximum Bases
-OOINFO file fixed for GT powercomm sysops
-Players manual updated
-Monsters now attempt to run if their hit points are 25% of max hps
-Level 0 players calling once, camping outside, never to play again --
so, level 0 players now are NOT protected when camping outside
-New Messages check during maintenance -- promotes more communication
-Base Security/Shields start at 0% instead of 10%
-Max Items raised to 300
-Crystals dropping on separate numbers in same location -- assumed fixed
-Fighting another user with 0% accuracy, game would completely abort
-Total Kills and Infectious status switched in Check/View procedures
-Game play sped up

Bugs fixes/modifications: .991á
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-Players 0-4 not kidnapped to Prison, only level 5 and above
-Sysop's "Staff" training changed to Savian
-Fight delay speed lowered from 1200 to 1000
-With less than 10 players, top 10 was producing garbaged -- fixed
-Missing supply inventory for Aerial Scanner and VacPack -- fixed
-Base defenses with 0% security/shields, defenses not displaying -- fixed
-Base defenses not displayed when configuring base -- fixed
-Bases "not existing" after constructing and exiting the Base -- fixed
-Damage during combat sometimes equaling to zero -- fixed
-Dredvault's Xendrix powered by ZZETS -- corrected to Infinex
-Base menu wrapping over -- fixed
-Ascii Base menu also not displaying correctly -- fixed
-Hydrites stealing negative crystals, again -- assumed fixed
-Acid Rain reduced from 7 x 7 to 5 x 5, semi-brain disabled
-Dynamite continuing to blow up Base after using dynamite against items,
starting off with only 1 piece of dynamite
-Base codes messing up when entering initial code -- fixed --
Owners need to reenter all base codes!
-Battles in Hydrite Prison sometimes not working -- fixed
-Hydrite Soldiers's bravery set to 100%
-WHATS.NEW file added to HeadQuarter's infocabinet, NEWS.TXT file changed

Bugs fixes/modifications: .995á
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-Player could use rope from inside a Base -- fixed
-Roach Races acquiring "ghost" roaches to race -- fixed
-Heap space allocated for restructuring of Items handling
-Message counters acting up -- fixed
-Storm checking off center -- fixed
-Hydrite Prisoners shown when not resurrecting dead character -- fixed
-Reflecto with 200 hits selling for negative crystals -- fixed
-Configuration program rewritten
-Radiation effects from monsters lowered during combat sequences
-Monsters fleeing, Action Combat Mode is not working -- fixed
-Damage for shooting fleeing monster adjusted
-Checking E-Mail time decreased
-Bank maintenance and other maintenance done with external program
-Players read message initialized to 0 -- switched to 1
-Players can send E-Mail to "ALL" -- erased after 4 days
-Sysop's player not pre-equiped with medical kit or rations -- fixed
-Program made to alter combat descriptions
-F8 function key terminates player, bans him/her, clears out record
-Barl's Bar changed up for better formatting
-Radiation effects from rad dumps changed from 2 to 1
-Radiation effects from storm changed to a maximum of 1 per move
-Oracle not functioning on levels 1-4, fixed
-TriKorder implemented
-Screen is cleared after dropping/picking up items, using equipment,
entering wastelands
-Option #7 (what's new?) not functioning in Information Cabinets
-Monsters will not run if the fight is near death for both monster and player
-Players must be level 5 or higher to be captured for Prison -- fixed
-Complex location shown during entry to wastelands
-# of base defenses reduced from 10 to 4 to maximize crystal usage
-Base Defenses and shields less lethal of damage
-Combat Accuracy stats for Random Combat players implemented
-Players can pay off entire loans with Y)es if have total on hand
-Armor is now automatically stripped when it becomes useless (no hits)
-Encountering percentage in Prison lowered from 10% to 7% percent
-Prisoner not erased from Prison list when Telegrasping from Prison -- fixed
-New map, Vidland, to accompany Zaverus
-Shooting at running monsters with no ammunition/power -- fixed
-Deposit ALL crystals option removed from Storage Bank
-When displaying Hydrite Prisoners, also shows prison term of prisoner
-Bravery now displays in Check (fights/wins)
-Bravery status now active in calculating fights and victories
-Option to clear screen before wastelands display in User Config
-Players may move in diagonals with numlock and keypad
-New Check display for players, opponents, and monsters
-OOINFO conversion program rewritten
-When investigating dead player, date of death shown as last call of
the dead player -- fixed
-Base Menu's width smaller for better reading and faster display
-New disease of Delyria added
-Spore Sprayer infecting players with diseases already vaccinated -- fixed
-Nukem Movement fixed
-Vaccinate all Diseases option added to medical center
-Pauses taken out in Complex for Expert-configged players
-Lockup when repeating on first message with none existing
-Roster not shown when configuring Base
-Frontier log (along with other important files) not saving stats when
player commits suicide
-Added Cyclones to the wastelands
-Added 'ALL Diseases' to Medical Center