July 29, 1999
If you are having
problems with the pictures not being displayed and you have a
Creative Labs Blaster video card or a Diamond Viper VooDoo video
card you need to download the latest video drivers for your card.
The problem is not in winplan, the problem is in the video
driver.
Host version 3.22.043 (Released: Jan 4th, 2002)
The source code to the program that makes the LANG.PLN file
for HOST 3.22.012 and beyond has been released.
QBasic is required to run it.
This tool ( pcklang1.zip ) can be used to make LANG.PLN files for
host in languages other than english.
DOWNLOAD:
PCKLANG1.BAS
Download Patch file for registered WINPLAN users: WINPLAN 3.52.025 Update
Winplan 3.52.025
Fixed: When one player in a local game exits their race their
ship contact data bleeds through to the next player that opens
their RST.
Winplan 3.52.024
New: Able to read RST Format 37
This means that if you are using host version 3.22.037
or better in a game this version of winplan will be able to read
the new file format it produces and display and the ships of your
FF Allies and your will be able to see their enemy contacts as
well. This is all done is a completely safe mannor that will not
cause RED ERRORS in your TRN files.
Winplan 3.52.023
New: You are now allowed enter the ID number of a ship you can not see but want to intercept. It might work or it might not work, it all depends on the host version, host config settings and how far away the object is.
New: You have the OPTION in the OPTION window to turn off the
transporter safety. With the safety off you are allows to do
double transports, like a transport from your ship to an enemy
ship and then reload the ship with cargo from the planet's
surface or another ship that you own. If you do this you will
risk having cargo lost in space if the target ship can not hold
the incoming cargo. This can trigger red errors and may have some
yet to be discovered bad side effects.
Winplan 3.52.021
Fixed: Error that could cause red error in host.
Winplan 3.52.018
All the map coloring data has been moved out of the NOTES??.DAT file to a new file named COLOR??.DAT. This should put an end to the map colors freaking out.
The how winplan accesses PREF??.DAT file has been tweeked, it should do a better job saving all your screen size settings now..
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Fixed error: "Video error in the starbase map sub line 87."
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Winplan 3.52.016
Fixed error: High ID ship was not showing up.
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Winplan 3.52.015
More data filters added to remove bad data from incoming RST files that have been crashing winplan in the past.
Fixed a ship ghosting problem, ships appearing with 0 mass and an unknown race at (0 ,0). These ships did not really exist.
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Winplan 3.52.014
Starting in November 1998 a very odd series of bug reports have been appearing. Including:
1. Strangely formated RST files crashing WINPLAN just after
the user types in their password.
2. Odd colors on the starbase and planet map screens.
3. Winplan crashing with an "illegal function call
error".
The causes of the crashes range from just plain bad data to
very fast CPU's to new video card and DLL files
that no longer support 16 bit API video calls in favor of only
supporting 32 bit API calls and DirectX calls. I even found
one error that was caused by code that unloaded its unload code
before it was finished unloading, a problem that
only happens on systems running Windows 98 with Visual Studio 6
service pack 1 installed..
A great deal of debug and error trapping code has been added
to this version of winplan that will catch most errors.
If an error is encountered winplan should report the error and
continue to run. With perhaps a few display errors.
This patch fixes or adds a work around for all known problems.
To use this file simple just PKUNZIP this file into your Winplan directory overwritting your old WINPLAN.EXE file.
If you are not a registered WINPLAN user DO NOT download this file.
Winplan 3.52.007 supports all Dan and Dave Addons.
Winplan supports the ShipSoul addon.
The following is a patch file for registered WINPLAN users: FTP: WINPLAN 3.52.007 Update
To use this file simple just PKUNZIP this file into your Winplan directory overwritting your old WINPLAN.EXE file.
If you are not a registered WINPLAN user DO NOT download this file.
There are also several other programs written by Tim to aid people hosting games. REF, SENDMESS, OUTMESS, KILLRACE