Planets Command Center v1.1 - Information File

• (c) copyright 1995-2021 by Stefan Reuther
  • Please send comments, suggestions and bug reports to <Streu@gmx.de>.
  • New versions and other PCC stuff on <http://phost.de/~stefan/pcc.html>.
• Special Thanks go to:
  • The participants of the Micro-Con in Rietberg (...and Hamburg, and Lindau)
  • Andreas Weigand (wants to be first in this list, but I don't let him)
  • Piotr Winiarczyk, Akseli Mäki (many good ideas, much patience with my bugs)
  • Klemens Reuther (most testing, additional artwork)
  • Thomas Klebes (good ideas, cool pictures, and the first PCC mirror site)
  • Manuel Fernandes Alonso (for all the Spanish PCC propaganda :-)
• No Special Thanks go to:
  • Certain a.g.v-p posters, because real-name threads take time from the really flame-worthy topics. Such as "Tim's Host vs. PHost".

History

Five-digit numbers in parentheses are the numbers of help pages describing the new feature. This list only summarizes versions which actually were officially released.

• Version 1.1.21
  • Improved: Imperial Stats: Colony page. Climate statistics on Planets page
  • Improved: Mine Info: show number of beams/fighters available to sweep
  • Improved: script interpreter, selection manager: some missing PCC2 syntax
  • Improved: prediction, history
• Version 1.1.20 (18/Apr/2020)
  • New: build queue manager (10197)
  • New: support setup and display of allied chunnels [#22]
  • New: explain predictions on ship screen (on [Q] menu)
  • New: show when a hull function gets damaged
  • Bugfix: hang in movement prediction in certain tow situations [#374]
  • Improved: script interpreter, several things that PCC2 does better
• Version 1.1.19 (04/Jun/2013)
  • New: support PHost BaseTechCost option
  • Minor fixes and improvements (4)
• Version 1.1.18 (31/May/2010)
  • Improvement: various fixes to the interpreter to keep up with the advances in the PCC2 interpreter (6)
  • Improvement: support some new PHost options
  • Bugfix: a single 'Restart' in an Auto Task no longer locks up PCC
  • Bugfix: some glitches and small problems (3)
• Version 1.1.17 (21/Nov/2008)
  • New: can display warp well outlines [Alt-W] (10037)
  • New: chunnel setup and display (10012)
  • New: supports "show planet" and "show minefield" commands (10153)
  • New: simulator: ship functions PlanetImmunity, Commander, FullWeaponry
  • New: score display grid lines
  • Improved: cargo-summary displays next-turn cargo when invoked from next-turn ship list
  • Improved: auto-task predictions continue after running out of fuel
  • Improved: interpreter: 'CDiv', 'BitAnd', etc.; new keymaps
  • Improved: starchart, ship task editor, ship screen, imperial stats
  • Bugfix: 13 small ones
• Version 1.1.16 (27/Jan/2008)
  • New: cargo summary (10193)
  • New: spec sheet and weapon effects can be opened from more places, hull function availability markers (10194)
  • New: can display relative population change [R] in taxation
  • Improved: can distinguish mine scan and mine sweep in message filter
  • Improved: tax selection, cargo history, completion
  • Improved: displays exact EP on ship/planet screen if enabled at host
  • Improved: base auto task editor predicts base storage for price computation
  • Improved: interpreter: 'BuildHulls' etc., some fixes, and new properties and commands
  • Bugfix: 1.1.15 was forgetting ships seen through VCR and visual scan
  • Bugfix: various display glitches, and several odds and ends
• Version 1.1.15 (24/Mar/2007)
  • New: supports recent PHost features: configurable costs and limits, new combat subtleties
  • New: `NewLineRaw', `NewRectangleRaw', 'Ship().HasFunction(...)'
  • Improved: navigation starchart [A] (10012)
• Version 1.1.14 (06/Aug/2006)
  • Improved: correct minefield prediction for THost
  • New: Tab completion for property names on console
  • New: Export function (10192)
  • Bugfix: lock-up in movement prediction for certain intercept situations
• Version 1.1.13 (05/Mar/2006)
  • New: interpreter: `Else If', `Select Case', access to messages
  • Improved: no longer offer guessed ships for Intercept/Tow
  • Improved: distinguishes racial abilities from hull functions
  • Improved: simulator: supports cloaked ships, temporarily take out ships
  • Bugfix: did not recognize hullfuncs correctly if experience was not used
• Version 1.1.12 (31/Oct/2005)
  • New: full HULLFUNC.TXT support, including new PHost 4.0j features
  • New: ship/planet labels can have different colors (10086)
  • Improved: lock-to-edge-of-gravity now supports HYP, and finds the fastest path even if that is longer than the shortest one
  • Bugfix: REPEDIT: allow for longer condition names, do no longer silently truncate them, and do not crash
  • plus some more fixes (11) and improvements (4)
• Version 1.1.11 (31/Apr/2005)
  • New: shows auto-waypoints on map
  • New: cactus markers :-)
  • New: cyrillic font support (with CCFonts release 3 or later)
  • New: can view ship's cargo on history screen
  • Bugfix: two rule violations and two crashes, plus some smaller ones (6)
• Version 1.1.10 (27/Dec/2004)
  • New: experimental circular-wrap support (see 12053)
  • New: UTILx.DAT browser ([Alt-U], 10188)
  • Improved: simulator
  • plus some fixes (9) and improvements (5)
• Version 1.1.9 (24/Jul/2004)
  • New: support 'enemies'
  • Improved: simulator
  • Improved: correct fuel usage for THost
  • Improved: data filter for Maketurn to avoid triggering red error in PHost when planets.exe is being used for cargo transfers
  • Bugfix: PHost VCR for non-AC works again
  • Bugfix: 1.1.8 did not display ships with dummy name (AllowShipNames=No)
• Version 1.1.8 (27/Mar/2004)
  • New: automatic warp factor selection ([#] menu on ship screen, 10028)
  • New: automatic backup of chart/vm files
  • Bugfix: quite some
• Version 1.1.7 (17/Dec/2003)
  • New: Ufo management. Wormholes are now kept over turns
  • New: multi-ship transfer can automatically distribute stuff (10184)
  • New: very simple 'Cargo' commands on ship task screen (10177)
  • Improved: handling of 'beam up multiple'
  • Improved: message parser (super spy, dark sense)
• Version 1.1.6 (20/Sep/2003)
  • New: growth prediction in taxation (PHost only, see 10050)
  • New: Experience is stored in chart database
  • New: user interface to marker tags ([T], [Alt-F]; help page 10186)
  • Improved: cargo transfer: Host 3.22.031 torp safety
  • Improved: history got smarter
• Version 1.1.5 (02/Jun/2003)
  • New: handles most PHost 4 features
  • New: you can now enqueue a build order in the auto task from the ship build screen when you can't build the ship immediately
  • New: can save/load auto tasks into files
  • Improved: VCR handling
  • Improved: many details
  • Bugfix: crash when a fleet was annihilated
• Version 1.1.4 (10/Feb/2003)
  • New: some PHost 4 support
  • New: [PgUp]/[PgDn] in starchart
  • New: now handles ship cloning; some PBP info
  • New: CCS: loads tty.q when given no command to execute
  • New: handles mine decay ([Alt-Y] in starchart)
  • Improved: auto tasks, interpreter, several more small details
  • Bugfix: opener could freeze on fast computers
• Version 1.1.3 (27/Nov/2002)
  • New: VESA 2.0 support (faster, better graphics)
  • Improved: [Backspace] can also take you to last search result
  • Improved: wheel-mouse support, auto task, ...
• Version 1.1.2 (06/Nov/2002)
  • New: add ship to sim from VCR info window ([L]/[R])
  • New: synchronisation (locks) between auto tasks and rest of the world
  • New: wheel-mouse support
  • Improved: message handling, ship guessing, non-crystalline webs
  • Improved: some new interpreter commands
  • Bugfix: many little ones
• Version 1.1.1 (15/Sep/2002)
  • New: multi-ship cargo transfer (10184)
  • New: optionally display ships as triangles [Alt-A]
  • New: CCShips: can sort by any field, supports "/a"
  • New: simulator can print results; CCBSim can print, too
  • New: interpreter can access more standard dialogs (listbox, [L], ...)
  • Bugfix: "starbase gives you 5 bays" rule finally handled correctly (Akseli)
  • Bugfix: planets in simulator completely redone, should now work right
  • ...plus assorted fixes and improvements
• Version 1.1 (31/Jul/2002)
  • New: supports `give' commands
  • New: allied (team) planets and mines are yellow
  • Changed: distribution split into "core" + "specials"
  • Improved: data transfer sync now only happens when teams change
  • Improved: many small details (messages, UFO4VPA, chart, ...)
  • Bugfix: many prediction glitches
  • Bugfix: alliance window would crash when used two times in a turn
  • Bugfix: lots.
  • Removed: old configuration file format, UMB support
• Version 1.0.19 (09/Jun/2002)
  • New: hold [Shift] to lock waypoint at edge of warp well
  • New: auto-loads DPMI server when needed
  • New: fuel/cargo gauges on ship screen
  • Bugfix: auto tasks/movement prediction got confused in wrapped map
  • Bugfix: `PlayerRace' support had several problems
  • Improved: interpreter: UI input commands work in text mode
  • Improved: some new interpreter commands, some new config options
  • ...plus many fixes (15) and improvements (11)
• Version 1.0.18 (02/Apr/2002)
  • New: ship auto tasks graphical display/prediction
  • New: movement prediction (10121), exact fuel consumption
  • New: can jettison ammo (torps/fighters)
  • New: user interface to `Notify' ("PCC-internal subspace messages") and errors in auto tasks (10182)
  • New: formula list in compat.doc
  • Improved: here & there...
  • Bugfix: 1.0.17 ("100% correct formulas") was off by 9900%...
  • Bugfix: several errors on starbases and starcharts
• Version 1.0.17 (21/Feb/2002)
  • New: game can be saved without exiting PCC (10179)
  • New: can set waypoints from starcharts (10035)
  • Improved: file dialog (10078)
  • Improved: config file and PHost commands now stored in plain text
  • Improved: planet happiness formulas
  • Improved: PCC now handles warp wells in determining location names (e.g. waypoint display, [X], [Ctrl-F5], etc.)
  • Bugfix: unpacker created KOREx.DAT files in wrong format (Akseli Mäki)
  • Bugfix: interpreter crash in certain functions, e.g. `EnqueueShip'
  • ... plus several small fixes (11) and improvements (13)
• Version 1.0.16 (17/Dec/2001)
  • New: Auto tasks, first versions (10178)
  • New: simulator: custom ships, random fcode (10176)
  • Improved: SRACE support, extended mission support (MISSION.INI)
  • Improved: PHost VCR player is much faster
  • Improved: Help texts revised and polished
  • Improved: many minor fixes and optimisations
  • Improved: interpreter (needless to say ;-)
  • Bugfix: PATCH utility didn't handle 1.0.14->1.0.15 patch (dooh!)
  • Bugfix: this and that... (11)
• Version 1.0.15 (14/Oct/2001)
  • New: supports "FF alliances" (10143)
  • New: user keys from control screens are now also active in starchart
  • Improved: mouse should now always work ok, /z no longer needed
  • Improved: interpreter: access to selection, new commands
  • Improved: some optimisations
  • Bugfix: some little ones (7)
• Version 1.0.14 (05/Sep/2001)
  • Improved: supports newest Wisseman hosts (allied targets, cargo transfer)
  • Improved: screen update, especially after script commands
  • Improved: interpreter
  • Bugfix: interpreter file I/O
  • Bugfix: some minor ones (11)
• Version 1.0.13 (29/Jul/2001)
  • New: "official" standalone interpreter
  • Improved: interpreter: scripts can do file I/O, certain properties can be assigned to
  • Bugfix: now handles re-hosts correctly
  • Bugfix: minor ones (3)
• Version 1.0.12 (09/Jul/2001)
  • New: can bind keys to script commands (`Bind')
  • Bugfix: VCR rounding errors should now definitely be cured
  • Improved: it's now *way* more robust w.r.t. bogus SHIPXY files
  • Improved: simulator much faster (thanks, Akseli!)
  • Improved: auto-detects Winplan path when needed
  • Improved: interpreter
• Version 1.0.11 (05/Jun/2001)
  • New: Host999 support; support for 10000 minefields (PHost 3.3)
  • New: fleets can be split (10175)
  • New: ship building: can choose hull from sortable/filterable list
  • Improved: process manager, taxation (max income per planet)
  • Improved: interpreter (better name resolver, prints backtraces, ...)
  • Bugfix: some crashes (GPF), some minor ones
  • Bugfix: the "s" flag to the cargo transfer commands didn't work
• Version 1.0.10 (22/Apr/2001)
  • New: more `undo' possibilities (links on page 10069)
  • New: unpack can create TARGETx.EXT (like VPUnpack)
  • New: cargo transfer is scriptable (`CargoTransfer', `CargoUnload', ...)
  • New: can write core dumps for easier bug-hunting (see readme)
  • Improved: simulator, ship history, fleet/list ships (10157), interpreter
  • Updated: CCUNPACK
  • Bugfix: ExploreMap support, some fleet stuff, tag/expire on drawings
  • Bugfix: some things in CCMERGE, beam up multiple
  • Bugfix: the usual suspects...
• Version 1.0.9 (15/Mar/2001)
  • Improved: interpreter
    + speed increase 33%
    + some user interface interaction commands (`UI.xxx')
    + hooks (`On', `RunHook'); `cc /k'
  • Improved: starcharts code completely rewritten:
    + more zoom levels (zoom in and zoom out: 10173)
    + better handling for non-standard sized maps
    + some new functions (mark range: 10172, small panel: 10129)
  • Improved: real mode is back again. But don't use it unless you have to.
  • Improved: simulator, VCR, help viewer, TRN decompiler, ship history, ...
  • Changed: `cc /r' now does exactly the same as loading/leaving a race
  • Bugfix: many sweet little ones
• Version 1.0.8 (01/Feb/2001)
  • New: new history/starcharts file format: history can now remember anything (ship names, arming, ...)
  • New: scripting manual (help pages 14000 ff all new)
  • New: user-definable per-planet/ship properties (`CreateShipProperty' &c)
  • New: ship cost calculator in main screen (on "Misc" menu)
  • Improved: beam-up-multiple (shows what's on planet; notice on ship screen)
  • Removed: planet colors
  • Bugfix: many smaller ones
  • Bugfix: some crashes in protected mode
• Version 1.0.7 (29/Nov/2000)
  • New: DPMI support (protected mode -- lots of memory)
  • New: Expressions: many new properties/functions
  • New: task manager (10169)
  • New: unpack now accessible in batch mode (`/uu', `/uc', 10073)
  • Improved: mouse driver. Should now work correctly under NT.
  • Improved: PHost commands are now saved in message outbox, so other clients can see/change them too.
  • Improved: handling of wrapped maps (starchart config: 10129)
  • Improved: setup (10055), simulator/PlanetsHaveTubes (10150)
  • Improved: cargo: beam up multiple, overload, `load N' (10007, 10168)
  • Improved: wormhole/UFO handling, kudos to Piotr Winiarczyk for this
  • Bugfix: first release of 1.0.6 contained a horrible bug in 16-color mode
  • Bugfix: minefields from `koreX.dat' now override any other minefield information, `utilX.dat' is unreliable at this place
  • Bugfix: lots of quickies...
• Version 1.0.6 (13/Sep/2000)
  • New: scripting, several new functions (14004)
  • New: mailbox files (saved messages; 10167, 10153)
  • New: hold [Ctrl] in main starcharts to lock only on marked objects (10040)
  • New: [F6] list and simulator hull list can be sorted (10085, 10097)
  • New: [Ctrl-G] can be used nearly anywhere to redraw the screen
  • Changed: MakeTurn now uses a simpler, better algorithm
  • Improved: some UI cleanups, better FX in VCR, updated some formulas
  • Improved: updated REPLACE
  • Improved: fuel, tax formulas from Host 3.2
  • Bugfixes: tons. literally.
• Version 1.0.5 (02/Jul/2000)
  • New: first stages of a command interpreter (global actions, calculator)
  • New: supports extended UFO database (RST version 01)
  • Improved: ship position guessing
  • Bugfixes: lots
• Version 1.0.4 (16/May/2000)
  • New: can load allied turns (must still be unpacked, though)
  • New: multiple selection layers ([Alt-Left/Right/.])
  • New: EXPR/MISSION/FCODES.USR files
  • New: complete undo in structure build screen
  • New: accepts prefix argument in many more screens (build, scanners, tax)
  • Improved: stabler than previous releases
  • Improved: decompiles PHost commands from TRNs resp. message files
  • Improved: visibility range
  • Improved: documentation
  • Bugfixes: many small ones
• Version 1.0.3 (19/Mar/2000)
  • New: shared map file, CCMERGE
  • New: can specify default command line options in setup
  • New: [Shift-L], [Ctrl-H] on control screens
  • New: can lock onto UFOs using [Space] / left mouse button
  • Improved: better interface to add-on documentation (see CCHTML)
  • Improved: config file handling. Switching to older PCCs now possible.
  • Bugfixes: many which were introduced in 1.0.2.3
• Version 1.0.2.3 (08/Mar/2000)
  • New: complete new back-end: more consistent and easier to extend
  • New: some graphical effects
  • New: new sort orders for ship list [L], now also used for [Tab]
  • New: [A]/intercept starcharts now (un)zoomable; Ion storm forecast
  • New: "prefix argument" in starcharts
  • New: new global actions, including quick report
  • Improved: support for maps with less than 500 planets and explore map
  • Bugfix: data transfer oddities; many bugs with extended missions
  • Bugfix: scrolling/painting and "lock"ing in a wrapped map (Piotr)
  • Bugfix: TVCR gave wrong results; should be definitely cured now
  • Bugfix: Simulator also gave wrong results sometimes
  • Changed: this release will only run on 386 and higher
• Version 1.0.2.1 (12/Oct/1999)
  • New: can send and receive VPA/Informer/EchoView alliance info
  • Improved: ship list in scanner now has section dividers
  • Improved: MakeTurn triggered a WinPlan bug workaround in PHost
  • Improved: some error handling, here & there
  • Bugfix: VCR was not fully PHost 3 compatible
  • Bugfix: allow scanning across the map border
  • Updated: HULLGEN
• Version 1.0.2 (22/Sep/1999)
  • New: Team support (scores, simulator, starcharts)
  • New: "Ship details" tab in simulator evaluation
  • New: Ship list ([Tab]) in visual scanner ([L/V])
  • New: handle `/123' flags in MISSION.INI
  • Improved: minor changes to message editor/reader and file viewer
  • Improved: now handles per-game FCODES.CC
  • Improved: allow [\] to be used instead of [#]
  • Bugfix: could not transfer Mark 7/Mark 8 torps (bug was only in 1.0.1)
  • Bugfix: various small ones
• Version 1.0.1 (18/Aug/1999)
  • New: Imperial stat options (sort order), score options (compare, percent)
  • New: Convert supplies to mc on the fly in cargo transfer
  • New: XTRFCODE.TXT support, can co-exist with xk
  • New: "/z" option improves mouse driver compatibility
  • Changed: PVCR now has a time-out: heavy ships with cheap weapons would overflow PCC's timers
  • Improved: re-diddled message editor to handle multi-messages in DOS format
  • Improved: [Alt-R] handles PHost commands, some VCR fixes
  • Improved: updated MAKEGLOS
  • Improved: here & there... (more setup options!)
• Version 1.0 (13/Jul/1999)
  • Bugfix: cancels transfers correctly, revising messages in DOS format
  • Bugfix: add all to fleet, star chart options, transfer w/o fuel
  • Improved: planetary torpedoes in simulator, selection in starchart panel
  • Improved: help texts revised, fonts, fleet handling, hiss/taxation
  • New: [N] in [F5]
• Version 1.0rc (23/Jun/1999)
  • New: cargo transfer (planet->ship) with proxy ship
  • New: planets can have torpedoes in simulator
  • New: reads TARGETx.EXT (from VPunpack)
  • New: objects can be marked (e.g., for global actions)
  • New: can repair foreign ships
  • Improved: more UTILx.DAT records: now displays PHost wormholes
  • Improved: updated CCUNPACK, CCSWEEP and CCBSIM
  • Improved: fleet handling; tow handling; statistics
  • Improved: aggressiveness in simulator, Klingon/Rebel ships immune to ATT
  • Improved: use UMBs for more memory (disable with /h)
  • Changed: input lines now behave like "usual": first character erases text
  • Bugfix: simulator created buggy battles which confused (P)VCR
  • Bugfix: simulator and VCR handle ships with many weapons correctly
  • Bugfix: lots of small ones
• Version 0.99.10 (19/May/1999)
  • Improved: battle simulator decreases weapons with increasing ship damage
  • Improved: Ion storms, ground attack prediction
  • Bugfix: last-minute change in 0.99.9 broke PCONFIG parsing
  • Bugfix: graphics glitches in VCR and visibility range for PHost
  • Bugfix: MAKEGLOS now _really_ uses 0.99.8's new config mechanism
  • New: runs under XDOS and with Mach64 graphics boards (double buffering)
  • New: PHost command processor support (remote control, "send", ...)
  • New: PHost and THost alliance support
  • New: Additional zoom level for starcharts (50%)
  • Changed: Moved printer stuff to separate archive `ccprint.zip'
• Version 0.99.9 (20/Apr/1999)
  • Improved: Starcharts (wrapped map: borders, ship tracks, display range)
  • Improved: Simulator, Mining, Expressions (`.75' for fractions)
  • Improved: Click on a word in a message to search for it in [F7]
  • New: `killfile' for messages to hide bulk mail from Host
  • New: Show size of mine field when laying one, show if ship is being towed
  • New: Display options (brightness, b/w)
  • New: full PHost support (UTILx.DAT, message parser, PVCR)
  • New: M.I.T. support (MISSION.INI/.CC); Functions PLANETNAME, SHIPNAME
  • New: now completely supports WinPlan data format (KOREx.DAT)
  • Bugfix: One could jump to a non-existant ship with double click in [F4]
  • Bugfix: Redirecting messages from Revise window
  • Bugfix: Overlay management, several graphics glitches
  • Bugfix: computes fuel usage correctly for heavy ships with good engines
  • Bugfix: History guessing planet where a ship hides
• Version 0.99.8 (02/Mar/1999)
  • New: [Tab]ular overview for outgoing messages
  • New: Wrapped Map (Sphere) support, starchart configuration window [O]
  • Improved: Installation of add-on packages (pictures, english help) is now much easier
  • Improved: [Backspace] works at more places
  • Improved: Fuel consumption forecast more precise
  • Improved: smaller things...
  • Bugfix: global auto tax and hissers, VAL(), display code
  • Bugfix: handle negative ion storm coordinates (WTF is this?)
• Version 0.99.7 (27/Jan/1999)
  • New: switch "/c" to compile turn files and exit
  • New: markers in the starcharts, fuel calculator in distance meter
  • New: can [Del]ete obsolete mine field records
  • New: [Alt-Backspace] screen history window
  • New: [S]hip cost calculator in starbase, starbase commands on ship
  • New: CCSHIPS can edit HULLSPEC.CC
  • Improved: Main screen looks much cooler now...
  • Improved: More Dominion & Host bug workarounds
  • Improved: Memory management: `out of memory' can often be avoided
  • Improved: Simulator (fixed various planet issues)
  • Bugfix: History now works better when reviewing a past turn
  • Bugfix: changing message addressee in Revise screen
• Version 0.99.6 (17/Dec/1998)
  • New: [S]pecification button for ships
  • New: [G]o to X/Y in starcharts & message viewer
  • New: standalone simulator CCBSIM
  • New: Combat diagram for quick overview over large fights
  • New: Can reply to anonymous messages (will be sent as universal)
  • Improved: Graphics driver (100% speed gain for solid fill & bitblt, should support ET4000-based boards)
  • Improved: Input lines, editor (^T,^D,^Backspace)
  • Improved: [V]isual scan revised: now with spec sheet, add to sim, ...
  • Improved: Simulator (l/r balancing, left/right assignment, 150% damage)
  • Worsened: Combat recorder now emulates even more bugs
  • Bugfix: several small ones
• Version 0.99.5 (25/Nov/1998)
  • Improved: the usual `little things'...
  • Improved: Simulator (options, left/right balancing, hardly armed ships)
  • Bugfix: Simulator should now handle planets correctly
  • Bugfix: [Backspace] in help now works again
  • New: FAQ file
  • New: Can get information about cargo transfer for ships (TRANSFER.xxx)
  • New: [Backspace] takes you to the previous object
  • New: Search for inverted condition (Expression false)
• Version 0.99.4 (01/Nov/1998)
  • New: Simulate planet battles
  • New: Idle call for windows, disable with /i
  • Bugfix: Expressions, Intercept x 2, Auto Build, Simulator, Graphics, Help
  • Improved: Minefield controlling planets
  • Improved: Progress gauges in Build Defense look way better now
  • Improved: [F1]/[F4]/[F6] now also allows [Shift-Tab] to cycle backwards
  • Improved: Displays cloak fuel usage
  • Improved: Imperial stats can be used with keyboard only
  • Improved: Workaround for host bug(?) with Mission.{Intercept,Tow}<>0
  • Improved: Message Editor (PgUp/Dn, Ctrl-Arrows), FCodes (Randomize)
• Version 0.99.3 (03/Oct/1998)
  • New: Fleet management [F10]
  • New: Optional exit query
  • New: Auto build
  • New: Simulator: Write-back function, load/save battle setup
  • Improved: Starcharts ([Alt-P], [Alt-D], [C])
  • Improved: Messages (WinPlan messages, search in current inbox)
  • Improved: Help system & RepEdit database revised
  • Improved: one byte here, one byte there, ...
  • Changed: Expressions. `owner=my.race' now works.
  • Bugfix: Inconsistency with Sell Supplies allowed you to sell more supplies than you have -> data status RED
• Version 0.99.2 (05/Sep/1998)
  • New: VCR Information Window, VCR now displays ships even in 16 colors
  • Improved: CCSHIPS now has a help screen
  • Improved: `Optimum Tax' looks for Hisssssers
  • Improved: here and there...
  • New: Battle simulator (up to 100 ships/simulation), including simulation of many battles at once for results like "you win 80% of the time"
  • New: Global actions
  • New: New separate utility `MGREP' can search message files, RSTs etc., for example the backup directories made by PCC's Unpack/Maketurn
  • New: 3D-rendered pictures are now also available in 16 color mode
  • Improved: Workaround for a Dominion bug which sets ship names incorrectly
  • Improved: Graphics driver should now be more flexible (work on more cards)
• Version 0.99.1 (08/Jul/1998)
  • Improved: Can see/change comments on control screens ([F9])
  • Improved: Message parser (Dark Sense, Meteors), Statistics, File Viewer
  • Improved: Imperial Stats hyperlinks more accurate now
  • Improved: Editor. Now [Del] at EOL does what you think, ^E,^K,^N,^T
  • Improved: You can also load/save text from the editor (^R/^W)
  • New: "Tooltips" in control screens: move mouse on an object in the scanner and wait 1/2 second until a description appears
  • New: Calculator ([Alt-C] in many screens)
  • Bugfix: Expression evaluator more 'bullet-proof'
  • Bugfix: Some printer drivers were buggy
  • Bugfix: Some internalities of PCC, including a bug in font renderer that randomly overwrote memory
  • Improved: MAKEGLOS now can also extract other documentation
  • New: REPEDIT finally distributable
• Version 0.99 (23/Jun/1998)
  • New: Printing (all those [P] buttons now have a "back end")
  • New: Imperial Stats have "hyperlinks"
  • Improved: Expression evaluator (assignments, sequence, short-circuit), Statistics, File Viewer
  • Bugfix: many minor things (or major ones, depending upon who you play <eg>)
• Version 0.98.5 (03/Jun/1998)
  • New: IF in expressions, some functions
  • New: /m to work around a DOSEMU bug (+ DOSEMU bugfix)
  • New: WinPlan support for Unpack and Maketurn
  • New: Forward messages, Change addressee while editing
  • New: Selection Lists for expression input lines
  • New: Comments for starships ([E] key in starcharts, as for planets)
  • Improved: Labels, History, Detailed bill, Expression Evaluator
  • Improved: Starcharts (explosion marker for captured ships, show ship picture in status panel)
  • Bugfix: VCR: Heavily damaged Lizard ships
  • Bugfix: Some bugfixes for Windows message file
  • Bugfix: lots of small things, many more than I can remember
• Version 0.98.4 (04/May/1998)
  • New: Improvements of the starcharts: ship trails, planet/ship labels
  • New: Ship history screen [F6]
  • New: Explore-Map scenario support
  • New: Loads resources into XMS -> runs faster
  • New: Documentation
  • Changed: SWEEP/UNPACK renamed to CCSWEEP/CCUNPACK
  • Improved: Searching is much faster now
  • Improved: Many other small things
  • Bugfix: Planets with more than 32k minerals
  • Bugfix: Even more small things
• Version 0.98.3 (07/Apr/1998)
  • New: B/W screen support
  • Bugfix: Some Waypoints displayed wrong
  • New: [U]nload as shortcut for [C]argo transfer to planet
  • New: Help can be used with keyboard only
  • New: UFO support
  • New: Tip of the Day. Yet another Windows lookalike...
  • New: Scanned but unowned planets now have a dotted circle
  • New: Find function [F7]
• Version 0.98.2 (29/Mar/1998)
  • New: New layout in player screen (looks best with 256 colors)
  • Bugfixes: Messages (editor, parser, ...)
• Version 0.98.1 (07/Mar/1998)
  • Bugfix: Unpacking RACE.NM from Windows RSTs works much better now
  • New: Support for 256-color pictures
  • New: Displays numerical happiness change
  • Bugfix: Statistics, if 0 PBPs max.
  • New: HConfig support
  • New: Small starcharts [R] function displays area covered by your sensors
  • New: Maketurn can omit messages to non-playing players
  • New: Optimum Tax Rate function
  • New: [Ctrl-R] to reply including current text
  • New: Save messages ([W] / [Ctrl-W] in message reader)
• Version 0.98 (09/Feb/1998)
  • New: [Alt-R] reset function. Use it to undo everything at a particular location in space.
• Version 0.97
  • first public release
• Earlier Versions
  • The program has been tested in a several private games (that is, not on a BBS or Network), which eliminated many problems. Very early versions have been used in "real" games, but that versions were missing some "vital" functions such as MakeTurn.

To Do... ("Planned Enhancements")

See the `todo' file at the website.