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| `----------------------[tristar red sector inc.]-'
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| TITLE OF THE GAME | RING AROUND THE WORLD V1.1 |
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| SOFTWARECOMPANY | (C) 2023 RETREAM |
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| SUPPLIED BY | ULTRASCHALL |
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|PROTECTION REMOVED BY| NO COPY-PROTECTION WAS FOUND |
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| TYPE OF GAME | POINT'N'CLICK ADVENTURE |
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| LANGUAGE | ENGLISH |
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| SYSTEM | AMIGA OCS/ECS |
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| SIZE | 2 x DMS |
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| T H E S L E E P I N G G O D S A R E B A C K I N T O W N |
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| -*- IF YOU LIKE THE GAME, BUY THE ORIGINAL! -*- |
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| *** I N F O R M A T I O N A B O U T T H I S R E L E A S E *** |
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| RING AROUND THE WORLD V1.1 |
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| A FANTASTIC ADVENTURE IN THE UNKNOWN "RING AROUND THE WORLD" |
| IS A SHORT, OPEN WORLD, TOP-DOWN, POINT'N'CLICK ADVENTURE |
| WHERE THE PROTAGONIST WAKES UP ON THE SHORES OF AN UNKNOWN |
| WORLD WITH JUST TWO MEMORIES - ONE BEING OF HIMSELF DROWNING |
| IN A STORMY SEA. |
| RING AROUND THE WORLD |
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| THIS IS A BUGFIX RELEASE. |
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| THERE IS NO UPDATE OPTION - UPDATING A PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED COPY |
| CONSISTS SIMPLY IN DELETING THE LATTER AND INSTALLING |
| THE NEW VERSION. |
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| DUE TO THE BUGS AND THE CHANGES, V1.0 SNAPSHOTS ARE NO LONGER |
| SUPPORTED - USING THEM WILL CAUSE UNPREDICTABLE RESULTS, |
| SO DO NOT USE THEM. |
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| DESPITE THE V1.0 HAD BEEN RELEASED AFTER HAVING BEEN PLAYED FROM |
| START TO FINISH MANY TIMES ON MULTIPLE MACHINES, SOME BUGS |
| MANAGED TO SLIP IN. |
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| THE FIRST ONE WAS FOUND WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE GAME OR AT THE CODE: |
| IT PRESENTED ITSELF OUT OF THE BLUE DURING THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT |
| FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE GAME. |
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| THE SECOND ONE WAS SPOTTED WHILE WATCHING SOMEBODY ELSE PLAY |
| THE GAME AND THE THIRD ONE WAS REPORTED BY HIM AFTER I REVEALED |
| THE OTHER BUG. THEN, QUITE A FEW OTHER BUGS WERE FOUND AND FIXED |
| AFTER THE REVISION OF THE CODE STARTED. |
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| THE DETAILED LIST OF CHANGES GOES AS FOLLOWS... |
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| V1.1 (17/03/2023) |
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| * FIXED THE CAVE ENTRANCES (THEY COULD BE ENTERED FROM ABOVE; |
| ALSO, THEY BROUGHT THE PROTAGONIST TO THE PLACE FROM WHERE |
| HE LAST EXITED THE CAVE, WHICH MIGHT BE DIFFERENT).
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| * FIXED THE PROTAGONIST ESCAPE FROM THE CAVE WHEN HE NEEDS TO |
| SLEEP AND THE CLOSEST EXIT IS THE NORTH ONE, BUT THE ACCESS |
| TO IT IS BLOCKED BY THE CHASM (HE WOULD VIRTUALLY TAKE THAT |
| EXIT ANYWAY).
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| * FIXED THE HANDLING OF THE PROTAGONIST'S SLEEP WHEN REQUESTED |
| BY THE PLAYER (MULTIPLE TILES REPLACEMENTS WHERE GENERATED |
| WHEREAS NONE WERE NEEDED; WHEN SLEEPING JUST BECAUSE OF THE |
| PHYSICAL NEED, THE PROTAGONIST WOULD SLEEP WHILE STANDING ON |
| HIS FEET). |
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| * FIXED THE DRINKING BALANCE HANDLING (A CHECK WAS DONE TOO LATE, |
| WHICH COULD CAUSE THE THIRST TO SEEM QUENCED WHEN, INSTEAD, |
| IT WAS QUITE STRONG). |
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| * FIXED THE PALETTE OF THE GAME OVER SCREEN (WAS SLIGHTLY OFF). |
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| * FIXED THE INITIALIZATION (DID NOT HANDLE ERRORS RELATIVELY |
| TO A CERTAIN GROUP OF OPERATIONS). |
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| * FIXED THE TRIGGERING OF THE EARTHQUAKE (IT COULD HAPPEN BECAUSE |
| OF THE LOADING OF A SNAPSHOT IF SAVING HAD BEEN DONE IN THE |
| UPPER PART OF THE CAVE). |
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| * FIXED THE PROTAGONIST BOB IMAGE UPON LOADING OF A SNAPSHOT |
| (ITS INDEX WAS CALCULATED, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK WHEN HE WAS |
| STANDING ON THE RAFT). |
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| * FIXED A BOUNDARY CHECK IN A TILE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE |
| (WAS USING A WRONG UPPER BOUNDARY). |
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| * FIXED THE REPLACEMENTS OF SEVERAL TILES (MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF |
| THE INTERNAL DATA WERE USED FOR EACH TILE; IN MOST CASES IT WAS |
| ACTUALLY JUST AN ILL-ADVISED CHOICE). |
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| * ADDED A WORKAROUND TO OS MEMORY FRAGMENTATION, WHICH COULD |
| CAUSE OUT-OF-MEMORY ERRORS WHEN SWITCHING LOCATION ON 1 MB RAM |
| MACHINES. |
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| * REFINED THE LOCATION LOADING SO THAT, UPON FAILURE, A SECOND |
| ATTEMPT IS MADE AFTER FREEING THE MEMORY OCCUPIED BY CACHED |
| CHAT DATA. |
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| * REMOVED THE CURRENT SNAPSHOT PRESERVATION UPON SNAPSHOT LOADING |
| (OBSOLETE SINCE QUITE A WHILE). |
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| * SAVED SOME MEMORY BY REDUCING THE VARIABLES BUFFER AND TWEAKING |
| THE AMOS PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETER CONFIGURATION. |
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| * MODIFIED THE DOUBLE BUFFERING SYSTEM TO ALLOW LIMITING THE |
| GRAPHICS REFRESH RATE ARBITRARILY. |
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| * LIMITED THE GRAPHICS REFRESH RATE TO 25 FPS WHEN THE PROTAGONIST |
| MOVES OR ANIMATES (EXPANDED MACHINES EXECUTED AT 50 FPS, WHICH |
| LOOKED WORSE). |
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| * REPLACED AMCAF'S RASTER WAIT AND Y RASTER() WITH MORE RELIABLE |
| ASSEMBLY ROUTINES (WHICH INCLUDE ALSO THE LOOPS THAT MADE USE |
| OF THEM). |
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| * CHANGED THE EFFECT THE NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS PHRASES ARE PRINTED |
| WITH (THIS ONE LOOKS BETTER AND AVOIDS THAT PARTIALLY UPDATED |
| GRAPHICS SHOW ON UNDERPOWERED MACHINES). |
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| * IMPROVED THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF SOME GRAPHICS/PALETTE UPDATES. |
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| * MADE PALETTE CHANGES FASTER. |
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| * MADE THE MOVEMENT OF THE POINTER SMOOTHER WHEN EXPLORING THE |
| WORLD AREA (IT WAS ASSIGNED THE IMAGE ON EVERY GRAPHICAL REFRESH |
| WITH CHANGE MOUSE AND THAT CAUSED IT TO STUTTER). |
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| * MADE THE PROTAGONIST TURN TOWARDS THE DESTINATION TILE ALSO WHEN |
| HIS MOVEMENT IS INITIATED BY THE PROGRAM CONTROL (I.E. NOT BY |
| THE PLAYER). |
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| * MADE THE PROTAGONIST TURN TOWARDS THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN A |
| SITUATION WHERE HE DID NOT. |
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| * SIMPLIFIED THE TIME-BASED EVENTS CODE. |
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| * ADDED A TIME-BASED EVENT THAT REMOVES THE IMPRINTS/PITS FROM |
| THE SAND AFTER SOME IN-GAME HOURS. |
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| * TOUCHED UP THE METAL PLATE GRAPHICS. |
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| * FIXED 'I' AND ']' OF THE NON-PLAYER CHARACTER TEXTS FONT. |
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| * ADDED A SOUND EFFECT. |
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| * MADE OTHER MINOR CHANGES/OPTIMIZATIONS. |
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| * REPROCESSED THE EXECUTABLE WITH AN IMPROVED OPTIMIZER TOOL WHICH |
| OPTIMIZES ALSO COLOUR, COLOUR(), EXIT IF ... AND WHILE ... WEND. |
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| * MADE A FEW MINOR CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO THE MANUAL. |
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| *** S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S *** |
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| AMIGA OCS/ECS, 1MB CHIP |
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| -*-----------------------------------------------------------*- |
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| - -- --- W E S E N D O U R R E S P E C T S T O --- -- - |
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| PARADOX, BAD KARMA, ROYAL, RAZOR 1911, SKID ROW, SUNFLEX INC. |
| ACCESSION - OLYMPUS - ORION - THE ORB |
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| - --*- C A U S E T H E Y A R E T H E T R U E -*-- - |
| - -*- - H E R O E S O N A M I G A - -*- - |
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| >!!!$$$### L A S T C O M M E N T S ###$$$!!!< |
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|* THIS RELEASE IS DEDICATED TO ALL TRUSTY TRSi! BELIEVERS WORLDWIDE *|
| * WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER !!! * |
| * SUPPORT AMIGA ! IF YOU LIKE THE GAME, BUY THE ORIGINAL! * |
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