Here are the latest updates I've made. This list is useful if you have an older version of a game I've made and want to know what the differences are between it and the newest version without needing to read all the help screens again.
Galactic Empire 1.03: You can now resize the Planetary Record, Scouting Report, and Ship Construction windows by Shift-Clicking in the down arrow of the scroll bar in these windows (that's where the size-control for a window would typically be). You can sort the planets in the Planetary Record window by alligiance, technology, and population (or any combination of these). These new options are saved when you "Save Default Window Positions". A high score list is now kept for each skill level (see the last help screen for more details on scoring). Finally, the taxing procedure was changed a little. If you leave a planet and return within 10 years of the last time you taxed that planet, you get a prorated amount. For example, return 5 years after the last tax, you only get half the normally collected taxes. This feature was added so that you couldn't rack up big bucks if two planets were really close to each other. The original author contacted me (I based the game on one that I remembered playing almost 10 years ago and didn't know who wrote it). Fortunatley, he was very reasonable and let me continue distributing this program. I have added proper credits to the main screen as well as changed all planet names to match the names of the planets in the original version of the program. Thanks Douglas Carlston!
Galactic Empire 1.02: Added the commands window which allows you to select commands using "smart icons" as opposed to needing to use the menus. Empire planets now look different in the Galactic Map Window than independent planets (so you can tell at a glance which planets are in the Empire). You can now double-click on a planet in the Galactic Map Window to embark to that planet.
Galactic Empire 1.01: Added arrange windows so that you could save window positions. Fixed a bug in the sound.
Galactic Trader 1.01: You can now resize the Cargo and Planetary Commodity Information windows by Shift-Clicking in the down arrow of the scroll bar in these windows (that's where the size-control for a window would typically be). You can have visited planets show up first in the Commodity Information window (the ones you know prices about). These options are saved if you save them as default window positions. A high scores list is kept for each skill level. Double-clicking on a planet in the Galactic Map window will embark you to that planet if you have enough fuel. If you don't have enough fuel, you will enter the purchase fuel screen, and if you purchase enough fuel to travel to that planet, you will embark. The original author contacted me (I based the game on one that I remembered playing almost 10 years ago and didn't know who wrote it). Fortunatley, he was very reasonable and let me continue distributing this program. I have added proper credits to the main screen as well as changed all planet names to match the names of the planets in the original version of the program. Thanks Douglas Carlston!
