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- RottED V1.1
- LEVEL EDITOR FOR APOGEE'S
- RISE OF THE TRIAD
-
- This version of RottED has many improvements over version 1.0. I received
- many helpful suggestions for new features after releasing v1.0, and this
- version contains many of the most-requested items. The following listing
- gives you a quick summary of some new features.
-
- * Pick up the Wall, Sprite, or Info plane value from a map
- cell and then copy the value into other map cells using
- single or multiple-cell edit modes.
- * Quick link cells using map location coordinates. Speeds the
- placement and programming for switch-controlled objects such
- as doors, firechutes, etc.
- * Floor Fill edit mode for fast floor fills inside walled areas.
- * Default loading of the upper left corner (0,0 through 5,0)
- map cells.
- * Added a "Did you save your work?" feature to the Exit
- routines.
- * Automatic Height Adjustment for the rapid placement of
- objects having fixed and variable incremental/decremental
- heights (stairs, raised GADS platforms, etc.).
- * The map scaling routines no longer reorient the map to Cell
- 0,0 when you change display resolutions. Now you can zoom
- in and out of a map area without having to reposition
- the map.
- * Added another display resolution for a total of six scaled
- displays that can be used for editing and viewing maps.
- * Expanded online help.
- * Eliminated the double screen refreshes associated with the
- scroll bar controls.
- * Tile Brightness control for adjusting the brightness
- (intensity) of displayed or printed image tiles.
- * Print feature for printing maps. Multi-page capability for
- large maps. Prints user-defined ranges of map cells.
- * Expanded Undo features. All edits can now be undone,
- including multiple-cell additions and deletions as well as
- floor fills.
- * More keyboard Hot Keys for fast editing.
-
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-
- INSTALLATION
-
- If you have a previous version of RottED installed, please delete it
- completely before installing this version.
-
- Install RottED just as you would most custom Windows applications. Copy
- ALL the RottED distribution files to the desired subdirectory and select
- the "File/New" menu option and then select "Program Item" to create a new
- Windows item. Enter the Description (RottED), Command Line path/name
- (c:\rott\rotted.exe if you put RottED into the ROTT area), Working
- Directory (c:\rott for the ROTT area), and finally, select the icon for
- RottED. The RottED.EXE file has a built-in icon so select the Change
- Icon command and select the icon. To run RottED, just double-click its
- Icon.
-
- Please make note of the folowing things when first using RottED:
-
- * Start RottED and read the online help FIRST. You'll be
- up and running much quicker that way.
- * If RottED doesn't seem to display correctly or you observe
- any other "problems", read the online help Technical
- Help section.
-
-
-
- FINAL COMMENTS
-
- I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the individuals that helped
- test the BETA version of RottED v1.1. Thanks also goes to all of you who
- provided the many helpful comments and suggestions for things you wanted
- to see in the next version. I hope you find this version of RottED even
- easier to use than the last. The new improvements were intended to
- make your editing even faster, and I hope you find this to be the case.
-
-
- Wayne Sikes
- P.O. Box 945
- Peralta, New Mexico 87042-0945
-
- CompuServe: 70733,1562
- Internet: 70733.1562@compuserve.com
- Phone: (505)-869-3522
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