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- ROGER WILCO Mark Ic mod1 CHANGES 30 September 2000
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- Roger Wilco Mark Ic mod1 is compatible with Mark I, Mark Ia, and Mark Ic and all betas thereof.
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- CHANGES BETWEEN MARK Ic and Mark Ic mod1
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- 1. The checkbox in the Adjust/Configure Wizard to "Run Roger Wilco at
- High Priority" was not working at startup to switch it into high task priority if
- this was the selected option. Users of games such as Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear
- were getting "chunky" audio as a result. This has been fixed.
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- CHANGES BETWEEN Mark Ia and Mark Ic
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- 1. Added a button to Join panel that allows users to visit a webpage of fun
- chat or game channels (users will need a compatible browser such as
- Netscape or Internet Explorer 5.0 to make this feature work)
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- 2. Fixed a bug that caused some transmit keys to be mis-reported (e.g.: ~)
- on the Transmit Tab.
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- 3. Small bug in sound code could still produce a clicking sound.
- This was fixed.
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- 4. A bug that could cause some parties on a channel to be muted was fixed.
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- 5. Improved browser compatibility so that NT systems work for Netscape or
- Internet Explorer
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- 6. The Configure Wizard would try to re-open your soundcard device each time
- you touched a control on the device selection panel. This is fixed so that
- it only attempts to do so when you hit "Next>>" to go on to the next panel.
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- 7. "Rapman for Roger Wilco" (see www.rapman.com) did not work
- correctly when clicking on Roger Wilco channel links in a web
- browser. Fixed.
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- 8. Several changes to make it more obvious that the "Transmit Key" functions
- as a mute key when using voice-activated mode.
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- 9. Licensing/registration is no longer required.
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- 10. Users can no longer enter blank callsigns and lurk invisibly on channels
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- 11. a bug caused mike clicks to be turned back on each time you traversed the device
- selection panel in the Adjust/Configure Wizard. This is fixed.
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- 12. Some new command line parameters have been added to augment Easy Bake integration:
- /gain <1-255> to set mike input level
- /vox selects voice-activated mode
- /ptt selects press-to-talk mode
- /vox_lvl <1-255> sets voice-detect threshold in vox mode
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- 13. RW now defaults to using high process priority to assist in continuous play
- of audio
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- UPGRADE NOTES
- (for people upgrading from Mark I -- Mark Ia users will see little change)
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- 1. Settings that were previously recorded in the OPTIONS.TXT file have been
- moved into the registry. Mark Ia will backup your OPTIONS.TXT file in a
- "BACKUP" folder underneath the install folder. A new OPTIONS.TXT will
- be installed which describes the registry keys used and their function.
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- 2. Settings in your GAMES.TXT used to require you to add new entries for
- games yourself. While this may still be the case, it is also possible
- for us to add new entries as we hear of games requiring entries in this file.
- If you *do* find yourself needing to edit this file, be advised that its format
- has changed since Mark I and you should inspect it before diving in to edit it.
- The automatic conversion to the new format will backup your existing Mark I
- GAMES.TXT file into a Backup folder below the Roger Wilco installation folder.
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- BUG FIXES (since Mark I)
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- 1. sometimes, a loud clicking was heard if more than one person
- transmitted at once. this should now be fixed in almost all
- instances.
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- 2. registration tolerates users mistakenly entering letter Oh for
- digit 0 and lower case ell for 1
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- 3. Joining a channel now tolerates spaces mistakenly pasted in before or
- after the hostname or IP address, simplifying cut and paste.
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- 4. Netscape should now properly support web-based tuning (clicking on
- .RWC links on a website), and honor your request to "always open
- these files".
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- 5. web-based tuning via .RWC files should now properly work when tuning to
- a second or third channel in succession (that is, the /leave command-line
- parameter leaves the tuned channel when no channel name is explicitly
- provided)
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- 6. a bug that could cause crashes when visiting the Transmit Tab
- (after selecting certain ranges of keys as the transmit key) has
- been fixed.
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- 7. when you are tuned to a named channel on a Roger Wilco Base Station (v0.25
- or later), you will see this clearly reflected in your channel tab
- via a display such as Tuned to: www.rogerwilco.com/xray
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- 8. added some new command-line parameters useful to people providing our
- easy-bake integration, or building web sites that tune RW to
- channels via links.
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- 9. Roger Wilco would not work with certain games if you had installed Microsoft's
- DirectX 7.0 update. Roger Wilco now uses DirectInput to detect keystrokes,
- fixing the problem.
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- EASE OF USE ENHANCEMENTS (Mark I -> Mark Ia)
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- 1. OPTIONS.TXT is no longer used.
- All options within it are now either in the GUI proper or delegated to
- the registry (where they should not require any adjustment due to other
- changes)
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- Automatic Mike Selection is now enabled or disabled via a checkbox on
- the Configure Wizard (accessed from the Adjust Tab), rather than from
- "automikeselect" in OPTIONS.TXT. Mark Ia should hve maintained any
- alterations you may have made in the now disused OPTIONS.TXT file.
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- Setting Roger Wilco to use a high process priority (to eliminate chunky
- audio) has been moved to the Configure Wizard (and is no longer set by
- the "baseclass" parameter in OPTIONS.TXT) NOTE: Mark I users who had
- edited baseclass to be 128 in OPTIONS.TXT should find that Mark Ia
- preserved their settings in the new checkbox.
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- We altered Roger Wilco's Speaker Volume slider to have an increased
- effect at the highest end of its travel. This should eliminate the
- need for Fighter Ace and Air Attack players to change the "maxplayvolume"
- parameter formerly found in OPTIONS.TXT. NOTE: few people will want to
- move their Speaker Volume slider to levels above 85% now.
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- 2. "System Settings" button on the Mike Test pane of the Configure Wizard will
- offer Windows 98 and 95 users direct access to both the Playback AND
- Record Controls now, eliminating the confusion of switching the mode of
- the Playback Control panel.
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- 3. Disabling Automatic Mike Selection will automatically bring up the System
- Record Control to help the user quickly apply the manual mike selection.
- NT users will have to switch the Volume Control into record mode to do the
- same.
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- 4. Mike Click enabling checkbox added to the Adjust Tab
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- 5. Added Help button at the top of the Configure Wizard chain
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- COSMETIC CHANGES (Mark I -> Mark Ia)
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- 1. nicer icon in the tray
- 2. installer is nicer and MUCH smaller (350K vs 873K!)
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- NEW FEATURES (Mark I -> Mark Ia)
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- 1. when joining a Roger Wilco Base Station, you can add a /<channelname>
- to the hostname or IP address in the Join popup. For instance:
- "www.rogerwilco.com/gold" or "24.11.45.111/gold/attack"
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- This feature only applies to joining RWBS's (RW clients cannot
- as yet host named channels)
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- 2. Added command-line parameters to roger.exe that will offer developers
- more flexibility when using our "Easy Bake" integration.
- These parameters will be written up on our developer pages,
- but here is an overview of additions:
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- /callsign <callsign> (does not change default)
- /netspeed n parameter for setting xmit bandwidth usage (does not
- change default)
- /priority <high|low> for setting task priority (does not change default)
- /clicks <on|off> for setting mike clicks (does not change default)
- /volume <1-255> for setting play volume
- /key for setting key codes e.g.: /key ALT+PAD_0
- /join1 <hostnameorIP>[/channelname] <passwd> for more robust tuning
- /shutdown to completely shutdown Roger Wilco
- /wizard to run only the configuration wizard
- /nowizard to NOT run the configuration wizard (reasonable defaults will
- be used if configuration has never been done)
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