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- Thanks for downloading Mech Zone. There's not much to
- say other than READ THE MANUAL, but we are aware of a
- few bugs that haven't been ironed out yet:
-
- On the cosmetic side of things, the shield meters
- sometimes go completely black or get whited out for
- no good reason. We don't know why. There have also
- been a few instances in which the debugging windows
- aren't redrawn fully.
- When using structured code, system errors can occur
- due to syntactically-correct-but-functionally-incorrect
- robot code. We've tried to incorporate a fair amount of
- run-time error checking, but things can slip through the
- cracks, apparently.
- (This one's mentioned in the manual, but is worth
- repeating): when creating variables, don't let them begin
- with names of reserved words, i.e. WHILE is a reserved word
- in Mech Zone. For the sake of your sanity, don't create a
- variable called WHILEST.
-
- These problems occur very rarely and may not happen to you
- at all. If any of them does happen to rear its ugly head,
- try to remember what you were doing and what was going on
- in the battle (and what robots were battling) when the
- problem occured, and drop us a note.
-
-
- A sound note: if you have System 6.0.5 or better, turn
- the sound volume up to 11 in your control panel and prepare
- to bang your head against your monitor as the intro tune
- plays. If you like the tune, BUY THE ALBUM. See the
- About... box for song credits. I recommend it most
- heartily.
-
- A word to those who like to plan for the future: the
- few eccentricities of the language noted above are a
- result of a bastardizing of two completely disjoint
- programming styles: line-numbers-and-GOTOs-style (a la
- BASIC) and structured style (a la Pascal). This strange
- marriage is the result of a desire for a more robust
- language coupled with a desire to allow users of
- Robot Battle 1.1 to run their old programs. This is the
- last version of Robot Battle that will allow these
- old-style programs. A new version, slated for the end of
- the year, will have a very robust programming language
- (complete with functions, parameters, and all the other
- goodies associated with C and Pascal) which will be
- completely incompatible with version 1.1 robots. If you're
- interested in staying current, start getting into the
- swing of structured programming now. It's the wave of the
- future - ride it.
-
- Tob
- 9-7-91
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