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WebRPG 2.2.0 - Readme ======================= March 24th, 2000 1) What's New 1.1) Support for Java 2 Runtime 1.2) Interface Skins 1.3) Off-Line Mode 1.4) Resource addtions and add-on packs 1.5) Configurable Dice Toolbar 1.6) Tracker game filter 1.7) Multiple Whisper 1.8) Misc and Bug Fixes 2) Troubleshooting 2.1) New version of WebRPG doesn't run & I see no startup screen 2.2) Low diskspace cleanup 2.3) Can't enter the Keep 2.4) "Bad command or file name." Error 3) Known bugs 3.1) Center tag around links 3.2) Kicking people 3.3) Character sheet divider 3.4) Skin button transparancy 3.5) .RPG file corruption 3.6) Green Messages ============== 1.0 What's New ============== 1.1) Support for Java 2 Runtime This version should run faster and have less memory problems. We now use "java.exe" to run the system instead of "jre.exe". So if you've created your own startup scripts you'll need to edit them to start using the new java.exe 1.2) Skins! This is a term used loosly as its strick meaning has to do applying textures to 3D models. What we mean by skin is an interface make-over. Approved skins will be released by WebRPG from time to time. If you are interested in submitting a skin set, please ask our webmaster for documentation. 1.3) Off-Line Mode. You can now work on your adventure while off-line. This was designed to allow GM's to work on their adventures without having to first login to the internet. When WebRPG cannot connect to the server (because your not connected or for whatever reason) - it automatically goes into off-line mode. If you want to force the off-line mode (even when you are connect to the net), create an empty text file called "offline" (without the .txt extension) in the WebRPG directory. Off-Line mode is not a fail-save method of use... make sure you first have downloaded all required images into your cache directory. Also remember to save your work often. 1.4) Resource addtions and add-on packs We have assembled a ton of user created miniatures and character sheets and more! We categorized them and packed them up for you all to use! Visit our web site at http://www.webrpg.com to find the User ADD-ON downloads. Once installed, new buttons will appear near your status window, allowing you to load and unload these large archives. 1.5) Configurable Dice Toolbar When you RIGHT CLICK on the dice in the main game console screen you will be allowed to select from a list of dice (including serveral new dice types) to include on the dice toolbar. Simply click these on or off to customize your dice toolbar. ROLLS: When you select this you'll notice a text box to the LEFT of the set of dice on dice toolbar. This will allow you to put in a number of dice rolls that will apply to most of the dice buttons. So if you place a "3" in the box, each time you click on the d20 button it will actually roll 3 of them. MODIFER: When you select this you'll notice a text box to the RIGHT of the set of dice on dice toolbar. This will allow you to put in a modifier (+,-,*,/) of dice rolls that will apply to most of the dice buttons. So if you place a "+3" in the box, each time you click on the d20 button it will roll 1d20 and then add 3 to it. NOTE: the "+" is required or the die itself is modified. OPEN ENDED: Selecting this toggle on (depressed) will tell the system that you want all your dice to use the rule that if it rolls the maximum possible on the selected die, it should reroll that same die and add it to the original results. This repeats... TARGET: Setting this toggle on (depressed) and entering a value in the field next to it, will tell the system that you want a total count of the number of dice that have met a target number. Thus the result is NOT the total of all the dice but rather the total number of dice that were equal to or greater than the target number. This is used in Shadowrun. GM FAKE: If you are the GM for the game, you can fake the dice. This is needed sometimes to keep the story going in the right direction. Use it sparingly and practice it first or you'll look stupid if you make a mistake. Use the Modifier field to enter the dice style you're rolling. Use the d-macro field to enter the fake result of the roll. Then press the button and watch as the players believe it :) D666: Rolls 3 six siders, with 2 of them being added for the tens and ones digits and the last one used for the hundreds digit. -1,0,1: Rolls a 3 sided die that has the sides -1, 0 and 1. These are known as Fortune dice for Feng Shui. DIGIT: If you toggle this mode on, the first die rolled is the ones digit, the second fills the 10's digit, the third the hundred's place, etc. So 3d6 with this mode on can be 111 - 666 1.6) Tracker game filter In the tracker you can now enter a word to filter (restrict) the list of games by. For example, if you entered "AD&D" it would show you all games that have a title or host name including those letters and no other games. This should make it simple to find games run by your buddies on busy nights. Of course it's up to the players to follow some standards in naming your games. Try to include the game system used in the name of the game. 1.7) Multiple Whisper WebRPG now allows you to send a whisper to more than one recipient at a time. You use this feature the same as you would use the old whisper, with the following differences: a) To send a whisper to multiple people in a contigous block, click a person's name on one end of the block. Then hold the shift key and click on the person at the other end of the block. This will select all people in between to receive the whisper. b) To select a non-contiguous group, hold the control key and click on each person you want to send the whisper to. Example 1: Three other users are logged in with me: Xerxes, Perseus, Ares, and Vulcan. That is also the order they appear in in the whisper list. If I want to whisper to Xerxes, Perseus, and Ares, I would click on Xerxes, then hold shift and click on Ares. Then type my message like I would for a normal whisper. Xerxes, Perseus, and Ares will see that I whispered them. Vulcan will see nothing. Example 2: Same people logged in, same order. This time, I want to whisper to Perseus and Vulcan, but not Ares. I would click Perseus, then hold control and click on Vulcan. Then type my message like I would a normal whisper. Perseue and Vulcan will see my whisper, and Xerxes and Ares will see nothing. 1.8) Misc bug fixes and changes - More options for turning off cirtain sounds and yet leaving others on - WebRPG now keeps track of your last save/load directory and also auto appends a ".rpg" to the end of your saved files. - Removed the Keep icon in preperation for a Tracker channel chat - Random dice roll sounds and more sound on/off options - Many performance enhancments - Fixed tracker scroll bug with MAC's MRJ 2.0 - Fixed console hang bug with MAC's MRJ 2.0 - Added new cool credits window (click on the WebRPG word in the console) - Sever bug allowing duplicate login names was fixed and are now restricted 25 characters max. - Rolling dice now displays something in the status window so you know it was a true dice rool - not someone trying to fake it. ==================== 2.0 Troubleshooting ==================== 2.1) If the new version of WebRPG doesn't run and the old version did: - Make sure you have installed the Java 2 Runtime which uses the "java.exe" command instead of "jre.exe". - If you cannot install the new runtime (which is recommended that you do), you can try running Webrpg using the old JRE runtime with the command: webrpg1.bat - Also note that the 2.2.0 version uses "WEBRPG.class" to start the java application, not "RPG.class" as the old version did. 2.2) Low Disk space If you are low on disk space, you can clean up some unused disk space from the previous version by running the command: cleanup.bat 2.3) Can't enter the Keep from WebRPG We have removed the direct connection to the Keep chat system in anticipation of an upgrade to that product. 2.4) WebRPG keeps saying I'm in off-line work mode. We've implemented a new work mode for when you're not connected to the internet or cannot establish a connection with the server. This mode automatically kicks in and allows you to work on your adventure while off-line. If you're on-line and this shouldn't be happening, check the Java runtime window for error messages and make sure you're not behind any firewall or proxy or such that might be interfering. 2.5) "Bad command or file name." Error This is cause by the fact that the new version of WebRPG uses the Java 1.2 runtime by default. Sun changed the program name from "JRE.EXE" in 1.1 to "JAVA.EXE" in 1.2. We have created another batch file called "webrpg1.bat" that will launch the system using the old JRE runtime, but we recomend you update to 1.2 If you have upgraded to 1.2 and still have this problem. We suggest that you uninstall 1.1 and 1.2 and reinstall 1.2 as your only Java runtime. There are problems with the plugin's to switch between the two modes - so don't trust them. Lastly, you could be having this problem because the java.exe file is not in your system search path. Change your "PATH" to point to the location of the installed java.exe Sometimes, if you let Java 1.2 install itself you need to add this line to your autoexec.bat in Win95/98 path=c:\progra~1\javasoft\jre\1.2\bin;%path% then reboot the computer and try the webrpg.bat again. ============== 3.0 KNOWN BUGS ============== 3.1) Center tag around links Links in HTML Viewer (Adventure Assitant) don't work properly when between >center> and >/center>. Maybe x,y click location is bad? WORK AROUND: Remove the >center> tags from your html. 3.2) Kicking people Kicking someone out of the room makes the system hang. This bug has gotten worse in this new version. WORK AROUND: Don't kick people, ask them nicely to leave. Try using a password on your game. If you must kick, try to click it only once and be patient (several miniutes) as it sometimes unlocks itself. 3.3) Character sheet divider Character sheet divider line doesn't seem to show up. Maybe it should be wider (5-10 pixels) WORK AROUND: If you use several of them next to each-other they do show up. You might be able to create a new graphic to use instead of the current one. 3.4) Skin button transparancy The GIF transparancy color doesn't work for image buttons used in the tracker and such. Java seems to be painting the image with the transparancy color set to black. WORK AROUND: Include the background in your image buttons for your skin. 3.5) .RPG save file corruption There is a bug that causes large .rpg files to get corrupt. It might be related to attempting to do multiple item drag/move. WORK AROUND: Save often and to different names. To check the file you need to exit the game console and reenter as sometimes the file will reload fine but not the next time you enter. Avoid making one really large .RPG save file. 3.6) Green Messages Sometimes when in a character sheet and a message comes across its forced to green. WORK AROUND: Work on your character sheets off-line if this bugs you. It really shouldn't effect anything major. =========================================================== WebRPG is copyright 2000 by WebRPG Inc. and UGO Networks. All rights reserved. This document written by: James Mathe

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