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From: mike@genat.UUCP (Mike Stephenson)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,net.sources.games
Subject: Proposal: Hack release 1.0.4
Message-ID: <70@genat.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 13:25:22 EST
Article-I.D.: genat.70
Posted: Fri Mar  6 13:25:22 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 05:18:29 EST
Reply-To: mike@genat.UUCP (Mike Stephenson)
Organization: Genamation Inc. (Toronto Ontario, Canada)
Lines: 51
Keywords: hack, features, new, release
Xref: mnetor rec.games.hack:296 net.sources.games:1040

[Line eaters are becoming an endangered species]

About a year or so ago, I released a set of patches to Hack 1.0.3, which added
several new features; the Samuri and Ninja classes, a few new weapons and traps,
as well as some bug fixes.  The total size of the patch files needed to update
the 1.0.3 release to the 1.0.3a (as I called it then) release was about 80Kb.

I have just finished several more patches to the program, involving a complete
spell-casting system, another new class of character, some more traps, and
some new magic items, as well as implementation of the "pray" command.  The
patch files required to bring the 1.0.3a release up to 1.0.3b will be about
100Kb, and includes a brand new source module and def file.

The problem with this approach is that I'm positive that some sites are running
1.0.2, or 1.0.3 and have not got access to my previous set of patches.  Thus
they would be useless for some portion of those interested, and I will probably
be deluged with mail asking for the previous set of patches, or hack sources,
or etc. etc. etc...

After reading some of the articles in these newsgroups, I realized that while
I have been busy with my mods and fixes, other enterprising hackers have been
busy as well, and now fountains, spiders, spiderwebs, and ghod knows how many
other things are in use at some sites.

The author of the program seems not to be on the net anymore, at least, there
hasn't been any detectable sign of him for at least 2 years.  Therefore....

	PROPOSED:	That we (net.hackers) consolidate all our mods to
			Hack, and....

			That we release a 1.0.4 version of the game.

I am willing to act as a consolidator and implementor of patches.  You can
mail them to me, and I will attempt to apply them all (this has to be done
on weekends, since I also have to make a living).  My reasoning is that this
should be done now, and the approximately 600Kb of sources posted once, instead
of posting bits and pieces all over the place which would probably equal, and
might very well exceed the one shot total volume.

I will leave this open for discussion; please restrict your discussion to
rec.games.hack only!  I certainly *won't* post anything (either my 100Kb of
mods this time around or anything else), until all interested parties have
had a chance to have a say, and a consensus has been reached.
-- 
						Mike Stephenson

Mail:	Genamation Inc.		Phone:	(416) 475-9434
	351 Steelcase Rd. W
	Markham, Ontario.	UUCP:
	Canada
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