From: Eric S. Raymond Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:56:21 +0000 (-0400) Subject: More timeline stuff. X-Git-Tag: 2.8~24 X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=super-star-trek.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a50a1474949b7c8c9f37e89eea5fca41066fff94 More timeline stuff. --- diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING index 924422d..d6e57d6 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING +++ b/doc/HACKING @@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ disappear when hit by photon torpedos. It's OK that it may move when attacked, but it didn't in the original. (The no-save behavior has been restored.) -The Faerie Queen, black holes, and time warping were in the original. +Dave says the Faerie Queen, black holes, and time warping were in the original. +However, eithrt he is misremembering about time watping or +the original implementation was lost during the FORTRAN-to-C translation, as +Stas Sergeev added a time-warping feature in 2006. Here are Tom Almy's changes: diff --git a/doc/sst-doc.xml b/doc/sst-doc.xml index f13275a..6c4d793 100644 --- a/doc/sst-doc.xml +++ b/doc/sst-doc.xml @@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ child. first FORTRAN version Tom Almy saw, on which he based his later C translation. -1979 — Marc Newman adds Tholians, black holes, +1979 — Marc Newman adds Tholians, super-commanders, and Emeritus mode. 1995-1996 — Tom Almy translates his FORTRAN diff --git a/sst b/sst index cb64fd5..33d9ee0 100755 --- a/sst +++ b/sst @@ -296,12 +296,12 @@ OPTION_ALL = 0xffffffff OPTION_TTY = 0x00000001 # old interface OPTION_CURSES = 0x00000002 # new interface OPTION_IOMODES = 0x00000003 # cover both interfaces -OPTION_PLANETS = 0x00000004 # planets and mining +OPTION_PLANETS = 0x00000004 # planets and mining (> 1974) OPTION_THOLIAN = 0x00000008 # Tholians and their webs (UT 1979 version) OPTION_PROBE = 0x00000020 # deep-space probes (DECUS version, 1980) -OPTION_SHOWME = 0x00000040 # bracket Enterprise in chart -OPTION_RAMMING = 0x00000080 # enemies may ram Enterprise (Almy) -OPTION_MVBADDY = 0x00000100 # more enemies can move (Almy) +OPTION_SHOWME = 0x00000040 # bracket Enterprise in chart (ESR, 2005) +OPTION_RAMMING = 0x00000080 # enemies may ram Enterprise (Almy, 1979) +OPTION_MVBADDY = 0x00000100 # more enemies can move (Almy, 1979?) OPTION_BLKHOLE = 0x00000200 # black hole may timewarp you (Stas, 2005) OPTION_BASE = 0x00000400 # bases have good shields (Stas, 2005) OPTION_WORLDS = 0x00000800 # logic for inhabited worlds (ESR, 2006)