
				StarTopia Patch 1.1 Readme 

				     1st August 2001 

                                   Patch 1.1 - Read Me 


          This patch upgrades the retail 1.0 version of StarTopia to version 1.1. 



Patch Highlights 
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A full list of changes is below, but these are the highlights:

New features: 

  Take screenshots: Enable it by holding down F11 and typing SHOT then toggle 
  screenshot-capture using Scroll Lock (ie press once to start taking 
  screenshots, press again to stop, so you can record entire "movies" if you 
  have enough disk space). Shots are saved to a folder C:\Station\Shots which 
  will be created if it doesn't exist. 
  Invert mouse and mouse sensitivity sliders in the options screens -- drag the 
  sensitivity slider to negative to invert the mouse. 
  "WASD" controls for those of you raised on first-person shooters 
  Peep Management Screen - double-click a type of peep, eg Gor, to view only 
  Gors (turns off all the other races) 
  Peeps can now fall unconscious in bars 
  "Easy" and "Hard" Economy modes 
  "Timed" SandBox mode 
  Improved support for making your own levels 

Also, several crash-to-desktop bugs have been fixed. 



Changes in this patch: 

  NEW: Multimonitor support (new "device" box in the Video options screen) 
  NEW: Mouse sensitivity slider 
  NEW: Mouse invert option 
  FIX: Expanded CardID.tom support for certain video cards 
  NEW: Scroll-lock screeenshot option (F11+SHOT enables it) 
  NEW: WASD cursor control. NOTE! It is always WASD - wherever those keys happen 
  to be on your keyboard! 
  NEW: FPS display (F11+SHOWFPS toggles on/off) 
  NEW: Peep management screen, double-click one of the monitors to select that 
  race, and deselect all other races. (handy if you know you want a gor for 
  example) 
  NEW: If you build furniture in a room, and you have a furniture plan crate 
  containing the same item, it will use that instead, and not charge you. If you 
  change your mind, that piece of furniture will turn back into a crate and be 
  dumped somewhere along the edge of the room 
  FIX: Patternbuffer CTD bug fixed 
  NEW: sandbox option, for the amount of win conditions that have to be met in 
  order to win 
  FIX: peeps paying for bars 
  NEW: peers getting drunk in bars 
  FIX: skrashers getting stuck in temples 
  FIX: Dinomats carry 30 servings rather than 50. 
  FIX: Room charges tweaked 
  FIX: Recycling reduced from 50% to 25% of default item value. 
  FIX: Scuzzers recharge cost increased from 100 to 200. 
  FIX: Flares now available more than once for clients/AI in sandbox. 
  FIX: AI accepting comsemsor messages without comsensors fixed. 
  NEW: Added 'Easy' Economy mode. 
  NEW: Added 'Hard' Economy mode. 
  NEW: Added 'Number of Win Conditions' mode. 
  NEW: energy indicator now shows debts (in flashing blue) 
  NEW: timer sandbox option 
  FIX: multiplayer protocol changes to improve client responsiveness 
  FIX: dead players no longer displayed in auction panel 
  NEW: version numbers displayed next to listed gamespy games when possible 
  NEW: Tab-RShift / Tab-LShift page through scripting errors, script variables 
  and peep overhead stats (see script guide for details and the password to 
  enable it) 
  FIX: researchy bias added to AIs when score or research win criteria active 
  FIX: expansion bias added to AIs when territory win criterion active 
  FIX: for permanently visible empty trader panel 
  NEW: player icon on trader panel now toggles trade assistance on/off 
  FIX: residents trapped in enemy segs not fired, just hidden in peep management 
  screen 
  NEW: host migration across multiplayer saves 
  NEW: "User Missions" option in front-end 



User Missions 
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To create your own missions for Startopia, you will need to go into the 
StarTopia "Missions" folder and create a new folder there with the name of your 
mission. Then you will need to create several text files inside the folder 
containing scripts, trading data and so on. For the full details on how to do 
this, go to the StarTopia "Modding" FAQ on our website, read it, and fetch the 
"Mod Guide" that's linked to from the FAQ, which contains the complete Modding 
reference. and follow the instructions listed under "Patched Version". 



Uninstalling 
------------

If you decide you wish to go back to the unpatched version for some reason, you 
will need to reinstall the game from your original retail CD. You should back up 
your "Profiles" folder first, in order to preserve your settings and saved 
games. Just copy the folder to your desktop, uninstall the game, reinstall, and 
move the folder back to where you found it.



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