On-Line #45 14 июля 1996

Игры

Mosaic - Collection of glitches in the game UFO-2. Chronology of the "native" versions of UFO-2.

                 MOSAIC


(C) Sergey Agapov


   The most complete collection of glitches from the game UFO 
2: TERROR IN DEEP 

1. In the current version can be played only 1 month and 5 days.

   Further, no matter how you try, the game is over, thanks to 
Ba    Shem rating. This is perhaps the most important bug.


2. When attacking a stranger on a port, certain types of aliens

   are rooted to the spot (this is usually Mashoty and some 
other 

   Alien species - their name I did not know). Second

   alien species is also in place and constantly somewhere tends
   us to.

3. Creators UFO 2 clearly forgotten the geography (the first 
part, you 

   remember, had a great similarity between climate zones play 
with the real    completely). Here, the island of Jamaica is 
somehow close to the 

   Island Alaska. The city of Tokyo, I was generally in Africa 
... 

4. The game is too often hangs (for example, when a stranger 
Neka    let go.


5. You can not read the text on some important discoveries. 
When on    torture appear to read all sorts of glitches.


6. Moral of the function of soldiers is not used.


   Well, perhaps that's all I could find. If you
find another, then try to publish them. Otherwise
Uncle Mednonogov not eliminate all the glitches, or will not 
eliminate all the glitches ... 

            Regards, Sergei Agapov.
                            751-7932



(C) OLDMAN


   In a previous letter it was, apparently, the UFO version 2
2.00, hacked VIRTUAL BROTHERS. I think unreadable entries - the 
last wine. And on most other issues let him answer the author 
of the game - "Uncle Mednonogov", the letter which had recently 
come through the INTERNET to my address! I draw your attention 
that in Moscow there appeared the final version of 2.10, Soon 
it will be on sale! Because with this request: Do not send 
inaccuracies found in your version 2.00, they snake out of date 
... 

                        Dmitry (OLDMAN)
                    MDM 496-8508; 12:00 / 21:00
                     E-mail: zxnet@mastak.msk.su
                      ZXNet: 095/100.1



(C), Vyacheslav Mednonogov


   Here, read the 39 rooms of the newspaper ON-Line and 
understand what black envy. Why I do not live in Moscow and in 
St. Petersburg, where there is ViComm'y just miserable, and in 
all only one BBS - Eldorado? AND No newspapers. There are no 
words - some tears. 


   There have been several questions about the spread of UFO-2, 
I want to to answer them:



   1. Why am I not tried to contact to contact the distributors 
software in Moscow? 


   Tried. But only on commission, because sales distribution
copyist carries a great danger of penetration of unprotected 
versions back to their homeland (ie, Peter). 


   SoftStar reported by X-Trade, which agreed to buy the 
distribution package for $ 300 (from which information about 
the mythical $ 600? Or X-Trade wanted half in his pocket, put 
:-), with the commission He did not want to mess around.



   MagicSoft in the face of Viktor nothing concrete has been 
said and promised to call and, naturally, did not call. I did 
not give them any rights to their game, so the sale of 
compromised V2.00 - their own initiative.



   Inforkom only agreed to take 100 sets of the commission,
koi he recently passed tov.Zonov.


    2. I reported that V2.00 - beta?


   All sellers are informed about what version is likely to be 
further developed (with the possibility of a free replacement 
new version), as they reported to customers. Many do not have 
to buy, and many have become. 

                      With hearty greetings, Glory.

                ° ° ° °


   25 Jun 1996 01:06 - Vladimir Larkov said Aleksey Andreev
UFO-2 Mednonogova ...:

AA> People do not pokypayte UFO-2 on one floppy disk, it turns 
out pirate fake. It should take two discs. Can you imagine how 
it was necessary to distort that all UFOs in one zapihnyt. As 
consequence - the unreadable encyclopedia yfologa and 
promiscuity landscape.


VL> All right, dear Slavin takes exactly two disks.


   I just want to clarify a little question about all sorts of 
versions, if you can.



    Chronology of the native versions:


   2.00.0 (21 Apr) - published 30 pieces. To finish the night. 
By the morning it became clear that the aliens will not go. 
However, a pile of people had been promised to release on 
Saturday and, reluctantly, had to do it. [Got to the 
MadzhikSoftu] 


   2.00.1 (April 22) - The aliens have moved, leaving
for a black marks.


   2.00.2-.4 - something to finish a little bit.


   2.00.5 (April 27) - On all sides showered with messages that
game always comes February, and the rating falls unpredictably.
I had to fix it immediately. [Some came to the Mafia and
M. Iwamoto]


   Further 2.00 is not developed, because my friends and I went 
to Vilnu Ukrainu swim the river Prut. Hence, by the way, and 
all haste. Total circulation - a little less than 400. 


   Upon returning transpired two sad things. a) version was 
impassable (it takes about half) and b) protecting did not 
fire, because is that part to which no one reached. In 
addition, people were given just a huge number of boards (yes 
and found quite a few glitches). Therefore it was decided to 
drastically rework the game and release a version 2.10. (This 
is more detail in ZF # 4).



   2.10.0 - again a failure (partial compatibility of the new 
version Disc 2). Luckily they came out 20-25 pieces.



   2.10.1 - can not remember.


   2.10.2 (a week) - first working version. Man (Oleg
Kornilov) took her 6 (!) Days [of which I immediately informed 
the B. Larkova and Matveeva]. Judging by his words, the 
discrepancy between the planned storyline, it was only in one 
place. These versions of the people pieces 160. 


   2.10.3 - fixed at three positions: the seizure of bases 
corresponds to the plot (was difficult), thermal shock and 
paralyze termopushka normal fee for ammunition reset monthly. 
It myself held for 10 hours (though in cheat-mode).



   2.10.4 - found that about one in twenty drive
not always perform correctly positioned, and that was 
corrected. This version is final. 


   (All 2.10.h numbered as 2.10)


   2.50.h - as long as a preset in case of too much
x-erskoy activity. Hopefully, before it will not come.


   Conclusions: The 2.00 is recognized well, very big demo, no 
obstacles and the claims for distribution at least on one at 
least two, at least for trgh disks are not available. Due 
nesrabatyvayuschey protection easily copied to the IBM 
(Disk-Copy) and Amiga, and after a little refinement and boot 
tracks in TR-DOS [that like, for you have already made 
MadzhikSoft]. Claim to her work is not accepted. Please note: 
shipping in 2.10 became longer and not compatible with 2.00. 


   All are subject to version 2.00 free replacement to 2.10 
(until exchanged about 30%). 


   Miscellaneous: estesno, a version under Lyuntera (with save 
/ load a snap-shot), but I'll give it only after some time - 
Hackers afraid;) 


   There are two built-in cheat: one off the hunt for UFOs
the other at once extinguishes all the strangers.


   For residents of Moscow: it seems Inforkom not against 
spread of UFO-2. Prog was supposed to be with you today, but 
there was a slight hitch in humans tov.Zonova. 


   AA>> Best regards, Aleksey Andreev AKA Flashback.


   VL> With best wishes, Vladimir.

                      With hearty greetings, Glory.