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    DicePro v2.0

    Copyright (c) 1997-1998, Rival Game Labs.  All rights reserved.

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This README file contains random bits of information about DicePro that
the casual user might or might not find interesting. It does not contain
updates to the User Manual since DicePro is always released with an up-to-
date manual.

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Miscellaneous Info:
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     Remaining questions:

     (1) Currently, the modifier is ignored when the roll type is one
         of the Count-Successes variety. Should the modifier add/
         subtract successes?

     Current limitations:

     (1) Only 1-100 dice can be rolled at once.

     (2) Only 2-100 sided dice can be rolled.

     (3) The modifier can only be in the range -999 to +999

     (4) Clip Total and Min Total will only allow you to select a
         value from the 100 highest (numerically) possible values.

     (5) Digital Dice are limited to a maximum of 8 at a time and
         can only be 2-10 sided.

     (6) ShadowRun target numbers are limited to the range 2-100.

     (7) Only 0-99 botch dice can be rolled for an Ars Magica roll.

     (8) To avoid infinite loops, no die can be rerolled more than
         100 times.

     Possible future enhancements:

     (1) Saving and loading of button configurations.

     (2) Default sorting method selectable in Preferences.

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Change Log:
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11/24/97     Revision 1.0 (beta 1)
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             Initial release. First public beta.

12/01/97     Revision 1.0 (beta 2)
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             Bug fixes:
             - Fixed appearance of Configure Buttons dialog box.
             - Changed ShadowRun default aux value from 50 (hi+lo/2) to 4.
             Improved features:
             - Changed Storyteller and ShadowRun rolling so that the aux
               value represents the difficulty number that must be met
               OR exceeded, instead of strictly exceeded. As a result,
               the lo/hi range now starts at 2 instead of 1.
             - Changed Ars Magica aux value range to be 0 - 99 so that
               users could use "0" to indicate that they don't know how
               many botch dice they will have to roll and only want to
               know if they should check for a botch (separately).
             - "Reroll Always" now allows each die to be rerolled up to
               100 times instead of allowing only 100 reroll passes
               through the entire dice set.
             New features:
             - Added auto-conversion of version 1 databases to version 2.
             - Added "Reroll & Add" roll types.
             - Added "Min total of" and "Min each of" roll types.
             - Added "Unknown AC" roll type for "THAC0 Roll" die type.
             - Added support for Earthdawn dice mechanics.

12/08/97     Revision 1.0 (beta 3)
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             Bug fixes:
             - Fixed database conversion bug.
             Improved features:
             - Changed ShadowRun rolling function so that it always
               performs open-ended rerolls of sixes, even after a
               roll exceeds the target number.
             - "Total Highest" and "Total Lowest" no longer sort the
               original die roll array; they sort a temp array instead.
               This is in anticipation of a future enhancement in which
               the user is in control of sorting the dice roll results.
             - Digital Dice can now be zero-based. (d10s are still always
               zero-based; the user can not change that.)
             New features:
             - Added hilighting of the last Dice Roll Button tapped.
             - Added a Preferences dialog box with one option (so far):
               you can turn on/off a "dice roll" sound that goes off any
               time you tap a Dice Roll Button.
             - Added Feng Shui roll type for buttons configured as 2d6.
             - Added a multiply option to the modifier in the Dice Roll
               Button Configuration dialog.

12/15/97     Revision 1.0 (beta 4)
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             Bug fixes:
             - Fixed field redrawing bug in the Configure Button dialog.
             New features:
             - Added new roll type for Rolemaster dice rolling.
             - Added new roll type for L5R dice rolling.
             - Added new roll type for Star Wars dice rolling.
             - Added "Reroll Failures" feature, activated by menu command
               or the graffiti stroke for "f".
             - Pressing either hardware scroll button now has the same
               effect as tapping the most recently used Dice Roll Button
               again.

12/30/97     Revision 1.0 Final
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             Bug fixes:
             - Fixed bug in which DicePro became unstable after invoking
               the "Reset All..." menu command.

01/28/97     Revision 1.1
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             Bug fixes:
             - Fixed bug in Digital Roll for d10s.
             - Fixed crash bug that plagued fresh installations of DicePro.
             Improved features:
             - Added forward compatibility with future versions of DicePro
               databases. Now DicePro won't crash, it will simply reset to
               factory defaults when it sees a newer database.

01/30/97     Revision 1.2
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             Bug fixes:
             - Fixed bug in which DicePro crashed every time it was
               closed (by switching to another application).

02/13/98     Revision 2.0
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             Improved features:
             - Show Rolls screen now puts Star Wars Wild die at the bottom
               instead of being the last die shown.
             - The "up" hardware scroll button now performs a Reroll
               Failures while "down" still performs a Reroll Last Roll.
             - All editable text fields are now AutoShift fields.
             - The dice roll sound is fancier (an homage to Tricorder II).
             - Popup lists are now centered on the current selection.
             New features:
             - Redesigned main interface.
             - Custom button label feature added.
             - Dice sorting feature added.
             - Custom page titles settable in Preferences.
             - New roll types Reroll & Sub, Ignore, Threshold, GURPS, and
               RuneQuest
             - A count of the number of times Reroll Failures has been
               used for the current dice roll is displayed in the Results
               Window next to the number of successes.
             - Added Edit menu with Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Select All
               commands for the Preferences screen and the second Configure
               Button screen.

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