This file describes the various differences between different version numbers of
Internet Test Cricket.
Key
[SW] Shareware version only
[REG] Registered version only
[BETA] Beta version only
[ALL] All versions
Note all Beta releases generate a DEBUG.TXT file each time they are run which
contains debug information that is used to try and solve any existing problems.
v2.00 Beta 7 - Released 16th July 2001
[ALL]
 | Finally fixed last few bugs regarding message boxes. Now
all of them work and display correctly. Both players
can have different display options set and it will
still work fine. |
| Added timeout feature to message boxes if playing a network
match. The reason for the timeout is your opponent
might not have the same message box displayed and is
waiting for you to accept it before the match can
continue. The time out is set to 4 seconds. |
| Fixed bug that meant if you were playing a network match it
would only display human players names and status if
resolution was 1024x768 or greater. |
| Fixed bug that meant if you added a team to a new league
whilst the PBM/PBeM option was selected it would
still show the CPU/Human radio buttons. |
| Fixed bug in all scroll bars used in dialog boxes where
dragging the scroll box would cause the value to be set to one limit or the
other. This was due to scroll bars being handled differently in 32 bit from 16
bit. |
| Implemented new scoring algorithms. As a result of the new
algorithms bowlers are now rated separately for
economy rate and strike rate rather than a single
rating. Also no longer team batting and bowling
aggressions but new fielding aggression.
|
| Fixed bug that meant if you played a one off test that was
not the 1st in a series it was possible to click
Last Team when picking the team. Whilst this
displayed nothing it did invisibly pick 11 players which
meant the next player picked was Player No. 12. |
| Fixed bug that meant if you press space after finishing
replaying a test the test would be restarted. |
| Altered Reset Databases option to now display a dialog
allowing you to optionally:
- Reset every Players Morale to Normal
- Clear all Player Injuries
- Clear all Player Averages
- Clear all Records
- Clear all Ground Details
- Clear all Squad Details
- Clear Current Series
- Clear Current League |
| Added new Match Options dialog box that allow you to set:
- Number of Days
- Minimum Overs per Day
- Runs required to enforce Follow-on
- Number of Overs before New Ball
- Number of Runs for a No Ball
- Number of Runs for a Wide
- No Balls/Wides included in Bowlers analysis
- Include Runs for No Ball if Batsman scores Runs |
| Altered Add/Edit Squad Database dialog box so that you can
now Edit any Player or Ground in the Squad. You can
also create a new Player or Ground from scratch. |
| Altered Player Edit dialog box to allow for strike rate and
economy rate.
|
| Altered Squad Adjust dialog box to allow for strike rate
and economy rate. |
| Altered PBM / PBeM Select Team dialog box to allow for
fielding aggression. |
| Fixed bug that if playing ball by ball allowed you to
change the bowler mid way through an over by
clicking on them in the bowlers window. This would
also generate an aggression out of range error. |
| Fixed all printing. The original ITC 16 bit printing code
was no longer compatible and had to be totally
rewritten. |
| Improved File Open/Save dialog boxes so that a sensible
default extension is added to all files if one is
not entered. |
| Improved File Save dialog box so that if a filename that
already exists is entered you are asked to confirm
the overwriting of the old file. |
| Fixed bug that meant you could not send email as it wrongly
complained it could not load WINSOCK.DLL. |
| Added a Chat Window when playing a Network Game. It appears
just below the Toolbar Window. To type in a message
click on the edit box or press Return (the normal
default of this displaying the scorecard is ignored
for Network Games). To send the message click on the Send
button or press Return again. Messages you send are shown in white and
messages received from your opponent are shown in yellow. The window
shows the last 4 messages but these are not saved if you move or resize
the main ITC Window. |
| Fixed bug that meant if no specialist keeper was picked the
best part time keeper automatically chosen by the
computer could be selected to bowl. |
| Improved logic when the computer chooses a keeper when no
specialist keeper is picked so that player selected
is not a bowler. |
| Changed way next over/ball is handled for a network game.
Now bowling side first send their tactics over and
then the batting side sends their tactics. The
toolbar shows the names of the two players and
whether they are waiting or thinking. This improves
the reliability of playing a network match. |
| Added feature that allows you to change your tactics at the
fall of a wicket even if you are playing over by
over. Previously you to wait
until end of over to change tactics. |
| Fixed numerous bugs that meant if you played a network
match with various messages set to display message
boxes the game would go out of sync with both
players waiting for the other. ** Update - there are
still some issues with message boxes causing the game to screw up so
for the time being they have been disabled when playing a network
match. Any messages will still appear in the highlights window. |
| Fixed bug that if you had automatically display aggression
dialog boxes selected it was possible for the
bowling side to select batting aggression at the
fall of a wicket. |
| Fixed bug that meant occasionally replaying a test would
screw up. Problem would occur if a run out appeal
was turned down but no runs were scored. |
| Fixed bug that meant if you reset Database it would not
write out the cleared database. It was actually
writing it out but not including the .db file
extension. |
| Fixed bug that meant updated averages/records were not
being saved automatically at the end of each series. |
| Implemented saving and loading of a series/league part way
through in the same way as for ITC. File is not
called CURRENT.DAT though but rather <database_filename>.dat |
| Fixed bug that meant if you declared an innings midway
through an over and then replayed the test it would
not end the innings correctly. |
| Fixed bug that meant if you played a test with the option
to pick side in batting order and then replayed the
test the batting order would be sorted and not in
the order you originally picked. |
| Fixed bug that meant if you tried to import an
International Test Cricket text database file it
would complain about an unexpected Id 0 on line x
(typically 32). |
