DopeWars Complete Version History
İ2003-2009 Likely Software

Version 5.4 - 12/3/2008

- New Features
  - Updated to fully support Intel Macs
  - Numerous interface tweaks and design changes to bring DopeWars into this century

- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed an error that would cause alerts about a "Missing file" if arrow indicators were turned off.

Version 5.3.9
- New Features
  - This update provides compatibility with the new Dealer Area online service, which was recently upgraded. The online service is more stable, reliable and features the ability to join and create cartels, and compete with other cartels.
  - The borrow button will now be the default when you don't owe any money to the loan shark. If you owe something, repay will be the default.

- Bug Fixes
  - A number of measures have been taken to prevent cheating. As such, many of the highest scores on the high score boards have been removed, to give everyone a chance to get a high score legitimately.

Version 5.3.8
- New Features
  - Important - There is a new registration code format. If you previously registered DopeWars, please head to http://likelysoft.com/dopewars/code/oldcode.html to generate a new code for yourself. You will need the name and address you registered with.
  - More internal updates to hopefully increase stability.
  - New error logging system prevents minor errors from being displayed to the user.
  - Save format updated. Old saved games will no longer load correctly.

- Bug Fixes
  - Various internal bug fixes
  - Game statistics now properly save (including a record of drugs dealt)
  - Fixed a bug where the price chart could not be opened if it had been opened in a previous game

Version 5.3.7
- New Features
  - More preferences are now automatically saved (such as default all except amount, preferred high score name, etc.) There is no need to set these preferences in the preferences window anymore.
  - Since there was no real point in buying a ticket before flying somewhere, the actions are now combined. You just fly somewhere for a price.

- Bug Fixes
  - Saved games load drug amounts and guns correctly again. Old save games will no longer work, unfortunately.
  - No longer says that preferences could not be opened at the end of a game.
  - No longer opens two Splash windows at the end of a game.
  - Price Chart now updates when you fly somewhere.
  - Obviously non-sensical things have (for the most part) been eliminated (e.g., addicts stealing half your drugs when you have no drugs.)
  - The Buy button will now enable correctly when you withdraw enough money from the bank or take out a large enough loan to be able to afford the drug.

Version 5.3.6
- New Features
  - New Price History chart lets you see how the prices of drugs are fluctuating (registered users only)
  - You can now select a new location to take your boosted car to. This doesn't change functionality at all, but it makes more sense.

- Bug Fixes
  - Windows no longer pop up saying your lawyer was captured when you don't have a lawyer
  - Hopefully fixed various bugs with the loan shark, and made it more clear when there will be a penalty for paying him back too soon

Version 5.3.5
- New Features
  - Instantaneous high submission. Integrated with new DopeWars Online Dealer area. Login and password must be entered in preferences.
  - Stolen kevlar vests will now occasionally be available for a price. They will add 50 to your health, but if you are arrested with a stolen vest you will do extra jail time.
  - The benefits of taking down police officers are greater.
  - If you are unlucky enough to boost an undercover police vehicle, you will be immediately arrested.
  - Since the risk of getting arrested is much higher, you can hire yourself a lawyer who will get you out of jail. He operates much like the chemistry student.

- Bug Fixes
  - Bug fixed where getting a high would overwrite previous high.
  - Preferences are now stored in the standard Preferences folder.
  - Made most of the windows and popups more uniform and aqua-compliant.
  - Anything that can be bought or sold is now added to the transaction record (including payments made to the student and lawyer).
  - Boost car sound won't play if sounds are turned off.

Version 5.3.4
- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed a bug that caused the game to only save one high score instead of 10
  - Fixed various interface quirks due to Panther

Version 5.3.3
- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed the oft-exploited end game high score bug. Old save games are no longer compatible with the new version, old high score files will no longer read in, and only high scores submitted by DopeWars 5.3.3 will be accepted. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Version 5.3.2
- New Features
  - Added SpeedWars play mode. Make as much money as possible per second!

- Bug Fixes
  - Added 120 days to default high score view preference
  - Removed blue stripes in OS 9 list boxes
  - Fixed a bug where henchmen would come and enforce your loan on the same day you took it out

Version 5.3.1
- New Features
  - Added 120 day play mode (for registered users).
  - Added a built-in level editor (for registered users).
  - If you happen to enter a rival dealer's territory, you may have to pay a fee...or leave.
  - Implemented incremental saving: selecting "Save" will save a file and then selecting it again will just save the current data into the old file. "Save as..." will save into a new file.
  - All window positions saved automatically.

- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed a bug where you couldn't buy or sell drugs after loading a game
  - Fixed game saving in general. A number of bugs should be worked out. *fingers crossed*

Version 5.3
- New Features
  - Spruced up buy and sell windows with new images.
  - Added OS X like urgent message/coat upgrade icons.
  - Added new boost car sound effect, and a new picture for buy/sell windows.
  - Added 6 gun images and renamed every gun. Changed their prices and abilities to seem more accurate. Reworked gun shop entirely.
  - Reworked the price modifying messages. Now you can add your own custom messages. The files are in the Data folder, under Strings.
  - Shady deals. People might offer you a good deal on drugs, but beware of undercover cops.
  - If the cops catch you, you will spend time in jail. They will take your drugs and your guns.
  - Four new drugs added (Opium, Hash, Crack, Peyote). Only 12 drugs are available in each area. Flying between areas changes which drugs are available.
  - Buy and Sell buttons become enabled only if you are able to buy or sell the selected drug.
  - Loan shark henchmen will now come and "rearrange your face".
  - Added message window transparency preference item. Set to 20-25% transparent if you want to see through to your finances. (This only works on OS X)
  - Added loan shark names that are location specific. Louie the Fish is now only in New York.
  - Added a chemistry lab. Hire a local student to develop drugs for a daily fee. The lab can be discovered by school faculty, and will also go away when you fly to another location.
  - If a drug isn't available in an area, there won't be any modifier messages for it, nor will the shady dealer offer you the drug, nor will the chemistry student offer to make it for you. Finally!

- Bug Fixes
  - Paying back part of your loan on the first day doesn't cause a penalty any more.
  - Fixed game loading; it works now.
  - Fixed bug prohibiting boosting a car after staying in the hospital.

Version 5.2.3
- New Features
  - Prettied up the end game window.
  - Moved all sounds and images into the data folder.
  - Arguably a feature, the game is now harder. There are penalties for repaying a loan the same day that you borrowed money and the bank and loan interest rates have gone up slightly. The high score tables will be cleared to make way for newer, hopefully lower and more realistic scores. Put on your thinking caps, the game might actually require some strategy now. Oh no!

- Bug Fixes
  - Hopefully (again) fixed the end game crash that occured in Jaguar and OS 9.
  - Default "all except" amount now loads and saves correctly in preferences.
  - Fixed a bug with saving games that replaced previous saves with the same name.
  - Fixed a nilObjectException occuring when loading saved games.
  - Clicking column's title has no longer has an affect on the sorting of lists. This could have caused problems, as drugs wouldn't match up with their prices.
  - Small pistol/rifle images now display with correct transparency in the police window.
  - The image displayed when the police catch you now loads correctly.
  - Fixed sound playing, specifically the pistol and rifle sounds.

Version 5.2.1
- New Features
  - Transaction window automatically scrolls to the last transaction.
  - Added "Check for updates on launch" to preferences window.

- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed a nilObjectException bug when trying to start a new game from the File menu.

Version 5.2
- Note: There is a new highs file format. Please do not attempt to use old high files with this version of DopeWars.

- New Features
  - Double clicking a drug will buy that drug.
  - Update checking is now HTVCP compliant.

- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed bugs related to boosting a car (no more interest on loans and bank accounts).
  - Double clicking on the area you're currently in no longer lets you boost another car.
  - Prices no longer stay the same after loading a game.

Version 5.0
- New Features
  - New interface! All major components of the game have been integrated into the main window. Now you can access the bank, the hospital and the gun shop all in the same main window.
  - Did you think it sucked that you couldn't deal in Iceland? Well now you can! Just create your own area. Areas are located in the "Data" folder, under "Areas" (surprisingly). It should be fairly clear by looking at the example areas how to create your own. You can modify the included Disneyland area to test it out.
  - Wanna fly to another location? Buy drugs in Paris and sling them in Los Angeles! Ticket prices change from city to city, and you lose a day for traveling time. Flying will recalculate drug min/max prices, so look at the drug price chart when you arrive at your destination.
  - When you go to the hospital, you lose a day. If you stay until healed, you lose 1 day per 10% of health restored. If there aren't enough days to heal, you heal until the very last day. Sucks to get hurt.
  - You can now boost a car to drive around town without losing a day! Be careful though, cops are on to car thieves and will probably catch up with you!
  - Too much stash on hand and no market to sell it in? Dump it!
  - The cost for a new coat and for a day at the hospital changes randomly.
  - The transactions window now displays how much has been spent so far in the game.
  - New application/document icons and graphics within the game.
  - Most windows remember their positions and sizes.
  - New high score submission technique...it now goes through a web interface (no more smtp, e-mail, or whatever; it should be much easier).
  - Modified and simplified the preferences window.
  - The loan shark window and transaction record are now floating windows.
  - There are now help tags for most of the non-obvious elements of the main window. Hold your mouse over something for a few seconds to view its help tag.
  - There is now a drug price chart which lists the street's drugs and their price ranges.
  - You can now choose to italicize the current city.
  - Buy and sell dialogs display total cost/sale calculations.
  - You are now able to "Select All/Command-A" in every field. Also, for the sake of convenience, certain fields only allow you to enter numbers.

- Bug Fixes
  - All numbers should display correctly now (with commas and without scientific notation).
  - Fixed a lot of preferences bugs. The application didn't even pay attention to half the preferences set.
  - Took out the background color option in the preferences. It had some X-related compatability issues and I don't think many people cared about it. If you did, maybe I'll bring it back...or...maybe not.
  - Fixed a high submission bug which allowed people to submit blank highs (no name, no score, etc.)
  - Fixed a ton of bugs with loading saved games. Also, unregistered users can't load games. They shouldn't have been able to before, but there was a bug that let them do it anyway.
  - Fixed a bug that caused some people to get "Invalid highs file" messages for no reason.
  - Buying a coat is now reported in the transaction window.
  - Saving games should work now.

Version 4.8
- Window positions are now remembered
- Different encryption format means
  - Compatibility with OS X
  - New high score submission format
  - New registration codes
  
Version 4.7
- Bank and transaction window are now auto updated when theyıre open
- Register window now stays open when you run the game
- Choose location window is now closeable
- Ability to use SMTP to send the high scores directly (instead of through an e-mail) added. You don't have to use this option, but it's much faster if you do.
- Multiplayer options in the works... soon with Hosting/Joining for a game of up to 4 players
- Auto installs scripting additions from the resources folder. (EnScrypt, used for encrypting high scores).

Version 4.6
- Code ported to RealBasic.
- Save/Load game features added.
- Several new bank functions added.
- Arrows can now be shown: always, only when you own that drug, or never.
- Check for updates probably works a whole lot better now.

Version 4.5
- Total funds and total cash buttons added to bank, that let you deposit/withdraw all your cash or all your funds.
- Withdraw and deposit all buttons added to bank.
- There is now a preferences window.
- You can choose the background and text colors for all windows!
- Two new drugs added (RU-486, Morphine).
- Bank window expanded again.
- Cancel button added to buying and selling windows (you no longer have to enter 0).
- Program now automatically adds commas to numbers.
- Game over window shows statistics pertaining to game (amount of mugger/addict attacks, number of cops, total spent versus total earned, etc.)
- Clickable up and down arrows can be used to adjust numbers (in bank, buying and selling windows)
- New transaction window shows drug buying/selling history.
- DopeWars saves a preferences file with registration info, high scores, and all things set in the preferences window so when you download a new version, it will load up those preferences.

Version 4.0
- You now need to run the ³Run me first² application to make sure your system is set up with all the necessary components to run DopeWars.
- There are now indicators showing whether the price of a drug has gone up or down since you bought it.
- Sounds work, gun bug gone for good.
- High scores work, scores are placed in the right order.

Version 3.5
- There is no more mp3 player. Nor is there a CD player, for that matter. Since there are much better programs to do these functions, they were deemed un-necessary.
- There is a more secure method of uploading high scores, so donıt even try it.
- There are new messages that can occur each time you move somewhere, to make for a more exciting experience.
- The "Scripting Additions" are now built in.
- High scores from version 3.0 are no longer accepted.
- There is a ³Copy² function to copy in your registration code from the e-mail.

Version 3.0
- The version checker now tells you the file size and description of the update.
- Highs are now processed automatically (no more e-mailing!)
- You can now play for 15, 30, 60 or 90 days. There are seperate high score boards for each of those options.
- There is a new encryption system for the registration codes.

Version 2.6
- Fixed a bug where you could not sell a number of drugs, which had itıs first number greater than the total amount of drugs first number. For example, you couldnıt sell 50 ludes even if you had 100.

Version 2.5
- CD Player (In the sound menu)
- MP3 Player with playlist (In the sound menu)
- Ability to check for new versions of DopeWars over the net and download them direct from the program (In the web menu)
- Fixed a bug in the bank, money put in now gains correct interest.
- Fixed negative number bugs in the Bank, Loan Shark, and Buying/Selling windows (Thanks Josh!)
- If you donıt know what the negative number bug was, then you donıt need to.
- You can now double click on locations in the first selection window to go to them.
- Added a new, more secure encryption method (version 2.0/2.1 encryption will no longer be accepted).

Version 2.1
- Ability to check the net for new versions of DopeWars
- CD Player
- MP3 Player