From: Dick Balaska <dick@buckosoft.com>
Subject: XPilotNT-0.6 (martinized)
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 05:29:31 -0500

Hi kids:

I know its been awhile.

Here's a new version:

I gave the source code over to this guy, who has done some good things to the speed
of the display; i'm pretty happy with it.  We'll see what y'all think.

So this is his version :)

If this version sticks, i will probably go public with it.  Yes, it's not done,
but its still pretty cool :)

Resizing works.
Teammates lasers are blue.
Fixed width font in score window.
MOTD is pretty dangerous (some machines locks up XPilotNT) so 
     the default is "No" in XPilotNT.ini .
Fonts still need work (see below)

There are 3 new options in XPilotNT.ini that look like this:

; ***Windows only Options***
scaleFactor=1.0
;        This option allows you to scale the size of the playfield.
;        It is useful if you have a small screen and would like to see
;        more of the playfield.  Try 1.3-1.5 to start.  
;        Values < 1.0 are not allowed.
;        The default value is: 1.0 .
radarDivisor=1
;        This option determines how many frames to wait before updating
;        the radar window.  If you have a slow computer, this option is
;        useful to squeeze out a little more CPU for general gameplay
;        Try using 2-3 to slow down radar updates.
;        The default value is: 1.
scoreFontHeight=0
;        This option lets you tweak the size of the score window font.
;        0 means to use the system font which may not be appropriate.
;        Try using values between 10-15.

Note that fonts are not correct when scaling the playfield window, but i can think
of at least one hardened XPiloteer who will use this anyway :)

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