megazeux

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
PLEASE READ THIS FILE BEFORE TRYING TO USE MZX 2.51S3! YOU ALREADY DID,
DIDN'T YOU? YOU RAN THE PROGRAM AND IT DIDN'T WORK AND NOW YOU'RE ALL
UPSET AND YOU THINK IT'S OUR FAULT, DON'T YOU? HA HA HA! SEE IF I HELP
YOU OUT! I'M GUESSING THE SOUND DOESN'T WORK, RIGHT? TOO BAD! MAYBE
YOU SHOULD HAVE READ THIS FILE EARLIER, THAT'S WHY IT'S NAMED README.1ST!

First, if you care, old readme for s1 is in readme.s1, it's prolly outdated

Like s1, this is a pretty darn beta release. It SHOULD work fine, and has,
so far, worked fine on my computer. Use it with care, though, and send any
bug reports to jzig@cncn.com.

Second, this release incorporates more than just spider's input, as you can
tell from this readme. Mental contributed a large amount of code, and I
(JZig) got the whole thing working and fixed, and fixed that under bug.
(more on that later).

Now, what's actually different (read whatsnew.251 for specifics):
The mod "*" command works in robotic. Basically, this command sets it so
that the current board will keep playing whatever mod was playing last,
and is useful for status screens and the like. Ask inmate for more
detail. In a related note, mod "foo*" loads module foo than runs mod "*"
The under direction now works. Ie, you can check for stuff underneath
anything in the game world. This is very useful when you need to check
what floor tile a robot is on, and should save programmers much trouble
and hacking to get around this bug. Enjoy.
The counters MOUSEX, MOUSEY, and BUTTONS are now buffered, meaning they
won't change in the middle of the cycle.
There are several other internal changes that should not effect the user,
except by making mzx easier to look at and nicer, read whatsnew.251 for
details

Also, changes from s2 to s3:
No more bug with the savegame name being the playing mod
Overlay transparentcy works now, ie, the background color of the base layer
will show through if the background of the overlay is 0
Screenshot save name rotates
Can refresh screen in editor or title screen with alt+w. during the game,
due to strangeness of code, press =. This reload shte char set in case
it gets corrupted by windows

In accordance with the GNU GPL, the full source for this program is
available. The download page of zeux.org should have the source, and any
number of other places will as well.

As for this package, it contains every file VITAL for mzx to run, but does
not contain any mods or mzx worlds, you can get them from the original
package if you feel the need to hear cv_magic.mod again. You can safely
copy over your old megazeux directory, if you feel the desire. Just
overwrite everything you feel like.

Finally, if you have any bug reports, or REASONABLE suggestions, email me
at jzig@cncn.com, but if the suggestions are NOT reasonable, expect them
to be ignored, so don't spam me, please.

And, uh, that's it, or something. Leave.

Ben Zeigler
jzig@cncn.com

Charles Goetzman
spider@aether.dhs.org
spider@zeux.org