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**** Re-Volt v1.2 Patch ****
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This brand new update for the PC version of Acclaim's classic R/C racer 
"Re-Volt" is aimed at bug fixes, compatibility and user improvements, 
new features, additional content and more. Work in progress.

Have suggestions, ideas for new Re-Volt features, or bugs to report? Feel 
free to join and post in our forum boards. 
[ http://z3.invisionfree.com/Our_ReVolt_Pub ]


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|----- Changelog -----|
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 Alpha 15.0420
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Mod [Graphics]
    - Now the firework trail is not killed right when exploding but should 
      fade out more gracefully.
    [Audio]
    - Update the sfx position in a dedicated audio handler so that the sfx 
      position is kept in sync with the object's position in each frame. 
      This prevents possible lag between object movement and sfx heard.
    - Added missing redbook and mp3 lines in Market Battle track.

Fix [Graphics]
    - Fixed frame rate issue in Windows 8, adds necessary compatibility 
      flags required by this OS.
    - Ensure firework trail is always killed when the firework goes out of 
      bounds.
    - All remaining trail bits were skipped as soon as one bit could not 
      be rendered (as for example when the object stopped moving).
    [Multi]
    - Fixed spectator mode not working in previous builds.
    - Fixed a bug with restarting after host migration.

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 Alpha 15.0330
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Fix [General]
    - Fixed bug with oilslick not working in high fps (vsync off) 
      introduced in the last release.

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 Alpha 15.0325
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Add [General]
    - Content Search support: find / filter tracks and cars in the 
      selection screens using the keyboard. Added new shortcuts: Home, 
      End, PgUp, PgDn. See the forum topic for detailed info:
      [ http://z3.invisionfree.com/Our_ReVolt_Pub/index.php?showtopic=2022 ]
    - Added "camber angle" support. A new parameter "Camber" for each 
      wheel in the car parameters.txt file can be used to set the 
      rotation angle (degree) along the Z axis. The camber sign is 
      automatically adjusted for left / right wheels.
    [Dev]
    - Added new setting "CarAICatchup" in the profile ini to disable the 
      AI car catch-up / rubberbanding effect.
    - Added new settings in the profile ini to disable some new behavior 
      in v1.2 (not recommended). Currently supported settings are 
      "CarCompatibility" and "[Audio] Compatibility".
    - Also added in-game cheat codes (to be typed blindly within a race) 
      to toggle the compatibility modes: CARCOMPON / CARCOMPOFF and 
      AUDIOCOMPON / AUDIOCOMPOFF. The cheat action will be saved to the 
      profile, so it can be used to avoid editing the profile ini files.

Mod [General]
    - The wheel collision sphere is now properly moved along with the 
      wheel when turning or when using the Camber angle feature. This 
      behavior can be disabled with the "CarCompatibility" setting in the 
      profile ini.
    - Updated the fix for "car sliding" in the frontend preview screen. 
    - Slightly faster models (prm / m) loading.
    - Make sure the random number generator is initiated with the same 
      seed in the race and its replay. This can alleviate some of the 
      sync issues in Replay mode, but may still not be enough.
    - Use a fixed timestep for the game management rather than depending 
      on the actual frame rate to improve the game stability (of the 
      lights, animations, etc.) in high fps (i.e., with vsync off).
    - Improved Spanish translation.
    [Graphics]
    - Split screen: now support horizontal and vertical split even for 
      more than 2 players (useful for multi-monitor setups).
    [Audio]
    - Improved 3d audio: updated the volume, pan and cutoff distance 
      computations to avoid wasting sfx channels for inaudible sounds. 
      The "[Audio] Compatibility" ini setting can be used to restore the 
      old behavior.
    - The camera following the car in Replay cameras can "zoom" the 
      microphone upto 5x so that the sfx in the direction of the car is 
      more audible. This avoids boring lack of engine sfx when playing / 
      viewing replay with this type of camera (disabled with "[Audio] 
      Compatibility").
    - Slightly increased firework BANG sound range so that it can be 
      heard from afar (disabled with "[Audio] Compatibility").
    - Better management of sfx priorities, and a dedicated one for the 
      piano notes in Toyworld.
    - Increased the default sfx channels for a new profile to 32.
    - Internally use up to 128 slots for 3d sfx (increased from 64).
    [Input]
    - When entering the Controller menu in splitscreen, the default 
      controller slot is set to the one used to enter the menu.
    - Now displays "Joystick 1 (joystick name)" in Controller menu. This 
      helps distinguish two controllers with the same name.
    - Don't disable force feedback if auto-centering is not supported by 
      the device.
    - Can now use the joystick axes / direction controls as buttons (eg., 
      for rearview).
    [Multi]
    - Better management of the network session, improved use of available 
      bandwidth using message priorities, ping, etc., more stable motion 
      of remote cars and weapons.
    - Manage network messages on a per-player basis, this avoids network 
      hogging and bad players from affecting everyone in the session.
    - Heavily lagging / disconnected players are shown as a ghost car.
    - Improved multiplayer in-game menu: The "Select Next Track" option 
      now opens the regular track selection menu, then going forward 
      starts the next track. The usual "Restart Track" option simply 
      restarts the current track.
    - The "mirrored" / "reversed" mode can be changed for the next race 
      using the improved "Select Next Track" screen.
    [Dev]
    - Allow the Number of Laps to be increased upto 255 by directly 
      editing the profile ini.
    - Allow all championship cups in dev mode.
    - In SADIST mode, re-use the last weapon when Shift is pressed.
    - Write the proper body Offset when exporting the parameters file 
      using "Save Current Car Info" option.
    - In dev mode, the "car sliding in frontend" fix can be enabled 
      in-game too with CAPSLOCK on. This can be issued to check for 
      differences in car handling with this fix.
    - Draw Instances BBox and bounding sphere as wireframe when drawing 
      collisions.
    - Draw the min-max range spheres for 3d sfx in Objects edit mode.

Fix [General]
    - Try to automatically fix a sync issue in Replay mode where objects 
      may be skipped / not created in the right order.
    [Graphics]
    - Fixed camera glitch when switching from bonnet view to normal 
      camera. Originally reported here:
      [ http://z3.invisionfree.com/Our_ReVolt_Pub/index.php?showtopic=2038 ]
    - Fixed env color components swapped issue introduced in previous 
      alphas.
    - Fixed quad vertex color for World and Model in Mirrored mode.
    - Limit the length of the car top speed / acc / weight bars to avoid 
      overflowing.
    [Audio]
    - Fixed 3D sfx not created / updated properly (takes care of "sfx 
      lost" issue mostly noticeable with battery / zap, or random skid
      noises).
    - Fixed low sfx volume, now make use of the full volume range.
    - Fixed scrape / skid sounds unset for Paving material.
    - Fixed the sfx velocity computation (for doppler effect).
    - If a bomb explosion is forced, make sure the fuse sfx is canceled 
      immediately.
    - Fixed sfx left and right channels swapped in Mirrored track mode.
    [Dev]
    - Improved Edit support for mirrored mode (moving the camera, objects 
      selection using mouse, etc.)

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 Alpha 15.0131
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Mod [General]
    - Enabled support for load / save replay (previously available only 
      in dev mode).

Fix [General]
    - Fixed possible game freezing introduced in the last alpha (updated 
      the laser fix).

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 Alpha 15.0125
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Mod [General]
    - Reverted back the new Time Trial file system (use level name for 
      the file name and sub-folders for each track mode and rating).
    - Removed the car folder name limit introduced in previous alphas.
    - Updated the website and email address in the readme.
    [Audio]
    - Changed the CD audio folder introduced in the last release to 
      "Redbook".
    - Renamed the MP3 keyword in track inf to MUSIC. Use of this keyword 
      is recommended for new tracks. The MP3 keyword is deprecated, but 
      still supported for backward compatibility.
    [Input]
    - The keys in the numeric keypad are now re-enabled for Player 1.

Fix [General]
    - Fixed AI compatibility issues with some user tracks like Jailhouse.
    [Graphics]
    - Fixed the "lasers! lasers everywhere!" bug.
    - Fixed glitch in Global times list display.
    - Fixed glitch with camera changing too quickly in Credits mode.
    [Multi]
    - Fixed glitch in lap time display when joining late.
    - Fixed best lap time not updated properly when spectating.

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 Alpha 14.0208
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Add [Audio]
    - OGG and WAV playback support, in addition to MP3.
    - Support for Redbook (original CD music) playback from hard drive. 
      Create a "music" folder inside the Re-Volt folder and place the 
      audio tracks inside, in one of the supported formats and named 
      according to track number (TRACK02.ogg ... TRACK15.ogg).
      Falls back to CD playback if the "music" folder is not found.
    
Mod [General]
    - Can now choose between global and per-rating ghost and split times 
      in Time Trial mode (Game Settings -> Split Times).
    - Times and ghost data are saved directly inside the "times" folder 
      rather than in sub-folders. The filenames are suffixed with N, R, 
      M, RM to denote Normal, Reverse, etc.
    - Improved use of downloaded ghost (<level>.lapdownload) files. If an 
      unbeaten downloaded ghost is found, it is used automatically.
    - Improved the Best Trial Times list: cycle through global and rating 
      wise best times (Enter / Fwd button). Unbeaten downloaded records 
      are displayed in blue.
    [Audio]
    - Per-level music now accepts any supported format (mp3, ogg, wav). 
      For backward compatibility, the entry in the track .inf is still 
      "MP3 <path>" for all the formats.
    [Multi]
    - Do the multiplayer session start / join in the background to avoid 
      blocking firewall messages.
      
Fix [Multi]
    - Fixed car flying and red X when late joining.

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 Alpha 13.0820
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Add [General]
    - Command lines: -registerlobby.
    - New "Probe" intro sequence.
    
Mod [General]
    - Improved and re-enabled AI catchup.

Fix [Graphics]
    - Bad polys used in spark rendering.
    [Dev]
    - Glitches with spectating support in -gazzasaicar mode.

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 Alpha 13.0815
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Add [General]
    - Command lines: -emulatefullscreen, -nostars, -noforce, removed: 
      -preinstall, -postinstall, -nowinkey.
 
Mod [General]
    - Restored earlier modification to pickup count in user levels.
    - Disabled "little step collision fix".
    - Disabled AI catchup ("rubberbanding") for now.
    - Improved French translations.
    - Moved Network Settings to the Multi-Player menu.
    [Audio]
    - Does not try to update CD music volume (which doesn't work anyway) 
      in Vista and above, fixes no sound issue for some users.
    [Input]
    - Enabled camera and rearview buttons when game paused.
    [Multi]
    - Disabled "joker" cheat when typed in-game.
    - Restored data rate to 6 packets per sec.
    - Updated remote player interpolation.
    - More reliable sync during countdown, less frequent sync during race.
    - Improved detection of bad / old network data from previous race.
    [Dev]
    - Does not show debug info when using -gazzasaicar command line, use 
      -gazzasaiinfo for debug display.
    - Spectating support in -gazzasaicar mode. Also allow change camera, 
      rearview and AllWeapons cheat buttons.

Fix [General]
    - Rare timer bug with physics running faster than the race clock.
    [Input]
    - AllWeapons cheat not working with joysticks with 8 buttons or more.
    [Multi]
    - Battle Tag timer stopping when game is paused.
    - Can't restart next track after viewing replay in split-screen mode.
    - Weapon fires not broadcasted properly in some cases.
    - Objects thrown using Object Thrower not synchronized properly.

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 Alpha 12.1225
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Mod [General]
    - Increased Track Zones limit to 256 (from previous 128).
    [Audio]
    - Updated Miles Sound System to version 7.2.
    [Input]
    - Updated controller setup for split-screen: now keyboard can be 
      assigned to Player 3 and 4 too.
    - Non-linear steering setting is saved to profile.
    
Fix [General]
    - Crash in Track Zones edit mode with more than 128 zones (eg., large 
      tracks generated by Track Editor).
    [Multi]
    - Crash in multiplayer when remote player changes car using cheats.
    - Misc tweaks.

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 Alpha 12.1102
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Add [General]
    - Split-screen multiplayer mode (2 - 4 players), upto 2 players with 
      keyboard and more with external controllers. New entry for Screen 
      Split in Render Settings (decided automatically by default).
    - Hood / Roof camera mode and instant Rearview, new parameters for 
      user cars.
    [Input]
    - Configurable Rearview (Del) and Change Camera (F1) buttons.
    [Graphics]
    - Brand new hi-res font.
    [Multi]
    - Support for AI cars in split-screen single race, new entry 
      Multiplayer CPU in Game Settings.

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 Alpha 12.0815
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Mod [General]
    - Increased range for Replay camera nodes, removed 32768 range limit 
      (necessary for eg., Rooftops).
    - Limited "car sliding in horizontal surface" fix to Frontend preview 
      screen, disabled in-game (should fix reported issues with car 
      handling).
    - Reverted some changes to under/oversteer handling for better 
      compatibility with legacy versions.
    [Dev]
    - Allow saving old or new format in Camera Nodes edit mode.

Fix [General]
    - Glitches in some custom tracks introduced in previous release.
    [Multi]
    - Lap count for remote player not updated and bad radar distance 
      displayed if the remote player crosses start line while local 
      player has game minimized.
    - Possible crash when track data out of sync.

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 Alpha 12.0802
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Add [General]
    - Support for disabling user car for AI selection, new parameter 
      "CPUSelectable TRUE/FALSE".

Mod [General]
    - Improved AI: Improved wall avoidance, better steering correction 
      (better use of AI values in parameters file), intelligent oversteer 
      correction, smart recovery from crashes, improved use of special 
      routes. Removed previous experimental changes.
    - Ability to disable random camera in Replay / Spectator mode and 
      cycle through static cameras with the usual camera key (F1).
    - Sort user cars by Rating (Rookie ... Pro) and alphabetically inside 
      the same rating.
    - When player has a bomb and bumps into a clone pickup, both the bomb 
      and clone explode simultaneously (previously, the bomb was simply 
      canceled and only the clone pickup had effect).
    - Proceed with offline game even if "register for lobby" fails.
    - Increased collision polygons limit to 65536 (from previous 16384).
    - Increased instances limit to 800 (from previous 200).
    - Increased car folder name limit to 19 chars (from previous 15).
    [Multi]
    - Show greyed out pickup holder when watching another player in 
      Spectator mode (remote player's pickup is not known).
    - Do not quit game if "register for lobby" fails.
    [Dev]
    - Allow hiding the pause menu with only Shift pressed (rather than 
      Shift + Space) "hide HUD" option is also used.

Fix [General]
    - AI glitches: car getting stuck and staying idle, glitch when trying 
      to take alternate routes, car skipping checkpoints and continuing 
      to race instead of resetting itself.
    - Glitch with reposition: car not reset to the correct place, or car 
      reset to the correct place but red X stays.
    - Sync problem at Replay start.
    - Ghost data not updated if laplocal and times files are out of sync.
    [Graphics]
    - Log file path showing up intermittently in the loading bar.
    [Dev]
    - Glitch in Replay mode if W key is pressed.

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 Alpha 12.0405
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Add [Graphics]
    - Support for user car shadow (can set the shadow texture, position 
      and size), ability to reuse default car shadows (for repaints). 
      Added new parameter entries TSHADOW / SHADOWINDEX, SHADOWTABLE.

Mod [General]
    - Disabled the automatic skip-forward from car preview screen.
    - Pausing at race finish switches to classic rotating camera.
    - Allow unlimited texture animation slots (see Toy 1 arcade machine), 
      was previously limited to 16 slots.
    - Updated conveyor effect (eg., Museum 2), direction of movement is 
      according to each polygon orientation (previously hardcoded).
    - Increased animated objects limit to 256 (previously 128).
    - Allow to associate several Object Throwers per Trigger.
    - Fixed and updated "Panga effect for user cars".
    - More tweaks to experimental AI changes.
    [Graphics]
    - Show stats in Frontend for user cars (values taken from parameters 
      file).
    - Updated shadows for all default cars.
    - Improved and optimized car preview and carbox animation, doesn't 
      load car unnecessarily, ensures proper car is dropped on floor.
    - Skid and oil marks fade out gradually for better realism.
    - Use missing slide-out animation on exiting Gallery.
    [Dev]
    - Lens zoom in (Z) / zoom out (C), X to reset zoom.

Fix [General]
    - Rotor handling less stable and wrong AI steering when upside down.
    - Glitch going to car preview screen directly with no car selected by 
      pressing "forward" key with the right timing at Name Enter menu.
    - Some cars sliding slowly on flat horizontal surfaces (eg., frontend 
      preview screen).
    - Inability to change the car camera (F1) after quiting the race 
      during trailer camera and then starting a game mode without trailer 
      camera (like Time Trial).
    - Crash in single-race when some user car is using a bad Rating value.
    [Graphics]
    - Objects using bad Level of Detail in high resolutions and when 
      camera is zooming in (most visible in car wheels in Replay mode).
    - Texture Animation glitch on triangle polygons in Mirrored mode 
      (eg., Toy World 2).
    [Dev]
    - Lens zoom level not reset when switching from Replay to free camera.

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 Alpha 12.0107
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Mod [General]
    - Minor tweaks to experimental AI changes.

Fix [General]
    - Spark fuse appearing alone somewhere in the level when car without 
      aerial gets a bomb.
    [Multi]
    - Fixed several bugs and instabilities introduced in previous release 
      (mainly related Arcade mode collisions).

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 Alpha 11.1215
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Add [General]
    - Command lines: -profile [name], -nouserlevels, -nousercars, 
      -blitload, -preinstall, -postinstall, removed: -nouser, -sli, 
      -reglobby.
    - New language: Polish (Polski).
    - New automatic installer, sets necessary file permissions and 
      registers components.
    - User profiles support. Saves Single Race "won" and Practice Star 
      "found" progress for user tracks.
    - Reverse mode for user tracks, detects automatically when "reversed" 
      folder is found.
    - User Battle and Stunt tracks support, new GAMETYPE entry in track 
      inf file.
    - Support for advanced custom content in user tracks: replace any 
      default (stock) content with user content of the same name placed 
      in a "custom" folder.
    - Support for Panga, UFO, Rotor, Mystery effects for user car through 
      new parameter entries, extended options for Panga effect.
    - Experimental changes to AI engine (Bezier racing line, adaptive 
      look-ahead, steering corrections).
    [Graphics]
    - Support for Z-buffer with depth greater than 16 bits, resulting in 
      less "Z-fighting" issues (eg., Terminus by hilaire9).

Mod [General]
    - Preload Object Thrower objects instead of loading them during the 
      race for improved performance.
    - Optimized user content searching for faster startup with large 
      number of cars and tracks installed.
    - Only needed parameters are loaded for each car at game start (eg., 
      name and stats for Frontend display).
    - Errors in car parameter files are logged instead of displaying a 
      message box.
    - Reduced user car folder name limit to 15 characters.
    - Times and ghost files are now saved with the level folder name.
    - In-car camera is bound to car BBox centre instead of CoM (better 
      support for low-CoM cars).
    - Game starts consistently with Profiles menu, both in normal and 
      lobby mode. Moved Language menu to entry in Game Settings.
    - Removed Rearview Mirror setting (use F2 in-game shortcut).
    - Renamed default stunt level to "Neighborhood Arena".
    [Graphics]
    - Enabled reflection for the name wheel stand.
    - Optimized car env effects (electro, battery) for performance.
    [Audio]
    - Allow using sfx from different themes (Neighborhood, Garden, etc) 
      in the same user track.
    [Input]
    - List of available controllers is updated each time when entering 
      the Controller Settings menu.
    [Multi]
    - Lobby games now start at the main lobby menu where options can be 
      set or user profile changed before starting / joining / continuing 
      game.
    - Auto-adjust the height of the player's name displayed above the car 
      to work properly for any car size.
    [Dev]
    - Updated Calc Car Stats mode to calculate and display car stat 
      values for parameters file. Change car in-game using PgUp/PgDn.
    - Updated "refresh car info" command to Ctrl + R (previously Shift + 
      F10). Now does a more complete reload (sfx, shadow, special effect).
    - Display correct object name when setting Object Thrower properties.
    - Enabled dev commands: switch to Follow cameras (RCTRL + F11) and 
      Attached cameras (RSHIFT + F11), draw car bounding box when option 
      turned on from Render Settings.

Fix [General]
    - Fixed fuse glitch when player with bomb hits a clone pickup and 
      explodes.
    - The correct track length is shown for Normal and Reverse modes.
    - Visibilty tests issue when replacing default planet models for 
      custom support.
    - "Small step collision fix": Glitch in collision engine that makes 
      it impossible to climb small steps (eg., step from potato sack to 
      long freezer in Market 1).
    - Avoid crashes with broken / incomplete user car parameters.
    - Missing files (cars, levels, languages) are handled with error 
      messages instead of causing a crash.
    - Crash when a car does not use any model for the body.
    - Crash in certain levels (eg., Garden) with Trolley selected as the 
      player's car.
    - Crash when trying to start track in Reverse mode if the "reversed" 
      folder is missing.
    [Graphics]
    - Glitch with reflection not drawn when only the object goes out of 
      sight (eg., noticeable with RC San carbox in Frontend preview).
    - Delay in loading the frontend tv screen texture during which random 
      texture was shown.
    - Loading progress bar not drawn properly in some slow PCs.
    - Wrong race position suffixes (st/nd/rd) in clockwork mode.
    [Audio]
    - Problem with MP3 playback speed when sample rate was not 44.1k.
    [Multi]
    - Several misc tweaks.

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 Alpha 11.0825
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Add [General]
    - Command lines: -reglobby, removed: -lobbyregister.

Mod [Multi]
    - Disabled extra objects when pickups turned off (similar to Time 
      Trial mode).
    - Updated previous fixes to car shininess for better performance.

Fix [Multi]
    - Radar position and lap bugs introduced in previous release.
    - Crash and inconsistencies in Battle Tag mode.

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 Alpha 11.0810
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Add [Input]
    - New improved Controller Config menu. Each key can be configured 
      induvidually or at once. With "Config All" option, TAB to skip 
      current key, Esc to skip all keys.

Mod [General]
    - DC finish camera and "watch other players after race finish" now 
      also available in single player modes.
    - When watching other players after race finish, press F1 to set the 
      focus back to your car.
    [Dev]
    - Changed Object Preview shortcut to Ctrl + P.


Fix [General]
    - Ghost car disappearing after being reset.
    - Fixed wrong player position at start grid.
    [Graphics]
    - Texture bug in car aerial in Frontend preview.
    [Input]
    - Fire button (joystick button 0) not working in menus.
    - Reposition button not working when car has reached a reposition 
      trigger.
    [Multi]
    - Glitches in repote car radar position, lap count and lap times.

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 Alpha 11.0731
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Add [General]
    - Command lines: -forceallcores, removed: -forcesinglecore.
    [Multi]
    - Support for watching remaining players after race finish without 
      switching to Spectator mode. Uses same keys as Replay and Spectator 
      mode to cycle through players.
    - View player's Best Lap time and other HUD info when spectating.
    [Dev]
    - Selecting an Edit Mode will launch a new minimalistic game mode 
      focused on editing instead of Time Trial.
    - Support for previewing object animation on-the-fly in Objects edit 
      mode (P key to toggle preview).

Mod [General]
    - Restored previous modification to "number of pickups generated 
      during race", enable all pickups at race start in user levels.
    [Graphics]
    - Smoother text drawing with alpha blending.
    [Input]
    - Replay and Spectator modes use the configured Acc / Reverse buttons 
      to cycle through players (previously used PgUp / PgDn).
    [Multi]
    - Removed "Multiplayer Game Settings" menu, restored Difficulty menu.
      Game settings can now be accessed from Options in lobby main menu.
    - Switch to classic rotating race-finish camera (F1 key).
    - Enabled extra objects (ABC Block, Bottle, etc).

Fix [General]
    - Pickups and clone weapons not generating after some laps.
    - CPU timer issues (game speeding up, inconsistent timers, etc).
    - More stable loading and smoother frame rate in some cases.
    [Multi]
    - Crash when there are discrepancies in level data between players.

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 Alpha 11.0717
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Mod [Multi]
    - Changed "race finish" camera according to DC version.

Fix [General]
    - Several minor bugs and inconsistencies.

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 Alpha 11.0710
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Mod [General]
    - Updated Time Trial mode to use separate ghost data and split times 
      for each car rating (Rookie, Amateur, etc).
    - User tracks are selectable in Practice mode.
    - Move the big flashing star to the top left after catching it in 
      Practice mode (similar to DC version).
    - Increased number of pickups generated during race to 10 initial and 
      4 per player (from 5 initial and 2 per player).
    - Show long level and car names without truncating by reducing char 
      width to fit.
    - Updated Clockwork car name according to DC version.

Fix [General]
    - Inconsistent radar position for ghost opponent in Time Trial.
    - Ghost car disappearing in some user tracks.
    - Reject ghost data with wrong attributes, or if player changes car 
      mid-race using cheat.
    - Game starting immediately with GO sign if loading takes a long time.
    - Collision glitch in Museum 1.
    [Multi]
    - Glitches when player keeps the game minimized.

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 Alpha 11.0625
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Add [General]
    - Command lines: -nowinkey.
    - Show Ghost Car in Time Trial, new option in Game Settings.
    [Graphics]
    - Added missing / broken support for per-face Env color for World 
      polygons. Vertices sharing faces with different Env colors will 
      use the average of both colors.
    [Dev]
    - Show camera Look and Pos values for level inf file (RShift + F9).

Mod [General]
    - User tracks are selectable in Time Trial mode.
    - Increased ghost data maximum length to 12 minutes.
    [Graphics]
    - 32-bit Alpha channel transparency support is now also available for 
      "16-bit mode" in Video Settings -> Textures.
    [Input]
    - Re-enabled Windows key (use -nowinkey command line).
    [Dev]
    - Hide player names displayed over car when using "hide HUD" feature.
    - After inserting a new AI node, selects the Red node by default 
      instead of the Green node.

Fix [General]
    - Reposition triggers do not send the car back to start line in Time 
      Trial mode, allows user tracks with teleportation effects to work.
    - Properly save ghost data in Time Trial when using Alt-F4 to quit.
    - Fixed bug with ghost data generation when player resets the car.
    [Graphics]
    - Ghost car shadow rendered improperly.
    [Dev]
    - Edit mode (F4) triggered when trying to save file (Ctrl + F4).

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 Alpha 11.0610
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Add [General]
    - Command lines: -texinfo.
    [Graphics]
    - Higher texture sizes support. Allows any square, power-of-two size 
      upto 8192x8192.
    - Support for up to 20 mipmaps, 10 upper mipmaps (bmo, bmn, bmm, etc) 
      and 10 lower mipmaps (bmq, bmr, bms, etc). 
    [Multi]
    - Support for upto 16 connections, upto 12 active players (depending 
      on "Number of Cars" setting) and extra slots for spectators.
    - Maximum Connections option in Network Settings (2 - 16) to limit 
      total number of connections (players and spectators).

Mod [Graphics]
    - Improved use of available texture sets (i.e., mipmaps). Selects the 
      texture set that matches the hardware requirement.
    - Enabled the use of shared video memory when dedicated video memory 
      is full.
    - Removed support for stretching / squishing textures of unsupported 
      sizes.

Fix [General]
    - Crash when loading user tracks with a level or object sfx.
    - Crash after podium lose sequence.
    - Glitch with bomb during podium lose sequence.
    [Graphics]
    - Glitch with directional arrow shown prematurely (eg., Ghost1 start).

---------------
 Alpha 11.0525
---------------

Add [Graphics]
    - Support for 32bit Bitmap textures with full 8-bit Alpha channel 
      transparency (only available when Video Settings -> Textures is 
      set to 32-bit mode.
    - New hi-res Re-Volt icon.

Mod [Graphics]
    - Use hi-res Re-Volt logo in frontend, loading, demo mode.
    [Multi]
    - Improved and more robust spectating support.
    [Dev]
    - Force full track reload when restarting track in edit mode.

Fix [General]
    - "Flip-repo-flip" bug.
    - Repeated water splash and lag when there are 2 or more water boxes.
    - Ship 1 star bug (players gets the star pickup right at the start of 
      the race).

---------------
 Alpha 11.0510
---------------

Add [Multi]
    - Spectator mode support (PgUp/PgDn to switch between players to 
      follow, similar to Replay mode).
    - "Multiplayer Dashboard" which allows players to join game or choose 
      to spectate, and manage players in the session in case of host. New 
      options to in-game pause menu: spectate / join for next race and 
      Manage players (for host).
    - Host migration support, continue game with a new host when old host 
      quits.
    [Dev]
    - Toggle HUD display (Shift + F5) and hide pause menu (Shift + Space).
    - Refresh car parameters (Shift + F10) in Frontend car preview screen 
      and in-game.

Mod [Dev]
    - MAKEITGOOD and TVTIME are enabled by default.
    - Camera pauses indefinitely at car preview screen.

Fix [Multi]
    - Minor bugs in previous release (crash when using the TAB menu, 
      issues with chatting, etc).

---------------
 Alpha 11.0501
---------------

Add [Multi]
    - New "Game Settings" menu replacing difficulty menu (after selecting 
      game type), allows setting usual game settings (laps, pickups, 
      random cars / tracks) in addition to difficulty mode.
    - Battle Tag Time option in new Game Settings menu (1 - 5 min).

Mod [General]
    - Access Game Settings from in-game and multiplayer lobby (change 
      Rearview and Speed units preferences).
    [Multi]
    - Show session info and Reverse / Mirror attributes in Waiting Room.

Fix [Graphics]
    - Glitch in car shadow rendering (eg., on hilly ground).

---------------
 Alpha 11.0426
---------------

Add [Multi]
    - New "race finish" camera.

Fix [Multi]
    - Crash when player fires a shockwave or when a bomb explodes.
    - Reject bad data (outdated car positions, data received from 
      previous race, etc) and avoid resulting crashes.
    - Car name displayed as RC Bandit when joining late.
    - Crash after selecting Battle Tag mode.
    [Dev]
    - Objects disappearing in Frontend after returning from edit mode.

---------------
 Alpha 11.0418
---------------

Mod [Multi]
    - Race start positions are randomized every race.
    - More stable Late Joining support.

---------------
 Alpha 11.0416
---------------

Add [General]
    - Includes necessary updates for Track Editor.
    [Multi]
    - Late joining support.
    - Kick player in Waiting Room (Up/Dn to select player, then Ctrl + K).
    - In-game Dashboard, accessible anytime with TAB key.

Mod [Input]
    - Improved key conflict prevention added in previous releases.
    [Multi]
    - Increased data rate to 12 packets per sec (from previous 6).
    - More efficient management of available bandwidth.
    - Enabled trailer camera (previously available for singleplayer only).
    - Hide HUD till countdown starts.

Fix [Multi]
    - Avoids out-of-sync countdowns and late starts by blocking bad 
      players until they are able to sync with the host.

---------------
 Alpha 11.0328
---------------

Add [Multi]
    - Command lines: -netcomp.
    - New language: Swedish (Svenska).
    - New menu Network Settings.
    - Network Compatibility option for hosts. On to allow all Re-Volt 
      versions to play together (some features may be disabled). Off 
      (default) to only allow players running appropriate 1.2 version.

Mod [Multi]
    - Enabled menu to select difficulty mode in online races (previously 
      forced to Arcade).
    - Increased chat length to 48 characters (was previously 40).
    - Reorganized Multiplayer menu, improved Session List menu.
    
Fix [Graphics]
    - Transparency problem in player names displayed above cars in 
      multiplayer.
    [Multi]
    - Instability in broadcasting data (player finish time, sync message).
    - Fixed high latency at race start (cars don't move for a while and 
      then catch up).
    - Crash when host restarts race while client game is minimized.

---------------
 Alpha 11.0312
---------------

Add [General]
    - Command lines: -forcesinglecore.
    [Multi]
    - Support for pasting IP address from clipboard (Ctrl + V) and 
      clearing entry (Del) for "Host Computer" option.

Mod [Input]
    - Disabled Windows key in full screen mode.
    [Multi]
    - Faster enumeration and joining of sessions. All connections are 
      made in the background without hanging up the game.

Fix [General]
    - Glitch in Replay mode if W key is pressed.
    [Graphics]
    - Reloads lost surfaces and textures when game is reactivated from 
      minimized state.
    - Crash when desktop resolution is changed while game is running.
    - Flickering when changing display mode (Vista/7).

---------------
 Alpha 11.0306
---------------

Add [Graphics]
    - New hi-res intro screens, improved rendering of intro screens both 
      in fullscreen and windowed mode.
    [Multi]
    - Interactive message while connecting to lobby session, replacing 
      the modal black screen.

Mod [Multi]
    - Set TCP/IP as the default connection type.
    - Scan for user content only after connecting to lobby session.
    
Fix [Multi]
    - Player names not broadcasted consistently.

---------------
 Alpha 11.0227
---------------

Add [General]
    - Command lines: -lobbyregister.
Mod [Multi]
    - Do not register for lobby support at each run. This avoids error 
      messages in limited user mode and preserves previously registered 
      settings during install time.

Fix [General]
    - Free up CPU when re-volt is inactive (minimized).
    - Fixed app active state not detected properly (windowed mode).

---------------
 Alpha 11.0226
---------------

Mod [General]
    - Command lines: restored: -sli, removed: -nosli.
    [Multi]
    - If players are not ready after the waiting timeout, prompt the host 
      to press TAB instead of starting the game automatically.

Fix [Graphics]
    - Fixed glitch in rendering of clouds.

---------------
 Alpha 11.0222
---------------

Add [General]
    - Command lines: removed: -useallcpu.
    - Improved and more stable loading and better utilization of 
      multi-core processors. Removed single process affinity limitation.

Mod [Graphics]
    - HUD is now drawn on top of in-game (F2/F3) cameras.
    - Increased shininess range. Updated Render Settings -> Shininess 
      option (Off/Medium/Full).

Fix [General]
    - Fixed trouble maximizing after minimizing re-volt (Vista/7).
    [Multi]
    - Fixed freezes during multiplayer session (during sync screen and 
      before race start), especially after some players crash in the 
      previous race.
    - Properly updates player ready status for each race, fixed incorrect 
      "Waiting For" messages even when all players have loaded.
    - Fixed freeze / crash in large multiplayer races, mostly related to 
      weapons and bombs.
    [Dev]
    - Fixed bug in built-in screen capture (F8).


==============
 Beta 11.0208
==============
| Second Beta release. |

Add [General]
    - Command lines: -useallcpu.
    - New language: Dutch (Nederlands).
    - Faster loading of levels and frontend.
    [Audio]
    - Detect if CD is inserted while game is running (during the next 
      level load or when music is toggled off and back on).

Mod [General]
    - Increased maximum number of pickups in level to 64 (from 40).
    - Instantly update changes to Audio/Video settings on leaving menu.
    - Access Options menu from in-game and multiplayer lobby 
      (Audio/Video/Controller Settings only).
    [Graphics]
    - Changing display mode / device works much faster.
    - Improved last-loaded-file display during loading.
    [Multi]
    - After host starts, only start game when the player has reached 
      Waiting Room, not when in Name / Car select screen.

Fix [Graphics]
    - Shockwave disappearing immediately after launching.
    [Audio]
    - CD Music not looping in Vista/7.
    - Freeze when changing (looping) music track.
    [Dev]
    - Crash when switching to free (F6) camera in Replay mode.


---------------
 Alpha 11.0101
---------------

Add [Graphics]
    - Anisotropic texture filtering support.
    [Input]
    - Support for missing and foreign characters for multiplayer chat.

Mod [General]
    - Texture filtering and Antialiasing settings are saved.

---------------
 Alpha 10.1223
---------------

Add [General]
    - Command lines: -setdir [path]
    [Input]
    - Autorepeat support for name entry and chat messages.

Mod [General]
    - Press any key to skip current intro screen, press Esc to skip all 
      intro screens.
    [Input]
    - Numpad keys can be configured for controls.
    [Multi]
    - Del to clear chat sentence, Esc to clear and turn chat off.

Fix [General]
    - Crash in some menu screens because of accessing bad memory.
    [Graphics]
    - Improved and refined font and text display.
    - Bug in rearview camera when underwater.
    - Glitches in menu box outline (spru bar), and glitches during fade 
      effects with Anti-Aliasing turned on.
    [Audio]
    - Fixed MP3/Redbook conflicts: higher priority for Redbook in default 
      levels, higher priority for MP3 in user levels.
    [Input]
    - Fixed key conflicts: key pressed for one action will not trigger 
      another action using the same key.
    - Bug typing Shifted and AltGr characters in some European keyboards.

---------------
 Alpha 10.1213
---------------

Add [General]
    - Command lines: -window [x y], -aspect [x y [z]], -dev
    - Rearview mirror on/off option in Game Settings.
    [Graphics]
    - Wide Screen support and Aspect Ratio correction.

Mod [General]
    - Forced settings (using command lines) not permanently saved.
    - Window automatically resized to match resolution (windowed mode).
    - Allow turning on F2/F3 cameras after race is finished.
	- Last player watched in F3 camera is remembered.
	- Disabled auto-repositioning in user levels.
    [Multi]
    - Waiting Room shows Build number and highlights Host player.
    - Multiplayer chat length increased from 28 to 40 chars. 
	- Latest 5 messages shown (increased from 3).
    - Game started in Waiting Room only if TAB key pressed alone, 
      combinations such as Alt-TAB are ignored.
    [Dev]
    - Show (CHT) when Dev Mode is activated from command line.
	- Properly capture mouse pointer in edit mode (windowed mode).

Fix [General]
    - Temporary fix for level loading crashes (forces process affinity to 
      single core).
    - Timer Roll-over bug (GoGo bug).
    [Graphics]
    - Bug in displaying and selecting display modes, modes are now sorted 
      in correct order.
    [Multi]
    - Bug identifying host player in Waiting Room.
    [Dev]
    - Unable to switch back to player camera after selecting a free camera 
      at the start of race.
    - Bug initializing local camera data.

---------------
 Alpha 10.1120
---------------

Add [General]
    - Per-car box art support (TCARBOX entry in car parameters).
    - Escape character ';)' in car parameters.txt file for backward 
      compatibility.

Mod [General]
    - Use standard memory allocation methods for wider compatibility.
    [Dev]
    - Code to toggle Dev Mode uses menu buttons instead of configured 
      buttons for joystick users.

Fix [Dev]
    - Crash when loading Calc Car Stats mode.

---------------
 Alpha 10.1118
---------------

Add [General]
    - Support installing unlimited number of levels.
    - Alphabetical sorting of cars / levels.
    [Dev]
    - "No Pause when inactive" support (LShift + F9).

Mod [Dev]
    - Allow AllWeapons cheat in multiplayer.

Fix [General]
    - Crash when lots of cars installed.
    - Crash when last selected car is deleted.
    [Multi]
    - Crash when transfering bomb pickup between players
    - Duplicate objects (eg., traffic cone) in game world.

---------------
 Alpha 10.1116
---------------

Fix [General]
    - Battle / Stunt Arena loading crashes.
    [Multi]
    - Glitch when host restarts same track twice.
    - "Unknown track" message persists when host restarts to an unknown 
      track and then restarts to a good track.
    - Crash when quiting from lobby session.

---------------
 Alpha 10.1113
---------------

Add [General]
    - Command lines: -sload, -nointro, -checkcd

Mod [Audio]
    - Enabled CD Audio and per-level MP3 support.
    - Sound engine initialized to 44.1kHz.


==============
 Beta 10.1112
==============
| First Beta release. |

Add [General]
    - Command lines: -nosli, removed: -sli.
    - Build number display in frontend.

Mod [General]
    - No forced wait over 1st intro image.
    - Disabled CD Check and CRC Checksum.
    [Multi]
    - Upto 12 Players in Lobby session.
    - Reduced All Players Ready timeout to 15s.
    - Chat while waiting for players, toggle chat messages with F12.
    [Dev]
    - Enabled Dev Mode toggle code in frontend (for testers only).

Fix [General]
    - Double reposition in custom tracks in Time Trial mode.
    - User tracks are sorted in correct order.
    - Misplaced / wrong text in menus.
    [Graphics]
    - "Can't flip display buffers" error in Vista/7.
    - Loading images not displayed in Vista/7.
    [Audio]
    - Frontend music not played after minimizing and restoring.
    [Multi]
    - Updated some parts related to interpolation.
    [Dev]
    - Black screen when switching to free camera while repositioning.


---------------
 Alpha 10.0926
---------------
| First Alpha release. |


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