RIS Manual

Leon Baradat — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 06:21:49 -0000

Today, the first anniversary of the release of RIS 1.1, I've released an updated game manual tailored to the current game. I hope you like it! (If you have comments, please email me at raceintospace@yahoo.com.)

BARIS CD uploaded!

Leon Baradat — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:05:45 -0000

I've just uploaded the BARIS CD, for those who might be interested in playing the old original BARIS.

It's a .7z file instead of a .zip file, because the .7z format has an aggressive compression algorithm and I was able to compress it down significantly smaller in .7z format.

The file inside is an .nrg file rather than an .iso. The reason is that an ISO can only store one track, but the BARIS CD has three (one is the game itself; the other two are the intro and end music). NRG is a Nero format, so you'll probably have to use Nero to burn the disk.

Latest Update

Leon Baradat — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:43:06 -0000

So, we released version 1.1 a few months ago. As I feared, the project has gone dormant since (which was why I put out 1.1, so that at least the changes we made since 1.0 could be made available).

Historically, RIS will go dormant like this for a while--then a couple of new programmers join us with a burst of enthusiasm. We make a bunch of improvements, put out a release or two, then the project goes dormant again.

So, if you're a programmer and have any interest in getting involved, we could really use you. Currently there are two areas that need work:

Our latest effort started converting the project from CVS to GIT, and simplifying the data files so the program can use plain text rather than hex files. They stopped somewhere in the middle of that, so we're kind of stuck right now, unless we want to abandon that effort and go back to the old CVS source (which wouldn't be my first choice). If you know your way around this stuff and would like to try continuing the conversion a little, I'd be delighted to have you on board.
I'd like to get the game added to the Ubuntu repository! Sure we have an Ubuntu .deb available for download, but getting it in the repository would make it that much easier for Ubuntu users to install it. More importantly, it would be a great way to publicize the game.

Anyone interested in getting involved with the project is invited to contact me at raceintospace@yahoo.com. We could sure use some new blood!

Version 1.1 released!

Leon Baradat — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:19:03 -0000

To celebrate independence day for one of the countries in the game (and mostly because the timing just worked out that way), we've put out a new release. Enjoy!

Version 1.1 has a few more visual cues to make the game administration easier, especially in the R&D building. Technology transfer is now no longer all or nothing; you can get partial credit now if your component isn't quite up to 75%. Advanced Training now has several improvements, including that if you withdraw someone early but they've completed half the training, they now get half credit rather than nothing at all. See the release notes under Files for more details.

Mac Version 1.1

Leon Baradat — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 04:48:43 -0000

Any Mac users out there want to try out the beta? I can't do it myself, so any help would be appreciated. Email me at raceintospace@yahoo.com.

Version 1.1

Leon Baradat — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:10:34 -0000

We're hoping to release version 1.1 soon. It will be a compilation of the current CVS code and will stand until the GIT rewrite is complete. The biggest changes are improvements to Advanced Training, and technology transfer now gives partial credit for items that aren't up to 75% yet. There are also some new visual cues to make administration easier.

Change in Tracker posting

Michael McCarty — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:03:29 -0000

We're getting hit with some spam in the Bugs section lately, so I've turned off non-logged-in postings in Bugs, and Feature Requests for good measure. So from now on posting to those will require a SourceForge account, at least for the time being.

Latest Developments

Michael McCarty — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:37:47 -0000

As always \(lately\), check the Files section for an up-to-date list of what changes have been made to the code since the last release.

Inter-release release notes

Michael McCarty — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:27:20 -0000

I've added a sort of release notes summarizing what's happened since our last release, for those who're curious. You can find it in the Files section:--click on Files above, or follow this link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/raceintospace/files/. I hope to keep it up to date; if you see me falling behind, shoot me a note at raceintospace@yahoo.com.

Bugs and Enhancement Requests

Michael McCarty — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:43:42 -0000

Yes, I've been busy--I finally got to something I'd been toying with for a long time. I went through my Enhancement Requests document and added any bugs and enhancement requests from there that seemed definitely worthwhile to mention on the Sourceforge page. Maybe I can work on some of the easy ones in the coming weeks. In any case, these will give us artifact numbers to reference in release notes for the next release.

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