TRACKER V2.1 RELEASE NOTES              7 Jun 1998


SHAREWARE! The shareware unregistered version of this program may 
be distributed freely! Although the distributer may not gain
any profit (other than for the medium itself) for distributing 
this program without written approval of the Author.


This is the new updated version of Tracker V2. 

Inside this V2.1 are some new features:
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- Multi level undo and redo
- Help file formatted better. And a few little textual changes, 
  In V2.2 there will be a major help file overhaul.
- Boardsize is now stored in the registry
- Length of track is now back in a seperated window realtime on the screen (F11 key)
- Quick rotate (north south west east) instead of using the rotate slider
- More new .def files for Ninco, Strombecker, Tyco, Super124, Aurora ...
- A grid !


Upcoming for version V2.2
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- Freehand boardsize draw and text. (sorry I have not had the time 
  to put it in this release, else you had to wait even 
  longer for these new features)


What is Tracker?
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Tracker is a track design program made first of all for 1/32 Scalextric
tracks. All scalextric track sections which are in the 1996 catalogue are
supported. I also included the SCX outer-outer curve.

One of the first things you will notice is that Tracker changed from
freeware to shareware... It takes a lot of time to write a program
like Tracker V2, and I hope you find it its money worth. See the
registration sections about how to register Tracker V2. 

To make the decision for as easy as possible you can try ALL thefunctionality
of Tracker V2 with TWO limitions...... You only can use 30 track sections...
When you try to load or add a bigger track you will get a messagebox and
you cannot save. :-(

There may be more .def files in the tracker directory. In this .def
file there are track section definitions of some commercial track
formats, like scx,  revel, airfix, etc. Copy a .def file of your choice 
over the parts.def to use a other .def file!

If you find any error in the .def files can you please email the
corrected version and tell me what was wrong in the .def file
and what you changed? Thanks!

Tracker is a 32 bits program written in C++ Builder Pro V1.0. So I
only support windows 95 and windows NT at the moment. I do not know
if it runs on windows 3.x with or without win32s! Although version
1.0 did run on windows 3.11 with win32s on some people pc's.

The track format of Tracker V2 has changed in comparison to V1. 
To be backward compatible I added a import function in the file menu 
to load old tracker 1.0 formats. The position of track within the
board and the angle of the track is NOT imported. You need to
adjust this by hand and save the track in the new V2 format! Sorry
about it but it is a one time job!


PART COUNT
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Do not forget to edit the 'sections.own' file to tell Tracker V2
how many sections you have of each section type! So tracker keeps
track if you don't build designs which make you run to the toy store
to spend even more money on track sections! Use windows 'notepad'
or dos 'edit' for the job! Sections codes are case sensitive!

Example:

# SECTIONS.OWN
#
# Type here the amounts of the parts you own
#
C160 40
C159 20
C168 1
C151 6



FEATURES OF TRACKER V2
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- Multi level undo and redo
- Help file formatted better. And a few little textual changes, 
  In V2.2 there will be a major help file overhaul.
- Boardsize is now stored in the registry
- Length of track is now back in a seperated window realtime on the screen (F11 key)
- Quick rotate (north south west east) instead of using the rotate slider
- More new .def files for Ninco, Strombecker, Tyco, Super124, Aurora ...
- A grid !

- Vastly improved user interface, with windows 98 looks!
- Editable parts.def for your own personal parts!
- Split / Join / Delete / Copy / Mirror tracks
- 'Save' warning when quitting tracker / loading / newing
- Group and Ungroup to make 2, 4 and 6 lane building easy!
- Much improved view of track with filled in 'black' tracks
- Countdown of track sections available
- Outer outer curve!
- 2, 4 and 6 lane support! 
- Up to 64 seperate tracks within one design!
- Up to 2000 sections per track!
- Heavily improved printout! It used now the maximum resolution of
  the printer! Check it out!

- All scalextric track sections supported!
- Airfix track sections supported!
- Calculates track length for each lane individual!
- Counts track sections used!
- Possibility to rotate and zoom track!
- Metric/non-metric switch!
- Point and click interface!

- Resizable track design window!
- All track sections are clickable to select them!

- Automatic 'how-to-build-this-track-recipe' !
- On screen and on paper!

- FULL windows 97 interface!
- 32 bits C++Builder application!


Shortcut keys:
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'1' - selects a left curve
'2' - selects a right curve

Ins - inserts current track section
Del - deletes current track section




How to reach the author:
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Name:  Edwin Dorre
email: edwind@xs4all.nl
WWW:   http://www.xs4all.nl/~edwind


If you have any question or remark don't hesitate to email me!

Have FUN!
