Rank Master revision history :


  Version 1.0


 First Alpha testing of Rank Master began.



  Version 1.1


 Added Top 20 User Bulletin, Fixed a few minor bugs.



  Version 1.2


 Added Pass-Thru users



  Version 1.3


 Main Beta Release



  Version 1.4


 First public release



  Version 1.5


 Made it easier to Re-Configure system options, re-vamped
 the maintenance program. Fixed a few bugs.



  Version 1.6


 BUG FIX! Added quicker, easier registration feature. Made
 output faster, and added a couple new config options.



  Version 1.7


 Another Major Bug Fix! Fixed delete Rank command, nailed
 the bug that made users with too many points achieve the
 lowest rank, made configuration easier, fixed scrambled
 rank lists bug, deleted TONS of excess code (I must have
 drank too much pepsi while I wrote this!)... And lots of
 other things that seem to have slipped my mind.



  Version 2.0


 First official release of Rank Master. Seemed to have
 finally worked all the bugz out, added ANSI menus and
 screens for the Maintenance and Config programs, and
 re-worked some of the code a little. Added stuff in
 the dox on how to make ANSI menus and use the MCI
 codes. It is now COMPLETELY Idiot Proof <grin>.



  Version 2.1


 Idiot Proof my butt! What was I thinking when I wrote
 that last revision? Sheesh! Anyhowz, I added Run-Time error
 messages, so SysOps could actually tell what file was
 CAUSING the errors instead of guess-and-check.
 Made it so users with 0 points could still be on the
 Top 20 user list, which was good for new BBS's. Added a
 lot of work to Rank Config, made it so it was virtually
 IMPOSSIBLE to enter a bad path name and get away with it.
 Hopefully this will be the last revision for awhile. People
 where getting pissed at having to upgrade once a week.. :)



  Version 2.1a


 Well, it seems that immediatly after the release of 2.1 I noticed
 a bunch of things that I forgot to add. Wonderful. I felt a minor
 update was needed. Here it is. I Made it REALLY hard to get a Runtime
 Error... If you do somehow manage to generate one, please call me
 and tell me! I also made the spinning cursor look a little better,
 and added a little faster ANSI output and a little better Rank
 Maint program. Fixed the bug that made it so idiots that didn't make
 a rank for 1 point didn't have it ranking their lowest users at
 the highest levels. Thanx for upgrading so soon!



  Version 2.1b


 Added command line options, and fixed the delete rank option. Also
 fixed the bug that made output to the screen screw up if you made
 more than 22 ranks. Strange.



  Version 2.2


  This version was never released, for some reason. In a drunken stupor
  I must have gone straight to 2.3.. :)


  Version 2.3


  Added direct-to-memory user sorting. Speeds up sorting almost 300%,
  so now it only takes about 10 seconds to create the top 20 list. This
  only works if you have less than 2500 users. Added commandline
  "-m" which will disable direct-to-memory swapping. Made maintenance
  more colorful, and fixed a lot of redundant file openings in RNKMAINT
  so it goes a little faster. Fixed a lot of buglets in RANKCFG.

  Added a complete AR Flag ranking system, which allows for you to
  toggle user's AR flags to give them ranks which you specify.

  Added support for the all new Renegade-Specific Door, Masterdome, which
  will be coming out next spring :).



  Version 2.3a


   ARRGH! I don't believe I did it again! Rank Master 2.3 left a file
   open when it quit, thereby causing invalid sectors on your HD.. I
   found this 2 hours after I released 2.3. Don't you just HATE it
   when that happens? Anyway, here's the maintenance release..



  Version 2.4


   Hahahaha! Nice maintenance release! 2.3a did absolutely NOTHING!
   I found THAT out about 2 weeks after I released it. Anyway, after almost
   2 months of code tracing I finally nailed the stupid bug causing
   those lost allocation units! YES!

   Also new in this release is the option to restore all your user's
   old cities and states. This is a great feature for people who need
   to print out mailing lists and things from their user lists.



  Version 2.41


   This release was more of an update than an actual RELEASE.. Mainly,
   the only thing changed since 2.4 is the ANSI. All of the ANSI has
   been TOTALLY re-done in 2.41, and RM is now one of the nicest looking
   Renegade utilities on the market.

   I also stamped out a TON of buglets in the RANKCFG.EXE program, which
   might have been giving some select users trouble. They weren't really
   earth-staggering, but they might have caused some confusion in the
   path config and some lower/upper case problems.


  Version 2.5


   This version was released early to make it compatible with Renegade
   version 12-25. IT WILL ONLY WORK WITH RENEGADE 12-25+.

   The new-user and pass-thru user AR flags are now configurable.

   Fixed the buglet that made the Top 20 user bulletin crap out when you
   had less than 20 users.. Never really noticed it, because not many
   BBS's have less than 20 users!

   Added more ANSI. (That's right, I'm just the lean, mean, ANSI machine :) )

