eurotour-plus-2.2
11/9/2004

To install it, just extract eurotour++.exe to the root Eurotour Cycling folder,
and ia+.ini to the scripts folder (do not rename it!) Double-click on eurotour++, or rename it, to
start the game (obviously, you need to have installed the original game)

Main changes in 2.2 are an improved market behaviour (you'll see offers more often, although this still needs more work) and the creation of a new role, the Vice-leader, instead of the Intermediate sprints one. Vice-leaders behave as leaders in 3D races (not in simulated ones), but they do not receive the support of their team. I've also removed the limit of one sprinter/climber/Vice-leader per team and race, and changed the way the average is computed so as climbing as a higher weight than, say, going downhill.

In v2.1b there were five new IA parameters. With p_esfuerzo_N you control the speed of
the peloton. With p_rueda_N you can control the drafting benefit as a function
of speed. Finally, fc_forma_div_bonus is a new parameter, substituting
fc_moral_div_bonus, which determines the influence of shape. The higher the
value, the lower the influence. 

Other changes were:
1. Bug correction (game crashes, hotel costs & downhill parameter in 3D)
2. More realistic relationships between effort, speed, gradient and drafting benefit
3. More frequent attacks in hilly stages
4. Sprints are really contested by sprinters
5. Control of the whole peloton
6. All riders lose shape some time after peaking, not only yours


Enjoy and give feedback in the forum
http://boards.melodysoft.com/allroch/
or by e-mail to allroch@yahoo.com. I appreciate it.

(c) Allroch