eurotour-plus-3.0.1
2/5/2006
Eurotour plus 3.0 is a heavily modified version, courtesy of allroch and faxnico. This is not
the executable included in the 2006 Italian patch. Enjoy the
changes.
To install it you should read instal-config.txt before doing the following:
* Extract eurotour-plus-3.0.1.exe to the root Eurotour Cycling folder,
* Extract ia+.ini to the scripts folder (do not rename it!).
* Extract modoresultado.ini to the scripts folder.
* Extract controljuego.sb, dineroporganar.sb, clasificacion.sb and entrenamiento.sb to the
scripts/competicion folder.
* Extract viajes.sb to the
scripts/competicion folder. Recommended to update some values, but
not mandatory.
* Edit
ListaCarreras.sb, EmpezarPartida2.sb, CommonControls.sb
and DefControles.sb in /scripts/manager/ as described in
instal-config.txt
* Edit scripts/controles/recursos.dat, or copy the sample file there
* pEmpezarPartida2.bmp to /gfx/pantallas/
* Optionally, add to 'strings.ini' the new codes explained in instal-config.txt
* Edit camisetas.ini and carXXX files if desired. Follow the instructions in instal-config.txt
* You need etfiles_20051002 or a latest release installed
Double-click on eurotour-plus-3.0.0 to start the game
(obviously,
you need to have the original game installed)
3.0.1 changes from 3.0.0
1. Fixed bug that caused crashes after winning the team overall
2. Added button to pause the simulation when one of your riders starts a TT
3.0.0 changes from 2.5.2
1. Improved rider inscription system
2. Full support of simultaneous races
3. Bonus seconds
4. Time limits
5. TTTs (no 3d for the moment, sorry)
6. Per race leader jerseys, and ProTour jersey
7. Remove race inscription button
8. Configurable training age groups
9. Changing role of domestiques and free riders
10. Other minor improvements
11. Lots of new configuration parameters
2.5.2 changes from 2.5.1
1. Riders start to get dropped when their effort is higher than their maximum target effort - this means, sooner
2. Simultaneous races, with several limitations (riders in both races, bad training updates, inconsistent results screens)
3. Daily update of training parameters
4. Energy updates follow this expression: new_energy = energy_hotel +
energia_end / 4 (instead of / 2). Make sure to increase
ENERGIA_HOTEL values in viajes.sb
5. Same expresion is used to compute energy after training, so the .ENERGIA values in entrenamiento.sb should be *negative*
6. Better physiological model
7. CPU riders take food earlier
2.5.1 changes from 2.5
1. Compatibility with Windows 95/98/ME
2. Automatic changes or riders with free role
3. Random start shape
4. Added variability to shape drops
5. Super-days
6. More attacks from riders with low shape
7. Co-captain role also in modoresultado.ini. Two new parameters
required in this file: FMONT_BONUS_ROL_VICELIDER and
BONUS_FORMA_MULTIPLICADOR
8. Some other minor stuff
2.5 changes from 2.4.2
1. Improvements in sprints
2. Fixed some problems with the "TEXT" label
3. Two crash conditions fixed; another one patched (not sure if
successfully)
4. etconfig and leeconfig bundled with this release, as a replacement
to ataques. Only for 2.5 version or higher
2.4.2 changes from 2.4.1
1. Improved physiologycal model
2. Groups get dropped sooner on hard terrain
3. The "TEXT" label on the car0xx.sb files inserts text in the profile
not associated to any hot point
4. Bug fixes: teams with less than 9 riders; crashes on market days;
offers of 10 converted into 10000
Main changes leading to 2.4 are
- Riders do not get dropped in descents so frequently. IA
recommendation: re_esfuerzo=0.75
- Effort of the domestiques is that of the leader plus 3. IA
recommendation: p_esfuerzo_1/2/3 = 80/84/92
- The sprint parameter nos affects performance both in the aerobic (80
< effort < 93) and the anaerobic (effort > 93) zones
- Expansion of anaerobic zone. Higher speeds are possible now with
effort=100, but for less time. IA recommendation 1: gc_g_max=0.6. IA
recommendation 2: p_esfuerzo_3 should never be higher than 94
Release 2.4.1 fixes a bug in 2.4
eurotour-plus-2.3b (b is for beta)
28/12/2004
Main changes leading to 2.3b are
- Support of pave. The flat parameter determines the strength of a
rider in a cobbled section
- New energy recovery formula after a race: new_energy = energy_hotel +
energy_finish/2
- Up to six new riders in the market per week
eurotour-plus-2.2
11/9/2004
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 & faxnico
