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* Syntasoft - Final Furlong Registered - Version 1.05
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Thank you for supporting Syntasoft and Final Furlong!

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*WARNING: If you already have an earlier version of Final Furlong installed, you will lose your current horse statistics with this update. If you want to keep those stats, backup your 'horses' directory, install this patch, and then restore that directory.


What's NEW?
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v1.05

Added:
-Horses now merge to the railing
-New effect at end of each race
-Customizable days until stakes
-Saves stakes info if you exit during stakes races
-increased starting money to $1000
-no bet limit during stakes races

Fixed:
-Game now works on computers without soundcards
-Sim mode faster
	(when on: 
		-1 min post time
		-countdown 3 times as fast
		-results now comes up)
-Problem with starting gate staying open, even before race
-Slow down max horse speed running across finish line
-Horses in a photo finish now lined up with the finish line
-Bug where pressing the options button starts the race
-Bug in stakes races where there was two of the same horse in same race
-Photo finish bug, horses skipping after the photofinish
-Horse duplication - game made horse duplicates


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Changed files:
stakesinfo.bmp
sprites.bmp

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Version 1.04
-Announcing files reduced in size, and more added
-New starting gate
-Additional performance increases added. Game should run at a constant speed on all computers, not fast on one and slow on others
-Fixed annoying black line that scrolls across the screen once and for all
-Fixed objects looking funny when they touch the left side of the screen during a race
-Announcing now more fluent, without gaps
-Added more sound vocals for the announcing
-Time it takes to run a race fixed for those who had problems with races being too long
-Fixed problem with the game speeding up/slowing down very quickly during a race
-Fixed post time counting very slowly on some computers
-Fixed odds changing to correspond with the post-time countdown
-Fixed bet payoffs - they were previously too high
-And other small details...

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Version 1.03
-Huge performance increase; game should run faster on slower computers
-Each horse has more noticable characteristics
-Added 'days until stakes races' display
-Stakes races every 10 days
-Fixed crash at end of the stakes races
-Fix blank horses after stakes races
-Fixed a problem with the RESTART button at the end of a day
-fixed bug with tree under the toteboard
-fixed overlapping of horse name on champion screen
-fixed high scores being overlapped
-game is now saved automatically when you exit the game or start a new game, so you can resume right where you left off
-high score list can no longer be dominated by one player after 3 consecutive days(only their highest score is recorded per session)
-fixed horses flying up unrealistically from behind at the end of the race
-fixed bug after 2nd consecutive stakes competitions
-sim mode turned off at stakes
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Notes...

Sim Mode - Sim mode simply removes the message that comes up at the end of the day asking if you want to continue/save or restart the game. Also it skips the results screen after each race. This feature is useful if you want to leave the races running while your away from your computer. Some people may want to do this at times to pass the time before the stakes races. Sim mode is turned off and the game is paused automatically when the stakes races arrive.

PLACES - WIN/PLACE/SHOW
When placing bets make sure that you understand the way the betting works. There are three options for placing a bet. You can place a bet to WIN, PLACE or SHOW. A WIN bet is pretty obvious, if the horse you select wins the race, you win the bet, and it will pay accordingly. On a PLACE bet, you profit if the horse you select comes in 1st OR 2nd. However, if the horse came in 1st, you would have not made as much as someone who had a WIN bet on the same race. Similarly, a show bet is more of a conservative bet in which you profit on a horse's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd finish, but profit is not as much.


-Hold down CTRL at any time to see your FRAMES PER SECOND (FPS) and mouse coordinates
-During a race, you have an option to center your view on a specific horse. This is useful if you bet on a horse who is not doing well, and is falling behind. You can center the camera view to isolate on him by using the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to to scroll between horses.


Game Issues
-If the game is runnings slow, try turning the trees off in the options menu.
-There is a memory leakage problem with certain drivers for GeForce3 video cards. Get the latest drivers to fix this.

**DirectX can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com/directx


Syntasoft
http://www.syntasoft.com


Enjoy!

