Announcing Release 8.1 of Trade Wars Helper

Trade Wars Helper has been made an even more powerful tool for the new
TW2002 version 2 wide beta release and is still fully compatable with
version 1.03.  Besides the major enhancements disususssed below and
other improvements discussed in the README file, additional changes have
been made for the Major BBS version of Trade Wars. 

The Universe Mapping feature has been updated using new version 2.00
capability with a very cost effective, although potentially long
running, routine to map the universe using Ether Probes.  Depending on
the universe generated and the speed of the BBS computer, it is now
possible to use a single batch of 25 Ether Probes to explore up to 1000
sectors in approximatly one and a half hours!  On a slow computer and
different game setup, the same 25 probes might explore 500 sectors in
four hours.  Still cost effective but really boring! 

If you thought playing evil was was no longer advantageous, get TWHELP!
With Trade Wars Helper you can cross steal between paired ports using
normal movement or the Transporter.  The paired ports can be where two
products are involved or where you steal the same product from both.
And the trading algrothim with the psychic probe has been enhanced to
get the five experience points per sell from each port whenever
possible!  It now also gets two experience points when trading almost
every time! 

The rob command has been updated to rob between paired ports also using
normal movement, the TransWarp Drive or Transporting.  And not only does
TWHelper keep track of ports where you've been busted and the number of
days since last robbed, it keeps track of ports that have been drained
of credits and it notifies you of ports that are good candidates for
robbing!

Also the commands that automatically scan, move, trade and/or deploy
fighters along the way can now also steal and rob at the appropriate
ports including robbing after buying!  What an advantage these and many
of the other Trade Wars Helper commands give you.  And the specialized
paired ports command, which located stealing pairs in the prior release,
has been expanded to locate robbing pairs, optionally using a product
percentage criteria during the search.

This latest release is named TWHELP81.ZIP and can be downloaded on the
first call from Monty's Place BBS (801) 944-8636 or Rocky Mountain
Software (801) 963-8720 and logging on as "Just Fun" with a password of
"Software".  The file size is 300K and 14,400 bps capability is
available.  This archive now contains the program module for a 5000
sector universe. 

A Small Universe version is in a separate zip file named TWHSU81.ZIP.
Its file size is 175K and is functionally equivalent to the standard
version, run about 20-25% faster and requires sightly less memory but
can only handle a TW universe of up to 3000 sectors.  It does require
modules from the standard zip file to operate.  Thus if you have a 386
or faster machine, just download TWHELP81.ZIP.  Otherwise get both zip
files.

Registration keys for release 7.0 and above work for release 8.1.  Be
sure to erase twhelplu.exe, readmelu.txt and twhlu.bat immediatly after
installing release 8.1 to avoid confusion. 

Trade Wars Helper is a players TERMINAL PROGRAM that maintains an ONLINE
DATABASE of sectors with their port, warp to, and other information.
Several commands are available to utilize this information in addition
to AUTOMATING most of the repetitive processes and a GRAPHICS MAP
display.  Trade Wars Helper - Don't leave FedSpace without it!