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Elite for EMACS v.0.8.7

Features
Commands

Changes
Pictures

Game notes
Download & Installation

Development notes

Version 0.8.7 is the 8th public release of Elite for EMACS.

Features

8 galaxies, 256 systems in each galaxy
Trading
Combat
Combat status, legal status and reputation
AI Commanders trading/roaming in galaxy 1
Combat graphics/animation
Windowed user interface
Delivery missions
Passenger transport missions
1 special mission

Changes

See CHANGES for list of major changes since version 0.8.

Game notes

Functional equipment:

missiles
fuel scoops
front lasers
large cargo bay
energy unit
galactic hyperdrive

Reputation is gained when successfully completing missions.

There are currently 64 AI commanders in the galaxy 1. These commanders trade and roam galaxy following simple rules.

Development notes

Elite for EMACS uses windows and buffers in the user interface.

AI commanders will continue to evolve. In the future releases AI commanders have more active role in the universe.

Saved commanders are in two files, by default files are ~/.elite-commander and ~/.elite-commander_<COMMANDER NAME>.

Elite for EMACS is developed and tested on Emacs 20.7.1. running on Win2K. Frame size for Elite is 115*35. When starting Elite frame size is set to 115*35 and foreground, background and cursor colors are set to custom colors. After quitting Elite original size and original colors are restored.

Commands

See README for commands.

Pictures

	Commander Jameson in Lave system. Day 0 and journey is just beginning..
	Commander Jameson fighting for right to go freely to ORERVE. Notice typical malfunction in current Cobra MK III.

Download & Installation

Download Elite for EMACS v.0.8.7 and add these lines to .emacs
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "C:/apps/FSFEmacs/add-ons/elite-for-emacs-0.8.7"))
(require 'elite)

Delete elite commander save file (located by default in ~/.elite-commander). Saved games from previous versions are not compatible with this version.