TransGaming Point2Play 1.1.1 Release Notes
                                Sept. 16, 2003



TransGaming Point2Play 1.1.1 is a maintenance release that
provides a number of incremental refinements and fixes some
reported issues.

Please refer to the Point2Play HowTo Guide, available in the
Downloads section of the transgaming.com website, and also from
the help menu with Point2Play itself, for detailed usage
instructions:

 http://downloads.transgaming.com/files/Point2Play_howto-1.1-1.1.2.1.txt

If you require assistance, please feel free to make a post to the
Point2Play forum.  Make sure to mark your post as a support request
if you require a timely response from TransGaming's staff.

 http://www.transgaming.com/postlist.php?forum=884


New In this release:
====================

- Users now have the option to select a specific version of WineX rather than 
  the default WineX version when installing individual games. 
  
- Start a game by double-clicking on its icon, rather than just with the Play button. 

- A minor bug with the CDROM test when there is no CDROM/DVDROM drive in the system has been addressed.

- Text has been reformatted in the various tests providing an easier-to-read layout. 

- A resizable user interface that looks good at any screen size is now available. 

- Rename button has been added to the Main tab. 

- Point2Play starts up with a larger size and is now resizable by default.

- Modified focus behavior of Program Groups pane and Game Icon pane on Main 
  tab allows renaming and deleting icons individually or a program group at a time 

- A bug pertaining to renaming a program group has been fixed.

- It is now possible to rename individual game icons. 

- After installing a version of WineX, users will now be prompted to select if that version
  should be their default. 

- Some users experienced a crash when installing a game featuring an ampersand sign (&) in its title. This has now been fixed. 

- Point2Play will no longer crash when the message "list index out of range" appears.
  Special thanks to David Kopel for all the help in tracking down and squashing this bug. 



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How To Install Point2Play
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Point2Play is available in a variety of pre-built binary packages
designed to suit most Linux distributions. 

First select the package that is right for you:

rpm - RedHat Package Management (RedHat Linux, Mandrake Linux, etc)

To install the Point2Play rpm package, open a console/terminal window
and execute the following command as 'root':

 # rpm  -ivh  Point2Play-[version].rpm

deb - Debian Package (Debian GNU/Linux, Corel/Xandros Linux, Lindows,
etc)

To install the Point2Play deb package, open a console/terminal window
and execute the following command as 'root':

# dpkg  -i  Point2Play_[version].deb

tgz - Tar GZipped Package (Slackware Linux, etc.)

To install the Point2play tgz package, open a console/terminal window
and execute the following commands as 'root':

 # cd /
 # tar -xvzf  Point2Play-[version].tgz


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Known Issues
==================
- Distributions such as SuSE 8.2 and Debian Unstable use a version of pthreads which 
  only allows for a 2 megabyte per thread stack size.  Most games do not require more
  than 2 megabytes per thread, however some games such as Metal of Honor: Allied Assault
  do require more than 2 megabytes and will not work.  There is no work around for 
  the currently available WineX versions as of this writing. (3.0 and 3.1)
  A fix is presently under testing and is planned to be available in all future
  releases of WineX.  

  You can see if your distribution has this issue by running the "Test if POSIX
  Threads (pthreads) Are Required" test in the "System Tests" tab in Point2Play.
  
  Should you wish to fix this issue with your distribution you will 
  have to recompile Glibc with a greater default stack size; this is not for the
  faint of heart and will not be supported by TransGaming.

- On some SuSE 8.2 systems it has been observed that Point2Play is starting up
  with an incorrect background colour (it should be green). This will not affect
  the functionality or usability of Point2Play.