Upcoming President Infinity – Version Ericson – 2.5.8

Hi everyone,

This post will keep track of changes to the upcoming version of President Infinity v. Ericson – 2.5.8.

Changes so far (this list will be updated as changes are implemented on this side, these changes will not be available until the version is released):

• Editor > fixed bug that occurs where create new leader, then try to edit id, if a region has no one on ballot
• 7 days per turn > select event > now shows correct date on pop-up
• Editor > can set time for final results for a region
• Editor > can set how often results updated for a region
• Editor > Regions > ‘Percentages’ and ‘Candidates’ tabs now under new ‘Parties’ tab
• Editor > Regions > On Ballot > added ‘Set All’ button
• Main Screen > starts, changes region quicker
• Change Campaign Screen > can delete a user-designed campaign
• Change Campaign Screen > added Import button
• Change Campaign Screen > Import > can import a campaign from a folder on your computer
• Change Campaign Screen > Import > can import a campaign from a zip file on your computer
• Change Campaign Screen > Import > can go directly to campaigns.270soft.com, with category ‘President Infinity’
• game options now stored in xml file instead of text file
• Editor > election date -> regions screen
• Main Screen > added ‘Pop. Vote’ viewing mode
• Main Screen > ‘v’ selects Pop. Vote viewing mode
• Strategy Screen > if in general election viewing mode, doesn’t display ‘Soonest’ button
• Highscores > percentages > fixed bug where wasn’t calculating %s correctly, and so might not get goal bonus
• Highscores > percentages > fixed bug where wasn’t calculating %s correctly, and so might not get correct bonuses
• Editor > Regions > fixed bug with setting incumbent party
• Editor > Regions > universal (for ex., ‘United States’) > added drop-down box to select party with Congressional delegations majority
• Main Screen > if direct pop. vote, Seats Swing button not visible
• Editor > if campaign path longer than label, when mouse over displays full path
• Editor > when select campaign, now has options to import or delete
• fixed bug if starting in primaries and campaign using polls to specify %s, used party %s from percentages.xml instead of polls
• added United States – 2004 – Beta
• Direct popular vote > Main Screen > fixed bug where viewing seats in primaries, then select general election
• Editor > Parties > Primaries and Convention > added ‘Nominee selection:’ drop-down box with ‘None’, ‘Primaries and Convention’
• Editor > Parties > Primaries and Convention > if nominee selection set to ‘none’ for a party, they don’t have primaries or convention, start immediately in general election mode
• removed version name (ex. ‘Ericson’) from versioning info, is now just a number (ex. ‘2.5.5’)
• 2016 > primaries > McMullin, Bloomberg > nominee selection > set to none
• 2008 > primaries > Nader > nominee selection > set to none
• 2004 > primaries > Nader > nominee selection > set to none
• 1980 > primaries > Anderson > nominee selection > set to none
• 1968 > primaries > American Independent Party > nominee selection > set to none
• Select Campaign Screen > changed Simulation button icon from eyeglass to test tube
• fixed bug where chance accept offer to withdraw always 100%
• Editor > Events > fixed bug where didn’t update to event effect selected
• Strategy Screen > added ‘by seats’ (‘by popular vote’ if determined by direct popular vote) viewing mode
• Strategy Screen > added ‘by org. strength’ viewing mode
• 2004 > John Edwards > charisma 5 -> 4
• 1968 > Endorsers > Sen. Ernest Gruening > surrogate Lisa Murkowski -> Ernest Gruening
• can no longer view Strategy Screen while in primaries mode if your party has no primaries (fixes bug)
• if another party’s primaries selected on Main Screen, can now view other party primaries in Strategy Screen
• chance Vice-Leader makes gaffe if Barnstorming isn’t successful now effected by their Experience
• fixed bug where name of person making gaffe while barnstorming, regardless of who actually made it, is leader’s
• gaffes for Leaders and Vice-Leaders now also affected by their Issue Familiarity and Issue Familiarity upgrade
  (chance = (50-energy)*2 + (3-experience)*10 + (3-(issue familiarity+(issue familiarity upgrade/200))*10)
  ex. Energy is 25, Experience is 4, Issue Familarity is 3, Issue Familiary Upgrade is 50
  chance = (50-25)*2 + (3-4)*10 + (3-(3+50/200))*10 = 50 + (-10) + (-2.5) = 50 – 12.5 = 37.5% chance will have gaffe if barnstorming not successful
• Main Screen > primaries > fixed bug where would show days until primaries with party where no primaries (nomination type set to ‘none’)
• Main Screen > direct pop. vote > primaries > fixed bug where delegates option for primaries gone from drop-down box
• 2004 > Democratic primaries > Michigan > FPP -> PR, primary -> caucus
• Main Screen > momentum viewing mode > no longer shows ‘MMT’ after given momentum number
• if non-aggression pact, news story
• if non-aggression pact, popup notifying, if not message added to alerts section of notes
• Editor > Leaders > significantly sped up
• Non-aggression pacts now show on Player Info Screen, include turns left in pact
• Editor > Leaders > Home > can now search for region
• Editor > Leaders > Surrogates > Home > can now search for region
• Editor > Leaders > Surrogates > Barnstorming Bonuses > can now search for region
• Editor > Leaders > new > fixed bug > removed “Add new leader as potential vice-leader?”
• Editor > Regions > Parties > added listbox that summarizes relevant general election info
• Editor > Regions > Parties > can click on party in listbox to go to that party
• Main Screen > fixed bug where couldn’t spacebar to click Done button after a turn
• Editor > Events > Outcomes > fixed bug if changed from attribute issue to position issue, where wouldn’t update to relevant effect values for new issue type
• Editor > Issues > can see all issue position descriptions at once, can click on any one to select
• Editor > Issues > can see all issue position descriptions at once, can click on any one to select