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 Fooli recently dug out the first set of release notes from an old harddrive:
+**(Sometime late 2000)**\\
 ==== A tractor v0.001 ====
 A landscape, a mapping and object system demonstrated by trees and fireworks, a tractor,
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 a chat and console command system, and um, errr, the day-cycle stuff from ages ago.
 So, what Tractor be, is a small DirectX 8 prog allowing a few ppl to dodigly drive tractors about online. Maybe.
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 ==== v0.002 ====
 Fixed the warning message thing that crashed it when comm errors came up. Thats all.
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 Noticed that the control didnt work right at different frame rates, so fixed that. And theres a player list. And an
 FPS counter (on the F1 debug screen).
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 ==== v0.005b & Server v0.11 ====
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 **30 Jan 2001**\\
-(I rearranged version numbers at this point so that client and server versions are related)\\
+//(I rearranged version numbers at this point so that client and server versions are consistent)//\\
 ==== v0.008 ====
 Map editing comms added, allowing terrain and static object modifications. Lens flares on headlights. (Without detection
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 Building modification and update added.  Added *savemap, *loadmap and various other console functions.
 Added the ServerConfig.txt that allows you to change the name of the server,its welcoming message and the name of the Owner.
-Added God & Owner authorisation levels. Added basic password encryption. (Ain't hard to hack if you're that way inclined, so
+Added God & Owner authorisation levels. Encrypted passwords on server. The last accessed IP, horn and drawdistance are now stored in the client config file.
-I wouldnt bother ;] ) The last accessed IP, horn and drawdistance are now stored in the client config file.
 Added a temporary initialisation screen, and reordered the initialisation so the window appears early.
 Added the line renderer and the construction screen that uses it. Fuel counting activated.
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 ==== A tractor v0.01 ====
-The next earliest reference to any kind of dated version of the game i've found so far is through the waybackmachine site for a-tractor.com, which indicates:\\
+//The next earliest reference to any kind of dated version of the game i've found so far is through the waybackmachine site for a-tractor.com, which indicates://\\
 \\
 **Latest update : 30th Nov 2001 - 0.01a**\\
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 .. and according to the associated docs & forum snapshots this had a couple of hosted worlds, various building types (including petrol stations), families of some sort and lots of trading goin on. I have no memory of any of this :]\\
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-(You'll note in subsequent records that there was at least two v0.01s, following the First Great Version Numbering Schism.)\\
+<note>(You'll note in subsequent records that there was at least two v0.01s, following the First Great Version Numbering Schism.)</note>
-\\
+//Then a bit of a gap in the records until..//
-Bit of a gap follows until..
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 ==== Sunday September 21, 2003 ====
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-I'm not sure what that was about.. stardrive, most likely. I guess it was after this (in 2004) when space was added and the game changed to being 'The Universal' for a long while, and the next v0.01 got done..
+//I'm not sure what that was about.. stardrive, most likely. I guess it was after this (in 2004) when space was added and the game changed to being 'The Universal' for a long while, and the next v0.01 got done..//
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