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Macintalk 1 - NOT FOR PPC
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This is not a detail history. It only summarizes significant changes.
2.8.9 (7/26/99)
- Added the ability to toggle between displaying the session score and pipcount by clicking in the score area
- Improved the Continue Playing Game option - now includes concedes
- Fixed some problems with saving a game when the game is quit
- When Click After Move is selected made so don't have to click after accepting best move and if click on dice if can't make all of a
move
- Fixed several other minor bugs/problems
2.8.8
- Money Game Play option was added
- Replaced the Session Stats button, in the end game dialog, with a Quit button.
- Fixed Click After Move and Instant Replay with both selected.
- Fixed Keyboard play for largest board size on 17 inch or greater monitor. + would take back moves
2.8.6/2.8.7
- Fixes a problem introduced in 2.8.5
2.8.5 - all changes put in this version are put into 2.8.6
- Added First Rolls Won to Session Stats and More Scores
- Added Dice Totals to More Scores
- Added Who Gets First Roll... to options menu replacing Human First roll and
Winner Rolls First menu items.
- Fixed incorrect scoring with a backgammon in certain situations
- Click After Move option was expanded to include clicking after the computer's move + dialog to select either.
- Darkened light dice dots for some colors
- With Automatic Rolls selected, the dice are not rolled automatically in the first game. Must click to start.
- Auto Pass will now pass automatically if only part of a move can be made.
- Plus other minor enhancements and changes/fixes
2.8.4
- Fix to registration/demo code
- Fixed compatability problem
2.8
- Option to continue to play a game after a double has been declined by either player
- Show Possible Moves now shows O in the row the piece is from
- Now save tournament data to be loaded when program is started again
- Made minor changes to the Doubling Cube logic
- Disabled Replay with same/swapped dice when Winner Rolls First is selected
- Fixed odds of rolling any of 4 numbers. 34/2 -> 32/4
- Several other minor changes/fixes
2.7.7
- Several minor changes were made
- Fixed a problem that could occur when loading a saved game
2.7.6
- Increased maximum board size to fill up 17 inch monitor
- made so that the close box causes fast quit (no message or ask to save game)
- Added option to replay the same dice
- Added option to replay the same dice but swapped - computer plays yours and you play the computer's
- Added 2 position hand cursor and changed to flesh colored for all boards
- Fixed several minor problems
2.7.4
- Added Game and Session statistics to the Stats menu
- Change the dialog displayed at the end of a game to display game statistics instead of session
- Added a button to the above to display session statistics
- Fixed the problem with "Show Possible Moves" always being selected on startup
- Fixed several other minor problems.
2.7.2
- Fixes a problem that can crash some machines if "3 Letter ID" menu item selected twice
- Increased the Preferred Memory size to accomodate larger monitors and greater color depths.
2.7.1
- Made several minor changes.
2.7
- Added option to select 4 or 2 dice on doubles.
- Improved the Speak Dice options.
- Fixed several minor things
- Made several minor tweaks/enhancements
2.6.2
- Fixed a couple of minor bugs
2.6
- Added 4 dice being display when doubles.
- Instead of dice being removed after being used they are darkened.
- Added Speak Dice option in Board menu
- Fixed a problem with the Show Possible Moves options. Xs were remaining sometimes.
2.5.4
- Fixed problem loading custom board when no preferences file
- Fixed - You "Can't Many any Moves" message coming up when computer is blocked by
prime from the BAR.
- Fixed the "Can't Double - Crawford Restriction" message coming up when it shouldn't
- Increased the delay after computer can't make any move from 1 to 2 seconds.
2.5.3
- Fixed problem when "Show Row Numbers" turned off causing a problem on startup on some machines.
2.5.2
- Added Winner Rolls First
- Added Blue2 board color scheme - made it the default
- Added "Current Session Statistics" dialog display at the end of a game
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.5
- added Pick Up Only 1 Piece option - made it the default
- numerous minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.4
- Added Tournament Stats to Stats menu- took off bottom of board frame
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.3
- Fixed the Custom Colors code and documentation
- removed Green2 board
- added Blue-Green board
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.2
- Added the AutoPass option
- Added BlotRisk (B)
- Improved low memory on larger monitors with millions of colors
- Added Cube Maximum Value
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.1.5
- Improved handling of large monitors and 16 & 32 bit color depths
- added GreenYellow board
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.1.3
- Improved computer skill handling the doubling cube in a running game
- Fixed the not enough memory bug when piece shape changed
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.1
- Fixed the Tournament problem with the score and doubling
- Improved computer skill
2.0.5
- Much better low memory handling
- numerous minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.0.4
- Put in Piece Shape option
- Took out colors from menus and fixed the NotePad/Help menus
- Increased Max BoardWidth to 900 from 750 pixels
- Added Cmd z for undoing moves/dice/double
- numerous minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.0.3
- Improved computer play skill
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.0.2
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs
2.0.1
- improved computer play skill