Jgame Change History

Change History

(In reverse chronological order -- start at bottom.)

Generic (all games) version 0.7a (01 February 2001)

Generic (all games) version 0.7 (30 January 2001)

Added "Retrace" (back) and "Unretrace" (forward) menu items, to return to previously viewed positions
Added game history window
"Point of View" now saved with game tree (small extension of file format)
Added navigation buttons; rearranged main window layout
Moved game comment TextArea to separate window
Another attempt to fix color slider sizes -- will it work? (I think it did!)
Windows retain size and location when changing trees
Saved with preferences: window size and position, point-of-view (but -- oops! -- point-of-view should be with game file, not preferences (!))
Very cool tree compare tool
Fixed bug when copying "subtree" below root
Optionally flag new and/or value-changed nodes when merging trees
Search for substrings in comments
Alternate next move status indicators (Alternate (default), Player 1, or Player 2)
Improved startup text
Indicate "favorable" positions similar to winning positions

Jhex version 0.7 (30 January 2001)

Jtwixt version 0.7 (30 January 2001)

Import from files (instead of just pasted text)
TextArea in import window resizes with window
Added import of 'simple' game records
Made diagonal "guide lines" show/hidable
Added Twixteus-style text next-move symbols
Added import of Twixteus files
Fixed bug where long moves were read incorrectly from a file (pbemnull might be reversed)
Fixed bug where "long" moves were written to file with wrong byte count
Made it easier to select standard size (24x24) new board

Generic (both Hex and Twixt) version 0.6 (24 November 2000)

Added brief instructions to game record import window
Improved support for designated main variations in (sub-)trees
Cloned frames open to same location in tree (rather than root of tree)
Added "Backward to Non-Branch" command
Positions can now be labeled "favorable", "unfavorable" or "tied", in addition to "win" or "lose"
Save grid label and move number settings with preferences
Major reorganization of code, in preparation of generalizing to other games
Changed file format -- files are more compact
Changed file format -- format is ready to be generalized to other games

Jhex version 0.6 (24 November 2000)

Jtwixt version 0.6 (24 November 2000)

Version 0.5 (19 September 2000)

Added arrow keys, Home and End for tree navigation
Shift-clicking on a filled hex takes you back to that move
Piece shapes are now exciting random polygons, rather than monotonous circles
Change frame title after save (or "save as...")
Linked grid color and text color (should eventually make these separately adjustable)
Made font size slightly smaller and adjusted alignment
Added indicator for last move played
Merging trees now reports number of nodes and twigs added
Fixed bug where frames would ask again to be saved long after they were closed
Fixed bug in recomputing values after deletion of node
Win indicator
Show and hide grid labels and move numbers
Some menu item rearrangement
Move numbers on top of pieces
Grid labels
Fixed bug in "Reset Colors" menu item
Board now resizes with window
New board display -- hexes are both more regular (all same size) and less regular (not equilateral). I liked the old board appearance better, but it tended to look a little ragged because of integer truncation.
Added copy-subtree function (useful for sharing small parts of large libraries)

Version 0.4 (04 September 2000)

Added title of frame to warn-save dialog
Added import of PBeM game records
Added detailed documentation
Added merge trees function
Improved import of Playsite game records
Unique window titles
Fixed bug in merging trees (symptom: tree navigation after rotating a branch wouldn't work properly)
Added unlabeled nodes to statistics
More rearrangement of buttons and menus
Import Playsite game records (preliminary)
Rearranged and consolidated menus
Added statistics functions
Next node w/ comment function (for weeding out typo comments)
Next node function

Version 0.3 (22 August 2000)

Version 0.2 (20 August 2000)

No "save?" warnings when quitting with message window in front
Runs out of memory for large trees
Focus issues for arrow keys
"Window flicker" problem on Windows98 (?; I can't reproduce this, but someone else has)

Loop through nodes at depth n
Allow for non-tree game trees
Update titles in subsidiarly windows
Player names, etc, in game history window
Search for regexes in comments (?)
Fix arrow key focus problem (how?)
Remember more things in file, instead of preferences (window size/position, comment window visibility, etc.)
More graceful behavior when encountering corrupt files
Include more info about players and actual games in trees
Customizable menu key shortcuts (?)
Customizable navigation/valuation bar (?)
Open large trees without putting entire tree into memory
Store bookmarks with tree instead of frame? Save bookmarks with tree?
Default start-up file (?)
Import Twixt greater than 26x26 (double letter coords)
Synchro-moves in cloned frames (?)
Net stuff (??)
PBeM interface (??)
Pre-fab color settings to match other Hex/Twixt/etc boards (??)
Export image of board position
Switch to Swing components (?)
Fine tune appearance
Export to other formats
Compute stats more efficiently when merging trees (?)
Improve appearance of win indicator
Make empty hexes different color from background (?)