This the second maintanence release of the 2.12 stable gnome-games
branch. It contains only one bug fix and several translation
updates. The bug fix eliminates an illegal move the the Aisleriot game
"Thirteen". Upgrading is only useful if you play Thirteen or you speak
Swedish, Estonian or Dutch.
gnome-games 2.12.1
==================
This is a stable maintenance release of gnome-games. Several bugs have
been fixed and translations have been updated. Upgrading is
recommended.
The bugs fixed:
General: Fixes to the build system to ensure the correct glib version
is used and make sure compiling without ESD works. Compiler fixes for
Solaris and Mac OS X.
Aisleriot: Fix conflicts between menu short-cuts. Fail more gracefully
when a game file cannot be found (necessary when using a shared home
directory).
Nibbles: Fix conflicts between menu short-cuts.
Robots: Set the background color correctly at start-up.
Gnometris: Obey the preview preference at start-up.
Mines: Fix a crasher involving multiple simultaneous button clicks.
gnome-games 2.12.0
==================
Here it is! The shiny new stable release of gnome-games.
Those of you following the testing releases will only notice two
changes: The handling of mouse movement with the buttons down in Mines
has been improved and the French docs for Aisleriot are all installed
properly.
For those of you who like your software bug-free, this is what has changed:
General:
- Lots of UI tweaks, thanks to Dennis Cranston tireless attention to detail.
- Slightly better UI for network games.
- Better use of stock items for menus and toolbars.
Aisleriot:
- Stacks of cards that run off the bottom of the screen are squeezed
up to make them fit.
- Cards you can drop other cards onto are hilighted (Vincent Povirk did
all the hard work for this one).
- Three new games: Backbone, Carpet and Triple Peaks.
- Double clicking foundation cards triggers auto-move, very useful for
finishing up games like Klondike (not universally supported).
- Fullscreen mode.
Four in a Row:
- Nice (SVG) default graphics from Alan Horkan.
- A new game starts the moment the program is launched.
Gnometris:
- Now uses the new high scores dialog.
Iagno:
- Starts a new game the moment the program starts.
- Removed the clock - it was useless.
Mahjongg:
- If you click on a second tile and it doesn't match the first we now
select that one as the new first tile rather than telling you off.
- Fullscreen mode.
- Display the current game in the title bar.
Mines:
- Using the left button on a cleared square is now like using the middle
button. This makes the game a lot easier for those with an awkward middle
button. All the old buttons still work, so no one should be disadvantaged.
- The first click is now guaranteed to clear a useful number of squares:
no more clicking randomly to find a gap.
- When you click on a mine you now get an explosion.
Robots:
- Remove the specialised key sets. The left-hand key set only worked with
US keyboards and anyone who is old school enough to use the traditional
keys knows how to customise them.
Same GNOME:
- A "Fast Animation" mode for the impatient.
- Better grid and background colours.
Stones:
- The level you last played is remembered properly.
- Remove all the scrolling options and replace it with one good scrolling
algorithm.
Tali:
- The word "Yahtzee" has been completely eliminated so there is absolutely
no chance of a trademark dispute.
Tetravex:
- Tiles get hilighted on mouse-over: just like any other widget.
Lots of people contributed to this release:
Callum McKenzie
Richard Hoelscher
Vincent Povirk
Dennis Cranston
Alan Horkan
Peter Moulder
Clytie Siddall
and all the other people who reported bugs and provided patches and
gave generous feedback but for whom my record keeping has failed
miserably to keep track of.
And also of course the translation team.
gnome-games 2.11.5
==================
This is the final release candidate for 2.12. Testing this release is
strongly encouraged. It should compile on a GNOME 2.10 system without
any extra libraries.
As usual there are no new features, however there are some things that
need attention:
- Aisleriot drawing code: there has been a change here that is rather
drastic for this late in the release cycle. Any drawing glitches
should be filed as bugs. When reporting the bug please describe
exactly what you were doing, the game played, and how many cards you
were dragging. Screenshots won't go amiss either.
- The aisleriot statistics dialog: if I haven't got the autoconf
magic right then the close button on this dialog may
fail. Alternatively configure may fail. In either case I am interested
in reports of this, espeically on Fedora core 3 and core 4 systems.
- Once again, aisleriot: there is a strange crash that happens very
infrequently. I have seen it myself, but not managed to get a good
stack trace. Anyone who has debugging symbols turned on and
experiences a crash -please report it. It will occur while, or shortly
after dragging some cards.
All other crashes should also be reported.
gnome-games 2.11.4
==================
This release is the second beta release of gnome-games in preparation
for GNOME 2.12. There are no new features, only bug-fixes,
documentation updates and translation updates.
gnome-games 2.11.3
==================
This is the user-interface freeze release of gnome-games. Most of the
changes have been bug-fixes.
General:
- Slightly streamlined build process (callum).
Aisleriot:
- Improvements to the card dropping code (callum and Peter Moulder).
- UI cleanups (Dennis Cranston).
- Stop the rules being changed mid-game (callum).
- Help for games with multi-word names should work in French locales (callum).
Ataxx:
- Clarify the rules (rah).
- Fix some drawing glitches (callum).
Mahjongg:
- Documentation XML fixup (Peter Moulder).
Mines:
- UI tweaks (Dennis Cranston)
- It will now compile when optimisation is turned off.
Same Gnome:
- UI tweaks (Dennis Cranston)
Stones:
- The level you last played is now remembered between games. You can
also start at any level, not just the pre-defined ones (callum).
Games Server:
- The games-server program now behaves like a real Unix daemon (callum).
- Fix a typo in the schema descriptions (Clytie Siddall).
gnome-games 2.11.2
==================
This is the feature-freeze release of gnome-games. These are the
major, user-visible, changes:
Aisleriot:
- Three new games: Carpet (almost completely pointless) and Backbone (not
pointless at all) from Vincent Povirk. Triple Peaks from Richard
Hoelscher.
- Hilighting of valid drop targets not works for all games where it
makes sense (Vincent Povirk).
- Scores are hidden for games where it doesn't make sense (rah).
Four in a Row:
- New SVG graphics from Alan Horkan. The classic and high contrast
themes has been updated and a new High Contrast Inverse theme has been
added. Both of these accessibility themes now match the GNOME themes
of the same name (Alan Horkan).
- Subtle grid-drawing improvements (callum).
- Some of the themese have changed names (Alan Horkan).
Mahjongg:
- Display the current game in the title-bar.
Tali:
- The phrase "Yahtzee" has been replaced with "5 of a kind". It
doesn't sound as sexy, but it is more obvious what it means and
it isn't a trademark (rah, callum).
Plus lots of bug fixes, code cleanups, api modernisation, and -of
course- the tireless work of the translation team.
gnome-games 2.11.1
==================
Finally, a very belated 2.11.x entry for gnome-games. A lot has changed
and I've probably missed a few things, but here are the main points:
General:
- (Slightly) improved UI for starting network games.
- Lots of HIG-conformance tweaks leading to nicer dialogs.
- Use of modern APIs and stock items, once again giving a nicer feel
to the UI.
Aisleriot:
- Per-game options work again. e.g. Klondike has the option for 3-card deals.
- Valid places to drop cards are now hilighted (only on some games).
- Dropping cards in the right place is now easier.
- Double-clicking the foundation in Klondike auto-moves cards to the
foundatione. Very useful at the end of the game.
- Fullscreen mode.
- Gay Gordons is guaranteed to be solvable.
- Long card lists are automatically expand and contract to fit the window.
Four in a row:
- A new game starts the moment the prgram is launched.
Gometris:
- Use the new high-scores dialog.
Iagno:
- Start a new game when the program loads.
- Removed the clock, it was useless.
Mahjongg:
- Rather than assuming clicking on a second, mismatched, tile was a mistake,
assume that the player wants to select it as the first of a different pair.
- Fullscreen mode.
Mines:
- Using the left button on a cleared square is now like using the middle
button. This makes the game a lot easier for those with an awkward middle
button.
- The first click is guaranteed to clear a "useful" number of squares so you
don't have to blindly click and hope you don't hit a mine.
- An explosion graphic is drawn on a mine if you set it off.
Robots:
- Remove the specialised key sets.
Same GNOME:
- Fast animation mode for those who are impatient.
- Better grid, background and cursor colours.
Stones:
- Allow only one scrolling technique. Improve the quality of the scrolling.
Tali:
- UI tweaks: the dice area behaves like a toolbar wth prelight hilighting
and the like.
Tetravex:
- Tiles get hilighted on mouse-over. i.e. the behave just like any other
GTK component.
And of course a lot of bug fixes and code cleanups.
This is a bug-fix and translation update release. There were serious
problems with the statistics recroding in Aisleriot in 2.10, this has
been fixed. A crasher in blackjack and some other misbehaviour has
also been fixed.
Aisleriot:
- Fix statistics collection (callum).
- Restart the timer after an undo at the end of the game (callum).
Blackjack:
- Avoid crasher due to multiple events (mccann).
Nibbles:
- Make sure the preferences menu sensitivity is set correctly after a
network game is cancelled (callum).
gnome-games 2.10.0
==================
Hooray! The 2.10 release of the GNOME Games package is here.
The people who made this release happen where:
Callum McKenzie
Richard Hoelscher
William Jon McCann
Paolo Borelli
Jonathan Blandford
Damien Laniel
Andreas Røsdal
Thomas Vander Stichele
Major changes since 2.9.0:
General:
- The use of "seeds" has been removed from through-out gnome-games.
- Zeroconf support for network games (requires libhowl).
- GTK+ 2.6 is now required.
- guile 1.6 is also required for Aisleriot.
Aisleriot:
- A partial French translation of the documentation.
- An undo option on the end-of-game dialog.
- Better SVG rendering.
Ataxx:
- The top-left player is the starting player. This makes it
consistent with most other implementations.
Blackjack:
- The menu has been rearranged.
Five or More:
- Can now be played with the keyboard.
Four-in-a-row:
- The game is now resizeable.
Iagno:
- Zeroconf network games.
- The AI no longer cheats.
Nibbles:
- Zeroconf network games.
Klotski:
- The game is now resizeable.
- New levels.
Same GNOME:
- Complete rewrite.
- Resizable window and graphics.
- Multiple game sizes to choose from.
- Full-screen mode.
- Undo/redo.
- New high score dialog.
Tali:
- The undo option (which was always considered cheating) has been
removed.
- Tied games are now handled correctly.
What more do you need to know: get playing!
gnome-games 2.9.7
=================
This is the first release candidate for gnome-games 2.10. Since the
last release there have been minor bug fixes and documentation and
translation updates. The only expected changes between now and the
2.10 release are documentation polishing and urther translation work.
Bugs fixed:
Aisleriot:
- Make Neighbor and Helsinki work properly in click-to-move mode.
- Clarify the rules for Gay Gordons.
Ataxx:
- Fix a crash on exit (again).
- Make sure everything is translated.
Blackjack:
- Display the application icon properly.
- Translate the menus correctly.
Four-in-a-row:
- Draw the board properly if the toolbar is enabled.
Gnometris:
- Clear the preview window when the game ends.
Mines:
- Show the correct high score category when the game is won.
- (Hopefully) fix some start-up crashes.
Same GNOME:
- Draw the border lines correctly.
- More documentation updates.
- Show the correct high score dialog when we win.
- Add code to handle changes in theme names (only relevant for
gnome-games-extra-themes in CVS).
- Initialize the size menu correctly.
- Translate the menus and high score dialog correctly.
Tetravex:
- Minor fix ups for some levels.
- Fill in more target scores.
gnome-games 2.9.6
=================
This is the second beta release of gnome-games leading to the 2.10.0
release. Once again the major changes since the last relase are bug
fixes.
Aisleriot:
- Guile 1.6.5 or later is required on 64-bit machines. 32-bit machines
still only need 1.6.0 or later. This is to avoid a guile bug. (callum)
Ataxx:
- Fix a crash on exit (rah, callum)
Blackjack:
- Menu items are now translated properly (rah).
Klotski:
- Fix the "Sunshine" level to be actually winnable (rah).
Mines:
- Fix yet another bug when changing the board size (rah).
Robots:
- Documentation updates (Adam Weinberger).
- Don't crash when theme files are missing (callum).
Same GNOME:
- Fix the graphics for the stones theme (callum).
Stones:
- Handle missing file more gracefully (rah).
gnome-games 2.9.5
=================
This is the first beta release of gnome-games leading up to the 2.10.0
release. There is little change from 2.9.4, mostly bug fixes thanks to
Richard Hoelscher.
Aisleriot:
- Revert the UI changes (callum).
- Fix scorpions end of game check (callum).
Ataxx:
- Fixes for various crashes and over-verbocity (rah).
Gnometris:
- Fix the scoring at the end of the game (rah).
Iagno:
- Code cleanups for the AI (rah).
Klotski:
- Be even more graceful if the images can't be found (rah).
Same-Gnome:
- Make clicking work when using sloppy focus (mccann).
Tetravex:
- Icon translucency inprovements (rah).
gnome-games 2.9.4
=================
This is the feature-complete version of gnome-games leading up to
2.10. Most of the work since the last release has gone into restoring
the missing features in same-gnome. While there are one or two bugs I
know about, please report any that you find.
Other changes:
General:
- games-preimage usage has been changed to remove unnecessary
gnome-vfs dependencies (rah).
- New, generic, high scores widget based on the gnomine one (callum).
Aisleriot:
- Swapped the "new game" and "quit" buttons on the end-of-game dialog.
It doesn't really matter, but it seems better this way around in same-gnome
and I want to be consistent (callum).
Mahjongg:
- Behave nicely when the requested theme cannot be found (rah).
Mines:
- Use the new high scores widget. It looks like the old one though (callum).
Same GNOME:
- High scores now work (callum).
- The theme selector now works. I will also search in you home directory
under $XDG_DATA_HOME/gnome-games/same-gnome/themes/2.10 $XDG_DATA_HOME is
$HOME/.local/share if you haven't set it explicitly. A better UI for this
will appear in the future. The system-wide theme location has also changed
because the format has changed (callum).
- The game-over dialog is much improved. It gives a quit option and, if you
scored in the top 10, displays the high score table (callum).
- The stones theme has been restored, but still has a slight animation glitch
(callum).
- Undo and Redo work (callum).
- Fullscreen mode works (callum).
- Online help works (callum).
gnome-games 2.9.3
=================
*** WARNING ***
This release contains a rewrite of same-gnome. This rewrite is not
complete and has some known bugs, so when filing bugs against same-gnome
please consider the following:
Please DO NOT report:
- Features that do not work. These are not complete.
- Changing the board size does do what you expect.
- The lack of your favourite theme.
- The speed/smoothness of the animation.
- The inability to turn animation off.
- The documentaion (it hasn't changed).
Please DO report:
- Constructive criticism of the UI (including the animation).
- Any crashes. These should not happen.
Also, do not look at the code. It will make you go blind. Especially
render_cb ().
In other news, the following code has been updated:
General:
- Better support for multi-visual environments (callum)
- Check for guile >= 1.6 (callum)
- Better behaviour if themes aren't found (Josselin Mouette)
- Key control lists have searching disabled (rah)
Aisleriot:
- Further work on the French documents translation (heretik)
- File reorganisation (jrb)
- Will-o-the-wisp doesn't accidentally flip cards (callum)
- The spider games can now also be finished by stacking all the cards
on the tableau rather without moving any to the foundation (Jeff Bailey)
- The quit option is back on the game-over dialog (pborelli)
Five or More:
- Removal of hard-coded constants (Marco Colombo)
- Code cleanups (callum)
- Better contrast for the keyboard cursor (rah)
Iagno:
- Stop the level 3 AI from cheating (rah)
Klotski:
- UI improvements (rah)
- Bug fixes (rah)
- Removal of deprecated functions (rah)
Mahjongg:
- Tile sorting has been fixed (callum)
Same-gnome:
- Complete rewrite, the (completed) new features include:
- Variable board sizes
- Cute, but annoying, animations
- Keyboard control
- Resizeable window
- Apologies to Telsa for the about dialog.
gnome-games 2.9.2.1
===================
Unfortunately 2.9.2 required a CVS installation of librsvg to
build. The code in question was non-essential and has been removed for
the moment. In addition, some more minor patches have been applied:
Aisleriot:
- Converted the menu code to gtk 2.4 (callum).
- Bug-buddy support for scheme errors (jrb).
Five or More:
- Next balls -> Balls since they could be things that aren't balls (alan).
libgames-support:
- Some checks were not returning values for functions requiring return
values (rah).
gnome-games 2.9.2
=================
This is the second *unstable* 2.9 release of gnome-games.
There is no 2.9 release of gnome-games-extra-data. The 2.8.0 release
is still current.
Major changes:
Aisleriot:
- Revised end-of-game dialog. The quit option is gone, an undo
option has been added if there are no more moves (callum).
- The gh_* interface to guile has been replaced with the scm_* interface
(jrb).
- Bug fixes for Odessa (callum).
- Beginning of a French translation for the docs (heretik).
Ataxx:
- Fix resource leaks (pborelli).
- Documentation update (sjoerd).
Blackjack:
- General code cleanup and bug fixes (mccann).
- Improved dialog text (mccann).
- Menu rearrangement/improvements (mccann).
Five or more:
- Better error handling (callum).
- Keyboard control (anton gavrilov).
Four-in-a-row:
- Disable sound support until we actually have sounds to use (callum).
Klotski:
- UI reorganisation (rah).
- Code cleanup (rah).
Mines:
- Various bug fixes for command line options that are out of range (callum).
Nibbles:
- Fix the description in the sound list (callum).
Robots:
- Fix the description in the sound list (callum).
Tali:
- Removed the undo option. It isn't useful (callum).
- Handle a tied game (callum, rah).
libgames-support:
- AIX compile fixes for the networking code (callum).
- Fix rendering for ace-high decks (rah, Harry Ray).
- Add range checking on the input for games-card-* (callum).
gnome-games 2.9.1
=================
This is the first release of the 2.9 *unstable* series of gnome-games.
Important changes:
- Network games support zeroconf if libhowl is available (thanks to
Andreas Røsdal).
- Four-in-a-row and Klotski are now resizeable (Paolo Borelli and
Richard Hoelscher respectively).
- Player-visible random number seeds have been eliminated from gnome-games.
- Quality of rendering for large SVG images has been improved (Richard
Hoelscher).
- gnome-games now requires GTK+ 2.5.
Aisleriot:
- Remove the seed dialog and title annotation (callum).
- Improve the sensitivity of menu items (callum).
- Improved SVG rendering (richard)
Ataxx:
- Drawing fixes (callum).
- Make the top-left player the starting player (callum).
- Code cleanups (callum).
Blackjack:
- Removed seed from the title bar (callum).
Five or more:
- Improved rendering (richard).
- Closing the end-of-game high-score dialog starts a new game (callum).
Four-in-a-row:
- The game is now resizeable (paolo).
Gnometris:
- Conditionally compile the sound support (callum).
- Fix dropping backgrounds from Konqueror (callum).
Iagno:
- Zerofconf networking (andreas).
- Undo in network games is disabled (andreas).
Klotski:
- The game is now resizeable (richard).
- New puzzles (richard).
Mahjongg:
- Menu sensitivity fixes (callum).
- Stop hints flashing when the player does something else (richard).
- Removed the seed (callum).
Mines:
- Better rendering (richard).
- Handle some (but not all) dodgy GTK+ themes better (callum).
Nibbles:
- Zerofconf networking (andreas).
Tali:
- Fix the bug where you could play for the computer (richard).
- A Yahtzee can now count as a full house (callum).
Aisleriot:
- Fixed Helsinki and Neighbor is click-to-move mode.
- Fix Will-o-the-Wisp to stop it making incorect moves.
Gataxx:
- Remove a C99ism, we should compile with gcc 2.98 again.
- Handle missing themes better.
Gnometris:
- Handle missing themes better.
Iagno:
- Fix a crasher in the hard AI.
- Handle missing themes better.
Klotski:
- Redraw the board properly when starting a new game.
Same GNOME:
- Handle missing themes better.
Aisleriot:
- Fix the end of game check for Odessa.
Ataxx:
- Fix a crasher on 64-bit machines.
Five or More:
- Handle missing themes better.
Gnometris:
- Fix drag and drop from konqueror.
- Use the ESD compielr flags properly.
libgames-support:
- Display ace-high card decks properly.
- Fix conflicting extern and static declarations.
Bugs fixed
----------
Aisleriot:
- Don't crash when using the find feature in the game selection dialog.
- Fix a typo in the dutch translation.
Ataxx:
- Ensure the counters and turn indicator are correct after an undo/redo.
- Fix the tileset path.
General:
- Strict C compliance for games-network.c.
gnome-games 2.8.0
=================
This is the first stable release of the 2.8 series. It should compile
happily in a GNOME 2.6 or GNOME 2.8 environment although a recent
librsvg is recommended.
*** Important ***
A lot of the themes and graphics have been moved to a
new, less frequently updated, package called gnome-games-extra-data.
You can get it from:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-games-extra-data/2.8/
The main gnome-games package still contains everything you need to
play, including the default themes.
Also:
- The backgrounds for gnometris are now set by drag and drop. You are
expected to use your own images for this, the old backgrounds are no
longer shipped as part of the gnome-games package, but can be found in
the gnome-games-extra-data package. The "Backgrounds and Emblems" menu
option from the nautilus file browser is also good place to start.
- The more detailed SVG themes for the card games will be slow to
redraw if you change the window size on anything but a fast machine. Be
patient. Playing the game is fine regardless of computer speed.
People who contribute to this release, in no particular order, are:
Callum McKenzie
Richard Hoelscher
Paolo Borelli
Jon McCann
Andreas Røsdal
Ryan Stutsman
Matthew V. Ball
Angela Boyle
Aaron Schlaegel
Sjoerd Langkemper
Theo van Klaveren
Bevan Collins
Rexford Newbould
Trevor Hamm
Don't forget the gnome-games webpage:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-games/
Major changes since the 2.6 series:
General:
- New SVG card decks for the card games.
- New UI for selecting keyboard controls.
- Lots of bug fixes, especially for 64-bit machines.
Aisleriot:
- Resizeable graphics.
- Click-to-move mode.
- Per game help menu.
- One and two-suit spider variations.
Blackjack:
- Resizeable graphics.
Ataxx:
- Major rewrite. New AI.
Iagno:
- New AI.
- The network code has been factored out.
Gnometris:
- The background is now set by drag-and-drop, you can use any images,
tiles or colours you like. This may have issues with konqueror.
- Sound !
- Configurable keyboard controls.
- A new manual.
Lines:
- New, less sucky, name: Five-or-more.
Mahjongg:
- New default theme: postmodern.
- New layout: ziggurat.
- The explicit shuffle command has been removed, it is still
available if you run out of moves.
Mines:
- Graphics tweaks.
Nibbles:
- Resizeable graphics.
Robots:
- You can now play using the mouse.
Tali:
- Revised UI.
- New graphics for the dice.
gnome-games 2.7.8
=================
This release is ready for the code-freeze. It contains only
bug-fixes. One more release with documentation updates and any
emergency bug-fixes can be expected before 2.8.0.
Remember that your favorite themes may have been moved to the
gnome-games-extra-data package. This is still at version 2.7.0, so if
you obtained it for the 2.7.7 gnome-games release you do not have to
download it again (for details see the 2.7.7 release notes below).
Bug fixes:
Aisleriot:
- Right click now works after window enlargement.
- The translation of the game-specific help menu item is fixed.
- --variation (and the freecell desktop file) now works for non-english
locales.
- Documentation for one and two-suit spider.
Blackjack:
- The payout for winning with a blackjack is now documented.
- The SVG chip images have been cleaned up and should work with most
versions of librsvg.
Four-in-a-row:
- "No or child" bug on x86_64 has been fixed.
Gnometris:
- Fixed a crasher on x86_64 machines.
Mahjongg:
- Cut down on unnecessary redraws while resizing.
Mines:
- Stop the face image being clipped.
- Fix the sanity-checking code.
gnome-games 2.7.7
=================
*** ATTENTION ***
A lot of the themes have been split into a separate package called
gnome-games-extra-data. The core package now contains only a minimum
amount of graphics, it is still functional, but your favourite themes
may not be there. You can get the missing themes back by installing the
gnome-games-extra-data package. gnome-games-extra-data can be found at:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-games-extra-data/2.7/
In the shuffling of themes, Richard Hoelscher's "Paris" SVG card theme
has crept into the main distribution. It uses the same source of
inspiration as David Bellot's SVG card deck, but is smaller and less
detailed, making it faster to load.
Bugfixes:
Aisleriot: Thieves, elevator and eagle_wing are now all playable
again (callum).
Five or More: Grid drawing improvements (Paolo Borelli).
Gnometris: Don't play sounds when we don't actually do anything
(Jon McCann).
Mines: Fix a rounding error when displaying scores on some
platforms (callum).
gnome-games 2.7.6
=================
Only one new item that should grab your attention: David Bellot's pure
SVG card theme. Be warned that this theme is complex and is liable to
expose speed issue and rendering bugs. These aren't David's fault,
they're mine.
There are also some bug fixes:
Aisleriot:
- Pileon should be laid out properly
- Streets and Alleys won't click on a double click anymore
Plus some typos fixed and of course plenty more translations.
gnome-games 2.7.5
=================
This is the last release before the feature freeze, therefore it is
full of new features. Klotski has been put back into the
distribution. The network code for iagno has been factored out and
there is a new connection dialog. The game server for iagno is now
available for local use, it can be found in the libgames-support
directory. Finally, gnometris has sounds !
All card games:
- Hybrid SVG/PNG replacement theme for Dondorf. (Richard Hoelscher)
Blackjack:
- SVG chip and slot images.
Gnometris:
- Drag and drop support for solid-color backgrounds (callum)
- Sound effects ! (callum, Richard Hoelscher)
- Configurable keyboard controls (Paolo Borelli)
Iagno:
- Factored out the network code (Andreas Røsdal)
- New network dialog (Andreas Røsdal)
Klotski:
- It's back !
Robots:
- Use the new keyboard control widget (callum)
Stones:
- The sound files have been removed due to being too close to (and
possibly recorded from) the C64 Boulder Dash game. Besides the theme
tune really annoyed me (callum)
Tali:
- New, SVG, die graphics (Ryan Stutsman)
gnome-games 2.7.4
=================
Lots of new stuff this time around. There are now new ways to play
both Aisleriot and Robots. Also, I've removed the shuffle button in
Mahjongg, you can currently only shuffle if you run out of
moves. There is a bug here, you can get in a situation where you can't
actually shuffle and are basically forced to undo. I'm working on a
solution.
Aisleriot:
- Implement Click-to-move (callum)
- Reorganise menus (callum)
- Context sensitive mouse cursor (Paulo Borelli, callum)
- Hint support for Freecell (Matthew V. Ball)
- make more use of GamesFileList to remove unportable code.
Blackjack:
- Replace deprecated widgets (Jon McCann)
Gnometris:
- New help file (Angela Boyle)
- Separate out the C and C++ compiler flags (callum)
Gnotravex:
- GCC 3.5 compiler fixes.
Mahjongg:
- Revised postmodern theme, it is now the default (Richard Hoelscher)
- Fix shuffle bugs (callum)
- Changing the map now gives you the option to start again (callum)
- Remove the shuffle button (callum)
Mines:
- Touch up the face graphics to be properly alpha-blended (callum)
- Draw the "wrong flag" cross in a scalable manner (callum)
Robots:
- Implement mouse control (callum)
- Add a toolbar and move menu to supplement mouse control (callum)
gnome-games 2.7.3
=================
Not a lot new, but there is a new UI for changing key controls
in gnect and gnibbles (thanks to Paolo Borelli).
- Odessa (aisleriot) bug fixes (jrb)
- Removed gdk-card-images library (callum)
- Drawing fixes for blackjack (callum)
- Five or More line detection code improved (callum)
- New control selection UI in gnect and gnibbles (Paolo Borrelli)
- Make the state of the mahjongg pause button consistent (callum)
gnome-games 2.7.2
=================
The major change for this release is Jon McCann's work on
his blackjack game to make is rescalable. There are some
known bugs in this (due to Callum's code, not Jon's) so be
careful. Those who are reading this as part of the first
official GNOME 2.7 release probably want to look at the notes
for 2.7.1 too.
gnome-games 2.7.1
=================
This is the first release of the new development cycle and there is a
*lot* of very new features available for your enjoyment. Being a
development release there will also be a lot of bugs. As always we are
very interested in bug reports and suggestions: send them to:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
Gnome-games now has a web-page. You can find it at:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-games/
Aside from numerous bug fixes (thanks to Dean Copsey, Paolo Borelli,
William Jon McCann and Iain Holmes) these are the major changes:
Aisleriot:
- The cards now scale with the window. (Callum)
- Two new games: one and two-card spider. (Aaron Schlaegel)
- Per game help menu item. (Callum)
Ataxx:
- Major rewrite: new AI and drawing code. (Sjoerd Langkemper)
Gnibbles:
- Resizeable SVG graphics. (Theo van Klaveren)
Gnometris:
- Backgrounds are now set by drag-and-drop. (Callum)
Iagno:
- New, harder, AI added. (Bevan Collins)
Klotski:
- Removed. (Callum)
Lines:
- Renamed to Five or More. (Callum)
Mahjongg:
- New layout, Ziggurat. (Rexford Newbould)
Mines:
- New scores dialog. (Callum)
Tali:
- Revised UI. (Trevor Hamm)
branch (2.4.x):
- Mahjongg has new layouts, new tilesets and is completely scaleable.
It is also faster and shuffling works properly.
- Gnomine has new, improved graphics and a hint function.
- Freecell (the aisleriot version) now has supprot for super-moves
and is a lot closer to the stand-alone version in behavior.
- Glines has new graphics and is also completely scaleable.
- Aisleriot now keeps track of statistics on the games you play.
- Gnect has recieved a major upgrade and is now leaner and cleaner.
- For aislriot and blackjack the dialog for changing the card style
has been reworked.
