Detailed Revision History for Solitaire Plus!
for Windows
Version 3.0 - Released May 5, 2010
- New face card artwork.
- New huge card size for modern large LCD displays.
- Six new built-in card backs.
- Updated help with more screenshots and example card builds.
- No longer supports 256 color displays (16-bit or better color depth required).
- Bug Fix: Fixed error in statistics recording for Canfield when "Skip All Confirms" is checked.
Version 2.4.2 - Released February 22, 2008
- New "Skip All Confirms" option to bypass all confirmation dialogs in the game.
- Improved statistics charts display (anti-aliased and shaded graphics).
- Bug Fix: "EAccessViolation" error dialog no longer appears on game restart after selecting a card size too large for the current screen.
Version 2.4.1 - Released April 4, 2007
- Fixes issue with "Illegal System DLL Relocation" errors triggered by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017.
Version 2.4 - Released February 19, 2007
- Support for Windows Vista™. Installer still requires Administrator privileges, but the game works correctly for Standard user accounts without security warnings.
- Support for Limited User Accounts in XP.
- Statistics now tracked separately for each user login for Windows 2000/XP/Vista.
- New grace in Queen of Italy whereby the reserve cards are freed for use in the tableau when the stock and wastepile are exhausted.
- The registration dialog has been updated to correctly handle extended characters in the registration name.
- Card borders have been softened for a more realistic look in high-color cards.
- Queen of Italy help file correction for the winnable game number reference.
- Self-check code to discourage 3rd party tampering with executable for enhanced security.
- Smart-dragging now always moves foundation base cards to a foundation as the first choice.
- Bug fix: Smart-dragging issue with tableau cards fixed in Giza.
- Bug fix: Redo speedbar button now functions in Double Klondike.
- Bug fix: "Use Image Lists" option now functions without crashing the game (only recommended on older Win9x systems for troubleshooting slow drawing).
Version 2.3 - Released January 19, 2005
- Improved shuffle algorithm to better randomize the deal of the cards.
[NOTE: Deals in version 2.3 no longer match previous versions for the same deal number, with the exception of the first 32,000 deals in FreeCell which are unchanged.] - Autoplay option added to Spider by popular request.
- Autoplay speed control added to Options dialog.
- Overall Average Score of all played games added to Statistics dialog.
- New Baker's Dozen tableau layout to fit smaller displays.
- Various artwork changes including an updated program icon for XP.
- The first one million deals in FreeCell now match the Microsoft FreeCell game provided with Windows XP.
- Bug fix: Fixed more duplicate card problems in FlowerGarden when double-clicking in the Bouquet.
- Bug fix: Fixed false match problem when Pyramid is empty.
Version 2.2 - Released June 20, 2003
- Fix of memory leak problems with many video cards when using Windows XP.
- Dragged cards are now opaque and include a drop shadow.
- Fix of rare hang-up when dealing in Nestor.
- Fix of problems when startup sound with [ ]'s in the filename is selected.
Version 2.13 - Released February 11, 2003
- Bug fix: Fixed problem with duplicate cards sometimes being moved to foundation from Flower Garden's bouquet.
- Can now pull cards from the foundations in Double Klondike (due to customer requests).
- Card highlighting in Montana can now be enabled/disabled (via F6 key or Show Match menu item).
- Enhanced compatibility with latest ATI and nVidia video card drivers.
- Clarified the registration process in the help files and application interface.
- Bug fix: Fixed issue with Select Game... dialog counting wins twice.
- Bug fix: Baker's Game now properly records statistics for the small card size.
- Bug fix: Pyramid Golf now correctly displays non-animated deals.
- Minor layout issues corrected for Golf and Scorpion II with the small card size.
- Fixed a problem with Montana scoring that was introduced in version 2.1.
- Four new games: Baker's Dozen, Flower Garden, Giza, and Simple Simon (for 30 total games in 2.1).
- Bouncing card animation no longer blocks "Congratulations" dialog on win.
- Fixed problems with double-clicking Kings in Pyramid.
- Six new games: Aces Up, Baker's Game, Eight Off, Nestor, Pyramid Golf, and Scorpion II (for 26 total games in 2.0).
- Redo function in all games.
- Control of the tableau card spacing.
- New 3D pips option for the large card size.
- "Bouncing card" animation on wins with optional "springy" sounds.
- Support for a custom startup sound as specified by the user.
- Last game type in play is optionally restored when the application is started.
- Complete rewrite of and improvements in Pyramid.
- New card highlighting feature in Montana to encourage more thoughtful game play.
- Drawing speed improvements for Windows 2000/XP with complete support of XP themes.
- Bug fix: A rare bug where incorrect cards were played to the foundation by the "smart dragging" or autoplay features is now corrected.
- Bug fix: Inactive "New Game", "Restart", and "Autoplay" items in the Indian Patience toolbar are now active.
- Minor help file edits.
- New runtime compression tool selected for better compatibility with XP and to reduce size of distribution.
- Four new games: Australian Patience, Double Scorpion, Double Yukon, and La Belle Lucie.
- Easy/Medium/Challenging play options for Spider (similar to the Windows ME™ game).
- Improved scoring rules for Spider and Scorpion (Aces no longer considered a standalone sequence and the bottom card of an in-suit build is not scored unless it is a King).
- Optional speed/status bar at the bottom of each game window.
- Shift key plus left mouse click to show any face-up, covered card.
- Automatic compression of layout to keep all cards visible.
- Tracking of highest non-winning score for all games.
- Separate tracking of statistics for some variations of a game (such as one or three card draw in Klondike).
- Optional HTML help in addition to the standard WinHelp.
- Fix of a resource leak that caused crashes and "parameter incorrect" or "canvas does not allow drawing" errors on some computers.
- Four new games: Canfield, Russian Solitaire, Scorpion, and Yukon.
- Added value labels for foundation piles.
- Improved discard pile action in Klondike games.
- Fixed stalled autoplay bug with discard pile in Klondike games.
- Fixed bug allowing match of rightmost wastepile with itself in Pyramid.
- New card artwork options, including high-color small cards and aged appearance.
- New game selection by number from 2 billion possible deals.
- Individual control of sounds.
- New optional sounds for "card up" and "card down" actions.
- Can optionally enter keyboard shortcuts without the Ctrl key.
- Image preview now available in card back and game background selection dialogs.
- 100 new game backgrounds included courtesy of Helen Triantafillou.
- New scoring rules in Spider (counts ordered cards in tableau).
- Fixed bug in Spider where face down cards could be dragged.
- PCX image support for card backs and game backgrounds has been removed.
- Fixed problem with help file display when using "high-contrast" appearance preferences.
- Improved card artwork using custom generated font for card pips.
- Drawing speed improvements, especially for stock piles.
- Support for 16 and 256 color displays.
- Vegas scoring option for Klondike.
- "Tips" panel on game start.
- Two more games for a total of 12.
- Smart-dragging feature that requires that cards only be nudged to move to a target pile.
- Arbitrary two-color gradients and tiled bitmap background support.
- Built-in sounds.
- Much improved on-line help.
- Scoring and single-user statistics.