BlitzIn Release Notes

Changes in the 3.0.4 Build (since 3.0.3)

• Added support for the DGT chess boards via the DGTDLL.DLL provided with the board. It supports both the older serial and newer USB boards and the DGT XL clock.
• Added support tool to track down connection issues. (Help / Network Status)
• Added configuration option to show/hide the country flags.
• Updated all language translations of the above new features.

Changes in the 3.0.3 Build (since 3.0.2)

• Display country flags for the players on the score sheet.
• Fixed searching (Ctrl-F) on text panes.
• Fixed removal of moves while navigating backwards on games uploaded to an examined board.
• BlitzIn is bundled with Stockfish 2.1.1. You need to select the new engine executable from the UCI engine configuration dialog if you want to take advantage of the new version. The new executable is next to the previously installed one.
• Updated all language translations, except for Portuguese.

Known issues:

• The Stockfish engine that is included is the 32-bit version. If you want a different version of Stockfish, then please download it from its official site, install it, then select the executable most appropriate for your machine in the UCI engine configuration dialog.
• The book file of Stockfish is not included, since that would make BlitzIn's installer considerably larger.

Changes in the 3.0.2 Build (since 3.0.1)

• Fixed the installer to detect running BlitzIn instances and show the usual retry dialog as it did before the 3.0 release.
• Fixed the upgrade process to download the new installer into a user writable folder on Vista and Windows 7. This will fix upgrading FROM 3.0.2, not upgrading TO 3.0.2.
• Fixed broken parsing of promotion moves sent by the analysis engine.
• Added tooltips for all the buttons added in BlitzIn 3.00.
• Added "Configure" button to the analysis output pane to make it more accessible. Also, changed the text displayed when no analysis engine is configured to explain how to configure an UCI engine.
• Any running analysis is stopped if the user closes the UCI engine configuration dialog by choosing the "OK" button. Analysis has to be started manually after that. It ensures that the analysis will restart with the newly applied engine and configuration as expected.
• Pressing the ENTER key in the UCI engine configuration dialog does not cancel it any more.

Known issues:

• The Stockfish engine that is included is:
     - Version 1.9.1 rather than the most recent version for Windows, which is 2.0.1
     - 32-bit rather than 64-bit
  If you want a different version of Stockfish, then please download it from its official site, install it, then select the executable most appropriate for your machine in the UCI engine configuration dialog.
• The book file of Stockfish is not included, since that would make BlitzIn's installer considerably larger.

Changes in the 3.0.1 Build (since 3.0)

• Bundled the 32-bit Stockfish 1.9.1 chess engine with BlitzIn and made it auto-configuring. It also works for users with non-standard installation location.
• BlitzIn now issues an "examine" command automatically when the user is opening a fresh chess board while not examining, playing or observing any other game. (Whenever examining a new game is possible.)
• BlitzIn is now saving the game window position, size and the splitter position correctly.
• Fixed problem with non-English Windows versions and non-standard My Document folder locations where BlitzIn migrated the user's configuration and save game files to a wrong location.

Changes in the 3.0 Build (since 2.8.1)

• Chess Engine Analysis
  • Supports UCI-compatible engines
  • Analysis appears in a tab at the bottom of the game window, as an alternative to the game console. (Disabling the game console will also hide the analysis pane.)
    
    
    
  • To configure an engine, select "Configure UCI Engine..." from the "Options" menu.
    
    
    
  • Don't have an engine? No worries. You can download Stockfish, a free chess engine.
    
    
• Added toolbar and a drop-down menu with the most common examine mode operations.
  
• Moved the location of all the configuration and save game files from BlitzIn's Program Files folder to the user's own Application Data and My Documents folder for improved Operating System conformance.
• Fixed bug when the seek graph remained off-screen after changing to a lower screen resolution.
• The login dialog is not cleared any more when a wrong password is entered, only the password field is cleared.
  
  Upgrade Notes:
  Please read if you are upgrading from a BlitzIn 2.X version
  Existing configuration and save game files are migrated (copied) from the program directory of your previous BlitzIn 2.X version. Note that manually copying the files is not enough, since the configuration files contain path names which need to be changed to point to the new location. The migration process also works if you installed the previous BlitzIn 2.X version to a non-standard location, like your My Documents folder as long as the BlitzIn 3.0's program folder is next to the previous one and you don't change the default name of the program folder (BlitzIn 2.X).

Changes in the 2.8.1 Build (since 2.8.0)

• Changed display of the chess variant w26 (Giveaway) on the board window and in the games lists to show its name, rather than its rating category (which is Loser's)
• Updated the installer to correctly inport settings from BlitzIn 2.7
  

Changes in the 2.8.0 Build (since 2.7.0)

• Pools
  • Added toolbar buttons for pools (1, 3, 5, 15, 45, and Chess960)
    
    
    
  • Show names of the pools in the history window
    • Before:
    • v. 2.8:
      
• Wilds
  • Display wild name in game board for any wild in addition to the wild number
  • Display Chess960 in game board instead of w22 for Chess960 pool
  • Make Open PGN work correctly with Chess960 games [460]
  • Make View in PGN game list work correctly with Chess960 games
  • Make Upload in PGN game list work correctly with Chess960 games
• Prepared internally for future features not yet available on the server
• Internal improvements including better Windows 7 compatibility
• Added more ICC domains as allowable to be shown in the internal window

Changes in Installer (March 19, 2009)

• Updated three sounds to be more compatible with some Vista drivers
• Updated certificates to prevent security warnings

Changes in the 2.7.0 Build (since 2.6.2)

• Changes for pstat, including support of pstat variable, adding it to Options:Set Variables, and nicer output

• Changes for Vista to ensure appropriate privileges for what BlitzIn needs to do
• Changes in signing: using a new cert as the old one was expiring, signing the executable for Vista
• Fixed: Incorrect login attempt disables sign in button [1498]
• Fixed obscure problem saving PGNs
• Changes for better security
• Added more ICC domains as allowable to be shown in the internal window
• Replacement of the word "handle" with "username"
  

Changes in the 2.6.2 Build (since 2.6.1)

• Add Need Help with Login Problems link and allow guest logins for customer service
  

Changes in the 2.6.1 Build (since 2.6)

• Fixed compatibility problems with older operating systems (Win98/2000/Me)
  

Changes in the 2.6 Build (since 2.52)

• Added new "Alpha" piece set
  
  
  
• Support castling in Chess960 (w22, formerly Fischer-Random) by dropping the king on the rook
• Seek Graph
  • Gray out your own seeks
  • Fixed bugs with the seek graph with seeks having ranges that include 0 rating [549]
• Logging In
  • Added option for Anonymous login
    
  • Report login failure messages from the server
  • For visibility, display failure message in the dialog surrounded by *****
  • Automatically strip whitespace from entered login info
  • Allow longer server names to be entered
    
• Foreign Language Support (note: new translations have not yet been released)
  • Give you option to set server language if it doesn't match BlitzIn's
  • Made all remaining user interface items translateable
  • Fixed: Spanish in you've-been-challenged dialog doesn't fit [560]
  • Fixed: Translated Auto/Black/White selection in Match and Seek dialogs didn''t do anything [552]
  • Support for future language enhancements on the server
    
• Allow https address links in the Event list
• Start showing tips regularly at startup if users explicitly invokes it from the Help menu
• Recognize more domains as a valid ICC domains [629]
• Removed obsolete ctell option from Variables dialog; updated description of tell option
• Increased allowable length to type connection server
• Added anti-firewall server login option (alt1.chessclub.com:443)
  

Changes in the 2.52 Build (since 2.51)

Fixes for problems in 2.34

• Removed close box on the "Promote to" dialog, since clicking it did not cancel the promotion as one might expect.

Fixes for problems only in 2.5

• Fixed crash that occurred on some systems (such as Windows2000 SP4) when trying to use a different language than English
• Fixed a bug that could cause:
  • a blank wild menu in the Match and Seek dialogs
  • an empty wild name in the Seek Graph window or the you've-been-challenged dialog
  • a can't-interpret message in the console after seeking using the Seek dialog
• If you seek a game specifying a rating range you don't fall into, shows the seek dot in gray
• Show FAQ database within the Info Window
• Improved internal clean-up on exit

Updated Language Pack

• Improvements to Dutch, Russian, French, Portuguese translations. Removed Italian

Changes in the 2.51 Build (since 2.50)

New Features

• Foreign language support
  • New "Language..." menu under options for switching language
  • Uses language DLLs (installed separately): Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch
  • Remembers previous language used.
  • Launch with Shift key down also invokes language selection dialog
  • /language=<arg> command line option. (Pass the DLL name, or nothing for English, or ? for prompt.)
    
• Support Cut and Paste editing in form fields of Info Window
  

Fixes for problems in 2.34

• Fixed: If closed some windows, then did Close Connection, then opened a new connection, the windows that you wanted closed would re-open.
• Fixed using scrollbar to scroll through w22 games with castling moves where the King started on the e-file and the rook started on the King's destination square.

Fixes for problems only in 2.5

• Fixed for memory and resource leaks. These problems could cause display problems such as disappearing pieces in Windows98
  
• Eliminated flashes of game and console windows on login
• Fixed: Exits when click Sign In and BlitzIn can't find chess server
• Remove right-click menu when nothing selected in console
• Seek graph window wasn't immediately changing when sfilter or rating changed
• Cosmetic improvements to the challenge dialog such as making text fit better
• Hyperlinked "+noplay foo" in console but would issue the incorrect command if clicked on.
• Fixed crash when click on "Reconnect" link when you weren't previously connected
• Fixed in some cases: If you have Russian selected for "Language for non-Unicode programs" in the Advanced tab of Windows' "Regional and Language Options" control panel, the font would change in the console following a hyperlink at the end of a line.
  
• When setting finger notes if no deletions, just sends changed lines
  
• When setting finger notes if no changes, hitting OK will never change the notes
  

Features in BlitzIn 2.5