| Version | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 3.4.5 | Apr 23 2008 |
Fixed an issue that wouldn't allow nicknames with apostrophes Fixed invitationNames in GameCreationService (WS API) Dice rolling now uses /dev/urandom only -- should result in more random dice. |
| 3.4.4 | Apr 16 2008 |
Fixed the following bugs: - too many people being allowed to join a team - more players than public slots created - one player starting the game with more armies than the rest - one player continually being skipped |
| 3.4.3 | Apr 5 2008 |
Web Service API changes/additions, as described here. Synchronization locks around game starting -- this should help resolve some of the game start bugs (incorrect number of armies for 1 person, etc) Game start notifications for flat-rate army games. More logging to help identify some bugs. |
| 3.4.2 | Mar 28 2008 |
Map maximum width option added to Settings page |
| 3.4.1 | Mar 27 2008 |
Several fixes for shared IP checks. |
| 3.4.0 | Mar 23 2008 |
Added the ability to delete messages. Added game creation time to registrar. Shared IP checks for multi accounts. Show the next card trade in value (for escalating and rotation cards) in the information bar above the map. Bugfix: team 6 in team games would show as not full, even when it was -- allowing others to join it after it was full. Bugfix: don't allow public slots / additional invitations after a game starts that would create a game with too few cards. Bugfix: joining a game with a long player nickname would cause a user to be "half-registered" in a game Bugfix: map filtering by rating wasn't working in the Create-A-Game screen Bugfix: first-time loading was causing problems (especially in IE) Bugfix: sometimes the "march troops" option would show up twice, which could mess up the troop march to only march 1 army instead of the requested number. Bugfix: duplicate messages showing up in team games Bugfix: defenders were winning more dice rolls than should be when the server was especially busy. |
| 3.3.3 | Feb 23 2007 |
Added better map filtering (you can now filter based on category and map size) Fixed right-clicking on territories in IE7 Fixed the map editor line drawing in IE7 Fixed a bug that would show an HTTP 500 error on trying to join an invitation of a deleted game Fixed the "TypeError: ctc has no properties" bug in realtime view after a player is conquered. |
| 3.3.2 | Feb 10 2007 |
Completely new IM system. Instant messaging should be working again (ICQ was removed, Google Talk was added) One-way borders are now supported. Using a new line-drawing method which is much faster (this should make the map editor much faster when defining borders on a large map). Small computer AI work to make the computer a little less predictable. Fixed a bug in the Registrar that would sometimes not show the game creator. Fixed a bug in the Registrar that would sometimes show a game as being blocked (either from foe lists, or scoring restrictions) when not applicable |
| 3.3.1 | Jan 06 2007 |
Huge scoring changes, index is back (with the "Denver Index" formula) Various Internet Explorer fixes Map Browser, sort by author is now case insensitive. |
| 3.3.0 | Dec 09 2007 |
Don't borgify or skip a turn if there has been activity within the last 60 seconds. Added a "maximum loss" option to the attack continuously button. Added cards to the "View Board" and "Realtime View" screens. Added the ability to pause and resume timers for a specific game Added games with unread messages to the top group when game grouping is enabled on the home page. Disable private messages by default in newly-created games. Added paging buttons to the top of the logging page, changed the page to 500 lines per page. Added a timezone setting that will format times in the log and history playback to the user's local timezone |
| 3.2.1 | Nov 05 2007 |
Fixed a bug where the last survivor of a game (or survivors in a team game) wouldn't get their base points. Reset the timer in realtime boards when the turn changes. Fixed a bug where a player with no score would hang a game when he or she was conquered. |
| 3.2.0 | Nov 04 2007 |
New scoring and points system, as described here
Sorting / grouping of games in the Home screen. Upgraded the IM sending library which should make all the IM work again, includes added support for MSN. Show a notification of private messages in the forums on the home page Show a countdown "time left" timer on the board. Fixed the stats at the bottom of the forums page (num users, latest user, etc) Show buddies and foes icon on home page and in players table next to the player name Neutral computer player options, including borgification to neutral player. Fixed two map editor bugs: fortification and author attributes weren't being saved properly. |
| 3.1.0 | Sept 6 2007 |
New forum software: updated to phpBB 3.0. Fixed a number of issues with borgification. New card look New default earth map, courtesy of Foist Several new anti-cheating and abuse handling tools (mostly only visible to the admin). |
| 3.0.3 | June 28 2007 |
Borgification during initial army placement would cause the borg to freeze up. Computer nicknames weren't being checked for the same validity checks as normal player nicknames. More work around game joining synchronization / thread locking. Make sure territory and continent names are valid for JavaScript. Make sure a player always has at least 1 army to place during initial placement (if not flat-rate placement). If you've used a public slot when joining a game, and you leave that game, the public slots will be bumped up by 1. Show the game creator on the rules/registrar page. Fixed a bug that would allow games that had already started to still show in the public games column. The Game Search screen's "realtime only" criteria wasn't working correctly. Don't allow the game creator to leave a game that's still in registration mode. Make the Computer AI a little smarter when playing capitol games. GameSearch "created today" wasn't working correctly. When changing a territory name in the map editor, the border lists weren't updated, causing a corrupt map.xml file. Added a "Tools" navigational menu item with links to the map editor, map browser and game search. |
| 3.0.2 | June 9 2007 |
New navigational menu system. Allow anonymous users to browse games. Conversion ratio in capitol games is now a random number between 50% and 100%. Fixed a bug in the map editor that wasn't setting the "contains fortresses" flag correctly. Fixed a Computer AI bug that would fortify to non-owned territories when border-type fortification was used. |
| 3.0.1 | May 23 2007 |
Don't send turn notifications or invitation reminders for realtime games. Fixed a bug with leader placement in games with flat-rate initial armies and card trade-in placement set to immediate. Don't require a logout after an account membership has been upgraded. Show a left border on highlighted games. Don't show public messages in the private messages column. Show the "leave game" link on the Home Screen when in detailed view. Immediate account activation for purchases. Some graphic improvements to the banner and home page. Save initial army placement settings in game flavor |
| 3.0 | May 15 2007 |
New look, thanks to Foist and Auto for the help. Game search -- now you can search through all games. Initial armies flat-rate option: using this option will start the game with the given number of armies on each territory. Messages screen layout change: private and public messages are side by side in two columns. Messages screen now shows private messages sent by you. Added the option to place armies immediately after trading in cards. Nationality setting -- shows the flag and country of the user, if set. Color picker wouldn't show up in IE7 on the registrar page. Endorsed maps filter Fixed a bug where selecting a map in the map browser didn't select it in the New Game screen. Fixed an email notification problem -- setting turn notification type to "None" would still send email. Premium account restriction has been modified to only restrict for 4 games in which you have not yet been defeated. Retooled the timer system to be much more efficient, allowing for better realtime games: added 5, 10 minute timeouts, added "0" as an option for number of turn reminders. Fixed a problem with the realtime board getting out of sync after a borgification. Fixed a bug with the map editor that wouldn't show territory updates immediately in the "current territories" box. Added preferred nicknames. Preferred nickname and login name can only be used in games by the owner of that name. |
| 2.8.1 | March 13 2007 |
Card symbols would disappear after conquering a territory. Computer players were getting 2x their normal armies on the first turn. Default team colors weren't being set correctly. Game points weren't being recorded in the payer table correctly for conquering another player. |
| 2.8.0 | March 28 2007 |
Show conquered games in gray on the home page Added a referral system. Refer a friend and you could win a year's membership. Message links on the home page go directly to the messages screen for that game Map Browser and New Game screen load speedup. Show a link to the original player when someone quits or is borgified. When navigating away from the game board, when it's still your turn and it's in one of the last turn phases, show a reminder message. Show the actual card symbol on the map (circle, diamod or star). Added team color setting, team games have team color outlines in the army boxes. Added "points" column to player table -- this shows the number of points earned in the current game. Show the team table in history playback Fixed a bug that would occur when rating a map. Card screen will not show conquered teammates in the "donate cards" dropdown anymore. Added "Membership" box to home page, which includes a link to Gift Certificates and the new Referral screen. Fixed a layout issue in the history playback screen. Fixed a bug where some players would get more armies than others in the beginning |
| 2.7.1 | March 13 2007 |
Added the map browser Fixed a map editor bug where editing a territory would remove the borders for that territory. Fixed the player's index value on the player stats page (again) Fixed a map editor bug where you couldn't edit a territory with a space in the name. Speedup for adding borders in the map editor (removing borders is still slow) |
| 2.7.0 | March 10 2007 |
New map editor Tweaked index calculation to take less value on score. Implemented a better text color formula (thanks to Foist). |
| 2.6.2 | January 23 2007 |
Fixed a bug where you couldn't view the "about map" dialog if you didn't have a premium account and were already in 4 or more games. Fixed a long-standing nasty bug where turns would be skipped with no warning. Fixed a card trade-in bug: you wouldn't always get the bonus armies for owned territories if you were using multiple browser windows/tabs. Fixed a bug that wouldn't allow you to see teammates' cards in Internet Explorer. Fixed the index value on the user screen so it displays the correct value. |
| 2.6.1 | December 20 2006 |
Added a new game option: reinforcement type. Show unanswered invitations on the home page if we know the player. Added "LandGrab Index" scoring system. Show LandGrab Index and Score on the home page, selectable by dropdown Fixed a bug where the game option icons weren't showing up correctly for "my active games". Fixed a bug where the attacked territory wasn't updated after a loss when using the attack continuously button. |
| 2.6.0 | December 10 2006 |
Added personal game notes. Fixed some open database connections in MessageLoader and DBCreator. Added an option to show home page in "Compact View" or "Detailed View". Show some of the game options, such as leaders, capitols and teams on the home page for public games and active games. Only show top ten / twenty stats for users who have competed a turn in the last 3 months. Allow capitol placement to be delayed up to round 3. Changed top ten list to be by points per game. Fixed a bug where trying to view an invalid game would show a null pointer screen until cookies were cleared. Added premium account functionality. Added gift certificates. Fixed a bug that wouldn't allow computer stuck in initial army placement mode to continue. |
| 2.5.2 | November 19 2006 |
Show a background pattern for "not owned" continents. Fixed completed games viewing. Fixed some computer AI issues that would stall computers every now and then. Optimized the size of javascript files somewhat, enabled gzip compression for all pages. Page downloads should be cut roughly in half. Show the card bonus information in the cards screen. Show minimum details on home page with a link to show more. |
| 2.5.1 | October 22 2006 |
Added a "Add all remaining" and "Remove all" to the army placement dropdown list. Added an Attack Continuously button Fixed a few DB upgrade related problems |
| 2.5.0 | October 20 2006 |
Some minor computer AI improvements -- made them play a little better in team games, game them a small boost of courage. Fixed a bug where setting the min or max rank allowed/required to default values didn't work (showing a broken image link) Implemented a normalized database, implemented JDBC 2.0 pooling. Show number of cards for each player on the board's player table Realtime View button only shows up when it's usable Fixed a null pointer problem on the home page |
| 2.4.0 | September 19 2006 |
Reworked the New Game screen quite a bit to make it simpler and user user friendly. I've added
a new feature called "game flavors" which allows you to save a game setup as a template for
future game creations. There are some standard flavors already configured which I believe
are the most popular game types. Added a user game list which shows all games that a particular user is registered in. The user stats screen (clicking on a user shows this) has a link to the user's game list. Fixed a bug that would show errors when trying to post a private message to "My Team" when your team had a computer player (or a borg/quitter). |
| 2.3.1 | September 9 2006 |
New Feature: Allow the game creator to specify minimum and maximum allowed rankings. Bug Fix: Foes couldn't join any games after they tried to join a blocked game. Bug Fix: Realtime View problems when trying to view more than 1 game at a time in realtime. Bug Fix: Reinforcment count on realtime board didn't show minimum of 3. Bug Fix: Realtime view would sometimes give an error message about "arc" not being defined. Bug Fix: Realtime view didn't allow posting of private messages. Bug Fix: Don't allow 0 fortifications. |
| 2.3.0 | August 31 2006 |
Realtime view Fixed a bug that allowed ownership changes of capitols and leaders in team games. Fixed a bug that would give 100 points to teams when playing only against computers. Fixed a bug that wouldn't allow a user to place a second leader when only 2 territories were owned. |
| 2.2.1 | Aug 21 2006 |
Enable progressive jpeg upload on Internet Explorer. Should fix most of the "image was not a JPEG" problems
when creating a map with Internet Explorer. Streamlined map editor a small amount: defining territory verticies is done more client-side now, so you don't have to reload the page after every territory vertex click. Show the number of public slots open in a game on the home page. |
| 2.2.0 | August 14 2006 |
Added "Foes / Ignore" list. Users on your foe list won't be able to join games you create. Fixed private messages in "no alliance team games". When enabling "no alliance" in team games, private messages can now be sent to team members (but only to the entire team). Fixed a team name / member display problem on the home page when no members had joined a team yet. Fixed a problem where 10 points weren't being given to all players when a player was conquered. Fixed a borgification problem that would borgify inactive players when borgification wasn't enabled for the game. Denote 1 hour / 30 minute / 15 minute games as "realtime". Fixed the timer bar for games in initial army placement mode. Fixed an issue with users not being synced with forum accounts when using long usernames. |
| 2.1.1 | August 11 2006 |
Fixed an annoying bug that would update a user's turn number to 0, thus leading to that person
never getting a turn in a game. Optimized timer code, now timer runs every 15 minutes, allowing for 1 hour, 30 and 15 minute game timeouts. Fixed the timer bar on the home page to be more intuitive. The full bar shows all time that the user has until he or she is skipped. The vertical lines represent when reminders are sent. |
| 2.1.0 | July 27 2006 |
Fixed a bunch of issues related to starting games with the wrong number of players in team games. Sometimes a user's online lightbulb wasn't showing online correctly Show game options above the board Fixed an issue with Internet Explorer not allowing troop marching after page reload Implemented "number of fortifications" setting |
| 2.0.2 | July 25 2006 |
Map rating system implemented. More random card assigning. |
| 2.0.1 | July 19 2006 |
Better team play setup management. When creating a team game you must specify how
many players per team, which is enforced when players sign up. Optimized loading of the Home screen, should be quicker now |
| 2.0.0 | July 14 2006 |
Added team play. Added "Buddies" system. Added Statistics Board with top 20 lists. Added online indicator. Reworked icon/menu system. Changed look to something more colorful. Sort game maps alphabetically in map list. Clicking on the map image thumbnail in the "About Map" screen will show the full sized image. |
| 1.7.0 | June 14 2006 |
Added history playback capability. When you have a game loaded, the round number and turn number
are displayed in the game status box (at the top of the screen, in the dark gray box). Next to
these numbers is a link to playback the history. This will allow you to graphically step through the turns that
have completed so far. Added an RSS feed to show your current active games. Show number of games waiting on you, highlight waiting games more prominently. Fixed bug: when leaving a game if you had already been defeated, would be marked as a loss twice. |
| 1.6.3 | June 08 2006 |
Fixed stack trace bug when viewing map from homa page. Fixed stack trace bug when viewing a game that you're not registered in. Don't allow a game to be deleted once it's started. |
| 1.6.2 | June 06 2006 |
Rewrote instant messenger system. Should work now. Added AIM, ICQ and Jabber, but removed MSN. Fixed problem where computer player would place a leader when it wasn't a leader game. Fixed a problem where the game winner wasn't getting the 100 points for the win. If you won a game in the last two days (since 1.6.1 was released), let me know the game number and I'll credit you the points. |
| 1.6.1 | June 04 2006 | bugfix: allow players to place capitols if they didn't in initial placement (for old games) show card symbols for all territories (not just owned ones). |
| 1.6.0 | June 03 2006 | Give 10 points to everyone when a player is defeated Added 25/100 menu items to add/remove army dropdowns Made it possible to select a fortress as a capitol; this will remove the fortresses defensive bonus while it is a capitol. Moved capitol/first leader placement to the initial army placement phase; makes it more fair for the first turn. Show card icons on the board for territories of owned cards. Show map name for each game on home page |
| 1.5.6 | May 23 2006 | Fixed a bug where inconsistent armies were given to players where two players joined a game at the same time. Added logging: attack from territory and initial army placement. |
| 1.5.5 | May 16 2006 | Added top ten list to the home page Added badge icons to public game list Added LandGrab stats. Fixed a bug where games weren't ending properly Made it possible to view games which you aren't in. |
| 1.5.4 | May 15 2006 | Changed some details with stats: no stats are recorded for winning against computers or conquering computers. Added score to stats Added score badge icons. |
| 1.5.3 | May 11 2006 | Added email verification. |
| 1.5.2 | April 25 2006 | When viewing private messages, you can now see what the message is in reference to (your original message). Added a "time left" guage to the home page which shows how much time is left for the curren't player's turn before he or she is skipped. Set default time for reminders to be 24 hours instead of 48. |
| 1.5.1 | April 20 2006 | As with any good .0 release, quickly followed by a .1 release: This release was mostly an Internet Explorer bugfix release. Fixed the color picker so it works with IE and Safari, fixed game join problem with IE and the color picker. Added a "forgotten password" link to email a password to the email address on file for the account. |
| 1.5.0 | April 18 2006 | Fixed bug which showed incorrect player on stats page after viewing a computer player. Fixed problem where borgified player's names were not being set. Don't tag a player who has left a game as borgified, rather mark them as "quitter". Save state after conquering a territory to the DB. Previously after conquering a territory, if a player quit the web browser (or it crashed, or the connection died), he or she would not be able to march troops into the newly-conquered territory. This is now fixed which should make LandGrab completely failsafe WRT connection breakage. Fixed a couple of Internet Explorer bugs, including not being able to send private messages (thanks FBGs for finding that one). Better color handling for player and territory colors. Allows usage of more/custom colors. Tooltip rework:
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| 1.4.3 | March 29 2006 | Borgify players that haven't placed initial armies after the timeout. Read this message about borgification on existing games: http://forums.landgrab.net/viewtopic.php?t=7 Fixed borgify setting -- was disabled for all games regardless of setting. Added the option to leave a game -- you will be converted to a computer player. Show computer player information when clicking a computer player. Added 6 and 2 hour turn timeout options. Show turn timeout/skipping/borgification details in game details screen. |
| 1.4.2 | March 27 2006 | Fixed a couple of critical regression bugs: Games with computer players would end early if there was only one human player left. Borgification wasn't working correctly. |
| 1.4.1 | March 23 2006 | Implemented an option to automatically borgify inactive players. Fixed a bug where traded-in cards were not being removed from a player's deck. Fixed bug in game creation where the map would always return to Earth when adding/removing a comptuter player or if there was an error with game creation. Upgraded to latest version of JavaMail (Hoping it will fix the problem where email is sometimes not sent). Start recording game creation time. |
| 1.4.0 | March 13 2006 | Finished computer AI -- computer players are now available when creating new games. Fixed some bugs with the scheduler and turn skipping / reminding. |
| 1.3.2 | March 4 2006 | Fixed card trad-in bug: When trading in 2 wilds and another card, one-of-each should be granted. Fixed bug: territory popus wouldn't appear if the owner had an apostrophe in his/her nickname. Fixed bug where a skipped turn could have double reinforcement army placement. Added privacy policy, added invalid email functionality. |
| 1.3.1 | Jan 31 2006 | Fixed missing plst_body bug. Fixed strange nickname bug which wouldn't allow update of player data in player table. |
| 1.3 | Jan 22 2006 | Implemented AJAX for attacking phase. Fixed random gen problem with capitol/conversion ratio. Fixed initial army placement bug reported by Gautam. After conquering a territory, the default troop movement is now the maximum amount possible. Added admin maintenance warning functionality. |
| 1.2.1 | Jan 14 2006 | Added turn timeout configuration on game creation screen, added turn skipping option. |
| 1.2 | Dec 29 2005 | Rebuilt the notification system. Added instant messaging option for notifications. Added the user notification configuration screen. |
| 1.1.5 | Dec 14 2005 | Fixed a particularly nasty bug which was not allowing newly-joined users to create valid games. |
| 1.1.4 | Dec 11 2005 | Added the user list administration feature. Fixed an emailing bug. |
| 1.1.3 | Dec 08 2005 | Added the administration screen with the ability to control app status. |
| 1.1.2 | Nov 28 2005 | Basic foundation began for AJAX reworking. |
| 1.1.1 | Nov 13 2005 | Reworked leader code. Added public games option, reworked collections to be 1.5 type-safe. |
| 1.1 | Sep 18 2005 | Added help screens, reworked DB foundation. Made game map show correctly on Safari. |
| 1.0.1 | Aug 20 2005 | Allow direct loading of a game based on game number. |
| 1.0 | Aug 03 2005 | First fully usable version. Horray! |