Java Settlers of Catan

Updated 2010-12-31: (1.1.11)

• Popup to confirm before you move the robber onto your own hex
• Show robber's previous position on the board
• Robots: Force robot turns to end after several seconds of inactivity
• Bugfix: "Restart" button wasn't enabled if game ends after special build
• Bugfix: Couldn't place initial road on 6-player board's northernmost edge
• Fix infinite loop when robot leaves during game setup
• Game last-action time tracked, to detect idle games
• Debug commands now case-insensitive

Updated 2010-06-13: (1.1.10)

• Game owner tracked at server
• Security: Limit the maximum simultaneous games/chat channels created per client: Once a game/channel is removed (all members leave), they can create another.
  Defaults are 5 games, 2 channels. Use these properties to change the default:

  	jsettlers.client.maxcreategames
  	jsettlers.client.maxcreatechannels

Updated 2010-04-17: (1.1.09)

• 4-player board: crisper graphics (images from 6-player board)
• Practice games don't expire (Rowan H idea)
• Show rounds remaining for "roll no 7s during first n turns" (Rowan H idea)
• When moving robber and choosing a victim, popup shows their # VPs
• 6-player board: Always allow to request special build, even if no resources.
  Also allowed at start of own turn, only if not rolled or played card yet, and not when you are the first player taking your first turn.
• 6-player: During Special Building Phase, a player can ask to Special Build after the phase has begun, even if this means we temporarily go backwards in turn order. (Normal turn order resumes at the end of the SBP.) The board game does not allow this out-of-order building.
• 6-player robots: Slow down a little: Pause 75% of 4-player's pause duration, not 50%
• At end of game, show number of rounds along with resource stats and time elapsed
• Easier setup of other database types (besides MySQL)
• Robots can be automatically started when the server starts
• Other changes: see VERSIONS.txt

JM: Updated 2010-01-12: (1.1.08)

• Per-game options:
• Can now sometimes reconnect after connection to server is lost, when message "A player with that nickname is already logged in" appears.
• Smaller, cleaner building panel
• Re-word counter offer text to: Give Them / You Get
• Cleaner scaled graphics: Draw hex dice-number circles on hex, instead of GIFs.
• Chat text prompt ("type here to chat") cleared when clicked (D Campbell idea)
• Other changes:

  - Fix button redraw for Discard, Year of Plenty popups on OSX
  - Fix new-game options bg color on OSX Firefox 3.5+
  - BoardPanel faster redraw: cache image of board without pieces
  - BoardPanel javadocs explain nodeMap and initNodeMapAux
  - SOCRobotBrain refactor some message-handlers out of run() (C McNeil idea)
  - Old version history (pre-sourceforge):
      Added file src/docs/old-updates-rsthomas.html
      found on web at http://jrh-xp.byu.edu/settlers/updates.htm
  

JM: Updated 2009-10-31: (1.1.07)

• Per-game options:

  	- PL  Maximum # players (2-4)
  	- RD  Robber can't return to the desert
  	- N7  Roll no 7s during first # rounds
  	- BC  Break up clumps of # or more same-type ports/hexes
  	- NT  No trading allowed
  	

• Other changes:

  - Re-word counter offer text
  - Hide trade offer after rejecting counteroffer (John F idea)
  - Allow debug commands in practice games
  - New applet parameter "nickname" for use with dynamic html (Rick Jones idea)
  - Framework for parsing "-" / "--" options at server commandline
  - Refactor per-turn resets from many places to new game.updateAtTurn()
  - GameList kept at server/client
  - Bugfix: Could sit down at 2 positions due to network lag
  - Rescaled board hex graphics now fall back to polygons if problem occurs
  - Removed unused hex graphics from soc/client/images
  - Fewer disconnect-reconnect debug messages from robots during idle hours
  - Don't cover board with 'choose player' popup (Rowan H idea)
  - AskDialog supports multiple lines with "\n"
  

JM: Updated 2009-06-01: (1.1.06)

• Monopoly reports (privately) number of resources stolen to each victim
• Reset practice game, at end of game: New randomly-selected robots, instead of same robots each time
• Track and understand client version starting from connect time, not just from joingame time.
• Can deny entry to individual games based on client's version (ex. client too old to understand a recent game feature, like 6 players)
• Fewer debug messages from robots during idle hours
• Bugfix: Hangs on mac osx 10.5 after a few minutes (SnippingTextArea)
• Bugfix: After disconnect/rejoin, trade offer panel overlays your controls
• Bugfix: "Start a local server" ignored port-number textfield, was always default port

JM: Updated 2008-09-06: (1.1.04)

• Bugfix: Cancelling 2nd initial settlement, other players lost resources
• Bugfix: Don't disable "play card" button after buying or playing a card
• Bugfix: Sometimes, "hovering" road or settlement wouldn't show during initial placement
• Give player's win/loss count at end of game, unless first game

JM: Updated 2008-08-26: (1.1.03)

• Fix bug in board-reset of practice games
• Fix bug: At end of game, client sometimes incorrectly showed player 0 (Blue) as winner
• Don't show hovering road/settlement/city unless player has the resources

JM: Updated 2008-08-17: (1.1.02)

• Fix bug in board-reset after a player leaves game
• Fix bug in robot disconnect/reconnect

JM: Updated 2008-08-12: (1.1.01)

• Fix bug in timing of board-reset vs lost-connection
• Fix bug in board-reset vote reporting

JM: Updated 2008-08-09: (1.1.00)

• Visual feedback when waiting for players to discard
• Trade offer details shown in game text messages
• End-turn recovery when player loses connection during their turn, or when they are discarding
• Server, client report version on connect
• Source code now available (see above)
• Minor UI improvements: "play card" button when multiple cards; discard/trade message font metrics; year-of-plenty popup's "done" button

Changes from 1.0.6 to 1.1.00: