WHAT'S NEW IN THE 7.40 RELEASE?

Last Updated June 25th, 2010

DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.40 RELEASE:
1) Updated phone number and address, removed fax, for DreamQuest Software.
2) Candeo: Updated toolbar to latest as of March 2010 with Win 7 / IE 8 support.
3) Windows 7: Verified and tweaked a few things to improve Windows 7 support.
4) Feature: You can now cancel from New Game variation dialog by pressing Escape.
5) Feature: Concede prompts now say clearly say Concede? on the caption.
6) Hearts AI: Improved shooting AI if points allowed, dump low and save Hearts/QS.
7) Feature: With avatars hidden, cards moved over more from Menu/Undo buttons.
8) Feature: Added Rebid button in Practice options during first round of play.
9) Spades AI: Intermediate players now bid King for only a half in 5-card suits.
10) Spades AI: Improved coaching and wording for hints covering partner's Nil.
11) Spades AI: Ok to dump KS on AS when close to getting bid to avoid bags.
12) Spades AI: Don't bid to set instead of Nil assuming 10-for-200 bonus.
13) Windows Vista/7: Force sound playback to use DirectX for compatibility.
14) Windows Vista/7: Don't use cached sound playback buffers (fix crashes).
15) Add Windows 7 and 2008 Server to bug reporting and order forms.
16) Statistics: Confirmed game statistics for Euchre working correctly.
17) Rummy: Confirmed Ace will meld with JQK over 234 if selected.
18) Gin: Fixed problem with bots not knocking with 0-deadwood after discard.
19) Gin: Fixed issue with changing/extra cards created when bot didn't knock.
20) Chess: Fixed hint coaching often wrong about piece to setup for capture.
21) Chess: Fixed promotion bug giving rook even if you selected Queen.
22) Chess: Number keys may now be used to select piece for pawn promotion.
23) Chess: Escape/Enter now default to selecting Queen for pawn promotion.
24) Profile: Removed obsolete multiplayer rating field.
25) Windows: Removed date checks and 'seems old' prompts FOREVER.
26) Mobile: Removed date checks and 'seems old' prompts FOREVER.
27) Cribbage: Fixed bug loading/replaying Cribbage hands playing out game.
28) Euchre AI: Lead of top bower by maker ok with two offsuit Aces.
29) Installer: Upgrade NSIS installer to 2.46 to improve Windows 7 support.
30) Security: We no longer accept 6.x unlock codes on Windows (Mobile ok).
31) Security: Updated code digits checked to break old keygens and their codes.
32) Security: Removed online dqzone validation check of old digit on upgrade.
33) Sale: Fix in-game startup Ace's Rescue banner giving pirate offer/SKU.
34) Installer: Improve VB6 runtime check for WINE and test
35) Installer: Update oggdec to OggSound to prevent bad malware warnings.
36) Chess: Help now explains how en passant pawn move/capture works.
37) Install: Update PAD file platforms supported and current phone.


Mobile: Confirm game statistics saving and restoring correctly.
Mobile: Confirm unlock codes working ok (both 6.x and 7.x?).
Mobile: Confirm delay between hands can be set to none (Cribbage).
Mobile: Stop checking for new release.


DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.31 FREE RELEASE:
Candeo: Updated toolbar to latest April 2009 builds with better support for IE 7.

DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.30 ALL-STARS/FREE RELEASE:
Vista: Supress free memory warnings on startup on Vista systems with 4GB of RAM.
#5343 Fix Misere after 7 and OM after 8 options
#5343 Don't prompt for Misere if not a legal bid
#5351 GUI: Clear previous load game prompt when restoring savegame to bid prompt
#5345 Don't say this version appears old: Mobile May 15 2010, Windows at 1 year after EXE
Removed game-specific email addresses and use support@dqsoft.com for all instead
Gin: AI no longer allowed to knock if after discard puts them over deadwood limit.
Hearts: AI now will risk holding only 2 Hearts to stop shot.
Hearts: Custom bots will no longer prevent ties from continuing another hand.
Rummy: Human players are now allowed to layoff on multi-card pickup
Rummy: Prompt on multiple pickup now clearly shows layoffs are ok.
Rummy: Fixed problem in Kaluki w/jokers causing A2A or AH2 melds instead of A23
500: Don't change partner's suit bid to NT without 4+ QKA, 3+ QKA to open
500: Confirmed trick undo and endhand replay/rebid working correctly
500: Once a player passes, they cannot bid again
Install: Update to c2009 and shorten key entry text for demo users
Check: Version check no longer says dqzone and uses our new phone #
Check: Always show 3-digit 7.30 version not 7.3 in check prompts.
Online: Removed old newaccount form no longer used.
Check: Version checking much faster now using HTTP/1.0 (previously timed out at 5 sec)
Order: Removed phone ordering information from the game and update order form.
Vista: Confirmed Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 compatibility and Plugin/Skin downloads ok.
Skins: Browse now auto-selects Skins tab.  Confirmed skins/plugins work.
Install: Removed unused lobby online images to cut size a bit
PAD: All PAD files updated including new mobile board and parlor bundles.
Help: Add player's profile help back in and update copyright to 2009
Install: Upgrade to latest NSIS 2.44 installer to address Windows 7 compatibility.
Automake: Fixed final bundles incl. vendored and Free/Classic 500 + Rescue
Build: Only make special/vendor builds if nightly final, fix bundle renaming
Mobile: Added Board game bundle and rename bundles + created bundle PADs
Install: Fails install OGGDEC.EXE converting Sugar Plum Fairies under Windows 7
FIX: Sound: Crash with music playing under 64-bit Vista
FIX: Toolbar installer crashes under 64-bit + no toolbar in IE7

DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.18 ALL-STARS/FREE RELEASE:
#5337 CO: Show all cards option now shows downcards when hinting in Solitaire!
#5334 RegNow: Fixed eSellerate and RegNow affiliate branded builds
#4406 Monthly sale now downloads separately to game with better handling.
#5328 Monthly sale now a banner ad instead of square button.
#5014 Various tutorial scaling problems, esp in Solitaire fixed.
#5331 Fixed newsletter subscribe in game
#5324 CO: Preset Button Text much nicer now, shows variation info
#5322 CO: Fixed Solitaire tutorial install problem.
#5325 Zoox: Allow full reset including avatar upon relaunch
#5321 CO: Bundle Launcher Launches But Won't Run The Game
#5332 Fixed Check For Newer Version Doesn't Seem To Do Anything
#5327 Update copyright dates to 2008
#5319 Remove 1-800 and Fax Order Numbers From All Games & update new address
#5320 500 gif problem: 3 images not found, causes errors
#5330 Added Reg Service Tracker Into Installer
#5288 Solitaire: Fixed throwing pies.
#5282 Solitaire: Invisible cards in addiction no longer have drop shadows.
#5290 Fixed games won/lost statistics not accumulating.
#5278 Tutorials: starting a tutorial from within a tutorial no longer causes problems.
#5251 Rummy: Preset Game Variations no longer all three player.
#5285 Fixed monthly sale ad too large.
#5293 Euchre: Fixed continuous up card.
#5294 Spades: Blind Nil stays on bid card on subsequent hands.
#5305 Fixed Undo not allowing repass or rebid from round one.
#5287 Fixed expansion code not current saying "All-Stars All-Stars."
#5262 Free CGR Bundle Launcher fixed.
#5338 Remove last online play reference in TOS and Help file
Updated Candeo toolbar to January release adding Firefox support.
Fixed Free upsell from bonus feature dialogs, default Pirate banner
Audio taunts now work when installed via Plugin Manager


DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.12 ALL-STARS/FREE RELEASE:
#5263 Help files no longer bring up an HTML tag misplaced error.
#5238 No deal icon showing in Cribbage
#5223 Pass Best Variation, Questie Hints 'I would suggest discarding your .'
#5232 In Captured Pieces, Game Says 'Sorry you must play a full hand first'
#5231 Menu: Show more game-neutral card/pieces for History and Settings.
#5197 Change Save/Load Behavior To Save Exact Game State, Test This For Every Game!
#5216 Click on Score Card > Last Hand Scoring > 'Other' Button Does Nothing
#5233 Graphical Bits In Detailed Statistics Menu
#5226 History Button In Game Win Dialog Broken: Does Nothing
#5241 Splash screen that says 'Cynthia and Merlin have won this game.'
#5228 Make Recommended Move Just Seems To Hint.
#5201 Online: #If ONLINE references in startup, game menu, and Settings menu
#4218 Online: Remove now unused forms and classes and make it offline only
#5179 Pirates: Broken Tutorial
#5229 Scale Graphics Off, Tutorial, New Game: Text And Pictures are Messed Up
#5210 Scale Graphics: When Off, Avatar Faces In Player Selection Are Large
#5175 Text runs off the edge in play history
#5237 Tutorial Wrong: Players Cut Different Cards And Don't Match Tutorial
#5255 ALL GAMES: Help Files Should Explain Game Variation Buttons
#5252 Explain Brazillian Rules Better In Helpfile
#5212 Help File Needs Updating
#5214 Professor Not English Educator: Some Hint Text Not So Great
#5213 Hints In Reverse Scoring Make No Sense - Aggressively Take Points But Play Low
#5253 Rename Deck Cut Selection option to Select deal cut card for Cribbage confusion
#5230 Says 'Questie is thinking of a move for you...' even when coach is the professor.
#5211 Large Font (DPI) Marshall and Red Character Descriptions Don't Fit.
#5218 Vista: Can't Adjust Volume In Game, Complains About Missing sndvol32.dll
#5207 Downloading A Game From Within The Game: Pause/Resume Errors (Also Yes/No?)
#5220 Game Scoring History: Always Lists Hands as 'No Longer Available.'
#5256 Install All Beta Bundle Launcher Is Broken - No Buttons & Green Box
#5219 Plug-In & Skin Manger: Menu Buttons Off Center When Running In 120 DPI
#5208 Plug-In And Skin Manager: Edit Button Does Nothing!
#5171 Reset To Defaults After Applying A Skin and Custom Pic Causes Graphical Bugs
#5227 Score Card > Show Passed Cards (in a board game?)
#5254 Help File Explains Deck Cut Selection doesn't affect Cribbage cut
#5260 Upsell: Use new movie themed all-star upsell screen for both Free and Pro
#5222 Cutthroat Game Button has Pegs instead of Clubs
#5209 About: Buttons Say '15% Off' But Lie And Give You Full-Priced Games In Your Cart
#5215 Can Change Game Rules In Tutorial, Thus Breaking It In To Sobbing Bits
#5257 Change preset menu title from 'spanish pool' to 'spanish'
#5268 Game now defaults to practice options (Hint/Undo) enabled without confirmation
#5269 Remove Pro references and consistently use All-Stars everywhere
#5270 AI: Fix hint text for Nil 'minimizing extra bags' and playing low 3rd in cut
#5342 Remove online references still in Help file

DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.10 ALL-STARS/FREE RELEASE:
#4974 Gameplay animation very slow and choppy, fixed
#5133 Animation speed no Longer available to free players
#5086 Unlock button in BUY now Menu is unclickable
#4806 AI Bot often gives away Queen in higher difficulty levels
#3997 Download times on Web too long for home and SKU pages, trim flimsizes, etc.
#3987 Web: nicer downloading page with progress bar and more sales animations
#4145 Web: The Save password feature causes SQL error on the DQForums.com
#4320 INSTALL VISTA: Add support for Games Program Group (large icons, detailed info, etc.)
#4964 Online: Ratings show differently online, especially when you ping a player in lobby
#4002 Chess/Chk: Implement setup custom board to layout custom boards & specify turn
#4218 Classic: Trim unnecessary forms and classes and make it offline only
#4864 FK: Wes thinks tool long when there are limited pieces
#3215 Offline play: Profile and reduce unnecessary calls and then find resource leaks
#4961 Uninstall page says "Unistalling 100 o/o Free Championship Hears Pro v. 7.07"
#3330 Win Perf: Trim black edges on 2D, #d images and get board to center them properly
#4762 CR: Duplicate cards in Rummy
#4820 CR: Online scoring occasionally totally wrong
#4783 CR: Solo Win: Tie awards victory to one player rather than dealing a tiebreaker in solo
#4808 AI: Bots often underbid, but there are a few instances of overbidding as well-inconsistent
#4976 All: Edit Bot pLaying Style: wrong face if not one of main 8; screenshots scale wrong
#4980 ALL: Host LAN: Asks if you want to abandon game you're currently hosting
#5007 FUI: Bid circle in 500 looks bad & offset wrong on Large Font & forces startup maximum
#5072 SUI: Click always show options & start menu scale better
#5051 Gin : Card count not showing on player face
#4928 Make Player face highlight(showing whose turn it is) much more visible
#5049 Online: Add Shades and Smile icons to prevent Asserts and make online login faster
#5073 Online: fix LAN staring w/o clicking & vars covering up IP prompt
#4873 Profile: fix button lineup & "What is your name?" only do profile title if online
#5011 Rummy: can't find Images/plastic frame.gif
#4983 Runtime error 5 occurs when change cards dealt, players in game, etc.
#5025 Support; Remove all email address references from games and docs, use support form
#4978 During 3 player games, one player is always hidden behind scorecard
#4870 ALL: Game rules and stats not state not saved correctly for each player
#4998 ALL: Online: Can't always change name(dropdown greyed out often, but not always)
#4960 Allow prelogn.pl to notify players with MsgBox or Web page
#4842 Create a patch installer for 7.06
#4982 Ladder/Rated games shouldn't be allowed to show all cards
#4967 Online:Ladder games don't stay rated if someone leaves
#4999 Salesreport: prevent and update database to {screxe}
#5068 Free:Restore Sparky squish banners and update feature set fo All-Stars
#4957 All:Online: Custom Pics: Seen by players sometimes; bug report show them
#5067 Animate: Disable AddAnimation when speed set to none to workaround slowness
#4889 Check custom pics disabled flag when trying to play online with a custom pic
#4955 Priates: confirm hint not working-no confirmation needed
#5008 Classic: Main menu title screen doesn't show Championship word (blank white square, CR)
#4990 Bid Euchre: 48 cards should deal 12; 40 should deal 10.  Both deal only 5
#4962 Bidcard: Make text color on Misere the same as other bid text so it's readable
#5010 Chess: change players in menus does nothing
#5009 Chess: Last move in History does nothing(correct if no moves yety, seems OK)
#4874 LAN: Hosting LAN game after clean install shows no Hosting tab (Pro)
#4865 Load savegame with skin while offline, explain why can't find image error better
#4958 Move view passed cards to popup menu on scorecard instead of trickcard
#4956 Free 7.07: Patch doesn't work w/free games
#4931 Online: Mysterious runtime error 402 and crash when changing player picture
#4835 Online: Say "NO" at prompt to create new online profile
#4871 CK:Move screen size Warning Dialog Down one Level, Maybe reword it
#4973 C: PUt Manual Scoring back in for Windows only
#4524 ALL: Dragging any dialog leaves trails and doesn't refresh picture View
#4821 Joining Lobby "Hangs" the game, makes white "host" tab in from profile
#4881 Classic Rummy: Hint is very bad
#4996 E: Score shown w/numbers, not cards
#3770 FAQ: Test LAN play via internet firewalls, using mapped ports.  Update FAW for UDP
#4872 CG & CR: Client can't sort cards in fly-out-menu
#4876 Name in picture box becomes left-justified when you click on picture to change profile

DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.06 ALL-STARS/FREE RELEASE:
#3999 Chess: Implement Fischer Random and Suicide variations and confirm online play
#4003 Update DQCleanReg to include the new games
#4255 GUI: /name from lobby chat should bring up profile window
#4295 Art: Create Vista-Sized Icons?
#4306 GUI: Speed up refresh in Cribbage so shadows don't turn off
#4311 Online: Spades Blind bid option showing incorrectly in game summary (see description)
#4315 [CR] Tiling issues in rummy when meld goes onto the second row.
#4318 Command line arguments all fixed up and match FAQ and /help text
#4319 Online: /room and /join startup command-line parameters don't work properly
#4336 Disable various features for Free games and include upsell (see details)
#4338 Bugs found while testing/fixing Free 7.0 release
#4343 Chess: Online fischer synchronize deal seed between players to stop initial board positions
#4344 500: Kitty hidden by trick card, show name above player hands when showing all cards.
#4346 Make pirates the default sale if the current sale has expired
#4351 Spades All-Stars: Option to choose if trump had to be broken or not is gone
#4352 [CR] Cribbage: When screen is maximized, changing Taunt Frequency shrinks peg board
#4355 Online: Game freezes for at least 5 minutes when host leaves during play (all games)
#4356 Online: When host leaves from winner dialog by clicking "Exit game", scores don't reset.
#4357 Online: If player changes bots to people host can't view, player goes OOS and doesn't recover.
#4360 Popup dialogs need to direct them to support.html, NOT e-mailing support@
#4363 Euchre: Selecting to play tutorial from in-game causes confusion and incorrect play when over
#4366 AI Hearts: QS can be led on 1st trick by bots if the AS or KS is also played on that trick
#4388 All: Remove Unused Graphics
#4392 R: Show Last Play Broken
#4475 'Minimum bid' count is off (ex: selecting '4 for team' actually requires you to bid 6. see descrip)
#4491 Newsletter coupon says 15% off (entire order) but is only giving $3 (15% of 1 game) off, reword
#4506 Z & K: Right-click on score card has card/trick game opts, also blank where "show details" should be
#4508 Z and K: "Print hands" should be called "Print moves" (History menu)
#4527 FIXED Euchre tutorial: Scrolling text: see descrip
#4588 Starter Card not shown during scoring summary (should be shown along with all the other cards)
#4597 Chat: Chatcard is no longer drawing or stretching correctly if viewed at 2* (1600x1200)
#4609 Gin Tutorial: ddqsoft.com/gintips.html Not working
#4678 Build: Create branded Rescue builds for BigFish, etc. with logo and wrapped EXE, if available
#4689 Opts: Default hint confirmation off for all games, esp during tutorial (still defaults to confirm)
#4695 Install: Create branded versions of Rescue for BigFish, etc. with their logos
#4696 Icon: incorrect for desktop, quick launch, and in taskbar during eound startup screen
#4699 Sound settings carry over from last person who played (see descrip)
#4713 Game disappears between title menu and game
#4716 Tutorial: Back button doesn't skip past lesson you're currently in
#4717 Ace's map screen text and scaling
#4718 Showing cards not reseting for new hand?
#4719 Menus are huge (only when game maximized)
#4720 Exit New Game Variation using X: auto bids for you forever, restarts default regular variation
#4721 Ambients: don't play when just sound on; don't end immediately when sound and music turned off
#4722 Taunts not working (only Nil bid taunts are playing)
#4723 Game doesn't reset when reaching 250 points
#4724 4 players in cutthroat variation?
#4725 No "boom" of cannon ball when ambient sounds are playing.
#4726 No "happy faces" during tutorial
#4727 Every tutorial game gives a map piece (win) even if it's not the last game of the tutorial
#4728 No glass breaking sound when shooting at Amber
#4729 Test and fix if needed: Score/Bag results not centered on scorecard.
#4730 [CR] East taunts run off the screen
#4731 Incorrect Spades 1-bit hint to 'cover pard Nil'
#4734 Euchre: Run-time error '76'
#4747 All: Name colors don't match color of "#of cards" box in picture, or meld colors in meld games
#4755 M: 'High Score Name' (from main menu) thinks you're trying to register
#4760 Rummy hint ai is poor
#4763 Install ALL: Pro Games give tons of scary errors if installed under a guest account.
#4766 [CR] PRO: In Spade and Rummy Sort algorithm resets to default
#4769 PRO: Cribbage. Definition of SKUNK is not clear, just put in help file
#4771 C: Prompt to lead/play card sometimes covers hints (weird; see descrip)
#4772 Make a 150 version of chat card!
#4774 Disable taunting in tutorials
#4777 Squish cards in rummy discard pile together when it gets too large
#4778 [CR] Changing cards in deck to more than 24 results in only 2Ds and As
#4779 Z: Captured Pieces screen not coming up correctly
#4780 CK: Remove show score history from the flyout menu
#4781 Z: Big white box around player face. Double frame when changing personality
#4782 BigFish classic games show error after splash screen: can't find frmViewer.gif
#4784 Free Chess: Change Player Button leaves a Text box with some blurry texts
#4785 Free- ALL: Link- "Take advantage of Monthly speacials" not displaying any info
#4786 Z and K: connecting to dqzone and hosting game is REALLY slow
#4787 ALL: Players can't sign into dqzone from any computer besides their own
#4788 ALL: Remove/Fix <playername:> Beer and Report from Left Click Player Menu
#4789 When Hosting A New Game, The Invite Player button doesn't work
#4790 Host Game Dialog Box Is Rather Empty (Except When You Try To Delete A Profile)
#4791 Plug-In And Skin Manager has Bizarro-Green Box Edit Button Doesn't Work.
#4792 Banner Logo on Online News Page Is To Big (Size news form/pic correctly)
#4793 Spades: Bid Nil button does not stretch correctly to 2x on startup
#4794 Scrolling News Box On DQZone.com Does Weird Refresh Shenanigans.
#4795 Euchre: Tutorial. To view last trick user need to click on Bid Score Board not on trick card
#4796 ALL: Remove 256 Color Support
#4797 K, Z: Let Free Players Have A 2D Board
#4798 Verify Free Rummy Is Using Correct Meldboard
#4799 Change Bid Text Color For Championship 500
#4800 Install: Free and Championship Desktop Icons Overwrite Each Other
#4801 Make 500 Bid Buttons Support Transparency
#4802 500 Championship & Free 150 Score Card Is Funky
#4803 CE: 48(double) in Cards in Deck doesn't work correctly.
#4804 Applying out of date skins make change player dialog look like crap
#4805 Dreamquest logo at startup covers skinned startup images
#4806 AI: Bot often gives away Queen in higher difficulty levels
#4807 Install: Fix GetParent reference warnings in all game NSIS install and uninstallers
#4808 AI: Bid: Bots often underbid but there are a few instances of overbidding as well
#4808 JT98 of Spades is now bid better with a 'squarish' hand w/o short suits
#4809 AI Spades: 3 rounds left and they need 1, go for set with 3 Spades
#4809 AI Spades: Avoidbags still if they got bid and high bid total
#4809 AI Spades: Fixed rank test preventing lead of 5 or 6 ranks to Nil
#4809 AI Spades: If no good lead and pard bid safe Nil, lead high not low
#4809 AI Spades: Our low dump might still win the trick, if so, say so
#4809 AI Spades: Really hate leading suits for a 4th round to Nil pard
#4809 AI: Play: Bots often do not count cards or help partners with bids
#4809 Load: Convert old lo-res pics (PicFrame) in savegames to new ones
#4810 AI Hearts: Leads guaranteed winners before low QS protection
#4810 AI: Better to lead guaranteed winner and take Hearts than lead Spades away from our QS
#4811 ALL: Uninstalling The Game Leaves Entries In Start Menu
#4812 ALL: Dialog Boxes Are No Longer Skinned
#4813 ALL: Don't let trial users apply skins
#4814 ALL: After applying a skin and go online, get error about character being the wrong size
#4815 PRO:Hearts.Help button gives a wrong message
#4816 ALL: Normal 24 DQ Characters Not Available When a Skin Is Applied - (See #4804)
#4817 Cannot launch game for ZKM and CGR bundle launcher
#4818 Pro Spade: Changing skins while in play gives error message
#4819 ALL: Install: Registration info not saved. Register screen appears, no register button
#4822 AI Hearts: After someone WAS leading high, dump Hearts once split
#4822 AI Hearts: Don't lead our last Spade below our AS/KS
#4822 AI Hearts: If only Spades left, lead low to dump lead with QS
#4822 AI: Bad play (various; see badhands on S drive)
#4823 AI: Bot subtracts rather than adding after moonshot (confirmed already fixed in 7.0)
#4824 Variation: Bid Euchre gives only 2Ds and As. Only deals 5 (should get 6)
#4825 Make sure you can see upcard always in online games and during scoring
#4826 How To Fall Into A Phantom Lobby: A Guide
#4827 ALL: Cookie Managers cause game to freeze when trying to get online
#4828 Concede settings not saved (want to always play out manually)
#4829 Window Resize Shenaningans
#4830 Possible To Change To Any of 24 Characters in Demo or Free (well, Free crashes).
#4831 Free Chuckles Is Not 150
#4832 ONLINE: Free players can't see all-stars player pictures
#4833 Current game score field overlaps change picture button in profile dialog online
#4834 Able To Change Name While In A Game
#4836 16 New Avatars Don't Use 150 Graphics When Online (don't download 16 addons)
#4837 Re-Add support for custom player faces in player selection form
#4838 PRO: Exit button on main menu doesn't exit.
#4839 Make 150 Invite Button
#4840 Remove Voice Chat Check Box
#4841 ALL: Deal icon isn't showing up on player faces in the petite white box
#4841 Rummy: Card icon now shows next to card count in player frame
#4842 Created a patch installer for 7.06 from 7.0 All-Stars
#4843 Can't find /Happy/Unknown.gif to load. Shocking, I know.
#4844 Wrong expiration date for sale on startup screen (screenshot on S)
#4845 Small dialog icon not colored correctly (screenshot on S, details in descrip)
#4846 Reg takes looong time to vaidate; thx 4 reg'ing dialog won't close
#4847 Menu, Hint, Undo button look wrong- less shiny and happy
#4849 Art: 500: Make 150 version of circle on scorecard and player face (screenshot on S)
#4850 Custom pic: Says cannot find pic to load, but it can (definitely read descrip)
#4852 Playing online w 1 skin, switch to diff skin => player face scaling issues, etc etc
#4853 Can't change to 28 cards in Euchre
#4854 [CR] ALL: Online: game screen minimizes to tray when you host a game
#4855 could not find \Images\CZ_Small.gif or CZ_Clock.gif to load
#4856 Sort cards by Rank does nothing
#4857 Reword "spade must break suit" to "spades must be broken" in game rules
#4858 Team "Minimum bid"s don't work (see badhand, descrip)
#4859 Online: Loading savegame OFFLINE causes Assert as game downloads custom pic
#4860 FK:  Chuckles is default, but is not available as a face choice.
#4861 FK:  Error message when trying to change plugins/skins/music
#4862 Must click on discard pile to discard (anywhere in the discard area)
#4863 Player profile prompt doesn't appear until second time game is opened
#4868 Custom card passing rules don't work for Blind bids and Nils
#4869 Practice dialog above splash + thank you flashes wrong on clean install
#4873 Profile: Fix button lineup + 'What is your name?' only do edit if online
#4874 Profile: Show Hosting tab initially on LAN Host
#4872 CG & CR:  Client can't sort cards in fly-out menu
#4873 Profile: Fix button lineup + 'What is your name?' only profile if online
#4875 Pirates: Player face is showing Chuckles + name lineup + story fullscreen
#4877 Pirates: Windows minimizing option is bad
#4878 Pirates: Link for Sword Rules is not working
#4879 Pirates: Bad Hints
#4880 Pirates: Score Alignment is not centered
#4882 Classic & Pro Cribbage: Last play button does not work


DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.04 CLASSIC RELEASE:
#4752 Mahjongg logo, copyright, links updated in Classic and Pro DCR
#4743 Mahjongg solo and multi-game bundle launcher now works correctly
#4557 Z: Tutorial text scrolls way down if you click on blue link
#4379 All: Prompt Doesn't Reposition Upon Game Scale Change
#4490 Chess: Make default size bigger to fit 3D board
#4544 Player Prefs > Sort Algorithm called "sort cards by" + remove manual
#4391 Player Names Don't Resize Properly On Maximize Toggle
#4489 Player faces don't show up in player selection
#4494 Sound: Verify sound startup options and MCI setting now saves
#4493 Startup sound now works for File, MCI, waits for sound on exit
#4492 Vista: DirectX playback fixed to work on Vista (dx7vb included)
#4520 When hand ends player faces are shown instead of just name bar and cards.
#4738 Icons: Not showing up in desktop, quick launch, and start menu
#4410 ALL: Shimmer Animation should be more obvious cycles faster
#4543 'Sort cards by' (cards in hand flyout menu) setting now saved
#4504 ZK: Opening Splash Screen Now Masked
#4667 Bundles: Nicer launcher graphics + Classic requires launcher
#4426 C: Tutorial: Chat scrolls back up to the top after first hand
#4740 E: History: Upcard does nothing (Upcard was added, see bug 4549)
#4434 Change Player popup menu now tells you how to use dialog
#4455 All: Card faces now scale properly to 200%
#4523 Gin: Math in score calculations is wrong.
#4530 Euchre: Bid cards scale nicer now 
#4547 Euchre: Bid variation fixed deck cut and now deals correctly
#4546 Euchre: Cutthroat variation- says 3p but is really 4p
#4470 G: Clicking on the knocker to go gin no longer shows game summary.
#4525 Gin: Trying to deselect the card selected by hint results in playing
#4519 Help Button on player selection form wasn't doing anything
#4563 Masking issues with crib pegs, bid icon, and brass buttons
#4537 New Game doesn't prompt to select variation
#4551 Player Preferences: Viewing cards for all players is now saved
#4522 Score calculation: Classic Gin [See 4523]
#4550 Score card score text alignment is off
#4509 Use new backbuffer for animations to decrease flicker
#4565 K: Suicide variation: "you cannot move this piece" fixed
#4746 K: playout tutorial bad, disable practice options in tutorial
#3969 Opts: Changing piece color no longer advances the game
#4739 Player Profile: Large white box surrounding pic (other than Guest)
#4533 Player face not saved after tutorial or even used at start of game
#4456 Rummy: With 104 or 108 cards, click one card, duplicate pops up too
#4505 Score history (Captured Pieces dialog) is REALLY screwed up looking
#4735 Suit icons scaling way too big on scorecards and under bidder in Euchre
#4562 Z and K: Suicide variations make taunts backward (Hooray! I'm losing!)
#4564 Z and K: clicking Change Board multiple times gets gray box of dooooooom!
#4737 E Tutorial: viewing Last Hand Scoring (history makes scroll text disappear
#4736 E: tutorial text: "trickcard to the left" should say "to the right"
#4532 Euchre tutorial: Scoring Results for Hand #2 say they're for Hand #1
#4741 G: my player smiles every time my opponent draws a card
#4479 All: Performance Issues/Disabled Drop Shadows
#4539 Change player face then reset to default, players face goes to original
#4542 Change player prompt only goes away after playing a card
#4531 Euchre: Bid icon drawing on all player frames instead of just the bidder
#4552 Music: Doesn't play until second opening of game (menu does say it's on)
#4483 Vista: Sign game and installer EXEs to show yellow lock and DQ name
#4548 Euchre: Can't select Call Best game variation from presets
#4429 Cribbage: Board looks bad when maximized / scaled
#4428 Cribbage: No prompt to begin/lead card
#4484 Cribbage: Pegs Not Functioning Correctly [Probably same problem as 4489]
#4430 Cribbage: Playing tutorial after game then exiting, game not to be saved
#4495 ALL: Add Support For Partner Splash Screen
#4498 ALL: Game tries to load ...\Happy\Unknown.gif and can't find it
#4486 ALL: Unable to Change Avatar Pics
#4467 All- changing your player name (creating new profile) redeals/restarts hand
#4464 All: Before tutorial starts, weird screen flash (just table, no faces cards)
#4554 Checkers: Default board to black and red 3D (not see our floaty tiles)
#4529 Euchre: Scoring results @ end of hand: Cards shown cover player faces
#4469 Installer (All): Puts icon for "More Games at DQZone" on desktop (shouldn't)
#4535 Opening Screen: Slow down Chuckles animation
#4536 Frame in player select and player details is scaling incorrectly
#4540 R: After getting a hint, it is impossible to not choose the hinted card.
#4482 Startup: MIDI music starts twice, game flashes, make startup clean
#4466 Tutorial: Change player face explains that you can't do it in tutorial
#4480 Vista: Confirm save/restore ok in UAC, chat, skin, startuplog
#4559 Z and K: Reset to defaults resizes screen small and gives you 2D board
#4558 Z: game resizes small after tutorial and gives 2D board
#4541 Tutorial: Speed up animation speed (not as fast as the game but faster)
#4527 Euchre tutorial: Scrolling text: see descrip
#4372 All: Game Says "Distributed by RescueDreamQuest" in About Menu
#4378 All: Remove RSP OCX after popup, use oggdec.exe to convert at runtime
#4396 All: Game Doesn't Prompt For Profile On Initial Execution
#4472 Sounds: OGG sounds dont convert and therefore shuffle dont play on Vista
#4407 All: Icon is not transparent on all dialogue boxes
#4447 ALL: Small Mystical Card Back Isn't Actually Small
#4468 Mystical card deck looks fuzzy when maximized
#4393 C: Remove Show Last Play Button, Add Score History button to History Menu
#4437 ALL: 150 BrassFrame, frmSuit, etc.
#4446 ALL: Add Shimmer Animation PNG's To Build
#4432 ALL: Add in Support for 150 Card Backs
#4409 ALL: Make A Large Note Pad/Score Pad that scales nicer
#4471 All: White rectangle shows briefly before shimmer is loaded on main menu.
#4473 Can't Find CG_Knocker.png
#4451 Chess: Start with no player pic (question mark). Chg face fixed.
#4416 Classic H: Game Loads With Error Message, Can't Find Unknown.gif
#4440 G: Convert the CG_Knock and it's 150 version to a PNG
#4394 G: Show Last Play Appears Broken (Replaced with score history)
#4474 G: White "10" on the score card.
#4450 Most: Can't find \Faces\Happy\Unknown.gif
#4415 Nuke old card gifs
#4390 R, C, G, E, S, H: Game Crashes On Exit
#4445 Some Games: frmBidIcon should be granted a 150 versions. [See 4438]
#4507 Take out all png, gdi+, and rescue references
#4452 Z and K: Art Settings menu needs work, mostly deleting options
#4553 K Z opening screen wrong. Back box behind circle, no Questie
#4444 Z: 150 CZ_Clock [See 4438]
#4419 All: Round Card Corners
#4387 All: Change Fish, Star Trek, and Logo Deck Backs to original art
#4383 ALL: Games Have Mysterious Yellow Talk Balloon Diamond Thing On Playmat.
#4377 All: Avatar Profiles List One Of Their Attributes As "Aggressiver"
#4385 All: Can't Delete Profiles
#4389 All: Choose Player Replacement Box Loads With Empty Cleo As Default
#4420 All: Drop shadows don't respect rounded corners on cards/buttons
#4386 All: Empty-Named Profiles Can Break The Tutorial.
#4417 All: Fancy and Fancy Free Card Faces Don't Load Oversized Cards
#4381 All: Invisible Close Box On Details Screen
#4370 All: Move Deck Cut Selection Out of Art
#4380 All: Players Are Able to Change Difficulty In The Tutorial
#4418 All: Remove Classic Free and Fancy Free Deck Faces From Classic
#4424 Animation Speed option is gone from all games (Settings > Player Preferences)
#4384 C, Z: Flyout History Menu Contains Empty Entry That Crashes Game
#4398 C: Changing The Board Type Results In Incorrectly Scaled Board
#4399 C: Move Board Type To Art Settings
#4411 Choosing random deck does nothing
#4427 Cribbage: Extra brass box appears below bot's name during endhand
#4400 K, Z: Can Scale The Game To Make It Look Like Road Kill
#4423 Take out Exit X in New Game Game Selection Menu
#4422 Tutorial: Pressing Alt freezes tutorial and makes card/piece invisible
#4382 Z: Chess Says "Show Last Trick" Instead Of "Show Last Move"
#4374 Z: Clock Icon Appears on Score Pad in Untimed Mode
#4369 Z: Deck Cut Selection Options Appears Under Art Settings.
#4375 Z: Score Pad Appears Clickable But Does Nothing
#4549 Euchre: History Menu: Change "passed cards" to "upcard" (just change text)
#4561 Z: many game variations default to time limits

DETAIL OF CHANGES IN THE 7.02 FREE RELEASE:
Free: Graphics dramatically improved to match All-Stars
#4336 Free: Now allows hosting all built-in variations online, even rated.
#4338 Free: Art and Rule customization now greyed-out and All-Stars upsell.
#4339 Installer: Updated NSIS installer and new Candeo toolbar installs.
#4334 GUI: Dim invalid players in unregistered Pro and Free.
#4335 GUI: Disable custom art, show what Pro has as thumbnails and to upsell
#4337 GUI: Icons for Free games wrong. Wrong game and/or bad transparency


SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN 7.0 ALL-STARS EXPANSION SINCE 6.62:
1) NEW DreamCoach(TM) offers not just what to bid or play, but WHY so 
   you can improve your game strategy each time you get a hint!
2) Selectable Questie or Professor coaches for rec vs. pro style hints
3) 16 fresh and new all-star players to play and challenge you!
4) New modern 3D set of cards with bigger ranks + optional 4-color deck
5) Easy Menu button and quick access to newly improved Undo and Hints
6) New 3D graphical option menus grouped logically for clear access
7) New game now prompts for main game variations or custom art/rules
8) New Reverse variation added to Hearts & QS forced now defaults off.
9) Presets allow you to name & save your favorite custom rule variations
10) Double-clicking Hand # gives quick access to Last Trick
11) New Chat button menu gives quick access to online Chat options
12) Animations rewritten to be smoother and faster on wide variety of PCs
13) Nicer name plates now show during View All and endhand analysis 
14) Cleaner upsell screen offers less text and X crossouts of free games
15) Nicer comic font on dialogs, bidcards, prompt, and taunt text
16) Nicer bulleted Readme for all games and platforms
17) Major AI update for even more challenging play in all games!
18) New, hi-fidelity game sounds and support for OGG music or sounds
19) Arrow key navigation added to dialogs and for bid and card play
20) Fresh themed artwork polished throughout game for a parlor feel
21) Player taunts now show up in balloon and audio taunts removed
22) Fully tested to work under upcoming Windows Vista OS


DETAILS OF CHANGES IN 6.99 MOBILE UPDATE:
Removed version seems old check (Feb 15)
#4348 Mobile: Cribbage 6.98 installer for PocketPC is a PalmOS file
#4333 AI: Re-enable hint text on mobile by cutting static string usage down
#3978 Device: Classic now sets the copyright beam prevention bit (Sprint)
#4323 Device: HCE code 20k too big + FS code WAY too big on Palm, cut dead code
#4324 Device: Mobile Chess fails to load on Palm expired + fix Spades bid hints
#4353 Mobile Spades: Hint option doesn't do anything during bidding phase
#3806 Mobile: Fix buy overlap + Addit=Classic + Classic/demo saves
#3979 Mobile: Unlock after expire + bidcards covering bid + random diff crash
#4481 700W: CAB files for OTA on Handango now work properly (use Cabwiz)
#4514 Cribbage: Hand Scoring options now work
#4579 Euchre: Cards in deck other than 24 or 28, no longer give lots of 2Ds
#3968 GUI: Text box (prompt?) covers up card number and overlaps stock in Gin
#4512 Game redeals after exit/restart
#3631 Install: Add INI set to CAB file to remove screen size warning on WM5
#4322 Install: Put OS4 versions in subdir + fix bundle builds on nightly builds
#4501 Rummy: Stats don't calculate correctly (see details in descrip)
#4500 Rummy: Taunts no longer attributed to wrong player
#4354 Mobile Euchre: Can't change game variation
#4359 Mobile: Link to online help now http://dqsoft.com/support.html
#3837 Opts: Rummy sort cards right option broken on display and toggling
#3857 Opts: Sound/Prompt/Delay off saved, score/stats now showing w/o prompt
#4347 Palm OS: Spades does not count bags unless you Reset to defaults
#4499 Rummy: Player faces no longer get stuck in Happy
#4517 Remove unused Show Dealing Of Cards (Opts > General) option
#4586 Spades: Card Sort option doesn't save
#4005 Vars: Double Jump and Single Jump Possible - Restricting Move to Single
#4007 Vars: Euchre With Joker doesn't show joker card properly
#4515 Wrong Reg Code error message give OwnerID and link to ownerid2.html
#4325 Tutorials: Fix wording on all tutorials to fit
#4321 Bugs: Cleanup options fix layout issues
#4341 Mobile: Crib cards are wrong: they're just the bot's discards doubled
#4595 700w: Round corners of button and other graphics nicer for semi-lo res
#4345 Trick Games: Suit of card you play is hidden by cards in your hand
#4367 Opts: General Options now all fit on screen, and squished to fit 700w
#3835 Device: Pause works on fast Axims both during play and Whack-A-Bot
#3831 Stats: Confirm all stats work in all games and survive demo unlock
#4066 Vars: Rummy For Palm (ppc?) scores incorrectly in dots mode
#4593 PalmOS: "Unlock" from green opening screen will now correctly Unlock
#4592 Tutorial: Suggested cards now highlighted or popped up in your hand


SUMMARY OF MAJOR GAME RELEASES BY DREAMQUEST SOFTWARE:
First public release of Championship Solitaire Challenge on September 15, 2007
First public release of Ace's Rescue: Blackbeard's Booty on June 6, 2007
First public release of 7.0 All-Star expansion was on December 16, 2006
First public release of Championship Rummy was on May 16, 2006
First public release of Championship Chess/Checkers was on January 13, 2005
Final public release of 'Phoenix' 6.0 Beta online lobby was on July 23, 2004
First public release of Championship Mahjongg Solitaire was on April 1, 2004
First public release of Championship Gin Pro was on August 15, 2003
First public release of Championship Cribbage Pro was on June 4, 2003
First public release of Championship Five Hundred Pro was on June 1, 2002
First public release of Championship Euchre was on March 21st, 2001
First public release of Championship Hearts was on April 22nd, 2000
First public release of Championship Spades Pro was on January 1, 2000
Championship Spades 7.1 (from which Pro was built) released on August 4th, 1999
First public release of 16-bit Championship Spades was on June 16th, 1996