Komputer for Alle 1999 Ekstra 101 Spil/K-CD_1999_Ekstra_101_Spil.iso/Cards/Championship Spades/_SETUP.4/Group12/WhatsNew.txt

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WHAT IS NEW IN THIS VERSION?
Last updated on February 20, 1999

HIGHLIGHTS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.1 AND 6.2 RELEASES:
1. Over 50 bid and 90 play improvements, many regarding Nil play.
2. Added blind bids 5 and 8 for both computer and human players.
3. Added Mirror, Suidice, and Navy Team variations.
4. Added 'profiles' so all game settings are now autorestored by name.
5. Textual taunts are now displayed if sound unavailable or disabled.
6. 'Throw pie' option now available on main menu.
7. Delay range increased and smoothness of play improved.
8. Startup/shutdown file sounds now faster and clearer.
9. Some obscure trickcard/hand drawing problems fixed.
10. Reminder dialog now shows a random benefit & nags are less annoying.
11. New statistics added and bid/suggested/taken now shown on hand analysis.
12. Improved MIDI jukebox operation, including 45 more songs.
13. Added support for importing and exporting desktop 'themes'.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS 6.2 RELEASE CANDIDATE 2:
1. SPEED: Delay is now restored properly when < 1 on European systems.
2. SPEED: Draws and animations arent skipped at faster speeds for smoother play.
3. BID: Bug fixed that caused normal players to bid Nil with 4+ Spades.
4. BID: Bug fixed that prevented Suicide players from bidding Nil with 4+ Spades.
5. RESTORE: Failed savegames are no longer brought in as all 2D, hands redealt.
6. REPORT: Now shows the operating system level (3.1, 95, 98, NT 4.0, NT 5.0).
7. PLAYERS: Difficulty menu only changes personality (not custom names or faces).
8. THEMES: Diff change allows you to change difficulty after installing theme.
9. THEMES: Default theme upgraded and included with this level.
10. BID: Singleton Kings are no longer counted for even 1/2 a bid.
11. BID: Av KQ together now only counts for 1, not 1-1/2.
12. BID: Av unused trump now counted after 2.5, not 2.
13. BID: Rare possible Blind bid when ahead in endgame removed.
14. NIL PLAY: Save cover cards even if bidtotal >= 13 iff pardbid BLIND NIL.
15. 3RD PLAY: If 4th can overtrump us, and opp winning, we still have to try.
16. LEAD: Nil coverers will now try to run suit if they have high card.
17. LEAD: Nil coverers will now try harder to not lead 3rd round of any suit.
18. LEAD: Nil coverers are now less likely to waste few Spades by leading.
19. NIL PLAY: Dont overtrump opps with high trump, save for covering.
20. SUICIDE: Enabling suicide w/o Nil bags now prompts to enable Nil bags.
21. BLIND: Blind bids carried over from last hand are confirmed on new game.
22. OPTION: Nils OFF option moved to 'Tricks won by Nil go to' dropdown.
23. VARIATION: Navy team variation requires both to get bid for Nil to score.
24. VARIATION: Navy team Nil partners lower bid by 1 to help guarantee bid.
25. VARIATION: Navy team variation prompts to disable sandbags.
26. STATS: Tricks won/lost removed since not very useful, esp w/practice options.
27. STATS: Added count of exact bids made, overbids, and underbids instead.
28. MULTIPLAYER BETA: Added a Beta testing menu item to take you to the Web page.
29. LOAD: Loading of an old Spades hand now clears any Blind bids made.
30. SUICIDE: Non-nil bidders in Suicide no longer bid T,J,Q for so much.
31. SOUND: Startup sound should no longer be cut off on really fast machines.
32. CHANGE NAME/PROFILE: Now reloads scores/hands properly from previous game.
33. HELP: Updated help file to explain new variations, Blind bids, and stats.
34. *SOUNDS: Added 20 new original PD MIDI songs by Drakon.
35. *ACTIVEX: DLL versions downgraded to help with ActiveX error messages.
36. *THEME: Difficulty level now restored on theme change.
37. *SCORE: Human's bid, taken, and suggested bid are now shown on hand review.
38. *FAQ: Updated to include MCI and ActiveX error tips.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS 6.2 RELEASE CANDIDATE:
1. Fixed Boolean conversions on registry restore (not visible).
2. Bid: Dont overbid lots of low Spades (will lose 3 rounds).
3. Bid: Doubleton trump now fully used if Spade average low.
4. Bid: Highest low rank allowed for Nil now based on calced meanlevel.
5. Bid: Highest low rank allowed for Nil now ignore for Suicide.
6. Play: Suicide Nils now properly avoid tricks!  Oops...
7. Mirror: Minimum bids no longer enforced and bids now automatic.
8. Stats: Tricks won or lost by Nils no longer count toward stats.
9. Sound: Cardslam volume reduced by 50%.
10. Speed: Default delay is now 1 and slider range adjusted.
11. Themes: Reset sound and new file channel for faster loading.
12. Level: Average difficulty renamed to Apprentice.
13. Main game variation now shown in titlebar.
14. Suicide: Required Nil bids are now automatically bid for human.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS 6.2 BETA 2 RELEASE:
1. Startup sound no longer plays if disabled.
2. Visual taunts are working again.
3. Badplay sound is working again.
4. Positive bag penalty entered now converted to negative automatically.
5. Autorestore file deleted on upgrade to prevent old (bad) option restore.
6. Only reload taunts into buffers on sound OK if taunt flag changed.
7. Crash when trying to disable sounds hopefully fixed.
8. Experts now always aggressively check for Nil if playing suicide.
9. Experts playing suicide will now bid Nil MUCH more aggressively.
9. Partners not bidding Nil in suicide now bid Jacks, Queens.
10. Partners not bidding Nil in suicide now bid extra low Spades.
11. Aggressive suicide players now bid their Tens as well.
12. If partner already blew Nil, will now still try to trump their tricks.
13. Suicide players no longer worry about bags.
14. Suicide games now end on negative score even if other team not > 0.
15. Version shown now comes from App.Comments instead of App.Major/Minor.
16. Moved sounds and indicator update to after delay for smoother play.
17. Avoided an optimization bug that caused play to be very uneven.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS 6.2 BETA RELEASE:
1. Now warns on less than 32MB systems only on the first day of use.
2. Repaired utils.bas changes lost, mostly visual taunts.
3. Always copies taunts over on player rename if they don't exist.
4. Upgrade date check removed now that product is mature and stable.
5. Bid: Fixed bug that caused exp underbidding with 6+ top Spades.
6. Bid: A/K in long suits now worth full value if exp can run Spades.
7. Bid: Average much smarter in bidding long Spades suits w/royals.
8. Bid: Beginners now count 5+ Spades as tricks (and never Nil).
9. Trickcard/View All: Render Blinds with just 'B' to prevent overlap.
10. Bid: Exp wont go Nil with high low club (5+) if EITHER club lead.
11. Bid: Exp wont go aggressive Nil with opponent going Blind Nil.
12. Bid: With 2+ jokers, extra Spades are usually worth 1 less.
13. Bid: Exp wont go aggressive Nil if 10 for 200 w/partner possible.
14. Bid: Exp will go 10/200 over BagToStopWin if need 2+ bags.
15. Bid: BagToStopWin now assumes NOTYET bid of 4 instead of 5.
16. Bid: Av now bid Queens=1/2 only if 3 in suit, just like Exps.
17. Score: If Blind Nils only (no bids), now skips extra button step.
18. Score: If not behind enough to bid blind, msg score corrected.
19. Faces: Cards/names for East player are now right justified.
20. Faces: Alignment of cards/names in 'View all cards' improved.
21. Save/Print/Report: Show 'hint'ed bid for South player in report.
22. Delay: Speed range and granularity of speed control improved.
23. Delay: Default speed increased dramatically to majority use of 2.
24. Delay: Changed to BEFORE not AFTER play for smoother play.
25. Delay: 4th card delay increased for playout and faster speeds.
26. Sounds: Startup/shutdown file sounds now faster and clearer.
27. Score: Replay/load game now restores negative scores properly.
28. Options: Autosave now on option changes to keep sync on exit.
29. Themes: Fixed Diablo theme and improved error handling & reset.
30. Trickcard: Changed drawing of trickcard for some video cards.
31. Dialogs: Changed forecolor on all to gray for easier editing.
32. Restore: Fixed cut problem that could cause taunt load errors.
33. Register: Reminder dialog randomly shows a registration benefit.
34. Register: Reminder dialog randomly changes benefit's color.
35. Option: Mirror variation now forces player's bid = # of Spades.
36. Option: Suicide variation now forces one partner to bid Nil.
37. Bid: Reduced overbidding of Spades when lots of Jokers are used.
38. Lead: No longer keeps leading Spades if opponents are out.
39. Play: On 3/4 round of suit and opps can overtrump, still trump.
40. Play: If opp after me can trump too, trump high if we can.
41. Play: Average will now trump high on 2nd if partner cannot.
42. Play: PickClosestLoser bug fixed so Nil will now go under trump.
43. Play: Coverers bid 3 no longer save if Spades=4+ or totalbid=12+
44. Play: Blind bids now cover Nil partner when they are winning.
45. Play: Coverers no longer ever save Spades if totalbid=13+
46. Lead: Coverers no longer lead Spades if totalbid=13+
47. Play: If we are 10 for 200 AND oppnil = BLIND, now try to sink.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.1 RELEASE:
1. Stats: Updated and added more statistics categories.
2. Taunts: If sound card is disabled, visual taunts now work properly.
3. Rebid: If rebid after hand complete, maintain previous Blind bids.
4. Bid: KQ tripleton now worth only 1, not 1.5.
5. Bid: 4 low Spades now worth only 1, not 1.5.
6. Help: Updated to mention Blind bids more, overtricks, and new statistics.
7. FAQ: Updated to most current info.  Added speed, spacing, Y2K sections.
8. Vendinfo: Updated vendinfo information for final public release.
9. Memory: Compiled for size rather than speed to lower memory needs.
10. Memory: Memory error now if < 5MB free, warning if < 8MB free.
11. Expiration: Suggest downloading newer release after June 1, 1999.
12. Security: Install code added to prevent simple registry edit of date.
13. Memory: Now warns & suggests upgrade if < 32MB of physical RAM present.
14. Taunts: Fixed visual taunts and distribute with game now in taunts dir.
15. Taunts: Removed name and if name not found, now picks a random one.
16. Themes: Themes can now specify a custom textual taunts file.
17. Taunts: Taunt strings/sounds only loaded if options are enabled.
18. Bid: No longer lowers bid to 9 if bidtotal > 13 (go for 10 for 200).
19. Bid: If we have 2.5 highish trump left, we might win 1/2 trick.
20. Bid: If we have 4 Spades and a singleton, we can win 2.
21. Bid: Fixed bug that could lower bid by 1 TWICE if can win with bag.
22. Bid: Dont lower bid by 1 if we already rounded our bid down.
23. Nil Play: If must trump trick, now trumps low rather than high.
24. Blind: Agg w/swap will now bid Blind if behind & opps 1/2 to game.
25. Blind: Blind bids now shown BEFORE cards are dealt.
26. Themes: If error when loading core images, offer to reset to defaults.
27. Themes: Version # of theme must match version # of release.
28. Debug: Bidding blind bids now carries over on a redeal.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.06 BETA RELEASE:
1. Report: Show total physical memory available in bug report.
2. Nag: Backdate preventer now suggests Y2K testers to email for date reset.
3. Taunts: Visual taunts moved from statbar to on top of player's face.
4. Taunts: Typos in some of the visual taunts have been corrected.
5. Difficulty: Grandmaster returns but can only be set manually.
6. Difficulty: Difficulty level calculation is now correct.
7. MIDI: Seal song that would not end has been removed.
8. Taunts: Nil announcement visual taunt/pause will now disable properly.
9. History: Resized and names instead of positions now along header.
10. Play: Now avoids bags if opponent already set (cannot make).
11. Blind Scoring: Fixed bug in 6.05 that prevented proper blind scoring.
12. Rebid/play: Fixed rebid after hand complete if autorestore disabled.
13. Install: Was able to return to self-extracting ZIP for install.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.05 BETA RELEASE:
1. Bags: Fixed bagratio problem that led to player not avoiding bags.
2. Prompt: Blind bid enforcement warnings now proper for Blind 5/8 bids.
3. Stats: Hands/tricks are now longs, so they wont roll over at 32,000.
4. Save/load: Simple inputbox to workaround error 2 (out of memory).
5. Bid: Underbids with 6+ Spades and A/K/Q fixed.
6. Blind bids on the last hand scores now carry over to next game.
7. Blind bids now always reset properly on a new game.
8. Shutdown sound is now played synchronously (no longer cut off).
9. Debug keys now based in form in case of picView focus loss after dialog.
10. Click region for rightmost card now correct with respaced cards.
11. Bid: Overbid by average players prevented with Queens in single/doubletons.
12. Fixed rare runtime DLL error after unregistered games (PreventSwitch).
13. Cover: Fixed so pard always covers 3rd round with Nil's 3 in suit winning.
14. Bid: Experts QJ now only worth 1/2 iff 4 in suit.
15. Bid: Void only worth 1.5 if we have exactly 2 trump to use (might lose).
16. Lead: Bug preventing cross-trump leading now fixed.
17. Lead: Average players will now lead in attempt to cross-trump.
18. Bags: Fixed a bug that prevented avoidbags if theyneed = 0 & round <= 10.
19. Blind bids: Computer bid frequency reduced and adjusted more to scoring.
20. Cover: Even if pard blind Nil, go ahead and trump in trump >= 5.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.04 BETA RELEASE:
1. Focus is no longer forced to game from other apps when prompted to play.
2. Autosave: Last hand no longer always restored even if game finished.
3. Autosave: If autosave enabled, the game no longer prompts to restore.
4. Autosave: Change name during game now prompts to autorestore game/options.
5. Autosave: Autosave file now always kept, even if exiting after game over.
6. Autosave: Change name during game now autosaves previous player state.
7. Menu: Change name now name/profile to help show new function.
8. Previous grandmaster (only average partner) level removed due to confusion.
9. All levels inflated one so master is now most challenging without handicap.
10. Bid: Experts will not bid Nil with highest low card >= 8 unless pardbid 5+.
11. Bid: Experts will not bid Nil with tripleton Ace unless other two are LOW.
12. Low Club: Autorestore fixed so computer swaps/plays low club lead properly.
13. Load: No error when loading hands on an 8.3 DOS-compatible filesystem.
14. Bid: Experts now only raise bid by 1 or 1/2 for 2 or 1 swapped cards.
15. Bid: Never round up bids when partner bid Nil or a Blind bid.
16. Bid: Average now counts QS as 1/2, not 1.
17. Bid: No longer bids Nil if pard bid 8+ and has single or doubleton Ace.
18. Bid: No longer bids Nil if pard bid 8+ and has Ace and King.
19. Bid: Computer no longer bids Blind 8, but does bid blind 5.
20. Bid: Frequency of computer blind bidding (esp. aggressives) reduced.
21. Options: Setting bag or overtrick penalty now turns the other off.
22. Nil Play: If partner has 2+ royals in led suit, dont save to cover pard.
23. Bags: Exp avoids bags on THIS trick if pard will clearly win last trick.
24. Bags: Exp avoids bags on THIS trick if pard has the AS.
25. Bags: Exp avoids bags on THIS trick if opp will clearly win this trick.
26. Option: Can now enable Blind Nils and/or Blind bids always or if losing.
27. Taunts: Visual taunts (sound off) now pause card play briefly for effect.
28. Nil play: Even non-counter exps will now lead suit a 3rd time if Nil under.
29. Setup: Minimum install now only gives one-time 'sounds missing' error.
30. Setup: Self-extractor returned to WinZip format.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.03 BETA RELEASE:
1. Bid: Bug fixed so if partner bids 13, computer will now bid Nil again.
2. Bid: Bug fixed so if partner bids >= 8, computer will now bid Nil again.
3. Sounds: Bug fixed that caused error if sounds disabled.
4. Nag: Reset to demo with no error if possible validation 'hack' detected.
5. Lead: Fixed high lead option which was broken in 6.02.
6. Taunts: Modified text of taunts to be more visible and stronger.
7. Bid: Dont bid Nil with AK or AQ and a 4-card suit without void or swap.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.02 BETA RELEASE:
1. 15-day nag dialog no longer asks user to agree to register.
2. 30-day nag dialog now asks user to agree to register.
3. Spades 101 tutorial no longer offered on upgrades (1st time only).
4. Cleaned up and simplified startup messages for upgrade/first time.
5. Game speed is no longer set so slow on upgrade/reset.
6. If MIDI device already in use, show this and dont keep trying to start.
7. New About box now resizes images properly on Small Font displays.
8. Bid: Average's QS now worth 1 if they have KS or AS as well.
9. Nil: Pard will not cover if Nil winning with rank 2 or 3 in suit.
10. Play: AS is no longer wasted under a 2S with 2S=High option on.
11. Nil: Coverer now takes on 1st round even if Nil under with 2+ royals.
12. Lead: High bid lead now includes highest blind bids.
13. Bid: Underbid by experts with 6+ Spades fixed.
14. Bid: Underbid with 2 or 3 of top Spade royals fixed.
15. Windows 98: Sizing problem on startup fixed.
16. Bid: Bid a little less if partner already bid Blind 5 or 8.
17. Play: If pardwinning and bid Blind 5/8, now overtakes trick.
18. Swap: Fixed problem with 1 on Nil, 2 on Blind setting.
19. Opt: Improved options in load/restore settings.
20. Opt: Load now also sets coach, combine, autoplay, deal, blind.
21. Stats: Any player with < 5 games is now a Rookie.
22. Opt: Autorestore now also saves/loads settings for 'profiles'.
23. Dont confirm to restore settings on autorestore or if same.
24. Removed dialog informing of score when restoring game state.
25. Fixed visual/audio taunts sometimes getting confused.
26. Added taunt copy and other support for sample Diablo Theme.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.01 ALPHA RELEASE:
1. Blind bids are now reported properly in save/report/prints.
2. Blind bids are now scored properly in partner play (no bags).
3. Nil swapping now works properly.
4. 6.0 upgrades are forced to reset options.
5. Registered users are no longer prompted to take Spades 101 on upgrade.
6. Bid: AS/KS is no longer underbid by experts.
7. Resized winner dialog to accomodate longer names.
8. Minimum bid warning message is now clearer.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 6.0 BETA RELEASE:
1. Game set to fastest speed should no longer eat up all idle CPU time.
2. Resizing table now spaces out cards using the extra space given.
3. When changing names, duplicates should no longer appear in statistics.
4. Bid: Average players are now smarter about bidding KQ in long suits.
5. Bid: Experts now bid trump-1.5 with 2 of the top 3 Spades (was 1).
6. Bid: Expert tolerable meanlevel for Nils lowered by 1.
7: Bid: Non-aggressive experts will no longer go with 9/T singletons.
8. Bid: Shy players will no longer round up 1/2 to go for 10 for 200.
9. Bid: Average players will no longer bid > 13 with lots of Jokers.
10. Play: Bug fixed when Experts using 'offensive bagging' in endgame.
11. Swap: Bug fixed in 2 card swap that prevented low club from swapping.
12. Swap: Now looks for low-averaged suits BEFORE doubletons to swap.
13. Trickcard now colors extra tricks properly when exact bonus > 10.
14. Trickcard now colors sunk Nils properly when bagpenalty is set to 0.
15. Play: Computer no longer avoids bags if exact/bag score set to 0.
16. Play: Computer will now avoidbags if no bags but exact bonus > 10.
17. Play 2nd: Computer will now risk losing trump to stop high lead.
18. NilPlay: Exp/Av will now trump if pardnil winning with Low Club lead.
19. NilPlay: Exps now always sink BlindNils even if they will win game.
20. Bid: Exps now allow higher mean for each singleton suit to dump on.
21. Bid: Exps will now go Nil with a slightly higher trump mean.
22. NilPlay: Nils will no longer play high if they cannot go under.
23. NilPlay: If bid <= 3 or pardbid=BNil, save trump for protection.
24. NilLead: Beginner Nils no longer lead high if they get opening lead.
25. NilLead: Exps now try harder not to lead any suit past 2 rounds.
26. NilLead: Exps will lead Spades if they have no good suits to lead.
27. Play: Bug fixed that could cause renig of 2 with KA in suit led.
28. Options: Indicator off setting is now restored properly.
29. Blind Nils are no longer confirmed if confirm practice/Blind off.
30. Added new DreamQuest software logo and revamped About box.
31. Added trademark to Championship Spades images & logo to AS card.
32. Bid: Blind Nils w/swap are now bid less often by computer players.
33. Swap: Hint no longer gets confused if computer pard bids Blind.
34. Swap: When player has singleton, 2 card swap wont hint duplicates.
33. Playout: Now uses game speed to control speed of playout also.
31. Nag: Unregistered now only get harrased every five games after ten.
32. Added 'View/print order form' option to Help menu and RegInfo dialog.
33. Simplified and updated order form to include DreamQuest phone.
34. Trickcard: Cutthroat trick coloration is now working correctly.
35. Print: Reports are now narrower & plays use . to avoid email bugs.
36. Grandmaster difficulty removed due to confusion over average pard.
37. MIDI jukebox random music choice now supports up to 500 songs.
38. Improved MIDI file error handling should improve rare failures.
39. Taunts: If sounds disabled but not taunts, show text in taskbar.
40. Faces: If no 'happy' face provided, use the normal one instead.
41. Taunts: Balloon now displayed BEFORE, not while, sound is played.
42. Player selection dialog may work better with some mice now.
43. Average and exps now avoid bags rather than set if 8+ bags.
44. Updated new spacing to keep normal spacing for smaller screens.
45. Added throw pie to main menu and reorder View/Practice menus.
46. Added support for importing and exporting desktop 'themes'.
47. Ported to Visual Basic 5 and now use native compiler for speed.
48. Cleaned out dead code/vars, fixed sizable dialogs, & dup mnemonics.
49. Intermittent ignored keystrokes fixed by forcing focus on bid/play.
50. Added ability to save/restore game settings through save/load game.
51. Added blind bids 5 and 8 for both computer and human players.
52. Fixed PreventSwitching debug error.
53. Statusbar now shows bids again 5 seconds after hint is displayed.
54. Bid: Average no longer overbids with 2S when high option enabled.
55. Bid: Av/Exp no longer bid Nil with 2S when high option enabled.
56. More MIDI files added and a few problematic ones removed.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREVIOUS 5.2 RELEASE:
1. Corrected upload that required 16-bit version to be manually extracted.
2. Deal animation and shuffling sound now work again.
3. Deal animation and shuffling sound DONT show when set to fastest speed.
4. 'Show statistics' no longer closes winner dialog so you can exit/new game.
5. Game now requires at least 4MB (preferably 8MB) to run properly.
6. Game now displays a warning and disables taunts if < 8MB available.
7. Game now displays a warning to 32-bit 16MB systems.
8. Ctrl-Alt-Del and Alt-Tab is now blocked from the unregistered nag dialog.
9. Help/Register buttons on nag dialog no longer force focus back to nag.
10. Autosave of games now name-specific so multiple players can autoresume.
11. Occassional 'loss' of 'older' players in View Statistics fixed.
12. Underbidding with several top Spades has been fixed.
13. Experts will no longer bid Nil with both JS and QS and not swapping.
14. Experts bid Nil less aggressively than they used to.
15. Added registration name to debug report.
16. Instructions save tutorial before upgrade and 5 lines on score summary.

DETAILS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 5.1C RELEASE:
1. If void on Low Club lead, now allows non-trump play selection.
2. Improved randomness of deals and sped-up randomizing of computer plays.
3. Nil coverer will now use last trump if 1st lead in suit <= 6.
4. Nil coverer will no longer use trump if Nil previously dumped in suit.
5. Added a 'Random players' option under Difficulty menu.
6. Added a popup menu (right-click) for common play operations.
7. Added 86 new quality MIDI soundtracks to the built-in jukebox (32-bit).
8. Warn & refresh cards after cancel from Assign dialog.
9. Bidding hints now stay even after mouse moves over bid selections.
10. Moved 4th card delay earlier so you can see the last card played.
11. Blind Nils no longer 'carry over' to new game if set to 'if losing'.
12. BUGFIX: Players no longer try to avoid bags when bags are disabled.
13. Players no longer try to set (take bags) if theyneed + 1 < tricksleft.
14. Popup menu now shows current soundtrack and allows skipping.
15. Popup menu now has a 'throw pie' function to let out your frustrations!
16. Startup soundtrack from MIDI jukebox is now selected more randomly.
17. Nil players no longer overtrump opponent (to take!) on void suit.
18. Aggressive players only bid 0.5 extra instead of +1 when opp goes Nil.
19. Experts now bid assuming loss of 1/2 trick more with extra Spades.
20. Nag delay BETWEEN games after 10 reduced to (games - 5) seconds.
21. Blind Nil flag is now reset on menu->New Game or if score negative.
22. 16-bit: Memory/resources info truncated to fit in new About dialog.
23. Experts overbid less on hands with 5+ low Spades and doubletons.
24. Experts will now always round up bid to reach 10 for 200 bonus.
25. Experts will no longer go from 9 to 10 for 200 unless 150 pts behind.
26. Coverers no longer overtrump if they have 2 Spades & SpRounds <= 1.
27. Nils/avoidbaggers now dump highest in suit after partner has trumped.
28. Delay between games now only requires user to press OK after 20 games.
29. Delay between game dialog now shows the total games rather than age.
30. Total game count (for delay) is now also reset on upgrades.
31. Statistical rankings simplified and described in Help file.

HISTORY OF OLDER RELEASES (DETAILS REMOVED):
5.2 release on June 14, 1998
5.1c release on May 28, 1998
5.0 betas released March-April, 1998
4.0 released on October 15, 1997
3.1 released on August 5, 1997
3.0 released on June 7, 1997
2.2 swap released on May 7, 1997
2.1 released on March 21, 1997
2.0 released on January 22, 1997
1.31 released on October 19, 1996
1.3 released on September 12, 1996
1.25 released on August 26, 1996
1.2 released on August 18, 1996
1.1 released on August 5, 1996
1.0 initial release on July 28, 1996
0.9 Beta release on June 17, 1996
0.8 Alpha release (initial) on May 25, 1996