From: H.G.Muller Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:31:47 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update chagelog X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?p=fairymax.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=142c042714ddb00cb92534a898bb755755b5caa5 Update chagelog Also for version 4.8T, where it was forgotten. --- diff --git a/changelog b/changelog index dcae037..2e6a07b 100644 --- a/changelog +++ b/changelog @@ -119,4 +119,45 @@ Some game definitions using the Remarkable Rookies army (which uses a range-4 Rook) have been added as sub-variants of fairy. +8/9/2014 Version 4.8T. Three bug fixes, some enhancements, two new variants: + * mark Rook non-virgin after castling, so it cannot gate in Seirawan + * Fix printing of variants feature in MaxQi + * Sending the setup command now also works with 3rd-rank Pawns + * Allow sending a parent variant with 'setup' + * Implement new method for indicating promo-zone width = 3 + * Implement new variant nocastle + * Implement new variant ASEAN Chess + * Add option to play Makruk with Ai-Wok in stead of Met + +17/10/2014 Version 4.8U. Four new variants were added: + * Charge of the Light Brigade + * King of the Hill + * Bifurcator Chess + * Team-Mate Chess + General game-playing enhancements: + * Hoppers can now be specified as hopping over friendly pieces + only, and the point where the second move leg starts can be + moved to the step just before hitting the platform. + * Sliders will now toggle to their secondary move only once, + allowing bent riders at the expense of crooked ones. + * Code is added to recognize the situation 'bare King', and + give higher award for cornering it in that case, to make mating + with many weak pieces (as regularly occurs in Makruk) easier. + * When a mate of the bare King in one corner cannot be found, + points will be awarded to drive the King out of that corner to + another one, allowing it to successfully perform KBNK-like mates. + * Make it possible to mark pieces as invalid promotion choice + Embracement of new standards: + * Add logo, and install it according to new 'plugin standard' + * Install a (new) .eng file to comply with the plugin standard + * Issue the (new) XBoard 'piece' command for all non-standard pieces + New options: + * Fifty-move claiming can be adapted to the need of the variant + * A comment line can now be displayed with each variant through + an 'Info' button in the engine options + Bugfixes, two of fatal bugs: + * Fix printing of Seirawan gating moves + * Correct the moves of the Marshal in the Rookies army of CWDA + * suppress emission of a spurious (garbled) setup command at startup + * Fix positioning of Pawns in ASEAN Chess in setup command