v1.6 [Oct 23, 2014]
Changes in version 1.6 (11 May 2014)
1. Pontes Backgammon can be played also using only the numeric keyboard. (10 September 2012)
- 5 announces current position, 0 takes and puts down a checker, comma removes a checker, 7 and 1 have the functions of home and end keys respectively, 2 4 6 8 have the functions of the arrows keys.
2. When playing offline, pressing key Q you can hear the names of the available partners waiting as host of an online game. (13 September 2012)
- During an offline game, the available partners waiting for clients are announced automatically periodically if their list changes.
- In Sound Settings You can enable or disable the automatic announcement of available partners.
3. Added a new ambience. You can choose now to play like in a restaurant on the beach. (16 December 2010)
4. The typing sound in chat has been changed. It is not heard anymore for each key pressed by your partner, but constantly while he or she writes. (04 January 2013)
5. By default, wrap navigation is enabled in all menus. Pressing key W in menus, the wrap navigation can be enabled or disabled. (21 January 2013)
6. Added support for other sound themes. The default theme is Pontes Backgammon Modern, a new one. (16 February 2013)
- It is possible to change the theme from Main Menu or pressing Control F6 during a game. The classic theme is still available.
7. Hungarian language is available. Translated by Tanko Csaba. (26 March 2013)
8. Added the possibility to pause an offline game. Press F2 to pause and Escape to resume. (27 April 2013)
9. Added a dice game to be played while an offline game is paused. The target score is 6. See more details reading the Manual. (28 April 2013)
10. Pressing F12 twice quickly, current date is announced. (29 April 2013)
11. Aded a new option in the Main Menu: Information. (29 April 2014)
- It is possible to ask for your number of played games, total points, positions in score boards.
12. The statistics and scoreboard web pages were updated. (04 May 2014)
- You can see stats and scoreboard for a chosen period of time.
- It is possible to see stats like score between you and a partner.
13. When a player has problems with Internet connection, it is considered an abandon. (10 May 2014)
14. Added the possibility to send a buzz or various audibles in chat. (10 May 2014)
- Press Control G to send a buzz, or Control M to choose an audible.
15. Some sounds were replaced by new others.
Fixed bugs:
- Fixed an inconsistence in Windows Registry. Now Pontes Backgammon can be played also if the user is not an administrator. (22 Octomber 2012)
- Fixed a file writting permission issue. Now the chosen language will be remembered also if the user is not an administrator. (18 December 2012)
- Fixed an error when choosing the ambience. Pressing key Escape, the ambience is not changed anymore. (20 January 2013)
- Q key is available also in menus. (02 May 2014)
v1.5 [Aug 7, 2012]
Changes:
-Italian language is available. Translated by Claudio Garanzini.
-Pressing key G, you can hear who's turn is to move.
-Pressing control t in an online game, you can hear the remaining time for current move. Remember that after 3 minutes without moving, it is considered an abandon.
-Changed some sounds like the edges for history lists. Added a left beep when the entire message is deleted in the chat history.
-The mouse support was entirely rewritten for a better usability.
-The mouse status is also saved and charged at the start of the game for registered users.
-All user settings are now saved into Windows Registry. The SApi voice rate, sound settings, board notation and other settings must be set again.
-Pressing control m you can set now the mouse delay, its speed. By default, the delay between mouse position refreshing is 200 milliseconds.
-Game pad and joystick support added, read more about game pad and joystick support in the manual.
-Pressing control j you can set the game pad or joystick delay, its speed. By default, the delay between cursor movements made by a game pad is 150 milliseconds.
-At game launch it is verified if an instance of Pontes Backgammon is already running. It is not possible to open Pontes Backgammon more times accidentally.
-If Pontes Backgammon is registered, the Registration Manager can also unregister it.
-German language is available. Translated by Dogan Yildirim and Mihaela Cirlig.
-All the Yes / No question dialogs where changed. Now it is possible to choose between Yes or No using the arrows or Tab key. The question is also repeated each 20 seconds.
Fixed bugs:
- If alt tab is pressed and JAWS is running, the screen reader will work correctly outside the game window. (Thanks Philip)
- A nickname longer than 15 characters is now spoken entirely.
- The ambience can not be changed anymore pressing control x while the music player is running.
- To open a saved game, control right o is also available.
- The current time announced automatically by clock cuckoo is not repeated more times.
- When writing or deleting text in chat, the space is also pronounced by synthesizers.
- Alt shift and control shift change now the speak output mode also in the chat window.
- Corrected some mistakes in the history games files found in My Games folder.
- The music player jumps now to the next track also in chat window.
- Fixed an important bug at bearing checkers off time. Now it is impossible anymore to remove a wrong checker in some situations.
- Fixed other bugs.
