Novel Games - - Release Notes

1970-01-01

1.0.0

Initial Release

2006-10-12

1.0.1

Bug fix about an error of the overlap test.

2006-10-13

1.0.2

Bug fix about the line wrapping of the puzzle icons

2006-10-16

1.0.3

Modified text shown when the player tries to play a non-free game without login.

Fixed an overlap detection bug

2006-11-19

1.0.1

Changed master level mine percent from 23 to 22.8 percent, so that the classic mode has 300 mines.

2006-11-20

1.0.2

Bug fix about the submit pattern feature

2006-11-21

1.0.4

Added the buy button to the title page

2006-11-21

1.0.1

Added the buy button to the title page

2006-11-21

1.0.3

Added the buy button to the title page

2006-11-22

1.0.4

Added a sound to play when the player has put too many flags around an open block

2007-01-22

1.0.1

Added an instruction to the beginning of the map

2007-03-31

1.0.0

Initial Release

2007-04-02

1.0.1

Reduced its size

Fixed a bug which causes it to be unable to display texts

2007-06-24

1.1.0

Added a minShowTime parameter

2007-08-29

1.0.2

Fixed a bug which causes the module to appear momentarily when the game starts

2007-12-05

1.0.3

Fixed a bug which forbids the high scores table from loading in IE 6

2008-01-03

1.2.0

Added support for both ActionScript 3.0 and ActionScript 2.0

2008-01-04

1.2.1

Updated the structure so that it is more conventional, and hence customization will be easier

2008-01-04

1.1.0

Updated so that both ActionScript 3.0 and ActionScript 2.0 are supported

2008-03-03

1.1.1

Updated so that it can load the high scores even if the returned XML begins with white spaces

2008-04-15

0.0.0

Fixed a problem where the game may lag in some computers

2008-05-07

1.1.2

Updated PHP files so that they do not use short tags

2008-05-14

1.2.0

Added a mechanism to authenticate the scores submitted

2008-05-26

1.0.1

Improved the highlighting mechanism of the game

2008-05-30

1.3.0

Updated so that it will highlight the record the player just entered

Added a feature so that it reads the name of the player programmatically without the need for the player to enter his/her name

2008-06-02

1.1.0

Updated the game so that when the play again button is clicked, a new game will restart with the same set of players. Also added a home button.

2008-06-03

1.1.1

Eliminated unnecessary traffic to the game server.

2008-06-05

1.3.1

Fixed a bug which forbids the error message from showing if the loading of scores failed

2008-06-17

1.4.0

Added a parameter to decide whether it should always reload the scores from the server when the high scores table is requested

2008-06-19

1.4.1

Updated the source codes so that a language folder is included for convenient translation

2008-06-26

1.4.2

Fixed a bug which forbids the load failed message from showing when the loading of scores failed due to cross domain error

2008-06-26

1.5.0

Added sample codes in ASP.NET and Access

2008-07-04

1.5.1

Fixed ActionScript 2 FLA so that it can be opened in Flash 8

2008-08-11

1.1.2

Fixed a bug which caused the table to stay even after the player has finished playing.

2008-08-11

1.0.1

Fixed a bug which caused the table to stay even after the player has finished playing.

2008-08-11

1.1.1

Fixed a bug which caused the table to stay even after the player has finished playing.

2008-08-19

1.1.2

Fixed a synchronization bug that occurs when the game is played again

2008-08-19

1.1.3

Fixed a synchronization bug that occurs when the game is played again

2008-08-19

1.0.2

Fixed a synchronization bug that occurs when the game is played again

2008-08-19

1.0.1

Fixed a synchronization bug that occurs when the game is played again

2008-08-26

1.5.2

Updated so that when the variable specified in nameSWFVariable is not passed to the SWF file, the player will need to input the name

Updated the manual to include a section about the parameters passed to it

2008-09-09

1.6.0

Added a paramter to control whether to show the high scores table after submitting the score

2008-09-11

1.1.3

Fixed a potential bug which causes the player movements to be not shown correctly.

2008-09-25

1.0.1

Fixed a bug which permits the player to put the ships outside the box

2008-10-20

1.2.2

Updated so that it works even if the SWF is not the root SWF

2008-11-07

1.6.1

Fixed a bug in the AS2 version where a white box will appear if the module is resized to a smaller size

2008-11-26

1.7.0

Added an obscene names filter

2008-12-08

1.7.1

Fixed a bug in the AS2 version where the scroll buttons may not appear

2008-12-16

1.7.2

Added a mechanism to delete old scores

2009-01-06

1.1.4

Added a tips button

2009-02-05

1.0.2

Updated the game so that the opponent ships will be shown when the game ends

2009-03-02

1.0.1

Fixed a bug which causes the sychronization to fail

2009-03-20

1.0.3

Fixed a bug which causes an error to be generated when the opponent disconnects

2009-04-16

1.8.0

Updated the Access database so that it will work with operating systems of different languages

Added a promptName parameter

2009-04-17

1.8.1

Fixed a bug which caused the module to repeatedly attempt to submit the score under certain circumstances

2009-04-30

1.8.2

Updated PHP files so that escaping is more robust

2009-04-30

1.0.1

Fixed a bug which causes the synchronization to fail occassionally

2009-06-16

1.0.3

Updated view function so that the ships will not be shown

2009-10-14

1.8.3

Fixed a bug in the AS2 version where the table may not scroll to the player's name after submitting the score

2009-10-15

1.1.0

Added background music and sound effects

Added a background music and updated sounds of the game

2010-01-13

1.0.4

Fixed a bug in the AS2 version where the arrangement of the ships will not work

2010-01-19

1.0.1

Fixed text misalignment problem in Chinese versions

2010-02-09

2.0.0

Changed to an FLA based module

Changed to an FLA module

2010-03-17

2.0.1

Fixed a bug which may cause an error if the methods of the module are called at the beginning

2010-03-18

2.1.0

Added a nameIsUnique parameter

Included a test script

Updated the manual

2010-04-02

1.2.0

Changed to use options dialog

2010-04-02

1.1.0

Changed to use options dialog

2010-04-02

1.2.0

Changed to use options dialog

2010-04-02

1.1.0

Changed to use options dialog

2010-04-02

1.2.0

Changed to use options dialog

2010-04-02

1.1.0

Changed to use options dialog

2010-04-12

2.1.1

Fixed a bug in the ActionScript 2 version where the playerID and playerName parameters may not work

Fixed a bug relating to the clicking through of the module

2010-04-13

1.0.1

Fixed a bug in the ActionScript 2 version where the z-order of the items might not be correct

2010-04-14

1.0.2

Fixed a bug in the ActionScript 2 version where it may not work under some browsers

2010-04-16

2.1.2

Updated the PHP scripts so that they on sites with magic quotes on

2010-04-16

1.1.0

Updated the PHP scripts so that they work in sites with magic quotes on

Added a "robot" enterType parameter

2010-04-23

1.2.0

Added support for ASP.NET

Updated the manual so that it is more detailed

Fixed a bug in the AS2 version where it may not work

Added background music and updated sounds

2010-04-26

1.2.1