release-2.6.10

This is a server update release; there are no changes to the client code.

Changes:

• Server:
  • At end of game, also show players their resource trade *STATS* if client is v2.6.00 or newer

Downloads:

• jsettlers-2.6.10-full.jar can run as client or host a server
• jsettlers-2.6.10-server.jar is server only
• jsettlers-2.6.10-full.tar.gz contains all jars, source code, and SQL scripts.

release-2.6.00

• I18N:
  • Added Polish translation (thank you KotCzarny)
• Client:
  • Game window:
    • Moving robber: If hex is desert, don't ask "are you sure" when you have an adjacent settlement/city
    • Less flicker while resizing window
  • More consistent sound quality on Windows 10
• Game *STATS*: Show player's resource totals given/received with ports, bank, other players
  if client and server are v2.6.00 or newer
• Other changes: see Versions.md

Downloads:

• jsettlers-2.6.00-full.jar can run as client or host a server
• jsettlers-2.6.00-server.jar is server only
• jsettlers-2.6.00-full.tar.gz contains all jars, source code, and SQL scripts.

release-2.5.00

• Gameplay:
  • Road Building: If player cancels placement or ends turn before placing the first free road or ship,
    the dev card is returned to their hand
  • When a trade is offered to bots and humans, bots wait longer before responding.
    Was 3 seconds, is now 8, changeable with server property jsettlers.bot.human.pause
    (thank you Lee Passey)
  • Recalc Longest Route when building coastal settlement to connect a player's roads to ships
    (thanks kotc for reporting issue #95)
  • Pirate Islands scenario: Ship placement: Fix client bug where placing a coastal ship
    next to a road would prevent any further ship building, based on "no branches in route" rule
  • Through the Desert scenario: No longer incorrectly gives 2 SVP to a player
    building a settlement within the desert (thanks kotc for reporting #86)
  • If knight card is played by bot, then returned because bot is unresponsive,
    server updates their army size and largest army (thanks kotc for reporting #91)
• I18N:
  • Added French translation (thank you Lee Passey)
• Client:
  • Game window:
    • Added hotkey Ctrl-B/Alt-B/Cmd-B to ask to Special Build in 6-player game
    • Hand Panel: Shrink unused space above trading squares
    • Board panel: Better performance and quicker resizing, thanks to tiehfood's discussion in github issue #84
    • Discards: List resources you discarded, not just total amount, in game action textarea
    • Forgotten Tribe scenario: Much less flicker while placing gift ports
    • Chat panel: If text to be sent contains |, show a popup to say that can't be sent
  • New Game dialog:
    • If server has increased default VP to win, use that as minimum when picking a scenario
  • If client starts a TCP server, keep it running; previous versions timed out after being idle an hour
    (thanks kotc for reporting issue #81)
  • Linux/Unix: Use sub-pixel font antialiasing if available (thanks kotc for issue #92)
• Bots/AI:
  • Shorten pause after bot requests a bank trade
• Server:
  • During game reset, don't send chat recap: Chat text is still in clients' game windows
  • If default VP is set on command line or properties, will also be minimum VP for any scenario
  • Other server changes: see Versions.md
• Other changes: see Versions.md

release-2.4.00

• Gameplay:
  • Pirate can be placed next to any coastline, even those near edge of board
  • For consistency, calculate Longest Route and Largest Army only at server, not also at client
• Client:
  • Add client preference: Remember face icon when changed
  • Game window: Game stats: If player leaves at end of game, keep showing their statistics
• Server:
  • If connecting client has limited features, send all unsupported game options as unknowns
• Network/Message traffic:
  • When client joins a game:
    • Server sends players' current trade offers
  • Bugfix: When client is v1.x, send seat lock state CLEAR_ON_RESET as UNLOCKED not LOCKED
    so they can take over a "marked" bot seat
• Other changes: see Versions.md

Downloads:

• jsettlers-2.4.00-full.jar can run as client or host a server
• jsettlers-2.4.00-server.jar is server only
• jsettlers-2.4.00-full.tar.gz contains all jars, source code, and SQL scripts.

release-2.3.00

• Gameplay:
  • New optional house rule: On 6-player board, allow Special Building phase only if game actually has 5 or 6 players
  • Bugfixes at server:
    • Forgotten Tribe scenario: If a ship claimed a Special Victory Point and was later moved,
      player silently lost that SVP
    • Forgotten Tribe scenario: While Special Building a ship, if a port was picked up and placed,
      turn order afterwards was incorrectly resumed at next clockwise player
    • Through The Desert scenario: Could not build roads on some edges of desert strip
• Client:
  • Game window:
    • Hotkeys:
      • Roll dice with Ctrl-R/Alt-R/Cmd-R
      • End turn (Done) with Ctrl-D/Alt-D/Cmd-D
      • Accept/ReJect/Counter trade offers when just one is visible, with Ctrl or Alt or Cmd + A/J/C
        • Since chat input field already has a hotkey for Ctrl/Alt/Cmd-A when focused:
          When cursor is in chat, hit Ctrl/Alt/Cmd-A once to select all text, again to Accept the trade offer
    • Bugfix: If player had SVP, square showing SVP amount overlapped current trade offer, revealed VP cards, name of player's Wonder
  • Bugfix: If started a practice game, then connected to a server game: Practice game trades stopped working; might've joined server game as "Player" or "null"
• Bots/AI:
  • When offering a trade to human players, shorten max wait to 30 seconds (was 100)
• Server Administration:
  • Expanded functions, added more stats
  • Improved admin user-friendliness
  • Admin users can chat and run commands while observing a game
• For developers:
  • Can save/load some games using local files and debug commands
• Other changes: see Versions.md

Downloads:

• jsettlers-2.3.00-full.jar can run as client or host a server
• jsettlers-2.3.00-server.jar is server only
• jsettlers-2.3.00-full.tar.gz contains all jars, source code, and SQL scripts.

release-2.2.00

• Client:
  • Game window:
    • Remember recently sent chat text; browse history with Up/Down arrow keys in input field (based on Chad McHenry idea)
    • At end of game, reveal VP cards in players' hand panels
    • If user clicks board to dismiss the right-click build menu, don't show "to build pieces, right-click" reminder dialog
• Server:
  • *STATS* command: Send client how long they've been connected and, if at least 1 game won or lost, their win-loss count for this session
  • If client joins a game that's already over, send final scores and revealed VP cards
  • Let debug user also chat and run commands while observing a game
  • SQLite database:
    • For convenience, if JVM properties don't contain org.sqlite.tmpdir but that property is set in
      jsserver.properties file or command line, copy it into JVM properties
• For AI/Robot development:
  • Server can automatically start some third-party bots with new startup option:
    -Djsettlers.bots.start3p=3,com.example.BotXClient,5,net.example.BotZClient
    For details, search for that property in src/main/bin/jsserver.properties.sample
  • Strategy classes made easier to change or subclass for 3rd-party bots; added SampleDiscardStrategy
  • Human players can't use the robot nickname prefix "extrabot "

Downloads:

• jsettlers-2.2.00-full.jar can run as client or host a server
• jsettlers-2.2.00-server.jar is server only
• jsettlers-2.2.00-full.tar.gz contains all jars, source code, and SQL scripts.

release-2.1.00

• Client:
  • New Game dialog: If "force UI scale" option is changed, use new value for new game's window
  • Game Options dialog: If Enter pressed while in text field, save prefs instead of saying "Game with this name already exists"
  • While joining game, try to prevent game-list window from getting in front of that game's new window
• Server:
  • Bugfix when client sits down, taking over a bot's seat, during first initial-settlement round: Some players' first placement was skipped because "first player" changed during that bot replacement
• Other changes: see Versions.md

Downloads:

• jsettlers-2.1.00-full.jar can run as client or host a server
• jsettlers-2.1.00-server.jar is server only
• jsettlers-2.1.00-full.tar.gz contains all jars, source code, and SQL scripts.

release-2.0.00

• Large sea board, including ships and Seafarers scenarios
• Game Scenario and special-rules support
• I18N framework in place, with Spanish translation so far (initial framework thanks to Luis A. Ramirez)
• High-DPI support based on screen resolution, user preference, or running with JVM parameter -Djsettlers.uiScale=2
• Added second set of hex graphics; in new-game options, can choose Classic or the new set (contributed by qubodup)
• Client and server refactoring
• Other changes: see Versions.md

Downloads:

• jsettlers-2.0.00-full.jar can run as client or host a server
• jsettlers-2.0.00-server.jar is server only
• jsettlers-2.0.00-full.tar.gz contains all jars, source code, and SQL scripts.

release-1.2.01

Download jsettlers-1.2.01-full.jar from the list below for the full runnable JSettlers "binary", or jsettlers-1.2.01-server.jar for the server only. JSettlers is pure java, so those Jars will run on any java 5 or higher JRE.

Changes for release 1.2.01 (2018-05-26):

• Game reset no longer hangs when game had bot(s) and someone locked all bots' seats
• Game expiration:
  • Initial game length increased: Now 2 hours, was 90 minutes
  • Warns 5 or 6 minutes earlier
  • Ensure at least 1 warning before ending game
• Client:
  • Game window bugfix: Join Game hangs on Windows Java 9
  • Sound prompt when client player is offered a trade
  • Game windows: Render board with antialiasing
• Players can end their turn during Free Road placement if dice were rolled before playing the card.
• Server game cleanup: If the last human player leaves a game with bots and observers,
  don't continue that game as bots-only
• See VERSIONS.txt for more details and other minor changes

release-1.2.00

Download jsettlers-1.2.00-full.jar from the list below for the full runnable JSettlers "binary", or jsettlers-1.2.00-server.jar for the server only. JSettlers is pure java, so those Jars will run on any java 5 or higher JRE.

Changes for release 1.2.00 (2017-10-05):

• Simple sound effects for game events: Start of client player's turn, resource stolen by robber, etc

• Game windows have same size as previous game if resized, not small default size

• Re-word trade offers to clarify who would give which resources

• Persistent client preferences for settings like sound effects and game window size

• Optional database Schema Upgrade, adds:
  - Game stats: Winner, duration, options, etc
  - BCrypt password hashing
  - Case-insensitive usernames/nicknames

• See VERSIONS.txt for more details and other minor changes