Quinn Help
Version History
Version 3.5.1
Aug 4, 2007
- fixed problems with the date display in the highscore list which occurred with some local date formats
- focus can now be moved back to the play area if it had been moved to another interface element with full keyboard access turned on
- the chat text field now automatically loses focus when resuming a paused game
- minor updates in the online help
Version 3.5
Jun 21, 2007
- the network drawer has been integrated into the main window, which permits observing a larger number of opponents during network games
- piece styles and background images can now be changed through a new preferences panel
- live lpm display
- universal binary
- moved the keyboard preferences to the preferences window
- changed the keyboard shortcuts for switching between keyboard configurations, to avoid accidentially changing the keyboard configuration while playing
- now trims whitespaces at the beginning and end of network player names
- the Standalone Server is now a separate download
Version 3.4.5
Dec 14, 2006
- fixed a silly bug which made Quinn 3.4.4 write a lot of unnecessary stuff to the Console while connected to a server
Version 3.4.4
Dec 12, 2006
- fixed a visual bug in the network drawer which occurred when a player lost, disconnected, and immediately connected again, joining the ongoing game
Version 3.4.3
Nov 14, 2006
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn to crash if the piece was quickly moved to the left or right edge immediately after rows have been inserted from the bottom
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn to record wrong play time and LPM values when the game ended while being paused
Version 3.4.2
Oct 15, 2006
- fixed a tenacious bug which sometimes caused a crash when rows were to be inserted at the bottom of the board in network games or tournaments with multiplayer rules
- fixed two bugs which caused the piece shadow not to be displayed after a piece appeared twice in a row, and after starting a new game
- fixed a problem which caused automatic update notifications not to work in v3.4 and v3.4.1.
- various error messages which can appear after connecting to a server from the website now show the servers name instead of its IP address
Version 3.4.1
Sep 11, 2006
- fixed a memory bug, which could cause Quinn to crash while playing
- fixed a bug which sometimes caused ghost blocks to remain visible near the top of the board when quickly moving the piece to the left or right edge and then dropping it very shortly after rows had been erased
- fixed a visual problem which occurred when clearing one or more rows and quickly dropping the next piece to clear rows again, causing no animations to be displayed when the piece is dropped and rows are cleared for the second time
- fixed a display bug in the Keyboard Settings sheet, which occurred upon opening the sheet while big keys such as space or enter were selected, or when choosing a keyboard setting from the pop-up menu which included such keys
- fixed a bug in the Keyboard Settings sheet, which occurred when saving a setting under a name that already existed
- extended the range of keys which can be used to control the game, mainly by keys on the French, U.S., and Greek keyboards
Version 3.4
Sep 8, 2006
- new online highscore database
- automatically checks for and downloads new versions
- non-moderators can no longer kick other players when no moderators are connected
- clients that pause for more than five minutes are automatically disconnected
- once again modified the multiplayer rules: penalties (inserting rows or shaking up the board) are now delayed until the current piece reaches the ground
- when connecting to a Quinn server through the online server list, the servers name (rather than its IP address) is now displayed at the top of the network drawer
- when a player is kicked off a server, the other players now see who kicked him in their chat field and network log
- it is no longer possible to add all or no results from tournament or network games to the highscores; instead, Quinn asks the user after each game
- the preferences window now has a toolbar
- renamed the New with Level... menu item to New With Options...
- fixed a rare visual glitch which occurred when the board had been cleared entirely after a piece reached the bottom without being dropped
Version 3.3.5
Aug 31, 2006
- fixed a bug which caused pieces not to move downwards in rare cases after starting a new game (also known as anti-gravity glitch)
Version 3.3.4
Aug 26, 2006
- fixed a memory bug which could cause Quinn to crash after closing a server
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn to display an error message after subsequently opening and closing a server
- fixed a funny bug which caused the highscore list to display times one hour prior to the time when the game actually ended if the game was played during daylight-savings time
- fixed a bug which caused a players score grow by 4444 or 4445 points after his board had been shaken up while being completely empty
Version 3.3.3
Jun 17, 2006
- fixed a bug in v3.3.2 which caused chat messages not to be displayed
Version 3.3.2
Jun 17, 2006
- Quinn servers that were removed from the online server list because of temporary communication problems now re-announce themselves when communication works again
- the fine-tuning of the multiplayer rules in v3.3 now applies to all rules, not only Shake Up, as it mistakenly did in earlier versions
- the game no longer ends when blocks are moved past the top edge due to rows being inserted from the bottom (the only reason for a game to end should be that no new piece can be spawned)
- fixed a bug which caused various problems after connecting to a server in an ongoing game, but not joining the game
- fixed an annoying display bug in the network drawer, which occurred in some situations where a player connected or disconnected during a game
- hopefully fixed a bug in v3.3 and v3.3.1 which under rare circumstances made servers crash after a client disconnected
- some more bug fixes
Version 3.3.1
Jun 13, 2006
- fixed a bug which could cause Quinn servers to crash in some situations
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn not to connect to a server thru the website if Quinn wasnt running and the network drawer was initially closed
Version 3.3
Jun 10, 2006
- Quinn servers can now be announced on a public server list on the Quinn website
- supports multiple moderators on one server
- now comes with a standalone server
- the number of players on a server is now shown in Quinns dock icon
- the password dialog has been integrated into the network drawer
- fine-tuned the multiplayer behavior: when the current piece disappears, keystrokes are ignored until the next piece becomes visible, so that actions like dropping are not accidentally applied to the following piece
- fixed a bug which prevented the board of a player who joined an ongoing network game from being be visible to the other players during that game
- some changes regarding the network log
Version 3.2.3
May 24, 2006
- now automatically pauses when a network game is started while Quinn is not the front app
- fixed a bug which caused various problems during network games with multiplayer rules
- fixed a network play bug which prevented a client from seeing the boards of the others if the Quinn window was minimized or the network drawer was closed at the time the game was started
- fixed a visual problem which caused rows that had been inserted at the bottom of the board during network games or tournaments and caused the game to end not to become visible until the game over animation had ended
Version 3.2.2
Apr 13, 2006
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn not to react when the user cancelled the dialog asking for the server password
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn to repeatedly write the line Quinn corrected invalid key settings index. to the Console under certain conditions.
- changes to the player name in the network preferences now also take effect when the window is closed or left without leaving the player name text field or pressing Return
- fixed a problem on very slow or busy machines which sometimes caused multiple pieces to drop after a single key press
Version 3.2.1
Apr 5, 2006
- fixed a bug which caused the collapse/expand arrows in the network drawer not to work in v3.2
Version 3.2
Mar 25, 2006
- added new Shake Up multiplayer rule
- added new Erased Rows multiplayer rule, similar to the old multiplayer rules in version 2.0
- changed the multiplayer behavior so that the current piece now disappears when rows are inserted from the bottom
- renamed the multiplayer rules to Random Rows
- when rows are inserted or the board is shaken up due to a player erasing some rows, the name of that player appears below the board (only in network games)
- added an animation to the LED-style displays
- players now get a special bonus score when clearing the entire board (due to popular demand ;-) )
- fixed some graphical flaws in version 3.1
Version 3.1.2
Mar 2, 2006
- fixed a bug in v3.1 and v3.1.1, which made Quinn forget custom background images after quitting
- the version history can now be accessed through the online help
Version 3.1.1
Feb 20, 2006
- fixed a display bug in the network drawer, which occurred when a client who had finished playing disconnected, immediately connected again, and joined the ongoing game
Version 3.1
Feb 20, 2006
- allows customizing the way the winner of a network game or tournament is determined
- added options to automatically add all results from network games and tournaments to the permanent highscore, or to turn the permanent highscore off entirely
- the delay after which the piece moves to the boards left or right edge (quick move) can now be changed
- slightly refined the timing of the quick move behavior
- shortened the delay after dropping the piece and erasing rows
- new highscore design; the highscore for tournaments now records all results instead of only the top ten
- some graphical improvements
- a client who connects to a server at a later time now sees the same network highscore as the others (including the results which were added before the client joined)
- clients now see a message when they got kicked by the server (as in versions 2.1 thru 3.0; didnt work in v3.0.1 thru 3.0.7)
- fixed a problem which caused the new piece to appear slightly below the top of the board after rows had been cleared due to a piece reaching the ground without having been dropped in levels 3 and higher (i.e., a pretty rare problem :-) )
- fixed a stubborn bug, which caused the Finder to display a message saying that Quinn just crashed when Quinn had been quit immediately after disconnecting from a server
Version 3.0.7
Dec 23, 2005
- clickable window elements now appear dimmed when the Quinn window is in the background
- improved graphics performance
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn to use the wrong keyboard setting after switching from two-player to single-player mode
- once again fixed a bug which caused the piece sequence for the two players in tournaments to differ in one piece
- fixed a problem with live rotation in two-player mode
Version 3.0.6
Dec 2, 2005
- fixed a bug which made Quinn 3.0 thru 3.0.5 use a wrong preferences file, thus ignoring preferences from earlier versions (users who wish to keep their preferences and highscore from Quinn 3.0 thru 3.0.5 should quit Quinn and then rename the file com.apple.myCocoaApplication.plist at ~/Library/Preferences/ to Quinn.plist)
- fixed an old bug which caused the keyboard shortcuts for keyboard settings to stop working after the Keyboard Settings dialog had been opened, and which caused the shortcuts not to work in the Keyboard Settings dialog
Version 3.0.5
Nov 5, 2005
- fixed a bug which caused the piece sequence for the server and the clients in network games, or for the two players in tournaments, to slightly differ in certain situations (in other words: the clients resp. the second player sometimes didnt get the very first piece in the first game)
Version 3.0.4
Nov 2, 2005
- improved graphics performance
- fixed a bug which caused cells in the local server list not to be highlighted properly
Version 3.0.3
Oct 31, 2005
- fixed a bug which caused Quinn to write messages to the console while playing
Version 3.0.2
Oct 30, 2005, 7.20 p.m.
- fixed another bug which caused a crash on launch if no preferences file existed
Version 3.0.1
Oct 30, 2005, 5.26 p.m.
- fixed a silly bug which caused Quinn to crash right after launching
Version 3.0
Oct 30, 2005, 3.11 p.m.
- new two-player mode
- new interface design (similar to iTunes)
- network functionality now works on Tiger (finally)
- piece and background images can now be pasted from the clipboard (useful for designers who want to see how their creations look in Quinn; pasted images remain in effect until quitting)
- improved error messages written to the network log
- new online help replaces the Users Guide
- the disk images background image now displays correctly on Tiger
Version 2.3.4
Sep 3, 2006
- fixed a problem due to which Quinn could not be enabled in limited user accounts (in the Accounts system preferences)
Version 2.3.3
Oct 30, 2005
- fixed two bugs dealing with undo in the chat text field
- fixed another bug which occurred when a chat message with linebreaks was sent
Version 2.3.2
Oct 7, 2005
- fixed a little display error in the network drawer, which occurred after the last player had disconnected from a server (only in v2.3.1)
- changed the shortcut for the Show/Hide Highscore menu command, as the old shortcut, Command-Option-H, is now used for the Hide Others command in the Quinn menu
Version 2.3.1
Sep 11, 2005
- fixed a bug which caused the New Game button to be visible on servers when it shouldnt be
- fixed a display bug which occurred when the piece preview was turned off
Version 2.3
July 31, 2005
- added sound
- allows to quickly switch between the saved keyboard settings using the Game menu
- some minor changes in the Keyboard Settings panel
- fixed a bug in v2.2.1 which could make Quinn crash on launch
Version 2.2.1
July 25, 2005
- fixed a bug that has been introduced in v2.2, which caused a bad display in the network drawer after a player disconnects and immediately connects again
- fixed two more minor visual issues in the network drawer
- scores with seven digits are now displayed correctly in the main window, the highscore, and the network drawer
- improved documentation
Version 2.2
July 17, 2005
- new highscore design
- new tournament highscore for network games
- added shadow pieces, which indicate the position of the current piece when its dropped
- now provides an out of the box keyboard setting for PowerBook keyboards (you only see this if you havent defined your own settings yet)
- should fix a bug which made the score, lines, and level display disappear while playing
Version 2.1.6
May 12, 2005
- fixed a bug in the network drawers list view, which caused the players ranks to remain visible after a new game was started (around since v2.1)
- once again fixed a bad text color in the Enter Highscore sheet and the network drawers snapshot view
- loading player images in the highscore got faster
- the disk image now has a nice background image (hope you all like it)
Version 2.1.5
Mar 30, 2005
- fixed a bug which sometimes caused players who disconnected not to disappear from the observer view, and could even make Quinn crash in network games
- long player names are now properly truncated in the observer view
Version 2.1.4
Mar 26, 2005
- fixed a bug which caused the buttons in some alert sheets only to react on the second click
Version 2.1.3
Mar 19, 2005
- fixed a bad text color in the Enter Highscore sheet and the network drawers snapshot view
Version 2.1.2
Mar 10, 2005
- fixed a bug which caused the Quinn logo to be displayed in the network drawers observer view when switching from the list view to the observer view in the middle of a game
- fixed a bug which made Quinn crash when the server was started and immediately stopped again on Mac OS 10.2
- fixed a bug which made the status list in the network drawer appear in black on Mac OS 10.2
Version 2.1.1
Mar 8, 2005
- fixed a bug which made Quinn crash right after launching in some situations
- fixed a bug which occurred when deleting a keyboard setting
Version 2.1
Mar 7, 2005
- you can now watch other players boards when playing on the network
- a new feature allows quickly moving the current piece to the boards left or right edge by pressing the move left/right key for longer than 0.2 seconds
- the speed of certain animations now increases along with the level, shortening the delay after dropping the piece or erasing rows
- new Repeat Last Game command
- new option on servers to allows clients to connect, but not join the current game
- modified multiplayer rules
- now displays a message when a client was kicked off the server or the server closed or crashed
- you can now jump to the chat text field by hitting the tab key (except while playing)
- some visual refinements when starting network games with no garbage rows
- IP text field has been integrated into the network drawer
- added click-through behavior for the New Game button
- still no sound :-)
- hopefully fixes a graphics bug that has been around since v1.0, which sometimes caused single blocks to stay hanging in the air after dropping a piece
- fixed a bug which sometimes caused other players levels not to appear in the network drawer when they should
- fixed a bug which caused a wrong number of initial garbage rows to appear in the highscore for network games (the correct number will appear for new games now)
- fixed a bug which prevented the chat text field from accepting accents and other funny characters
- fixed another bug which made the chat text field change its size a little when it shouldtÑthis hopefully also fixes a bug which made the text field not react to keystrokes anymore in some situations
- the network log window can now be properly resized
Version 2.0.2
Aug 27, 2004
- fixed a bug which messed up the score display in the network drawer after a player disconnected and immediately connected again
Version 2.0.1
Aug 21, 2004
- fixed three bugs which are so tiny that I cannot describe them here
Version 2.0
June 2, 2004
Version 1.3.1
Nov 24, 2003
- fixes a mean bug which made Quinn crash on start after upgrading from an earlier version if the arrow keys (or other strange keys) were used to control the game. Sorry!
Version 1.3
Nov 17, 2003
- individual highscore list for each player
- highscore also records the number lines per minute
- highscore file is now encrypted
- more than one keyboard setting can be saved
- two new speed levels
- even more responsive on slower machines
- now begins new games at the same level as the last game
- remembers window positions
- a slight change in playing behavior gives the player a bit more time to move a piece before it freezes
- improved documentation
- now comes as a compressed disk image rather than a StuffIt archive, due to problems that StuffIt Expander 8 has with applications
Version 1.2.2
Mar 27, 2003
- now handles damaged image files correctly
- no more leftovers of the paused screen remain after it has faded out on a background image
Version 1.2.1
Mar 8, 2003
- fixed a bug which let Quinn forget about custom piece styles after quitting
Version 1.2
Mar 5, 2003
- customizable backgrounds and piece styles
- level speeds changed
- new scoring
- the highscore now lists the number of lines erased, the start and end level, and the garbage height on beginning (expand the drawer to see the additional columns)
- the New Game sheet can now be navigated using the keyboard, and remembers the last setting before quitting
- slightly different rotation behavior
- once again improved the random number generator
- mouse cursor hides while playing
- many little improvements
Version 1.1.1
Jan 1, 2003
- fixed a bug which prevented you from resetting the highscore
Version 1.1
Dec 27, 2002
- new level 8
- reacts much faster now on slower machines
- line count
- preview can be turned off
- improved random generator for new blocks
- many minor improvements
Version 1.0.1
Nov 27, 2002
- fixed a bug which prevented you from entering the highscore in some situations
Version 1.0
Oct 24, 2002