- added dockOffset = 30 if OS X
- Fix - when "swith direction" was selected, the pieces were not put in the trays correctly until the game was quit then restrarted.
- changed all references to AOL web site to www.bestbackgammon.com
- several other minor enhancements

4.6.2 (6/19/2002) - Only minor changes - mostly cosmetic

- This is a free upgrade for registered users of 4.5 or later or those that have registered in the last 6 months.

4.6 (4/9/2002) - NEW - Carbon version now works with OS 9 as well as OS X

- NEW - there is now also a PPC version of 4.6 -- previously 4.3.6 was the last PPC version
- NOTE - 68k version will stop at v4.3.6
- NEW - put display options into Display Settings... menu item/dialog
- NEW - added cmd Q to end the program when the dialog, at the end of the game, is being displayed
- NEW - when doing an autobearoff, if the piece can also hit a blot then now no auto bearoff
- NEW - bearing off - if bearoff is not exact but 2 dice can be used by moving the smallest
1st, it is now allowed to move the piece directly in to the tray.
- Put back code that allows the last piece moved to be picked up and put back
- CHANGE - made several changes to logic checking for incorrect moves when a piece(s) was on the BAR
- NEW - added Command-Z as menu shortcut to Cursor Options/Take back....
- CHANGE - when a move is taken back, just the amount for 1 die is taken back for each take-back
- CHANGE - made Cmd-Z, click on BAR and the take back menu item work the same
- FIX - Rollout Position - if click after move was set for either player the rollout would stop

4.5.2 (3/13/02)

- Resolved the speed problems with the OS X version - piece speed, program startup and cube speed

4.5.1 (2/19/02)

- Increased piece movement speed. Piece movement was too slow on slower/older Macs.

4.5 (2/18/02)

- First OS X-Carbon version - Has the same features and functionality as 4.3.6
- Added more wood board frame designs.

4.3.6 (1/27/02)

- The routine that put the web page address or the 3 letter ID into the clipboard was not working correctly
- The OS X version of the game will be available within the next month. If you order this version, you will be able to get it free for the next 3 months.

4.3.5 (12/24/01)

- Improved the Rolls Remaining algorithm for better late game evaluations. Affects the computer's moves and cube play.

4.3 (11/22/01)

- Changed the piece color back to red on the default board color (greenblack)
- Increased the default memory for the game
- Made the default board size 6 on larger monitors (was 5)
- ID does not change now when go from OS X Classic mode to OS 9 and visa versa
- Several other minor enhancements/changes/fixes

4.2.1 (9/22/2001)

- Fixed a problem with Show Possible Moves. The red rectangle was not being cleared properly under a certain situation.

4.2 (9/8/2001)

- Improved money session features
- Added menu item "Change Wager"
- For Show Possible Moves, replaced the X's and O with green and red rectangles on the board frame
- Modified the piece colors for GreenPattern and GreenBlack boards
- Fixed any known bugs/problems

4.1 (8/5/2001)

- A few minor enhancements/changes
- Compiled with a new release of the compiler

4.0 (5/14/2001)

- New position rollout feature. Read the Position Rollout help for more information
- improved the computer's skill at using the doubling cube
- improved the computer's skill at making moves
- show possible moves works all of the time - not just when a piece is picked up
- several other minor fixes/enhancements

3.9.5(2/13/2001)

- Fixed a problem that could crash the game at the very end of the game - mostly on older Macs

3.9.4(12/2000)

- Fix - with Automatically Move Partial Moves selected could cause problem on first roll

3.9.3(11/26/2000)

- Took out a test message left in inadvertently in 3.9.1 & .2

3.9.2(11/23/2000)

- Added an item in the Registration menu to go to the game download web page
- a couple of minor changes

3.9.1 (9/28/2000)

- Added Command C for conceding
- Fix - inappropriate messages on ocassion with AutoMoves/Partial moves selected
- Fix - the tray piece graphics did not always appear right
- Fix - game was allowing illegal moves when bearing off
- several other minor fixes/enhancements to the interface

3.9 (8/29/2000)

- Improved the computer's use of the doubling cube - more improvements will be in the next version
- Minor improvements to the interface
- Coming Soon! -- Rollout Position feature for determining which of several moves is best or if a double of the cube is correct to make or to accept. Need a fast machine or patience for this.

3.8 (7/1/2000)

- Improved the computer's use of the doubling cube
- Minor improvements to the interface
- PPC version is now available on my web page

3.7.4 (5/9/2000)

- Took out Sound Volume control -- fixes a problem with sound levels and channel balance problems on some machines.

3.7.2 (4/20/2000)

- Fixed a potential problem with Replay with same dice
- Made a small improvement to Who is Winning
- Fixed "Printing without a window" problem with RollOver selected
- Several other minor changes

3.7.1 (3/17/2000)

- Fixed a problem with garbled speech sometimes.

3.7 (3/15/2000)

- Automatic Moves has been taken out of Easy+Automatic - seperate menu item now
- Automatic Moves has been improved to include most moves where there is no choice
- Automatic Moves can now be used with all 3 methods of piece movement
- Improved Help information in Info menu
- Switched the postion in P ip Count/Remaining Rolls display. You are on the bottom now.
- Greatly improved the Pieces Speeds change from one speed to another.
- Several other minor enhancements

3.6.1 (3/7/2000)

- took out a test message that was mistakenly left in v3.6

3.6 (3/5/2000)

- Enhanced the Auto Moves feature to include bearing off and when there is only one choice for the move
- Improved the skill of the computer opponent.
- Who's Winning now gives a better assessment of who has the advantage in the game
- Fixed several minor problems

3.4 (2/22/2000)

- This version has many changes in the code to accomodate a new version of the compiler -- hopefully for the better.
- added sound volume control to the Board menu
- Added Easy + Automatic Moves option to the Board menu to make playing with a laptop easier
- Fixed a couple of minor problems when using Keyboard Moves
- Added Fit Window to Board menu item in the Board menu
- Plus several other minor changes/enhancements

3.0.3 (1/7/2000)

- Fixed a problem caused by the changes that smoothed the piece animation in 3.0.2.

3.0.2 (1/4/2000)

- Smoothed the piece animation when you move a piec.
- Fixed board size problem on Color classic
- Board Sizes were changed from 5 to 7
- Fixed a problem with grayed dice not displaying correctly on some older systems

3.0.1 (1/1/2000)

- Piece movement on some systems was somewhat jerky. Now is smoother.
- Increased the amount of memory allocated to the game to accomodate larger monitors and screen resolutions.

3.0 (12/24/99)

- Added Save Game On Exit option to the Game menu
- Added Load Saved Game On Startup option to the Game menu
- Added marble pieces to the Green Black board
- Put some of the Board menu items in a new Appearance menu item in the board menu
- Added Frame design option to the Appearance menu. Can have the original solid frame or light or dark wood frames
- Added Shift-Click for taking back the last piece move or releasing a selected piece (great for a 2 button mouse)
- Game now requires less memory to run
- The session scores (displayed between the trays) remain until New Session is selected.
- Can now click on either side of the board to pass play to the other player
- Improved the concede logic for the computer (Automatic Concessions)
- Can now start a game that was saved by double-clicking on its icon or by dropping it on the game icon
- Fixed a couple of problems that could occur with keyboard input
- Fixed a problem with Replay with same dice.
- Made several minor enhancements
- Fixed several minor problems

2.9.5(11/16/99)

- Added new board color
- Fixed several problems that could cause the game to crash or act strange in certain situations.

2.9.3 (10/27/99)

- Improves game play when is speech used. Action continues after speech starts in some situations so you don't have to wait for it to finish.
- Changed the timing for piece movement. Hopefully improved.
- Added two board colors - Green 2 and BrownRed
- Display 4 dice on doubles is now the default
- Fixed a couple of minor problems

2.9.1 (9/17/99)

- Fixes a compatibility problem with some processors/systems

2.9 (9/15/99)

- Improved the computer player's skill
- Increase the preferred memory size by 200k
- Fixed $ display in money game if zero
- Fixed a potential problem if the game doesn't have enough memory
- Made it less likely that a bad custom color file could cause problems

2.8.9 (7/26/99)

- Added the ability to toggle between displaying the session score and pipcount by clicking in the score area
- Improved the Continue Playing Game option - now includes concedes
- Fixed some problems with saving a game when the game is quit
- When Click After Move is selected made so don't have to click after accepting best move and if click on dice if can't make
all of a move
- Fixed several other minor bugs/problems

2.8.8 (6/15/99)

- Money Game Play option was added
- Replaced the Session Stats button, in the end game dialog, with a Quit button.
- Fixed Click After Move and Instant Replay with both selected.
- Fixed Keyboard play for largest board size on 17 inch or greater monitor. + would take back moves

2.8.6/2.8.7 (6/4/99)

- Fixes a problem introduced in 2.8.5

2.8.5 - all changes put in this version are put into 2.8.6

- Added First Rolls Won to Session Stats and More Scores
- Added Dice Totals to More Scores
- Added Who Gets First Roll... to options menu replacing Human First roll and
Winner Rolls First menu items.
- Fixed incorrect scoring with a backgammon in certain situations
- Click After Move option was expanded to include clicking after the computer's move + dialog to select either.
- Darkened light dice dots for some colors
- With Automatic Rolls selected, the dice are not rolled automatically in the first game. Must click to start.
- Auto Pass will now pass automatically if only part of a move can be made.
- Plus other minor enhancements and changes/fixes

2.8.4 (5/4/99)

- Fix to registration/demo code
- Fixed compatability problem

2.8 (4/21/99)

- Option to continue to play a game after a double has been declined by either player
- Show Possible Moves now shows O in the row the piece is from
- Now save tournament data to be loaded when program is started again
- Made minor changes to the Doubling Cube logic
- Disabled Replay with same/swapped dice when Winner Rolls First is selected
- Fixed odds of rolling any of 4 numbers. 34/2 -> 32/4
- Several other minor changes/fixes

2.7.7 (3/20/99)

- Several minor changes were made
- Fixed a problem that could occur when loading a saved game

2.7.6 (6/15/99)

- Increased maximum board size to fill up 17 inch monitor
- made so that the close box causes fast quit (no message or ask to save game)
- Added option to replay the same dice
- Added option to replay the same dice but swapped - computer plays yours and you play the computer's
- Added 2 position hand cursor and changed to flesh colored for all boards
- Fixed several minor problems

2.7.4

- Added Game and Session statistics to the Stats menu
- Change the dialog displayed at the end of a game to display game statistics instead of session
- Added a button to the above to display session statistics
- Fixed the problem with "Show Possible Moves" always being selected on startup
- Fixed several other minor problems.

2.7.2

- Fixes a problem that can crash some machines if "3 Letter ID" menu item selected twice
- Increased the Preferred Memory size to accomodate larger monitors and greater color depths.

2.7.1

- Made several minor changes.

2.7

- Added option to select 4 or 2 dice on doubles.
- Improved the Speak Dice options.
- Fixed several minor things
- Made several minor tweaks/enhancements
2.6.2

- Fixed a couple of minor bugs

2.6

- Added 4 dice being display when doubles.
- Instead of dice being removed after being used they are darkened.
- Added Speak Dice option in Board menu
- Fixed a problem with the Show Possible Moves options. Xs were remaining sometimes.

2.5.4

- Fixed problem loading custom board when no preferences file
- Fixed - You "Can't Many any Moves" message coming up when computer is blocked by
prime from the BAR.
- Fixed the "Can't Double - Crawford Restriction" message coming up when it shouldn't
- Increased the delay after computer can't make any move from 1 to 2 seconds.
2.5.3

- Fixed problem when "Show Row Numbers" turned off causing a problem on startup on some machines.

2.5.2

- Added Winner Rolls First
- Added Blue2 board color scheme - made it the default
- Added "Current Session Statistics" dialog display at the end of a game
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.5

- added Pick Up Only 1 Piece option - made it the default
- numerous minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.4

- Added Tournament Stats to Stats menu- took off bottom of board frame
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.3

- Fixed the Custom Colors code and documentation
- removed Green2 board
- added Blue-Green board
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.2

- Added the AutoPass option
- Added BlotRisk (B)
- Improved low memory on larger monitors with millions of colors
- Added Cube Maximum Value
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.1.5

- Improved handling of large monitors and 16 & 32 bit color depths
- added GreenYellow board
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.1.3

- Improved computer skill handling the doubling cube in a running game
- Fixed the not enough memory bug when piece shape changed
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.1

- Fixed the Tournament problem with the score and doubling
- Improved computer skill

2.0.5

- Much better low memory handling
- numerous minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.0.4

- Put in Piece Shape option
- Took out colors from menus and fixed the NotePad/Help menus
- Increased Max BoardWidth to 900 from 750 pixels
- Added Cmd z for undoing moves/dice/double
- numerous minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.0.3

- Improved computer play skill
- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.0.2

- some minor changes and enhancements
- Fixed all know bugs

2.0.1

- improved computer play skill