BWChart Release Notes

Version 1.03G / build 5 - 03/23/06

-added selection hack detection

Version 1.03G- 03/17/06

-display Protoss Mineral Hack and Terran Mineral Hack in event list, hot points and replay browser
-fixed the "Seconds" check box

Version 1.03F- 02/19/06

-display correct version for patch 1.13
-trim apm before 2 minutes to the max after 2 minutes

Version 1.03E- 04/02/05

-added statistics on build orders
-fixed crash when using the new "add unit" to hotkey group feature
-fixed some crashes in the unpacking routines because of buggy replays (in the map section)

Version 1.03D- 02/18/05

-handles new patch 1.12 from Blizzard
-new action for adding a unit to a hotkey group (shift+#), displayed as a frame with the hotkey number in it
-new action for Minimap Ping
-added APM per race in the Players statistics ("Players" page of the replay browser window)

Version 1.03C- 12/04/04

-fixed crash when loading some replays saved with superpenguin plug-in
-Y scale on both sides of APM chart
-the "all players on same chart" flag has independant values for APM and Resources charts

Version 1.03B- 10/16/04

-added Micro APM and Macro APM (thanks to Lasgo for the idea), APM curves have their own section now.
-now saving order and width of every column for player stats
-fixed bug in Akas when there are too many akas for one map name or player name
-fixed some unknown action when attacking with carriers

Version 1.03A- 08/25/04

-added Korean and Chinese resources
-added APM chart style selector to choose from a very flat apm curve to a very dynamic one
-fixed misnaming of Shuttle/Dropship for Protoss players (appears in event list and hotkeys)
-fixed wrong identification of Forge/Cybernetics Core when user upgrades plasma shield
-fixed wrong detection of NULL build actions when buildings are exactly next to each other
-fixed bug on multiple "Add Replay" in browser window
-changed default suspicious action detection limit to 2 minutes

Version 1.02V- 06/19/04

-improved apm chart to make it more "dynamic", that is better reflect the instant apm during game. The chart is also drawn much faster now.
-added units count on map view
-added options to customize the colors of the charts and the text on them
-added background bitmap on charts screen (with display options to center, tile or stretch bitmap)
-added "clean missing" button, to remove from database all replays that have been deleted manually (.rep file is missing)
-replaced radio buttons with a vertical tab to select replay, player or map list (to gain some vertical space)
-reorganized the options page in multiple sub-pages
-fixed bug on map filter. The map name was not saved on leaving bwchart.
-updated the initial aka list for players and maps (thx to distant_voice)
-fixed bug when adding a big list of akas in the "edit akas" dialog

Version 1.02U- 06/04/04

-added option to sort distribution charts (results are displayed in ascending order)
-added chart for APM distribution (details APM per action)
-added map filter on replay browser. Use comma to specify multiple maps. Eg: "temple, hunters"
-added multiplayer ability for player filter on replay browser. Use comma or space to specify multiple players. For example, to see only the game between Yellow and Boxer, type "yellow boxer"
-display game date on chart screen
-fixed bugs on "move to recycle bin"
-fixed auto start of BWPlayer when watching an RWA (BWPlayer is now started first so it doesn't disturb BW)

Version 1.02T- 04/30/04

-fixed "watch replay" for some loaders who use the current directory. There was also possible confusion where the replay would be copied if you use different paths for 1.10, 1.09 and 1.10.

Version 1.02S- 04/29/04

-added support for BW patch 1.11
-fixed display bug when Windows standard fonts are bigger than usual
-fixed bug when sorting columns on replay browser
-partially fixed confusion between Dropships and Bunkers

Version 1.02R- 03/30/04

-fixed export to BWCoach for Window 98 users (was due to a bug in Windows API)

Version 1.02Q- 03/17/04

-added starting position of each player. Positions are given in clock value (12 at top, 6 at bottom, etc). For Lost Temple, positions are adjusted to 12,9,6,3 (because the real computed positions are 12,2,7,8). Replays can be filtered on positions but only for 1v1 games.
-player starting locations can be used in the replay renaming dialog box
-Replay browser: now saving order and width of every column
-Replay browser: added filter for RWAs + a column for the author of the RWA (also appears on chart) - database will need to be rebuilt for older RWAs
-improved differenciation between scarabs and interceptors when only reaver or only carriers have been built.
-improved display speed when updating browser lists (at init or when changing filter)
-fixed bug when two players have the same name (it happened in some chinese replays, go figure)

Version 1.02N- 03/05/04

-added the "Export to BWCoach" feature (right click on event list -> Export -> BWCoach) - see BWCoach for explanations
-fixed bug when starting BW to watch a replay
-fixed action title for "Dark Archon Energy" upgrade (it was mistakenly displayed as "Dark Templar Energy")

Version 1.02M- 01/31/04

-fixed other problems with unit identification and added unit name instead of unit id even for suspicious events
-added handles in the middle to allow horizontal resizing of event list
-added command line options to export events to text file in batch :

Command line format : /rep="replay file" [/sec] [/sep=,] [/txt="text file"]

/sec : use seconds instead of ticks
/sep=X : specifies X as the column separator (don't use ',')
/rep="replay file" : replay to analyse (use full path unless bwchart.exe is located in same directory)
/txt="text file": output text file

default separator is TAB
default text file is rep file with .txt extension instead of .rep extension
default time measurement is ticks

Always put replay file name and output text file name between double quotes (eg:"c:\dir\gg.rep").
Return code: 0 if ok, 1 for invalid parameter, -1 for output file cant be created, -2 for replay cant be loaded

Version 1.02K - 01/23/04

-fixed problem with identification of drone/hatcheries (thanks to Ilintar again for the info)

Version 1.02J - 01/19/04

-fixed missing action "Deselect" when player loses vision of a selected ennemy unit (thanks to Ilintar for the info)
-fixed engine version when adding recent games to the browser
-added XvX matchup filter to filter out or not all PvP,TvT and ZvZ games
-changed the message displayed on suspicious events from "first seen at" to "first used by owner at"

Version 1.02H - 01/05/04

-fixed bug on suspicious events when building/unit was first selected by ennemy

Version 1.02G - 01/04/04

-added a filter on event list to choose which events are displayed (select, build, train, suspect, all)
-added a ? sign in the event list for events that look potentially suspicious. The ? and the player name are then displayed in red. Repetitive clicks on the "Next" button will select the suspicious events in cycle. When a suspicious event is selected, some information about the event is displayed below the event list.
Go here for the definition of a suspicious event.

Version 1.02F - 01/03/04

-fixed Merge Archon & Merge Dark Archon
-fixed missing Psionic Storm & Hallucination

Version 1.02E - 11/18/03

-added auto load and display of latest game played (if you saved the replay)
-event list does not display events for disabled players any more (stop whining, i finally did it)
-added chart for hot keys (move mouse over key numbers to get hot key units list)
-added unit/building identification in event list (ex: "Select 3634" becomes "Select Hydralisk")
-added option to turn file association on and off (for .rep extension)
-added option to choose where the replay database is saved (My Documents or next to bwchart.exe)
-added colored event list (train, hatch, build, etc, are drawn with different colors)
-export event list to text file (right click on event list and select "export to text file")
-changed matchup filter so if no race is checked it will display all replays instead of none
-fixed some repaint problems with the list controls

Version 1.02C - 11/01/03

-added some keys for auto keys sequence in watching replay
-added RWA detection to start BWPlayer automatically when launching a replay from BWChart

Version 1.02B - 10/27/03

-fixed terran drops not being displayed as hot points

Version 1.02A - 10/26/03

-fixed limit on replay file renaming (it's 31 chars and not 32)

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