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CHG: Key and note labels are now larger and easier to read.
CHG: All settings are now stored in either "shell:appdata\Synthesia" in Windows
or "~/Library/Application Support/Synthesia" in OS X. Data is no longer
stored in the Windows registry or Mac plists.
CHG: Pop-up loop statistics are now reset when the song speed is changed.
CHG: A few more default track modes are now available on the options screen.
CHG: Fixed-do "Sol" now appears as "So".
CHG: Removed --windowed option in favor of new configuration settings.
CHG: Removed renderer option from in-game options. Now in configuration tool.
FIX: Uninstaller wasn't cleaning up Start Menu shortcuts on Vista or Win7.
FIX: Multiple spaces in any of the game's XML files were being condensed into
one space when read back in. This could cause any variety of things to
go wrong depending on the file name or MIDI device that had more than one
space in its name.
FIX: Output device resets should be faster and more robust against crashes.
FIX: Loops that start at the beginning of the song should no longer skip notes.
FIX: Filtering the song library should no longer cause sorted items in the list
that are the same (as far as the currently sorted column is concerned) to
jump around the list relative to one another. (Sorting is now "stable".)
FIX: Non-rounded-to-10% speeds are now remembered correctly when loading a song.
FIX: MIDI input no longer builds up on screens where it's not consumed only to
create a burst of sound after switching to a screen where it is.
FIX: In rare cases, instrument changes would affect other tracks.
FIX: Learning Pack unlock keys should now be able to be pasted from any program
on the OS X side... including the ones I broke during the last fix. :)
FIX: Made the "Zoom to my Keyboard" button appear for software keyboard users
that have never set up the size of an actual MIDI device.
FIX: The last measure line at the end of a song should now be more accurate.
FIX: Flush the output queue before resetting output device on OS X.
FIX: Note names shown on the keyboard setup screen now show the correct octave.
FIX: Learning Pack unlock keys should now be able to be pasted from any program
on the OS X side.
FIX: Attempting to load a song that has a time signature with a 1 (whole-note)
in the denominator will no longer cause a crash.
OPT: Increased speed of drawing measure lines in the falling note view.
OPT: Increased speed of drawing effects, keys, and notes.
FIX: The "next note" marker is now shown for all notes that can be hit while
waiting for user input, not just notes directly on the line.
FIX: Track selection boxes can not longer run off the bottom of the screen.
FIX: Sheet music button on track selection screen is much easier to see now.
FIX: Practice mode can no longer be selected when no tracks have been set
to "You Play" mode. A helpful message is indicated instead.
Version 0.6.4 - 06/2008
----------------------NEW: Sheet music display with scrolling and page-flip progression modes.
NEW: Practice mode that waits for you to hit the right notes.
NEW: Measure lines in falling note display. (Toggle with F4.)
NEW: Learning Pack key entry screen (off the main menu) with four "demo"
songs that temporarily unlock all the new features.
NEW: Added "Play Settings" screen to handle the growing set of song options.
NEW: Added option to lock keyboard height to conserve screen space for notes.
CHG: Game continues to play in the background if alt-tabbed or minimized.
CHG: Added the old "Notes played" statistic to the playing screen (from 0.4.0).
CHG: Made "Play all user input" the default behavior.
CHG: Changed the vertical-guide layout for falling notes.
CHG: Added option to disable auto-"System MIDI volume" adjust in Windows.
FIX: Bounded max size of praise/combo text.
FIX: Removed un-openable MIDI input/output devices from device lists. (However,
this requires a quick "open" test on each device at startup. Some devices
can take a very long time (>30s) to open. So, the open test can be turned
off via the "HKCU\Software\Synthesia\Skip Device Open Test" string key set
to a value of "1".
FIX: Don't crash while FF'ing an event heavy song with certain output devices.
FIX: Caps-lock no longer affects octave shifting keys.
FIX: Windows installer now includes DirectX redistributable, so no more missing
DLL errors. Stand-alone zip users should run directx_redist/DXSETUP.exe.
Version 0.6.3 - 01/2008
----------------------NEW: Keyboard zoom options (on the Track Selection screen).
NEW: Options screen:
- Play all user input / Play only correct user input.
- Default track mode: Played Automatically / Played But Hidden.
- Play notes using velocity from the: song / user input.
- Toggle sparks for performance.
- Toggle ignore SysEx messages.
- Toggle bank select fix.
- Toggle renderer backend in Windows.
NEW: DirectX rendering backend.
NEW: Better looking white keys.
NEW: Highest score for current settings shown on track selection screen.
NEW: Software mouse cursor.
NEW: Copy error text to clipboard before exiting.
NEW: Added an easter egg somewhere. Try and find it!
NEW: Added log. Found in "Application Data\Synthesia\log.txt"
CHG: Note scoring is now additionally based on timing accuracy.
CHG: Split all remaining "Various" tracks into single-instrument tracks.
FIX: Sometimes first note of "You Play" track would use wrong instrument.
FIX: Caps-lock no longer affects the software keyboard.
FIX: Windows crash from attempting to send output to a MIDI device too fast.
FIX: Made MIDI output reset stronger in Windows, to avoid locked-"on" notes.
FIX: Events using running status after a meta event weren't loaded correctly.
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CHG: Swapped blue and yellow in the track color order, making blue the new
"first" color.
CHG: ReasonableSynthVolume object replaces MidiCommOut::SetReasonableSynthVol
and now works for all mixers in the system instead of only the first.
CHG: Darkened the border for a few different colors to increase the contrast
between sharp/flat notes in a series.
CHG: Default to new "Piano Hero Music" folder at startup. (User configurable
in the future.)
FIX: Disabled MIDI input while game is paused to prevent cheating.
FIX: Made MidiCommOut::Reset() actually reset everything by fully closing and
reopening the device. midiOutReset() apparently only turns off the keys
and pedals on each track. It *doesn't* reset patches or volume.
FIX: Reworked MIDI engine to correct a sync/lag issue in songs that started
with a considerable delay before the first note.
FIX: Notes don't draw on top of keys anymore.
FIX: MIDI track default color order is now consistent for all files.
FIX: Two tracks with identical notes would cause the "second" track's note to
not appear. This normally would not matter, as they overlap completely,
but when hiding the first track, the second note would not show.
Version 0.5.0 - 01/2007
----------------------NEW: Klavarskribo staff notation (thanks to Troy Ramos for the suggestion!)
NEW: MIDI input instrument selection (early version by Luis Anton)
NEW: MIDI input with note matching and scoring (early version by Luis Anton)
NEW: Note hit/miss effects
NEW: If muted, temporarily unmute the selected MIDI device during gameplay
NEW: Level progress bar along top of game play screen
NEW: In-game open file dialog
NEW: Song finish screen with score, rating, and statistics
Version 0.4.0 - 10/2006
----------------------NEW: Initial Release