[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9e released (test version)

Warning: this version is a test version. Before November, a more
stable version called SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9 will be released.

Changes in the beta 9e:
- new multiplayer map: frontier by Bryan Smart
- archers now have 10 hit points instead of 8
- AI players are now allied in multiplayer maps
- added global_food_limit to the map language (set the maximum food of a map)
- if title isn't found in the map, the title of the map is the name of the map file
- when a battle ends in a square, a summary is sent to each concerned player
- the message telling that a player has quit a game cannot be missed now
- fixed bug with unit recruiting cancellation and food
- fixed bug with save game and big maps
- fix sound volume bug with compass directions in first person mode
- fixed bug where the server doesn't stop when it cannot register on the servers list
- fixed bug where the food limit was not updated in the client when a player quit the game

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9d released (test version)

Warning: this version is a test version. Before November, a more
stable version called SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9 will be released.

Changes:
- fixed bug freezing the server in the find-the-shortest-path algorithm
- fixed bug freezing the server in the find-the-nearest-resource algorithm
- fixed bug with paths and maps with 10 lines or more

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9c released (test version)

Warning: this version is a test version. Before November, a more
stable version called SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9 will be released.

The following changes are in the beta 9c:
- the servers list uses now a database, more reliable
- fixed bug where the game cannot read map files in Linux
- servers don't need Pygame anymore, only Python
- probably fixed bug where the server doesn't close
- fixed bug in the maps language where nb_rows is used instead of nb_columns (nb_rows is now deprecated but kept for compatibility)
- fixed bug with maps with 10 lines or more

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9b released (test version)

Bug fix: the game freezes when a player recruits a dragon.

Warning: this version is a test version. Before November, a more
stable version called SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9 will be released.

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9a released (test version)

Warning: this version is a test version. Before November, a more stable version called SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9 will be released.

Here are the changes in SoundRTS 1.0 beta 9a:
- I extracted the maps from the code to allow people to write multiplayer maps (trigger maps have been extracted too but may change and will not be documented for now);
- I boosted the archers (the damage will be 2.5/4 be instead of 1.5/2.5);
- bug or balance problem: the time needed for training units and researching tech or building upgrades was 3 times to fast;
- bug: when there is no goldmine left and the computer needs gold, the game hangs;
- bug: map 1 and map 2 are imbalanced, because of the goldmine distance;
- bug: incomplete summary of enemy units (ex: mages and dragons are forgotten);
- bug: to many alert messages during fights;
- I added a keyboard shortcut: control pageup/pagedown to go to the previous/next conflict zone;
- bug: interactivity slowdown during a combat;
- added F3: say time
- added control F3: minute bell on/off (off by default)
- Control Home/End, control +/- of the numeric keyboard: increase/decrease the voice relative volume
- now the computer AI in aggressive mode knows the starting squares and attacks them first, instead of attacking the opposite square only
- bug: a running server is not removed from the servers list after 12 hours anymore
- bug: the servers list guesses wrongly the IP address of the servers in some rare cases (solved by using www.whatismyip.org)
- I added a save-game feature for single player games, with one save slot
- I added the ability to invite 1 or more computer AI of various strength in a multiplayer game, or in a single player game on a multiplayer map (now it works the same as multiplayer games)
- bug fixed: the training sounds and the researching sounds caused the game to slowdown, because of the combat slowdown mode; the combat sounds slowdown mode is now off by default (press control F6 to enable it)
- bug fixed: When a player has more than one barracks, the food limit is near maxed, and the barracks recruits a queued unit, the food limit is not always respected. In some cases, the player will be able to recruit a group of units that have a higher food requirement than the player's food limit.
- I wrote a map making guide.

[log] invite 1 or more computer AI for multiplayer maps

I added the ability to invite 1 or more computer AI of various strength in a multiplayer game, or in a single player game on a multiplayer map (now it works the same as multiplayer games).

Bug fixed: the training sounds and the researching sounds caused the game to slowdown, because of the combat slowdown mode; the combat sounds slowdown mode is now off by default (press control F6 to enable it).

[log] savegame

- bug: a running server is not removed from the servers list after 12 hours anymore
- bug: the servers list guesses wrongly the IP address of the servers in some rare cases (solved by using www.whatismyip.org)
- I added a save-game feature for single player games, with one save slot