• 3.42
  • This version should be vista compatible. If you have issues that are not UAC related, please contact me via the feedback link
  • Helpfile changed to HTML - if you dont have a html help viewer how did you see this??
  • Fixed bug 81 URL highlight/detection breaks on apostrophe symbol and on backslash
  • Hopefully fixed bug 94 URL duplicates when clicked, then is sent to browser. (if this doesnt do it, Im kinda out of ideas)
  • Fixed bug 103 Copying text to clipboard results in 1 character missing.
  • Fixed bug 102 Auto-disconnect doesn't change tab properly
  • Fixed bug 104 [Alt-T] doesn't open Tools menu
• 3.41
  • Fixed Bug 89 - SSL should work once more
  • Fixed Bug 84 - Mouse wheel in the text entry box should no longer scroll display box, it never did cycle through the history options... (feedback if you think it should!)
  • Fixed Bug 87 - Closing an active session window and saying no should no longer close the session anyway
  • Fixed Bug 88 - resizing windows should no longer lose scrollback at random
  • Fixed Bug 85 - the more + recording bars being black
  • Fixed that port and hostname would cause issues if spaces etc were entered
  • Fixed a problem where the more bar was blank (related to bug 85)
  • Fixed an issue where the version and news text was showing wrong info due to website issue (not MC related)
    
• 3.40
  • Auto assignment of alt+n, where n is a number from 1-10 (ten showing as 0) for macro keys. (Will show as hints when you move your mouse over them)
  • Some work done on the displaying of text to make it faster
  • Moved code into new compiler! So it should be faster over all.
  • Added threading so connections shouldn't hang MuckClient in anyway, spamming yourself still may result in some app hang but that's more from it drawing the output than it actually handling it. However, it should survive, multi cpu (or HyperThreading) boxes should see much smoother performance single processor some difference not as much
  • ** NOTE ** if you try and close MuckClient while its trying to connect it will appear to hang! This will come in time..
    
• 3.35
  • Fixed bug 59 where blinking text didnt blink properly
  • While fixing 59 noticed text wouldnt have blinked if there was no need to scroll (shrug)
  • Fixed bug 46 where https wasnt recognised (I hope)
  • Fixed bug 65 where text didnt display (hopefully down to new compiler)
  • Fixed bug 66 where highlights didnt work properly (again down to new compiler I hope)
  • Found a small memory leak.. (about 4 bytes!)
  • Changed memory management modules.. you SHOULD notice a speed difference!
• 3.34
  • Fixed bug 55 where save all was adding a 0x02 character at the begging of nearly every line
  • Fixed bug 56 where the helpfile didnt display on pressing F1. oops.
  • If you get &'s in your spelling replacements, its something odd about the personal dictionaries. Ive been unable to track it down, but, it seems deleting them will fix it but obviously lose your entries. (Hence I suggest you rename them in case I find I whole fix)

• 3.33
  • Fixed bug 49+50 where games sending singular ansi codes only the last was remembered, so sending bold then red, not bold+red would result in red, and more importantly bold,black not bold+black would just remember black and generally be invis!

• 3.32
  • NEW FEATURE: Muckclient can now open telnet:// links in sessions (see default->global) this is a prerunner for being able to be the default telnet client if wanted.
  • Fixed bug 35 where more info was added about length of URLs
  • Fixed bug 36 a typo on the options screen
  • Fixed bug 37 where ! was missing from valid URL strings and so wouldnt count as part of a URL
  • Fixed bug 39 where the recording indicator didnt show on the toolbar on auto logged sessions
  • Fixed bug 40 where logs werent being flushed
• 3.31
  • Fixed bug 34 (If maximized it will return properly maximized)
  • Fixed bug 35 (Url with WWW. not being clickable)
  • Misdrawn URLs should no longer occur.
• 3.3
  • New download window, shows kbps, appears top left on your screen and is movable by clicking.
    
  • Major improved ansi handling. You may not spot the difference but its a lot different and if you ever received URLs that didnt highlight properly as they stretched over packet breaks, they will now. (Still doesnt work for highlights or gags yet sorry)
    
  • Put the 2.5x type toolbars back so they will dock bottom, top, left and right and remember their positions (unless floating in which case they will return to the top)
  • Change to keepalives, now if the game says it understands telnet it gets telnet keepalives, otherwise it gets #0. If your game doesnt like this, please disable the keepalive for that session. (Protomuck for example will ignore any text sent) - this is partly in preparation for the new version.
  • New bug reporting procedure see here
• 3.21
  • Fixed Macros
• 3.20
  • Added toolbar and some pretty icons.
  • Fixed for once and for all the problem of the flashing window sometimes staying selected when window was activated.
• 3.12
  • Muckclient was not able to send a space and enter as a valid line. This has now been corrected. Thanks to a fellow woofer who didnt give their name for reporting this.
• 3.11
  • When using SSL connections if the connection is broken either deliberately or not you can now reconnect, however it doesnt report the non deliberate disconnects so it wont auto reconnect (yet)
  • Screen update tweaks
  • Fixed an issue where if the session was disconnected and auto logged the log file would remain locked
• 3.10
  • NEW FEATURE : Added option to have keepalives on globally but turn them off for specific sessions which object due to whatever reason.. If you get issues with it not recognising commands and are using keepalives you will need to use this option.
  • NEW FEATURE : Added SSL support - will not support SSH! (as part of this change the socket type used are now blocking sockets which will mean some of you will find muckclient doesnt respond much until either connections are made or failed. Sorry, I am working to try and fix this but Im sure SSL is worth the pain)
  • NEW FEATURE : Added indenting on linewrap (Thanks Apheler)
  • NEW FEATURE : Added auto connection on defeined sessions when starting muckclient
  • NEW FEATURE : Added aliases (which only work when placed at the beginning of a line and arent part of another word so you can make p for page, but if you write port it doesnt turn it into pageort. You can enter more than 1 line of text for the alias to turn into but you cant edit it very well after :P sorry.
  • NEW FEATURE : Added a "Add New" button to connection screen to take those who found this a challenge to the right place.
  • NEW FEATURE : Added a "Make Session" button (needs a better name) on the mud connector list that auto adds it to your session list
  • NEW FEATURE : Added an "Insert Prefix" which will add whatever you type to the beginning of every line - useful when pasting a conversation or set of jokes or something from the internet
  • Fixed a problem where non bold text didnt blink
  • Fixed a problem with collecting news and version information
  • Fixed a problem when deciding not to download the new mud connector list
  • Fixed a problem where occasionally a new line would start in a middle of a bunch of text that shouldnt have had it (Thanks Apheler - again!)
  • Fixed a problem where in options if you added a new session, then needed another, it a) copied the details over, b) didnt actually save the first one! (And Apheler strikes again!)
  • Fixed an issue where if you scroll back and change sessions your position should be remembered.
  • Fixed an issue with saveall/copy from display area where it would occasionally truncate text. (Thanks Apheler)
  • Keepalive has changed it used to send null characters (eg chr(0), now it sends proper telnet NOOP signals)
• 3.01
  • Fixed an issue where pasting into the input box would change the text colour and font (Thanks Kyrie)
  • Fixed an issue where the spell checking option box if open could be made to go behind the app and you couldnt find it. (Thanks Kamida)
  • Fixed an issue where you could confuse the options box (Thanks Apheler!)
  • Fixed an issue where MuckClient no longer remembered your typings if you managed to press back/forward history which it used to (Thanks Knight)
• 3.00
  • NEW FEATURE: Spell checking on session text input box
  • NEW FEATURE: Gagging
  • NEW FEATURE: Per session colour+font selections (or use of default settings)
  • NEW FEATURE: Mud Connector game connection
  • NEW FEATURE: More page, view your game text page at a time, once enough lines come in to fill a page, it waits telling you how much more is to come.
  • NEW FEATURE: Cancel downloading of update/mud connector list.
  • Rewrite of ansi wrapping code finally nailed the occasional ansi colour code problem
  • Rewrite of highlighting code to make it much more efficient
  • Fixed cosmetic bug of how windows were drawn on start and if switching sessions via clicking on buttons on toolbar, and how the session button bar would show when there was none.
• 2.52
  • URLs are now copyable as it activates when the mouse is lifted not when pressed
  • You can now specify a default directory + file for the log file
  • ALL global settings except the under cover option come into effect when you save the options
  • Disable URLs is now also saved when you exit the program
  • News + Version checks now work weekly as suggested not every time you start the app
  • Sessions can sound be sorted using up/down arrows in the options box (except for default session)
• 2.51
  • Fix for Bold colours which did not have colour codes sent with them showing as always yellow.
  • Fix for when you edited/created a session, hit OK without saving it, you would be put on the general settings tab, not the session tab.
  • Slight change to colours+fonts tab to point people in the right direction, removed an unnecessary hidden button. Changed so selecting help from the menu brings up contents box - so added introduction and getting started to help menu.
  • Moved launching of URL to release of mousebutton so you can copy and paste URLs!
  • Updated the helpfile a little more.
  • Remembers if window was maximized. Otherwise, remembers size of window, but centers it.
  • Remembers location and visibility of macro bar.
  • If using the "show command on mucktest display area" previously it would come up in bold (yellow) and not revert. Now reverts (also comes up in highlight colour not yellow).
  • If you change the highlight colour mid session, it changes without needing to restart it.
  • Tooltip on session button showing connection details Optional verbose error messages
• 2.50
  • Complete rewrite of display component - you will notice the difference, hence the bigger version jump.
    
  • Options screen now has the same look listbox as the connect window to help less experienced people know what its showing them.
    
  • No differentiation between MUD and MUCK style games.
    
  • Fixed a slight problem with the command history in that switching directions occasionally caused problems.
    
  • Note about logging, "Save all to file" saves text on screen, including highlights, logging just saves text from game and sent text and comments (ie connecting, disconnected, error) - doesnt save ansi colours + commands though.
  • Flashing window problem - which occasionally still happened should have gone.
    
  • Auto checking for new version, and news should work every week.
    
  • Full colour support (ie backgrounds+forgrounds, bold - doesnt blink as yet.)
    
  • Support for highlights in all sessions.
  • Even better than before update facility.
  • User selectable colour for URLs + standard ansi colours.
  • Main menu listed edit/pause commands.
  • Clickable URLs!! (mail addresses currently dont highlight if they dont have mailto:, but do click!)
  • Option to turn off ansi colours from MuckClient.
  • Option to turn off URL support.
  • Auto reconnect on error - ie, if game crashes, ISP drops, routers hate you.. not if you type QUIT or get idle booted though.
  • Option to disable flashing window on activity.
  • Fixed the annoying font problem which has always haunted me.
  • Macro toolbar visible state is now remember.
  • Improved command history - will now remember the command you are working on! If you edit an old command it doesnt overwrite the old one, but treats it as a new one.
  • If you scroll back, and more data comes in - a "MORE" symbol flashes bottom right.
• 2.23
  • Changed how keepalives work.
  • Fixed a problem with sending macros to inactive connections
  • Fixed a problem with the fact that the 2.22 installs had setup some settings and so were upsetting the lastversion used flag which showed you the helpfile changes/welcome part. Those with this bug will see whats new.
  • Highlighting kinda works in MUD sessions - although not the most reliable
  • Autologging (set by session)
  • Ansi background colours NT/W2K only it seems (it maybe dependant on MS office for it to work)
  • More docking sites for the Macro Toolbar (ie top,bottom,left,right)
  • Title added to Macro Toolbar for easier moving
  • Improved update, will now prompt you if you wish to download+install, in which case, it closes muckclient for you and runs the install - please check this works for you (You can always cancel the install when it runs) If you say no, it should not download the new version.
  • Annoying sessions you had saved which wouldnt go away, now should.
    Sessions bar is also now dockable and should float merrily around your screen.
  • MUD sessions on disconnect should reconnect as MUD sessions
  • SOCKS proxy-ing now works (as apparently it didnt - Thanks for the help Apheler)
  • Should be even whizzier speedy
  • You can now stop MuckClient flashing on the taskbar
  • Macros longer than the length of the text box *should* now be OK - although you will have to remake them possibly.
  • Bug in removing a newly made macro without pressing OK has been fixed.
  • More useful error message on error connecting to host - maybe not much, but some.
  • Connections box has a new look for people who dont know what the info meant.
  • Highlighted the session button which is active
  • Undercover option now moved into the options box + warning you will have to restart muckclient for it to take effect.
  • Pause screen is back.
• 2.22
• Fixed a problem with highlight by word in 2.21 in that it wasnt doing it.
• 2.21
  • Fixed a problem with unpredictable results with invalid highlight strings, a check is now inplace to ensure this doesnt happen. Although you can ignore the warning and see the mess for yourself.
• 2.20
  • Fixed it so you can type while text is incoming (ie if you do @find and own a lot you can still type while it comes in)
  • Hopefully tweaked it to be a tiny bit faster
  • Altered tab order on options page
  • Updated helpfile
  • Changed the update of the muck text after a change of options, so it only changes things that change (sounds daft) but it now means if you only change font size then it doesn't loose the colours etc (unless you change the main font colour)
  • Added a highlight by word or by line option
  • Smoothed scrolling with/without ANSI - if it flashes now, tough.
  • Macros
  • Highlights - doesn't work for MUDs sorry
  • UnderCover option on install
  • Macro Toolbar, which is detachable from the main window
  • Fixed screen flashing on changing options
  • Changed BOLD to BRIGHT on ANSI colours. May consider making it user selectable.
  • Fixed a problem if your registry is broken which would mean settings couldn't load
  • Cleared a possible small memory leak (would only have been noticeable with repeated loading/unloading of muckclient)
• 2.14
  • Speeded up text scrolling
  • Allowed for adjustment of line feeds coming in various formats
  • Allowed pageup/pagedown in edit area to effect mucktext scrolling back/forward
  • Settings are now saved as you exit the options box although size is only saved on quitting program. So if you start another copy of muckclient the settings will be there without closing the last.
  • A possible problem when closing a session window using the menu has been fixed
  • Scrollback and History size limits weren't being shown on the options screen and so were lost if you ever went back into options. This has been fixed
  • A new "UnderCover" option has been added, add a registry value of HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Software Internationals/MuckClient/UnderCover (it is case sensitive) it doesn't matter what value you type as long as the name is there. This will cause MuckClient to have a title and icon of Notepad for those who Muck from work.
  • New option in the sessions setup for those who MUD. It returns the program to the 2.13 method of processing the text. However, it will mean in future triggers wont work within the session if this is selected.
  • Pause screen has been removed temporarily as it stopped working!
  • Problem with limited scrollback has been fixed as it jumped around the text before
  • Messages such as session disconnected/failed to connect should disappear when you change window
  • Problem of pressing enter while entering a new session and it not being saved is less likely now as it will notice you are editing/adding a session and warn you you haven't saved it.
• 2.13
  • Fixed problem with the history limiting itself to 20 lines whether you wanted it or not
  • Smoother scrolling in busy areas and fast incoming text
  • Fixed another problem with the flashing window routine (and made it flash whether you had or didn't have sound)
  • Moved a few routines around to make MuckClient more memory efficient
  • Changed parser to work line by line in preparation for triggers and highlights, and made it faster (triggers and highlights still not implemented)
  • Socks proxy support and http proxy support
  • Variable memory limits - although the if you choose to limit the memory it must be within a range, max numbers are 32767 for both.
  • Stopped flashing when changing options on muck screens
  • Stopped problem of after changing fonts during a session occasionally it would revert to old font
  • Improved help file
  • Fixed a problem with the muck session screen and its context sensitive help
  • Fixed a problem with the session button not drawing correctly when starting the session
  • Changed it so if you start typing in the mucktext part of the screen you are automatically sent to the typing part of the screen.
  • NB: Possible problem for MUD players if their MUDs send text which doesn't send a new line command, it may not show on screen. This was not the case before. If this causes a problem you must tell me and I will make MUD and MUCK clients.
• 2.12
  • Allowed sending of new lines(previously blank commands were ignored)
• 2.11
  • Fixed a stupid problem with the upgrade which rounded 210/100 to > 2.10 and said you were a sneak for having a newer version.
• 2.10
  • Fixed a problem spotted by DawnWolf in that flashing window if could stay as flashed
  • Added click-able URL to about window (suggested by DawnWolf)
  • Changed programs reaction to lost connection (suggested by DawnWolf)
  • Fixed the scroll back which was limiting itself to 2000 lines like it or not
  • Fixed a problem that if you didn't supply character and password, it sent a connect string anyway - caused problems logging into some muds.
• 2.09
  • Even faster ANSI parsing
  • Online check for news
  • Online check for updates + download
• 2.08
  • Fixed flashing window as it didn't stop flashing as spotted by DawnWolf and Silvara
  • Show connect screen at Start-up - requested by DawnWolf
  • Even after a serious error has occurred, reconnect, scrollback and history should still be available
  • MuckText is now displayed line by line to enable more flow of screen drawing - will also enabled possibility of highlighting
  • Buttons resize to slightly bigger for smaller named sessions
  • Connection screen now allows double-clicking on session to trigger it - requested by DawnWolf
  • On selecting Disconnect from the menu, it asked twice and then shut the window. Now, it just disconnects you. (spotted surprisingly by DawnWolf)
• 2.07
  • Flashing window on minimized activity - requested by DawnWuff
  • Fixed install which miss did the icons in your start menu (also spotted by DawnWuff)
• 2.06
  • Reconnect on loss of connection - keeping previous session text + history as per request by Weehawk.
    To activate this, if you try and send a command to a disconnected session, it will ask you.
    
  • Limit History Lines - currently fixed setting will be made variable soon
    
  • Limit ScrollBack - currently fixed setting will be made variable soon
    
  • Keep Alive Signals
    
  • Display commands on screen
    
  • Context Sensitive Help
    
  • Improved Helpfile
    
  • Remembers size of screen
• 2.05
  • Fixed a problem with sessions not starting in selected font
  • Added a help file!!!!!! (its not context sensitive but its a good start)
• 2.04
  • Changed settings so if you change font and size all currently running sessions change to new size - Please note default colour will only change with new text coming in...
  • Better order on connection screen (now defaults to the list of connections)
• 2.03
  • Fixed a small bug in the colour
  • Removed stupid unhelpful socket messages
  • Allowed Save to file *after* the session has finished
  • removed beta message - coz it wasnt a beta
  • Thanks to Bander, Tappian and Ged who helped spot these things.
• 2.0
  • Visual Basic is crap, it was too restrictive, so a new version has been made
  • New visual look
  • Different hot keys
  • keyboard "/" commands removed - temporarily
  • ctrl+up/down does the command history
  • keyboard control of scrolling the mucktext up and down is removed temporarily.
  • Pause screen (right click on muck text) added
  • Visual recording flag
  • No install now required, although its nicer if you do
  • Lots faster
  • Resizeable typing area/mucktext viewer
  • New coloured icon
  • Under NT - the sessions info is saved PER user, not system wide
  • Session nameing/passwords etc can now contain spaces or whatever you want
  • Sound on activity in another session or when application is minimized (uses system default beep)
• 1.28
  • Problems found with the options box if keepalives had been selected. (Thanks to all who reported it)
• 1.27
  • Found problems with pasting as a result of what I had done. Revamped, parsing to change all combinations to be chr(10)+chr(13), and removed any non printable characters.
• 1.26
  • Problems connecting to some games resulted in little squares where carriage returns were, normally returns are chr(10)+chr(13) where as they were returning chr(10)+chr(13) .. prevented these from display.
• 1.25
  • Keep alive setting added
  • session name minimum introduce to prevent a problem of 1 character session names
  • Other small tiny tidying ups
  • Logs do actually save now if you have set them to when a session terminates abnormally
  • Known Bug: If you open a session but it doesn't connect then the options box - it crashes if the session connects - this will not happen in the next version.
• 1.20
  • Minor alteration to options screen to make font/colour choosing easier
  • 2 new settings
    • Show activity only once - this shows the normal message and puts a* at the end of the button in question (when selected)
    • Save log on unexpected close (it does what it suggests)
• 1.10
  • Gives quick access to our www pages
  • Has a semiautomatic update facility which allows you to check for a newer version and downloads it if you desire. But cannot replace the exe as it is in use, so puts it next to it called MuckClient.new
• 1.01
  • Changed the default locations of the screens.
  • Save colours of user text area.
• 1.0
  • Finally a release :o)
  • Error checking improved
  • Changed moving mucktext to alt+pageup/pagedown/lineup/linedown rather than shift as it clashed with selecting text for editing.
  • Checks for the session already being in progress.
  • Now you can change the colour of the area you type in.
• 0.1l(beta)
  • More error checking to stop you entering wrong info
  • Ability to scroll back/forward through mucktext without using the mouse with shift+pageup/pagedown and shift+up/down for line by line movement
  • Ability to clear screen by pressing shift+pagedown when in normal use, it moves the text off the top
  • Ability to record from here onwards or till stop of using /record filename and /record off
  • Unreported - but problems with file loading/saving in more than one session
• 0.1k(beta)
  • Solved problem with options button not working
  • smaller faster
• 0.1j(beta)
  • Editing of current defined sessions
  • verified /load <file> commands
  • some error trapping on definitions
  • improved ANSI (ie does bold)
  • typing area changes size with font to allow 3 lines
• 0.1i(beta)
  • Command history with ctrl+up/ctrl+down
  • /load <file> - loads commands
  • /save <file> - saves current muck text to file
• 0.1h(beta)
• Notification of activity in other sessions
• Fixed problems if changing colours of while in sessions
• Fixed problem of pasting from muck text to user area
• 0.1g(beta)
  • Camelot had moved, so a new address for the default muck
  • Autologin to the sessions you setup
• 0.1f(beta)
  • You can now copy text using ^C
  • Scrollback is now enabled.
• 0.1e(beta)
  • Define sessions
  • save settings
  • ANSI improved
• 0.1d(beta)
  • New graphics
  • increased button support
• 0.1c(beta)
  • supports colours!!
• 0.1b(beta)
  • new install package
  • logging/uploading files enabled.
• 0.1a(beta)
  • Allowed Multi-Sessions
  • font/colour changes