Change Log

1.3.0 Alpha

  • Added an AOML parsing library which allows Vha.Chat to display AOML more accurately
  • Added link detection making http:// and https:// urls in chat clickable
  • Now also available as installable application
  • Now (mostly) compatible with Wine on Linux
  • ...

1.2.1 Beta

  • Added /start command to launch urls
  • Added AO's 'recent messages' friends behavior
  • The "Talk To.." button no longer appears on read-only channels
  • Fixed a bug that caused long stalls on unknown characters
  • Fixed a crash bug related to improper cleanups
  • Fixed an issue where Vha.Chat mistakenly thinks it left a private channel
  • Now compatibility with .NET 2.0 pre-SP1
  • ...

1.2.0

  • Major code revamp in preparation of the future (configuration, extendability and robustness)
  • Added an options interface
  • Added popup windows for a single channel or private conversation
  • Added /afk (or /away) command
  • Added /reply (or /r) command
  • Added right-click context menu's on characters, channels and private channels
  • Changed /help to behave more dynamic and descriptive
  • Changed the target box to sort alphabetically
  • Proper support for system messages and anonymous vicinity messages
  • Proper support for multiple clients running at the same time
  • Windows now remember their position, size and state
  • The side panel can now be moved to either side of the window
  • Many small fixes and tweaks

1.1.7

  • Fixed a crash bug related to system message parsing
  • Changed source license of Vha.MDB and Vha.Common to MIT
  • Improved the cleverness of 'remember previous account'
  • Some internal fixes and improvements

1.1.6

  • Revamped the ignore system's storage method
  • Changed default ignore method to 'per account'
  • Added some fixes and enhancements to the proxy support
  • Hiding/showing the connect/disconnect buttons when appropriate
  • Added support for using enter and escape on the character selection screen

1.1.6 Beta

  • Added support for ignoring users
  • Added caching of the last used dimension, accounts and characters
  • Added support for connecting through socks and http proxies (see Config.xml for details)
  • Added support for system messages (offline notifications, etc)
  • Added automatic focus to the input box after logging in
  • Several bug fixes and optimizations to internal parts of the libraries supporting Vha.Net

1.1.5

  • Upgraded to Visual Studio 2008 (still using .NET 2.0 though)
  • Fixed crash error related to FriendStatusPacket?
  • Implemented a really basic configuration system
  • Moved MaximumMessages?, MaximumTexts?, MaximumHistory? values to Config.xml
  • Added support for stripping and inverting text colors in the main window (edit Config.xml manually to access these settings)
  • Added color stripping as default text style to ensure good readability for new installations

1.1.4

  • Added error logging. If an error should occur, please share your error.log with us

1.1.3

  • Embedded Chat.html inside the binary. This should prevent chat.html loading errors
  • Forced Vha.Chat to run in 32-bit mode to prevent errors caused by badly written IE plugins (like Flash)

1.1.2

  • Implemented client side channel muting (in case the server forgets how to mute a channel again)
  • Added /whois command
  • Fixed encoding issues (some bot output will look weird, but unfortunately this is due to bugs on their side to which AO and AORC are less sensitive)
  • Changed the way 'child windows' are spawned. This should prevent them from jumping to a different screen
  • Made BrowserForm? and InfoForm? remember their position and size during the runtime

1.1.1

  • Gave a few dropdown menus a more sensible default value than empty
  • Fixed an input history related bug
  • Added guests section to the right panel which displays all characters in your private channel
  • Added an invite button to directly invite people to your private channel from your friends list

1.1.0

  • Fixed a rather exponential memory leak
  • Sorted characters list and right panel contents alphabetically
  • Added input history (defaults to 25 last used commands/messages)
  • Added encoded text support (tower channels will no longer display gibberish)

1.0.0

  • Name changed to Vha.Chat to prevent confusion with VhaBot?
  • Added many pretty icons
  • Added mute/unmute support for channels
  • Added context menu's to the right panel as shortcuts to /commands
  • Ordered the character selection list
  • Added a small notice when a character is already online in the selection list
  • Fixed a bug related to text window extraction

Pre-Release 4

  • Beefed up the graphics in VhaBot?.Chat a bit, a new top bar has been added and the forms have been given icons.
  • Added support for itemref:// through Auno.org (will switch to Xyphos.com when the new version goes live )
  • Changed closing/disconnect behavior to be more intuitive

Pre-Release 3

  • Fixed a possible race error (threading related)
  • Changed the method of pre-loading the html template, should be faster and less error prone (should fix errors for some too I hope)
  • Added addbuddy/rembuddy support
  • Added support for /o to talk to the org channel

Pre-Release 2

  • Minor bug fixing

Pre-Release 1

  • Initial release