Migration from Subversion to git

Wei-ju Wu — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:08:36 -0000

The main development branch of ZMPP has now been migrated to git. The subversion repository is kept available for maintenance purposes.

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Z-machine Preservation Project V1.5 Preview 1

Wei-ju Wu — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:31:18 -0000

This is the first preview release of ZMPP Version 1.5. Starting with this version, the design of the Z-machine core underwent a radical change from previous designs. As opposed to the classial game loop execution model in 1.0, version 1.5 introduces a pause and resume execution model which is simpler to integrate with various user interface technologies and environments.
Large parts of the core were simplified in order to facilitate future improvements.

The screen model shows the most obvious changes, the custom rendered component was replaced by a Swing JTextPane, which allows for more flexible usage and improved user experience.

Another user interface translation was added: Spanish, which was done by Pichuneke.

Many thanks to ZMPP's user community for the valuable feedback that helps to improve this software.

Z-machine Preservation Project 1.02 released

Wei-ju Wu — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:47:55 -0000

I am proud to announce the release of version 1.02 of the Z-machine preservation project. Changes include:

- French translation of the user interface (Eric Forgeot)
- Web Start support (Eric Forgeot)
- improved loading of games from a URL
- small bug fixes and modifications

Thanks to Eric Forgeot for the french translation, the reworking of ZMPP's home pages and pushing the WebStart support

Z-machine preservation project 1.0 released

Wei-ju Wu — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:03:51 -0000

I am proud to announce the release of version 1.0 of the Z-machine preservation project.
As a 1.0 release, this releases creates a baseline for further improvements. Changes include:

- reworked object system
- reworked dictionary system
- better Mac OS X integration
- internationalized user interface, support for English and German
- better presentation of Unicode strings
- new (self-)signed certificate

Thanks go to An Ni for pointing out a problem in displaying Japanese characters

Z-machine preservation project version 0.92_02 released

Wei-ju Wu — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:14:36 -0000

Announcing the release of version 0.92_02 of the Z-machine preservation project, this is a maintenance release.
It fixes a display issue reported by Fredrik Ramsberg which occurs when the game does not print an input prompt. In this case, no cursor was displayed until the user hit the key.
In addition, a new signed applet is provided since the certificate provided with Version 0.92 has now expired.

Thanks go to Fredrik Ramsberg again for reporting the issue.

Z-machine preservation project Version 0.92 released

Wei-ju Wu — Tue, 30 May 2006 18:17:59 -0000

The Z-machine preservation project is happy to announce the release of version 0.92. This version adds the following changes:

- support for V6 story files (still in progress)
- antialiasing
- better support for multiprocessor machines

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The Z-machine Preservation Project is a Java implementation of the Z-machine (Java version >= 5 required). Currently it supports story file versions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, Quetzal 1.1 save games and Blorb resource files.

The project goal is to provide a Z-code interpreter in Java that conforms to the standard and is easy to maintain and extend. Architecturally, it consists of a Z-machine core system that is independent of a particular user interface technology. The core system's behaviour is documented and verified through its test cases.

Z-machine preservation project Version 0.90 released

Wei-ju Wu — Sat, 06 May 2006 17:42:39 -0000

The Z-machine preservation project is happy to announce the release of version 0.90. This version adds the following changes:

- metadata changes according to the Treaty of Babel (still supports the I7 preview metadata)
- custom default background and foreground color
- custom font sizes
- cosmetical changes
- fixed focus problem that occured in some browsers
- application sets swing.aatext property by default

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Z-machine preservation Version 0.89 released

Wei-ju Wu — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:14:29 -0000

The Z-machine preservation project is happy to announce the release of version 0.89. This version adds the following changes:

- support for Inform 7 metadata
- performance tuning
- command history
- multiple undo
- some bug fixes
- signed the applet to allow for saving games on the user's computer

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Z-machine preservation project Version 0.87 released

Wei-ju Wu — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:11:09 -0000

The Z-machine preservation project is happy to announce the release of version 0.87. This version adds the following changes:

- support for Blorb embedded story files
- can accept the story file from the command line
- some bug fixes

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Z-machine preservation project Version 0.86 released

Wei-ju Wu — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:18:10 -0000

The Z-machine preservation project is happy to announce the release of version 0.86. This version adds the following features:

- support for Blorb files
- plays AIFF sound effects embedded in Blorb.
- implements a console Frotz color scheme which makes games like "Photopia" and "Varicella" more enjoyable

It also solves several bugs, central code parts were refactored to facilitate enhancements in the future.

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The Z-machine Preservation Project is a Java implementation of the Z-machine (Java version >= 5 required). Currently it supports story file versions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8.

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