Forge Beta: 07-15-2011 ver 1.1.00 SVN rev 10781

Forge Beta: 07-15-2011 ver 1.1.00 SVN rev 10781
(Quest icons used created by Teekatas, from his Legendora set
http://raindropmemory.deviantart.com)
8614 cards in total.
This version is based upon the revision number 10780 which is found on our SVN.
This version and future versions will require java 6. There may still be a few people who are unable to install java 6 on the computer that they use to run the forge application. These people will have to use forge version 1.0.15. Forge version 1.1.00 and above will require java 6.
Braids is busy working on a number of improvements in the code base. People should notice a decrease in the start up time and performance improvements, especially for computers with less RAM. This is a work in progress and there may be other areas where improvements can be made.
Work on the new card scripting system is ongoing. We have new code to handle auras and cards with static abilities. This is a work in progress and it is not yet finished in this version.
Rob and Marc have worked together to add in a new feature which will overlay a card's image with a foil like film. A few random cards will have a foil like image in constructed mode games and possibly quest mode games. There is a check box on the New Game window that you can use to turn this feature on or off.
This version includes a large number of new cards from Magic 2012. Card images for these new cards are not yet available. We hope that these images will come online in a few weeks. Until then, please be patient.
We have changed the archiving format to ".tar.bz2". There are utilities for Windows, Mac OS and the various *nix's that can be used to decompress these archives.
The Mac OS application version:
We have packaged the Forge 07/15/2011 BETA version as a Mac OS application. You can double click the Forge.app icon to launch the forge application on your Apple computer running Mac OS. This application will automatically increase the java heap space memory for you as it launches. This version does not require the forge.command file and it does not need to start the Terminal application as part of the start up process. This version should only require java 1.5.
You can move a copy of your pictures and decks over to the Forge.app application. Right click or control click on the Forge.app icon. Select Show Package Contents form the contextual menu. A Finder window will open and will display a folder named Contents. Navigate to the folder:
/Contents/Resources/Java/res/
Your decks can be placed in the decks folder, your pics can be placed in the pics folder, etc.
Many people helped with this version. A special thank you goes out to them:
Slapshot5
Rob Cashwalker
JenDave
Friar Sol
Braids
Sloth
Hellfish
Jeff Wadsworth
Agetian
SoulStorm
Starcrash
Marc
Timmermac
Slowe
UnderFlow
ZzzzSleep
Corwin72
ondrej.n...
Chris H
Added many cards, including:
The links to the various archives:
(Quest icons used created by Teekatas, from his Legendora set
http://raindropmemory.deviantart.com)
8614 cards in total.
This version is based upon the revision number 10780 which is found on our SVN.
This version and future versions will require java 6. There may still be a few people who are unable to install java 6 on the computer that they use to run the forge application. These people will have to use forge version 1.0.15. Forge version 1.1.00 and above will require java 6.
Braids is busy working on a number of improvements in the code base. People should notice a decrease in the start up time and performance improvements, especially for computers with less RAM. This is a work in progress and there may be other areas where improvements can be made.
Work on the new card scripting system is ongoing. We have new code to handle auras and cards with static abilities. This is a work in progress and it is not yet finished in this version.
Rob and Marc have worked together to add in a new feature which will overlay a card's image with a foil like film. A few random cards will have a foil like image in constructed mode games and possibly quest mode games. There is a check box on the New Game window that you can use to turn this feature on or off.
This version includes a large number of new cards from Magic 2012. Card images for these new cards are not yet available. We hope that these images will come online in a few weeks. Until then, please be patient.
We have changed the archiving format to ".tar.bz2". There are utilities for Windows, Mac OS and the various *nix's that can be used to decompress these archives.
The Mac OS application version:
We have packaged the Forge 07/15/2011 BETA version as a Mac OS application. You can double click the Forge.app icon to launch the forge application on your Apple computer running Mac OS. This application will automatically increase the java heap space memory for you as it launches. This version does not require the forge.command file and it does not need to start the Terminal application as part of the start up process. This version should only require java 1.5.
You can move a copy of your pictures and decks over to the Forge.app application. Right click or control click on the Forge.app icon. Select Show Package Contents form the contextual menu. A Finder window will open and will display a folder named Contents. Navigate to the folder:
/Contents/Resources/Java/res/
Your decks can be placed in the decks folder, your pics can be placed in the pics folder, etc.
Many people helped with this version. A special thank you goes out to them:
Slapshot5
Rob Cashwalker
JenDave
Friar Sol
Braids
Sloth
Hellfish
Jeff Wadsworth
Agetian
SoulStorm
Starcrash
Marc
Timmermac
Slowe
UnderFlow
ZzzzSleep
Corwin72
ondrej.n...
Chris H
Added many cards, including:
- NEW CARD LIST | Open
The links to the various archives:
The Forge 07/15/2011 archive (requires java 6):
forge-1.1.0.tar.bz2 (14.4 MB, at GoogleCode cardforge)
forge-1.1.0.zip (14.4 MB, at cardforge.org)
Forge 07/15/2011 BETA packaged as a Mac OS application:
forge-1.1.0.osx.tar.bz2 (15.5 MB, at GoogleCode cardforge)
The quest opponent icons (New version, includes additional icons for the new opponents):
Quest_Opponent_Icons 07-15-2011.7z (1.41 MB, at MediaFire)
The quest pet icons (Original version, revision 2):
Pets 06-12-2011 rev 2.7z (1012.1 KB, at MediaFire)
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