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<h1>What's New?</h1>
<ul>
<li>
<p><em>11 January, 2025:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-3.2.0/">PySolFC
v3.2.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
New fullscreen mode, accessible by pressing F11.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Easy option to clear advanced search options.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Lots of bugfixes and enhancements.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>19 October, 2024:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-3.1.0/">PySolFC
v3.1.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Ten new games.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Cleanup of duplicate images to reduce package size.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Some extra cardset/table tile filter options.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Many enhancements, bugfixes, etc.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>31 March, 2024:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-3.0.0/">PySolFC
v3.0.0</a> - the biggest release in over 15 years. Additionally, there is a new Cardsets release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-3.0/">PySolFC-Cardsets v.3.0</a>.
New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
120 new games.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Support for several new types of games/decks, including tile puzzles, Ishido-type tile matching games, joker deck games, and more.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
New game and cardset categories.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Ability to change the style of virtually any of the graphics in PySol.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Some UI/Quality of Life improvements.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>10 July, 2023:</em> There is a new beta release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.21.0/">PySolFC
v2.21.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Ten new games.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Compatibility with Pillow 10.0.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Several new display options.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes and enhancements.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>16 April, 2023:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.20.1/">PySolFC
v2.20.1</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
The release packages have been updated to use the latest version of Python, and all the dependent libraries.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
New alternate release packages for Windows and Mac that include the full cardsets library (these are larger and may take longer to download/install).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes and other enhancements.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>26 February, 2023:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.20.0/">PySolFC
v2.20.0</a>. Additionally, there is a new Cardsets release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-2.2/">PySolFC-Cardsets v.2.2</a>.
New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Over 40 new games, bringing the total to 1,200!
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Memory games can now use any type of cardset, including new Matching type cardsets.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
New options in the Solitaire Wizard.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Additional documentation for a number of PySol's features.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes and other enhancements.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<em>11 October, 2022:</em> Linux users, PySolFC is now available <a href="https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.sourceforge.pysolfc.PySolFC">on Flathub</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>9 October, 2022:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.18.0/">PySolFC
v2.18.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Advanced search feature - the ability to search for games, cardsets, or table tiles based on many different criteria.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Complete documentation containing rules for all 1,100+ games.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Revamped status bar, displaying more info.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
The Find Card feature now supports all types of games.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Many new display and assist options.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes, code cleanup, etc.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>10 May, 2022:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.16.0/">PySolFC
v2.16.0</a>. Anyone upgrading from a version prior to 2.15.0 should read the notes for that
version before upgrading. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Enhancements to many images and graphical displays.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
More game rules in the documentation.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes, cleanup, and other enhancements.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>12 March, 2022:</em> There is a new beta release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.15.0/">PySolFC
v2.15.0</a>. Additionally, there is a new Cardsets release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-2.1/">PySolFC-Cardsets v.2.1</a>
(required to run 2.15). This is a pretty sizable release, so this beta version
is being offered before a stable 2.16 in the next month or two. Any <a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues">feedback
and bug reports</a> are greatly appreciated. The full list of changes for this release
is quite long, but here are the highlights:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
35 new games, plus enhancements and fixes to many existing games.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
New high resolution default display. This new display uses high resolution
cardsets and scaling to make the games look impressive on larger monitors, but will
still scale for smaller displays too.
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Note that the new high-resolution options will not override your currently selected
options for existing users. If you want to use the new settings, you can delete or
rename your options.cfg file.
</li>
<li>
<p>
Also note that because of these changes, upgrading your version of PySolFC Cardsets
is required even if you're using the minimal package. If you are using the Windows or
Mac installer, this will be handled automatically, but you'll need to upgrade if you're
setting it up manually.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
New feature to search for games, cardsets, and table tiles by name.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Many new display options.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Many missing game rules added to the documentation.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes and cleanup.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
And more.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<em>10 December, 2021:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.14.1/">PySolFC
v2.14.1</a>. This release fixes a number of bugs, including one that causes
crashes for some users when opening the select game/cardset/table tile window.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>19 September, 2021:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.14.0/">PySolFC
v2.14.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
16 new games
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Support for Python 3.10 (Minimum requirement is still Python 2.7)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
A new macOS package.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Enhancements to the tree select dialogs for selecting games, cardsets, and table tiles.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Further additions/improvements to the <a href="index.html">documentation</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Many bugfixes and cleanups.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>11 July, 2021:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.12.0/">PySolFC
v2.12.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
40 new games!
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Support for using higher resolution cardsets. The high resolution "Neo"
cardset has been added to the Windows Installer package and is available in
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-2.1PRE/">
a preview release of PySolFC-Cardsets 2.1</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Improved organization and categorization of the games list.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
New display options - added option to center the game layout in the window.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
New audio options - can now disable music without disabling sound effects.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Improved documentation - added rules to a large number of games that were missing them.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Bugfixes and cleanup.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>22 June, 2020:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.10.0/">PySolFC
v2.10.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Fix moving cards in the Scorpion Tail game.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
One can optionally load the Freecell Solver and the Black Hole Solver using their DLLs (for better
speed).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="https://github.com/shlomif/pysolfc-website">Test Windows Version in the installer:</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/pull/162">Pause when showing statistics</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Some cleanups and refactoring.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>5 March, 2020:</em> There is a new stable release
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.8.0/">PySolFC
v2.8.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>A <a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/107">new logo</a> thanks to @ghostofiht.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Fix for <a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/110">Freezes</a> (pygame upgrade)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Fixed <a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/111">Three Peaks scoring</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Compatibility with Pillow 6.x (<a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/108" class="bare">ticket</a>)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Restore the "Save games geometry" feature (<a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/84" class="bare">ticket</a>)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Added a NEWS.asciidoc file.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Better kivy/Android support</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Using ttk and configobj as shipped in the python dist (instead of forked versions)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Requiring <a href="https://pypi.org/project/attrs/">attrs</a> and <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pysol-cards/">pysol-cards</a> from PyPI</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Added tests, bug fixes and refactorings.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Add the -g and --deal command line options.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<details open="open">
<summary>
<em>4 March, 2019:</em> There is a new stable release <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.6.2/">PySolFC v2.6.2</a>.
</summary>
New in this release:
<ul>
<li>
Fixes for the Windows and macOS packages.
</li>
<li>Forbid illegal moves in Spider and some other variants.</li>
</ul>
</details>
</li>
<li>
<details open="open">
<summary>
<em>14 February, 2019:</em> There is a new stable release <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.6.0/">PySolFC v2.6.0</a>.
</summary>
New in this release:
<ul>
<li>
Support for solving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(patience)">Golf</a> using <a href="https://github.com/shlomif/black-hole-solitaire">a solver</a>
</li>
<li>An untested macOS package (we need testers)</li>
<li>A <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/bugs/31/">bug</a> fix</li>
<li>Ability to run the test suite without python 2.x and/or pygtk</li>
<li>Code cleanups.</li>
</ul>
</details>
</li>
<li>
<details open="open">
<summary>
<em>23 June, 2018:</em> There is a new stable release <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.4.0/">PySolFC v2.4.0</a>.
</summary>
New in this release:
<ul>
<li>
The Windows installer now includes the revitalised PySol-music package. For more info, see <a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/82">this bug</a>.
</li>
<li>Many improvements to the test suite and the board import functionality.</li>
<li>Some bug fixes.</li>
</ul>
</details>
</li>
<li>
<details open="open">
<summary>
<em>16 April, 2018:</em> There is a new stable release <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.2.0/">PySolFC v2.2.0</a>.
</summary>
New in this release:
<ul>
<li>The Microsoft Windows binary installer now contains and supports the solver for Freecell and other games.</li>
<li>Many bug fixes.</li>
</ul>
</details>
</li>
<li>
<details open="open">
<summary>
<em>31 March, 2018:</em> There is a new beta release <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.1/">PySolFC v2.1.4</a>.
</summary>
New in this release:
<ul>
<li>
We now provide a Microsoft Windows binary installer again, thanks to the great work of <a href="https://github.com/Programator2">Roderik Ploszek</a>. Note that the solvers (for FreeCell/etc.) are not installed as part of it yet, but they are available separately.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/shlomif/pysol-sound-server">pysol-sound-server</a> was updated to support Python 3.x.
</li>
<li>Fixes for the board export / solver input, and for redealing upon restart of the "ms*" deals.</li>
<li>Various cleanups.</li>
</ul>
</details>
</li>
<li>
<details open="open">
<summary>
<em>5 March, 2018:</em> There is a new beta source release <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.1/">PySolFC v2.1.3</a>.
</summary>
New in this release:
<ul>
<li>
Support for the <a href="https://kivy.org/">kivy</a> toolkit for running under Android-based devices (currently python 2.7-only)
</li>
<li>Fixed the help system and removed the need for the sgmllib module.</li>
<li>Other fixes and cleanups.</li>
<li>Currently there is no Microsoft Windows binary package. Help or insights will be appreciated.</li>
</ul>
</details>
</li>
<li>
<details open="open">
<summary>
<em>19 November, 2017:</em> There is a new beta source release <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.1/">PySolFC v2.1.0</a>, the first one in almost 8 years.
</summary>
New in this release:
<ul>
<li>The code is now compatible with both Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x</li>
<li>
One can deal all <a href="https://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/faq.html#what_are_ms_deals">MS FreeCell/FC-pro deals</a> by specifying e.g: "ms100000" as the seed.
</li>
<li>Support for Black Hole and All in a Row solver was added.</li>
<li>Test suite and CI were added to the repository.</li>
<li>The code now passes flake8 validation.</li>
<li>Some improvements to the solver dialog.</li>
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<em>15 November, 2017:</em> Development of the Python sources has recently resumed using a <a href="https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC">a GitHub project</a> and other resources and Shlomi Fish (@shlomif) has received an admin status on the SourceForge project and this site. A new source release which adds compatibility with Python version 3.x and some other improvements is expected soon.
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<em>04 December, 2009:</em> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.0/">PySolFC v.2.0</a> (1061 games) and <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-2.0/">PySolFC-Cardsets v.2.0</a> (153 cardsets)
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<li>The license was changed to the GPLv3 or newer.</li>
<li>13 new games.</li>
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Migration to new <a href="https://code.google.com/archive/p/python-ttk/">python-ttk</a> module.
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Improved the look of the deck (required <a href="http://effbot.org/downloads/#pil">python-imaging v.1.1.7</a>).
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Fixed Hanafuda games (<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/bugs/9/">ticket</a>).
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New config-file option: sound_sample_buffer_size (<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/bugs/10/">ticket</a>).
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Portable version for windows (<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/patches/3/">ticket</a>).
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<li>Many other bugfixes.</li>
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<em>06 September, 2007:</em> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-1.1/">PySolFC v.1.1</a> (1048 games)
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<ul>
<li>48 new games (one game was removed)</li>
<li>Solitaire Wizard</li>
<li>improved Mahjongg games</li>
<li>human readable config file (options.cfg)</li>
<li>stack becomes compact when a card goes off screen</li>
<li>Clearlooks theme for Tile widget set</li>
<li>a huge number of other improvements</li>
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<em>30 August, 2007:</em> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-1.1/">PySolFC-Cardsets v.1.1</a> (152 cardsets)
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<em>21 February, 2007:</em> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-1.0/">PySolFC v.1.0</a> (1001 games)
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