October 24th, 2011· Added a setup option to select which filter keys to be displayed in the
· filter tree view.
· The Russian language file has been updated.
· [Fix] Exception in the new game wizard when using the default template.
· [Fix] Exception when using the "Reset all pages but this" function in the
· profile editor to reset a profile to a template.
· [Fix] Wrong name for "Export archive file" popup menu item.
September 29th, 2011· Updated DOSZip from 2.08 to 2.17.
· Added about 300 new auto setup templates.
· New "Select by" option in the profiles export dialog: Games for which there
· is no auto setup template.
· New option to create package list xml files for plain archive files.
· In the extra program files dialog of the profile editor parameters for the
· additional program files can be entered now.
· New function in the icons manager to add all icons from a selected folder
· and its subfolders.
· Setup option to allow or block multiple instances of D-Fend Reloaded at the
· same time.
· New option to setup the font style (bold, italic, underlined) for normal
· games list entries.
· D-Fend Reloaded can store up to 9 internet addresses per profile now.
· Setup option to use the image viewer as a non-modal window.
· New option to change pixel shader settings in the multiple profiles editor.
· More ScummVM settings in the multiple profiles editor.
· The modes "hardware2x" and "hardware3x" will be added automatically to the
· scalers list when activating the pixel shader GUI.
· New input fields on the MIDI page of the profile editor to setup MT32.
· Now you can set up custom DOSBox settings per DOSBox installation, too.
· Improved detection if the per profile keyboard mapper file is the same as the
· global keyboard mapper file on the keyboard page of the profile editor.
· Additional user-defined command line parameters can be passed to ScummVM now.
· Now the icon manager will show icons located in sub folders of the icons
· folder, too.
· Some smaller improvements to the first run wizard.
· [Fix] Incompatibility with ScummVM 1.3.x is fixed.
· [Fix] Storing the order of user defined columns in the games list did not
· work correctly.
· [Fix] The package manager can handle splitted packages larger than 2 GB from
· local sources now.
· [Fix] The options "Video chipset" and "Video RAM" in the multiple profiles
· editor did not work correctly.
· [Fix] Displaying multiple bmp files in the screenshots previewer did not work
· correctly.
· [Fix] Opening the profile editor for an auto setup template could rise an
· expection under some conditions.
· [Fix] The function "Convert absolute to relative paths" from the service page
· of the program options dialog could rise an expection under some conditions.
· [Fix] Clicking the down button to reorder the list of user-defined emulators
· on the "Other emulators" setup dialog page cause some settings to be
· overwritten.
· [Fix] The names of the user-defined emulators in the dropdown box on the
· "Other emulators" setup dialog page were not always correct.
· [Fix] When filtering the games list by emulation type when selecting
· "Windows" also games using some user-defined emulators were listed.
· [Fix] The download/copy progress dialog shows wrong percent values in the
· caption when copying large files from local sources.
· [Fix] When changing the program language the language of the entries in the
· games list columns listbox did not change at once.
· [Fix] The list available of licenses was not displayed correctly in the
· "Select by" menu.
· [Fix] The preferences for opening text, image and video files were not
· respected when opening files from the data folder via the context or the
· profile menu.
September 29th, 2011· Updated DOSZip from 2.05 to 2.08.
· New option in the mobygames data reader to download all images available for
· some game.
· Setup option to configure if history information of started games shall be
· collected or not.
· Support for more special ykhwong DOSBox builds features.
· New optional games list column: Number of starts of the profile.
· When exporting the games list you can choose which fields to export.
· Now the package list creation and package download system can handle packages
· larger than 2 GB by splitting them.
· The names for the files to look for a profile name suggestion when importing
· plain archive files (default: FILE_ID.DIZ) is configurareable now.
· The history viewer dialog opens much faster now.
· The games list tooltips now also tells how often the selected profile has
· been started.
· New setup dialog option to configure whether D-Fend Reloaded should add a
· trailing backslash to path names when calling an external packer or not. (uha
· needs path names without trailing backslashs.)
· Default command line parameter values for the external packers uha and arj32
· are included now.
· User defined emulators will be listed as sub entries below "Emulation type"
· in the games list filter tree.
· A new option to filter the games list by game license is offered in the
· filter tree.
· Setup option to rename all media files in all profiles.
· The "Starting DOSBox failed" dialog now also allows to change the selected
· SDL video driver.
· Option to reselect the last selected profile on program restart.
· The games list can be exported as a xml file now.
· New option in the icons library to rename all icon files to have upper or
· lower file extensions.
· The package manager will display the download size of the selected games now.
· Some more new auto setup templates.
· The package manager will open faster now.
· Lower memory consumption on downloading large files via the package manager.
· Tuned the game and setup file detection code.
· [Fix] The automatic translation of the license fields in the profiles failed.
· [Fix] Sorting the columns in the history dialog by clicking the column
· headers did not work for all columns correctly.
· [Fix] The second last games list column could not be moved down (to be the
· last column) on the games list columns editor in the setup dialog.
· [Fix] Template names and custom game information keys containing "&" can
· cause problems.
· [Fix] When running from a network share not connected to a drive letter
· starting DOSBox failed.
· [Fix] When clicking the zoom button in the video previewer while a damaged
· video file is selected or the needed codec is missing a division by zero
· error message appeared.
· [Fix] Access violation when using the "Start" dialog from the tray icon menu
· and opening a second dialog from the tray icon menu while the first dialog is
· still open.
September 29th, 2011· When importing plain archive files or folders D-Fend Reloaded will look for a
· FILE_ID.DIZ file and use if existent its content to suggest a profile name.
· Files (like text files etc.) can be used as profile specific helper programs
· to be started before or after the main program now.
· The physical path names for drives mounts can contain semicolons now.
· If the user selects a custom MIDI device to be used in a profile the device
· will be stored by name and not by id anymore so the right device will be
· selected when using the profile on an other system, too.
· Now the DOSBox IPX network settings can be configurated in the mutli profile
· editor, too.
· Support for new glide=emu mode when using a ykhwong DOSBox build.
· [Fix] Running profiles via command line parameters or via desktop or start
· menu shortcuts was not working.
· [Fix] Error messages when trying to load icons larger than 256x256 pixels.
· [Fix] A cover image downloaded from mobygames via the profile editor was not
· shown in the image viewer area of the main window at once if the profile
· editor was closed by clicking on "Cancel".
September 29th, 2011· Updated DOSZip from 2.01 to 2.05.
· About 50 new auto setup templates.
· The French and the French (Canada) languages file have been updated.
· [Fix] When starting a new language based on "English" in the DOSBox language
· editor the chosen default DOSBox language was used, not always English.
· [Fix] When importing a game from a plain archive file by using an auto setup
· template which has an icon file defined now D-Fend Reloaded will check if the
· icon file exists and remove the icon record if not.
· [Fix] Some temporary files were not deleted when closing D-Fend Reloaded.
· [Fix] "Transfer profiles" dialog not large enough for Italian translation.
September 29th, 2011· Updated DOSZip from 1.54 to 2.01.
· A new start-up logging function can help you to find the problem if
· D-Fend Reloaded is not running.
· Now the DOSBox language file editor can use the DOSBox built-in Englisch
· language file as template.
· Updated the png file reader library.
· [Fix] In some cases the "DOSBox start failed" dialog could appear even if
· DOSBox is working correctly.
· [Fix] Access violation when unsing the "Create image" dialog.
· [Fix] Download of multiple games packages from Sourceforge always failed.
· [Fix] The pixel shader option on the graphics card page of the profile editor
· was partially out of the dialog.
· [Fix] When selecting a MIDI device to be used in a DOSBox profile the text
· "midiconfig=id" is added to the additional MIDI settings field instead of
· just the MIDI device id.
· [Fix] When running D-Fend Reloaded in portable operation mode and the base
· directory for relative path names was not set to the program directory the
· capture folder was not stored correctly.
· [Fix] If updated from a previous D-Fend Reloaded version the changelog tab
· in the program information dialog may displayed an outdated, incomplete
· DOSBox changelog.
· [Fix] The main window was not disabled while the check for missing files
· progress dialog was shown.
September 29th, 2011· DOSBox 0.74 is supported and bundled with D-Fend Reloaded.
· Updated default values to offer all values available in DOSBox 0.74.
· The new game installation support will assist you when adding a game that
· needs to be installed before being able to be used.
· New function for making FreeDOS bootable images and profiles from normal
· profiles.
· Functions for changing saved games (cheating) using an internal, editable
· data base or by searching for values in saved game files.
· Updated DOSZip from 1.49 to 1.54.
· It can be configurated from the setup dialog now when to update the packages
· list, the data reader configuration etc.
· Via the Help|Search for updates function now you can also search for package
· list, data reader and cheats database updates.
· The zip file import function also can import DBGL packages now.
· New easier to use first run wizard.
· If DOSBox start fails D-Fend Reloaded will show some information and will
· offer some options to find and solve the problem.
· Now folders can be imported like archive files via the import menu and via
· drag&drop.
· DOSBox language file editor.
· New setup option when to configurate a new game completely automatically.
· Like the genre and language names the license in game profiles can now be
· translated on the fly so profiles created via auto setup templates etc. will
· always be shown with translated names for the license.
· Now multiple commands can be specified to be executed before/after DOSBox.
· The DOSBox console window can be turned on and off on per profile now.
· In the profile editor you can selected which physical output device to use
· when playing MIDI music inside DOSBox.
· In the game information data reader dialog you can specify to look for DOS
· based games only or to look for all games.
· The game information data reader dialog now also can change the profile name.
· Now the game information data reader will remember which fields have been
· activated and which have be unchecked.
· The paths to the text editor and the media viewers are stored relatively to
· the base folder if the programs are located in subfolders of the base folder.
· You can create capture folders and game data folders for all profiles at the
· same time via the service page of the setup dialog.
· You can disable the Windows exe file warnings for single profiles now.
· Additionally to "and", "or", "not" language specific values for this logical
· operator can be used in the filter field.
· The fields for DOSBox window resolution and fullscreen resolution can have
· individual default values lists now.
· When creating a harddisk image file from some folder content now you can
· specify how much free space you want to have on the image.
· Some additionally information texts in the profile editor for making it
· easier to understand the meanings of the DOSBox options.
· Smarter way of finding the default GUI theme for ScummVM.
· Some more auto setup templates.
· [Fix] The "use scan codes" option was not passed the right way to DOSBox.
· [Fix] Downloading multiple games packages via the package manager always
· failed.
· [Fix] "Not" operator in games list filter not working correctly.
· [Fix] Mounting folders as CD drives did not work on systems without a real
· CD drive.
· [Fix] Some smaller fixes to the multiple profile editor.
· [Fix] Hiding the ScummVM console did not work when starting ScummVM in
· fullscreen mode.
· [Fix] Error message when pressing F1 while menu is opened.
September 29th, 2011· Czech language file (thanks to marker)
· About 50 new auto setup templates for automatical installation of even more
· games.
· Some more fine tuning to the way setup files are detected when importing
· plain archive files.
· [Fix] Downloading icons, language files and icon sets via the package manager
· always failed.
September 29th, 2011· The Italian language file has been updated.
· Updated DOSZip from 1.41 to 1.49.
· The functions for filtering the games list by a search string can handle
· complex search strings (including "and", "or", "not", quotes, brackets,
· compare operators for numbers, selecting properties to check by writing
· "genre=..." etc.) now.
· D-Fend Reloaded will use an internal update checker for checking for
· program updates now. This will also fix the Windows 7 issue the program
· looses focus on start up.
· When running an update via the update check function the update installer
· will not ask for the installation directory anymore.
· The codepage selection dropdown box in the profile editor will show some
· descriptions for the codepages now.
· Improved DOSBox directory search order (if not installed together with
· DOSBox) on first run.
· About 100 new auto setup templates for automatical installation of even more
· games.
· Some fine tuning to the way game and setup files are detected when importing
· plain archive files.
· D-Fend Reloaded will start a bit faster on first run now.
· [Fix] The selected keyboard layout when defining a DOSBox installation
· specific keyboard layout in the advanced DOSBox settings may not got saved.
· [Fix] Setting the DOSBox background priority for multiple profiles at once
· via the multi profile editor did not work correctly.
· [Fix] Setting the CD volume did not work.
· [Fix] In some conditions the Game Explorer integration during installation
· could fail.
· [Fix] When adding profiles via the scan games folder function the entered
· name for the new profile was ignored when an auto setup template was
· selected to be used for the new profile.
· [Fix] When copying a profile or adding profiles via the scan games folder
· function no collision check for existing capture folders was performed.
September 29th, 2011· Brazilian Portuguese language file (thanks to Cpt.Guapo)
· Turkish language file (thanks to Hakan ATEÞ)
· Updated DOSZip from 1.37 to 1.41.
· Updated the DOSBox language files for German and Italian and added a new
· DOSBox language file for Polish.
· About 150 new auto setup templates for automatical installation of even more
· games. Althogether D-Fend Reloaded now has more than 1000 auto setup
· templates.
· Updated the default value lists for the supported keyboard layouts and
· codepages.
· Added Wikipedia to the "Search for game" default links.
· Faster filtering functions in the package manager.
· [Fix] Drag&drop of zip files etc. to the program window sometimes did not
· work.
· [Fix] Access violation when uninstalling multiple games while one of the
· profiles to be uninstalled is installed in the games list.
· [Fix] Access violation when clicking the "Download game information" button
· on the programm information page of the profile editor when no internet
· connection is available.
· [Fix] The game data reader update function did not work.
· [Fix] When canceling a download from the package manager the program will
· continue with the next file from the download list instead of canceling the
· whole operation.
· [Fix] The reset to default values function on the default values page of the
· program settings dialog could raise an access violation when closing the
· dialog.
· [Fix] The select/unselect functions of dialogs like the prof file export etc.
· did not work for profiles having multiple values in the choosen category
· (multiple genres divided by ";" for example).
· [Fix] When downloading multiple games via the package manager the close
· button of the main window became enabled after the first download was
· completed. Clicking the main window close button while the package manager
· dialog was opened raised an access violation.
· [Fix] The "Use as screenshot in profiles list" context menu item in the
· "Data folder" tab was also visible if no file was selected.
· [Fix] The "Rename all" and "Delete all" context menu entries in the
· screenshots, sounds and video tabs were also enabled if there were no files.
· [Fix] Some minor problems in the keyboard layout setup; in particular when
· keyboard layout "none" is selected.
· [Fix] Wrong filenames for downloaded language files if language file and
· the package list directring to this language file were not in the same
· directory on the server.
· [Fix] Some corrections to the DOSBox keyboard layouts default values list.
· [Fix] The update installer did not update all DOSBox language files.
· [Fix] The uninstaller will not remove non D-Fend Reloaded files from the
· D-Fend Reloaded installation directory without confirmation anymore.
· [Fix] The language dropdown boxes in the setup dialog now have a tooltip hint
· and the dropdown list is wider (so "Brazilian Portuguese" is not truncated
· anymore).
December 2nd, 2009· Example games packages, language files, icon sets etc. can be downloaded from the D-Fend Reloaded homepage via the import menu now.
· Via the new "Tools" button in the profiles editor you can reset any page of a
· profile to any template.
· Ability to add games for other emulators as Windows profiles (calling the
· emulator program file with the game data file as parameter).
· From the game information page of the profile editor and the profile wizard
· game information (including a cover image) can be loaded from mobygames.com
· directly now.
· Faster loading of the profile and the auto setup template files.
· Now you can optionally enter multiple values per game info field (like genre,
· language etc.).
· Normal drive mounts can be converted into archiv file mounts and vice versa
· right from the mounting dialog. The commands to run the game will also be
· changed automatically if needed.
· You can drag links from your browser to the D-Fend Reloaded program window now. D-Fend Reloaded will download and importthe zip file behind the link.
· All captured screenshots, sounds and videos can be renamed from the context menu to have an uniform name scheme.
· D-Fend Reloaded will warn the user when importing an archive file with a name of an existing profile and will prevent overwriting existing games directory subdirectories when importing plain archive files.
· When adding new profiles via the profile editor needed mounting records can
· be added automatically now. (This was already done when adding profiles via
· the wizard.)
· In the multiple profiles editor sections can be collapsed and expanded (like
· in a tree structure) to make it more clear.
· Now image files can be used as game icons, too.
· The algorithm used for scaling images (like screenshots) can be selected from the program options dialog now.
· D-Fend Reloaded can optionally create conf files for all profiles in the
· games list automatically.
· The floppy and harddisk image creator now can make harddisk images and floppy disk images of all sizes bootable.
· The make disk image from folder content function now is able to create
· harddisk images, too.
· When creating disk images optionally disk management utilities and a text
· editor can be added to the image.
· When creating bootable disk images optionally a memory manager can be added to the image. Also not only the selected keyboard layout is used on the image but also the codepage.
· Some improvements to the language editor.
· Added *.ima to the file selection dialog when selecting an image file
· for mounting or for extracting.
· About 300 new auto setup templates for automatic identification of even more games.
· Updated DOSZip from 1.31 to 1.37.
· Two more sites have been added to the list of game information sites
· (TheLegacy.de and KultPower.de).
· The time needed on first program start for initializing the user data has
· been improved.
· The profile editor and the program options dialog will open a bit faster.
· Some smaller improvements to the new profile wizard.
· [Fix] Extra directories and extra files records (see directories page of the
· profile editor) got damaged when using the "Convert absolute to relative
· paths" function in the program options dialog.
· [Fix] When importing a plain archive file with multiple executable files
· in it and with a matching auto setup template sometimes the wrong executable file was selected.
· [Fix] The main window hotkeys were enabled while template editor was open.
· [Fix] Access violation then trying to add a game with a space in the filename
· via the profile wizard.
· [Fix] Starting games with folders mounted as CD drives failed on systems with no physical CD drive.
· [Fix] The "Run game with current configuration" from the profile editor
· dialog did not work with ScummVM and Windows game profiles.
· [Fix] When setting the SoundBlaser or the Gravis UltraSound base address to
· a hexadecimal address containing letters the selected address was not stored.
· [Fix] Erroneous window behaviour when using "Run game with current configuration" from the profile editor dialog or when creating bootdisk images when "Minimize when DOSBox start" was active.
· [Fix] keybrd2.sys and keybrd3.sys needed for some languages missing on
· bootdisks.
· [Fix] The select all button in the transfer programs dialog did not work.
· [Fix] The game list hotkeys (like return, insert etc.) were not disabled when
· entering the notes field.
· [Fix] Wrong error message "No game file selected" when adding a profile for booting an image file.
· [Fix] Access violation if you press and hold down the F9 key.
· [Fix] Changed the default value for virtual free space on mounted drives from the DOSBox 0.72 default 105 MB to the DOSBox 0.73 default 250 MB.
January 26th, 2009· Improved Windows long pathname to DOSBox short pathname converter
· The select image dialog for adding image files as harddisks in the profile editor will now also show cue sheet files.
· Smarter initial directory when opening selection dialog for text editor, wave encoder and ScummVM.
· [Fix] Opening text files in "Use default editor for file type" mode sometimes did not work.
· [Fix] Sometimes an access violation occured just after uninstalling a game.
· [Fix] Selecting/Unselecting profiles via the "Select by..." buttons in the "Build installer" dialog etc. did not work with "Not set" values.
· [Fix] Wrong view style (icon instead of list) in the sounds and the videos previewer area at the bottom of the main window.
· [Fix] Access violation while displaying an error message if renameing a screenshot is not possible (for example because a file with the new entered name already exists).
· [Fix] Execution of Windows programs could fail under some rare conditions (this only affected helper programs like text editors etc. and not Windows games started via the games list).
· [Fix] Problem if virtual serial port is working as a modem in DOSBox and "Listen for connections" is turned off.
· [Fix] Screenshots, sounds and videos lists not always sorted correctly.
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