• kChat: during application quit display a rotating beach. The application can be forced to quit
by hitting command-'.' or the escape key.
1.0b8: fixes/updates to kChat - this is a partial list
• kChat: updates to the chat protocol.
• kChat: fixed the duplicate nick name problem. Prior to this the nick name of all Mac kChat users was the same!
• kChat: now has spam protection - you should only see one copy of a message.
• kChat: process packets immediately upon reception.
• kChat: cleaned up the formatting of all messages.
• kChat: improvements to name completion with the '~' key.
• kChat: improvements to history support.
• kChat: dynamically allocates more buffers as need. This should help slow connections.
• control panel now checks to see if the correct version of the driver has been installed.
• changes to the Kali driver to work around potential crashes with virtual memory.
1.0b7: lots of bug fixes, some new features, better stability:
• connection attempts in progress can be cancelled!!!! hit cmd-'.' or 'Esc' while connecting.
• lots of progress/status code working - error reporting, connect status
• reports messages from failed hello packets - connect requests.
• reports server messages - show server message button.
• detects other versions of Kali that are installed. It will not install if another version is already
installed. Reports this to the user.
• auto re-connect if a ping has not seen in the last minute - should fix problems when people finish
a game and they are no longer connected to the server.
• connect/disconnect/re-connect problems fixed
• fixed crashing problem if someone disconnect while IPX IO was occurring - this happens when you
still have War2 connected and hit disconnect from the control panel
• various GUI improvements to the control panel
- server list movement keys (home, end, page up, page down, up arrow, down arrow)
- all dialog keys work as expected (escape, command-., enter, return, cut, copy, paste, …)
• automatically attempts to connects to a server that is full.
• fixed a problem when disconnecting after playing a game and leaving the control panel open.
This would cause a random crash to occur.
• added KProxy support
• new preference file format - old preference files are updated
• added checks for System 7.5 and 68020 or better processor
• control panel now works if the driver does not load
• re-implemented update server support - uses latest Kali update server protocol
• local UDP port can be specified.
1.0b6: Fixed many bugs, and marks the first appearance of Native code in Kali For The Mac.
Bug Fixes Include:
• KChat now works properly.
• Mac Command & Conquer now works with Kali again.
• Fixed the Auto Connnect Feature
• Fixed the problem with disconnects resulting in "No Response From Server". If your connection drops while using Kali,
simply go to the Kali control panel, disconnect from and then re-connect to your Kali server of choice.
• The Kali driver is now Native on PCI PowerMacs!
• KChat is now Native!
Also fixed is a bug in the preliminary release of 1.0b6 which would prevent the driver from loading at startup on some non-PCI PowerMacs.
1.0b5: should fix most of the current problems, and will probably run faster. Apple's Open Transport team will be using the source code from this release to help optimize Kali for Open Transport (rather than MacTCP).
1.0b4: fixed the unimplemented trap errors that some were getting when accessing the Kali Central server, as well as a few other unimplemented trap errors.
1.0b3: worked around a bug that made Warcraft II crash quite often under Kali. Updated the control panel interface; many cosmetic improvements and such. Added cross-referencing, nifty new feature. Added the auto-turn off broadcasts feature. Moved KChat help to a seperate document. Improved error reporting slightly on connect problems. Added new KChat ICON, thanks to Rick VanDerveer. Sorting servers by name. Increased stability.
1.0b2: mostly bug fixes, big ones being: 1) fixed problem with Open Transport where trying to connect more than once crashed the puppy. This was actually OT's fault; it doesn't close streams properly. 2) Fixed problem where unregistered Kali wouldn't work at all, basically. Also fixed problem specific to Descent II, and problem with loading Kchat up before connecting when Auto-Connect was off. Other changes include reworking the Control Panel to be more intuitive and to update the server lists and sort by users.
