JSettlers 2.5.00 released

New JSettlers version 2.5.00 has been released at https://github.com/jdmonin/JSettlers2/releases/latest and https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsettlers2/ . From there you can download runnable JARs to play against bots or set up a server, or download the full source code.

Version 2.5.00 contains these features and fixes:

• Gameplay:
  • Road Building: If player cancels placement or ends turn before placing the first free road or ship,
    the dev card is returned to their hand
  • When a trade is offered to bots and humans, bots wait longer before responding.
    Was 3 seconds, is now 8, changeable with server property jsettlers.bot.human.pause
    (thank you Lee Passey)
  • Recalc Longest Route when building coastal settlement to connect a player's roads to ships
    (thanks kotc for reporting issue #95)
  • Pirate Islands scenario: Ship placement: Fix client bug where placing a coastal ship
    next to a road would prevent any further ship building, based on "no branches in route" rule
  • Through the Desert scenario: No longer incorrectly gives 2 SVP to a player
    building a settlement within the desert (thanks kotc for reporting #86)
  • If knight card is played by bot, then returned because bot is unresponsive,
    server updates their army size and largest army (thanks kotc for reporting #91)
• I18N:
  • Added French translation (thank you Lee Passey)
• Client:
  • Game window:
    • Added hotkey Ctrl-B/Alt-B/Cmd-B to ask to Special Build in 6-player game
    • Hand Panel: Shrink unused space above trading squares
    • Board panel: Better performance and quicker resizing, thanks to tiehfood's discussion in github issue #84
    • Discards: List resources you discarded, not just total amount, in game action textarea
    • Forgotten Tribe scenario: Much less flicker while placing gift ports
    • Chat panel: If text to be sent contains |, show a popup to say that can't be sent
  • New Game dialog:
    • If server has increased default VP to win, use that as minimum when picking a scenario
  • If client starts a TCP server, keep it running; previous versions timed out after being idle an hour
    (thanks kotc for reporting issue #81)
  • Linux/Unix: Use sub-pixel font antialiasing if available (thanks kotc for issue #92)
• Bots/AI:
  • Shorten pause after bot requests a bank trade
• Server:
  • During game reset, don't send chat recap: Chat text is still in clients' game windows
  • If default VP is set on command line or properties, will also be minimum VP for any scenario
  • Other server changes: see Versions.md
• Other changes: see Versions.md