[s3d-notify] Cities3D 0.8 now available, WITH GAME FINDING...

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Cities3D 0.8 is now available for download.  It has all of Cities & 
Knights completed, except for the playing of progress cards.  That 
includes city walls, knights, city upgrades, barbarians, defender 
points, and even receiving progress cards (just not playing them).

In addition, I have also added game finder code, allowing you to host 
and find games just like you do with Sea3D!

NOTE: Please note that the Connector code in Cities3D is temporary only 
and exists only to help players find games to test the game and find 
bugs.  If you also happen to have fun while playing, well, that's up to 
you.  :)  You must realize, however, that 1) there is no ladder in 
Cities3D, 2) there are no quits or drops, in fact 3) NOTHING IS 
RECORDED, you don't even register your name.  It is a very, very simple 
and stripped down version of what exists in Sea3D that exists only to 
help you find other players to test play the game.

Follow the links on the Cities3D Project Homepage to see Release Notes, 
download the new version, and learn how to report bugs: 
http://mirror1.cvsdude.com/trac/saladyears/Cities3D 
<http://mirror1.cvsdude.com/trac/saladyears/Cities3D>

NOTE: You must uninstall any previous version of Cities3D, including 
removing player and game databases.  If you don't do this, Cities3D 0.8 
will crash on startup.

ALSO NOTE: If you receive an error that says, "This application could 
not start because the configuration is not correct. Reinstalling the 
application could solve the problem", then you need to install the .NET 
2.0 framework from Microsoft. Use this link to download and install the 
framework: 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en 
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en>

The only rules remaining to implement for Cities & Knights are the 
playing of progress cards, which will happen for version 0.9.  I've got 
a lot of momentum going now on development so look for that by the end 
of November, at which point you will be able to play a full game of C&K, 
with all the rules!