Enter The Quiz Zone!

Release notes

Version 2.4.1

Bug fixes:
- Fixed stability issues that could cause some sporadic freezes in the game manager.
- Fixed issue in podium view when the second classified team does not have an avatar.

Version 2.4.0

New features:
- Improved game window graphics.
- Extended maximum length of a video for a video question to 90 seconds.
- Extended remote presenter support to different types of remote pointers.

Version 2.3.2

New features:
- Improved performance of game for older laptops and large parties.
- Improved game reset window button in party management window: it can now relaunch the game window if it's not running.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed auto-presenting bug when remote presenter option is disabled.
- Fixed occasional crash of game in large parties.
- Fixed missing gear icon in party management window.

Version 2.3.1

Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue with refreshing of logged teams.

Version 2.3.0

New features:
- Added default multi-round party types: double survival, the magnificent three, party remix, man don't get angry, process of elimination.
- Added advanced settings for auto-presenting.
- Improved handling of auto-presenting for parties with open questions.
- Improved handling of game window.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue in auto-presenting for global standings.
- Prevented opening of multiple game window settings auto-present settings windows.

Version 2.2.0

New features:
- Added party auto-presentation.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug that can cause an open question to not handle its countdown and process answers correctly.

Release notes

Version 2.1.1

Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug that resulted in the game freezing in the custom questions creation window on some PCs.
- Fixed bug in reading credits for teams without an active support package.
- Fixed bug in the option "do not penalize errors" that was penalizing errors.
- Improved error messages in questions CSV import.
- Improved the stability of the team introduction sequence in a party.

Version 2.1.0

New features:
- Added online features, enabling answering to open questions directly from the remote by typing in the open answer.
- Added censorship feature to overwrite offensive team names.
- Improved calculation of reservation times for open questions.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed synchronization issue for video questions.
- Fixed bug in retrieval of open answer sent from remote.
- Fixed bug in definition of teams allowed to answer open questions.
- Fixed bug in changes to party type score modifiers.
- Fixed rare occurrence of party results not being uploaded to be displayed in the mobile app.

Version 2.0.0

New features:
- Added support for both Mac and Windows.
- Added open questions.
- Added custom video questions.
- Added logging in with QR code.
- Added sharing of tournament organization with another user.
- Updated graphics of game window.
- Improved visibility of all windows in the game manager.
- Improved positioning of windows in game manager.
- Improved communication of game manager with game window.
Bug fixes:
- Improved reliability of question importer.
- Fixed calculation of party scores in presence of round cutoffs.
- Fixed bug in team eliminations.
- Fixed creation of party copy.
- Fixed saving of custom round settings.


Version 1.7.1

New features:
- Copy party: added possibility to choose between copy format only or copy questions as well.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug that could lead to triggering unsupported transition at party start.
- Fixed default button shown in simplified mode when advancing through standings during a party.
- Fixed visualization of selected row in rounds table in party editor.
- Fixed error message in questions import from CSV file.

Version 1.7.0

New features:
- Added new customization options: custom round abstentions, round time limits, and question time limits.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed sorting of dates and date/times in tables.

Version 1.6.1

Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug preventing completion of party with teams cutoff in some standings scenarios.

Version 1.6.0

New features:
- Added Qualification mode: you can now have parties where after specific rounds only a number of top teams qualifies, either keeping or resetting their scores, while other teams may or may not keep playing for lower positions.
- Improved question standings with visibility of last answer given by each team and amount of abstentions left for each team.
- Added new graphics quality "Very low" which disables the most demanding graphical effects to make game window run smoother on older computers.
- It is now allowed to cancel a question after showing standings.
- Improved readability of blue answer in game window.
- Wrong answers are now still shown after revealing the correct answer in game manager to allow quiz master comment on last answer displayed in question standings.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug in management of special characters across several items.
- Fixed localization issue in game window test procedure.

Version 1.5.0

New features:
- Improved pixel-perfect graphics for game window.
- Added option allowing the association of custom names to rounds.
- Moved game window settings frame from game window to management program.
- Improved visibility of answer text background color in party control window (it is now colorblind-friendly).
Bug fixes:
- Fixed loss of custom category when editing custom question.
- Fixed importing of questions with text or answers containing quotes.
- Fixed missing updating of quantity of added questions in party editor after adding custom questions.

Version 1.4.0

New features:
- Added Power Up party type.
- Added creation of custom categories for custom questions.
- Added support to importing of custom questions in "Other" language.
- Added option to hide custom questions that have already been asked in a tournament from questions that may be selected in a party.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed removal of a tournament from a party.
- Fixed ordering of teams displayed in a party's presentation.

Version 1.3.0

New features:
- Implemented continuous login, allowing to keep login open during a party so that users can join without the need to display the dedicated login code screen.
- Improved use of saved data, enabling faster transitions during a party.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue in use of custom questions that were already sent to servers for revision.
- Fixed calculation of unlimited abstentions in survival game mode.
- Fixed error messages for questions import from CSV file.

Version 1.2.2

Bug fixes:
- Fixed creation of csv template file for questions importing.

Version 1.2.1

New features:
- Added importing of customized questions from a CSV file.
- Changed podium standings background music.
- Improved game music control from party management window.
- Added visualization of number of currently logged in teams in party management window.
- Added message when the party is loading before starting.
- Added message allowing user to close game window when leaving game manager, if the game window was still open.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed game launcher incompatibility with some antivirus softwares.
- Fixed editing of already created custom questions with multimedia content.

Version 1.2.0

New features:
- Added Ladder party type.
- Added support to skipping team introductions.
- Added option to limit number of teams displayed in question and global standings.
- Added option to limit number of teams displayed in podium view in final standings: other teams will be displayed in simple view.

Version 1.1.0

New features:
- Added optional latency to party answer closing time to allow for gaming through online video streaming. This option is found both in the party editor and party management windows.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed minor bug in party renaming.