v0.8 [Dec 13, 2010]
The song progress screen gives you a clear path and set of goals for every
song that has a left/right (or both) part defined.
NEW: The song library has been updated to support hierarchical groups of songs.
Navigate groups using the "breadcrumb" display at the top of the screen.
NEW: Reworked play screen to maximize usable area. Much cleaner now. Use the
Gameplay.PinMenuDrawerOpen setting to disable the auto-collapsing menu.
NEW: Synthesia auto-associates the synthesia:// URL scheme and understands URLs
that match the synthesiagame.com/wiki/Synthesia_Manual#Synthesia_URLs spec.
NEW: Added Ash's Exercises: a set of scales and arpeggios with finger hints.
NEW: Some error messages can now direct you to the Synthesia website to obtain
more information and solutions.
NEW: Melody practice scores are now submitted automatically to the Synthesia
website. (Disable via the options screen.) Practice scores are generally
private/anonymous, though if you've ever submitted a recital score using
your Synthesia Online account, graphs and charts showing your progress will
be available on the website.
NEW: The screen you were on last (up through track settings) is recalled the
next time you start Synthesia.
NEW: Keybind to exit Synthesia (like an Alt-F4 you can bind to your MIDI device)
not set to anything by default.
NEW: Songs from a particular folder can now be hidden without removing that
folder from the folder list, to quickly hide and show songs conveniently.
NEW: Added a fourth "Very Quiet" metronome volume option.
NEW: Added advanced settings to optionally send GM/GS/XG Reset SysEx messages
whenever the device is reset (between screens).
NEW: Added a key bind to reset falling note squish/stretch. Unbound by default.
CHG: All of the "Primer Pieces" from the G Major Music Theory song set now count
as Learning Pack demo songs and allow all Learning Pack features!
CHG: Don't show the loop stats window when no tracks are played by the user.
CHG: Removed dependence on d3dx9_42.dll in Windows.
CHG: The time between device-unplug checks can now be set with the advanced
"Midi.DeviceCheckMilliseconds" setting in the config tool.
CHG: Relaxed rhythm practice / recital note timings a little bit.
CHG: Added 18 browser/media extended keys that will be recognized in the key
binding screen (on Windows). These will no longer generate bad text input
in text boxes, too.
CHG: Added secondary key binding defaults for "Menu Continue" and "Menu Back",
set to Browser Forward/Back, should your keyboard have those keys.
CHG: Improved the visual effect that occurs when unlocking the Learning Pack.
CHG: Synthesia online account passwords will now persist for the entire play
session (or until you switch users) even without checking "Save Password".
CHG: The sign-in flow for recitals using Synthesia online account users has
been improved a bit. Passwords are checked before playing the song now.
CHG: Recital scores are now shown together with rhythm practice scores. To see
online scores from other players, use the button to launch your browser.
CHG: Removed "PlaySettings" value from the --on-startup command-line option
because the Play settings screen no longer exists.
CHG: The "Toggle All Notes Hidden" feature (F5 by default) no longer hides the
sheet display. You can use this now to show only the sheet music.
CHG: All Synthesia-related programs are now digitally signed by Synthesia LLC.
FIX: Tooltip backgrounds were displaying incorrectly.
FIX: Ignore Windows/Context menu keyboard keys in search boxes and key bindings.
FIX: In certain cases, non-note events were being duplicated (exponentially)
depending on the complexity of a song.
FIX: Synthesia will now run correctly even if files are hidden in the Synthesia
data directory.
FIX: Entering a folder without the required permissions in the "Add Folder"
screen will no longer cause the folder list view to become corrupt while
inspecting subsequent folders.
FIX: Don't crash when notes outside A0-C8 come in while sheet is displayed.
FIX: The song title is now always shown when launching with "--on-start Play".
FIX: Interacting with an invisible finger hint interface in the top-left corner
of the screen (outside of finger hint mode) could corrupt finger hints for
the current song.
FIX: SysEx on Windows wasn't being sent to output correctly in 0.8.2.
