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WPatch 4.03

Wizou — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:58:55 +0100

New in this version of WPatch : Several fixes around the handling of the $1 options parameter

WPatch : incremental update system

Wizou — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:03:17 +0200

WPatch is a complete and optimized incremental patch system.

Typically, you can automatically establish the differences between "old" and "new" version of your program directories, and create an NSIS script to update the "old" version on your users' computer.

Freelancer Companion 2.01

Wizou — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:07:47 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

Universal support for Dynamic Economy (should work with every mods!)
Fixed 2 bugs around mining operations

Freelancer Companion 2.00

Wizou — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:59:28 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

Reorganized and nicer interface with menus
Goods repository (listing commodities, equipments, ships and where to buy them)
Added settings to exclude certain system, faction, goods from computations
Draw location of Points Of Interest (wrecks, depots, ...) in red on system map
Can create a virtual base for mining operations : just double-click inside a mining field on map!
Support for HHC Dynamic Economy
Base infos loads a bit faster
Showing cargo hold size of ships
Jump to destination base by double-clicking last waypoint
Cleaner recognition of system object types
Improved System Map, showing currently selected route
Mod information window (mod authors: check FLC forums)
Many other fixes and improvements

nsisSlideshow 1.6

Wizou — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:21:03 +0200

nsisSlideshow is another one of my useful NSIS plugins. It can display fading banners/slideshow during installation.

Features :

Can be used inside NSIS window or on any other window (HWND) created by NSIS
Manual (synchronized) or Automatic mode (slideshow runs automatically while NSIS script continues)
You can add subtitles to your slides
Supports Unicode NSIS
Run-once or cycle to beginning at the end of slideshow
Multi-language support (you can decide which slide to display for each language)
Control over each slide display delay & transition delay
Pictures format can be JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WMF

Freelancer Companion

Wizou — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:31:48 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

Determine more correctly objects that are jump-gate/hole
Fix wrong base infocard display with some mods (thanks to Igiss!)
Place Dollar in front of currency values
Fix non-saving jump hole delay

PETool 1.5

Wizou — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:12:06 +0200

PETool is a command-line tool that you can use to manipulate information stored in PE modules (Portable Executable), for example EXE or DLL files.

You can typically use it to:

read or modify Version information (that appears in the Version tab in the file's Explorer properties)
read, modify, delete resources stored inside these files
automate some of your build process (ex: branding resources and version information)

nsisFile : new NSIS plugin

Wizou — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:55:21 +0200

nsisFile is a small NSIS plugin that manipulate file content, especially binary data.
You can typically use it to:

search for binary patterns in file
read or write (patch) binary data from/to binary files

nsisXML 1.3

Wizou — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:50:36 +0200

New features in this version of nsisXML:

Added "release" to prevent memory leaks.
Automatic use of most recent MSXML available
DLL is no longer unloaded after each call (you don't need /NOUNLOAD anymore)

RSS feed

Wizou — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:23:40 +0200

This site is now equipped with an RSS feed so you can be kept informed about the news.

Freelancer Companion 1.18

Wizou — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

Possibility to limit the investment (how much money you have to buy goods)
Display destination base faction
Differenciate jump gate and jump hole docking delay (can also be used to avoid a specific type of jump)
Includes also routes that sells good at default price

I'm still alive

Wizou — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

But I'm going to China for 2 months for my work, and then I will spend some holidays in the following months. Therefore there might not be much news for the moment.

nsisFirewall 1.2

Wizou — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

New features in this version of nsisFirewall :

Added a Unicode-NSIS version (nsisFirewallW) -- Thanks to Guilherme B. Versiani

WScrabble 1.10

Wizou — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

New features in this version of WScrabble :

added option ChannelKey to set the channel key
added option AnyoneCanStop to allow everyone to stop the game

Freelancer Companion 1.17

Wizou — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

Fix issues with system combo-box selection with special system names
Compatibility with North Quadrant v1.5 (empty value in ini file)

Freelancer Companion 1.16

Wizou — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

Bases information dialog (BETA VERSION) showing base faction, description, goods/equipments/ships sold there
Authoring tool for dumping base-to-base travel times
Compatibility with Monkey Universe 2.50v2 Auto Updater

WScrabble 1.09

Wizou — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of WScrabble :

connection timeout raised to 45 seconds

New photo albums system

Wizou — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200

I just replaced the photos gallery system (which I didn't like) by the excellent PicsEngine v2 (version 3 is no longer free)

It is much more interactive, animated, nice to view, navigate, etc... Tell me if you like!

I took that opportunity to add plenty more new photos to the albums.

Freelancer Companion 1.15

Wizou — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

added FLC version in error logs
don't crash on jump gate invalid destination system
support for comments in ini files
compatibility with 88 Flak 1.27

WQuizz 2.01

Wizou — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of WQuizz :

You can type into the quizz mIRC window to participate
Minor change in the installer

Freelancer Companion 1.14

Wizou — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

now avoid lockeds gate by default
compatibility with Tekagi's Treasure 5.42 (missing value made FLC crash)
compatibility with TopFreelancers Parallel Universe V144_6 (has some locked gates)

nsisStartMenu 1.1

Wizou — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200

New features in this version of nsisStartMenu :

compatibility with Unicode-NSIS (entrypoint RegenerateFolderW)

WQuizz 2.0

Wizou — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

WQuizz 2.0 is finally available, and should ease the life of users.

Here is the list of new features:

The script is now composed of only one file that you can insert in your existing mIRC configuration
Default question database now contains more than 15300 questions !
Recognized the channels where colors are forbidden
More accentuated characters accepted
Contextual menus are more intuitive for beginners
Verifies on Internet if there is a new version available
The script is now longer downloaded as a ZIP archive containing mIRC. Now it's a real installer program that can download mIRC when necessary

Freelancer Companion 1.13

Wizou — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

supports up to 3072 bases
better detection logic on FL installation path
added more error information for modders
compatibility with The Void2112 Feb2008v1 (but mod files are full of errors)

nsisFirewall 1.1

Wizou — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

New features in this version of nsisFirewall :

Correctly handle 2 errors cases

WScrabble 1.08

Wizou — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:00:00 +0100

New features in this version of WScrabble :

adding new optional setting BlackAndWhite=1 to disable every color codes
bug fix on the handling of Perform= settings

Many new pages on the website

Wizou — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

I created a whole lot of new pages (mostly in french) :

Page for the LANWatch program
Page for the U7-Wizard program (in english)
The table of contents about my leisure
Many pages about my Minitel BBS server Pulsar RTC

WScrabble 1.07

Wizou — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

New features in this version of WScrabble :

can specify several "owners" that control the bot (comma-separated list of nicks)
can now use /NOTICE in Perform=
number of points of the bonus is configurable
check for conformity of Perform= setting
can check automatically for updates over Internet

Freelancer Companion 1.12

Wizou — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

New features in this version of Freelancer Companion :

added "avoid jump holes" option (for safer paths)
now display base faction
base "dot" is now a circle so that it doesn't overlap too much the base name when zooming
can display mouse coordinates on map (hold CTRL key)
removed duplicate bases (base & docking rings)
compatible with Windows Vista
compatibility with Tekagi's Treasure 5.35 (erroneous MarketGood duplicates)
compatibility with FreeWorlds 18.2 (missing descriptions)

nsisStartMenu : New plugin

Wizou — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

nsisStartMenu is a small NSIS plugin that will help you ensure a given order of shortcuts your installer creates in the Start Menu

You can typically use it to ensure that the shortcut for your main program executable appears first and the shortcut for the uninstaller appears last, instead of following the alphabetical order that is Windows default behaviour for Start Menu's new folders

A little animated icon

Wizou — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

You might have noticed the little animated icon I drew to represent the website

(Under Internet Explorer, you will only have a fixed icon)

nsisFirewall : New plugin

Wizou — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200

nsisFirewall is a small NSIS plugin that allows you to perform easily 2 tasks :

Add an application to Windows Firewall exception list
Remove an application from Windows Firewall exception list

It's Summer !

Wizou — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200

I changed the web site's color to summer. There is now a dedicated style for each 4 seasons.

Besides, for those who are interested, the games we are working on, at F4 game studios, are now publicly announced :

Exalight : MMORG (Massively Multiplayer Online Racing Game) for Neuf-Cegetel
Empire Of Sports : Massively Multiplayer Online Sports Game

WQuizz 1.6.1

Wizou — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200

WQuizz is a game script for IRC channels, and is based on mIRC 5.91 software

For security reasons, this very version of mIRC has been classified as a trojan virus by some anti-virus editors.

That's why I just released a new version of the game archive which now included version 5.9 of mIRC software which is not considered a trojan.

Freelancer Companion 1.10 & 1.11

Wizou — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200

These new versions offers some new features and now correctly handle the volume of the commodities, as well as their decay through time.

Moreover, the program now uses an installer and includes an automatic Internet "check for update" system which will notify you when a new version of the program becomes available, and offers you to download and install it.

New job

Wizou — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Since the end of January, about at the same time of my moving to Paris, I changed work : Indeed, I'm no longer at SAGEM, I now work for a small video game development studio.

I hope to be able to give you some links soon on our release...

For now, I just updated my personal pages and my Resume

Back online !

Wizou — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100

After more than 2 month without an Internet connection, I finally got connected back !

In the meantime, I moved to Paris and I changed job, therefore I have a lot of things to do, but I will try to manage to make up for those 2 month of lost time and update some pages of the website

As you can already see, the site theme has turn to match the Spring season...

Happy Holidays !

Wizou — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

I hope you're enjoying these end-of-year holidays and you've received lots of great gifts for Christmas !

As you noticed, the website colors changed for the winter... lets hope it won't be too cold...

Domain names

Wizou — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

This site can now be reached through the following URLs :
- http://wizou.fr
- http://wizou.net
- http://wizou.org

Even easier to remember than the current URL with a zero in place of the "o" !

New WScrabble 1.06

Wizou — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

This version fixes a bug in score handling which caused a crash of WScrabble after a few hours.

Sorry for the inconvenience you might have experienced.

You can download this new version on the WScrabble page.

If you still have difficulties with IRC-password authentification on Orange/Voila servers, take a look at this forum thread.

New WScrabble 1.05

Wizou — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

I just released a new version of WScrabble that supports IRC server authentification using a password (sometimes called IRC key)

You can download this new version on the WScrabble page.

You'll also notice that the creation of dedicated pages for each program is going well...

Welcome to my new website :-)

Wizou — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

As you will discover, it is still under construction, but the main content is there, especially the links to my programs (left menu)

Smoothly, I'm creating a dedicated page for each program, using the new site theme... Meanwhile, some links still points to the old pages while various styles