tXtFL Java Web Start Release
a strategy-based football simulator
Copyright (c) 2002-2010, Text Flex

This release of the tXtFL football simulator delivers selected snapshots of the latest software development.  
Java Web Start will automatically detect your platform to deliver you the correct version of tXtFL.  Please 
note that as this is the "cutting edge," things will be rough around the edges.  We appreciate your testing 
and feedback!

2010-08-28
-Playoffs and tXtFL Bowl now complete
-Font size adjustments for key text
-New default teams (player name updates pending)
-Fixed crash when selected team has no more games in season

2010-08-26
-League conferences and divisions
-Playoffs (first round only so far)
-Customizable leagues and rule-sets (user-defined via spreadsheet)
-Customizable season length
-Arena tXtFL and fixes to collegiate tXtFL league
-Fixed networking mode regression

2010-06-25
-Updated to alpha4 release
-Customizable rules sets for each league
-Canadian rules applied when running Canadian football 
league, including expanded field and changes to max 
players and downs
-Collegiate rules applied when running college football
-Improved shortcuts for non-graphical ("-ng") mode
-Database version checking and backup
-SWT libraries updated from 3.6M6 -> 3.6 (final)

2010-04-21
-Updated to alpha3 release
-Fixes crash on season continuation when no season has been been generated
-Fixes recording of season automated games
-Safe database shutdown
-Reorganized controls in the input area

2010-04-15
-Season standings are displayed
-Points scored during overtime are properly recorded

2010-04-08
-Now working on the Mac!

2010-04-05
-Season games are saved to the database
-Following a season game, the rest of the games for that week can be automated

2010-03-31
-The txtfl.jnlp file can now be launched directly from the browser, rather than having to save to file first

2010-03-28b
-Workaround for running on Ubuntu 8.04 (64-bit Java): disables browser if it cannot be loaded
-Update on MacOS: apparently a bug in the SWT GUI code prevents Java Web Start or applet launches on MacOS 
(see http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=303869)

2010-03-28
-Initial release, including basic seasons implementation
-Note that the txtfl.jnlp file should be saved to disk and run from a directory that has permissions for 
saving the database files.  Future releases will focus on saving the database in a standard location.
-Tested successfully on Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit Java), Vista (32-bit Java), Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit Java)
-Tested unsuccessfully on MacOS X 10.6.1 (32- and 64-bit Java), Ubuntu 8.04 (64-bit Java)