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• New Module Manager frontend: The Module Manager displays all of your modules and save/log files, giving you a convenient way to organize them all.
• File associations: Files with .vmod, .vsav, and .vlog extensions are now associated with VASSAL (on Windows and Macs). Double-click a module to load it in VASSAL!
• Improved room management: Invite and kick players from locked rooms.
• Improved installation: For Windows, a real Windows installer/uninstaller. For Macs, a single-file disk image. Download, click, and install.
• Improved memory management: VASSAL now uses significantly less memory for various graphics-related tasks. Heap sizes may be set from within VASSAL via the Preferences.
• Improved zooming: Zoom your maps to whatever size you want.
• Aide de Camp 2 module importer: Convert any ADC2 module to a VASSAL module with one click.
• Welcome Wizard can be turned off
• 10x faster Server Status lookups
• Generation and storage of GamePiece ID's (gpid's)
• TurnTracker improvements
• Spanish translation
• Adjustable map background color
• Die-roll sorting.
• Improved error messages when loading an invalid module.

• Choose between central server and direct peer-to-peer connection
• Internationalization support: Modules can be translated into any language via module extensions
• Create standalone installers for a module: installed executable will launch module directly in play mode using the correct version of VASSAL
• Support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images
• Improved HelpFiles: display in external browser window. Create HelpFiles by bundling the contents of a folder
• Add arbitrary Global Key Commands to the right-click menu of a Deck
• Copy/Paste traits when editing a GamePiece
• Preferences to auto-prompt to start log files at Start and End of a Replay.
• LOS thread enhancements: snap to grid, report action, echo on opponent's window
• Make delay before scrolling at map edge configurable
• All toolbar buttons have configurable tooltip text
• Configurable text for the "Mark Moved" button
• A Moving stack should not pick up other counters from stacks
• Layer option to automatically track a Property value
• Allow Layer Reset command to reference $..$ properties
• New tabs for Notes Window
• Enable 'Last move Highlighter' by default in all modules
• Allow Transparent Border/Bg color in Mouse Over Stack Viewer
• Send To Location - specify Zone, other piece's location
• Shift clicking on map should not deselect counters

• GlobalHotKey trait fires toolbar hotkeys from a Game Piece menu
• SetGlobalProperty trait changes a Global Property from a Game Piece
• Define Global Properties for Zones
• Overlay a Zone with semi-tranparent patterns based on a Zone's properties
• Combine multiple toolbar actions into a single button
• New properties: last die-roll, number of cards in deck
• Apply Global Key Commands to a portion of a deck (Allows single-click dealing of decks)
• Define customizable highlighter for selected pieces, based on GamePiece properties
• Graphical editor for placing At-Start Stacks

• Play Sound trait plays an audible sound triggered by a Game Piece action.
• Action Button trait places a virtual button on a piece, letting you invoke an arbitrary action by clicking with the mouse.
• Mouse-over Stack Viewer can draw pieces as if they were not rotated
• Global Preferences let you set global properties whose value can be specified by the player during game time.

• Game Piece Inventory window component shows the pieces in play organized by location, piece properties, or any other grouping you choose.
• Tabbed maps: place any number of maps together under a set of tabs in a single window.
• Restricted Commands trait disables commands on a piece under conditions that you define.
• Decks can be saved to and loaded from a file for Collectible Card Game support.

• New Toolbar Menu component lets you move organize buttons from the toolbar into customizable drop-down menus.
• Global Properties let you define properties globally on a Map or Module
• Dynamic Properties trait lets you define keyboard commands to change properties on game pieces
• Game Piece Layer Control lets you to enable/disable/cycle-through the Layers that hold pieces on a Map
• Ability to enable/disable Game Piece Layers
• Greater control over the mouse-over stack viewer
• Share Invisible/Masked pieces between sides
• "Send back" command for "Send to Location" trait
• Improved editor for configuring map grids
• Automatically invoke specified keyboard commands on a piece placed on the map via a "Place Marker" command

• Game Piece Images: a flexible and convenient way to build images from scratch for use in game pieces.
• New 'Last Move Highlighter' component highlights the last piece moved on a map.
• Non-stacking pieces can be made selectable but not movable

• New Map Shading component for overlaying a map with semi-transparent color or image. Usable in combination with Area of Effect trait.
• Trigger Action trait fires multiple key events in response to a single key event.
• Right-click menu commands apply to all selected pieces

• New tool for updating saved games to be compatible with a new module version
• Module updater accessible through module edit window

• Rotate pieces to a random facing.
• Select a random level within a Layer.
• Make pieces transparent when showing the Line of Sight thread

• Global Key Commands that are much more powerful. Apply to all maps at once. Place them in the right-click menus of individual pieces. Select targets based on level value in a Layer, map position, and more.
• Customizable buttons for step/undo/server-controls buttons in toolbar.
• 'Replace With' trait will match label values, Layer status, etc. with the original piece.
• 'Area of Effect' trait highlights an area surrounding a game piece, for showing zones of control, etc.