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HintMachine 1.3.0-rc2

New games

Game name	Platform	Author(s)
Dr. Mario	NES	@nbrochu
Iridion II	GBA	@CalDrac
Kirby's Avalanche	SNES	@Dinopony
Mario Pinball Land	GBA	@CalDrac
Pinball FX3	PC	@nbrochu
Sonic Mania	PC	@nbrochu
Super Bomberman 4	SNES	@Dinopony
Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	@RadzPrower
Super Mario Bros. 3	NES	@RadzPrower
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!	GBA	@CalDrac
Windowkill	PC	@chandler05

Core bugfixes & improvements

• Lots of UI improvements all over the place
• Migrated to .NET Core 6 for better performance and maintainability

HintMachine 1.2.0

New games

Game name	Platform	Author(s)
911 Operator	PC	@chandler05
Advance Wars: Dual Strike	DS	@Dinopony
Dragon's Crown	PS Vita	@CalDrac
Katamari Damacy REROLL	PC	@nbrochu
Minesweeper Classy	PC	@Dinopony
Nex Machina	PC	@CalDrac
Paint the Town Red	PC	@nbrochu
Papers, Please	PC	@chandler05
Peggle Deluxe	PC	@nbrochu
Peggle Nights	PC	@nbrochu
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	GBA	@CalDrac
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge	GBC	@Dinopony
Puyo Puyo 2	Megadrive	@Dinopony
Super Mega Baseball 2	PC	@KitsuneZeta
Super Monkey Ball	GameCube	@spicynun
Super Monkey Ball 2	GameCube	@spicynun
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge	PC	@nbrochu
Tetris	NES	@Dinopony
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2	PC	@nbrochu

Core bugfixes & improvements

• Added a quick search feature inside the game selection window
• Added a popup on app start when an update for HintMachine is available
• Added a hash feature to check that the game you launched is a supported version
• Improved UI performance when having many messages in the log
• Fixed many games not automatically closing connection when being closed

Game specific bugfixes & improvements

• Tetris Effect: Connected: Added Epic version support

HintMachine 1.1.0

Game selection window

HintMachine now features a rich game selection window, which gives way more info while being more practical to use.
Feel free to tell us if anything can be improved!

New games

Game name	Platform	Author(s)
Metroid Prime Pinball	DS	@Knuxfan24
Columns	Megadrive	@Dinopony
Luck be a Landlord	PC	@nbrochu
Mini Metro	PC	@chandler05
BPM: Bullets Per Minute	PC	@Dinopony
Super Hexagon	PC	@chandler05 & @Dinopony

Core bugfixes & improvements

• Fixed issues when getting disconnected from AP server
• Improved failsafes by a lot, preventing anything from going fundamentally wrong if a connector is not working properly
• The "I got a hint..." message is now only sent the first time you get a hint after connecting to a game to reduce spamming

Game specific bugfixes & improvements

• Dorfromantik: major rework, adding new quests and making it more stable
• ISLANDERS: major rework, adding new quests and making it more stable
• Meteos: fixed some planets not working properly
• Bust-a-Move 4: fixed description telling the PAL version was the right one instead of the US version
• Puyo Puyo Tetris: fixed lack of auto-disconnect when closing the game

HintMachine 1.0.5

Hint tokens system

When completing quest, the program now grants you hint tokens that can be manually redeemed for random location hints instead of having this done automatically. This has two major benefits:

• in case something goes wrong with a connector, the player can choose not to take the hints since they were not legitimately obtained
• this gives more flexibility to the player, allowing to swap games while keeping the tokens (as long as HintMachine stays open)

Changelog

• Core: Added additionnal safeguards to greatly reduce the chances of something going wrong and the impact when it does
• F-Zero GX: Fixed rare issues where Dolphin connector would not find the correct GameCube RAM base address
• Tetris Effect Connected: Slight rebalance of quests

HintMachine 1.0.4

Changelog

• Added Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ to the list of supported games (implemented by @nbrochu)
• Added Meteos to the list of supported games (implemented by @CalDrac)

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• Tetris Effect: Improved quests
• One Finger Death Punch: Changed the way the data is accessed, should be more reliable
• F-Zero GX: Fixed a few issues with delayed quests increases and invalid knock-outs being rarely counted
• Zachtronics Solitaire: Added a check that the program is actually running
• Core: Added a max queue size for pending hints as a global failsafe measure

HintMachine 1.0.3

Changelog

• Added ISLANDERS to the list of supported games (implemented by @nbrochu)
• Added Dorfromantik to the list of supported games (implemented by @nbrochu)
• Added F-Zero GX to the list of supported games (implemented by @Dinopony)

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• Core: Fixed a crash when opening the "Hints" tab in a room where hints were free
• Core: Added an author property to credit authors of each game connector

HintMachine 1.0.2

Changelog

• Core: Fixed quest gauge not emptying after completing a quest
• Core: Fixed program still running after closing
• Core: Fixed program using high amounts of CPU power for... nothing.
• Core: Fixed all freezes when obtaining hints / requesting manual hints / doing things (hopefully)
• Puyo Puyo Tetris: Fixed game connection being unstable when playing Puyo versus
• Sonic 3 Blue Spheres: Added mention of the only Bizhawk version that works in a stable manner (2.9.1)
• Zachtronics Solitaire Collection: Added support for the Steam version of the game

HintMachine 1.0.1

Changelog

• Core: Fixed lock / freeze issues when performing certain actions
• Puyo Puyo Tetris: Fixed issues with some gamemodes
• One Finger Death Punch: Fixed overflow issues

HintMachine 1.0

Initial release