Update News

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• Sliders

• All code related to behavior sliders rolled back and removed. Behavior should return to what it was pre-sliders. Behavior scripting functions remain but are not functional.

• General
• "Tooltips" option now disable score popups and rank popups
• Added an option to disable score popups and rank popups
• Links are now clickable in chat if they start with http://fold.it/ or http://foldit.wikia.com/ and are the only text in the message

• Added more information to the buildid and a button to copy it

• Bug Fixes
• Foldit should no longer crash when chat loses connection

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• Developer Preview update group name changed from "beta" to "devprev".
• The alignment tool wasn't inserting cutpoints in some places where it should have - should be fixed now

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General:

• The window title is now [Foldit - Puzzle Title - Track] instead of just [Foldit]. If you are in the default track, it will be just [Foldit - Puzzle Title].

Move tool:

• The move tool has been changed to give you a bit more control. Before the axis of rotation would always be around the center of the protein. Now, whichever residue you click on will become the axis for rotation. In addition, we've added a handle for rotating in the camera plane. We're interested to hear your suggestions for improving this tool further.

Scripting:

• Scripting interface changed for rebuild. Before rebuild would try a user specified number of positions, and a variable number of these would be accepted. Now you specify how many accepted positions you want, and rebuild will try to get that number of positions. Rebuild will fail if it tries 50 positions in a row without finding anything. You can change the 50 to another number by specifying a second argument to rebuild.
• IsLocked function added.
• Cookbook is now re-sizable in the selection interface.
• Dividers added to the cookbook, allowing you to categorize your recipies. You can cut and paste recipies between these dividers.
• The script editor now uses a monospace font, and the cursor should show up in the correct position.

Bug fixes:

• Cutpoints should no longer be removed improperly when aligning.
• Inserting or deleting the last residue of a segment should not result in a crash.

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Bug Fixes:

• Pi helices should no longer score as well.
• All pop-ups should be disabled using the disable dialog option.
• Symmetric copies should be a darker shade of grey than locked regions.

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Bug Fixes

• Threading to an alignment should now always work
• Using the arrow keys to shift alignments should now work in the selection interface
• The tutorials have been adjusted to account for the pi-helix score fix

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General

• Translation files should now show credit on the startup credits in game.
• Chat windows now open with a notice informing people that they are in a public channel.
• The alignment panel now has clearer lock/unlock icons.

Cutpoints

• There is now a 'cut here' tool available in the default interface, available by right clicking. For the moment, this tool is only available on Alignment Puzzles.

Bug Fixes

• Wiggle should no longer lock the center of a segment in space.
• Rotamer cycling using the arrow keys in the selection interface should work again.

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General -

• A profanity filter has been added for the in-game chat
• A language selector is now available on the login screen, allowing you to choose a translation
• When posting a screenshot to chat, the contents of the chat windows is now blanked out

Cutpoints -

• The cut tool is now available in the Selection Interface by selecting 2 adjacent residues.

Bug Fixes -

• The "Disable Network Timeouts" option on the login page will now remember its value
• The Windows client wasn't closing handles properly - should be fixed
• Fixed a bug in the Mac client where keypresses were sometimes being duplicated, resulting in double-paste and double-undos (among other things)
• Non-ASCII characters should be supported better

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General

• The move tool should now highlight when you mouse over it
• All functions which add a band should now return 0 on failure
• The profanity filter has been disabled for group chats
• Empty recipes can no longer be shared
• Puzzle categories are now listed in the puzzle select screen
• The game will now make a backup of solutions before saving, reducing the possibility of corrupt save files
• Notes can now be shown/hidden in the Selection Interface
• You can now take screenshots while a tool is running
• The cut tool is now available on some non-alignment puzzles
• The game will remember which interface (Selection or Default) you use

Cookbook

• A sound is now played indicating when a script ends
• The cookbook now hides itself while a recipe runs
• Added the change font size icon to the selection interface cookbook dialog

Alignment Panel

• The alignment panel now has a 'score' in the title bar. This score gives you an estimate of how good your structure is. Think of it as how well your fold will do if you resolve the cutpoints and shake the structure out.
• The alignment behavior has been changed slightly. Now you can single click the align button to simply align once, and you can double click to lock to the alignment, like before. Clicking again while locked will unlock it.
• The old 'score' has been renamed 'match', as it gave the false impression that players should attempt to optimize this number (the new 'score' should be much better for this purpose).
• The alignment intro levels have been updated to reflect these changes

Bug Fixes

• The band menu should now always display on-screen
• Using the tab residue info window will no longer cause wiggle to 'lock up'
• Quicksave hotkeys should now work in Linux

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General

• Themes - you can now customize the colors of various parts of Foldit in your theme.txt file. Color codes may be specified in the following formats: byte ([0-255], [0-255], [0-255]), float ([0.0-1.0], [0.0-1.0], [0.0-1.0]), hex ([0x00-0xff], [0x00-0xff], [0x00-0xff]), and html ([#000000-#ffffff]).
• Network Status Indicator - Network status indicators have been added. Chat channel indicators show your connection to each channel. The notification bar indicator shows your connection to the score server. If it is green, it means your scores are being updated.
• Holding ALT will now disable band snapping while dragging.
• The options.txt file now has entries for desired FPS, desired window width and height.
• Residue burial score visualizations no longer show up on hydrophilics.

Bug Fixes

• Guest accounts in Windows can now run Foldit

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General

• You can now specify whether you want IRC to auto-reconnect in the options file.
• Global wiggle will now try to root the protein on locked or frozen regions when available, instead of just the center of the protein.
• There is now a checkbox in the behavior tab for disabling the forces which pull cutpoints together.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the network disconnection check to be more accurate.
• Wiggle should now not get stuck in certain situations.
• The protein should now be able to float freely in electron density puzzles.