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3.0.19 5/02/07:
[New; AOL] Screen name caser is now available. Use case [sn].
[New; File Associations] You can now associate Shock with: mp3, wma, wav, m3u, pls, ogg
[New; Main] Resume, AutoPlay and None startup-modes are now available.
[New; HotKeys] Lyrix added to the HotKeys.
[New; Lyrix] Lyrix is a plug-in to look up song lyrics. You may use ly? for the current song or ly [search] for other queries.
[New; AOL] run [path] or url [url] commands now available.
[New; AOL] Advanced Tab; you can now customize the chatscan read interval.
[New; AOL] FrameClass is now a comboBox with pre-loaded frame classes.
[New; Main] Playlist details are now saved in a database for quick retrival and updated when played.
[New; Main] You can now start Shock with Windows.
[New; AOL] Profanity Filter so you don’t get TOS’d
[New; AOL] NoTag custom allows you to setup an action for files without tag information.
[New; AOL] Command rskin, applies a random skin.
[New; Last.fm] You can now clear your submission queue from the Last.fm panel.

[In Progress; Last.fm] Now Playing will be able to be linked on your MySpace, Website or Blog.
[In Progress; AOL] Shock can now work on more than one AOL at a time. Goto AOL Options.
[In Progress; AOL] Fades are finally here. Example: [f1][artist][/f1]

[Fix; AOL] run [file] doesn’t error anymore.
[Fix; AOL] url [url] doesn’t not error anymore.
[Fix; AOL] aim? no longer errors if you do not have aim on your system.
[Fix: AOL] NoTag now saves when using “Save All”.
[Fix; Theme Manager] Exporting a Theme caused an exception, that is now fixed.
[Fix; Lyrix] Changed “Configure” to “Settings”.
[Fix; AOL] Fixed Ignore, Allow, Eject, Kick, and all other room changes aol made.
[Fix; AOL] pr command now chatsends both ascii’s for room enter.
[Fix; AOL] Chastcan Interval now saves properly, sorry about that.
[Fix; Main] ShuffleString now re-acts to a new string via the Menu.
[Fix; AOL] Fixed a typo in the banned words tab. Thanks Justin.
[Fix; AOL] Shock now closes those Error boxes that come up for room owner/ignore.
[Fix; AOL] ShuffleByString chatsend is fixed.
[Fix; Main] The program is now completely UTF8 encoded
[Fix; AOL] Using s * or r * now searches file paths aswell as the display title. So you can type s lateralus to play only that album, etc.
[Fix; Last.fm] Submission queue now uses a delegate - resolves issues with submissions not going through resulting in high queue count.
[Fix; AOL] mp? is now working properly.
[Fix; AOL] ren * now works properly.
[Fix; Main] Minimize menu is now working properly.
[Fix; Main] Deleting a file moves it into the Recycle bin.
[Fix; Main] Renaming files now preserves the play count. Same goes for the ‘ren [new]’ AOL commnad.
[Fix; Find] Find now searches filePaths aswell as Playlist Title. Same goes for the AOL commands aswell.
[Fix; Main] I created an Inherited PlayListItem for the Playlist. Less file operations. Performance ^.

3.0.18 RC1:
[New; Sound] Volume can now control System-wide volume or Shock-only volume. You decide.
[Fix; AOL] A few options were not saving properly in the AOL Options.
[Fix; Find] Found label is now docked correctly.
[Fix; Main] Balloon’s now have the shock icon. I also added plays (0x) at the end of the title.
[Fix; Sound] Fixed a file extension bug, if files had .mp3.[whatever] it would accept it as a mp3 file, it now looks for the actual extension.
[Fix; Manager] FileNotFound exceptions are now handled properly.
[New; Manager] This dialog will help you maintain your media sources, from directories to playlists.
[Fix; Sound] I set the sound buffer to 175 ms, this should help with those “crackling” noises some of you experience.
[New; AOL] Active User is a new feature that allows you to set the current sn you want to use (has to be in your user list). See commands for more details.
[New; AOL] New Commands “lp *”, displays the last * songs. “rp” will randomly play a previously played song
[Fix; Playlist] File information is now populated when the item is visible in the playlist. Instead of all at once.
[New; Playlist] You can now select between loading (m3u) playlist from the previous session or loading a fresh listing of the files.
[Fix; Sound] Open song errors are not displayed in the chatroom anymore.
[Fix; Sound] FMod is now initalized every hour, if a song is playing while the hour is up, it’ll wait till you try to open the next song.
[Fix; Playlist] The playlist now updates song information “Winamp” style.
[Fix; Playlist] The tags were still being used even though the option was unchecked.
[Fix; Playlist] Playlist was updating after a song was double-clicked even if the tag option was unchecked.
[Fix; AOL] The [file] keyword was pulling the title from the playlist instead of the song’s file name.
[New; Applications] Application loader is now available. Use the command apps and la [app] on AOL.
[Fix; AOL] Banned words no longer eject/kick operators and immune at all.
[New; AOL] You can now use [fartist], [ftitle], [falbum], [ftrack], they are based off the Filename.
[Fix; Settings] Settings are now backed up every load, and can be recovered if an error occurs. Thanks to eLement for finding the bug.
[Fix; Balloon] Now dissappears after 2 seconds. Windows was making them stay forever. :o
[Fix; Commands] 1c is now working properly.
[Fix; AOL] Eject saying the person wasn’t found after ejecting them.
[Fix; Owner] The banned words and lag defender triggers are now being ignored if the culprit is either immune or an operator.
[Fix; AOL] The “hw” command now hides the AOL Channels window aswell.
[Fix; Scrobbler] The “Update” button now disables while working in the background.
[Fix; Preferences] Fixed the buttons not taking the system visual style.
[New; Preferences] You can now save your settings in 3 different ways: User (windows user) settings. Shared (everyone on the compute rhas the same) settings. Travel (saves in local Shock system folder) meaing you can put it on a Thumb Drive and keep your settings.
[New; Style Editor] You can do all types of things with the new editor, including, color schemes, get color under your mouse, make a custom color and much more.
[Fix; Sound] Every Overloaded OpenMedia method is now thread-safe.
[Fix; AOL] OpProtection has been fixed, it was not checking for the full screen name of the person to be ejected/kicked/dop’d.
[Fix; AOL] Eject/Kick shouldn’t say “not found” or “who know’s what happend” after a successful ejection, ever again.
[New; Playlist] You can now use [fartist],[ftitle],[falbum],[ftrack] in your playlist format aswell as chatsends.
[Fix; Playlist] Sorting while Shock is grabbing details no longer causes an Null Object exception.
[New; AOL] Lag Defender now comes with some pre-loaded triggers. Ready to protect right out of the internet.
[Fix; Idle] The idle [rsn], [int] command with interval now lets you type Comma’s (’ ,’) within your reason.
[New; Custom Editor] The custom editor allows you to import/export customs, aswell as edit and test existing ones.
[New; Idle] int [int] allows you to update your idles interval.
[Fix; Commands] vn? is now vn, cl [custom], cs [custom], sl [style], ss [style] and aol? have been added.
[New; Themes] Themes are now available, themes consist of 1 custom and 1 style. Use ts [name] and tl [name], see commands for more details.
[New; Manager] The can maintain your customs, styles and themes all in one dialog. You can access this thru any loading or saving command (e.g. cs, sl, etc).
[New; Owner] The welcome bot now accepts [room] within it’s field. [room] will contain the room’s name minus the category. (e.g. “Friends - die”, would be just “die”)
[New; AOL] Elite Text is now available using [e] and [/e] or elite (on, off, spec) On, all text is elite. Off, all elite is off. Spec, special ([x][/x]) is elite.
[New; AOL] Few more commands:
sman=View Source Manager
cfavs=Clears all favorites.
mp?=Shows the most played song.
creset=Resets the custom chatsends to default.
fav[slot]=Plays the favorite position [slot].
sfav[slot]=Saves to favorite position [slot].
favs?=Shows the favorites editor dialog.
q [query]=Enqueues the selected item.
adir [dir]=Adds the [dir] to the current playlist.
rdir [dir]=Removes the directory containing [dir].
vman=Shows the AOL Manager
theme?=Current them name that is currently in use.
ss?=Shuffle String currently in use.
lp?=Last played song.
rstart=Restarts Shock 3.
rcolor=Randomizes the Special color.
[New; Sound] Streaming is now supported. That means any supported audio stream will be playable. e.g. (ogg, mp3, wma, wav). That also means, SHOUTCast will work!
[Fix; AOL] Fixed ‘ubw’ banning operators who are trying to remove a banned word.
[New; AOL] Theres a new customizable action, it’s called “stream”. Limitations do apply, see the legend for details.
[Fix; AOL] Idle [rsn], [int] was conflicting with idle [rsn] if the reason contained ,’s.
[New; Preferences] You can now hide/show the duration, drag and drop is now supported, remove underscores, and more.
[Fix; Main] The system tray icon now re-appears after an explorer.exe crash.
[New; Main] Right clicking on a playlist item now brings up a context menu with various options.
[New; File Information] There is a new file information box with various details about the playlist item.
[New; HotKeys] There are now customizable global hotkeys, you can edit them in the Preferences dialog.
[Soon; AOL] 3 Faded styles can now be used in your Custom chatsends: [f1][f2][f3].
[Soon; AOL] Black list and more!

3.0.17 04/30/06:
[Fix; AOL] The command “info” now supplies the actual Filename instead of the playlist title for “file”.
[Fix; AOL] Chatsends for ops?, imm?, bw? have been altered to include # of their respective count.
[New; AOL] New commands: aim?, hw, pr and ls. Also added public room changing commands. Look in the Commands for more information.
[Fix; AOL] Immune command now returns the full screen name of someone already immuned.
[New; Scrobbler] I coded an AudioScrobbler plug-in that will work with Shock 3. Visit www.last.fm/help for more information.
[Fix; Main] Added a main Icon. About time, yeah?
[Fix; Main] Updated some dialogs’ icons to match their respective menu.
[Fix; Main] Updated the form load code.
[New; Main] Playlist now supports HotTracking, useful for laptop users.
[Fix; AOL] Operators (fixed for buttons too) and Immune lists now update if you use their respective commands.
[New; Find] Displays the amount of found, including percentage.
[Fix; Sound] Prioritized ID3v2.x over ID3v1.x
[Fix; Sound] Updated the inialitzation code for FMod.
[Fix; AOL] Room Entrance code wasn’t updated from changes (255 thing).
[Fix; AOL] Save All button is now only enabled if index 0-9 is selected.
[Rmv; AOL] Removed Subclass option, seems to be some .net confliction problem. Will explore this problem later on.
[New; Notes] Notes have been finally added.
[New; Main] Brand new menu component, it’s visually pleasing?
[New; Main] More menu items, aswell as some new shortcuts.
[New; Main] Time is now displayed on Balloon popup’s after the song title.
[New; Main] Hovering over the slider control gives the current stats (same as if you were dragging it).
[New; About] I created a new About dialog. You can access it through the View menu.
[Fix; AOL] Updated the AOL Options dialog a bit, mostly visual and not code-wise.
[New; AOL] Defender is now up and fully customizable. Acceseble through the AOL Options dialog.
[Fix; Main] Updated the file gathering code, it’s now more efficient.
[New; AOL] New Commands; sn, vn, notes?, dn
[New; AOL] Style tab now has a ComboBox with all installed System.Fonts.
[New; Preferences] Designed a new layout for the preferences. Alot easier to navigate.

3.0.15 03/11/06:
[Fix; Preferences] Balloon style settings combo box now behaves appropriately.
[Fix; Preferences] Moved BalloonStyle setting to the UI tab as opposed to the Playlist tab.
[Fix; Find] Updated some searching code, also fixed double-items being displayed for a blank query.
[Fix; Sound] WMA’s should not error anymore. The problem was threading related.
[Fix; XML] Handled potential corrupted xml settings data.
[New; Preferences] You can now have LCase, PCase or None casing for playlist titles.
[Fix; AOL] Fixed the issue of operators being op’d when they weren’t (changed -1 to 255).
[New; Preferences] Playlist format legend now available on the Playlist tab.
[Fix; AOL] Moved Lag Defender from Room Owner to AOL Options.
[Fix; AOL] Appearance tab now auto-selects the first style in the list.
[New; AOL] Save All button now available for Custom media chatsends.

3.0.14 03/07/06:
[New; ChangeLog] Started change log, it’s about time too.
[New; AOL] Immunity for level 1 operators: This includes imm/umm. You can also make immune level 3 ops and make it so level 1 ops can/cannot harm immune people.
[New; AOL] Banned words for level 1 operators: This includes bw/ubw.
[Fix; Sound] Tag information is now read properly for all file formats. It now supports: vorbis, id3v1.x, id3v2.x and wma tags.
[Fix; Main] Playlist sorts accordingly now after a playlist refresh.
[Fix; Commands] Updated the commands list.
[New; Commands] Main Categories are now set to System.Control-Dark.
[New; AOL] New Commands: td, time, date, song?, songc, pathc, idle, ren, del, imm, umm, bw, ubw, cbw, cimm, case, treset, bw?, imm?, ops?, skin?
[Fix; Main] ShuffleString clears after the playmode is changed.
[New; AOL] Random Entrance messages are now available in the Room Owner preferences.
[Fix; Find] Search results are now sorted alphabeticaly.
[Fix; AOL] ejects? now available to all operators.
[New; Main] Balloon popup can now has 4 display modes: Always, When no AOL, When Silent and Never.
[New; Sound] Added error handling for files that do not open properly.
[Fix; Main] Starting from Center position now works properly.
[Fix; Main] Added random load phrases. I was drunk so.. who knows what’s in store!