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Introduction – Welcome
Welcome to Four Winds Mah Jong – the most versatile game of
Mah Jong in the world!!!
In short
- Get the latest desktop version 2.09
- This patch (released on June 19, 2007) fixes several errors found in
earlier 2.x versions of the game, especially ones related to
multiplayer games (thanks Rick and Joan for your generous help!).
This version also fixes a couple of Windows Vista related issues. If you have an earlier 2.x version installed and are a registered user, you can download the
latest version here. To see the
details of the update, please check the
version history.
NOTE: Don't miss the new Valvassori tile set, which
you can get as as a separate download on the
Themes & Tile Sets download page (the
tile set is NOT included in the setup packages).
- Four Winds 1.0 for Pocket PC
 PDA's (personal digital assistants) have become
increasingly popular and
to satisfy requests of Mah Jong enthusiast we have developed a version
for Windows Pocket PC (supporting Pocket PC 2002, 2003 and 2003
devices, and Windows Mobile 5 and 6 QVGA devices with 240x320
screens or VGA devices with 480x640 screens (square screens and
landscape screens are not yet supported).- Depending on the
demand, there will be versions for other PDA's, and at a later stage
possibly also for certain mobile phones.
- More information about the Pocket PC version on our Pocket
PC site!
- The desktop versions (starting from v.2.03)
now also support statistical graphs!
 The
version 2.03 introduced enhanced statistics with graph bars and
pies – a feature that was first implemented in the Pocket PC
version – in the desktop version of the game. Tthe
Scores dialog box
now shows statistical data on all deals played during the game, and
a statistical summary is also added to the Statistics
tab of the Game Manager. In addition, the
program now collects top score information on the best 50 hands
(instead of 20), and now also keeps record of Top 50 games for
each pre-defined and user-defined rule preset!
- The first ever World Championship in Mah Jong
was held in October 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
- For more information on the tournament, see Martin
Rep's web site and Tom
Sloper's web journey.
- Four Winds 2.0 is the only (English) software that fully
supports the World Championship rules – a kind of a combination
of Chinese New Style and Taiwanese rules with some unique
additions. The game supports over 80 scoring patterns and has a minimum point requirement
of 8 points.
- For more information on the rules, check the Four Winds online
documentation on Chinese Official rules.
- Four Winds Mah Jong 2.0 is available on a
CD-ROM
- You can now purchase Four Winds also on a CD-ROM at an extra
charge of EUR 10 + shipping. You can order the CD-ROM either at
the time you purchase the full or upgrade
license, or if you already have a registered copy of Four
Winds, you can make a separate
CD-ROM order.
- Version 2.0 is finally here!
- The long wait is over. The new major version of Four Winds Mah
Jong, version 2.0, was released on July 5th, 2002, about five years
from the release time of the initial version of its predecessor version 1.0.
- During the years Four Winds has become known to thousands of players. The version 2.0 was
developed in close co-operation with experienced players around the world: as
a result, it covers all major versions of the game and is loaded
with features that Mah Jong enthusiasts have been missing from
their favorite game.
- We want to thank all our testers – your input has been
invaluable! And thanks to our existing customers for being
so patient with us. We hope that you find that the new version was
worth the wait!
- Too see a list of changes, check the online
documentation of Four Winds 2.0.
- Four Winds 2.0 (full version) comes with 12
themes and several alternative tile sets, and the program also
supports user-defined themes and tile sets.
- For thumbnails, descriptions and further information, check the Themes
and Tile sets
sections under the Features.
- You can download a free Theme Editor
to facilitate creation of your own themes. You still need a bitmap
editor to create most of the images, but with Theme Editor you can
specify colors for controls and other elements using solid colors,
and create the final bitmap in a format required by Four Winds.
- You can now play .mp3 files (and any other sound format
supported by DirectX) as background music.
- Do you have a unique tile set and a scanner? If so – and you
wish to use your tile set in Four Winds and share the tile set
with other users – please contact
us for instructions.
- The latest version of Four Winds 1.x – version
1.14 – is available free of charge to registered users of
version 2.0.
- Four Winds version 1.x is no longer for sale, but 1.x version
files (the actual program, language modules, tutorial, etc.) are
still available on our site to support our existing customers. The new version
– 1.14 – also accepts the registration number of version 2.0,
so the registered users of version 2.0 can also benefit from
features specific to version 1.x: e.g., the small size and
availability of language modules.
- Version 1.14 is binary compatible with the Pocket PC version 1.0
so you can use the program to play games interchangeably with your
PC and Pocket PC.
- Four Winds 1.x versions now also speak Russian! The Russian
language module is available on our version 1.x download
page.
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