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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 2.10p
-
 This patch (released on
January 3, 2012) fixes errors found in
earlier 2.x versions of the game and also makes the game fully
compatible with Windows Vista and 7.
If you are a registered user, you can download the
latest version here. To see the
details of the update, please check the version history.
- The new version supports modern laptop and large desktop
display sizes and wide screens, up to 1920x1200 pixels, and introduces
a new bigger tile size. Four Winds now also supports color management so
the graphics won't look overly saturated on wide-gamut LED-backlit
displays.
- Square board layouts (where players sit around the four sides of
the Wall) are now supported.
- Other improvements include support for using transparent tile
sets allowing Akagi-style games, and addition of EMA Riichi rule
preset, and addition of four new (scanned) tile sets.
- New Theme Editor is also available for creating themes
supporting HD graphics.
Some of the new boards support the new larger
tile size, up to
50 x 64 pixels.
- Four Winds for Windows Mobile
-
 Four
Winds is also available for Windows Mobile, supporting Pocket PC 2002 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 supported).
- In the future, we plan to develop versions also for certain other mobile
devices.
- More information about the Windows Mobile version on our
Pocket
PC site!
- Four Winds Mah Jong 2 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.
- Four Winds 2 (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.
- 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, so the
registered users of version 2 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 Windows Mobile version so you can use the program to play games interchangeably with your
PC and Windows Mobile.
- 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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