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HLSW 1.2.0 (10. August 2007)
Major

* Converted HLSW to Unicode
* HLSW can now be translated by config files (cfg/language) (see HLSW_Language_Config_Files)
* The right click player menu can now be configured by config file (cfg/rcon.cfg) (see Rcon.cfg)
* Added login screen
* Reimplemented Buddy List
* Added chat to Buddy List
* New Game: Nexuiz
* New Game: Tremulous (with Rcon support)
* New Game: STALKER
* New Game: Pariah
* New Game: ioquake3
* New Game: Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
* New Game: Postal 2

Buddy List

* Added "Login on Startup" option to preferences
* Buddy List: Displaying local time of user
* Buddy List Chat: Flashing
* Buddy List Chat: Displaying chars limit
* Buddy List Chat: Change of buddy status is displayed in history
* Buddy List Chat: Ignoring spaces, tabs and returns on begin and end of message
* Login: Added language selection combo box
* Buddy List: Displayed complete in gray if oneself is offline
* Added new messenger settings dialog
* Buddy List is activated by default after new install
* Added flashing message icon to messenger

Config

* New AddOns: Server Buddy, sXe Injected, RatMod, Detox
* Removed AddOns: Sharedbans, cvar-x
* HLSW Config (Games.cfg): It is now possible to load an external icon for every game/mod. If Icon parameter is not specified the icon is loaded from ico/<IconName>.ico
* HLSW Config (Games.cfg): Added config for player name detection

Language

* Added language selection to installer. The selected language is later used in HLSW.
* New language: Slovak
* New language: Chinese (Taiwan) (70% finished) (Thx to Clovis Lee)
* Updated French translation
* New language: Hungarian
* Implemented function to show completion status of each language file (File -> Advanced -> Show language status)

Game Specific

* HL/HL2: Removed question mark in front of STEAM USERID validated messages
* HL2: Supporting compressed rules packages
* HL: Modified ban list parsing
* HL2: Supporting Garrys Mod
* Steam: Rewrote vdf parser to work better with some server list imports
* HL2: BugFix: Password detection via rcon is working again
* HL2: GMod: Displaying mod name
* HL2: BugFix: Metamod:Source works again (tested with MetaMod:Source v1.4.2.414)
* ET: Parsing sv_numbots variable for bot count
* CoD2: BugFix: Changed set rcon password parameter
* CoD/CoDUO: Added "set rcon password" connect parameter
* CoD/CoDUO/CoD2: Updated start parameters
* CoD: BugFix: Changemap
* CoD: BugFix: wrong parse of rcon status output
* OFP/OFPR: Fixed connecting parameters
* Q4: Supporting version 1.4
* Q4: Supporting ^c color tags
* UT2003/UT2004: Supporting colored server names
* Quakeworld: Supporting spectator display
* Q3: BugFix: Negative port numbers
* Q3C: Displaying ping on player connection and map change as ?

GUI

* Server List View -> Right Click Menu: Inserted copy HLSW URL
* Player Right Click Menu: Removed send to console message
* Settings -> Connection: Added test button for instant messanger
* Displaying maps in red if game/mod is not installed and map detection mechanism is not implemented for this game
* Global Player Id Editor: Added banned column for sorting
* Global ID Database Editor: Some modification on column header (saving width, displaying sort order)
* Implemented Ctrl + A in Global ID Editor to select all items
* Rcon Ban List: Added Ctrl + A, sorting and filter functionality
* Added HLSW LAN Flag that is displayed for LAN servers
* Server Details View: Added game/mod links
* Server List View: Game column is now sorted by acronym and not by id
* UI: Redesign of toolbars
* UI: Removed reservedslots and adminmod toolbar
* Added "Press F6 to update server list" info to server list view
* Modified file and advanced menu order
* Server details view: Added game icon
* Lan serverlist games are now sorted by name
* Added blinking letters for users with pending messages
* Buddy list shows now "Not In List" users that send a message. Right click -> delete user removes it from list
* Added Buddy List -> Right click -> Copy -> ID
* Added ingame status on toolbar

Misc

* Log files are now saved in both ASCII and Unicode format. The file names of unicode formated files end with "_w".
* Global ID Database Editor: MySQL export saves player names and comment as utf8
* Added function to clear provider cache (File -> Advanced -> Clear provider cache)
* Added HLSW Sentinel as ranking if logmod is activated
* Removed Cheating-Death support
* New server list format 29
* New wonid database format 6
* Added NGL-ONE rules
* Added server list selection dialog if someone clicks on a hlsw url. Can be deactivated in settings.
* New HLSW icon for 24x24 and 48x48
* Using mod name and acronym information for displaying mod information
* Using mod name information for mod selection in gamers search properties page
* Added "Wait for game" dialog when starting steam based games
* Gamers Search Filter: Added "My Country" select
* Added Default Gamers Search Server List after installation
* Implemented version check that displays a browser dialog window
* Integrated load balancing system to connect to different master servers
* Added config changes from wiki

Bug Fixes

* BugFix: Removed first line in trace route
* BugFix: HLSW could crash on restoring from system tray
* BugFix: A server selection in IP/Port Combo Box didn't display server in text field and didn't force server list view to scroll to server
* BugFix: Redraw problems with first player column
* BugFix: Server Details View: URL is removed from status bar if mouse leaves a url
* BugFix: Quit & Restart function is working again
* BugFix: Splitter displayes correct after new install
* BugFix: Rcon Ban List: Sorting by number
* BugFix: Scroll position not saved in ban list
* BugFix: Negative player values
* BugFix: Memory leak in debug log
* BugFix: Rcon Console: C-Button
* BugFix: Doubleclick on hlsw tray icon could open function of next icon

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