Version history

Useful for knowing which projects and features a given installation supports. Version 1.9 is the final Desktop release.

Version	Date	Highlights
1.9	May 2015	HTML5 preview in the browser; Publish to the hosted player (since retired).
1.8	Oct 2014	[var=?MyVariable] prompts the player for input; [var=MyVariable] works in menu text; text-to-speech for nodes without audio; disconnected links repaired on open; characters that would break Lua are cleaned from custom field names; character counts on localisation fields; more robust XML import.
1.7	Feb 2014	Templates applicable to existing projects; import XML as a new project; [var=MyVar] in dialogue text; play.chatmapper.com introduced; Ctrl++/− and Ctrl+wheel zoom; better arrow-key navigation; group-node scripts documented.
1.6	Oct 2013	Scripts on group nodes run in simulation; main window stays active during simulation; hover a connector for a preview; Advanced RTF exports all conversations.
1.5	May 2013	Copy and paste rewritten; reviewer tools and notes (licence); improved XML/RTF export; conversation timer in the simulator; links between files; connector nodes show the target title; corrupted-link repair on load.
1.3	May 2012	Localisation system and the Localization field type (Commercial); Excel export and import; command-line tools (Commercial); conversation connector links.
1.2.x	Aug–Sep 2011	Emphasis tags gain bold/italic/underline; global Lua script; script on the root node; project templates; Project Packager (CMPKG, Commercial); per-field XML export selection; [LB] in find/replace; file existence checked on validate.
1.1	Jan 2011	WMV video on nodes and a video browser; UTF-8 XML by default; self-links disallowed; Lua editors gain undo/redo and syntax highlighting; find/replace and Goto Node; autosave.
1.0	May 2010	Initial release.