dpat01.exe (non-bridge enhancements)

• 2001 ACBL Fall Nationals (Reisinger and other events) (30 Nov 01)
• 2001 Bermuda Bowl (final, semifinal) and Venice Cup (final, two segments) (5 Nov 01)
• fixed bug in World Junior Teams, Deep Green day 2 (27 Sep 01)
• 2001 World Junior Teams (22 Aug 01)
• 2001 Deep Green exhibition match (14 Aug 01)
• 2001 Spingold (2 Aug 01)
• 2001 Life Master Pairs (2 Aug 01)

dpat00.exe (non-bridge enhancements)

• 2000 Bermuda Bowl semifinal (corrected) (19 Sep 01)

bpat519.exe (bridge enhancements), 9 Jul 02

• Fixes bug causing slow defensive play on slower machines

bpat518.exe (bridge enhancements), 2 Jul 02

• Substantially improved bidding and cardplay

bpat517.exe (bridge enhancements), 13 May 02

• Improved bidding and cardplay

bpat516.exe (bridge enhancements), 19 Feb 02

• Completely rewritten defensive cardplay engine
• Improved bidding

bpat515.exe (bridge enhancements), 16 Jan 02

• Improved bidding

bpat514.exe (bridge enhancements), 15 Dec 01

• Improved bidding and cardplay

bpat513.exe (bridge enhancements), 18 Nov 01

• Slightly improved bidding
• Setting thinking time to 10 seconds causes GIB to play almost immediately
• User is explicitly informed if upgrade subscription has expired

bpat512.exe (bridge enhancements), 15 Nov 01

• Improved bidding and cardplay

bpat511.exe (bridge enhancements), 16 Oct 01

• Improved bidding and cardplay

uipat510.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 29 Sep 01

• Production version of user interface for GIB 5
• For named players, records which deals have been played from the deal library
• Miscellaneous small changes and bug fixes

bpat510.exe (bridge enhancements), 29 Sep 01

• Production version of GIB 5
• Improved bidding and cardplay

uipat419.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 30 Aug 01

• Dealer and vulnerability loaded from .pbn files
• Print and save deal includes (possibly incomplete) bidding and play records
• Loading of library deals starts with previously visited location
• Exit has been removed from the popup menu

bpat4112.exe (bridge enhancements), 23 Jul 01

• Slightly improved bidding

bpat4111.exe (bridge enhancements), 20 Jun 01

• Very slightly improved bidding
• Fixes some bizarre bugs in bridge standalone executable (not in GIB itself)

bpat4110.exe (bridge enhancements), 5 Jun 01

• Improved bidding
• This patch requires uipat417 or later to report the version number correctly.

uipat417.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 23 May 01

• Allows examination of .pbn files with large number of comparisons on individual deals

bpat419.exe (bridge enhancements), 4 May 01

• Improved bidding
• Moscito Byte no longer works pending future revisions

lpat510.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 26 Apr 01

• Foreign language support

uipat416.exe lpat415.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 26 Apr 01

• Danish translation

uipat415.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 16 Apr 01

• Improved French translation

bpat418.exe (bridge enhancements), 29 Mar 01

• Bidding database revisions
• Better deal generator
• Improved bidding algorithms

bpat417.exe (bridge enhancements), 16 Mar 01

• Bidding database revisions.

bpat416.exe (bridge enhancements), 5 Feb 01

• Rewritten bidding database with improved defaults.

lpat414.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 30 Dec 00

• Improved documentation for Dutch.

uipat414.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 30 Dec 00

• Fixes bug where human dummy sees all hands even if declarer in internet game.
• Timing support for reproducible GIB (estimated speed in "About GIB" in help menu).
• Improved Dutch translation.

uipat413.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 29 Nov 00

• Chat window in internet play positioned correctly on 800x600 screen.
• Better explanation of how to append deals to a .pbn file.
• Dummy in internet game sees all cards.
• Long .pbn file header doesn't overwrite card images.
• Replay from end of auction can handle alerts.

bpat414.exe (bridge enhancements), 20 Nov 00

• Yet another Blackwood fix.

lpat413.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 20 Nov 00

• Improved documentation for foreign languages.

bpat413.exe (bridge enhancements), 17 Nov 00

• Many modifications to bidding database, correcting Blackwood bugs, improved balancing sequences and other changes.
• Minor bug fixes to bridge engine. No significant performance impact.

lpat412.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 11 Oct 00

• Improved documentation for foreign languages.

uipat411.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 22 Sep 00

• Fixes bug in handling undos when GIB is thinking.

bpat410.exe (bridge enhancements), 22 Sep 00

• GIBson release. This is an entirely new cardplay engine, based on true single-dummy analysis instead of double-dummy analysis coupled with a Monte Carlo sample.

uipat410.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 22 Sep 00

• Completely rewritten user interface, including network play. Faster, smaller, and more reliable than previous versions.

lpat410.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 22 Sep 00

• Language support for uipat410.

dpatgib.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 18 Sep 00

• Fixes scoring problem in GIB vs. GIB deals

dpat00.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 11 Sep 00

• 1700 new deals from world bridge Olympiad in Maastricht

dpat99.exe and dpat00.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 30 Aug 00

• 1800 new deals from Internet world championships, 2000 Spingold, Forbo, Cap Gemini, ACBL Team Trials, etc.

bpat352.exe (bridge enhancements), 14 Aug 00

• Fixes double dummy option (broken in original GIBson release).
• Jacoby major suit raises are now alerted.

bpat351.exe (bridge enhancements), 11 Aug 00

• GIBson release. This is an entirely new cardplay engine, based on true single-dummy analysis instead of double-dummy analysis coupled with a Monte Carlo sample.

lpat345.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 5 Jun 00

• Support for Serbian

lpat344.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 5 Jun 00

• Improved support for Greek

lpat343.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 11 Apr 00

• Support for Greek
• Improved support for Latvian

dpat00.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 31 Mar 00

• Deals from 2000 Bermuda Bowl (including computer championship) added

lpat342.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 31 Mar 00

• Support for Latvian

lpat341.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 27 Mar 00

• Support for Estonian

bpat342.exe (bridge enhancements), 11 Mar 00

• Reinstated patch, correcting bug in earlier version that caused GIB to sometimes hang when playing singletons.

bpat341.exe to create GIB 3.4.1 (bridge enhancements), 8 Mar 00

• Fixes passout bug in 3.4.0.

uipat341.exe to create GIB 3.4.1 (non-bridge enhancements), 8 Mar 00

• Fixes foreign language bug in 3.4.0.

bpat340.exe to create GIB 3.4.0 (bridge enhancements), 6 Mar 00

• Moscito Byte (GIB's bidding system in the world championships) added
• Various improvements in the bidding database

lpat340.exe (non-bridge enhancements), 6 Mar 00

• Support for Norwegian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Polish, Hungarian, Turkish

uipat337.exe to create GIB 3.3.7 (non-bridge enhancements), 14 Dec 99

• Support for Norwegian and Bulgarian

uipat336.exe to create GIB 3.3.6 (non-bridge enhancements), 3 Dec 99

• Support for Portuguese

uipat335.exe to create GIB 3.3.5 (non-bridge enhancements), 19 Nov 99

• Support for Polish

uipat334.exe to create GIB 3.3.4 (non-bridge enhancements), 5 Nov 99

• Improved Hungarian translation

uipat333.exe to create GIB 3.3.3 (non-bridge enhancements), 14 Oct 99

• Improved German translation
• Russian card fronts added
• Support for Turkish added

bpat332.exe to create GIB 3.3.2 (bridge enhancements only), 11 Oct 99

• Explanation of pass translated correctly into non-English languages.
• Minimal support added for people wanting to create their own bidding rules. No technical support is available for people wanting to modify GIB's bidding database.

uipat332.exe to create GIB 3.3.2 (non-bridge enhancements), 11 Oct 99

• Alerts reinstated (they were broken in 3.3.1).

bpat331.exe to create GIB 3.3.1 (bridge enhancements only), 7 Oct 99

• Psyches can cause GIB 3.3.0 to crash.

uipat331.exe to create GIB 3.3.1 (non-bridge enhancements), 7 Oct 99

• GIB vs. GIB deals now include comparative scoring data.
• Systemic agreements when GIB is first launched now match defaults.

bpat330.exe to create GIB 3.3.0 (bridge enhancements only), 6 Oct 99

• Completely new bidding database.
• Much better explanations of what bids mean. (This feature depends on information in the new bidding database.)
• Better opening leads.

uipat330.exe to create GIB 3.3.0 (non-bridge enhancements), 6 Oct 99

• 1400 new tournament deals: 1998 IOC Grand Prix, 1999 ACBL Team Trials, 1999 ACBL Women's Team Trials, 1999 Cavendish, 1999 Euro Teams, 1999 Forbo Nations Cup, 1999 Spingold, 1999 Vanderbilt, 1999 Wagar Womens' Teams.
• 6000 deals played by GIB against itself.
• Support for Spanish.
• If saving a deal to an existing file, you can now append, overwrite, or cancel.
• Simple beep if you click on a card when it's not your turn to play.

patch261.exe to create GIB 2.6.1, 30 Mar 99

• German explanations of items on convention card.
• GIB tries to avoid signalling with high cards.
• Slight improvement in quality of declarer play.

patch262.exe to create GIB 2.6.2, 1 Apr 99

• GIB no longer bids on after Blackwood.

patch263.exe to create GIB 2.6.3, 24 May 99

• 726 new library deals: 1996/98 Dutch teams, 1997 ACBL Open/Women's Team Trials, 1998 Rosenblum Cup
• Replay from specified contract no longer messes up deal summary.
• Float roundoff corrected in contract result and matchpoint percentages.
• Acol doesn't include Soloway and Truscott conventions.
• End of deal dialog includes score (except for rubber bridge).
• It is now possible to dismiss a trick that you've backed up to the end of.
• Save Game includes current IMP totals.
• Fixed problem of GIB not launching for some user names.
• Decimal representation corrected for languages that use commas instead of periods.
• GIB no longer opens 1D on 5044 or 0544; opens 1S when 5-5 in the majors.

patch259.exe to create GIB 2.5.9, 3 Mar 99

• Asking about meanings of bids can sometimes cause GIB to revoke.
• 500+ new library deals added -- 1996/7 Spingold, 1997/8 Vanderbilt.

patch258.exe to create GIB 2.5.8, 1 Feb 99

• Undoing a pass before anyone bids can crash GIB.
• Named users sometimes can't launch GIB.
• Convention card help button translated to Swedish and Finnish.
• Saving a deal to an existing file appends it.
• The bids now appear in color for all users.

patch257.exe to create GIB 2.5.7, 10 Dec 98

• Asking for one explanation of a bid can get many such explanations.
• There is now a Help button on the convention card (English language only).
• Journalist leads now lead the 9 from T9 against NT.
• Chicago scoring option was missing when the language was Dutch.

patch.exe to create GIB 2.5.6, 30 Nov 98

• Asking for a hint during the auction can cause GIB to misplace the opening lead.

patch.exe to create GIB 2.5.5, 25 Nov 98

• Problems with Dutch translation files in non-Dutch versions of GIB.
• Asking for a hint, then taking an action before GIB makes the hint, can cause GIB to revoke during the play.

patch.exe to create GIB 2.5.4, 19 Nov 98

• Asking for the meaning of a hypothetical double or redouble at the end of an auction, or undoing a double or redouble and changing it to a pass which ends the auction, can cause GIB to revoke during the play.

patch.exe to create GIB 2.5.3, 17 Nov 98

• Save game/load game doesn't work. This fix is not upward compatible -- old saved games cannot be loaded.
• GIB doesn't claim often enough.
• A very small number of deals from the Deal Library contain incorrect information.
• Loading a set of saved deals takes longer than it should.
• Multiple undo's don't update trick count.

patch.exe to create GIB 2.5.2, 4 Nov 98

• Blackwood and Gerber are sometimes misexplained.
• Occasional 15-point 2NT rebids when playing weak 1NT.
• GIB can sometimes be persuaded to run from doubles forever, getting doubled at higher and higher levels.

patch.exe to create GIB 2.5.1, 30 Oct 98

• GIB crashes after an hour or more of play (more frequently for 1% of users).
• Explanations occasionally incorrect, especially after undo.
• Undo of multiple tricks can crash GIB.
• Dutch dialog box messages are sometimes truncated.
• Deal Library: Deals from first session of Wagar Womens' Teams have invalid auctions. Both Spingold semifinals have the same deals and should be merged.

patch.exe to create GIB 2.5.0, 14 Oct 98

• Autoplay from beginning goes to the beginning of the deal, but does not start autoplay.
• User-entered deal does not work correctly for some non-English languages.
• In rare situations, using undo to turn a bid into a pass at the end of the auction can crash GIB.
• A few conventions are not played as requested.
• Autoplay from specified contract can be selected during the auction.
• Review bidding window is too small.
• GIB is incompatible with Developer Studio 6.0 and some other programs that install their own Java.