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CrossFire Experimental Builds

On this page you can find the latest non-official version of CrossFire, with low-priority bug fixes and, eventually, some previews of upcoming features. While they will tend to be fairly robust, they are subject to change without warning and, of course, come with no guarantees.

The latest experimental build is 1.3.2alpha6, built on 12/7/2018.

Changes at a Glance

• Fix for stack-trace error when filling "word-square-like" grids or grid sections.
• Fix bug in adding to dictionary while in "Lookup" tab.
• Fix bug with corrupted dictionary preferences
• Avoid offering clue information when there is no clue file
• Fix bug with rebuses when using more than 8 dictionaries
• Support easier selection of dictionary files ending in ".txt"
• More robust quick-fill.
• Fixed problem with display of problem areas when quick-fill fails.

How to get it:

• Windows
  1. Make sure that you are running Java 1.8 or later. The latest version of Java can always be downloaded from http://java.com/.
  2. Download and run the alpha installer. It will remind you if you forgot step (1).
• Linux
  1. Make sure that you are running Java 1.8 or later. The latest version of Java should be available at http://java.com/.
  2. Download and unpack the alpha installer in a location of your choosing.
  3. Run the supplied "crossfire" shell script.
• Macintosh (OS X 10.7.3 & later)
  1. Download the app+Java JRE installer.
  2. Double click on the the installer. Typically, you should choose the default options.
  3. Find the CrossFire application under "/Applications" and the auxiliary files (i.e. default dictionary and sample puzzles) under "/Library"
• Alternate for Macintosh (OS X 10.7.3 & later)
  This distribution avoids the standard Macintosh installer, which sometimes simply does nothing when it discovers traces of an old installation on your machine. While more complex, it is pretty much guaranteed to work even when the standard installer is being uncooperative.
  1. Download the Macintosh "fallback distribution" to your machine.
  2. Unpack the file ("CrossFire-fallback.tgz") into a temporary directory.
  3. Copy the CrossFire app from the "Applications" subdirectory into "/Applications" on your machine.
  4. Copy all of the files from the "Library" directory to the directory "/Library/CrossFire/" on your machine. (You may need to create this directory.)
  5. Confirm that you can run the CrossFire app that you copied into "/Applications".
  6. Delete the temporary directory so that it isn't around to confuse any future installation attempts.