 Features – Major Features
In design of Four Winds special attention has been paid to playability, graphics and atmosphere.
Another main goal has been in full coverage of all major
versions of Mah Jong as it is today known around the world. What
makes Four Winds truly unique is its customizability: most rules
can be adjusted with options and the scoring and payment schemes can be
freely modified. In addition to offering over 20 pre-defined rule presets,
a user can customize any of these and create virtually any number of
user-defined rule presets.
Four Winds 2 also supports multiplayer games over
the Internet, LAN, modem or
cable connection (in modern environment practically only LAN games are supported). All rule options are available in multiplayer games.
In addition, there is support for sending player bitmaps to other players, and
support for player specific sound effects.
The new version comes with 12 themes (alternative graphics and
sound schemes). In addition, the game now fully supports user-defined themes – a
free Theme Editor is available for facilitating creation of
themes. In addition, Four Winds allows overriding the default tile bitmap with
virtually any tile layout saved as a Windows bitmap file. The game comes
with several alternative tile bitmaps.
For a complete list of new features, check the What's New
in version 2 section of Four Winds Online
Documentation. You might also want to check the new tutorial for
having an introduction on the rules, scoring and user interface of the
game. The tutorial is available as a download
or it can be viewed online.
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