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Update on: 23 October 2024
Suitable for : Windows 11, Windows 10, 8.1, 7, ... , Server 2012-2025, 2022, x64, x32, x86
Suitable for : Windows 11, Windows 10, 8.1, 7, ... , Server 2012-2025, 2022, x64, x32, x86
12-Ants - Program History
New in version 6.61 // 23 October 2024• Improvements in dark theme/mode support in the desktop ants application
• Important tests of 12 ants for the upcoming MS Windows Desktop OS
• Update of language files
New in version 6.55 // 15 July 2024
• Important tests of the Desktop Ant application under MS Server 2025
• Important update of the language files
New in version 6.35 // 28 March 2024
• Fixes for integrated AMD CPU graphics cards
• Small improvements in the render engine for all MS Windows operating systems
New in version 6.33 // 24 August 2023
• New code sign certificate for 12-Ants.exe
• Important Tests of Desktop ants APP for Next MS Windows 11/10 Update
• Updated language files in the Desktop ants application for all Windows operating systems
New in version 6.22 // 24 January 2023
• General fixes and small tweaks in the Desktop Ants application
• Update of the language files
New in version 6.11 // 10 October 2022
• Verification and testing of 12 Ants Windows 11 22H2
• General corrections and small tweaks in Desktop Bugs
New in version 5.55 // 13 August 2022
• Important adjustments in the Desktop Ants application for older MS Windows NT operating systems
• Small corrections Update of the language files
New in version 5.51 // 4 May 2022
• Bug fix: with integrated AMD Vega CPU graphics cards
• Small improvements in the bugs render engine for all MS Windows OS
New in version 5.44 // 2 May 2022
• Improvements in dark themes / modes for MS Windows 11 and 10 operating systems
• Update of the language files
New in version 5.33 // 4 December 2021
• Support for dark themes / modes in the desktop ant application for MS Windows operating systems
• Bugfix: Windows 11 with 4K screen and / or high screen scaling or DPI settings
• Improvements in contrast design and higher DPI settings when working with poor eyesight
• Update of the language files
New in version 5.33 // 4 December 2021
• Support for dark themes / modes in the desktop ant application for MS Windows operating systems
• Bugfix: Windows 11 with 4K screen and / or high screen scaling or DPI settings
• Improvements in contrast design and higher DPI settings when working with poor eyesight
• Update of the language files
New in version 5.22 // 23 October 2021
• Bugfix in the installation and Windows autostart option
• Small corrections in the 12 ants for your desktop
• New languages: simplified Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian
• Many thanks to Mujo for the simplified Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian language.
New in version 5.11 // 27 July 2021
• Verification of Desktop BUGs on MS Windows 11 OS
• Small adjustments for Windows 11
• Update of the language files
New in version 4.77 // 31 May 2021
• Tests and general adjustments to the new MS Windows 10 update in the 12 ants APP
New in version 4.71 // 7 February 2021
• Small improvements in rendering the 12 ants
• Update of the language files
• New language in the 12 ants for Windows OS: Finnish
• Many thanks to Otto for the Finnish Spanish language.
New in version 4.66 // 8 November 2020
• Important update of the language files
• New languages in 12-Ants-APP for Windows OS: Venezuelan-Spanish
• Many thanks to Ricardo A. Rivas for the Venezuelan Spanish language.
New in version 4.51 // 11 October 2020
• Important update of the language files
• Small improvements in rendering the insects
• Many thanks to the translators for the 23 languages
New in version 4.44 // 27 August 2020
• Small corrections and optimizations for all Windows 10 and MS servers
• Important update of the language files
• New languages in 12-Ants-APP for all Windows OS: Thai, Vietnamese, Hindi, Portuguese and Spanish
• Many thanks to Chanchana for the Thai language.
• Many thanks to Huy for the Vietnamese language.
• Many thanks to The Hindi Man for the Hindi language.
• Many thanks to Ronaldo for the Portuguese language.
• Many thanks to Speedy Gonzales for the Spanish language.
New in version 4.39 // 3 July 2020
• Correction in 12-Ants on win 10 x64!
• Update of the languages files in 12-Ants
• I am open to suggestions for improvement
New in version 4.31 // 26 May 2020
• Test and verify crawling on desktop and resource usage on Windows Server
• Improvements when used on office PCs
• New language for 12-Ants: Danish and Swedish
• Important update of the language file
• Thanks to Peder 21 for the Swedish language.
• Thanks to Gustaf MC for the Danish language.
New in version 4.21 // 26 April 2020
• Test and check for Windows 10 May 2020 update
• Small improvements and update of the language file
New in version 4.14 // 11 December 2019
• Testing and Verifying for Windows 10 November 2019 Update Build 18362
• Small corrections and important updating of the language files
New in version 4.11 // 17 October 2019
• Bugfix: when rendering very large insects on the Windows desktop, especially on Windows 8.1 x64
• Small corrections and important updating of the language files
New in version 4.04 // 25 August 2019
• New languages for the 12-Ants: Afrikaans, Japanes
• Small corrections in Desktop Ants for the next Windows 10 build
• Many thanks to Shōgun 将軍 for the Japanese language.
• Many thanks to African-Man from South-Africa for the Afrikaans language.
New in version 4.04 // 14 July 2019
• Complete revision of 12-ants
new:
• - Installation and uninstallation function
• - Much more ants for the desktop
• - The ant size can be changed
• - Improvements in the evaluation algorithm of the ants
• - New Rendering-Engine
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• I am open to suggestions for improvement
New in version 3.11 // 18 June 2019
• Small improvements, adjustments and general optimization in Desktop Ants.
• New language for the Desktop Ants: Spanish
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• Thanks to José López for the Spanish language
New in version 3.03 // 21 May 2019
• Rendering Bug-Fix: on Windows 10 and Server 2012/2016
• Minor corrections and further adjustments plus update of the 12-Ants language files!
New in version 3.01 // 29 January 2019
• Option in tray bar menu to Close ergo Exit the Program
• Minor corrections and further adjustments plus update of the 12-Ants language files!
New in version 2.99 // 28 October 2018
• Tests and further adjustments for Windows 10 and Server 2016 plus update of the 12-Ants language files!
New in version 2.91 // 7 June 2018
• Test on Windows 10 Update Build 1804 - 17134 (Redstone 4)
• Code-signing certificate for 12-ants
• New language in 12-ants: Traditional Chinese
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• Thanks to Danfong Hsieh for the Traditional Chinese language
New in version 2.84 // 17 February 2018
• Minor corrections / recompilation due to, false virus alert and virus Avast container.
• Small improvements, adjustments and general optimization in Desktop Ants.
• New language for the Desktop Ants: Arabic
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• Thanks to المجاهد (Mohmmad Ahmed) for the Arabic language
New in version 2.81 // 12 July 2017
• Corrections and improvements in the Desktop Ants for Windows 10 Creators Update.
• Update of the languages files in 12-Ants
New in version 2.77 // 20 January 2017
• Improvements in the rendering of the desktop Ants on Windows 10, 8.1 and Seven.
New in version 2.74 // 2 September 2016
• Bugfix: occasional crash under Windows 10 in some system configurations.
New in version 2.72 // 17 June 2016
• New language in 12-Ants: Greek and Update of the language files in the 12 ants!
• Thanks to geogeo.gr for Greek language.
New in version 2.71 // 18 April 2016
• Update of the language files in the 12 ants!
• Improvements for Windows 10 and Windows-Server 2016 in 12 ants.
New in version 2.66 // 26 September 2015
• Full functionality of 12-Ants on Windows 10.
New in version 2.62 // 12 June 2015
• Small adjustments in 12-Ants for the new Windows 10.
New in version 2.61 // 11 December 2014
• Verification and testing of 12-Ants on Windows 10 Technical-Preview.
New in version 2.56 // 29 April 2014
• Small adjustments in 12-Ants and new language in 12-Ants: French
• Thanks to jem6ndy for the French language.
New in version 2.55 // 11 April 2014
• Correction in 12-Ants on win 8 x64!
• New language in 12-Ants: Finnish and Italian
• Thanks to Renato Buratti and Arturo Aisensi for the Italian language.
• Thanks to VM for the Finnish language.
New in version 2.52 // 5 April 2014
• Small adjustments in 12-Ants and new language in 12-Ants: Russian
• Thanks to Andrey Kravtsov for the Russian language.
New in version 2.51 // 25 March 2014
• New language in 12-Ants: Vietnamese.
• Small adjustments for x64 (Wow64) in 12-Ants and optional Start with Windows.
• Thanks to KHUU GIA SAN for the Vietnamese language.
New in version 2.41 // 23 February 2014
• Improvements for x64 operating systems Vista , Windows-7, Windows-8.1 and Server. Update of the language files in 12-Ants.
New in version 2.33 // 9 November 2013
• Verification, validation, and further testing for/on Windows-8.1.
New in version 2.31 // 21 August 2013
• Small adjustments for Win 8.1 and updating the language files in 12-Ants.
New in version 2.26 // 22 July 2013
• Optimization of the movement algorithm!
• Fixed bug in the translation export!
New in version 2.22 // 17 June 2013
• Improvements for x64 operating systems and resolve the problem on some ATI video cards.
New in version 2.12 // 2 March 2013
• Corrections in 12-Ants for Win-8 x64 and language files update.
New in version 2.11 // 24 October 2012
• 1. X64 version for 64-bit operating systems Windows XP, Vista , Seven, Eight...., 32-Bit version works also on x64 but x64 is x64.
• 2. Migrating to Unicode and update of the languages files in 12-Ants.
• 3. Advanced testing and verification on Windows 8 Enterprise.
• Download: ... Download Windows-8 Enterprise and test it!
New in version 2.05 // 17 August 2012
• Some improvements and adjustments for the new Windows 8 and tests at Windows 8 Release Preview.
• New language in Desktop-Ants: Romanian.
• Thanks to Jaff (Oprea Nicolae) for the Romanian (Româna) language.
New in version 1.71 // 26 July 2012
• Some improvements for x64 OS and language files update.
New in version 1.56 // 20 May 2012
• Small corrections in "12-Ants" and Tests on Windows-8.
New in version 1.55 // 30 January 2012
• Small corrections translations feature, over the button [LNG].
New in version 1.51 // 26 November 2011
• 1. Small corrections in 12-Ants.
• 2. An optional translations feature for people in their country, over the [# LNG] button.
New in version 1.49 // 2 October 2011
• General optimization in 12-Ants
New in version 1.48 // 31 August 2011
• Optimization of the motion algorithm and small bug fix in Win-7.
New in version 1.47 // 1 July 2011
• Correction of drawing and illustration of the ants and optimization in motion algorithm.
New in version 1.46 // 1 June 2011
• New: On user request, you can now optionally set the color of the ants, red, pink, blue, etc.
New in version 1.45 // 15 May 2011
• Small correction at the ants speed at Windows 7 x64 and Server 2008!
New in version 1.44 // 20 October 2010
• Small correction at the ants motion algorithm!
New in version 1.42 // 15 September 2010
• Reviewing the program and recompiling 12-Ants, because virus alert from some virus scanners, although no virus was present. In any case, this message is no longer present (at 1.42).
New in version 1.41 // 26 May 2010
• Bug fix in 12-Ants:
• 1. Unintended Start with Windows.
• 2. Correction of flicker in drawing, when the program is started in Windows 7 and Vista.
New in version 1.00 // 10 December 2009
• Bugfix Trayicon in Windows-7 and Vista.
New in version 1.00 // 26 August 2009
The First!
* 12 or More BUGs for the Windows 11, 10, ... Desktop and MS Server OS!
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