I promised a release after the Football Madness event finishes, so here it is.
- quick fix introduced in last version has been removed.
- a lot of players have reported they get "System Error" when pressing the hotkey. The cause for this was inconsitent implementation of a certain method in .NET Framework. I wrote a new implementation using Win32 API so it should work better.
- gear list has been updated to recognize July 2010 patch gear (Tactical Mask, Clan Backpack)
- minor bug fixes and tweaks

- the new event changed clan war server's name and this change prevented the program from detecting a clan war room. A quick fix was applied and this version is titled Football Madness Edition. The quick fix will be removed 8.7.2010 after server maintenance.
- ping test got some updates. Packet loss test was improved and packet hop is now displayed
- some users reported that nothing happened when they pressed the Pause key on the keyboard. GetAsyncKeyState is no longer used for detecting keypress and is replaced by RegisterHotKey/UnregisterHotKey. Also the hotkey used can now be configured Options. You can use and key on the keyboard as a hotkey, including those rarely used multimedia keys that you never use :P The selected hotkey is exclusive, which means that while CW Helper is running the selected key can't be used in other programs and is effectively disabled.
- brand new feature is display of hack-index. For each clan a hack percentage is displayed that represents that clan's history of hack usage. Only gamelog banned clan members are included in the index. Clicking on the index will display a list of all the banned members including their rank.
- some players desired to use CW Helper as a standalone clan browser. This is now possible and CW Helper can be run withouth having CA EU installed on the machine (albeit with limited functionallity).
- multiple instances of the CW Helper can no longer be started
- there were some other minor bug fixes and tweaks
- this version was somewhat rushed into publishing by the clan war server name change, so it's possible that some bugs are still present

- Some of you contacted me in-game and asked why is the program sometimes detecting their own clan, and why does the detection perform so poorly. Well, here are your answers.
- The latest game patch brought some changes to the GUI. Player name placeholders no longer have opaque background and this wrecked havoc on player name detection since the background image is now interfering with OCR. This change also affected detection of player's own clan side. As a quick fix I've added some basic background removal methods, fixed the side detection and re-adjusted image preprocesing routines. While there is still room for improvement, the program is once again performing admirably.
- Since lag is currently a big issue, I've implemented a ping test to Nexon servers (accessible through the Options menu). The test takes a few seconds to complete and then displays ping times, packet loss and jitter (similar to www.pingtest.net)
- Leader name and clan age are now also displayed on the form

After a lot of waiting version 1.0 final is ready :)
Since a lot of players (newbies that were to lazy to read the Usage guide and F.A.Q. :P ) complained about not being able to type in clan names - this functionality was added. There is also a nifty suggestion box to help you out while typing. The suggestion box has the same look and feel as the one used in Report Generator.
The main window now has a menu with some options, as well as a status bar, so you always know what the applicaiton is doing.
As a convenience the applications can also display your ping to Nexon servers (disabled by default, can be enabled in Options).
The program should now work good on 32 and 64 bit operating systems. There were a lot of bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations. Head on to the download section and get your copy!

Today the CA CW Helper is finally going to see the light of day. Feel free to check the "Usage guide" and "F.A.Q" for more information, and of course the Download section. Currently the program is in it's beta stage which means that it may not work as expected, may not work at all, or may even crash. There is still some work to be done regarding fine tuning of the OCR engine, but it's currently usable non the less.
I would like to hear your comments and thoughts, and if you find bugs feel free to report them.
Some problems with 64 bit windows have been fixed in v0.91.
Minor bug fixes and application auto-update feature added in v0.92. Thanks to all who reported bugs.