Solitaire (Windows, 2007)

Solitaire
Developers: Oberon Media, Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Platform: Windows Released internationally: January 30, 2007 This game has unused code. This game has debugging material.

The 2007 version of Solitaire included with Windows Vista and 7 is a reworked version of the original with better graphics and some new features. Other than that, though, it plays exactly the same.

Debug Mode

By setting the internal g_bDebugEnabled variable to a nonzero value, various aids to debugging are enabled. This value isn't written to by the game, so it must be set manually.

Menu

Instead of the normal menu (resource 102), the game loads this alternative one (resource 103) from Solitaire.exe.mui. Most of it is self-explanatory, but "Toggle Deck Lock" appears to have no effect.

Cheat Code

Holding Ctrl, Alt, and Shift while clicking on the deck causes only one card to be drawn regardless of the Draw Three options. It also enables you to move any card or bunch to any other stack irrespective of card color or number.

Block Mode

Holding F6 causes the the playfield to be rendered in gray with ever grayer boxes replacing the cards.

Pause Mode

Pressing Home causes the display to freeze. Nothing else stops so the the time continues in timed games and sound effects still play, but with no visual feedback. Pressing End resumes the display. The Insert key can be used to toggle this on and off.

Logging

Like with debugging, there are two internal variables that control UTF-16 logging either to log.txt in the current directory (g_uiFileMask) or redirected standard output (g_uiConsoleMask). Also like debugging, they are not written to by the game so must be enabled manually.

A sample log:

SolLogGeneral: (673) SolitaireGame::FindHigherCardToPutOnStack() - Not a main stack, don't bother checking.
CardLibLogGeneral: (674) CardStack::SetHighlight()::bHighlight == false
CardLibLogGeneral: (675) Card::SetHighlight()::bHighlight == false
0x00002000: (676) Hide tip
Rendering: (884) SetState: 260
Rendering: (885) (RenderManager.cpp:2156) Present Failed: 88760868(D3DERR_DEVICELOST)
Rendering: (886) (RenderManager.cpp:1704) Resuming after lost device
Rendering: (887) (Font.cpp:691) Invalidating a font cache
Rendering: (888) (Font.cpp:691) Invalidating a font cache
Rendering: (889) (RenderManager.cpp:2253) Reset: 800 x 496 format 22
Rendering: (890) (RenderManager.cpp:1465) RecreateDefaultResources()
UI: (891) Recreating font: Segoe UI
UI: (892) Recreating font: Segoe UI
Rendering: (893) (RenderManager.cpp:150) CreateCachedBackBuffer()
Rendering: (894) SetState: 4096
Core: (909) Engine_GotFocus()
Timekeeping: (910) Reset timers
Core: (911) Engine_LostFocus()
Core: (912) Engine_GotFocus()
Timekeeping: (913) Reset timers
Rendering: (914) (RenderManager.cpp:2369) Saved the back buffer for cached presentation
CardLibLogGeneral: (915) CardStack::SetEnabled()::bAccess == true
Core: (916) Engine_LostFocus()

With logging and debug mode enabled, pressing F11 dumps the in use images and sounds to the log.

XInput Support

An interesting feature that isn't documented anywhere (Help Menu-wise) is XInput (gamepad) support – if the game detects an Xbox 360 controller plugged into a USB port, the P1 corner on the controller will light up, signifying the controller can be used. Possibly undocumented because Microsoft thought people were too used to the traditional controls, and a gamepad wouldn't work for a card game. It's a neat little feature, nonetheless.

Controls

Button	Effect
Left analog stick/D-pad/Shoulder Buttons/Triggers	Moves the cursor. Oddly, they can also be used to navigate the menu bar.
B/Back	Undoes the previous move.
A/X	Selects the card the cursor is on. Moving the cursor onto another card and pressing A or X again moves the previous card onto the stack. Double-tapping either button moves a card to the home stack.
Y/Start	Opens the Game Menu.