=== Alive 1.0.2.2 ===

Improved heart rate detection algorithm.

Errors in reading heart rate from cold hands, movement, or sensor disconnection are now shown in a new alert message that appears at the top of the screen. This does not stop or interfere with game play or session recording. Heart rate errors are also shown in red when reviewing individual sessions (heart rate and smoothness lines turn from orange to red where a heart rate error occurred in single session review).

Fixed auto-update system errors found on some Windows 7 machines.

=== Clinical 1.0.2.2 ===

You can now choose a heart rate smoothness difficulty level in the clinical version through the clinical control panel (press the backquote key "`"). The prior difficulty level (the level at which Alive was training before difficulty levels were introduced) is now called Standard. There is one easier level and three harder levels now available. The session statistics do not change based on changes in difficulty level, but you can see what difficulty level a session was set at during session review. When changing a user's difficulty levels make sure this does not cause the user to hyperventilate with the strain of increasing their heart rate smoothness.

You can now turn off all coach suggestions through the clinical control panel (`).

You can now change the BVP Graph timescale and location by dragging the sliders above the BVP graph in the BVP graphing screen (similar to the SCL graph training sliders).

Fixed some bugs with using the secondary screen graph display. To open the secondary graph screen open the clinical control panel (`) then press "Launch secondary graphing screen". This will let you add comments while, for instance a client plays Dual Drive, and also lets you pause session recording.

Fixed a bug where exiting SCL graph training while music feedback was on caused crash.

=== Alive 1.0.2.1 ===

Dramatically improved heart rate detection. You will probably notice smoother heart rate patterns after this update. In the past, due to the sampling rate provided by the Wild Divine hardware, the heart rate could sometimes be 1-2 beats per minute off from the true value. This caused occasional problems with older users whose total heart rate changes were low (around 5 beats per minute), making it seem like the heart rate was not smooth even if it was smooth. The heart rate is now almost ECG accurate under optimal conditions and should work even on users with a 3 beat per minute total variability.

Delete user button now working (button was broken and did not let you delete users).

Added a main menu Coach Suggestion button that brings up the main menu coach suggestion window. This way you can see the coach suggestion window as many times per day as you want, or change your mind if you ask to not have a suggestion for a week (if you pressed self guided this week).

Added detection for removal of the middle finger sensor. Removing the middle sensor will show a flat-line heart rate.

Added low resolution video option for Alive Environments and Mini-Games. Some of the Alive Environments and Mini-Games played slowly on older computers, or computers without dedicated 3d graphics cards. From the Alive Environments or Mini-Games top menu go to Choose Display => Use Smaller Videos to Speed Playback to dramatically help improve system performance if you notice any performance issues. At the end of video playback, when the video loops back to the beginning, if low performance was detected you will be notified in the bottom right corner of the Environment or Mini-Game.

Added new BVP graph in the graph training section to show the raw pulse signal. If you are getting heart rate readings that seem incorrect, or want to check on the signal quality, make sure there are clear spikes and a heart rate number shown in the BVP graph each time your heart beats.

=== Clinical 1.0.2.1 ===

Added individual session export to Kubios HRV. Kubios HRV is free to download from http://kubios.uku.fi/ and lets you run additional, research grade, statistical analysis on Alive HRV (smoothness) sessions. Alive Kubios export .txt files are stored in Documents/Alive Sessions/User Name.

Added session export to Excel .csv for review in Excel. In the clinician screen there is now a button to export all sessions to a .csv. In addition each new session recorded after this update automatically exports a .csv file you can open in Excel. There will soon be Excel templates that will automatically create session graphs for both single sessions and multi-session review. Meanwhile you can still open the .csv data and create graphs manually. CSV files are stored in Documents/Alive Sessions/User Name.

The breath pacer can now be reduced to 4.5 seconds per breath. This speed is not optimal for smoothing heart rate, but can be useful for kids or adults who are uncomfortable breathing at 7.5 seconds per breath. Over time it is recommended to guide users to at least a 7.5 seconds per breath pacer speed, but it may be useful to start at 4.5 and increase the pacer count over time.

In Graph Training you can now type a comment and press enter to add it. You can also still press the plus button to add a comment.

Fixed a crash where adding quotes to a session comment prevented review of the session. Although this is fixed we still don't recommend adding special characters to session comments, just in case.

Fixed a crash with Dual Drive in SCL mode.

=== Alive 1.0.2.0 ===

THIS IS A VERY LARGE UPDATE AS IT CONTAINS AUDIO RECORDINGS OF MANY ALIVE WORKSHOPS!

Take your time and relax and listen to the new Alive Workshops.

The following Alive Workshops now have voice over:

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Mindfulness of the Breath

Mindfulness of Thoughts

5-Minute Daily Break

Safe Place

The following Alive Workshops now have voice over and music:

Relax Your Muscles (Short Progressive Muscle Relaxation)

Advanced Breathing

Letting Go

Body Scan

Zoom Out

Finding Gratitude and Trust

=== Alive 1.0.1.9 ===

Added ability for autoupdater to show this change log when asking to update.

Dual Drive can now be played multiplayer over a local area network and can be played multiplayer online (to host a multiplayer Dual Drive game over the internet can require special configuration).

Added Delete User button in select user screen.

Removed heart rate error markers from review graphs.

Fixed bug where some sessions did not show their values in the progress report.

Fixed bug where some sessions did not open.

=== Clinical 1.0.1.9 ===

Added Clinical Version manual PDF file to Alive shortcuts (Program Files -> Alive for Wild Divine -> Alive Clinical Version User Guide PDF).

Fixed bug where some sessions could not be reviewed in Clinical View.

New statistics shown for each marker added in single session Clinical View. Now in graph mode you can add markers, such as mental math, and see how the heart rate smoothness, or other measurements, changed during the period between markers.

Skin conductance graphing autoranging is fixed.

Skin conductance graphing manual zooming of the y-axis (skin conductance axis) is improved.

Removed heart rate error markers from Clinical View review graphs.

Improved Axis labels and lines system. This improves axis labels and lines for graph training, and both single and multi-session (progress report) Clinical Views. Axis labels now choose clean whole numbers, or sensible fractions such as 0.5 or 0.25. Axis labels used to subdivide evenly between the minimum and maximum value. For example a graph that had a minimum of 1.37 and a maximum of 5.81 used to show labels and lines at 1.37, 2.48, 3.59, 4.7 and 5.81 but, for example, would now have them placed at 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0.

=== Alive 1.0.1.7 ===

Improved autoupdate system.

Increased thickness of graph training lines and made all axis labels more transparent to avoid obscuring the line.

=== Clinical 1.0.1.7 ===

Improved graph training screens.

Skin conductance graph training auto-scrolls.

Can now hide and show various elements of the skin conductance graph training.

Improved clinical view of multi-session review. Loading is now much faster for users with many sessions recorded.

=== Alive 1.0.1.6 improvements over the Alive Beta release ===

Improvements listed here include all changes from Alive 0.9.9.5

Many improvements to the Coach introduction.

Fixed Alive Environments heart rate graphs. These did not vary as much as they should have vertically on any computers, and even sometimes did not report correct heart rate on slower computers.

Added 2 new Environments: Power Vine and Incoming Tide

Added 1 new Mini Game: Golden Sunrise

Changed maximum breath pacer speed to 15 seconds per breath for very slow breathers (most people do not need such slow breathing). If you want to see if your optimal breathing speed is higher than 11 seconds per breath, run the optimal breathing speed test again.

Fixed error on some systems where returning to Alive main menu, instead of showing the menu the screen is blue and empty.

Updated manual with lots of new techniques. For maximum benefit, please print the manual and follow the eight-week program!

Added many new coach workshops.

Heart rate smoothness now moves slower when going from even to uneven to give you a chance to recover.

Smoothed breath pacer and increased time where you are transitioning between in and out breaths for more comfortable breathing at faster speeds.

Dual Drive graph backgrounds are partially transparent so you can see your car through them and navigate more easily.

=== Clinical 1.0.1.6 improvements over the Alive Beta release ===

Improvements listed here include all changes from Alive 0.9.9.5

To try clinical options go to Coach Workshops -> Graph Training and open the 2nd or 3rd graph, this will allow you to test the new clinical mode and decide whether or not to upgrade (upgrade available at somaticvision.com).

Added new advanced user control panel. You can now press "`" (backquote) to open a window allowing you to unlock the main menu or reset user stats.

Added detailed review for clinicians to see review graphs of all recorded data for any single session or progress report, including heart rate and skin sweat based measurements. To open the detailed review click more info when viewing a progress report or individual session.

Added new skin conductance graph with audio feedback.

Added two new heart rate graph training modes.