Quasar
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Alfheim has been unleashed!
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The synopsis:
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*** FEATURED ADDITIONS *******************************************************
- BFG Edition Support -
* Support for BFG Edition IWADs
* Support for "No Rest for the Living" mission pack. After configuring the
path to the nerve.wad file on the Wad Options menu, use console command
w_playnorest, or, if using the BFG Edition DOOM II IWAD, you can choose
to start the episode directly from the main menu.
- ZIP Support -
ZIP format archives are now supported as first-class resource archives along
with DOOM WADs. Support is compatible with ZDoom, including support for
WADs embedded inside ZIP files.
Eternity-specific modifications publishing in ZIP format are encouraged to
prefer the "PKE" file name extension.
- MacOS X Launcher -
MacOS X builds now feature a stylish and highly functional GUI frontend
created by printz.
*** END FEATURED ADDITIONS ***************************************************
- EDF 3.1 -
* Support for color translation tables in fonts, both as strings in EDF
and as binary lumps. Fonts support up to 4 custom translations on top of
the ten fixed BOOM colors. Default color can be specified as a font
property. Translations are now provided for the "big" font in DOOM, and
the HUD font in Heretic.
* Braces around the values in list-type options are now optional.
* Support added for \x## hexadecimal character constants inside quoted
strings.
* Colons are now allowed as optional assignment operators, in place of '=',
allowing syntax similar to CSS and JSON. Requires EDF dialect to be set
to "Alfheim".
* Consecutive string literals (ex: "Hello," " world") are now coalesced by
the tokenizer.
* Linear fonts now support PNG-format resources.
* Support for title properties in thingtypes. Ex:
thingtype MyImp : DoomImp, 10001, 10001
{
...
}
This provides an alternate compact means of specifying inherited
thingtype, DoomEd number, and DeHackEd number. Fields can be left off at
the end. Use "Mobj" for a default parent thingtype when needed.
* "Mid" font is now available for use in DOOM and DOOM II gamemodes;
this is the font that appears embedded on the DOOM and DOOM II CREDITS
resources.
- Error Proofing -
* All DOOM patch resources will be verified when loaded from an archive.
Invalid patches will be replaced with a "default" patch graphic and will
no longer cause the game to crash.
* Missing screen patches no longer cause the game to exit. They will be
replaced with the "default" patch.
- Gameplay Features -
* Further enhancements to Master Levels native support:
+ Custom interpic graphic is now provided.
+ Level choosing menu will prompt before returning to the title screen.
+ Proper level names will be displayed in the intermission if the levels'
text files were found.
* High scores are now saved to a CSV file in the user directory, and can be
queried in-game using the mapscores console command.
- Interface Enhancements -
* BOOM HUD will now display weapons which are completely out of ammo in dark
gray instead of the same color used for "low on ammo".
* New console commands:
+ mn_testfont allows testing fonts at runtime; provide a font name and an
optional test string to display and it will be displayed in all ten
standard translations.
+ v_dumppatch will extract any patch-format resource as a PNG and save it
in the user directory.
+ v_fontcolors will dump all colors used by a patch font to a text file in
the user directory. Useful for creating translations.
+ w_norestpath sets the path to the No Rest for the Living mission pack.
+ w_writelump command can extract any WAD lump to the user directory.
- Optimizations -
* Short string optimization support in qstring class reduces fragmentation.
* MetaObject key interning further reduces fragmentation and optimizes
property resolution.
Last edited by Quasar on 04-26-13 at 02:52
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