+2007-04-27
+ * added use of hashes created from static lists (element tokens, image
+ config, font tokens) to speed up lookup of configuration parameters
+ * fixed bug where element and graphic config token lookup was mixed up
+
+2007-04-26
+ * added "busy" animation when initializing program and loading artwork
+ * added initialization profiling for program startup (debugging only)
+
+2007-04-25
+ * fixed(?) very strange bug apparently triggered by memset() when code
+ was cross-compiled with MinGW cross-compiler for Windows XP platform
+ (this only happened when using SDL.dll also self-compiled with MinGW)
+
+2007-04-19
+ * added graphics engine directive "border.draw_masked_when_fading" that
+ enables/disables drawing of border mask over screen that is just faded
+
+2007-04-18
+ * fixed small problem with separate fading definition for game screen
+
+2007-04-14
+ * added additional configuration directives for setup screen draw offset
+ menu.draw_xoffset.SETUP[XXX] and menu.draw_yoffset.SETUP[XXX] with XXX
+ in GAME, EDITOR, GRAPHICS, SOUND, ARTWORK, INPUT, SHORTCUTS_1,
+ SHORTCUTS_2, CHOOSE_ARTWORK, CHOOSE_OTHER (where "CHOOSE_ARTWORK" is
+ used to define draw offset on custom artwork selection screens and
+ "CHOOSE_OTHER" is used on all other list style selection screens, like
+ choosing game speed or screen mode for fullscreen mode)
+ * added additional configuration directives to define main menu buttons:
+ - menu.button_name and menu.button_name.active
+ - menu.button_levels and menu.button_levels.active
+ - menu.button_scores and menu.button_scores.active
+ - menu.button_editor and menu.button_editor.active
+ - menu.button_info and menu.button_info.active
+ - menu.button_game and menu.button_game.active
+ - menu.button_setup and menu.button_setup.active
+ - menu.button_quit and menu.button_quit.active
+ * added eight pure decoration graphic definitions for the game panel
+
+2007-04-08
+ * added support for accessing native Diamond Caves II level packages
+ * fixed displaying of game panel values for Emerald Mine game engine
+ * fixed displaying end-of-level time and score values on new game panel
+
+2007-04-07
+ * added game panel control to display arbitrary elements on game panel
+ * added game panel control to display custom element score (globally
+ unique for identical custom elements) either as value or as element
+ * added ".draw_masked" and ".draw_order" to game panel control drawing
+
+2007-04-05
+ * fixed some general bugs with handling of ".active" elements and fonts
+
+2007-04-04
+ * cleanup of game panel elements (some elements were not really needed)
+ * added displaying of gravity state (on/off) as new game panel control
+ * added animation for game panel elements (similar to game elements)
+
+2007-04-03
+ * added new pseudo game mode "PANEL" to define panel fonts and graphics
+ - panel fonts now use ".PANEL" suffix instead of ".PLAYING" suffix
+ - panel graphics now use ".PANEL" suffix instead of ".DOOR" suffix
+ (else graphics would have to use ".PLAYING", which would be confusing)
+ * fixed bug when fading out to game screen with border mask defined
+
+2007-04-02
+ * added attribute ".tile_size" for element style game panel controls
+
+2007-04-01
+ * added <space> key as additional valid key to use for confirm requester
+
+2007-03-31
+ * improved menu fading, adding separate fading definitions for entering
+ and leaving a "content" screen (in general), and optional definitions
+ for the special "content" screens SCORES, EDITOR, INFO and PLAYING
+
+2007-03-30
+ * added (currently invisible) setup option to define scroll delay value
+ * fixed small bug in priority handling when auto-detecting level start
+ position in levels without player element (but player from CE etc.)
+ * added option "game.forced_scroll_delay_value" to override user choice
+ of scroll delay value for certain level sets with "graphicsinfo.conf"
+ * replaced setup option "scroll delay: on/off" by new setup option that
+ directly allows selecting the desired scroll delay value from 0 to 8
+
+2007-03-28
+ * added displaying of most game panel control elements (not animated)
+
+2007-03-26
+ * added new configuration directives to display additional game engine
+ values on the game control panel, like the following examples:
+ - game.panel.time_hh/time_mm/time_ss - level time in HH/MM/SS format
+ - game.panel.penguins - number of penguins to rescue
+ - game.panel.level_name - level name of current level
+
+2007-03-24
+ * added support for preview tile sizes "1" and "2" (1x1 and 2x2 pixels)
+
+2007-03-23
+ * added new player option "no centering when relocating" for "invisible"
+ teleportations to level areas that look exactly the same, giving the
+ illusion that the player did not relocate at all (this was the default
+ since 3.2.3, but caused visual problems with room creation in "Zelda")
+ * added new menu fading effect "melt", shamelessly stolen from "DOOM"
+
+2007-03-21
+ * improved menu fading, adding separate fading definitions for entering
+ and leaving a menu and for fading between menu and "content" screens
+ * fixed small bug with recognizing also ".font_xyz" style definitions
+
+2007-03-20
+ * improved menu fading, adding separate fading definitions for fading
+ between menu screens and fading between menu and "destination" screens
+
+2007-03-19
+ * titlemessage_initial_x and titlemessage_x set to "[DEFAULT]" in static
+ configuration (set from "[titlemessage_initial]" and "[titlemessage]")
+ * fading settings of "[titlemessage_initial]" and "[titlemessage]" set
+ to "[DEFAULT]" in static configuration (set from "[title_initial]" and
+ "[title]")
+ * improved title fading, allowing fading animation types "none", "fade"
+ and "crossfade" (including cross-fading of last title to main menu)
+
+2007-03-18
+ * added configurability of graphics, sounds and music for title screens,
+ which are separated into initial title screens (only shown once at
+ program startup) and title screens shown for a given level set; these
+ title screens can be composed of up to five title images and up to
+ five title text messages (each drawn using an optional background
+ image), also using background music and/or sounds; aspects like
+ background images, sounds and music of title screens can either be
+ defined generally (valid for all title screens) or specifically (and
+ therefore differently for each title screen) using these directives:
+
+ to define a background image, sound or music file for all screens:
+ - background.TITLE_INITIAL (for all title screens for game startup)
+ - background.TITLE (for all title screens for level sets)
+
+ to define a background image, sound or music file for a single screen:
+ - background.titlescreen_initial_x (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+ - background.titlescreen_x (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+ - background.titlemessage_initial_x (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+ - background.titlemessage_x (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+
+ to define the title screen images:
+ - titlescreen_initial_x (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+ - titlescreen_x (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+
+ to define the title text messages, place text files into the level set
+ directory that have the following file names:
+ - titlemessage_initial_x.txt (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+ - titlemessage_x.txt (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+
+ to define the properties of the text messages, either use directives
+ that affect all text messages:
+ - [titlemessage_initial].<suffix>
+ - [titlemessage].<suffix>
+ or use directives that affect single text messages:
+ - titlemessage_initial_x.<suffix> (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+ - titlemessage_x.<suffix> (with x in 1,2,3,4,5)
+
+ valid values for <suffix> are the same as for readme.<suffix> below;
+ use ".sort_priority" (default: 0) to define an arbitrary order for
+ title images and title messages (which can therefore be mixed)
+