1 Release Version 3.1.1 [?? ??? ????]
2 -----------------------------------
4 Release Version 3.1.0 [07 JUN 2004]
5 -----------------------------------
6 - fixed obvious bug with wrong "Murphy" graphics (when digging etc.)
7 - fixed a lot of Emerald Mine and Supaplex game engine emulation bugs
8 - re-converted Emerald Mine and Supaplex levels to apply engine fixes
9 - changed default snap/drop keys from left/right Shift to Control keys
10 - added level loader for loading native Emerald Mine levels
11 - added level loader for loading native Supaplex packed levels
12 - added group elements for multiple matches and random element creation
13 - added elements that can be digged or left behind by custom elements
14 - added element "Sokoban field with player" missing for Sokoban levels
15 - added custom element features to allow building of teleporters
16 - added option to use step limit instead of time limit for level
17 - added pressing "space" key as valid action to select menu options
18 - added clipboard (cut and paste buttons) for custom and group elements
19 - added shortcut to dump brush (type ":DB" in editor) for use in forum
20 - added network multiplayer code for Windows (still only command line)
21 - replaced old tutorial level set with far better one by Niko Böhm
22 - "contributions" levels now separate package to make base set smaller
23 - too many bugfixes and changes to list them all here (see ChangeLog)
25 Release Version 3.0.8 [14 DEC 2003]
26 -----------------------------------
27 - added "musicinfo.conf" for menu and level music configuration
28 - added "editorsetup.conf" for editor element list configuration
29 - added "copy" and "exchange" functions for custom elements to editor
30 - added configurable "bored" and "sleeping" animations for the player
31 - added "awakening" sound for player when waking up after sleeping
32 - added configurable element animations for info screen
33 - added configurable music credits for info screen
34 - added configurable level set information for info screen
35 - added warnings for undefined token values in artwork config files
36 - menu entries now also selectable by clicking on entry text
37 - better sniksnak turning movement (two steps instead of only one)
38 - fixed turning movement of butterflies and fireflies (no frame reset)
39 - fixed bug with wrong default impact sound for colored emeralds
40 - fixed bug with double nut cracking sound
41 - fixed a very nasty bug in dragon turning code in TurnRoundExt()
42 - finally fixed tape recording when player is created from CE change
43 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
44 + Audrius Saikunas (4 levels)
45 + Efraim Yawitz (20 levels)
46 + Krystian Abramowicz (100 levels)
47 + Paul E Collins (formerly known as Equinox Tetrachloride; 64 levels)
48 + Sebastian Simon (12 levels)
49 - amazing new level set:
50 + "BD2K3" from Alan Bond
51 + 43 levels full of BD nostalgia, action and fantastic effects
52 + overwhelming use of custom elements
53 + complete artwork set with graphics, sounds and music
54 + available as a separate download from www.artsoft.org
55 - another great level set was updated:
56 + "jue2" from Jürgen Bonhagen
57 + 15 new mind-boggling levels full of new challenges for your brain
58 + complete artwork set with graphics and sounds
59 + available for downloading from "http://www.jb-line.de/rnd.html"
61 Release Version 3.0.7 [10 NOV 2003]
62 -----------------------------------
63 - fixed incorrectly displayed animation for attacking dragon
64 - fixed bug with not setting initial gravity for each new game
65 - fixed bug with teleportation of player by custom element change
66 - fixed bug with player not getting smashed by rock sometimes
67 - fixed serious bug in code for delayed element pushing
68 - fixed little bug in animation frame selection for pushed elements
69 - fixed bug when pushing element that can move away to the side
70 - fixed tape recording when player is created from CE element change
71 - fixed player animation frame reset for identical animations
72 - unavailable setup options now marked as "n/a" instead of "off"
73 - prevent "extended" changed elements from delay change in same frame
74 - speed-up of reading config file for verbose output
75 - added configuration option for opening and closing Supaplex exit
76 - added configuration option for moving up/down animation for Murphy
77 - added animation for "turning" action (for elements with move delay)
78 - added turning animations for bug, spaceship and sniksnak
80 Release Version 3.0.6 [06 OCT 2003]
81 -----------------------------------
82 - fixed bug when initializing font graphic structure
83 - fixed bug with animation mode "pingpong" when using only 1 frame
84 - fixed bug with extended change target introduced in 3.0.5
85 - fixed bug where passing over moving element doubles player speed
86 - fixed bug with elements continuing to move into push direction
87 - fixed bug with duplicated player when dropping bomb with shield on
88 - fixed switching bug (resetting flag when not switching but not idle)
89 - fixed element tokens for certain file elements with ".active" etc.
90 - added "switching" event for custom elements ("pressing" only once)
91 - added support for MP3 music for SDL version through SMPEG library
93 Release Version 3.0.5 [29 SEP 2003]
94 -----------------------------------
95 - fixed bug in multiple config pages loader code that caused crashes
96 - enhanced (remaining low-resolution) Supaplex graphics
97 - active/inactive sides configurable for custom element changes
98 - new movement type "move when pushed" available for custom elements
99 - now four envelope elements available
100 - font, background, animation and sound for envelope now configurable
101 - main menu doors opening/closing animation type now configurable
103 Release Version 3.0.4 [13 SEP 2003]
104 -----------------------------------
105 - fixed bug in multiple config pages code that caused crashes
106 - fixed bug in custom definition of crumbled element graphics
108 Release Version 3.0.3 [08 SEP 2003]
109 -----------------------------------
110 - fixed bug (missing array boundary check) which could crash the game
111 - fixed problem with setting mouse cursor in SDL version in fullscreen
112 - fixed problem with flickering when drawing toon animations
113 - fixed problem with player animation when snapping and moving
114 - fixed several nasty bugs that may have caused crashes on some systems
115 - added envelope content which gets displayed when collecting envelope
116 - added multiple change event pages for custom elements
117 - added support for loading various music formats through SDL_mixer
118 - added music to Supaplex classic level set
120 Release Version 3.0.2 [22 AUG 2003]
121 -----------------------------------
122 - fixed bug with messing up custom element properties in 3.0.0 levels
123 - fixed bug with choosing wrong engine version when playing tapes
124 - fixed bug with creating inaccessible elements at player position
125 - fixed bug with not finding current level artwork directory
127 Release Version 3.0.1 [18 AUG 2003]
128 -----------------------------------
129 - fixed bug that caused a crash at startup under Solaris
130 - fixed bug that caused the DOS version not finding its files
131 - fixed bug with missing graphic for active red disk bomb
132 - added custom element property for dropping collected elements
133 - added another 128 custom elements for those who can't get enough
134 - fixed PCX files in the DOS version ("classic" graphics only)
136 Release Version 3.0.0 [05 AUG 2003]
137 -----------------------------------
138 - final version bumped to 3.0.0 due to the massive changes
139 - graphics and sounds now completely and dynamically customizable
140 - custom elements now have lots of configurable properties
141 - advanced custom element settings for powerful, self-created elements
142 - fixed Supaplex gravity tubes
143 - fixed very nasty bug in SDL_image (and X11) PCX loading routine
144 - fixed some very nasty bugs in bitmap zoom routine
145 - fixed very nasty bug in level/artwork loading routine
146 - added new contributed levels and artwork from the following players:
147 * in the section "Contributions - 2002":
148 + Abby King (14 levels)
149 + Alan Bond (30 levels, all solvable, BD style artwork set)
150 + David Hutchinson (25 levels, artwork set)
151 + Equinox Tetrachloride (50 levels + 100 levels, all solvable)
152 + Sylvan Hancock (39 levels)
153 * in the section "Contributions - 2003":
154 + Andreas Buschbeck (85 levels, all solvable, complete artwork set)
155 + Edward Leuf (10 levels, all solvable, artwork set)
156 + Emanuel Schmieg (22 levels, all solvable, complete artwork set)
157 + Gavin Davidson (47 levels)
158 + Jorge Jordan (17 levels)
159 + Rafael Gatti (17 levels)
160 + Randy Johannessen (17 levels)
161 + Richard Valvona (3 levels)
162 + Sam Bateman (35 levels)
163 - great new levels with full artwork are now available from:
164 + Juergen Bonhagen (with complete artwork set)
165 * download these levels from "http://www.jb-line.de/"
166 + Andreas Buschbeck (with complete artwork set)
167 * download these levels from "http://home.vr-web.de/~abuschbeck/"
169 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc7 [17 JUL 2003]
170 ------------------------------------------
171 - fixed bug when picking element in the editor
172 - added more custom elements properties
173 - fixed bugs when smashing penguin
175 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc6 [22 APR 2003]
176 ------------------------------------------
177 - fixed small font configuration directive bug
178 - tape recorder font slightly enhanced (now complete character set)
179 - added missing font configuration source file
180 - added updated CHANGES file ;-)
182 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc5 [20 APR 2003]
183 ------------------------------------------
184 - added generic selectbox gadget
185 - added special mouse cursor for playfield while playing
186 - font handling now more flexible (support for ISO-Latin-1 fonts)
187 - font graphics adjusted accordingly
189 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc4 [30 MAR 2003]
190 ------------------------------------------
191 - changes for menu configuration
192 - not officially announced pre-release version
193 - Emerald Mine text font now much better quality
195 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc3 [11 FEB 2003]
196 ------------------------------------------
197 - first custom element properties
198 - animation configuration for dynamically defined element actions
199 - automatically downscaled graphics (small graphics not needed anymore)
200 - ".EDITOR" and ".PREVIEW" suffixes for special editor/preview graphics
201 - toon animations (and number of toons) now fully configurable
203 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc2 [13 JAN 2003]
204 ------------------------------------------
205 - added support for stereo WAV sound files
206 - moving objects can now have arbitrary animation length
207 - new batch command for dumping level information
208 - added support for background images for all menu screens
209 - added 128 custom elements that can be decorated with own graphics
210 - added some example levels showing how to create custom artwork
211 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
212 + Emanuel Schmieg: "Into The Ice Caves" (22 levels + artwork)
214 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc1 [31 DEC 2002]
215 ------------------------------------------
216 - level series artwork now configurable via level series config file
217 - single graphics and animations can now be replaced with different
218 ones (independantly from default image files which may be larger)
219 by defining and using additional image files
220 - element animation length, speed and mode now freely configurable
221 - automatic tape playing function for game engine and level testing
222 - missing steel wall graphic added (thanks to Equinox Tetrachloride)
223 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
224 + Abby King (14 levels)
225 + Andreas Buschbeck (80 levels with complete artwork set)
226 + David Hutchinson (25 levels with graphics set)
227 + Equinox Tetrachloride (150 levels guaranteed to be solvable)
228 + Sylvan Hancock (39 levels)
230 Release Version 2.1.1 [13 AUG 2002]
231 -----------------------------------
232 - sound bug (causing crashes) fixed (reported by Keith Peterston)
233 - support for /dev/sound/dsp (devfs) added (thanks to Christoph Bauer)
234 - small NetBSD compilation bug fixed (thanks to Adam Ciarcinski)
235 - default keys for "snap field" and "place bomb" fixed for Mac OS X
236 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
238 + Gerrit Holl and Timen van den Berg
240 Release Version 2.1.0 [05 AUG 2002]
241 -----------------------------------
242 - native Mac OS X port (finally!)
243 - graphics, sounds and music now fully configurable
244 - added support for TrueColor PCX graphics files
245 - added support for 16 bit WAV sound files
246 - enhanced sound system (especially regarding stereo and loop sounds)
247 - new structured setup menu (with sub-menues for graphics and sounds)
248 - added "quick save" and "quick load" functions with shortcut key
249 - added single-step playing mode (automatic pause after each step)
250 - behaviour of "Escape" key in level editor now more intuitive
251 - changed default slipping behaviour of gems back to 2.0.0 style;
252 this is now an element property for gems in the level editor,
253 although existing converted levels use the new EM gems behaviour
254 - bug fixed that prevented walking through tubes when gravity on
255 - added Boulder Dash style "snap-pushing" (thanks to Achim Härtel)
256 - fixed memory leak in image loading code
257 - fixed some "solid" elements that were accidentally destructible
258 - fixed some tape stuff
259 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
264 + Flyboy: level group "Cops and Robbers", with own graphics set
265 - added custom graphics set "Animal Kingdom" by Flyboy
267 Release Version 2.0.1 [19 MAR 2002]
268 -----------------------------------
269 - bug in explosion code fixed that broke level 24 of "Baby Ghost Mine"
270 - several Supaplex emulation bugs fixed (thanks to Mihail Milushev):
271 + orange disk does not fall off from slippery elements
272 + infotrons kill electrons and snik snaks and trigger orange disks
273 + explosion chain reactions are now a bit slower than murphy
274 - behaviour of robots adjusted to make them less aggressive
275 (needed for quite some Emerald Mine Club levels)
276 - emeralds and diamonds now fall off normal, steel and growing walls,
277 as this is the correct behaviour in Emerald Mine; existing private
278 and contributed levels will still behave as before, unless saved
279 again (with or without modifications) from the level editor of the
280 current version of the game
281 - icon for Windows executable added
282 - bug when selecting default level series fixed
283 - new IFF style file format for level and tape files
284 - bug in storing amoeba content fixed
285 - nasty tape bugs fixed (completely reworked tape stuff)
286 - fullscreen mode now works with Windows (workaround for bug in SDL)
287 - /dev/dsp support for NetBSD added (thanks to Krister Walfridsson)
288 - file permissions when saving files and creating directories changed
289 - some small sound bugs fixed
290 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
300 Release Version 2.0.0 [01 JAN 2001]
301 -----------------------------------
302 - major code redesign to maintain generic game functions in a separate
303 library and make it easier to port the game to new targets like SDL
304 - can be compiled with SDL library to build native Windows version
305 - DOS and Windows versions can be compiled with gcc cross-compiler
306 - trying to open already busy audio device does not block the game
307 - bug in network playing code fixed (patch from web site)
308 - SDL version can load and play music modules
309 - bug in level editor fixed for EM doors and keys element description
310 - sound sample frequency raised from 8 kHz to 22 kHz
312 Release Version 1.4.0 [27 OCT 1999]
313 -----------------------------------
314 - new Boulder Dash elements for better game emulation
315 - new cool medium-sized crystal font
316 - new elements and graphics for Diamond Caves II levels
317 - new elements and graphics for Emerald Mine Club levels
318 - brushed-up (higher resolution) graphics for Supaplex elements
319 - special oversized Supaplex levels included
320 - new elements for more authentic Emerald Mine elements (doors)
321 - more level editor enhancements:
322 element list scrollbar and level number selection within editor
323 - lots of new levels converted from Emerald Mine Club disks,
324 DX-Boulderdash and Supaplex
325 - new levels created and contributed by players
326 - now over 160 level series with over 14.000 levels
327 - high score list now scrollable to see all 100 entries
328 - new 16-bit elements level format to allow more than 256 elements
329 - re-introduced level handicap for more challange (levels must be
330 solved to be able to play the next one; can be disabled in setup)
331 - new setup option to disable time limit for relaxed playing :-)
332 - GAME_DIR path split into RO_GAME_DIR and RW_GAME_DIR to allow
333 distributors to separate read-only (levels, graphics, sounds)
334 from writable (hich scores) game data
335 - new personal level setup files to store level handicap and
336 last played level for each level series
337 - removed some 32-bit dependent code; should be 64-bit clean now
338 - some little bugs fixed
340 Release Version 1.3.0 [5 FEB 1999]
341 ----------------------------------
342 - strongly enhanced level editor
343 - new elements, graphics and levels for Supaplex style games
344 - completely rewritten platform independent gadget code
345 (buttons, scrollbars, text and number input gadgets)
346 - nasty sound bug fixed (showed up with Linux kernel 2.2.x)
348 Release Version 1.2.0 [5 DEC 1998]
349 ----------------------------------
350 - DOS/Windows version
351 - new WAV sound loader (to replace the old Amiga 8SVX files)
352 - new PCX graphics loader (to avoid GIF license problems)
353 - network multiplayer games with upto four players
354 - no separate network server needed; each client can
355 fork a network server at startup if there's no server
356 running at this moment
357 - possibility to invoke the game to act as a standalone
358 network server (on a separate machine, for example)
359 - local multiplayer games with upto four players
360 - support for upto four joysticks
361 - completely free customizable keyboard and joystick
362 for all four players individually
363 - new joystick calibration screen which can be left
364 (with Escape key) if no joystick is connected... ;-)
365 - new (working) GIF graphics loader (but still support
366 for the old XPM method)
367 - supports private colormap with extremely less flashing
368 on 8-bit (256 colors) displays
369 - soft-scrolling with 50 frames per second (which raises
370 the system requirements and makes it completely
371 unplayable on my "old reference" 486/33 (where 0.9b runs
372 smoothly) and running at 90% speed on my K6-200.
373 - completely new file format for personal setup data
374 in ASCII format which is human readable and easily
375 customizable even with a texteditor; stored in the
376 user's home directory and no longer somewhere in the
377 game's installation directory
378 - high score lists changed: now one file per level and
379 no longer one file per level series; now using readable
381 - useful command line options to specify the X11 display,
382 the game's base (installation) directory, an alternate
383 level directory, standalone server execution and verbose
386 Version 1.1 [???] [NOT RELEASED]
387 --------------------------------
388 - new (but broken) GIF graphics loader to be independent
389 from the XPM library and to replace all graphics by GIF files
391 Version 1.0 [9 APR 1997] [NOT RELEASED]
392 ---------------------------------------
393 - the game now contains many really playable levels,
394 not only a few levels for testing
395 - the game is now even better playable by keyboard
396 (now you have the same gameplay functionality
397 compared to playing with a joystick. Especially
398 there are diagonal directions with keyboard playing
399 and the fire buttons are mapped to the shift keys)
400 - a lot of new elements for better emulation of levels
401 from the games "Boulder Dash", "Emerald Mine" and
402 "Sokoban". New elements to build "Dynablaster" style
404 - enhanced functionality of the level tape recorder
405 to make it possible to go on with a game at any tape
408 Version 0.9b2 [21 NOV 1995] [NOT RELEASED]
409 ------------------------------------------
412 Pre-Release Version 0.9b [4 NOV 1995]
413 -------------------------------------
414 - the game is now completely Freeware
415 - the game is now better playable by keyboard
416 (in the last version, the player was making more than
417 one step for one keystroke in some cases -- thanks to
418 Warwick Allison for the hint with "XSync()"!)
419 - new amoeba type with configurable content (like in the
420 original C64 version, when aboeba cannot grow anymore
421 and explodes to diamonds or some other elements)
422 - compile error with ONE_PER_NAME in high score function
423 removed (thanks to Dmitry Kohmanyuk)
424 - little code cleanup (to get some new bugs ;)
425 - FreeBSD sound and joystick support (thanks to Jean-Marc
428 Pre-Release Version 0.9 [23 OCT 1995]
429 -------------------------------------
430 - first (pre)release version
projects / rocksndiamonds.git / blob