1 Release Version 3.0.8 [13 DEC 2003]
2 -----------------------------------
3 - added "musicinfo.conf" for menu and level music configuration
4 - added "editorsetup.conf" for editor element list configuration
5 - added "copy" and "exchange" functions for custom elements to editor
6 - added configurable "bored" and "sleeping" animations for the player
7 - added "awakening" sound for player waking up after sleeping
8 - added configurable element animations for info screen
9 - added configurable music credits for info screen
10 - added configurable level set information for info screen
11 - added warnings for undefined token values in artwork config files
12 - menu text now directly clickable
13 - better sniksnak turning movement (two steps instead of only one)
14 - fixed turning movement of butterflies and fireflies (no frame reset)
15 - fixed bug with wrong default impact sound for colored emeralds
16 - fixed bug with double nut cracking sound
17 - fixed a very nasty bug in dragon turning code in TurnRoundExt()
18 - finally fixed tape recording when player is created from CE change
20 Release Version 3.0.7 [10 NOV 2003]
21 -----------------------------------
22 - fixed incorrectly displayed animation for attacking dragon
23 - fixed bug with not setting initial gravity for each new game
24 - fixed bug with teleportation of player by custom element change
25 - fixed bug with player not getting smashed by rock sometimes
26 - fixed serious bug in code for delayed element pushing
27 - fixed little bug in animation frame selection for pushed elements
28 - fixed bug when pushing element that can move away to the side
29 - fixed tape recording when player is created from CE element change
30 - fixed player animation frame reset for identical animations
31 - unavailable setup options now marked as "n/a" instead of "off"
32 - prevent "extended" changed elements from delay change in same frame
33 - speed-up of reading config file for verbose output
34 - added configuration option for opening and closing Supaplex exit
35 - added configuration option for moving up/down animation for Murphy
36 - added animation for "turning" action (for elements with move delay)
37 - added turning animations for bug, spaceship and sniksnak
39 Release Version 3.0.6 [06 OCT 2003]
40 -----------------------------------
41 - fixed bug when initializing font graphic structure
42 - fixed bug with animation mode "pingpong" when using only 1 frame
43 - fixed bug with extended change target introduced in 3.0.5
44 - fixed bug where passing over moving element doubles player speed
45 - fixed bug with elements continuing to move into push direction
46 - fixed bug with duplicated player when dropping bomb with shield on
47 - fixed switching bug (resetting flag when not switching but not idle)
48 - fixed element tokens for certain file elements with ".active" etc.
49 - added "switching" event for custom elements ("pressing" only once)
50 - added support for MP3 music for SDL version through SMPEG library
52 Release Version 3.0.5 [29 SEP 2003]
53 -----------------------------------
54 - fixed bug in multiple config pages loader code that caused crashes
55 - enhanced (remaining low-resolution) Supaplex graphics
56 - active/inactive sides configurable for custom element changes
57 - new movement type "move when pushed" available for custom elements
58 - now four envelope elements available
59 - font, background, animation and sound for envelope now configurable
60 - main menu doors opening/closing animation type now configurable
62 Release Version 3.0.4 [13 SEP 2003]
63 -----------------------------------
64 - fixed bug in multiple config pages code that caused crashes
65 - fixed bug in custom definition of crumbled element graphics
67 Release Version 3.0.3 [08 SEP 2003]
68 -----------------------------------
69 - fixed bug (missing array boundary check) which could crash the game
70 - fixed problem with setting mouse cursor in SDL version in fullscreen
71 - fixed problem with flickering when drawing toon animations
72 - fixed problem with player animation when snapping and moving
73 - fixed several nasty bugs that may have caused crashes on some systems
74 - added envelope content which gets displayed when collecting envelope
75 - added multiple change event pages for custom elements
76 - added support for loading various music formats through SDL_mixer
77 - added music to Supaplex classic level set
79 Release Version 3.0.2 [22 AUG 2003]
80 -----------------------------------
81 - fixed bug with messing up custom element properties in 3.0.0 levels
82 - fixed bug with choosing wrong engine version when playing tapes
83 - fixed bug with creating inaccessible elements at player position
84 - fixed bug with not finding current level artwork directory
86 Release Version 3.0.1 [18 AUG 2003]
87 -----------------------------------
88 - fixed bug that caused a crash at startup under Solaris
89 - fixed bug that caused the DOS version not finding its files
90 - fixed bug with missing graphic for active red disk bomb
91 - added custom element property for dropping collected elements
92 - added another 128 custom elements for those who can't get enough
93 - fixed PCX files in the DOS version ("classic" graphics only)
95 Release Version 3.0.0 [05 AUG 2003]
96 -----------------------------------
97 - final version bumped to 3.0.0 due to the massive changes
98 - graphics and sounds now completely and dynamically customizable
99 - custom elements now have lots of configurable properties
100 - advanced custom element settings for powerful, self-created elements
101 - fixed Supaplex gravity tubes
102 - fixed very nasty bug in SDL_image (and X11) PCX loading routine
103 - fixed some very nasty bugs in bitmap zoom routine
104 - fixed very nasty bug in level/artwork loading routine
105 - added new contributed levels and artwork from the following players:
106 * in the section "Contributions - 2002":
107 + Abby King (14 levels)
108 + Alan Bond (30 levels, all solvable, BD style artwork set)
109 + David Hutchinson (25 levels, artwork set)
110 + Equinox Tetrachloride (50 levels + 100 levels, all solvable)
111 + Sylvan Hancock (39 levels)
112 * in the section "Contributions - 2003":
113 + Andreas Buschbeck (85 levels, all solvable, complete artwork set)
114 + Edward Leuf (10 levels, all solvable, artwork set)
115 + Emanuel Schmieg (22 levels, all solvable, complete artwork set)
116 + Gavin Davidson (47 levels)
117 + Jorge Jordan (17 levels)
118 + Rafael Gatti (17 levels)
119 + Randy Johannessen (17 levels)
120 + Richard Valvona (3 levels)
121 + Sam Bateman (35 levels)
122 - great new levels with full artwork are now available from:
123 + Juergen Bonhagen (with complete artwork set)
124 * download these levels from "http://www.jb-line.de/"
125 + Andreas Buschbeck (with complete artwork set)
126 * download these levels from "http://home.vr-web.de/~abuschbeck/"
128 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc7 [17 JUL 2003]
129 ------------------------------------------
130 - fixed bug when picking element in the editor
131 - added more custom elements properties
132 - fixed bugs when smashing penguin
134 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc6 [22 APR 2003]
135 ------------------------------------------
136 - fixed small font configuration directive bug
137 - tape recorder font slightly enhanced (now complete character set)
138 - added missing font configuration source file
139 - added updated CHANGES file ;-)
141 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc5 [20 APR 2003]
142 ------------------------------------------
143 - added generic selectbox gadget
144 - added special mouse cursor for playfield while playing
145 - font handling now more flexible (support for ISO-Latin-1 fonts)
146 - font graphics adjusted accordingly
148 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc4 [30 MAR 2003]
149 ------------------------------------------
150 - changes for menu configuration
151 - not officially announced pre-release version
152 - Emerald Mine text font now much better quality
154 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc3 [11 FEB 2003]
155 ------------------------------------------
156 - first custom element properties
157 - animation configuration for dynamically defined element actions
158 - automatically downscaled graphics (small graphics not needed anymore)
159 - ".EDITOR" and ".PREVIEW" suffixes for special editor/preview graphics
160 - toon animations (and number of toons) now fully configurable
162 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc2 [13 JAN 2003]
163 ------------------------------------------
164 - added support for stereo WAV sound files
165 - moving objects can now have arbitrary animation length
166 - new batch command for dumping level information
167 - added support for background images for all menu screens
168 - added 128 custom elements that can be decorated with own graphics
169 - added some example levels showing how to create custom artwork
170 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
171 + Emanuel Schmieg: "Into The Ice Caves" (22 levels + artwork)
173 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc1 [31 DEC 2002]
174 ------------------------------------------
175 - level series artwork now configurable via level series config file
176 - single graphics and animations can now be replaced with different
177 ones (independantly from default image files which may be larger)
178 by defining and using additional image files
179 - element animation length, speed and mode now freely configurable
180 - automatic tape playing function for game engine and level testing
181 - missing steel wall graphic added (thanks to Equinox Tetrachloride)
182 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
183 + Abby King (14 levels)
184 + Andreas Buschbeck (80 levels with complete artwork set)
185 + David Hutchinson (25 levels with graphics set)
186 + Equinox Tetrachloride (150 levels guaranteed to be solvable)
187 + Sylvan Hancock (39 levels)
189 Release Version 2.1.1 [13 AUG 2002]
190 -----------------------------------
191 - sound bug (causing crashes) fixed (reported by Keith Peterston)
192 - support for /dev/sound/dsp (devfs) added (thanks to Christoph Bauer)
193 - small NetBSD compilation bug fixed (thanks to Adam Ciarcinski)
194 - default keys for "snap field" and "place bomb" fixed for Mac OS X
195 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
197 + Gerrit Holl and Timen van den Berg
199 Release Version 2.1.0 [05 AUG 2002]
200 -----------------------------------
201 - native Mac OS X port (finally!)
202 - graphics, sounds and music now fully configurable
203 - added support for TrueColor PCX graphics files
204 - added support for 16 bit WAV sound files
205 - enhanced sound system (especially regarding stereo and loop sounds)
206 - new structured setup menu (with sub-menues for graphics and sounds)
207 - added "quick save" and "quick load" functions with shortcut key
208 - added single-step playing mode (automatic pause after each step)
209 - behaviour of "Escape" key in level editor now more intuitive
210 - changed default slipping behaviour of gems back to 2.0.0 style;
211 this is now an element property for gems in the level editor,
212 although existing converted levels use the new EM gems behaviour
213 - bug fixed that prevented walking through tubes when gravity on
214 - added Boulder Dash style "snap-pushing" (thanks to Achim Härtel)
215 - fixed memory leak in image loading code
216 - fixed some "solid" elements that were accidentally destructible
217 - fixed some tape stuff
218 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
223 + Flyboy: level group "Cops and Robbers", with own graphics set
224 - added custom graphics set "Animal Kingdom" by Flyboy
226 Release Version 2.0.1 [19 MAR 2002]
227 -----------------------------------
228 - bug in explosion code fixed that broke level 24 of "Baby Ghost Mine"
229 - several Supaplex emulation bugs fixed (thanks to Mihail Milushev):
230 + orange disk does not fall off from slippery elements
231 + infotrons kill electrons and snik snaks and trigger orange disks
232 + explosion chain reactions are now a bit slower than murphy
233 - behaviour of robots adjusted to make them less aggressive
234 (needed for quite some Emerald Mine Club levels)
235 - emeralds and diamonds now fall off normal, steel and growing walls,
236 as this is the correct behaviour in Emerald Mine; existing private
237 and contributed levels will still behave as before, unless saved
238 again (with or without modifications) from the level editor of the
239 current version of the game
240 - icon for Windows executable added
241 - bug when selecting default level series fixed
242 - new IFF style file format for level and tape files
243 - bug in storing amoeba content fixed
244 - nasty tape bugs fixed (completely reworked tape stuff)
245 - fullscreen mode now works with Windows (workaround for bug in SDL)
246 - /dev/dsp support for NetBSD added (thanks to Krister Walfridsson)
247 - file permissions when saving files and creating directories changed
248 - some small sound bugs fixed
249 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
259 Release Version 2.0.0 [01 JAN 2001]
260 -----------------------------------
261 - major code redesign to maintain generic game functions in a separate
262 library and make it easier to port the game to new targets like SDL
263 - can be compiled with SDL library to build native Windows version
264 - DOS and Windows versions can be compiled with gcc cross-compiler
265 - trying to open already busy audio device does not block the game
266 - bug in network playing code fixed (patch from web site)
267 - SDL version can load and play music modules
268 - bug in level editor fixed for EM doors and keys element description
269 - sound sample frequency raised from 8 kHz to 22 kHz
271 Release Version 1.4.0 [27 OCT 1999]
272 -----------------------------------
273 - new Boulder Dash elements for better game emulation
274 - new cool medium-sized crystal font
275 - new elements and graphics for Diamond Caves II levels
276 - new elements and graphics for Emerald Mine Club levels
277 - brushed-up (higher resolution) graphics for Supaplex elements
278 - special oversized Supaplex levels included
279 - new elements for more authentic Emerald Mine elements (doors)
280 - more level editor enhancements:
281 element list scrollbar and level number selection within editor
282 - lots of new levels converted from Emerald Mine Club disks,
283 DX-Boulderdash and Supaplex
284 - new levels created and contributed by players
285 - now over 160 level series with over 14.000 levels
286 - high score list now scrollable to see all 100 entries
287 - new 16-bit elements level format to allow more than 256 elements
288 - re-introduced level handicap for more challange (levels must be
289 solved to be able to play the next one; can be disabled in setup)
290 - new setup option to disable time limit for relaxed playing :-)
291 - GAME_DIR path split into RO_GAME_DIR and RW_GAME_DIR to allow
292 distributors to separate read-only (levels, graphics, sounds)
293 from writable (hich scores) game data
294 - new personal level setup files to store level handicap and
295 last played level for each level series
296 - removed some 32-bit dependent code; should be 64-bit clean now
297 - some little bugs fixed
299 Release Version 1.3.0 [5 FEB 1999]
300 ----------------------------------
301 - strongly enhanced level editor
302 - new elements, graphics and levels for Supaplex style games
303 - completely rewritten platform independent gadget code
304 (buttons, scrollbars, text and number input gadgets)
305 - nasty sound bug fixed (showed up with Linux kernel 2.2.x)
307 Release Version 1.2.0 [5 DEC 1998]
308 ----------------------------------
309 - DOS/Windows version
310 - new WAV sound loader (to replace the old Amiga 8SVX files)
311 - new PCX graphics loader (to avoid GIF license problems)
312 - network multiplayer games with upto four players
313 - no separate network server needed; each client can
314 fork a network server at startup if there's no server
315 running at this moment
316 - possibility to invoke the game to act as a standalone
317 network server (on a separate machine, for example)
318 - local multiplayer games with upto four players
319 - support for upto four joysticks
320 - completely free customizable keyboard and joystick
321 for all four players individually
322 - new joystick calibration screen which can be left
323 (with Escape key) if no joystick is connected... ;-)
324 - new (working) GIF graphics loader (but still support
325 for the old XPM method)
326 - supports private colormap with extremely less flashing
327 on 8-bit (256 colors) displays
328 - soft-scrolling with 50 frames per second (which raises
329 the system requirements and makes it completely
330 unplayable on my "old reference" 486/33 (where 0.9b runs
331 smoothly) and running at 90% speed on my K6-200.
332 - completely new file format for personal setup data
333 in ASCII format which is human readable and easily
334 customizable even with a texteditor; stored in the
335 user's home directory and no longer somewhere in the
336 game's installation directory
337 - high score lists changed: now one file per level and
338 no longer one file per level series; now using readable
340 - useful command line options to specify the X11 display,
341 the game's base (installation) directory, an alternate
342 level directory, standalone server execution and verbose
345 Version 1.1 [???] [NOT RELEASED]
346 --------------------------------
347 - new (but broken) GIF graphics loader to be independent
348 from the XPM library and to replace all graphics by GIF files
350 Version 1.0 [9 APR 1997] [NOT RELEASED]
351 ---------------------------------------
352 - the game now contains many really playable levels,
353 not only a few levels for testing
354 - the game is now even better playable by keyboard
355 (now you have the same gameplay functionality
356 compared to playing with a joystick. Especially
357 there are diagonal directions with keyboard playing
358 and the fire buttons are mapped to the shift keys)
359 - a lot of new elements for better emulation of levels
360 from the games "Boulder Dash", "Emerald Mine" and
361 "Sokoban". New elements to build "Dynablaster" style
363 - enhanced functionality of the level tape recorder
364 to make it possible to go on with a game at any tape
367 Version 0.9b2 [21 NOV 1995] [NOT RELEASED]
368 ------------------------------------------
371 Pre-Release Version 0.9b [4 NOV 1995]
372 -------------------------------------
373 - the game is now completely Freeware
374 - the game is now better playable by keyboard
375 (in the last version, the player was making more than
376 one step for one keystroke in some cases -- thanks to
377 Warwick Allison for the hint with "XSync()"!)
378 - new amoeba type with configurable content (like in the
379 original C64 version, when aboeba cannot grow anymore
380 and explodes to diamonds or some other elements)
381 - compile error with ONE_PER_NAME in high score function
382 removed (thanks to Dmitry Kohmanyuk)
383 - little code cleanup (to get some new bugs ;)
384 - FreeBSD sound and joystick support (thanks to Jean-Marc
387 Pre-Release Version 0.9 [23 OCT 1995]
388 -------------------------------------
389 - first (pre)release version
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