Wednesday, July 30, 2008

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 10 n released (unstable version)

Warning: if you have edited the file style.txt, make a backup copy of it before updating.

Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts

The changes from beta 10 m are:
- bug fix: an error could occur when the unit's menu changed during the sending of an order
- bug fix: the save option could appear in the multiplayer game menu (when the game had only one human player)
- now the default square_width is 12 (previously, the maps would not work without defining it)
- bug fix: problem if a player tried to register to an already started multiplayer game
- bug fix: problem if a player tried to register to a full multiplayer game
- bug fix: the game probably stopped when a unit was given a "patrol" order to an object that didn't exist anymore

Monday, July 28, 2008

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 10 m released (unstable version)

Warning: if you have edited the file style.txt, make a backup copy of it before updating.

Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts

The changes from beta 10 l are:
- bug fix: the game could stop when air units arrived in an enemy base (for example in map Z1)

Saturday, July 26, 2008

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 10 l released (unstable version)

Warning: if you have edited the file style.txt, make a backup copy of it before updating.

Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts

The changes from beta 10 k are:
- bug fix: knights would flee dragons even if they were protected by archers; this caused the units to unnecessarily scatter over several squares, leading to a weaker defence
- change: in the official maps, the title is automatically deduced from the file name ("title" is ignored)
- updated readme.txt from the multi platform version (added installation instructions for Debian GNU/Linux)
- updated the game's manual (updated the food amount provided by farms; removed the time needed to train a unit)
- feature temporarily removed : the client will not automatically update the maps (this feature is not mature enough for the imminent stable version; it will be back in the unstable version when the stable version is released)

About maps:
- removed "multi" from the map file names
- renamed maps 1 to 3 to JL1 to JL3
- renamed maps 101 and 102 to BS1 and BS2
- updated maps KEL1 to KEL4
- updated SG2 map (now the computer-only units must be destroyed too)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 10 k released (unstable version)

Warning: if you have edited the file style.txt, make a backup copy of it before upgrading.

Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts

The changes from beta 10 j are:
- the client plays an "upgrade" sound when it is checking for map updates or is updating maps
- bug fix: on maps where square_width is not 12, some movements with the arrow keys on the map were incorrectly allowed
- bug fix: sometimes the AI wouldn't complete a building and would start a new one

About maps:
- added 1 map by Onj: ONJ1
- added 3 maps by Jason Symes: JS8 to JS10
- added 3 maps by Steady Goh: SG2 to SG4 (warning: SG3 and SG4 are still slow with the current beta 10 version; I will improve the speed in the beta 11)
- updated CE1 to CE5 (essentially the number of farms)
- minor update of KEL6 (converted to DOS mode instead of UNIX mode)

[maps] 07/22/2008

- added 3 maps by Steady Goh: SG2 to SG4 (warning: SG3 and SG4 are still slow with the current beta 10 version; I will improve the speed in the beta 11)

More information available at http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts/maps.htm (or in each map file, of course).

Monday, July 21, 2008

[maps] 07/21/2008

- added 2 maps by Jason Symes: JS9 (Death's Doorstep) and JS10 (Shifting Alliances)

More information available at http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts/maps.htm (or in each map file, of course).

Sunday, July 20, 2008

[maps] 07/20/2008

- updated CE1 to CE5 (essentially the number of farms)
- minor update of KEL6 (converted to DOS mode instead of UNIX mode)
- added 1 map by Jason Symes: JS8 (Mage Menagerie)
- added 1 map by Onj: ONJ1 (4000)

More informations are available at http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts/maps.htm (or in the comments of each map file, of course).

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 10 j released (unstable version)

Warning: if you have edited the file style.txt, make a backup copy of it before upgrading.

Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts

The changes from beta 10 i are:
- bug fix: the game could stop in some circumstances during the training of a unit
- feature fixed: the town hall, the keep and the castle have different sounds
- optimization: the initialization of a game will be faster, especially for maps where several computer_only opponents are defined
- bug fix: the peasants would always return the resources to the same town hall or lumber mill

Saturday, July 19, 2008

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 10 i released (unstable version)

Warning: if you have edited the file style.txt, make a backup copy of it before upgrading the program.

Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts

The changes from beta 10 h are:
- bug fix: the sword started whistling in the fight after it was upgraded
- bug fix: in maps like CE2 (without a town hall available from the start), having to return the gold caused the game to freeze
- bug fix: in a multiplayer game, if the map requires more than 20 seconds of initialization, the clients with the slowest computers (even with only a 5 seconds difference) would be disconnected by the server
- added 2 maps by QuentinC : QC2 and QC3
- renamed the map 8QC (now QC1)
- added 1 map by Kelvin Tan: KEL6
- added 5 maps by Valentin: Z1 to Z5 (zombie planet)

[maps] 07/19/2008

- added 1 map by Kelvin Tan: KEL6
- added 5 maps by Valentin: Z1 to Z5 (zombie planet)

More informations are available at http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts/maps.htm (or in the comments of each map file, of course).

Friday, July 18, 2008

[maps] 07/18/2008

- added 2 maps from QuentinC : QC2 and QC3
- renamed 8QC (now QC1)
- fixed: the maps MB1 to MB9 didn't appear in the list

Thursday, July 17, 2008

[log] SoundRTS 1.0 beta 10 h released (unstable version)

Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts

The main changes from beta 10 g are:
- fixed feature: save and restore a game
- new feature: the multiplayer maps are automatically updated
- new feature: the sound effects are now declared in a file called style.txt
- new maps: 9 maps from Martin Blythe (note to map makers: more maps will be added or updated soon, using the auto-update feature)

Other changes:
- bug fix: the computer AI wasted resources since the beta 10g
- fixed feature: the attacks make a different sound after a weapon upgrade
- bug fix: now the server inserts silences between the names when listing the players
- bug fix: in multiplayer maps with monsters, the winner had a defeat message
- bug fix: when hitting F3, the time was incorrect
- bug fix: the minute bell rang too often (control + F3 to set it)
- minor change: when a player quits a game by using the F10 menu twice (useful in the rare case where the server doesn't reply), the full score will be given (instead of a laconic "defeat" message)

Monday, July 14, 2008

07/15/2008 (working on the future beta h version)

Here are the changes since the previous post:
- fixed feature: the attacks make a different sound after a weapon upgrade
- new feature: the sound effects are now formally described in a file called style.txt ; this file is not only useful as a documentation about the use of each sound effect: it can also be edited to change the level of detail of the client and add new sounds (for example: different sounds to reply to an order, depending on the unit type)
- bug fix: the computer AI wasted resources since the change of the peasant's resource gathering behavior that appeared in the beta 10g, leading to a very slow development (for example in map 2); now, the peasant's cargo is remembered, so it will be rarely wasted; for example, when a peasant who is transporting gold is given the order to build a farm, he will start to build it immediately, but he will not forget to go to a townhall as soon as he is ordered to gather gold or wood again

Saturday, July 5, 2008

07/05/2008 (working on the future beta h version)

Here are the changes since the previous post:
- new feature: every time a client or a server is started, the multiplayer maps are automatically updated if needed; the latest maps are still available by default in the installation packages, so Internet access is not mandatory
- bug fix: in multiplayer maps with monsters, the winner had a defeat message
- bug fix: now the server inserts silences between the names when listing the players