The revision 1 of SoundRTS 1.2 alpha 10 is available. This version is totally compatible with 1.2 alpha 10.
The only change is: recallable control groups
Control + 6, 7, 8 or 9: sets group 6, 7, 8 or 9 with the currently controlled units (or buildings)
Shift + 6, 7, 8 or 9: extends group 6, 7, 8 or 9 with the currently controlled units (or buildings)
6, 7, 8 or 9: recalls group 6, 7, 8 or 9
Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts
Monday, May 9, 2016
Sunday, May 8, 2016
[log] SoundRTS 1.2 alpha 10 released
Available at:
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts
Thanks to the contributors, and sorry for the delay. This version might be a bit unstable.
The main changes since 1.2 alpha 9 are:
General: blocking an exit
- now the player can block an exit with a wall, a gate, a unit, or a building
- a unit or a gate blocking an exit will let friendly units pass
General: zoom mode (allows the player to give more precise "go to" orders)
- press F8 to enter or exit zoom mode
- in zoom mode, each square is divided in 3 x 3 smaller squares
- the escape key exits zoom mode too
General: more natural movement and attacks between two squares
- when a unit is moving to another square, the unit will cross naturally the corresponding border of the square (instead of moving through the "exit" object and reappearing on the other side)
- when a unit is moving to another square, if an obstacle is on the other side, the unit will have to move elsewhere (instead of being arbitrarily moved to the nearest free space from the exit)
- now units will hit a target located in another square as long as the target is in range
- catapults now have a minimal range of 4 and a range of 12 (default square width)
General: height, sight range and attack range
- in map jl5 (at the moment), some squares are higher (they are called "plateau")
- now most ground units see the adjacent squares, unless there is an obstacle or the square is higher
- air units, towers and units on higher ground always see adjacent squares (even diagonal squares)
- now catapults attacking from an unseen place are actually seen for 3 seconds (instead of being instantly remembered)
- effects only have a "local" sight range
- archers, catapults (units launching missiles mostly influenced by gravity) have an increased range if their target have a lower height
General: minimal damage
- now a direct hit will inflict at least 0.17 hit points
- "minimal_damage" can be defined in rules.txt ("parameters")
Interface:
- now the game accepts a square as the target of a build order: the game chooses the first building land in the objects list of the square
- open the user folder from the options menu
- added simple mods and soundpacks selection menu
- added repeat for keys
- added sounds in the menus (6115: select, 6116: validate)
- installer: include version of SoundRTS in Windows shortcut label
Servers and mods:
- now a server accepts a client with the same version, ignoring which mods are used by the client ; however, the server will isolate clients with incompatible mods from each other (thanks to Thiago Seus).
Mods and soundpacks:
- in SoundRTS.ini, added soundpacks=...
- soundpacks are always loaded after mods
- mods are automatically loaded when replaying a game with different mods
- experimental: added replay for missions from campaigns with custom rules and resources
- includes CrazyMod v9 beta9
Modding:
- completely removed "sight_range" as a rules.txt property
- added a "bonus_height" property for ground units like towers (or giants, maybe)
- completely removed "special_range": use "minimal_range" and "range" instead (example: catapult)
- mods: automatically fix sight_range and special_range
sight_range 1 => bonus_height 1
special_range 1 => range 12 minimal_range 4 is_ballistic 1
- mana_start added (thanks to chpross)
- Implemented build limits for units and buildings (thanks to craigbrett17)
- Added some extra map making information regarding timer coefficient and AI orders for single player (thanks to craigbrett17)
- map making: a campaign can define which mods it requires; the required mods will be automatically loaded (the required mods are defined in a file called "mods.txt": the file is a comma-separated list of mod names; if the file doesn't exist, the current mods will be kept; if the file is empty, the "vanilla" game will be loaded)
Console: new commands
- "a 10 archer" adds 10 archers to the current square.
- "a a1 10 archer" adds 10 archers to a1.
- "v" triggers victory.
- "s 8" sets the speed to 8 times normal speed.
- "r" adds 1000 resources of every type to the player.
Bugs fixed:
- bug fixed: during a game, the newly entered chat message wasn't said at once or sometimes in the wrong order
- bug fixed: sometimes a restored game would stay frozen at the time of the save
- bug fixed: couldn't replay a game with more than one human.
- bug fixed: now the shortcut for town hall is "h" instead of "t" ("t" is for towers)
- bug fixed: giving the order to train an archer without having a lumber mill was silently ignored by the game (no negative sound)
- fixed: now TTS calls will always return without any delay
- bug fixed: fleeing units would retaliate to attacks
- fixed: a different wounded sound for upgraded damage
- bug fixed: a defeated player shared the observer view with the team
- bug fixed: in chapter 1, completing objective 2 first caused problems
- bug fixed: units in the splash damage area wouldn't be affected if their distance from the attacker is bigger than basic range
- Have the pygame mixer actually respect the number of channels set in the config (thanks to ctoth)
- bug fixed: setting the user name from the multiplayer menu would cause an error.(thanks to Thiago Seus for the bug report)
- now a unit will retaliate to an attack in the same square from another square; then, if it survives, the unit will go to its previous place
Translations:
- updated Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks to Thiago Seus)
- added Spanish translation of the AI making manual and the modding manual (thanks to Claudio of tiflo juegos)
- included Spanish translation of the "Game manual" and the "Map making guide" (thanks to the users of tiflo-juegos mail group)
- updated Italian translation with HTML files (thanks to Luigi Russo)
- updated Russian translation (thanks to Kvark)
Graphics interface:
- automatically move the mouse cursor when a square is selected
In full screen mode, when a square is selected, the mouse cursor will move to the center of the square. The selection can be done with the arrow keys, the page up or down keys, the space key (to follow a unit), etc.
- graphical interface refactoring: added two properties in style.txt
"shape": "square" or "circle" (default)
"color": color name (by default a custom color is computed from the object's title)
http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts
Thanks to the contributors, and sorry for the delay. This version might be a bit unstable.
The main changes since 1.2 alpha 9 are:
General: blocking an exit
- now the player can block an exit with a wall, a gate, a unit, or a building
- a unit or a gate blocking an exit will let friendly units pass
General: zoom mode (allows the player to give more precise "go to" orders)
- press F8 to enter or exit zoom mode
- in zoom mode, each square is divided in 3 x 3 smaller squares
- the escape key exits zoom mode too
General: more natural movement and attacks between two squares
- when a unit is moving to another square, the unit will cross naturally the corresponding border of the square (instead of moving through the "exit" object and reappearing on the other side)
- when a unit is moving to another square, if an obstacle is on the other side, the unit will have to move elsewhere (instead of being arbitrarily moved to the nearest free space from the exit)
- now units will hit a target located in another square as long as the target is in range
- catapults now have a minimal range of 4 and a range of 12 (default square width)
General: height, sight range and attack range
- in map jl5 (at the moment), some squares are higher (they are called "plateau")
- now most ground units see the adjacent squares, unless there is an obstacle or the square is higher
- air units, towers and units on higher ground always see adjacent squares (even diagonal squares)
- now catapults attacking from an unseen place are actually seen for 3 seconds (instead of being instantly remembered)
- effects only have a "local" sight range
- archers, catapults (units launching missiles mostly influenced by gravity) have an increased range if their target have a lower height
General: minimal damage
- now a direct hit will inflict at least 0.17 hit points
- "minimal_damage" can be defined in rules.txt ("parameters")
Interface:
- now the game accepts a square as the target of a build order: the game chooses the first building land in the objects list of the square
- open the user folder from the options menu
- added simple mods and soundpacks selection menu
- added repeat for keys
- added sounds in the menus (6115: select, 6116: validate)
- installer: include version of SoundRTS in Windows shortcut label
Servers and mods:
- now a server accepts a client with the same version, ignoring which mods are used by the client ; however, the server will isolate clients with incompatible mods from each other (thanks to Thiago Seus).
Mods and soundpacks:
- in SoundRTS.ini, added soundpacks=...
- soundpacks are always loaded after mods
- mods are automatically loaded when replaying a game with different mods
- experimental: added replay for missions from campaigns with custom rules and resources
- includes CrazyMod v9 beta9
Modding:
- completely removed "sight_range" as a rules.txt property
- added a "bonus_height" property for ground units like towers (or giants, maybe)
- completely removed "special_range": use "minimal_range" and "range" instead (example: catapult)
- mods: automatically fix sight_range and special_range
sight_range 1 => bonus_height 1
special_range 1 => range 12 minimal_range 4 is_ballistic 1
- mana_start added (thanks to chpross)
- Implemented build limits for units and buildings (thanks to craigbrett17)
- Added some extra map making information regarding timer coefficient and AI orders for single player (thanks to craigbrett17)
- map making: a campaign can define which mods it requires; the required mods will be automatically loaded (the required mods are defined in a file called "mods.txt": the file is a comma-separated list of mod names; if the file doesn't exist, the current mods will be kept; if the file is empty, the "vanilla" game will be loaded)
Console: new commands
- "a 10 archer" adds 10 archers to the current square.
- "a a1 10 archer" adds 10 archers to a1.
- "v" triggers victory.
- "s 8" sets the speed to 8 times normal speed.
- "r" adds 1000 resources of every type to the player.
Bugs fixed:
- bug fixed: during a game, the newly entered chat message wasn't said at once or sometimes in the wrong order
- bug fixed: sometimes a restored game would stay frozen at the time of the save
- bug fixed: couldn't replay a game with more than one human.
- bug fixed: now the shortcut for town hall is "h" instead of "t" ("t" is for towers)
- bug fixed: giving the order to train an archer without having a lumber mill was silently ignored by the game (no negative sound)
- fixed: now TTS calls will always return without any delay
- bug fixed: fleeing units would retaliate to attacks
- fixed: a different wounded sound for upgraded damage
- bug fixed: a defeated player shared the observer view with the team
- bug fixed: in chapter 1, completing objective 2 first caused problems
- bug fixed: units in the splash damage area wouldn't be affected if their distance from the attacker is bigger than basic range
- Have the pygame mixer actually respect the number of channels set in the config (thanks to ctoth)
- bug fixed: setting the user name from the multiplayer menu would cause an error.(thanks to Thiago Seus for the bug report)
- now a unit will retaliate to an attack in the same square from another square; then, if it survives, the unit will go to its previous place
Translations:
- updated Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks to Thiago Seus)
- added Spanish translation of the AI making manual and the modding manual (thanks to Claudio of tiflo juegos)
- included Spanish translation of the "Game manual" and the "Map making guide" (thanks to the users of tiflo-juegos mail group)
- updated Italian translation with HTML files (thanks to Luigi Russo)
- updated Russian translation (thanks to Kvark)
Graphics interface:
- automatically move the mouse cursor when a square is selected
In full screen mode, when a square is selected, the mouse cursor will move to the center of the square. The selection can be done with the arrow keys, the page up or down keys, the space key (to follow a unit), etc.
- graphical interface refactoring: added two properties in style.txt
"shape": "square" or "circle" (default)
"color": color name (by default a custom color is computed from the object's title)
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