Development Trunk: https://ja2svn.dyndns.org/source/ja2/branches/Wanne/JA2%201.13%20MP
A detailed list of all the features (changes) is visible in the history log of the development trunk:
INFO: The source code for the official 2011 release (4870) has been branched here:
https://ja2svn.dyndns.org/source/ja2/branches/JA2_rev.4870_2011
This commit contains the following features:
*** Externalized Vehicles ***
o Now with this feature we can add/remove vehicles
o New XML File: TableData\Vehicles.xml
o Added a new function parameter to lua file Scripts\Overhead lua to set up the helicopter in method: SetUpHelicopterForPlayer()
o Added example mini (Docs\Externalized Vehicles Example.zip) mod which adds 2 additional vehicles (hummer and ice-cream truck to sector A9)
*** Up to 255 save slots ***
- There is a "Next" and "Prev" button where you can scroll through the save slots
- It is now possible to load the automatic save (SAVE_EVERY_N_HOURS) from the load screen. This is the first slot after the quickload slot
- Added the 2 alternate players end turn saves (which can be enabled/disabled in option screen) to the save/load game form
*** New Feature: Externalized emails from Emails.edt to XML***
o This feature can be enabled/disabled in the Source:
--> See email.cpp: If "ReadXMLEmail" == FALSE, then normal way (read from Email.edt) otherwise read from XML files
o 2 new XML files: TableData\Email\EmailMercAvailable.xml and EmailMercLevelUp.xml
o Renamed SenderNamesList.xml to EmailSenderNamesList.xml and moved from TableData folder to TableData\Email folder
o Names for mercenaries are get from the file MercProfiles.xml and different names get from the file EmailSenderNamesList.xml
*** Externalized Hidden Towns (Tixa, Orta) ***
o Now it is possible to add new hidden towns (locations)
o See file: TableData/Map/Cities.xml
o New variable in TableData/Map/Cities.xml
- hiddenTown: 0 = show on strategy map, 1 = Hide on strategy map
- townIcon: 1 = on, 0 = off (This is the icon you see on the strategy map)
- szIconFile: The path to the sti icon file (eg: interface\prison.sti, interface\my_icon.sti)
- iconPosition: The x,y position of the icon on the strategy map
*** Encyclopedia and Briefing Room, reachable from the laptop ***
o 2 new ja2_options.ini properties: BRIEFING_ROOM, ENCYCLOPEDIA
o demonstration video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CIXdXWLrAo
o Added Example usage of the Briefing Room
- Extract it in your JA2 1.13 folder and use the latest development executable
- The briefing room can be reached from the laptop. Enter SN5631 for the code and then click the "Exit" button
- See "Info_BriefingRoom.txt" and "BriefingRoom_Mission1.png"
*** Improved interrupt system (IIS) ***
o This system changes the way interrupts work. See: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=290787#Post290787
o Option system (see ja2_options.ini: IMPROVED_INTERRUPT_SYSTEM)
o A few more settings for the interrupt system in ja2_options.ini
o INFO: Multiplayer games always use the "old" interrupt system, not matter what the user selects in the ja2_options.ini
*** Walking and sidestepping with weapon raised ***
o Enable/disable the walking/sidestepping with raised weapon in ja2_options.ini: ALLOW_WALKING_WITH_WEAPON_RAISED
o You can set an AP/BP modifier when walking/sidestepping with weapon raised in APBPConstants.ini: AP_MODIFIER_WEAPON_READY
o The following feature apply when you walk/sidestep with weapon raised:
-> limited angle of view, but you can see more farther when the weapon has a scope
-> better change for interrupts if you see an enemy
-> less APs and BPs when shooting, because the weapon is already raised
-> It should cost more APs when walking. Maybe you can export the additional AP and BP modifier to the APBPConstants.ini
*** Increase squad size to 8 (800x600) and 8 and 10 (1024x768) ***
o Squad sizes (dependend on the screen resolution) can be selected in the start new game screen
o In a multiplayer game, the squad size will always be 6, because it does not work with more soldiers/squad
*** Added UB-1.13 source code ***
o Merged the UB-1.13 source code (Revision: 4721) from svn: http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/ub-source113
o If you want to build UB-EXE or UB-MapEditor, just enable the 2 defines (JA2UB and JA2UBMAPS) in "builddefines.h"
o The UB-Verion reads from "ja2_UB.ini" instead of "ja2.ini"
o There are 2 new XML files
- Layout\LayoutMainMenu.xml
- MapAction\ActionItems.xml
o There are 2 new LUA-Script files
- Scripts\ExplosionControl.lua
- Scripts\InterfaceDialogue.lua
*** Hide enemy health text / enemy hit count ***
o ja2_options.ini: HIDE_ENEMY_HEALTH_TEXT, HIDE_ENEMY_HIT_COUNT
o both new settings only have effect in a singleplayer game
o see: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=128840&page=1
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** Merged Source Code from Development trunk, for the Spring 2011 Release **
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o Development Trunk (Revision: 4444): https://81.169.133.124/source/ja2/branches/Wanne/JA2%201.13%20MP
o This trunk (the official 1.13 source trunk) will only be used for fixing bugs. No new features will be added here.
New Features are only included in the Development trunk
o !!! After we have fixed a bug here in this trunk, we should MANUALLY merge the bugfix in the development trunk !!!
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- Fixed: Mercs randomly drop aimed weapons automatically under some weird circumstances
- Fixed: Merc are now a little more "talkactive"
- Update: New option screen with "Next" and "Prev" button. This allows "unlimited" of options in the option screen
- New: New "Forced turn base mode" option in the option screen and also available via keyboard shortcut (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+T) in tactical.
This forces the game to go in turn based mode when there are enemies in the sector.
INFO: There is a new STI Graphic (OPTIONSCREENADDONS2.sti) which is needed for the updated option screen.
You can download the file from http://ja2.h758491.serverkompetenz.net/Wanne/NewOptionScreen/OPTIONSCREENADDONS2.sti
Put this file in your Data\Interface folder. If I build a new release I will upload the file to SVN GameDir and then remove it from my private download folder.
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Prevent merc in slot 0 from disappearing due to errant schedule. Still need to find and fix schedule though
Prevent attempts to turn or climb roof when soldier collapsed
Fix problems when mortar or RPG randomly assigned to a soldier but cannot be added for whatever reason
Pathing favors beginning path on orthogonal and using as few turns as possible (mostly old behavior).
Prevent interruptions when soldier climbs up, which can cause fall into building just below the target roof position
Fix pauses due to soldiers hurt in previous turn
Fix soldier path not reaching destination when thrown by explosion damage or heavy gunfire
Restore pathing to cave and underground exits
Fix too many AI ending up on the roofs
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Fixed old-style behavior when creating a soldier struct (caused memory corruption and leaks)
Fixed soldiers unable to fire if an error happened while firing the off-hand weapon
Fix animation system problems with soldiers interrupted while changing stance, such as twitching and not being able to navigate around obstacles
Prevent splitting money while an item is in the hand, which would result in losing the original item
Fix reverse of X,Y when checking visibility through a roof, which could make soldiers falsely visible/invisible
Prevent militia from simply waiting on the border when enemies are known to be in the sector
Fix stack overflow for soldier inventory debug display
Optimized A* pathing and cleaned up VS2K5 specific code
AI can now use all climb points for climbable buildings, not just a random few
Fix to not allow flat roof butted against slanted roof to be identified as a climb point
Prevent soldiers who cause an interrupt from a special action from continuing on their path after being interrupted
Prevent soldiers who enter or leave deep water from moving a space too far and turning back
Prevent soldiers from trying to crouch while in shallow water
Make soldier turn in the closest direction when he must get up from prone and turn then fall back to prone
Allow a soldier to swat for a tile before returning to prone if unable to return to prone immediately after a turn
Fix civilians that should show up in a sector, missing because of others that aren't
Fix a memset on a C++ class
Place Skyrider in a sector near his helecopter once available and the helicopter is present
Fix soldier corruption if too many shots burst-spread into too few tiles
Include both first and last tile in spread when some locations must be skipped
Fix to shoot at last location in burst
Fix to remove other previous spread locations when calculating a new spread
Fix to reload or rechamber off-hand when necessary, such as having a pistol shotgun in that hand
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Made direction variables more consistent as unsigned chars. Several function prototypes updated for this.
Many memory leaks plugged: External options, video overlays, laptop file lists, tactical message queue, strategic pathing, autobandage, merc hiring, detailed placements, crate in Drassen, tactical placement
New functions and attributes for soldiers in LUA (still for debugging at best): Soldier.APs (current APs), Soldier.changestance (changes stance, uses game heights)
File catalog ignores .SVN directories (game load speedup)
Fix CTD in mouse regions
JA2 window now refuses to move to negative coords
Checks to prevent DirectX-related infinite loops due to minimizing and task switching
Invading enemies should now appear on the borders even when reinforcements disabled in .ini
Suppression should no longer work on mercs in medium water
Infant/Young creatures use restored spit instead of Molotov
Creatures begin with their 'guns' (spit) 'locked and loaded' (cartridge in chamber)
Further fix to AXP and AlaarDB's weapon ready check: Now 'firing' is always counted as 'ready'.
Prevent mercs from falling and flying back through obstacles
Check whether battle group is even set before testing its location for battle setup
Burst spread locations now limited to 6, the limit within the soldier struct
Extra burst spread locations zeroed out so that they aren't used unless necessary
Spread code now only shoots at locations in the spread, and will shoot at all 6
Only mercs in the sector where autobandage happens will be made to stand up after it's done
Throwing a grenade at the tail of the plane in Drassen should not result in a CTD
Reset attack busy count when loading a new sector
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Camo and other effects are taken into account when aiming at a body part
Max Distance Visible is more consistent in being calculated based on the soldier and direction rather than a fixed number
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Added missing #includes
Added LUA scripting and console
Changed the way tracers are visualized, so they work more like real tracers instead of a light fountain
Fixed signedness of many grid variables used in GetMouseMapPos calls
Fixed enemy weapon choosing: Sometimes a mortar is chosen but later rejected, but the grenade class was not reset. Caused assertion failure
Added checks so enemies don't try to chuck RPG grenades with their hands
Now possible to shoot a someone in the head if he's in water
Fixed InitSightArrays to also clear soldier interrupt duel points. This was causing an assertion failure elsewhere in the code because the interrupt list still had soldiers on it sometimes when this function was called.
Soldiers are much less willing to forfeit their turn over an attempt to use more APs than they have
Removed early setting of muzzle flash. This would allow enemies to get an interrupt before you even fired.
Fixed item dropping by AI. If AI tried to drop something while standing it would cause deadlock
Change to greatly speed up closing the sector inventory window in an unloaded sector
Added conditional compile flag to always give robot weapon ready advantage, even for 360 degree sighting
Check builddefines.h for the conditional flags. Of greatest interest might be LUA_CONSOLE. This will cause the game to bring up a command console when run. However this console is severely lacking in many areas. If anybody knows of an open-source terminal/console that could be used instead, it would be appreciated. The existing console does bad things when you try to close it, and since it counts as a separate app, it pauses the game while it has focus.
LUA scripting is very limited, basically just proof of concept. There is one global variable, the Soldiers array. An array index gives you the soldier in that slot in the currently loaded sector. The soldier has a few things that can be accessed: name (short name); fullname (long name); grid (current grid #, can be changed); walkto(grid) (function to walk to another grid); runto(grid) (function to run to another grid)
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-rewrote the AI sniper code to take advantage of readying weapons. Added new SNIPER order for soldiers that's assigned when a soldier has a sniper rifle (80% chance) or a scope (40% chance).
-spreadsheet update
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* 2006/05/01 *
* Little Alien *
* Developed in VS 2003 *
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Source:
- Added militia control in tactical (can be turned on/off in ja2.ini file)
- Aiming/readying gun: show in red points needed for readying gun
Data:
- Added new ja2.ini
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* 2006/03/16 *
* RoWa21 *
* Developed in VS 2003 *
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- Changed missing screens to the High-Resolution
- Tactical Screen
- Shopkeeper Interface,
- Credits Screen,
- AutoResolve Screen
- ...
- Some bugfixing with the screens
- Centered message boxes
- ...
- Merged lalienxx's features (BUT NO BURST AND NO MP3/OGG SUPPORT!)
- Rain and lightning visual and sound effects
- Visibility radius decrease when rainig
- Weapon relyability decrease when rainig
- Possibility to spot the enemy at night with lightning
- New settings in the ja2.ini file for the rain
- Aiming without shooting with "L" key
- Move the cursor over an enemy and press the "L" key.
- Added judges bugfixing
- Swapped internal shopkeeper character numbering to match the Prof.dat in 1.13 (Gabby/Smithy)
- Added status of the items to item 'tooltip'
- If it is an ammo, the number of available rounds appear
- A stack of items now always shows the minimum repair status
- No more carrying a stack of grenades into battle only to find most are duds
- Made tactical map loading code more robust against maps with bogus buildings
- Made tactical map loading code more robust against maps with characters with bogus locations or schedules
- Changed the location of the savegame structure
- Each mode contains its own savegame folder in its own data-folder
- Some general bugfixing
- See Bugfixing.xls on the ftp
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