From 05358c40a27ecba8247e0778ae588c214a1c37e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Maynard Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:58:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update --- stepmania/NEWS | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/stepmania/NEWS b/stepmania/NEWS index 31f57ce047..f9f9d9d463 100644 --- a/stepmania/NEWS +++ b/stepmania/NEWS @@ -11,33 +11,34 @@ NEW FEATURE: New Edit menus with ability to delete Notes patterns and new options for importing existing patterns into a new Notes pattern. NEW FEATURE: Jukebox mode. Like demonstration, but plays entire songs and loops. -NEW FEATURE: F5 to save screenshot. Saved in StepMania program directory +NEW FEATURE: Print screen to save screenshot. Saved in "Screenshots" as "screenshotXXXX.bmp". CHANGE: Reorganization of options screens. -NEW FEATURE: Option for user-selectable extra stage 1 +NEW FEATURE: Option for user-selectable extra stage. CHANGE: Documentation now in HTML format. CHANGE: Overhauled NoteSkin format. See README-FIRST.html for details. -BUG FIX: Super-shuffle fixed (now doesn't add extra notes) -NEW FEATURE: Added WIDE transform (changes notes on beats to jumps) -NEW FEATURE: Added BIG transform (strategically inserts 8ths) -NEW FEATURE: Added QUICK transform (strategically inserts 16ths) -NEW FEATURE: Added SKIPPY transform +BUG FIX: Super-shuffle fixed (now doesn't add extra notes). +NEW FEATURE: Added WIDE transform (changes notes on beats to jumps). +NEW FEATURE: Added BIG transform (strategically inserts 8ths). +NEW FEATURE: Added QUICK transform (strategically inserts 16ths). +NEW FEATURE: Added SKIPPY transform. +NEW FEATURE: Added HALLWAY, DISTANCE and INCOMING perspectives. +NEW FEATURE: Added tipsy, split, alternate, blind. BUG FIX: Fixed song seeking in editor at non 1x music rates NEW FEATURE: More complete controls for BackgroundChanges in editor NEW FEATURE: Shift+P in editor for "play current beat until end" -NEW FEATURE: Select between Normal and Difficult in Nonstop and Endless mode +NEW FEATURE: Select between Normal and Difficult in course modes CHANGE: Nonstop and Oni scoring and combo counter behave exactly like DDREX CHANGE: HoldNote life snaps to full when button is pressed (instead of refilling slowly) ala DDR NEW FEATURE: Toggle for Autogen of missing steps NEW FEATURE: Toggle for Autogen of group Nonstop and Endless Courses -OPTIMIZATION: Turned off compression when exporting package, which makes +OPTIMIZATION: Turned off compression when exporting packages, which makes exporting significantly faster. NEW FEATURE: Convert a theme from the 3.0 naming convention to the 4.0 naming convention using "Analyze Theme" in smpackage.exe. NEW FEATURE: Check for redundant and possibly mis-named theme elements using "Analyze Theme" in smpackage.exe. -NEW FEATURE: PlayerOption: Perspective - Incoming NEW FEATURE: Set default player and song options in stepmania.ini using DefaultModifiers. NEW FEATURE: Courses can be organized into group folders. See @@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ NEW FEATURE: New parameters for background changes: rate, fade old, loop, CHANGE: Background playback speed scaled by song rate, so movies stay in sync (although syncing isn't very accurate at some song rates). NEW FEATURE: Automatic mapping of joysticks. -NEW FEATURE: Automatically adjust graphic detail on first run. NEW FEATURE: #DISPLAYBPM tag for SM and DWI files. NEW FEATURE: Korean characters in KSF files are converted correctly NEW FEATURE: Music rates .3x and .5x @@ -60,6 +60,77 @@ NEW FEATURE: Courses can be made more difficult; use the same codes as selectin NEW FEATURE: Beginner difficulty NEW FEATURE: Music wheel can be set to have sections for ABC only NEW FEATURE: Note skins can now be selected per-player on the player options screen +CHANGE: "Challenge" steps are good enough for an extra stage. +NEW FEATURE: Turn off autofail by default for beginner/easy; turn off failure + completely for beginner first stage. +BUG FIX: Check the alternative song folders for extra stage courses. +BUG FIX: Don't make the gain-life song between Oni courses if we didn't + actually gain any life. +NEW FEATURE: Added long and marathon balloons. +Try not to repeat songs in random courses. +CHANGE: Little removes HoldNotes that don't start on a beat. +NEW FEATURE: Allow showing dance points instead of percentage in oni. +NEW FEATURE: Write #BEGINNER, #FILE and #CDTITLE to DWIs. Implement + <2468> jumps. +NEW FEATURE: DWI reading: Implement `192nds', <46> jumps, and <4!46!6> hold + jumps. <4006> (containing 0s) is still treated as 192nds, for + backwards compatibility. +NEW FEATURE: Guess titles from directory names if #TITLE is missing. +NEW FEATURE: Remove song length limits. +NEW FEATURE: Added lyrics support. +NEW FEATURE: Song options screen is optional. +CHANGE: Jumps are now graded on the score that completes the row, not the + minimum score of the row. +NEW FEATURE: Added a theme metric editor. +NEW FEATURE: How To Play screen. +NEW FEATURE: Maximum number of random backgrounds is configurable. +CHANGE: Changed 1280x1024 to 1280x960. +CHANGE: Removed limit of 1200 songs in the music screen. +NEW FEATURE: Added banner caching. +CHANGE: Changed nonstop scoring: all nonstop courses sum to 100mil points. +NEW FEATURE: Add option screen scrolling. +NEW FEATURE: Add steps selection to the player options menu. +NEW FEATURE: Add new music wheel sorts. +NEW FEATURE: Handle group banners in the parent dir. +NEW FEATURE: Return to the select course screen after name entry in event mode. +NEW FEATURE: Allow configuring bit depth for movies. +NEW FEATURE: "Courses only" option for marvelous judgement. +CHANGE: Challenge notes no longer make a song red. +NEW FEATURE: Setting a background brightness of 0 disables backgrounds + completely. +NEW FEATURE: SMPackage: Allow disabling comments +NEW FEATURE: SMPackage: Uninstall packages before installing new ones +NEW FEATURE: Never use files listed in (otherwise unused) #DISPLAYTITLE + and #DISPLAYARTIST DWI fields as song banners, nor images + containing "-char". +NEW FEATURE: Added progressive lifebar motion. +NEW FEATURE: Added random caprice courses. +NEW FEATURE: Added JUSTICE. +NEW FEATURE: Added generated "stats.html" +NEW FEATURE: Added beginner helper +NEW FEATURE: Added dancing character to the how to play screen +NEW FEATURE: Added announcers "gameplay oni fail", "gameplay oni fail halfway" and "gameplay combo overflow" +NEW FEATURE: Added FFMpeg-based movie decoding. +NEW FEATURE: Added left+right+start to move back in options menus when in arcade-style navigation +CHANGE: Require a combo before regaining life after bottoming out +NEW FEATURE: Added profiles support +CHANGE: Removed IgnoreJoyAxes; no longer needed +NEW FEATURE: Added title menu switch game code (LRLLRRLR) +CHANGE: Improved DWI/SM file error recovery. +NEW FEATURE: Support for up to 6 joysticks and 32 buttons per joystick. +NEW FEATURE: Screen centering adjustment. +NEW FEATURE: Added input test screen. +NEW FEATURE: Added option for silent attract sequence. +NEW FEATURE: Name entry announcer. +CHANGE: Don't show the danger animation if failure is disabled. +CHANGE: Only lock and fail in fail-end-of-song if both players are failing + at the same time. +CHANGE: Fail-end-of-song fails after the current song in course play. +NEW FEATURE: Editor: Added alt-F11, F12 to change offset in 1ms increments +NEW FEATURE: Editor: Added F5/F6 to switch steps +NEW FEATURE: Editor: Added Alt-F7/F8 for finer BPM adjustment +CHANGE: Editor: Don't clear area before recording +NEW FEATURE: Editor: Added subtitle and song credit editing ----------------------- Version 3.01 --------------------------- CHANGE: Simplified NoteSkin tap graphic format. Old NoteSkins will need to