2022 News
Log of all the changes and updates with the website
May
May 18, 2022
- JXClient snapshot released - README.txt
- Windows JXClient .exe snapshot released - README-jxclientinstaller.txt
- Changes in the JX Client snapshot:
- Fix orange color in messages.
- Changes in the JX Client snapshot:
- Gridarta for Crossfire map editor snapshot released - README.txt
- Gridarta for Crossfire map editor installer snapshot released - README-gridartainstaller.txt
- Changes in the map editor release:
- Update built-in archetypes
- Improve help for Mover objects
- Fix typos in Game Object Attributes Editor
- Properly show '<' and '>' in tooltips
- The change affects the Game Object Attributes Editor and map validation errors
- Changes in the map editor release:
- Crosfire now has a presense on Mastodon Social Network
May 2, 2022
- GitStats update for GTKv2 Client, Maps, and Server
- GitLog update for GTKv2 Client, Maps, and Server
- Doxygen update for GTK Client and Server
April
Apr 15, 2022
- JXClient snapshot released - README.txt
- Windows JXClient .exe snapshot released - README-jxclientinstaller.txt
- Changes in the JX Client snapshot:
- Include sound effects from the crossfire-sounds repository
- Print correct version number
- Add setup option to show or hide pending movement commands
- Change "def checkbox_option" skin command to include the option's default value
- Do not anymore stall the user interface when loading sound clips
- Ignore "name" part of sounds, use only the "action" part
- Normalize and truncate the generated resource names
- Should fix possible crashes on Windows when playing sound effects
- Ignore case when matching server command names
- Properly show the first text line in the message window
- Changes in the JX Client snapshot:
Apr 13, 2022
- Windows GTKv2 Client .exe snapshot released - README.txt
- Changes in the Windows GTKv2 client snapshot:
- Add 'mapedit' command
- Implement smooth lighting for Pixmap
- Update lighting configuration dialog
- Change default lighting to per-pixel
- Print data from server when using '--debug-payload'
- Automatically set 'away' if idle for some time
- Fix memory leak
- Adjust gtk-v2 layout panes
- Changes in the Windows GTKv2 client snapshot:
Apr 8, 2022
- Mailing List Archive updated with posts from 2021
Apr 6, 2022
- GitStats update for Archetypes, Gridarta, GTKv2 Client, JX Client, Maps, and Server
- GitLog update for Archetypes, Gridarta, GTKv2 Client, JX Client, Maps, and Server
- Doxygen update for Gridarta, GTK Client, JX Client and Server
March
Mar 2, 2022
- GitStats update for Archetypes, Gridarta, GTKv2 Client, JX Client, Maps, and Server
- GitLog update for Archetypes, Gridarta, GTKv2 Client, JX Client, Maps, and Server
- Doxygen update for Gridarta, GTK Client, JX Client and Server
January
Jan 10, 2022
- GitStats update for Archetypes, Gridarta, GTKv2 Client, JX Client, Maps, and Server
- GitLog update for Archetypes, Gridarta, GTKv2 Client, JX Client, Maps, and Server
- Doxygen update for Gridarta, GTK Client, JX Client and Server
- Gridarta for Crossfire map editor snapshot released - README.txt
- Gridarta for Crossfire map editor installer snapshot released - README-gridartainstaller.txt
- Changes in the map editor release:
- Add --use-mapdir command line options
- Without this option Gridarta opens the map files given on the command line
- With this option Gridarta interprets the map files as relative paths in the configured maps directory
- Allow to edit scripts using an external editor.
- The editor can be set in the options dialog (File|Options...) under External Applications|Editor
- An empty input field (the default) uses the built-in editor. Examples are 'emacs' or 'xterm -e vim'
- Spaces in the command name or in following arguments can be quoted: '"/usr/bin/some editor"'
- The file to edit is passed as the last argument.
- Problems while starting the editor are reported in the status bar
- Windows GTKv2 Client .exe snapshot released - README.txt
- Changes in the Windows GTKv2 client snapshot:
- Added 'mapscale' command to change map scaling
- Right-click a tile to walk to it, double right-click to attack
- Spells window shows spell icons
- All commands, not just key bindings, are shown when command echo is enabled
- Improve text readability in the 'Black' theme
- Image caching has been disabled until some bugs can be fixed
- OpenGL and SDL renderers have been removed
- Fixed several bugs in the Pixmap renderer
- Fixed mouse-click examine showing the wrong tile
- Changes in the Windows GTKv2 client snapshot: