Creation/Dev/Releases/Client/NewFeatures2003v3

3.031

Following bugs have been fixed:

• when you relogin to a server then you don't see the other player twice
• fixed the problem with empty lines on the playerlist
• the history of the chat edit field doesn't remember empty lines anymore
• images displayed by serverside npcs on gmaps are displayed now (showimgs)
• script functions screenx and screeny are working now

3.03

Beside several major bug fixes this release also includes the new additions from Graal v2.21:

• faster network code, less traffic & lag
• tiles are updated when downloaded
• the playerlist is sorted, most recent pm at the top
• the playerlist is only half-transparent now, so you see the player names easier
• scripts can directly trigger clientside weapons
• ganis work on the stats layer, animations shown with showani are animated
• resizing of the window works better
• the weapon list displays weapons and folders correctly, a memory leak with displaying weapon folders have been fixed
• added a transparency check for gifs:
  • the algorithm tries to fix the transparency of the image when the transparent index was set to the wrong palette entry (wrong index but same color)
  • this works for most cases, for fixing pngs use the updated gif2mng
• fixed warping problems
• problems with freezeplayer fixed, it's actually working now so that you can play servers like Graal2001

3.01

This versions fixes many bugs:

• when using the mill and well on Graal Kingdom the game doesn't crash anymore
• ships are visible now, also the steering man is displayed correctly
• when selecting another language in the starting window then the options window etc. have text now (english text instead of being empty)
• you can connect to private servers by typing a part of the name of a private server in the box under the server list, then pressing <return>
• pushing and pulling stones on classic servers work
• when walking diagonal you don't see messed up tiles rectangles anymore
• a bug with the textwidth() function has been fixed, a new function textheight(zoom, font, styles) has been added
• server-side tiles-editing on gmaps is supported now:
  • the client displays the changed tiles when a server-side script changes tiles and does the command updateboard
  • saving of the tiles will be added soon
• looped sounds are played correctly

3

v3 has several little improvements over the old Graal, more will be added soon. Here a list of the new things:

• polygons and texts can be transparent, so you can use the script commands showpoly and showtext together with changeimgcolors and changeimgmode
• onwall2(x,y,width,height) to test a rectangular area for blocking things
• more efficient speach support, it should work on Linux too when microphone support is installed
• support for 24bit-pngs and jpegs

Things that are not supported anymore:

• setbackpal
• playersays()