Creation/Dev/Releases/Client/NewFeatures2001
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New features/bug fixes in v2.12 rev1
fixed ghost movement on graal2002, also ghosts can now see ganis with script like the torch lamps
New features/bug fixes in v2.12
compatibility of the clients for Graal2001 and Graal2002
many new features for Graal2002, which will be listed later when the game is public
fixed updating images from the server
fixed some linking problems
new editor mode: it's now possible to do multilevel-editing (when an npc called setmap); also the drawing is using the correct npc y-order; scrolling is different: click on the player and move him around, or use the arrow keys to move to the visible level part
new script commands: * wraptext linelength,delimiters,text; Word-wraps a text into pieces each of length 'linelength'; the result can be accessed by reading #t(0..tokenscount-1) * wraptext2 pixelwidth,zoomfactor,delimiters,text; Wraps a text depending on the visible text width; instead of the numbers of characters you give the width of the text on the screen (in pixels); the text can be like in showimg, e.g. @TimesRoman@b@text
#f(index) gives you the image of the npc with the specified index
New features/bug fixes in v2.1rev3
baddys can't be hurt/killed again when they are already hurt/killed
the auto-mapping works even when you are on a ship (attachplayertoobj)
fixed arrows shooting position
npcs are correctly deleted when a level is deleted
New features/bug fixes in v2.1rev2
fixed script command setminimap
New features/bug fixes in v2.1rev1
added the ghost icon to state.png and ghostbody.png
fixed bluelampani.mng
fixed changing the body
arrows cannot hurt ghosts anymore
New features/bug fixes in v2.1
new standard tiles for trees and houses and signs
new interface for starting window and serverlist, it shows informations about your account; if you are in the serverlist you can go back to the starting window by pressing F8
completely redone engine for holding the images in the memory; this avoids using the windows GDI (graphical interface) which caused memory leaks and other problems; with this new engine the game should take much less resources and memory
the editor opens a new empty level when you press F4 while playing the tutorial levels instead of showing the error message that the tutorial level does not exist on the hard drive (since it is encoded in the exe and not meant to be editable)
when you are in a level where playerkilling is disabled then you see a little sign right to the alignment bar which shows a red cross on a sword
the script variable timevar works in offline mode too
fixed problem with the % operator on big values
new script function ascii(c) to get the ascii code of a character (ascii(A) is 65); the other way (converting ascii code to character) can still be done by using the #K(num) message code (#K(65) is A)
there shouldn't be 'Invalid floating point' error messages any more on voodoo cards (please disable the use of direct3D in the Graal options if the effects are too slow for you)
when a chat text or a nickname contains a line that is too long for being displayed on the screen, then only the visible part is drawn instead of hiding it like in old Graal versions
new script variable tiles[x,y] which can be used as replacement for the board[index] variable; it also works for tiles in near levels on overworlds (tiles[-1,20] will read the tile at (63,20) of the level left to the current level)
in the editor there is a new option 'Predefined npcs';
there are all scripts (text files) listed where the
filename starts with 'defnpc' and ends with '.txt';
you can select the npc, then drag&drop it onto the level
by clicking on the npc outline icon left of the choice
box and moving it onto the level;
in the script file you can insert lines like
#COMMENTS This is a door
for changing the comments that are displayed under the
choice box, and
#EDIT redvalue 1
to let the user change a value in the script:
when you add the npc to the level then
all occurances of the variable ('redvalue') will
be replaced by the entered text (in this case '1'
if you don't change the text)
some windows have been removed (sign message codes, add-npc window) and the stuff from it is integrated into other windows so the level editing is simplier; the options window and add-showcharacter windows use tabsheets
snapshots levels made with Alt+5 handle lights correctly, also fixed some other problems with snapshot levels
support for smilies in PMs: some text like :D and :eek: is automatically replaced by smilie-images when reading a PM (and having html-pms turned on); you can change the list of smilies by editing the file smiliesdef.txt in the folder levels/smilies (add a line 'code,filename' for adding a new smilie)
fixed 'vibrations' when being on a moving ship
switching to fullscreen and back to window mode should work better instead of flashing the screen several times
ganis can contain scripts, put it in a block: SCRIPT if (blabla)... SCRIPTEND It is restricted to this. variables and can only use functions for playing music files and displaying showimgs
new script function getangle(dx,dy)
String arrays! they are saved in normal flags/string variables and look like 'myarray=123,"45",67,"8,9"' Commands/Functions: addstring list,text; insertstring list,index,text; replacestring list,index,text; removestring list,text; deletestring list,index; sarraylen(list) lindexof(list,text) #I(list,index) - gives you the string on place 'index'
new script command play2 wavfile,x,y,volume; x,y specifys from where the sound should come from; volume must be between 0 and 1, if set to 1 then the default volume will be used (depending on how far x,y is away from the player)
auto mapping: the Graal program now automatically downloads map files and minimap images, and updates the bigmap (M) by drawing the screen on the map when you move 8 tiles; this options can be turned off in the Graal options if wished; when you leave a level then it saves the part of the map that belongs to that level on hard disk into the maps/parts folder; next time you start Graal it loads the map parts automatically, that way you always have an up-to-date map; the map and minimap is no longer set by the listserver, its now done by the gserver itself, which means playerworld owners can change the default map/minimap by adding lines to the serveroptions.txt: bigmap=bigmap.txt,map.png,12.2,8 minimap=minimap.txt,map2.png,5.2,7 it works exactly like the script commands setmap/setminimap
new script variable 'graalversion' to detect the Graal version the npc is running on
ghost mode, which makes it possible to let new players see Graal2001 for free; it will also be used to limit the player count on 'free' servers (if you have not upgraded then you will login as ghost and wait in a queue till you are activated)
important actions are logged in a new log window that you can open by pressing Alt+0; it logs things like initializing DirectX, Direct3D, but also the login/logout of players and sending of explosions etc.; more stuff will be added in the future
script commands callweapon and callnpc doesn't allow the 'created' flag anymore
fixed showimg synchronization
in the tiles panel in the editor you can select multiple tiles at once: select a block of tiles by clicking on the upper lef edge, then moving the mouse to the lower right edge and releasing it, then pasting it on the level
all default images included in Graal are now using the image formats png or mng instead of gif
New features/bug fixes in v2.05rev2
the script variable playerscount is fixed (was not working for npc weapons)
when you create a new level then the current background tile is used for the background (instead of a black tile)
when switching to other servers then the correct server name is displaying in the window title
openurl2 works more than one time
hidden npcs can use the command showimg
when the map is changed (script command setmap) then the new map is immediatelly applied
the little yellow hint window that shows the names of players on the minimap is hidden when you switch to other applications
New features/bug fixes in v2.05
This time there are mainly bug fixes.
removed the problem with memory error 2.2 (an error window that sometimes popups)
the graal window now shows the name of the server in the title bar
there is a new button in the script editor window that lets you format a text, it makes the script looking similar to the debugger screen, but is also formatting comments lines; it's not perfect but can help a little bit for understanding scripts written by other people
setshape2 supports array variables for the tilestype array instead of only static arrays
when npcs do showimg (especially on the npcserver) then showimgs will not be deleted when you leave the level, so you still see it when reentering the level where the npcs stands
playing of sounds (playlooped) is stopped when switching a server
bombs don't destroy half bushes
new file format (exists since beginning of 2000 but was only available for newworld team): The new level format is text based. If you want to edit it outside of Graal, use a text editor which doesn't wrap lines. You automatically produce a file in the new format when you save to a file with ending .nw Those files are bigger than .graal files, but because it is text-based it is easier to edit parts of it (e.g. ncp script) without opening the game, or to write tools that do changes to the levels, like adding npcs to levels. The graal servers support that file format too, the data sent to the player is the same size like when using .graal files, so it will not make the game laggier
Format: It begins with the signature GLEVNW01. It can contain following data types:
* board lines:
BOARD x y width layerindex <tilesdata>
This is one line of the background layer. 'tilesdata' has a length if w*2 characters; each tile is a 12bit-index into the tile list (pics1.png) and is encoded in two base64 characters (upper 6 bit first) base64: String = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/' so AA is tile 0, AB is tile 1, AC is tile 2, // is tile 4095 (=0xFFF)
* level links:
LINK <destination-level> x y width height newx newy
The link attributes are the same like in the link options window in Graal. destination-level, newx and newy must not contain spaces.
* signs:
SIGN x y text ... SIGNEND
Signs may be empty, but SIGNEND must always be there.
* npcs:
NPC imagefilename x y script ... NPCEND
If the npc doesn't have a filename (invisible npc), then write '-' for imagefilename. x and y may be floating point values. The npc script may be empty, but NPCEND must always be there
* baddies:
BADDY x y type attackverse hurtverse winverse BADDYEND
'type' is the baddy name (graysoldier ... dragon ) or index (0...9). You don't need to write all 3 verses, it's also possible to only write attackverse+hurtverse or only attackverse, but BADDYEND must always be there.
* chests:
CHEST x y item signindex
item is the item name (greenrupee ... spinattack) or item index (0...24)
New features/bug fixes in v2.04
This version contains major improvements in the game engine.
Sound:
PARAM1 enabled for the PLAYSOUND command in gani files, also message codes can be used with the script command play;
You can make an animation that plays differnet sounds/tones, so this makes it possible to create instruments
Animations:
replacegani aniname,newani; Lets the player use a different animation for walking, swimming etc. You can do things like replacegani walk,mywalk; if you want the player use mywalk.gani as walking animation (instead of writing your own walking script); This takes only effect till the player logs off, so you must put it in a system npc or so; its not lagging; The default animations are: idle,walk,walkslow,kick,sword,ridesword, spin,push,grab,pull,lift,carrystill, hiddenstill,carry,hidden,shoot,ridestill, ridefire,rideeat,ride,sit,sleep,hurt, ridehurt,dead,maps1,maps2,maps3,swim, lava,carried To reset the default animation just do replacegani walk,walk; etc.
Using replacegani you can do things like holding a torch while running (*olympic games*). It's only allowed/enabled for upgraded servers.
Tiles:
addtiledef tilesimage,levelstart,type; uses the file 'tilesimage' in replacement of 'pics1.png' in all levels that start with 'levelstart'; type: 0-old graal, 1-new order(description later)
addtiledef2 tilesimage,levelstart,x,y; this is similar to addtiledef, but only replaces a part of the tiles image; its like putting an image on top of the tiles image (normally pics1.png), this is good for replacing the default chair or lamp or so; this supports animated images, but keep in mind that all tile replacements must be hold in memory and be animated, so better only use it in the levels you need it; These two commands are very powerful and are only enabled for upgraded servers.
removetiledefs levelstart; removes tile definitions for levels that start with 'levelstart'
support for object sets, saved in the tileobjects folder and selectable in the editor
NPC layers:
setshape type,pixelwidth,pixelheight Sets the shape for an npc. It already existed on the npcserver, but is usefull for client-side stuff to. type is the the shape type, the only one supported is 1 (=rectangle); it makes the npc behave like a fixed rectangle, no matter how big the image is or if its already loaded; to set it back to default do setshape 0,0,0;
setshape2 width,height,{tiletypes,...}
Lets the npc behave like a level, which means you can set
what size it has (in tiles) and how the tiles behave;
e.g. do setshape2 2,2,{3,3,3,3}; to make an npc that behaves
like a chair. Following tile types are supported:
0 nonblocking
2 hurting underground
3 chair
4 bed upper side
5 bed lower side
6 swamp
7 lava swamp
8 near water
9 near lava
11 water
12 lava
20 throw-through (fences)
21 jumping stone
22 blocking tile
attachplayertoobj objecttype,id; Attaches the player to an object, currently only npcs are supported (objecttype=0); the id must be the id of the npc you want to attach the player at when the player is attached, you can do if (playerattached) to check if he is attached; new player attributes playerattachid and playerattachtype; new variables levelorgx,levelorgy for getting the origin of the level/npc where the player is in
This command is good for all kinds of layers or moving objects, together with the setshape2 command you can do levels-in-levels things. It can be used for bridges, ships, baloons, platforms in quests. Don't forget to detach the player when he should go back to the normal level. The position of the player is not saved when he is on such an npc. This command is only allowed/enabled for upgraded servers
detachplayer Puts the player back into the normal level
Showimg/show text:
showimg colors,layer, and zoom is sent to other players (even when the layer is 4, then only values between 0 and 440 allowed)
showing text with showimg you can do showimg 1,@Hello!,x,y; do show text; setting font and style is possible by doing showimg index,@font@style@text,x,y; (style: characters from 'bicus', b-bold, i-italic, c-centered,u-underline, s-strikeout); for change the view of the text use the commands changeimgzoom,changeimgcolors
showimg works now server-side, layer 4 works too
weaponscount variable, #w(index) gives you the weapon names, #W(index) the weapon images; you can assign values to selectedweapon to change the selected weapon of the players; use enable/disableselectweapons if you want to disable the weapon select screen (Q)
Other features/bug fixes:
check for correct tiles when lifting/eating/slaying bushes
faster search for files (lookup in the filename list)
bombs and arrows go to near levels
chat text is always displayed at least 3 seconds
message codes possible in #K() (for inserting special characters into text)
the script command stopsound doesn't crash the game when sound is turned off
New features/bug fixes in v2.03
New script command: triggeraction targetx,targety,action,params; This is one of the commands that give you like 50% more scripting power than before. It is like a combination of hitobjects and callnpc, but better. With 'triggeraction' you invoke an event to the object on positon (targetx,targety). If the object is an npc, then the npc script is called with the flag 'action<action>' set, when the object is a player then the weapon scripts of the that player are called with the 'action<action>' flag set. 'params' can be one or more parameters, divided by commas; the called script can read the paramters by accessing the message code #p(paramindex). Because this is hard to explain with words, here some little examples:
* trigger player weapons You can easily do a weapon which freezes the other player:
if (playertouchsme) toweapons Freezing-Weapon;
if (weaponfired) {
triggeraction playerx+1.5+vecx(playerdir)*2,
playery+2+vecy(playerdir)*2,freeze,;
}
if (actionfreeze) {
freezeplayer 3;
setplayerprop #c,FREEZED;
}
Both players must have this weapon for making it working. Then use it on the other player, and he will be freezed, because a 'freeze' action is sent to him and his weapon script, called with flag 'actionfreeze', will freeze him. You can also move the if (actionfreeze) ... into an system npc so the weapon can be used on all players. Other nice things you could do with triggering actions on players: a stealing weapon which lets the other player loose gralats (if (actionsteal) lay2 greenrupee,... ); complex attacking weapons that use your own hitpoint system instead of the default hearts thing
* trigger npcs
Until now npcs can only react to 'playertouchsme' and
'washit', other things are very hard to do (e.g. the
mining on Graal2001 was made by checking periodically
what animation the player has and before which stone the
player stands). You could do callnpc, but this works only
client-side and you needed to pass parameters with
flags.
Using 'triggeraction' you can make those things much easier.
The mining axe could have the script
if (weaponfired) {
setani jaxe,hammergold0.png;
triggeraction playerx+1.5+vecx(playerdir)*2,
playery+2+vecy(playerdir)*2,mining,#v(axepower);
}
If you now use the weapon on a stone, the stone npc could
check this so:
if (actionmining) {
axepower = strtofloat(#p(0));
this.power -= axepower;
if (this.power<=0) {
setstring uncraftedgold,#v(strtofloat(#s(uncraftedgold))+1);
hide;
}
}
With this thing you can also easily do switches which are
activated with the hammer, or torch lamps which are turned on
by using a torch on it.
* actionpushed, actionpulled The game automatically triggers the actions 'pushed' and 'pulled' on an npc, #p(0) is the direction of where to move; so you can do different things when the player tries to push/pull the npc, e.g. slower pulling, or opening a door.
New script command: move dx,dy,time,options;
dx - delta x
dy - delta y
time - time in seconds
options - cachingmode (0,1 or 2) + blockcheck (4 or 0) +
informmewhendone (8 or 0) + applydirection (16 or 0)
This moves the npc without needing you to update the
position of the npc 'manually' by changing x and y.
To move an npc 10 tiles to the right, then 10 tiles to
the left and again, just do following:
if (created) {
while (true) {
move 10,0,4,0;
sleep 4;
move -10,0,4,0;
sleep 4;
}
}
This moves the npc 10 tiles to the right, then waits 4
seconds, then moves it 10 tiles to the left, then waits
4 seconds, and repeats this endlessly.
The good thing is that this also works with server-side
npcs and makes them look like they are moved on client-side.
There are also nice options to makes things very simple:
* cachingmode:
* 0: previous movements will be finished immediatelly
* 1: movements will be cached, the previous movements
will only be finished when the cache is too large
(distance to go >5);
this caching can be used on server-side npcs to
make the movement look like non-laggy even when
there are little delays sometimes
* 2: the movement will just be appended to the movement
list; you can add up to 100 movements
* blockcheck: add 4 to the options when you want the
npc to stop when there is a wall blocking the npc
* informmewhendone: if you add 8 to the options then the
script will be called with a 'movementfinished' flag
when the the npc has stopped walking; catch this event
with
if (movementfinished) {...}
if you want to do something when the npc has stopped
(e.g. walking in a different direction)
* applydirection: add 16 to the options if you want the
game to automatically set the direction of the npc
depending on the movement direction (can be good
when using movement caching)
on remotecontrol and npccontrol you can use new chat functions, commands start with /, you can get a list of available functions with /help
when you play on a game server with npcserver and an npc leaves the current level, then it is displayed in the new level instead of being hidden
script functions vecx(dir) and vecy(dir) which are a replacement for the 'dirgo' variables used in many scripts; e.g. for direction 2 (down) the functions vecx and vecy give you 0 and 1; normal npc movements can so simply made by x += vecx(dir); y += vecy(dir);
script functions onmapx(levelname) and onmapy(levelname) to get the position of a level on the currently set map
the game uses in-game code to compress/decompress again instead of using zlib.dll because it has been abused
if you press the shift key while clicking on Start or Turorial in the starting window, then the game will start in fullscreen mode
new script flags 'playerreading' to check if the player is reading a sign, and 'lighteffectsenabled' for checking if the player can see the light effects and day/night
fixed bugs when using numbers for #P1
fixed bug with reading animated interlaced gifs
New features/bug fixes in v2.02rev1
the speed cheat protection shouldn't close the program when there was no cheating
when opening the history of someone you will not see the web navigation bar
better hacking protection
the server knows the language of the client, that way there can be translation of signs and what npcs say (on servers with npcserver)
New features/bug fixes in v2.02
Version v2.02 brings new things for customizing the player (e.g. hats), making signs with images, and doing string parsing in npc scripts. Of course there are also bug fixes.
Restrictions for free servers: Because we want players to upgrade the accounts, we have put some limits on free servers. This includes light effects (seteffect, setcoloreffect etc.) and complex ganis. 'complex' means ganis (animations) that are not default animations and do more than just display an image. Things like skip.gani are allowed, fishing.gani not. Using the hat thing is not allowed.
support for hats and similar things: When opening the gani editor (Graal Shop) you will see new edit fields for 'Def. attr1', 'Def. attr2' etc. These work similar to the PARAM1, PARAM2 etc. thing, but they behave different in Graal: while the values for PARAMx is taken from the parameters that you use in your setani and setcharani script calls (setani shoot,wbow1.gif; is setting PARAM1 to wbow1.gif), the ATTR1, ATTR2 etc. is read from the players account. You can change it with setplayerprop #P1,...; /setcharprop #P1,...; You can currently use 5 gani attributes. Since it is saved in the players account, it doesn't need to be sent to the other players each time the animation is set which is causing lag when used in a movement animations
Here an example for setting the hat of the player: setplayerprop #P1,hat0.png;
the guilds listed in the staff section of the playerlist can now be changed by serverowners
the HTML window now has a panel with navigation buttons for back/forward/stop/refresh/home you see that window when the server message of the day is displayed or when a script calls the openurl or openurl2 functions
when the options window is open then the game is not freezed anymore (was used to cheat/block players)
NPC scripting:
you can display images in signs using the message code #i: a sign with the text
Touch this to enter: #i(door.gif)
will display the door.gif at the end of the line. It doesn't check if the image is larger than one line, so you might need to add spaces in the following lines so that the image doesn't overlap the text. You can also only display a part of the image:
The nicest head ever - #i(head19.gif,0,64,32,32)
This displays the part of head19.gif starting at position (0,64) with a widht and height of 32 (ninji face looking at you)
string parsing functions There is a bunch of new functions and message codes to support string parsing: * strlen(str) - length of the string * startswith(part,str) - tests if 'str' is starting with 'part' * indexof(part,str) - gives the position of 'part' in 'str' (-1: doesn't appear in 'str', 0: str starts with it) * #e(startindex,length,str) - extracts a substring out of str; when length is -1 then it takes everything after startindex till the end of str * #T(str) - removes the spaces at the beginning and at the end * tokenize str; - divides the specified string into tokens, e.g. tokenize I am happy!; will produce 3 tokens (I, am, happy!); text inside " " is taken as one token, so tokenize hello "Mr. Bear"; will produce 2 tokens (hello,Mr. Bear) * tokenscount - gives you the count of tokens produced with tokenize * #t(index) - gives you a token * tokenize2 delimiter,str; - while tokenize always uses spaces and commas, you can add more delimiters here, e.g. tokenize2 o, Yoshi is cool; will give you (Y,shi,is,c,l)
when doing setstring flagname,; then the deletion of the string variable is sent to the server
setting/unsetting/changing a flag that starts with 'local.' is not sent to the server
when using setplayerprop #5 to set a horse or when having a horse from last login to the server, then the bushes count is set correctly
you can now set string variables that contain commas, when you do setstring myflag,1,2,3; then you will add a flag 'myflag=1,2,3' instead of getting a syntax error
commands that we forgot to mention: * disabledefmovement: turns off the normal player movement and behaviour; this is good for making new player races or things like skis; if you only want to temporary disable it then use the freezeplayer command * enabledefmovement: enables it again
the script debugger (F6) gives you a list of the script functions of the selected npc; you see it under the drop down list for npcs; when selecting a function then the script panel will scroll down to it this is good for easier navigation through a script
keydown(index) is always false when the player is paused
new flags issparringzone and nopkzone
Graal Shop (Gani editor):
correct detection for if the gani has been modified
correct behaviour of the 'loop' and 'continuous' flags: the animation is stopped when at the end and not looped, and a continuous animation is started when not running and clicking on 'Play'
edit fields for the new gani player attributes
('Def. attr1', 'Def. attr2' etc.)
General bug fixes:
objects are drawn in correct y-order when near level borders
the map viewing animations are set correctly (only when you stand still or sit)
when you play on a server with npcserver and you switch to another server then you will be able to see npcs
the texts 'Map' and 'Others:' that you see when viewing the map can be changed in the languages/languageXXX.txt now too
when pressing R to view the sparring ratings of players then the rating is not displayed over npcs
--- New features/bug fixes in v2.01:
levels are preloaded when you walk on the map
when looking on the map then a special animation is set so that other players can see that you are reading the map
showimg should work better, artefacts should be removed
when you pause the game then things are still animated, bombs explode
when you change the chat text of the player with the script command setplayerprop #c,text; then it doesn't disappear immediatelly, it will be shown for 3 seconds
in scripts you can do if (playerdies) ... to do stuff when the player dies (timeouts doesn't work when you are dead)
when the player is hurt then you can detect that in scripts by doing if (playerhurt) ... you can read the variable playerhurtpower to get the amount of power that the player lost
a bug with testnpc is removed
new script commands: * hitobjects power,x,y; hurts players/npcs/computer opponents that are on the specified position; this works exactly like the sword so this should be used for weapons, instead of the hitplayer command which gives the attacker to much advance; we will probably need to wait with using it till all people have v2.01, and v2.00 is disabled * openurl2 url,width,height; opens an url in a window but in a different way: it uses the same thing that is used for the server MOTD and PM history, so it should open faster, and you can set the size of the window; remove the leading http:// from the url
New features/bug fixes in v2.00:
no 2/3/4 player mode anymore; we want to concentrate on the online mode; this will also help in reducing the ressources needed by the game and in removing some bugs; with the 2/3/4 player we also removed the support for save games (F2/F3), and you can't select your character in the starting window, servers will provide character selection levels
new tutorial levels
in the controls window you can change the keys and buttons, just click on it (right mouse button deletes it)
bush rupees and pot hearts are server-side
you can do 'warpto <accountname>' (if you are a GP)
on the minimap / playerlist you see red bubbles for admin messages, green bubbles for guild messages and blue bubbles for mass messages
in the editor you can do flood filling by pasting a tile / an object onto the level and pressing the right mouse button (shift+right mouse button: only fill full objects); if you haven't selected something then the right mouse button with fill the area with the background tile
there are new deep water tiles where you can't swim
new script commands: These commands are good for making a day/night thing and showing lights (see the included light2.png which can be used as corona (setcoloreffect)) They doesn't cause lag, but you can only see it when you have a 3D card (like Riva TNT). * seteffect red,green,blue,alpha; (default 0,0,0,0) This if for day/night, by increasing alpha to 0.5 or so you can make the game darker; changing the values for red/green/blue will cause some nice effects too * setcoloreffect red,green,blue,alpha; (default 1,1,1,1) If you change one of these values to something <1 then the npc image will be drawn using alpha blending; By changing red/green/blue you can change the color of the image (so you can use light2.png for red lights, green lights etc. without needing another image); By changing alpha you can decrease the brightness of the npc image * setzoomeffect zoomfactor; (default 1) Zooms the npc in or out. The npc will stay centered at the same position and have the same blocking radius, so this is only for effects * drawaslight; draws the npc above the daynight effects area (between drawoverplayers and the stats) * changeimgcolors index,red,green,blue,alpha; (default 1,1,1,1) changes the alpha transparency / color for the image (see setcoloreffect for more); * changeimgzoom index,zoomfactor; (default 1) changes the zoom factor for the image; color and zoom effect are not transferred to other players so changeimgcolors and changeimgzoom only work locally
new Graal animation system using *.gani files
* With setani and setcharani (script commands) you can change
the animation of the player or the npc, instead of only
using the default animations that are changed by accessing
the variable 'sprite'; that variable still exists but will
be mapped to def.gani which contains all of the old
animation steps (0..40); its also possible to still read
'sprite', the game will then try to convert the current
animation to the old sprite number system, e.g. when the player
has the animation walk.gani then reading the 'sprite'
variable will result in values between 1 and 8 depending
on the current animation step; new animations will always
be mapped to 0, but you can get the current animation by
using the #m message code (if (strequals(#m,walk)) ...)
* There is an editor for gani files named 'GraalShop.exe',
you can set the file association in the windows explorer
to make it easier to open gani files; but you can also
edit gani files with text editor
* Syntax:
setani <aniname>,param1,param2,...;
setcharani <aniname>,param1,param2,...;
Example: setani walk,; sets the walking animation
defined in walk.gani. A gani contains informations
about sprites and where to put them in which frame.
The gani format:
1. Starts with some control commands:
* SPRITE 0 SPRITES 0 0 24 12 shadow
=> sprite_index image_file x y w h description
this defines a sprite
* sprite index: is import for the animation part of
gani file which will be described later;
each sprite must have an unique sprite index
* image file: can be
* BODY HEAD HORSE SHIELD SPRITES PICS
(those images will taken from the current player),
* PARAM1, PARAM2, ... (are set with setani/setcharani),
* myimage.png (direct filename)
* x,y,width,height: describe which part of the image
should be drawn
* description: only for the gani editor
* DEFAULTPARAMxxx newsword.png - tells the gani editor
which image should be used for PARAMxxx (it can also
be a number when you want to use the parameter to
give a sprite number to animations)
* COLOREFFECT 20 1 1 0 0.99
=> sprite_index red green blue alpha
sets the alpha transparency / colors for the sprite
* ZOOMEFFECT 20 5
=> sprite_index zoom
sets the zoom factor for the sprite
* LOOP - loops the animation
* CONTINUOUS - doesn't restart the animation when you
call setani/setcharani again
* SINGLEDIRECTION - all four directions use the same
animation steps
2. It follows the animation in
ANI
...
ANIEND
The animation normally contains 4 x animation_step_count lines
of sprite defintions. Each line contains of a list of
sprite positions:
sprite_index dx dy, sprite_index dx dy, ...
* sprite index: the defined sprite with the specified sprite
index should be drawn (can also be PARAM1, PARAM2 etc.)
* dx: horizontal difference to the player-x coordinate
* dy: vertical difference to the player-y coordinate
After each frame (which means 4 lines in normal animations
and 1 line in a SINGLEDIRECTION animation) you can add following
commands:
WAIT <waittime> - repeats the last frame <waittime> times
PLAYSOUND <soundfile> dx dy - plays a wav file from position
(playerx+dx,playery+dy) (that defines the posititon where it
sounds loudest); this actually works like the npc command 'play'
so you can theoretically play midis or avis but that is not
recommended
* See the existing gani files for examples, e.g. idle.gani for
a very simple animation (it only contains one step)
* The gani format has a lot of advantages:
* it means less network traffic (because you can replace tons of
showimg with one call to setani/setcharani)
* you can do a lot more than with showimg
* it's easier to make complex animations with it
* in the online mode the player animations look less
laggy because the animation continues even if the
connection is slow
* you can hear what other people do like they were playing
on your computer because sound effects are included in
the gani file
* you can change the default player animations like dead.gani
files are now automatically downloaded again from the server when they have been updated on the server
wavs are downloaded from the server too
when weapon names start with - then you can't see them in the weapons list (might be good for system npcs)
new npc script variables playerhurtdx and playerhurtdy when the player is hurt (otherwise they are 0)
new npc script commands 'setgender' and 'setchargender' (paramters: male / female)
new npc script command setmusicvolume left,right; both values can be between 0 and 1
signs are dynamic now, you can use message codes like #n in the signs, unknown characters are drawn using a windows font; there is a new message code #K(action) which tell you the key names for the keys (0-up, 1-left, 2-down etc.)
head,sword,shield and body images are saved in the right folder (levels/heads, levels/swords etc.) instead of levels/webgifs
before you can drop items with S+A it checks if there is no wall in front of you
the npc script command 'stopsound filename;' works now
there is no error message anymore when you open a file by double-clicking on a .graal file in the windows explorer (file association)
the script command 'continue' works correctly in while-loops now
jumping into links shouldn't stuck you
invisible npcs are non-blocking
DirectSound and DirectDraw are dynamically loaded, when there is a problem with DirectDraw then the game gives you an error message and closes correctly
fixed a bug that happened when you do if (playerenters) setlevel <currentlevel>;
playerlist section 'Staff' instead of 'GPs', there you can also see LATs and FAQs now
New features/bug fixes in v1.41 rev1:
when right-clicking on yourself (online mode) then you will see your own profile + stats
you can not pause in sparring rooms anymore
when entering a sparring level then the restart position will be updated (so you restart in the sparring level when you die)
ad animations are stopped when not visible
forgot to mention: there are script variables screenwidth and screenheight (pixels) for the visible area which is 640x456 by default; those variables are read-only
hidden players (script command hideplayer) are now visible on the map again; we might re-enable a real hideplayer thing again but not as long as people can cheat with it
Alt+1 now saves as png too (like Alt+2)
when you press M in the editor then the generated map will be saved as png; if you want to use it as map for your playerworld or for the setmap command then you need to convert it to 8 bit colors before using it in the game
New features/bug fixes in v1.41:
shooting arrows only takes half the time
there is an ap bar under the ASD thing
a rating system for fights in sparring rooms; to make a sparring room you must add an npc with the script 'sparringzone' (no end line characters!) to the level; then the server will see that it's a sparring level and will not change your ap/money and will rate your fighting skills depending on who you kill and who kill you; when you press R then you will see the current ratings over the heads of the players; it shows rating + rating deviation; the rating deviation tells you if the player is fighting often, only players < 80 rating deviation will be listed in the graalonline.com top50; so if you see someone with a rating of 2000 and a rating deviation with 330 that means he only had one fight or so, so you can't really trust that he is a good fighter when you are in a sparring room you will see a white 'sparring' on the ap bar
new option in F1->General options: fullscreen mode; you can switch to 800x600 and 1024x768; you can get the screen size in npc scripts by reading 'screenwidth','screenheight' (in case you want to align a showimg stats image on the right side of the screen)
by right-clicking with the mouse on a player you will open the profile of that player; the profile now shows more stuff like the account name and sword power
the server message of the day can now be HTML
graal PMs and the server MOTD can contain the new tag <graalmsg>Hallo #n!</graalmsg> (the text inside the graalmsg tag works like with the npc script command 'message'); it is good for making a message which looks more personal
new npc script command showstats, with this you
can show/hide parts of the status bar / game
showstats 1+2+4+8+16+32+64+128+256+512+1024; shows all
showstats 0; hides all
the argument is a bit-wise flag set
1 - ASD
2 - icons (for rupees, bombs, arrows)
4 - rupees count
8 - bombs count
16 - arrows count
32 - hearts
64 - alignment (ap) bar
128 - magicpoints (mp) bar
256 - minimap (you can only hide it, you can't show it when the
player pressed Alt+3)
512 - inventory npcs
1024 - players
npc weapons can't be deleted when their name starts with a * (e.g. toweapons *Boomerang;)
there is a new very good designed baddy image: baddyninja.gif from Ulrich Galbraith (Zancrus) (its the one who made some of the graphics for v1.0 like the frogs, baddies)
there are some new tiles for hourse corners and inside house corners
fixed a bug with negative rupees when dropping rupees while being in the bank
in online mode the positions of showimgs are aligned the same way like the player position; that way its easier to use hideplayer+showimg because you can align it correctly to the shadow of the player (which can't be hidden)
in online mode when you do showimg+changeimgpart it also works for bigger images now
the playerlist is sorted again when your nickname is changed (it needs to be updated because the guild might have been changed)
red gloves will be displayed correctly again
the default keys will be set/displayed correctly; this was a problem in older versions because e.g. in France you have the A key on a different position on the keyboard; in France it uses now QSD as the default keys for lifting/ sword/weapon
when you start Graal for the first time then the game will try to detect the local language automatically; because some languagexxx.txt files needed to be renamed you might need to change your language manually if you have already played
'playersays' works correctly now, but keep in mind that its not supported anymore, better use strequals(#c,...)
fixed a little bug with head icon transparency in 32bit
showname / ap changing doesn't delete your chat text anymore
New features/bug fixes in v1.4:
new starting window It should be simpler now, when you select 2/3/4 player mode then you can choose the player to change by clicking on the little head icon right to the character selection box; You can also set the nickname separately for each character in 2/3/4 player mode; The account name/password thing was moved to the server list
server list window When you select 'One Player (online)' as game mode then you will see a server list window that will load a server list from www.graalonline.com and display it in a list; When you click at an entry then it will show you some informations about that server (language, version, homepage etc.); On the lower part of the server list window you see the edit fields for account name and password; click on 'Connect' to connect to the selected server; When you play then you can always open the server list window again by pressing F8 (it will refresh the list automatically)
password are saved separately for each account name
new option 'don't save passwords' in the options window (F1->General Options)
new pk tag system: when having less than 40 alignment points (showap) then you can't increase your power; when you die then you will get 3 hearts back when ap<20, 5 hearts when ap<40 and full power when you die while ap>=40; when you kill someone then your power will decreased by (yourap/20+1)*(otherap/20); when ap<20 then your ap will increase every 30 seconds, when ap<40 then every 2 minutes, ..., when >=80 then every 30 minutes (no 90 ap limit anymore)
There is better pk recognition: When you kill someone with bomb/arrows/fire/bushes then it will count as player-killing too
New script stuff
* New command: changeimgvis index,drawingheight;
changes the drawing height of a showimg image;
possible values for 'drawingheight':
* 0: like drawunderplayer
* 1: like the player
* 2: like drawoverplayer (default)
* 4: on screen (the img will be drawn like the status bar,
it will be drawn on the image (x,y) position);
so you can make your own status bar thing with
this command
* When doing showimg with an image index not in 0..199 then
it will only be shown local
* setimg/setimgpart can be used instead of setgif/setgifpart
* The 'in' operator is enhanced. You can now do things like:
1,2 in {1,2,3,4,5} - will check if 1 AND 2 are in specified array
x in |0,64| - is true when 0<=x<=64
x in <0,64> - is true when 0<x<64
You can also combine those things, e.g.
x,y in <0,10| - is true when 0<x<=10 AND 0<y<=10
* putexplosion2 bombpower,radius,x,y;
for producing jolt bomb explosions (set bombpower to 3)
* New command: setbody bodyimg;
This is a nice command: with this you can change
the body of the player, e.g. setbody body2.png
(body2.png is included in v1.4, its from Antago,
body3.png is from Loriel)
You can also use the #8 message code to change
the body img (setplayerprop #8,body2.png or
setcharprop #8,body2.png);
* npcs[index].attr and compus[index].attr can be changed
better hacking protection
explosion radius is limited to 15 (hack protection)
script command setlevel2 works with floating point values for x/y
you can lay down shields again
Because many people had problems with the music thing there are some things chanegd/optimized: * dynamic loading of mediaplayer (so when you turn off music support then it will not load it) * winamp support -> option 'use winamp for music'
New features/bug fixes in v1.39rev2:
removed bugs with caching levels on hard disk, this version should work better with playerworld servers running on different ports
when someone is invisible (hideplayer) then you still see his shadow and nickname
npc script enhancements: * functions Example:
if (playerenters) {
myfunc();
playerdarts += 50;
}
function myfunc() {
message Hello!;
if (playerrupees<50) return;
playerbombs += 50;
}
With 'function' you define a function, with funcname() you call it. It doesn't matter at what place in the script you define the function. With 'return' you immediatelly return to one line behind the caller script position. There are no function parameters yet and you cannot use it in calculations. You can only call functions from the same script. With this new function thing it's much easier to make scripts look simplier.
* new npc script variables: signscount, signs[index].x/.y * testsign(x,y) * callnpc index,playertouchsme; you can use this for calling the scripts of other npcs; calling that function doesn't run the npc's script immediatelly, it might take 0.05 till the script of the other npc is actually executed * a function keydown(0..10) which tells you if a key is pressed 0..3: movement, 4..6 A/S/D, 7 map, 8 tab, 9 Q, 10 P * you can use break, continue inside of loops to end a loop / continue with the next loop round * you can do myvar = (timeout? 5 : 3); * you can assign 'boolean' operation results to normal variables like myvar = (timeout && myflag); then myvar is 1 when the boolean expression 'timeout && myflag' is true, 0 otherwise
New features/bug fixes in v1.39rev1:
fixed a bug with transparent heads when starting Graal in 32bit video mode and switching to fullscreen
when sending messages to more than 50 people then the message will not be saved on hard disk (so it doesn't take a half minute till you can play again)
when viewing a profile of a player then you also see the kills/deaths/onlinetime that the player has in the current world; you only see it when the player already made a profile (pushed the 'send' button in the profile window)
<applet> tags in PMs doesn't work anymore
New features/bug fixes in v1.39:
completely different handling of head images, this should speed up Graal and drastically reduce the resources needed by the game
Profiles: In the player list click on 'profile' to change your own profile or right-click on a nickname and select 'profile' to see the profile of a player (Antago suggested profiles in Dec 1999)
there is a special option window for the player list: just click on the 'options' button in the player list; there is the option to turn off HTML in PMs, to ignore mass PMs plus two new options: * No images in HTML: deletes <img> tags out of PMs * sort player list by nickname: sorts the playerlist in alphabetically order
<script> and <object> tags in PMs doesn't work anymore
New options in the Graal->F1->More options window: * Ignore toalls: doesn't show 'toall:' messages anymore * Don't load heads for the playerlist / map: the game will not load the head image for the icon of a player for drawing it on the playerlist / map; all players will have the head of you except players which were in your level when they connected to the server (so the head needs to be loaded anyway); this reduces the login time / lag while the game because the game doesn't need to load images so often
When you type in chat text, then you can go back to previous messages by pressing the UP key; you can navigate through the last 100 chat lines by pressing UP and DOWN; when you edit a line or press RETURN then it will became your current chat line
in the editor you can 'draw' with tiles - select a single tile in the tiles panel, then click on the level, hold the left mouse button down, move around; you will paste tiles till you release the left mouse button
In 2/3/4 player mode: when you open the weapons list and press the key 'Delete', then the selected weapon of the currently 'focused' player will be deleted instead of the selected weapon of the first player; the focused player is that player who has the 'chat' icon near his status bar and can be changed by clicking with the mouse on the visible screen area of a player
you don't see 'failed' when warped between levels of a player world anymore
faster sending of messages to the server
removed some problems with floating point values in the npc scripts (e.g. 0.1+0.1+0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1 is now 0)
the M map shows a normal head for you too instead of a stretched player which sometimes freezed Graal
the M map is much faster (no drawing in the background anymore)
dead people are non-blocking
on the minimap PM-icons are drawn above toall-icons
the filenames for PMs on the hard disk have been changed to allow special characters like '\' or '/' in the account name; you should delete the old PMs in the pms folder if you already have a lot of files there, otherwise Windows could get problems with it
the weapon list (Q) is drawn using the function which also draws signs and the Continue/End window, so it works correctly with custom letters.gif (setletters); the background of the selected weapon is still blue
the weapon lists of player 3 / 4 are scrolled down too when it gets too big
by mouse-clicking on a weapon in the weapon list you can directly select a weapon without needing to navigate with the arrow keys
added some tiles and corrected the tile type for the dirty water; the futuric house tiles weren't added yet (must find a way to get around the 2MB-image limit)
you can directly drag image files (gif/png/mng) onto a level; the game will automatically generate an npc with that image at the mouse position
New features/bug fixes in v1.38rev1:
there is the new option 'don't connect levels' in the option window (Graal->F1->More options); if you enable that option, then you only see one level when walking through outside levels; this also means less data to send / receive, so enable that option if you have problems with lag in regions with many players like Graal city
fixed the warping (was a problem with empty signs)
the 'bombs' attribute of npcs works again
fixed the alignment bug with npcs (were sometimes drawn one pixel beside the real postition)
normal animation speed when walking diagonally
dragging a selection half out of the regular 64x64 area doesn't mess it up
the function to retrieve the message code doesn't hang on some codes like the previous version (e.g. when you say '#c' on the Mantara statue machine)
your horse doesn't get a bush when it eats a bomb
added caching of up to 50 toall-messages for each player; when a player sends several toall-messages in short time then you can see all of them by clicking several times on the toall-bubble of that player; this feature has been added to make future Graal extensions like a separate chat client possible
the new water tiles from v1.38 are now recognized as water tiles
forgot to mention: there is a new flag 'isonmap' which tells you if the player is currently in a level which is showed on the M map
New features/bug fixes in v1.38:
jailed people can write PMs to RCs
'setnick nickname' command on the server
'warpto x y levelname' or only 'warpto x y' - commands for GPs on the server
when logging in with the account name as nickname then you get a * before your name which shows that you are the owner of the account, other people can't have have that name; Example: You have the account name Stefan, setting nick name to 'Stefan', then the server will change it to '*Stefan'; other people can't have the nick name '*Stefan'
PMs are saved on hard disk with date and time; they are saved to the 'pms' folder; when you click on the 'history' button in the player list then the messages will be loaded from that files; when you 'ignore' someone then his messages will be deleted; you can also delete them manually if you want (delete pms/messages_accountname.txt)
you can't dupe items (rupees) anymore, because when you get the item then the server increases your rupee count (in case no one else has taken the item yet)
with pressing Ctrl+A/B/D/E/F/G/H/L/M/O/P/R/S/T/W/X/Z you can display an emotion icon, the icons for brb (B), afk (A), zZ (Z) will be displayed till you move; the emotion icons were made by Ibonic, MrHack and Linkson
a gif2mng converter for command line use; do 'gif2mng filename.gif', it will create an 8bit png or mng (=png animation); the mngs are not optimized yet, so they will be bigger than gif animations, but we are working on it
better support for mng files
New npc script commands/functions:
* onwater(x,y) - tells you if (x,y) is water
* testcompu(x,y), testplayer(x,y), testnpc(x,y), testitem(x,y),
testbomb(x,y), testexplo(x,y), testhorse(x,y) tests if there is
and object on (x,y) and gives you the index of that object
in the object list, otherwise it returns -1 (except testplayer:
returns -2 because -1 means the current npc character);
Example:
i = testbomb(x,y);
if (i>=0) explodebomb i;
* you can do 'if (myvar in {1,2,3})' or 'if (array1==array2)'
* changeimgpart index,x,y,width,height - changes the
visible part of a 'showimg' image; it will be reset
to the whole image when calling showimg again
* you can access npcs[index].<attributename> variables (read/write):
x,y,width,height(fields not pixels),rupees,darts,bombs,
hearts,timeout,glovepower,swordpower,shieldpower,hurtdx,
hurtdy,id,save[],dir,sprite,ap
* new command 'hitnpc index,halfhearts,fromx,fromy'
* setlevel2 levelname,x,y
* some calculations of variables and boolean expressions are
optimized/precalculated, like '1==1' will be converted to
'true'
* the 'Test' button gives you more error messages when
you type variable names wrong
'only' 1024 explosions will be displayed
new color 'transparent'
you can change the keys by editing graalconfig.txt, there can be 3 different keys for each action, each key can only be used one time; only some keys can be used: A-Z,0-9,Tab,Enter,Shift,Space,P_Up (page up),P_Down (page down), Up,Left,Down,Right,N0-N9 (numpad 0-9),Add,Sub,Mul,Div,Dec (numpad +,-,*,/,.), F9-F15; in future Graal versions there will be a special window where you can change the keys and the joystick buttons
when you lay your shield down then other people can see that you don't have a shield anymore
the M map is displayed in the vertical middle of the screen when it is smaller than the screen
better level linking when walking on outside levels (no invisible walls)
the F6 debugger shows bombscount, npcscount etc.
when opening the maximized editor then the scrollbars will be resized correctly
empty lines at the end of signs will automatically be deleted
In the editor: when moving the mouse then in the status bar you see the mouse posiiton and the tile under the mouse
In the editor: when double-clicking then the tile under the mouse will be made to the background tile (like when double-clicking in the tiles panel)
in the starting window: the languages in the languages combo box are sorted alphabetically
when pressing F5 in the online mode and loading a non- existing level then the game shows an error message and closes instead of letting you play the level that you was in
you can lift an npc that is carried by another player
when you eat a bush with the horse then you will only get a the bush count increased when you have finished eating
the flags 'gotbow','gotsword' etc. aren't supported anymore
in the offline mode the baddies doesn't follow you to other levels anymore
in the npc script window the font name is now 'courier new'
when pressing 'Test' in the npc script window then it doesn't jump back to the beginning of the script
in the online mode other people doesn't look like they are jumping randomly around when going to another level
using the sword on an npc / calling the hitplayer command doesn't change the timeout variable of the npc, the sprite will only be set to 39 if hearts>0, the hearts will only be decreased if the sprite is not 39 or 40
the editor doesn't produce errors when you drag a selection outside the regular 64x64 area
some new tiles in pics1.png
a lot more (little bug fixes)
New features/bug fixes in v1.37rev1:
only for GPs: the remotecontrol has been updated, you can write PMs / toalls, players can see you in the player list with a (RC) guild tag
fixed the hide/show command for 'showcharacter' npcs
fixed a problem with invisible bodies when changing the window mode
the npc baddies are more intelligent when hunting the player
when moving the mouse over the minimap then the nicknames (displayed in a yellow hint window) doesn't hide the toalls anymore
in the debugger 'else if' is displayed correctly (green)
when pressing F6 in fullscreen then the debugger will be resized to screen size
with Alt+8/Alt+9 you can zoom in/out; this is only a feature just for fun
when a gif image doesn't have a transparent color, then black is taken as transparent color again; I have only re-added for compability with older levels; pngs are still only drawn transparent when a transparent color is specified (the first color index with full transparency)
New features/bug fixes in v1.37:
many small bug fixes and improvements (e.g. support for non-transparent pngs, support for 4bit-pngs with odd width, the tiles list is resized to the window size, when using the sword while riding on a horse then the horse is animated instead of looking like standing still)
no crash when editing an npc which has an 'if ()' in the script (empty boolean expression)
throwing tons of bombs doesn't crash the game anymore (it crashed when two of your bombs were flying at the same time)
the sound effects system has been changed: the sound effects are played with different volumes depending on the distance to the player
the script command 'showimg' works for normal npcs too; but only the current player can see it
new npc commands: * carryobject - carries an object, only works for 'showcharacter' npcs; see commands.rtf for a complete list of possible object names * throwcarry - throws the object * playlooped - plays a wav file looped * stopsound - stops playing a (looped) wav file
message codes can finally use ALL variables, so it's now possible to do message #v(rupees) #v(this.myvar);
when doing setarray on a variable which is already an array variable, then the array will only be resized and the previous content copied to the new array
you can initialize arrays by doing 'myarr = {var1,var2,..,varN};'
there are now built-in flags 'true' and 'false'
with 'hasweapon(weaponname)' you can check if the player has a special weapon
when you get a fullheart then the flag 'gotheart_currentlevelname' is set; so you don't need to set such a flag manually in your npc scripts
New features/bug fixes in v1.36:
the server can now hold up to 28000 players instead of 220
you can limit the lenght of nicknames in the option window (Graal->F1->More options)
fixed a bomb-dropping bug
there is no error message anymore when there is no sound card
the TWebBrowser class (for HTML PMs) is loaded dynamically, so people who don't have Internet Explorer can PM again
when you select a player in the player list then you see his nickname displayed on the M map
in the editor you cannot select fields which are outside the level anymore
when you press F4 while the debugger frame is open then the game doesn't crash when you press F6 again
showtimer works for 'showcharacter' npcs too; the amount of money is shown over the npc's head when it got some
there are a lot of new variables and script functions that let you access objects in the current level; the variables can only be read, not changed; if you think changing the variables would be good for some effects then let me know which variables you want to access ([email protected]); here a short list of the new stuff (for more read npcprogramming.doc): bombs[index].x/y/power/time arrows[index].x/y/dir/dx/dy/type/from items[index].x/y/type/time explos[index].x/y/power/time/dir horses[index].x/y/dir/bushes/bombs/bombpower/type removebomb index; removearrow index; removeitem index; removeexplo index; removehorse index; explodebomb index; reflectarrow index; takehorse index; take2 index; lay2 itemname,x,y; takeplayerhorse; In future Graal versions there will be also ways to access the attributes of other npcs
the script editor shows an error message when a command gets too many parameters
message codes can be used with the setstring command and inside #s()/#v() codes; here a little example: i = 3; setstring testvar#v(i)yeah, 5; j = strtofloat(#s(testvar#v(i)yeah)); You get j=3. You see that you can simulate arrays of string variables by appending a number to the string variable. A second example: var3 = 7; k = strtofloat(#v(var#v(i))); You get k=7. That way you can access nomal variables like they were array variables, although it might be a lot slower than accessing normal arrays.
you can use message codes for filenames; you already could do that in previous versions, but now the editor doesn't check for the file when the filename contains a # (and doesn't show an error message when the file doesn't exist)
New features/bug fixes in v1.35:
removed the screenshot-bug (Alt+2)
you can drag text files onto the editor again (to place npcs); it crashed Graal in v1.34
you can have two characters with the same head image in headsconfig.txt
the server startup message is only displayed once; it's saved to servermessage.rtf
you can see toalls when in pause mode
PMs are now displayed with HTML; links are automatically added when you write 'www...'; if you have problems with this new feature, then you can turn HTML off in the options window (Graal->F1->More Options)
the default joystick selection for player 2/3/4 is '(none)'
New features/bug fixes in v1.34 rev1:
the player list works similar to v1.33 again; there is now a special 'buddy' part in the player list; to move players to that section right-click on a name and click on 'buddy'; the account names of the buddies are saved in the file buddyaccounts.txt in the Graal folder
when you are hit by a healing sword or similar 'hurting' device then your horse doesn't loose power (bushes)
you can use message codes when doing setplayerprop #Cx and setcharprop #Cx
when sending player positions the x/y positions will be rounded instead of truncated; this solves some problems in sparring fights where players coming from down/right cannot hurt other players easier anymore
super bombs will be displayed correctly when carried
in the editor you can press 'M' to make a map of the current bigmap levels
if you carry a player in the two-player mode then he doesn't disappear when an npc does 'hideplayer' on you
removed a little memory leak that has to do with npc scripts (else statement)
modal message windows (e.g. error windows) doesn't disappear behind the main Graal window when you switch between tasks
when pressing D when riding on horse then the script event 'firedonhorse' is fired
New features/bug fixes in v1.34:
the debugger (F6) works now; you can select npcs and set break points by clicking left to a command in the list; the debugger is disabled in online mode
new npc commands: showlocal, hidelocal, dontblocklocal, blockagainlocal
when saving screenshots with Alt+2 then the image format PNG is used, that means: 24bit, loss-less, better compression than GIF
in 2/3/4 player mode you can now change the focused player by clicking on the players view rectangle; if the player is focused, then you see a little 'CHAT' right to the D icon; when you type in text, then it will be displayed over the focused player.
sound effects are now limited to only one sound effect of the same type in the same frame; so when 100 bombs explode at the same moment, then you only hear 1 sound effect; max 8 sound effects are played at the same time; that mass-sfxs messed up many computers.
midis only loop when they are longer than 10 seconds; actually this should solve some problems with sound cards which doesn't play the file but producing a loop event which then freeze the game
when you hit someone who is on a horse then his horse looses 1 energy point (1 bush); when it only has 0, then the player will be pushed away from the horse; so you need to eat more bushes to keep your horse fast and healthy
when you ignore players in the player list then the account name will be saved into ignoredaccounts.txt; when you restart Graal then the other player is still ignored
when someone ignores your messages then his name turns red in the player list
you can push/pull npcs which use the showcharacter thing
you can only pull npcs which did the canbepulled command (instead of canbepushed)
there is a new script flag 'isweapon' which is true when the npc is an npc weapon
in offline mode there can ride two players on the same horse; the horse must have 5 bushes to be able to carry two players; I plan to enable that feature in the online mode if you like it
removed a big bug that had to do with loading images from the server
New features/bug fixes in v1.33rev1:
fixed problems with the script command 'destroy'
removed the old 'seteffect' command
less memory use (png buffers are freed)
removed a memory leak caused by explosions
when message windows are minimized then new message windows will not automatically be minimized
when other players are carrying an exploding bomb then it will be displayed correctly
collision detection for flying objects (bushes etc.) uses the right y-coordinate of the object
in 2/3/4-player mode: when throwing another player into water then he doesn't disappear
npc characters can swim
New features/bug fixes in v1.33:
the player list (F7) has now 4 sections (GPs,Guild,Normal,Ignore)
there is a history button in the message window and player list popup menu; it shows the last 50 messages received from/sent to the other player; the messages will not be saved on hard disk yet
added PNG support, but only for 16 color /256 color palette images; no support for alpha channel and interlaced images
removed many memory leaks / ressource leaks
removed a bug that disconnected the client often at startup
New features/bug fixes in v1.32rev4:
added an option to handle DINPUT.DLL problems (see DINPUTDLLbug.txt for more)
reconnect works better
New features/bug fixes in v1.32rev3:
when you unpause then the server start message window will automatically be closed
objects (extras, bombs, etc.) will only be displayed in the right level, not in the nearby levels too
New features/bug fixes in v1.32rev2:
the npc command 'putnpc' doesn't crash the game anymore
npcs will only be displayed in their levels
custom letter.gifs look correctly now
sending PMs doesn't cause problems
while sending PMs the server will not diconnect you for no movement
New features/bug fixes in v1.32:
in no-playerkilling levels you can walk through unpaused players
Alt+1 works correctly without drawing npcs from other levels onto the screenshot
removed a bug with the backtile (in the editor); when you specify a backtile and press 'New' then a level will be created which has that backtile as background
npc weapons cannot do 'hide' anymore (caused a freezing bug with the Q window)
you cannot cheat by editing bigmap.txt anymore
when you double-click on the Graal window then the game goes to fullscreen
in the options window (Graal->F1->More options) you will find the new option 'Ignore mass messages'
when reading signs you can scroll back by pressing 'up'
in the npc script window: when a command has more than one parameter and one of that parameters is wrong, then the right paramter will be highlighted
you can directly drop an npc script onto the editor: to test it make a text file with the content 'if (playerenters) setgif brother1.gif'; drop it from the windows explorer onto a level in the editor and you will see a new npc
in the offline mode there is a new start level that explains how to use the controls
the server sends a 'message of the day' when you login
the function 'strcontains' doesn't care about capitalization anymore
F6 doesn't work on the graalonline.com server anymore
when resizing the editor then npcs on the right side of the screen will be displayed