changelog.txt

renex engine v1.7.0 build 23 July 2023

The builtin Boss system has received a much needed facelift, and some very old
bugs have been resolved for a much more stable experience using the engine.

Additionally, the engine now has support for a global options repository - so
any new renex engine games that you launch can extrapolate your default volume,
keybinds and other settings from the last renex engine game you played.

- added the ability to draw a custom fullscreen game border
- added a jtool table for gm82room compatibility for edited engines
- added a long push block with a returning sprite from IWBTG
- added the ability to use a/d keys in debug mode
- added a new setting to disable keyboard tricks like cancels and cactuses
- added global options repository

- fixed several issues with window scaling and positioning
- fixed a bug that caused sound loading to fail when the directory had emoji
- fixed backgrounds being in front of a few things
- fixed a crash when adding events to the builtin bullet blocker object
- fixed an issue when lowering the alpha value of the application surface
- fixed dumb bugz zipping away when offscreen
- fixed the ingame timer displaying wrong values when the game isn't 50 fps
- fixed boss children not supporting object fields
- fixed pixel shimmering when a draw_cherry cherry moves around
- fixed cherry circle littering when using the live extension

- updated the music engine with some new convenience functions and stability
- renamed NiseBlock to BulletBlock
- updated engine internals to use new gm82 extension functions
- vastly improved the performance of the included shader lighting engine
- removed the incomplete sound pack creation tool in favor of a gm82-based one

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renex engine v1.6.1 build 24 May 2023

A minor update with some important maintenance.

- updated the project format to gm82 v5
- updated the engine to use the new DirectX9 extension
- added a few example shaders
- added a freeform floor object based on paths
- added room editor preview fields for some builtin gimmicks

- fixed a problem with the music in the Miku rooms
- fixed a minor player jump animation bug
- fixed top collision for scaled ladders
- fixed player-platform collision for any platform collision mask

- improved scaling of fullscreen button
- improved behavior of scaling filters for bigger screens
- improved organization of trigger objects
- cleaned up some of the older player code
- cleaned up the template room
- if the player is stuck on game load, it's moved to the nearest PlayerStart

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renex engine v1.6.0 build 31 Jan 2023

In addition to more WannaFest-related fixes, this release also brings in new
tools, gimmicks and improved baseline systems for an easier time making games.

New features:

- added window scaling options (150%, 200% etc) with trilinear filtering
- added Draw Begin and Draw End trigger events
- added the window icon and buttons back
- added the classic Miku avoidance room + new simple avoidance engine
- added Front Miku and a clean sprite of normal Miku
- added softlock prevention when loading a file inside of a solid
- added m9 blocks with trigger
- added a sample enemy (Dumb Bugz)
- added the Yuuutu engine rooms as examples
- added two new music tracks including guyrock and Esmeralda by Sidewinder
- added an AddTrigger tool that can make any object triggerable
- added the ability to rotate platforms
- added the option to build exes with test mode always enabled
- added a player option for screenshake intensity
- added an engine option to disable savefile thumbnail generation
- added a warp sound option to the warp object
- added two new trigger events for player jump and double jump
- added a tool for persistent backgrounds
- added a new free-form slope object
- added a double-jump only KTG block
- added direction+speed option for moving traps
- added a new set of scripts for setting and getting camera options
- added new camera options and toggles
- added a new engine hook for drawing things before room backgrounds
- added a simple AutoTiler tool with some templates
- added an engine setting and optional player choice for saving the valign
- added an option for not doing anything to the music on game over
- added an option to slow down the music on game over
- added an engine option for donkey-kong style coyote time (no floating)
- added an engine option for infinite coyote time
- added a new death fruit (Fig)
- added moon trap
- added yoku block speed change trigger
- added object hashing tool from WannaFest (plus example coin item)
- added an engine setting to save the player in the center of save points
- added a couple of backgrounds from iwbtg
- added objects for each cherry color
- added a warp option to warp to a PlayerStart in the room
- added new enemy (Wasp) to go with the Fig
- added stock support for mp3 sound effects (why though?)
- added an engine toggle for stopping sound effects between rooms
- added the Ctrl-M shortcut for muting the music
- added two shortcut scripts for changing the sound volume
- added a couple of bonus sprites

Bugs fixed:

- fixed collision with upside down platforms
- fixed load bug when saving upside down standing on the ceiling
- fixed dotkid sprite offset when upside down
- fixed jump refreshers not respecting the default refresher respawn option
- fixed platform crush behaviors for stationary platforms close to ceilings
- fixed a y coordinate instability in the new platform code
- fixed a visual menu bug when deleting a file
- fixed a crash related to disabling savefile icons
- fixed coyote time bugs when coyote time is very long
- fixed several sprite alignment issues when using old sprites
- fixed pause menu not using the menu text color option
- fixed minute counter going above 59
- fixed platform swimming using the standing/walk sprites
- fixed Steam causing the joystick menu object to crash
- fixed a crash when a game room doesn't contain a PlayerStart
- fixed a crash when using a single difficulty that is not impossible
- fixed joystick support
- fixed a bug with the persistent backgrounds tool
- fixed crashes involving field declarations in OutsideWarp and BossWarp
- fixed a huge number of issues with solid collision
- fixed black bars in the menus when making the game larger than default size
- fixed an issue getting down from ladders while upside down
- fixed issues with platforms that move at float hspeed
- fixed the player getting stuck on the bottom of angled solids
- fixed multiple issues with the camera system
- fixed several issues with the difficulty room implementation
- fixed some weird autosave issues
- fixed collision of bullet blockers
- fixed the GameOver object drawing twice at different scales
- fixed an input bug in the keyboard remap menu
- fixed the background color toggle variable not working
- fixed lag when using repeating small backgrounds in rooms
- fixed keyboard keys getting cleared between rooms
- fixed an instance activation bug when pausing near moving objects
- fixed inconsistent vine bug behavior compared to YoYoYo engine
- fixed lag spike caused by save icon generation when saving
- fixed several bugs in the difficulty system
- fixed the first game save taking a screenshot of the file menu
- fixed a crash when yoshi blood hits a moving killer and then drips off of it
- fixed a mistake that bugged trilinear filtering when using other resolutions
- fixed player_land receiving incorrect vspeed when landing on platforms
- fixed crash by preventing the user from warping more than once out of a room
- fixed fullscreen caption always being visible
- fixed sky gradient tool drawing on top of room backgrounds
- fixed the pause menu cursor dying when you changed the blood option
- fixed some inconsistencies with vines when the maker vines option is disabled
- fixed the engine rooms having incorrectly set up music players
- fixed the skinner object not affecting the trap variants of spikes and cherry
- fixed typo in fields for DepthBlender
- fixed a minor issue with the volume check screen
- fixed a bug with blood gravity
- fixed a leftover blend mode call

Minor changes:

- triggergroups will activate instances to fix issues
- the default left+right option was changed to Right for consistency
- various scripts have been documented
- the player option for sprite style now also changes sprite origins to match
- refactored all of the vine code to be easier to modify
- there's a new automatic system for temporary savedata
- improved joystick setup system messages
- save masks are now the full tile
- the default sounds are in a sound pack now
- cleaned up item-related code and added comments
- the gravity nang fields are animated
- debug menu now displays all rooms (not just the ones after the starting room)
- improved engine lists to make it easier to add custom stuff
- q key handling has been moved to the player input handler
- beam speed changes now respect changes made elsewhere in the player object
- wavy water surface tool is easier to use
- guy fire trap is now an invisible object
- the bouncing cherry object was redone to be more versatile
- simplified the music sync tool
- boss healthbar tool is now generic and accepts any max health value
- moved the wobbly slope to the example folder so you don't get errors
- massively optimized savefile thumbnail generation
- signpost textbox is now constrained to the visible area
- accurate shootkid is now a default
- made all different water objects child of a new AnyWater parent
- removed the upside down saves and their sprites as they're not needed
- removed the "classic" engine options preset
- removed some pointless engine settings

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renex engine v1.5.0 build 23 jul 2022

This is a massive update that brings in all of the fixes and improvements that
were discovered during the production of WannaFest'22.

New features:

- added full support for new 8.2 room editor Fields feature
- added support for live room editing from within the new room editor
- added moving solids for things like lifts and pushblocks
- added savefile thumbnails
- added new test rooms that explain all available engine objects
- added Yoshi gimmick from WtW with muncher and sawblade
- added new ingame option for kid walking animation type
- added support for mp3 sound effects by default
- added support for 1 layer of subfolders in the sounds and music folder
- added leek obstacles from Churatch (with the color scheme from LoveTrap)
- added align grab indicator gimmick object
- added new tool for easily skinning blocks and spikes
- added actual yoku blocks
- added warp id system + multiple playerstart support using Fields
- added Platform Stepped trigger event
- added optional difficulty select room
- added facilities to disable specific controls in the player
- added CameraFull tool as a shortcut for free camera in a room
- added camera_set_size(), and CameraBlock tools
- added new TriggerGroup tool for grouping triggers in large rooms
- added player iframes system
- added debug keys F and G to control testing speed
- added a surface count to the debug overlay, and Ctrl-S to preview surfaces
- added instance count to the debug overlay
- added new Vehicle system
- added a few bonus tilesets
- added a new background daemon that should make them look smooth when zoomed in
- added Mega Cherry bonus object

Bugs fixed:

- fixed a surface leak
- fixed many issues with the pause menu
- fixed joystick axes and dpads not generating direction key presses/releases
- fixed dotkid not being able to walk onto slopes from solid ground
- fixed a few shenanigans involving the room speed
- fixed the pause menu and game GUI looking crusty in fullscreen
- fixed jump refreshers working backwards when you have more than 2 jumps
- fixed being unable to stop the screen shake by passing 0 to the function
- fixed a bunch of issues with instance deactivation (including pause bugs)
- fixed a potential issue with the screen when using zoom as antialiasing
- fixed draw gui and room background projections for zoomed in camera
- fixed tile/texture seams and jitter on nvidia
- fixed rainbow cherry's alpha blend
- fixed interpolation for draw gui event
- fixed pause menu option for left+right only taking effect after a restart
- fixed player sprite desync and camera reset when player is teleported
- fixed sprite coordinates when moving a frozen player
- fixed profiler crash when pressing space :)
- fixed a bug with the pause menu screenshot scaling
- fixed platforms on relative paths launching the player into the void
- fixed the profiler mixing up event weights over time
- fixed landing on platforms not calling player_land()
- fixed shift cancelling with different shift keys
- fixed camera_set_raw() being offset when zoom isn't 1
- fixed typo that broke right-side toast messages
- fixed crashes when the demo rooms are deleted
- fixed a problem where changing the depth of system objects caused glitches

Minor changes:

- the engine source can now be placed in a subfolder
- global input now correctly responds to the chosen left+right option
- the player object is never destroyed, so you don't have to check if it exists
- some old and pointless engine options were removed for cleaner code
- the player's sprite now updates immediately when the game speed is 50
- removed the annoying grid that used to draw in the fullscreen filter option
- the application surface is now always enabled to simplify a lot of logic
- the player walking animation option snap-in will now preview the animation
- some player options defaults have changed
- improved documentation of certain engine objects
- "gore" variable was renamed to "blood"
- toggling godmode now clears the visual death list
- some sound effects have been compressed to save space
- instance activation lists are now taken care of by two grouping parents
- you can flip the playerstart to start the player facing left
- saves and bullets will no longer reset their own scaling and blending
- if there's only one difficulty, it doesn't ask you on new file
- profiler will now display ram usage as well
- ladders have top collision, and you can climb down from them onto the floor
- flip_player() will now just flip the player if the direction isn't passed
- improved screenshake formula (thanks Plasma)
- fixed many typos and improved code comments in some places
- disabled coyote time and jump buffer by default following community feedback
- fullscreen caption fades a bit when the player goes underneath it
- improved savedata corruption handling and user experience
- TriggerFree no longer performs view boundary checks
- moved blood updates to world object
- the engine lists for music properties and nonstick have been documented
- DepthBlender tool has been documented and improved
- moved debug keys to their own script, and gave them toast messages
- small improvements to hitbox view debug tool
- swapped the cherry sprites around to make more sense
- removed pencils background as it took up a lot of space
- removed support for vanilla 8.1 as that became unsustainable

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renex engine v1.4.0 build 17 feb 2022

Another very large update that brings stability fixes and some new features.

New features:

- added ding block
- completely rewritten slope engine and more useful slope shapes
- options menu has been completely rewritten to be easily modifiable
- options have also been added to the pause menu
- added a code profiler for performance testing
- added new fullscreen room caption from catch the clown
- better skin and weapon changing systems
- added a player on_ground() helper for scripting
- improved reliability of the input manager
- improved joystick input manager to allow 0 frame taps
- added helper scripts to display those yellow system messages
- added anti-softlock blocks from guy remaster
- new Trigger event system for traps
- new option to pause all sound when the game is paused
- updated to latest extensions and added warning about outdated extensions

Bugs fixed:

- fixed weird crash when exiting out of the menu during first run
- disable power save lol
- correct music speed when leaving rooms w/ slomo
- fix projection issue in PauseMenu
- fix projection when preparing envelope
- fixed rare crash regarding the current music instance
- clear screen warp should account for no hub room
- actually execute player room start on save start
- fixed some bullet collision bugs
- fix some bizarre input issues
- fix weird deactivation issues after unpausing
- fix jump block, add jump cherry
- fix double inputs & drop key-repeat presses
- fix interpolation issues
- make sure skin and weapon are reset between files
- save points properly draw with blend color and alpha value
- fix language mistake in VolCheck
- always activate teleporter objects
- always activate hpmode & hitcount tools
- fix platforms with fract hspeed carrying player incorrectly
- make pushblocks behave better near conveyors
- make gibs stop moving through terrain
- can't confirm VolCheck more than once
- camera_shake fix from catch the clown
- fixes to gui scaling, positioning and projections
- fix mistake in appsurf scaling & add res option
- fix instance activation if deactivation disabled
- fix pause menu proj when fullscreen filter is off
- make screenshots capture gui layer

Minor changes:

- added indication of test mode
- clarified a lot of code comments throughout the codebase
- removed unused assets
- added guy remastered bow bobbing to default medium bow
- ask for confirmation when resetting keyboard controls
- don't use background0 for the options grid check
- disable any system messages when leaving the menu
- reworded some default options
- use correct window button colors in windows xp
- remove CrushBlock and add engine crush options
- remove unicode from filenames
- lower resolution teapot assets to save space
- remove vsync option as it's not needed with builtin vpatch
- removed RenBoll because it's incompatible with new slope engine
- use sytem cursor instead of aero sprite
- tweaked nekoron water to be more accurate

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renex engine v1.3.0 build 15 nov 2021

This update fixes a lot of problems found by the community and adds a bunch of
requested features.

Just like last time, the Lite edition contains less builtin objects and
examples.

New features

- added Draw GUI event system
- entirely new joystick system that allows for much better options
- added lock_controls() and unlock_controls() for simple cutscenes
- added TimerFreeze tool to stop counting ingame time in a room
- new trigger lock system to allow for easy backtrack traps
- added system to allow maker to replace engine text more easily
- added MusicPlayerOnce tool that doesn't loop the music
- better jump refresher behavior + options for it
- added custom window title buttons to minimize, maximize and close the game
- new csv game statistics system to help makers balance their games
- added emulation of studio 9999 vdiet
- gizmo system to allow using the trigger system with non-killers
- added new SkyGradient2Colors tool
- improved screenshake effect & new script camera_set_raw() for view-like option
- added screenshot functionality
- added item display trophies
- added new tools HitCount and HPMode
- added volume check screen on first game startup
- added music volume to pause menu

Bugfixes

- updated extensions to fix problems and improve engine reliability
- fixed collision masks and depth ordering of several objects
- new object to kill player when exiting the room area from a specific location
- fix to properly write modified key config to disk
- player bullets do not deactivate outside the view
- fix certain crashes when mishandling menus
- improved collision detection and fixed several edge cases
- fixed interaction between slopes and momentum physics
- fixed surface mixup bug when the system enters sleep mode
- fixed glitchy bullet sprite on specific aligns
- fixed incorrect player sprites on first frame after a restart
- fullscreen scaling now properly applies to foreground layers
- fixed a very specific sequence of menu inputs which could cause the engine to
  erase a save file

Minor changes

- the default pause key is now P due to public demand
- lots of code cleanup and new documentation for engine internals
- added better item behavior for when item autosave is off
- optimized some costly objects such as water surface and text draw
- better window caption text
- default engine menus now adapt to custom game sizes
- move game saves to its own folder + maker option to use appdata
- reduced camera jitter when changing zoom values slowly
- certain game options can now properly combine
- lots of small quality of life changes to improve player experience
- improve feel of joysticks when playing with analog sticks
- minor improvements to sound system
- minor updates to some builtin engine objects
- default platforms now elegantly scale their sprites
- improvements to debug tools such as godmode and hitboxes

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renex engine v1.2.1 build 2 sep 2021

Lite edition is now available. Changes in Lite edition:

- no unnecessary gimmick objects and code
- less included data files
- minimal demo assets

Other fixes:

- improvements to background music handling

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renex engine v1.2.0 build 31 aug 2021

- moved blocks behind vines for easier room editing
- more precise volume control
- fix liftblock and platform snapping problems
- fix frame perfect sprite facing issue with fast vines
- fixed two frame perfect issues with onfire gimmick
- fixed weird interactions between coyote time and vvvvvv
- fixed bugs when leaving rooms while paused
- fixed weird interaction between conveyors and momentum system
- adjusted behavior of signpost and added an automatic variant
- reimplemented pastel water gimmick to work better with instance deactivation
- added outside room warp object
- fixed music bug when quickly warping between rooms
- handle gracefully when save backups are also corrupted
- moved music and sounds to separate directories
- added missing triple jump particle effect

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renex engine v1.1.0 build 15 jul 2021

- added engine templates for needle and classic engine
- fix crash with flip saves
- fix layering of some effects
- added classic game over music option
- fix debug crash when breakblocks don't have a tile
- fix unwanted cancels during gravity spin animation
- added gravity coins
- fix sprite origins
- fix multiple instance deactivation bugs
- swap keys if you try to assign them to multiple things
- avoidance start time parameter
- fix some collision bugs with vines and toggleblocks
- added patballs and renbolls
- fixed bugs related to shootkid
- simpler difficulty system
- many small fixes and improvements

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renex engine v1.0.1 build 12 jul 2021

- fixed weird transparency in pause menu
- update to gm82snd v1.1.7 S fixes unicode paths

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renex engine v1.0.0 build 11 jul 2021

- initial release

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