Version History

xx.02.04

AdvPlay 1.22

• mouse wheel support
• preview information in file dialogs
• saving snapshots
• command line options
• bug fix for variables in dialog/diary

19.01.04

AdvPlay 1.21

• some minor bug fixes

08.12.03

AdvPlay 1.2

• support of Adventure Language version 3 (game / look)
• auto-install of application and file types
• options for main window type (resizable, caption, on top etc.)
• menu scenes and different menu toolbar styles
• animated player character controlled by mouse
• animation of images and regions
• speech and animation in dialogs
• scenes larger than the scene window size
• central timer with global time resolution
• cd-audio playback
• new midi player
• usage of tools not defined in toolbar
• text mappings to resolve abbreviated text
• enhanced debugging features
• several minor changes and bug-fixes

AdvMake 1.2

• version 3 as default look/game grammar

AdvLook 1.2

• support of look grammar 3

AdvPack 1.0

• new tool to create resource files
• packs and compresses image files and text mappings

AdvEdit 0.1

• new visual tool to edit adventure games (preliminary version)
• scene layout: positioning and sizing of images
• shape definition: creating and editing basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rectangle, polygon)

Game Grammar 3

• several new/changed keys in Game for global configuration
• optional areas in scene for text/info instead of status bars
• item type Character for character controlled by mouse
• new key in Tool to control movement type of character
• new keys in Scene for perspective of character
• new keys in Region for z-dimension information
• new keys in Region for actions when character enters/leaves region
• new keys in Region for actions when mouse is pressed/released
• new keys in ChangePlace to control placement/orientation of character
• item type Case for action selection based on conditions
• item type Command to control game interface
• new keys in Object/Tool to use cursor for selected object in tool
• new keys in Dialog to control dialog layout
• new keys in DialogText to use animation and speech
• item type Animation for animated images with sound
• item type Motion for region motion
• several path items to control motion path
• item types Series/Timing/Acceleration to control timing of animations/motions
• number of repetitions in Timer
• negation flags in Condition
• different actions to change with ChangeAction

Look Grammar 3

• new key for window background color

tools

• accel: new tool to calculate time steps for Acceleration item
• scale: new tool to calculate Character scaling for Scene item
• bmp2ico: bug fix for 8bit-Bitmaps with less than 256 colors

23.01.03

AdvPlay 1.11

• enlarged part of splash window to adapt screen resolution (lower third now)
• fixed error: sometimes images were missing, if game was not in same directory as advplay.exe
• fixed error: restore game made some regions inaccessible in some particular cases
• a few other minor bug fixes

21.08.02

AdvPlay 1.1

• support of Adventure Language version 2 (game / look)
• fixed error: change of dialog image crashed, if used as exit action of dialog
• fixed error: reset points window on load / restart
• look information is retrieved from game dir / exe dir / absolute dir (incl. CD = *)
• higher timer resolution (for timers < 200 ms)
• control window for debugging mode
• variable resolution to characters in text output
• menu shortcut keys
• splash window with screen size adjustion
• multi-language support

AdvMake 1.1

• fixed error: include files with item definitions didn't work
• Adventure Language version 2 as default
• lists may span several lines
• added macros
• block markers <> "" () [] {} are handled more restrictive
• new type file for strings that are files/directories
• log window

AdvLook 1.1

• support of Adventure Look version 2
• gui with tabs

Game Grammar 2

• new key in Game for size of images in inventory
• new keys in Game for dialog layout
• new key in Game for font files to install
• new key in Game for language selection
• better list control in ChangeList/ChangeInventory
• shape offsets in Combination
• new shape ColourMap for pixel-based shapes

Look Grammar 2

• new key for library with resources
• new key for border size of text windows

tools

• bmp2ico: changed syntax
• bmp2ico: support of cursors
• bmp2ico: fixed error: no transparency if palette index > 127
• new tool mergeico to merge icons/cursors