Castle Paradox

Bob the Hamster

it is already time to start testing and stabilizing for the next release, codename werewaffle. I am hoping to be able to release before the end of February.

Windows installer builds here: ohrrpgce-win-installer-werewafRC.exe

And of course, testers may want to keep up with the nightlies too!

The Drizzle · **Who is the Drizzle?** Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 432

Oh my God, already? What new features can we expect this time? (Please say a higher item limit...)
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Moogle1 · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject:

The downside to more frequent releases is fewer new features. This release should be much more stable (i.e. bug-free) than Voxhumana, though, which is the primary reason for the push.
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Onlyoneinall · **Bug finder** Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 746

I think before warewaffle gets released, the keyboard editing bit should be customizable, because I don't use any of the newer nightlies anymore because it makes drawing a real chore.

Also, the issue with the new palette is there aren't two different blacks (one for transparency and one for the color).
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The Drizzle · **Who is the Drizzle?** Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 432

You don't really need to waste a spot with 2 different blacks anyway though since your transparent one will always be the far left color of the palette. You could use the same black color for both.
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Onlyoneinall · **Bug finder** Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 746

Err, no.

If you make a tile and want it to have both transparency and black on it, how do you suggest it will work?
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The Drizzle · **Who is the Drizzle?** Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 432

Oh, heh, I just got what you were saying on that one. I thought you meant for palettes.
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Onlyoneinall · **Bug finder** Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 746

No, but even then, I'm not sure if having the top left black in a space that isn't the first one in a palette will necessarily make for a black color as opposed to a transparent one.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

The first slot of a 16 color palette is transparent. The other 15 slots are opaque, no matter what color they are.

However, for maptiles, transparency is based on master palette slot 0, which is, you are correct, the only pure black.

But I notice now, examining the palette more closely, that there are four colors that are duplicated. &h0F0F0F, &h232323, &hC7FFFF, &hE7FFFF

So I can tweak the palette a little to reclaim three of those four wasted colors, and include an extra non-zero pure black.

pharo212 · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 52

umm.. slight problem with the new game.exe.. it doesn't work. It never goes to the game select screen, just a window filled with black.. wonder why?
I used the debian package up to this point, but with wine I can run the .exe to use the nightly.. but its not working. The custom.exe works fine.

EDIT: new problem.. now the old game.exe isn't working, leading me to believe I should never have mixed debian packages and the wip.. I'll try to fix it, and post the solution here..

EDIT 2: possible solution.. I'll download the source and unzip it into the ohrrpgce folder, and see if that works.. um.. source confuses me, too many files, and I've run out of ideas.. Help please?

djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

I like the new palette, but the new arrangement takes some getting used to, and there isn't really a "true" blue, red, green, or yellow.

TwinHamster · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject:

Hm, the new palette's a bit too saturated in my opinion, but I guess I could get used to it.

Also, the new Mark/Clone tools are really spiffy and they should help quite a bit for my quick maptile tweaks.
Thankies!

Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

Why not just make a selection between many different palettes anyways? Like when creating a new game it asks you to choose one (or just make a download page with many different palettes if there isn't one yet, preferably including some description for what type of game the palette is useful).

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:21 am Post subject: