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Fix clut for MISS and fix number pop-in (#1985)

Recommended Build #2 Hotfix 1

This is a minor release that fixes the launch scripts since the JDK we use was updated. Players who already have RB#2 set up do not need to update.

Note: re-releasing to fix issue on macos

If you're unsure which Windows version you need, do not download the ARM64 version.

Recommended Build #2 (Do not download - no longer works)

This release features massive improvements over RB#1, including music, campaigns, better mod support, graphical fixes, and retail fixes (looking at you and your missing arms, Dart).

Major Improvements

• Full music/audio support (better than retail quality, minor bugs)
  • Higher quality interpolation, panning, reverb
• Campaigns
  • Per-campaign mods
  • Per-campaign game settings
  • Unlimited saves per campaign
  • Name your campaigns and saves
• New in-game settings
  • Keybinds (#66)
  • Encounter rate config (including retail bug fix)
  • Many more
• Damage caps increased to 999,999,999 (#401)
• Resolution upscaling (#459)
• Fast forward (#437)
• High res controller input (#412)
  • Fixes item magic button mashing
• Full analog input (#181)
  • Better than retail, full directional support
• Cross-platform + ARM (#588, #590, #596)
  • Windows (x64, ARM)
  • Steam Deck
  • Linux (x64, ARM)
  • MacOS (Intel/x64, M1/ARM)
• New launcher (#443)
  • Automatically downloads java (#580)
• Flexible ISOs (#480)
  • Accepts ISOs or BINs (or any other files with the same contents)
  • No need to rename disks anymore

Other Improvements

• Hard-mode additions (#465)
  • No reticle
  • No HUD
• Change colours of addition HUD (#465)
• Change counter-attack shield colours (#465)
• Stats for character slot 1 shown in saves list (#513)
• Mod hot-swapping (#519, #520)
• Basic translation support (#524)
• Log to file (#522)
• Improve FMV audio (31d0461)

Modding/Technical

• New UI system
• Extensible save system with mod support
• Decouple rendering from PS1 formats
  • Textures and models can be loaded from other file types now
• Add versioning to unpack (#380)
• Registries for many game features
• Split battle objects (#404)
  • Mods can add new types of battle objects
• Rewrite stats
  • Mods can add new stats to existing battle objects
• Rewrite elements
  • Mods can add new elements (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa_ZzY6qye8)
• Game state editor/viewer
• Pulled a huge amount of stuff out of memulation
• Removed temporary memory allocation layer (#487)

Fixes

• Auto-addition prevents counter-attacks (#249)
• Haschel - thunder kid (#97)
• Item sorting (#220)
• Lavitz Oof (#330)
• Unpacking issues (#358, #361)
• Collision bug (#359)
• Victory animations (#73)
• Combat camera rotation (#47)
• Disco lighting in combat cutscenes (#115)
• Release controller buttons when window loses focus (#383)
• Build everything on linux (#398)
• Player combat script not unpacked (#405)
• Fix Dart transformation (#390)
• Death dimension (#419)
• Graphical fixes
  • Mouse bite, burnout, etc keep growing (#420)
• Divine dart is wind element (#415)
• Lightning effects (#367)
• Screenshot effects (Kubila frog, death dimension, Melbu) (#433)
• Incorrect blending on some effects (death dimension, etc) (#433)
• Lighting on sprite effects (#433)
• Missing combat effects (trans light explosions, etc) (#433)
• Albert baby hands (#435)
• Lighting on some models (Lavitz chestplate oof, etc) (#436)
• Back-face culling (#440)
  • Boats in furni (#289)
  • Wingly teleporter sphere (#308)
  • Melbu 5th gen cutscene (#355)
  • Albert hands when receiving DS
  • Crates
• Rotation bugs (thrown items, spectral flash, dancing light, psych bomb, etc) (#441)
• Fixed memory leaks (#444)
• Fix negative buffs lasting forever (#424)
• Fixed combat camera (#31, #246)
• Fixed targeting squares (#414)
• Fix sprite renderer (Melbu solar system, etc) (#481)
• Triangle indicator extra pixel (#471)
• Lloyd energy blast (#466)
• Fruegel smash attack (#494)
• Rain (rainbow breath, Melbu 3rd gen, etc) (#501)
• Combat background transparent (#502)
• Heal particles (#511)
• Albert cape normals (#514)
• Arrow shooter (#517)
• Handle invalid saves (#371)
• Inn crash with too much gold (#546)
• Equipped items on inventory screen (#366)
• Sounds hang (#208)
• Doel lightning (#566)
• Animation softlock, bug (#558)
• Red ice (#567)
• Translucency (#575)
• Potion heal effect too big (#578)
• Virage (#579)
• VDF animation (grand jewel light beams, Selebus grabby straps, etc) (#584)
• Kanzas daddy issues (#597)
• Dark Dragon crash (#593)
• Equipment descriptions not showing (#576)
• Zackwell crash (#595)
• Archangel crash (#599)
• Kazas BGM (#608)
• Multi-stage fights sound (#606)
• Battle 3 post-combat BGM (#570)
• Fix DPI scaling on Mac (#589)
• Windigo sound (#619)
• Weapons with poison (#649)
• Empty equipment screen crash (#651)
• ~30 minutes idle crash (#422)
• Can't combat box black background (60a6963)
• Healing petrify crash (#662)

Retail Fixes

• Shana loading invalid addition files (#357)
• Magma fish animation (#360)
• Dart has no arms in Lavitz Oof scene (#439)
• Lavitz's torso is visible in background (#439)
• World map text centring (#215)
• Encounter rate (#537)
• Divine dragon spirit invalid sound (#585)

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IMPORTANT: THIS RELEASE NO LONGER WORKS - USE 2.1 HOTFIX ABOVE

Recommended Build #1

Major Improvements

• Game is 100% playable
• Mod loader and first draft of modding API
  • First-party mods available
  • Third-party dev kit coming soon
• Additions are fully implemented and no longer auto-complete
• Unpacker is now 75% faster
• Almost all models and animations now render correctly
• Major progress on special effects, particle effects, etc.
• Support for 1800+ controllers

New Features

• Automatic addition toggle
• Automatic d-attack toggle
• Fast text speed toggle
• Auto-advance text toggle
• Save anywhere toggle
• Disable status effects toggle
• Disable encounters toggle
• Change battle UI colour
• Choose what combat stage to fight on
• Slightly improved sound
• Pause (P key)
• Mouse/keyboard/gamepad support in menus
• Report unpacker status and crashes in UI

Modding API

• Change enemy drops
  • Supports multiple drops per enemy
• Change enemy XP
• Change enemy stats
• Change character stats
• Change character additions
• Change character XP requirements to level up
• Change equipment stats
  • Supports combinations not possible in retail
• Change repeat items
  • Add more or remove some repeat items
• Prevent items from being consumed
• Change when additions are unlocked
• Change spell stats
• Change what items are in shops

Technical

• Rewrote entire script engine
  • Scripts are hundreds of times more efficient and infinitely easier to debug
• Rewrote model loading and animation code
  • We now fully understand all mode and animation types (there are 6 different types of animation files! Why??)
• Convert CTMD files to regular TMD
  • LOD used a nonstandard semi-compressed model format and over 10 different model renderers. These files have been converted to standard models and all renderers have been unified.
• Deduplicate and restructure lots of character files
• Rewrite some linear algebra code to use JOML
• Added Linux launch script

Bugfixes

• Fixed more special effects than I can even list
• Fixed model rendering (models still missing in combat cutscenes)
• Fixed all animations
• Fixed submap overlay textures
• Fixed most issues with models being offset in combat
• Fixed addition timings being wrong
• Fixed dragoon SFX
• Fixed crash when using the last item in the list
• Fixed crashes in Shirley fight
• Fixed crash on world map
• Fixed Coolon screen instantly teleporting player to forest
• Fixed Mt Mortal Dragon being unenterable
• Fixed memory leaks
• Fixed Home of Giganto cutscene
• Fixed potential crash with > 32 items
• Fixed Kongol's Grand Stream spell
• Fixed Kongol's d-attack
• Fixed Rose's Demon's Gate spell
• Fixed Haschel's Thunder Kid crash
• Fixed Haschel's Violet Dragon spell
• Fixed Dart's Divine Dragoon d-attack
• Fixed Meru's d-attack
• Fixed Selebus attack crash
• Fixed Zackwell post-fight cutscene crash
• Fixed Faust crash
• Fixed speed up/power down
• Fixed HP in menus possibly getting out of sync
• Fixed obstacle course (again)
• Fixed crash in Lavitz oof scene
• Fixed collision bug occasionally causing warps into the abyss
• Fixed starting on world map from chapter title saves
• Fixed dragoon space lighting
• Fixed violet dragon corrupting battle stage textures
• Fixed extreme flashing lights during some dragoon effects
• Fixed animated submap overlays
• Fixed post-virage cutscene crash
• Fixed overflow when using dragon block staff
• Fixed goods screen scrolling with fewer items
• Fixed crash if save file had more items than max inventory size
• Fixed crash in final Lloyd fight cutscene
• Fixed being unable to submit laws in Zenebatos
• Fixed arrow above Dart's head being too low
• Fixed Kubila demon frog attack
• Fixed Dark Elf detonate arrow crash
• Fixed post-signet Coolon cutscene
• Fixed distorted faces in cutscenes
• Fixed distorted skyboxes in combat
• Fixed status effects not working
• Fixed physical ring/dragon helm/etc.
• Fixed healing items being able to miss
• Fixed "Perfect!" scrolling too slowly
• Fixed crash when going left away from Zackwell room
• Fixed collision issue allowing you to walk into the abyss
• Fixed wrong order when sorting items
• Fixed crash in Hoax if Dart is indecisive
• Fixed elemental armour and accessories not applying damage reduction
• Fixed spinninghead room crash
• Fixed Divine Dragoon Dart being unable to gain SP
• Fixed no controller support on too many items menu

Retail Bugfixes

• Fixed script memcopy out of bounds
• So many divide-by-zero errors
• Patch Meru broken animation in post-Divine-Dragon cutscene
• Fixed violet dragon colour overflow

Known Issues

• No music yet
• Sound effects can get stuck, press del/delete to stop them
• Some effects do not render correctly
  • Certain magic, spells, etc.

Crashes

• There is a rare crash when fighting Melbu that can occur if the fight lasts for a long time

Livestream Build December 30, 2022

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NOTE: IF YOU ARE UPDATING, DELETE YOUR FILES FOLDER (if you have one)

NOTE: THIS BUILD ONLY HAS MOUSE SUPPORT IN MENUS, SEE NOTES SECTION BELOW

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Notable new features:

• Full file unpacking (all 400,000+ of them)
• Full mouse support in all menus (outside of combat)
• Almost all menu code rewritten
• Linux support
• Steam Deck support

General improvements:

• Darken "continue" option on title screen if there are no saves

Technical improvements:

• Refactored ~7000 lines of code out of SItem
• Fixed crash due to retail bug (Hellena Warden with garbled name)
• Improved exceptions when a script crashes
• Fixed typo in script debugger logging
• Implemented a few missing sound methods
• Patched broken script in Dragon's Nest submap

Known crash bugs:

• Rose Demon's Gate spell
• Kongol dragoon addition
• Haschel Violet Dragon spell
• Haschel Thunder Kid spell
• Dart Divine Dragoon addition
• Meru dragoon addition
• Power Down item
• Selebus (disk 4 boss)

Notes:

• No music support
• Animation bugs in combat
• Sound effects can get stuck, press del/delete to stop them
• This build only has mouse support in menus (and escape key to go back to previous menu). Keyboard and gamepad support will be added in a future release. Equipment menu requires the use of the left and right arrow keys.

Livestream Build December 17, 2022

Notable new features:

• Mouse support in some menus
• Disk unpacking (faster load times, no disk swapping, easier modding)
• New intro/loading screen
• Dragoon XP shown on post-combat report (Zychronix)
• Quit to main menu (unfinished - not yet working)
• Rendering improvements (DooMMetaL)

Technical improvements:

• Rewrote bootstrap, no longer uses S_INIT overlay, loads in < 2 seconds
• Fixed post-combat report text being the wrong colour (Zychronix)
• Remnants of kernel and bios removed
• All remaining libds/libcd/CDROM emulation removed

Crash bugs:

• Rose Demon's Gate spell
• Kongol dragoon addition
• Haschel Violet Dragon spell
• Haschel Thunder Kid spell
• Dart Divine Dragoon addition
• Meru dragoon addition
• Power Down item
• Selebus (disk 4 boss)

Notes:

• No music support
• Animation bugs in combat
• Sound effects can get stuck, press del/delete to stop them