jman2050
07-12-2005, 02:11 PM
ALLEGRO FILE IS UP
Aside from the changes outlined in the beta 2 progress thread (My list of changes is here (http://www.armageddongames.net/showthread.php?t=84799&page=6&pp=25). The first post has the rest of the changes) the following you need to be aware of:
1. The Link Tile Modifiers have been reverted to their 2.10 ways (I hope). This should only be a temporry measure while DN and I implement he ability to edit Link's tile references altogether. We apologize for any inconvinience.
2. New security measures: To prevent cheating and stealing of passwords, several security measures were taken, one of which is the heavy encryption of the quest password. In fact, DN did such a good job that not even I can see off-hand what the password to a quest is. (and from what I can see, DN didn't allow anyway for us to do that). However, a backdoor has been provided for those who forgot their passwords. When loading a quest and typing in the password, a challenge hash will appear. If given to one of us developers, we'll be able to provide a 'backdoor' password (all dependent on the original quest password) for one-time entry that will give the opportunity for the quest maker to regain access. Make sure this works correctly, and that all existing cheating programs don't work.
3. New BS-style subscreens! These aren't complete, though DN is working hard on them. Try out the four different styles when editing a quest in ZQ.
4. To activate preview mode, press X. Most of the instructions are in the thread linked above, so I won't repeat them here.
I believe that's all. If DN has anything more to add, he'll post here. Also note that this is the windows build only. If neccesary, either I or DN will compile DOS distros either today or tomorrow, though we are trying to get to the point of depreciation on that :P As for Linux or Mac distros, don't ask me. That's DN's department completely.
FINALLY, REMEMBER TO BACK UP ALL FILES YOU USE FOR ZC IN CASE OF CORRUPTION BUGS. ALSO NOTE THAT SAVE FILES FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS WILL NOT WOrK WITH THIS BETA.
Without further ado, here's the windows distro:
http://jman2050.armageddongames.net/Moldrums/zc211b2/zc211b2w.zip
Make sure to use this allegro DLL only
http://jman2050.armageddongames.net/Moldrums/zc211b2/alleg42.dll
Remember to report all bugs in the bug forum. I guarantee there will be quite a few of them.
Aside from the changes outlined in the beta 2 progress thread (My list of changes is here (http://www.armageddongames.net/showthread.php?t=84799&page=6&pp=25). The first post has the rest of the changes) the following you need to be aware of:
1. The Link Tile Modifiers have been reverted to their 2.10 ways (I hope). This should only be a temporry measure while DN and I implement he ability to edit Link's tile references altogether. We apologize for any inconvinience.
2. New security measures: To prevent cheating and stealing of passwords, several security measures were taken, one of which is the heavy encryption of the quest password. In fact, DN did such a good job that not even I can see off-hand what the password to a quest is. (and from what I can see, DN didn't allow anyway for us to do that). However, a backdoor has been provided for those who forgot their passwords. When loading a quest and typing in the password, a challenge hash will appear. If given to one of us developers, we'll be able to provide a 'backdoor' password (all dependent on the original quest password) for one-time entry that will give the opportunity for the quest maker to regain access. Make sure this works correctly, and that all existing cheating programs don't work.
3. New BS-style subscreens! These aren't complete, though DN is working hard on them. Try out the four different styles when editing a quest in ZQ.
4. To activate preview mode, press X. Most of the instructions are in the thread linked above, so I won't repeat them here.
I believe that's all. If DN has anything more to add, he'll post here. Also note that this is the windows build only. If neccesary, either I or DN will compile DOS distros either today or tomorrow, though we are trying to get to the point of depreciation on that :P As for Linux or Mac distros, don't ask me. That's DN's department completely.
FINALLY, REMEMBER TO BACK UP ALL FILES YOU USE FOR ZC IN CASE OF CORRUPTION BUGS. ALSO NOTE THAT SAVE FILES FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS WILL NOT WOrK WITH THIS BETA.
Without further ado, here's the windows distro:
http://jman2050.armageddongames.net/Moldrums/zc211b2/zc211b2w.zip
Make sure to use this allegro DLL only
http://jman2050.armageddongames.net/Moldrums/zc211b2/alleg42.dll
Remember to report all bugs in the bug forum. I guarantee there will be quite a few of them.