Solarus 1.2 is out!

After six months of development, we are proud to announce the release of the Solarus 1.2!Solarus now uses SDL2LuaJITcustom entitiesstreamsmetatablesrepeatable timers

• Download Solarus 1.2
• Solarus Quest Editor
• Lua API documentation
• Migration guide

• Download Zelda Mystery of Solarus DX 1.8
• Download Zelda Mystery of Solarus XD 1.8

) and 20 more for ZSDX and ZSXD 1.8.

Changes in Solarus 1.2

New features:

• Upgrade to SDL 2 (#262). Thanks Vlag.
• Accelerate video operations in GPU if available. Expect huge speedups.
• Add the hq2x, hq3 and hq4x pixel filter algorithms as new video modes.
• Make the window resizable (#338).
• Use LuaJIT if available instead of vanilla Lua for better performance.
• New map entity type: custom entities, fully scripted (#323).
• Conveyor belts are now called streams and can be non-blocking (#288).
• Collision rules of streams (conveyor belts) are now like holes.
• Rewrite the main loop with a constant timestep (#351).
• Show a dialog box in case of fatal error.
• The "wide" video modes do not exist anymore. SDL2 does the job now.
• Make stairs sounds optional (#364).
• Make more checks in sprite files to avoid crashes (#357).
• Set the default speed of StraightMovement to 32 instead of 0 (#343).
• The size of all map entities must be a multiple of 8 (#358).
• Thrown entities (pots, bombs...) can now fall to a lower layer (#349).
• Running into a crystal or a solid switch now activates it (#193).
• The hero can now jump over distant crystal blocks (#42).
• The shield no longer protects while using the sword or carrying (#192).
• Languages: New syntax of strings.dat easier to read and parse (#170).
• Maps: The world property is now optional (#128).
• Maps: Teletransporters transition property is now a string (#402).
• Maps: Walls have a new property "stops_projectiles".
• Sounds: Running into a wall now plays a sound other than "explosion" (#297).

migration guide):

• Video mode names have changed: no more wide, fullscreen ou windowed names.
• sol.video.switch_mode() no longer changes the fullscreen flag.
• surface:set_transparency_color() no longer exists. Use surface:clear().
• sol.audio.play_music("none") is replaced by sol.audio.play_music(nil).
• on_key_pressed() and on_character_pressed() are now both called (#344).
• Destructible objects no longer show hardcoded dialogs (#270).
• map:create_destructible() has no hardcoded subtypes anymore (#270).
• map:create_teletransporter(): the transition is now a string (#402).
• map:create_shop_item() is replaced by map:create_shop_treasure().
• map:create_conveyor_belt() is replaced by map:create_stream() (#288).
• The state "conveyor belt" no longer exists in hero:get_state() (#288).
• The built-in strength of the sword has changed (#426).
• Bosses are not initially disabled anymore (#448).
• Call enemy:on_hurt() before enemy:on_dying() (#325).
• enemy:on_hurt() no longer takes a life_lost parameter (#426).
• The built-in defense of the tunic has changed (#428).
• enemy:get/set_magic_damage() no longer exists (#428).
• hero:start_hurt() no longer takes a magic parameter (#428).
• hero:start_hurt() now hurts the hero even when enemies cannot.
• Enemies have now a default size of 16x16 and origin of 8,13 (#354).
• The size of enemies must be a multiple of 8 (#358).
• item:on_pickable_movement_changed replaced by pickable:on_movement_changed.
• pickable:get_treasure() now returns the item instead of the item's name.
• Timers: returning true in the callback now repeats the timer (#152).
• sol.timer.start() now always returns the timer, even if its delay is zero.

Lua API changes that do not introduce incompatibilities:

• New Lua type and methods for custom map entities.
• New API of destructible objects, fully customizable now (#270).
• Colors now take an optional alpha value as fourth component.
• New functions sol.video.get/set/reset_window_size().
• New method surface:clear().
• Add loop and callback features to sol.audio.play_music() (#280).
• New function sol.main.get_metatable(), allows to implement shared behaviors.
• The lifetime of a menu can now be another menu.
• New method menu:is_started().
• Attempt to stop a menu already stopped is no longer an error.
• New method map:get_hero() (#362).
• map:get_world() can now return nil because the world is now optional (#128).
• map:create_wall() accepts a new property "stops_projectiles".
• Entity names are now auto-incremented to simplify their creation.
• New method entity:get_game() (#363).
• New methods entity:bring_to_front() and entity:bring_to_back() (#273).
• entity:test_obstacles() now takes an optional layer parameter.
• New methods enemy:get_attack_consequence(), get_attack_consequence_sprite().
• The event entity:on_created() is now called for all types of entities.
• New event enemy:on_hurt_by_sword() to customize the sword strength (#426).
• New event enemy:on_attacking_hero() to customize attacks (#356).
• New event enemy:on_hurting_hero() to customize hurting the hero (#428).
• New event hero:on_hurt() to customize the defense of the equipment (#428).
• hero:start_hurt() now takes an optional entity and sprite (#417).
• New methods hero:is/set_invincible() and hero:is/set_blinking() (#418).
• New methods hero:get/set_animation() to set custom animations (#155).
• New methods hero:get/set_sword_sound_id() to change the sword sound (#155).
• New methods to set custom tunic, sword and shield sprites (#155).
• New functions to get/set the properties of teletransporters (#403).
• New functions to get/set the properties of blocks.
• New methods to simulate game commands, by mrunderhill (#382).
• New event sensor:on_left() (#339).
• New event block:on_moving() (#334).
• New event teletransporter:on_activated() (#312).
• New event destination:on_activated() (#312).
• movement:on_position_changed() now takes x and y parameters (#342).
• Check the parameter sign in game:add/remove life/money/magic (#416).
• Check the parameter sign in item:add/remove_amount.
• New methods timer:get/set_remaining_time.
• New function sol.main.get_elapsed_time() to get the simulated time (#424).
• New function sol.input.get_key_modifiers() to get the key modifiers state.

Bug fixes:

• Fix enemy:on_hurt() that was wrongly called when immobilized.
• Fix life and money exceeding the max when the max changes (#355).
• Fix RandomMovement speed that was not taken into account (#361).
• Fix collisions detected on disabled entities (#455).
• Fix pixel collisions coordinates when sprites move (#372).
• Fix a slowness when loading maps (#374).
• Fix crash when accessing a map not active anymore (#371).
• Fix crash when changing the movement of the hero (#392).
• Fix crash when calling hero:start_treasure() with wrong parameters (#391).
• Fix crash when calling game:has/get/set_ability() with wrong name (#408).
• Fix a crash when creating two entities with the same name (#370).
• Fix issues with unobtainable treasures.
• Fix the starting location wrongly saved with special destinations (#375).
• Fix map:set_tileset() sometimes moving the hero near the map border (#400).
• Fix enemies stuck on blocks (#360).
• Fix enemies stuck on crystal blocks (#41).
• Fix human NPCs not automatically showing "walking" when moving (#336).
• Fix the hero leaving the grabbing state even while the game is suspended.
• Fix low walls in dynamic tiles behaving like normal walls.
• Fix wrong collisions of right-up and left-down diagonal jumpers.
• Fix jumpers that could be traversed sideways (#481).
• Fix blocks no longer stopping when aligned on the grid since Solarus 0.9.3.
• Fix entities not always shown when they have no optimization distance.
• Fix movement:start() raising an error if the optional callback is nil.
• Fix random_movement:get_max_radius() that was not working.
• Fix timer:is_suspended_with_map() that was not working.
• Fix crash when calling timer:set_suspended_with_map() without game started.
• Call hero:on_removed() and stop hero timers when stopping the game (#421).
• Don't die if the map or destination saved no longer exists (#301).
• Don't die if a map has no destination. Show an error and go to 0,0 instead.
• Don't die if hero:teleport() attempts to go to a non-existing place.
• Don't die if attempting to start a game without map.
• Don't die if attempting to start a non-existing dialog.

Changes in Solarus Quest Editor 1.2

New features:

• The editor is now built with Maven (#365).
• Multiple entities can now be resized at the same time (#405).
• Copy-pasting entities now pastes them at the cursor (#404).
• The map view can now be dragged using the middle mouse button (#413).
• Zoom in/out
• Add buttons to edit or refresh the tileset from the map view (#425).
• The tileset view can now be dragged using the middle mouse button (#427).
• Selecting a tile now highlights its pattern in the tileset view (#290).
• Ctrl/Shift+click even on an entity now starts a selection rectangle (#410).
• Tile patterns can now be moved in the tileset editor (#422).
• The id and name of a new resource and now asked in a single dialog (#321).
• Show the old value in the dialog to change an id/name (#468) (rekcah1986).
• The order of resources in the quest tree can now be changed (#319).
• Increase the stepsize when scrolling the map view.
• Center the dialog of editing an entity (#443).
• Add a scroller to dialogs that are too high (#437) (rekcah1986).
• Show the map or tileset name in the "do you want to save" dialog.
• Show quest name and resource ids in the tree view (thanks rekcah1986).
• Don't place new tiles below other entities if there are some (#461).
• Switches, crystals and crystal blocks now show their actual sprite (#376).

Bug fixes:

• Fix hidden entities getting selected when clicked (#460).
• Fix selected entities losing their order when changing the layer.
• Fix NullPointerException when canceling the Open Project dialog.
• Fix freeze if tiles don't exist when changing the tileset of a map.
• Fix the tree not refreshing when deleting a resource (#335).
• Fix the tileset editor not always showing the save dialog on closing.
• Fix the num_columns property of sprites wrongly parsed.
• Fix wrong displaying of right-up and left-down diagonal jumpers.

Incompatibilities

migration guide

Changes in Zelda Mystery of Solarus DX 1.8

New features:

• Replace fixed8.fon by a TTF font due to an SDL2 regression (#59).
• Switch fullscreen also with F11.

Bug fixes:

• Dungeon 3 5F: fix falling too early in the hole due to incorrect layers.

Changes in Zelda Mystery of Solarus XD 1.8

New features:

• Spanish translation (beta). Thanks Xexio!
• Replace fixed8.fon by a TTF font due to an SDL2 regression (#59).
• Switch fullscreen also with F11.
• Make streams non-blocking in the crazy house.

Bug fixes:

• Fix a typo in French dialogs.
• Fix the position of some diagonal jumpers.