BYOND 4.0 Version 412.977 Release Notes

Fixes

The trace.bat file released in 976 wasn't allowing DS to properly startup.

Found an unlikely, but theoretically possible source of crashes upon user login. Will do a linux build shortly. (Masterdan)

"/" wasn't clearing the command text as it did in pre-4.0 versions of BYOND. (Xooxer)

Maps that were not visible from the outset when a skin loaded did not appear properly until certain settings (hardware mode, text mode, etc.) changed. (Audeuro)

File selection input boxes did not properly stay above the main window. (Audeuro)

Using \n to separate two commands had stopped working in old macros. Now it works in new macros as well.
Dream Daemon ignored the port parameter, unless it was supplied manually as -port ####. (Audeuro)

In DreamMaker, after editing one movie in an icon file, editing a different movie could change the movie's settings so that when it was next opened or saved, the loop count (or lack thereof) would be incorrect. (Pyro_dragons)

Features

If a browse() window is made with size=0x0, its titlebar will be turned off by default. If can_resize=0, then it will be totally hidden. (Shadowdarke)

When DS fails to close properly, the user will be prompted on next bootup to do some diagnostic routines (currently this just removes the cache file, whose corruption is a common source of crashes... we may add more schemes as needed).

Fallback behavior for movement states is now more logical. Previously, if a moving atom's icon had a specific state name matching its icon_state but no movement state, and also had a default movement state, the default movement state was preferred over the specific non-moving state. Contrary to reports this same behavior occurred in BYOND 3.5. (Pyro_dragons)

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!!! The Alt button has been restored to the default interface. Now, if you set an input box's default command to ".alt " it will treat any single-character keys like R or 3 as if the Alt key is also pressed, so Alt+R or Alt+3 macros will run. A similar mode has been set up for ".ctrl " as a default command, to use the Ctrl key along with the key that was pressed.

.winset "input.command=\"!.alt \""

Checkable buttons will execute their commands when the skin is loaded. This allows any changes that depend on the saved is-checked state to be enacted.

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