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Fallout: Nevada translation is updated.
Way to go, Alex, congratulations! Godspeed to you and the community.
Wow this is big!Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I've released Community Edition v1.0.0 which is available for all major platforms - Windows, Linux, and macOS. In case we didn't break up things while porting to x64, vanilla game works from top to bottom. Up next is integrating Sfall and making sure it's compatible with RP, Nevada, and Sonora.
https://github.com/alexbatalov/fallout2-ce
January 2023 (version 1.2)
Welcome to the January 2023 release of Fallout 2 Community Edition. There are many updates in this version, here are some key highlights:
Sfall
- Improved rendering - Significant boost to performance on large resolutions (and battery life on mobile devices). See #165 for tech notes.
- iOS support - Yes, Fallout 2 can be finally run on iOS (albeit not hassle free, see readme for installation instructions). The controls are far from being perfect, but at least it runs smoothly both on iPhone and iPad (#167).
- Worldmap Improvements - A couple of enhancements that makes worldmap more visually appealing.
- Combat and AI - Some fixes to expected combat stuff and improvements to AI.
Despite the integration of Sfall being a top priority, there is not much progress here.
@sonilyan implemented support for wide interface bar (#188). Together with side panels (fa058f2) you can enjoy familiar Sfall look in CE. One thing to note is that appropriate art should be unpacked and stored in your data directory. I'm sure many of you don't understand what that means, just hold your breath for next release.
Notable improvements:
Worldmap Improvements
- Stretchable splash screen (8a4ce6c)
- Game mode tracking (dc90beb)
- Custom message lists support (fe9ba91)
- Dialog options numbering (897ff2b)
- Some scripting functions (tracked in #200)
One of the coolest update and my personal favorite for this release - fade in/out animation when using worldmap (cc1562b).
Notable improvements:
Combat and AI
- Added shadow to city labels (248d6df)
- Fixed car disappearing after using town map (e02dcdf)
- Fixed special encounter blinking icon (95cc863)
- Fixed worldmap position calculation (3ec827d)
- Fixed some visual artifacts (9976728, b5701fb)
@drjfaust fixed several combat bugs with #204 which were unnoticed since Reference Edition. With ad38607 wandering NPCs will no longer ignore player and will join the fight on sight.
There is an improvement to "Whomever is attacking me" party member behaviour (3425926). The party members will no longer switch targets randomly (especially in big fights). Instead they will try to keep fire on their initial target as long as this target keeps attacking dude.
In addition to this, there are changes to how AI is using drugs (0e11569). It includes Sfall fixes and improvements and adds some randomization to the picking process. Instead of using first available drug (according to internal order of items in inventory), we group drugs into buckets (primary desires and everything else) and randomly pick from one of the buckets.
Mods
Some improvements and fixes have been made to run Nevada and Sonora. These mods (at least their original versions) do not require Sfall, but have unexpected scripting style, which resulted in several crashes. Please open up an issue if you've completed either Nevada or Sonora.
There is a separate list for tracking progress towards Olympus support (#200). Most of unimplemented functions are used in unnecessary global scripts like party controls, so it's likely playable.
Some examples of errors discovered and fixed:
Android
- Fixed testing pointers for nulls (ad9b858)
- Fixed ini section parsing (a70912d)
- Fixed color setters (01f264e)
- Fixed selecting scripted windows (9c6daa4)
- Fixed setting scripted button handlers (8ee0f47)
- Fixed storing pointers in global variables (6c03e4e)
@sonilyan identified one of the memory alignment issues (#187). This kind of bugs usually lead to crashes, but totally compiler/environment/processor dependent. This explains why the game crashed on some Android devices.
Eventually more undefined behaviours were found, the last one was fixed with 2714dc1. Thanks to @APAmk2 for promptly confirming this issue is finally resolved.
#206 added support for on-screen keyboard.
Other
There are over a hundred of other fixes and improvements which can be found here. Thanks everyone for your contributions to Fallout 2 Community Edition.
Fascism, dressed up as good ol' western democracy.Apparently the reason are sanctions against some russian companies, and he works for one of them.
This is not censorship either....I dunno, but mass censorship because your country is secretly at war with another country sure isn't a good look.
Feels a bit like living in China I guess...so I can understand why people would consider it a bit like fascism.
The repositories are archived. Everyone can still look at them and download them. Nothing is hidden or censored.It sucks that he was affected by the sanctions, but I wouldn't take that as a sign the sanctions are inherently bad. Hopefully the files have been backed up by him and other people, and can be uploaded elsewhere.
not being allowed to say anything new...is still censorship, even if all the old stuff is still up (see Trump).This is not censorship either....
The repositories are archived. Everyone can still look at them and download them. Nothing is hidden or censored.
wtf are you talking about. Trump is not censored in any kind of way. He keeps spewing his bullshit ever since and nobody is silencing him and his tiresome goons.not being allowed to say anything new...is still censorship, even if all the old stuff is still up (see Trump).
and it seems like he's not allowed to make anything new on github...am I wrong in this assumption?
Trump doesn't want to go back to Twitter. Besides, it doesn't matter - freedom of speech doesn't mean you are forced to listen to the bullshit of every single person. Trump and Co. can still use any other social network service if they want to (which they are doing with Truth social or whatever the fuck that is). Trump was never oppressed, saying that is laughable.
Since certain russian companies are sanctioned, Github has to bend the knee and follow the law. That's all there is to it.