sfall 4.3.3

Changelog:

• Implemented an integrated High Resolution Patch mode, which has almost the same functionality as the original hi-res patch and has better integration with sfall's graphics features/improvements
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.3.1 that broke the fix for party members with drug addictions
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.3.1 that caused AI to be unable to use some weapons
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.3.1 that caused the music not to be played after loading a saved game on the same map
• Fixed critical bugs in FadeBackgroundMusic that caused crashes in various situations
• Fixed incorrect display of name and damage values for unarmed attacks in the inventory in some cases
• Fixed the black screen issue in DX9 mode when returning to the game after using Alt+Tab
• Fixed the mouse cursor lag in the save/load game screens
• Fixed broken object descriptions for a modified fallout2.exe with Chinese/Japanese support
• Fixed and expanded the mouse drop area for the PC's and NPC's inventory on the barter screen
• Changed the 'Radiated' on the character screen to be highlighted in gray when the player still has an impending radiation effect
• Changed SkipCompatModeCheck to not require sfall debugging mode
• Removed UseCommandLine from ddraw.ini. Now sfall will always check command line arguments for another ini file
• Removed ArraysBehavior and RemoveWindowRounding from ddraw.ini because there is little reason to turn them off
• Removed SkipSizeCheck from ddraw.ini and the executable file size check from sfall
• Removed the dependency on d3dcompiler_43.dll for DX9 graphics modes
• Added a fix for incorrect value of the limit number of floating text messages
• Added a tweak to allow printing new floating text messages when their limit is exceeded
• Added a debug option to set up a key to toggle the display of the hex grid on the map on or off (like in the mapper)

sfall 3.8.33

Changelog:

• Code refactoring for the script extender to improve the error handling in script functions
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.31 that broke the fix for party members with drug addictions
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.31 that caused AI to be unable to use some weapons
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.31 that caused the music not to be played after loading a saved game on the same map
• Fixed critical bugs in FadeBackgroundMusic that caused crashes in various situations
• Fixed incorrect display of name and damage values for unarmed attacks in the inventory in some cases
• Fixed the black screen issue in DX9 mode when returning to the game after using Alt+Tab
• Fixed the mouse cursor lag in the save/load game screens
• Fixed and expanded the mouse drop area for the PC's and NPC's inventory on the barter screen
• Changed the 'Radiated' on the character screen to be highlighted in gray when the player still has an impending radiation effect
• Changed SkipCompatModeCheck to not require sfall debugging mode
• Removed UseCommandLine from ddraw.ini. Now sfall will always check command line arguments for another ini file
• Removed ArraysBehavior and RemoveWindowRounding from ddraw.ini because there is little reason to turn them off
• Removed SkipSizeCheck from ddraw.ini and the executable file size check from sfall
• Removed the dependency on d3dcompiler_42.dll for DX9 graphics modes
• Added a fix for incorrect value of the limit number of floating text messages
• Added a tweak to allow printing new floating text messages when their limit is exceeded
• Added a debug option to set up a key to toggle the display of the hex grid on the map on or off (like in the mapper)

sfall 4.3.2

Changelog:

• Changed the fix for grave type containers in 4.3.1 to an option, to fix compatibility with existing grave scripts
• Changed OverrideArtCacheSize to set the art cache size to 261 instead of 256
• Changed Enable option in the [Speed] section to no longer affect SpeedMultiInitial
• Tweaked the window title bar for DX9 windowed mode
• Optimized the calculation process in Glovz's damage formula and Haenlomal's YAAM for burst attacks

sfall 3.8.32

Changelog:

• Changed the fix for grave type containers in 3.8.31 to an option, to fix compatibility with existing grave scripts
• Changed OverrideArtCacheSize to set the art cache size to 261 instead of 256
• Changed Enable option in the [Speed] section to no longer affect SpeedMultiInitial
• Tweaked the window title bar for DX9 windowed mode
• Optimized the calculation process in Glovz's damage formula and Haenlomal's YAAM for burst attacks

sfall 4.3.1

Changelog:

• Fixed the Jet addiction not being removed when using the antidote in some cases
• Fixed the key repeat delay and rate when enabling the game speed tweak
• Fixed a possible crash at the end of the playback of alternative sound files
• Fixed a rounding error in Glovz's damage formula
• Fixed and improved NPC combat control mod and the behavior of SpeedInterfaceCounterAnims=3
• Improved the rendering performance of DX9 graphics modes
• Improved and tweaked the page control in ExtraSaveSlots
• Changed the way AutoQuickSave works. Now it sets the number of pages used for quick saving
• Changed SingleCore to set processor affinity to the second processor core if available
• Changed HOOK_CANUSEWEAPON hook script to run for both the player and NPCs
• Excluded the walking animation from the debug message about a missing critter art file for stationary critters
• Excluded the animated colors from TravelMarkerColor (same as in 3.8.x)
• Removed unnecessary check on action points when AI reloads a weapon (added in 4.3)
• Removed AffectPlayback option because it's not practical
• Added a fix for a crash when opening a file with name containing a % character
• Added a fix to prevent the main menu music from stopping when entering the load game screen
• Added a fix to display the palette color with index 255 correctly in DX9 mode when using the hi-res patch
• Added a fix for grave type containers in the open state not executing the use_p_proc procedure
• Added a tweak to update unarmed attacks after leveling up
• Added a tweak to keep the selected attack mode for unarmed attacks when closing the inventory or when the combat ends
• Added a tweak to display the actual damage values of unarmed attacks in the inventory
• Added an option to enable fade effects for background music when stopping and starting the playback
• Added an option to automatically search for new SFX sound files at game startup
• Added a config file to change the requirements and effects of unarmed attacks
• Added a config file to change some engine parameters for the game mechanics
• Added the ability to continuously play the music when moving to another map that uses the same music
• Added the ability to set custom names for unarmed attacks in the inventory to TranslationsINI
• Added support for using the newline control character \n in the object description in pro_*.msg files
• Added support for the new 'Healing Item' flag to item protos. Now AI will also use items with this flag for healing in combat
• Added support for the new 'Cannot Use' flag to the misc flags of item objects. This flag makes a weapon object unusable in combat
• Added missing sounds for the buttons on the world map interface (similar to Fallout 1 behavior)
• Added 5 metarule3 macros for controlling the save slot with scripts to sfall.h in the modders pack
• New script functions: set_scr_name, obj_is_openable
• Updated NPC armor appearance mod in the modders pack to prevent NPCs from equipping unusable weapons
• Included Brazilian Portuguese and Polish translation (from Felipefpl and Jaiden)

sfall 3.8.31

Changelog:

• Fixed the Jet addiction not being removed when using the antidote in some cases
• Fixed the key repeat delay and rate when enabling the game speed tweak
• Fixed a possible crash at the end of the playback of alternative sound files
• Fixed a rounding error in Glovz's damage formula
• Improved the behavior of SpeedInterfaceCounterAnims=3
• Improved the rendering performance of DX9 graphics modes
• Improved and tweaked the page control in ExtraSaveSlots
• Changed the way AutoQuickSave works. Now it sets the number of pages used for quick saving
• Changed SingleCore to set processor affinity to the second processor core if available
• Excluded the walking animation from the debug message about a missing critter art file for stationary critters
• Removed unnecessary check on action points when AI reloads a weapon (added in 3.8.30)
• Removed AffectPlayback option because it's not practical
• Added a fix for a crash when opening a file with name containing a % character
• Added a fix to prevent the main menu music from stopping when entering the load game screen
• Added a fix to display the palette color with index 255 correctly in DX9 mode when using the hi-res patch
• Added a fix for grave type containers in the open state not executing the use_p_proc procedure
• Added a tweak to update unarmed attacks after leveling up
• Added a tweak to keep the selected attack mode for unarmed attacks when closing the inventory or when the combat ends
• Added a tweak to display the actual damage values of unarmed attacks in the inventory
• Added an option to enable fade effects for background music when stopping and starting the playback
• Added an option to automatically search for new SFX sound files at game startup
• Added a config file to change the requirements and effects of unarmed attacks
• Added a config file to change some engine parameters for the game mechanics
• Added the ability to continuously play the music when moving to another map that uses the same music
• Added the ability to set custom names for unarmed attacks in the inventory to TranslationsINI
• Added support for using the newline control character \n in the object description in pro_*.msg files
• Added support for the new 'Healing Item' flag to item protos. Now AI will also use items with this flag for healing in combat
• Added support for the new 'Cannot Use' flag to the misc flags of item objects. This flag makes a weapon object unusable in combat
• Added missing sounds for the buttons on the world map interface (similar to Fallout 1 behavior)
• Added 5 metarule3 macros for controlling the save slot with scripts to sfall.h in the modders pack
• Added a sfall.dat resource file, which contains the required files for various features. The localized sfall_xx.dat is also supported
• New script functions: set_scr_name, obj_is_openable
• Included Brazilian Portuguese and Polish translation (from Felipefpl and Jaiden)

sfall 4.3.0.2

Maintenance release for sfall 4.3.

Changelog:

• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.3 that caused a hang when opening the pipboy if the value of a quest location in quests.txt is less than 1500
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.3 that caused a black screen after starting a new game without the hi-res patch
• Fixed a bug in INVENTORYMOVE hook that caused duplicate items when canceling moving an item into bag/backpack
• Updated French translation (from HawK-EyE)

sfall 3.8.30.2

Maintenance release for sfall 3.8.30.

Changelog:

• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.30 that caused a hang when opening the pipboy if the value of a quest location in quests.txt is less than 1500
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.30 that caused a black screen after starting a new game without the hi-res patch
• Fixed a bug in INVENTORYMOVE hook that caused duplicate items when canceling moving an item into bag/backpack
• Updated French translation (from HawK-EyE)

sfall 4.3.0.1

Hotfix release for sfall 4.3.

Changelog:

• Fixed a crash bug introduced in 4.3 with the fix for animation registration
• Fixed a bug in AIDrugUsePerfFix that could cause a hang in combat
• Fixed the extra check for friendly fire not working if the area_attack_mode parameter in the AI packet is not set or set to no_pref
• Added a fix for chem_primary_desire values in party member AI packets not being saved and reset correctly

sfall 3.8.30.1

Hotfix release for sfall 3.8.30.

Changelog:

• Merged Windows 2000 support into the standard version of sfall. Using DX9 graphics modes now requires d3dx9_42.dll and d3dcompiler_42.dll
• Fixed a crash bug introduced in 3.8.30 with the fix for animation registration
• Fixed a bug in AIDrugUsePerfFix that could cause a hang in combat
• Fixed the extra check for friendly fire not working if the area_attack_mode parameter in the AI packet is not set or set to no_pref
• Added a fix for chem_primary_desire values in party member AI packets not being saved and reset correctly