sfall 4.2.6

Changelog:

• Fixed a hero appearance mod issue that caused the player's gender not to be reset properly when creating a new character
• Fixed a hero appearance mod issue that caused the player to lose some fire/electrical death animations
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.2.3 that broke the PlayIdleAnimOnReload option
• Improved the pathfinding in the engine function when a multihex object is in the line of fire
• Improved the functionality of display_stats script function to also update player's stats on the character screen
• Improved the fix for incorrect positioning after exiting small/medium locations
• Removed AutoSearchPath from ddraw.ini. Now the directory for autoloading custom files is the fixed <GameRoot>\mods\
• Added a fix to prevent critters from overlapping other object tiles when moving to the retargeted tile
• Added a fix to prevent showing an empty perk selection window (crash when clicking on the empty perk list)
• Added a fix for NPC stuck in an animation loop in combat when trying to move close to a multihex critter
• Increased the maximum text width of the player name on the character screen
• New script functions: get_stat_max/min

sfall 3.8.26

Changelog:

• Fixed a hero appearance mod issue that caused the player's gender not to be reset properly when creating a new character
• Fixed a hero appearance mod issue that caused the player to lose some fire/electrical death animations
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.23 that broke the PlayIdleAnimOnReload option
• Improved the pathfinding in the engine function when a multihex object is in the line of fire
• Improved the functionality of display_stats script function to also update player's stats on the character screen
• Improved the fix for incorrect positioning after exiting small/medium locations
• Added a fix to prevent critters from overlapping other object tiles when moving to the retargeted tile
• Added a fix to prevent showing an empty perk selection window (crash when clicking on the empty perk list)
• Added a fix for NPC stuck in an animation loop in combat when trying to move close to a multihex critter
• Increased the maximum text width of the player name on the character screen
• New script functions: get_stat_max/min

sfall 4.2.5.1

Maintenance release for v4.2.5.

Changelog:

• Fixed the extra check for friendly fire treating non-critter objects as friendly critters
• Changed the debug message about a missing critter art file to be displayed in the game only when in sfall debugging mode

sfall 3.8.25.1

Maintenance release for v3.8.25.

Changelog:

• Fixed the extra check for friendly fire treating non-critter objects as friendly critters
• Changed the debug message about a missing critter art file to be displayed in the game only when in sfall debugging mode

sfall 4.2.5

Changelog:

• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.1.9 that could cause the combat to end automatically in some cases
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.2 that caused AI to miscalculate the hit chance in determining whether to use secondary attacks if BodyHit_Torso and BodyHit_Torso_Uncalled modifiers were not equal
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.2.3 that caused CorpseDeleteTime not to set the timer correctly
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.2.4 that caused AllowDShowSound=2 not to work
• Fixed loot_obj script function not returning the correct object when switching to another corpse in the loot screen
• Fixed and improved the functionality of ReloadWeaponKey for using any non-weapon item
• Fixed and changed the behavior of GvarID option in the drugs ini file
• Improved the fix for items on the ground being obscured by a pool of blood after the corpse is removed
• Changed the priority of files in the AutoSearchPath folder to be higher than the PatchFileXX options
• Added a fix for AI skipping a target simply because its weapon is currently empty
• Added a fix for AI not always considering the safe distance when using grenades or rockets
• Added a fix to AI behavior for 'Snipe' distance preference (distance=snipe in AI.txt). Now the attacker will try to shoot the target instead of always running away from it at the beginning of the turn
• Added a fix to reduce friendly fire in burst attacks. Now there is an extra roll for AI to not use burst attacks if a friendly critter is in the line of fire
• Added a check for the weapon range and the AP cost when AI is choosing weapon attack modes
• Added a tweak to allow party members to keep their current target as one of the potential targets when choosing new targets at the beginning of their turn
• Added a tweak to the displayed message if the main target of a missed attack has the 'Flat' flag set

sfall 3.8.25

Changelog:

• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.19 that could cause the combat to end automatically in some cases
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.20 that caused AI to miscalculate the hit chance in determining whether to use secondary attacks if BodyHit_Torso and BodyHit_Torso_Uncalled modifiers were not equal
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.23 that caused CorpseDeleteTime not to set the timer correctly
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.24 that caused AllowDShowSound=2 not to work
• Fixed loot_obj script function not returning the correct object when switching to another corpse in the loot screen
• Fixed and improved the functionality of ReloadWeaponKey for using any non-weapon item
• Improved the fix for items on the ground being obscured by a pool of blood after the corpse is removed
• Added a fix for AI skipping a target simply because its weapon is currently empty
• Added a fix for AI not always considering the safe distance when using grenades or rockets
• Added a fix to AI behavior for 'Snipe' distance preference (distance=snipe in AI.txt). Now the attacker will try to shoot the target instead of always running away from it at the beginning of the turn
• Added a fix to reduce friendly fire in burst attacks. Now there is an extra roll for AI to not use burst attacks if a friendly critter is in the line of fire
• Added a check for the weapon range and the AP cost when AI is choosing weapon attack modes
• Added a tweak to allow party members to keep their current target as one of the potential targets when choosing new targets at the beginning of their turn
• Added a tweak to the displayed message if the main target of a missed attack has the 'Flat' flag set
• Added an option to skip loading game settings from saved games

sfall 4.2.4

Changelog:

• Fixed stuttering when playing AVI movies
• Fixed a crash when playing MVE movies in DX9 mode with the CPU doing the palette conversion and without the hi-res patch
• Fixed a crash when using older versions of the hi-res patch
• Fixed a possible crash or player's turn being skipped when returning to the game after using Alt+Tab in combat
• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.1.9 that could cause a hang when loading a saved game
• Fixed COMBATTURN hook not being triggered when loading a saved game in combat
• Fixed and improved the playback of alternative sound files
• Re-added TownMapHotkeysFix option to ddraw.ini for mod testing
• Changed play/stop_sfall_sound script functions to return/accept the ID number of the played sound instead of a raw pointer
• Changed the 'Radiated' on the character screen to be highlighted in red when player's stats are affected by radiation exposure
• Added a new 'fullscreen windowed' mode to DX9 graphics modes
• Added saving the position of the game window to ddraw.ini
• Added a fix for the player's money not being displayed in the dialog window after leaving the barter/combat control interface
• Added a fix for a crash or animation glitch of the critter in combat when an explosion from explosives and the AI attack animation are performed simultaneously
• Added a fix for the 'Fill_W' flag in worldmap.txt not uncovering all tiles to the left edge of the world map
• Added a fix for leaving the map after reloading a saved game if the player died on the world map from radiation
• Added a fix to prevent the player from dying if a stat is less than 1 when removing radiation effects
• Added a fix for the same effect message being displayed when removing radiation effects
• Added a fix for NPCs not fully reloading a weapon if it has an ammo capacity larger than one box of ammo
• Added an option to display messages about radiation for the active geiger counter
• Added an option to change the displayed message when you recover from the negative effects of radiation exposure
• Added a new value to AllowUnsafeScripting to disable the memory address check in unsafe script functions
• Added a new value of 3 to the 'mark_state' argument of mark_area_known script function to uncover locations without radius (Fallout 1 behavior)
• Added a new mode to play_sfall_sound script function

sfall 3.8.24

Changelog:

• Fixed stuttering when playing AVI movies
• Fixed a crash when playing MVE movies in DX9 mode with the CPU doing the palette conversion and without the hi-res patch
• Fixed a crash when using older versions of the hi-res patch
• Fixed a crash when the script attached to an object on the map is missing and there is another script using sfall arrays
• Fixed a possible crash or player's turn being skipped when returning to the game after using Alt+Tab in combat
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.8.19 that could cause a hang when loading a saved game
• Fixed and improved the playback of alternative sound files
• Re-added TownMapHotkeysFix option to ddraw.ini for mod testing
• Changed play/stop_sfall_sound script functions to return/accept the ID number of the played sound instead of a raw pointer
• Changed the 'Radiated' on the character screen to be highlighted in red when player's stats are affected by radiation exposure
• Code refactoring for various script functions
• Added a new 'fullscreen windowed' mode to DX9 graphics modes
• Added saving the position of the game window to ddraw.ini
• Added a fix for the player's money not being displayed in the dialog window after leaving the barter/combat control interface
• Added a fix for a crash or animation glitch of the critter in combat when an explosion from explosives and the AI attack animation are performed simultaneously
• Added a fix for the 'Fill_W' flag in worldmap.txt not uncovering all tiles to the left edge of the world map
• Added a fix for leaving the map after reloading a saved game if the player died on the world map from radiation
• Added a fix to prevent the player from dying if a stat is less than 1 when removing radiation effects
• Added a fix for the same effect message being displayed when removing radiation effects
• Added a fix for NPCs not fully reloading a weapon if it has an ammo capacity larger than one box of ammo
• Added an option to display messages about radiation for the active geiger counter
• Added an option to change the displayed message when you recover from the negative effects of radiation exposure
• Added a new value to AllowUnsafeScripting to disable the memory address check in unsafe script functions
• Added a new value of 3 to the 'mark_state' argument of mark_area_known script function to uncover locations without radius (Fallout 1 behavior)
• Added a new mode to play_sfall_sound script function

sfall 4.2.3

Changelog:

• Fixed the timing of setting WORLDMAP, DIALOG, PIPBOY, INVENTORY, INTFACEUSE, and INTFACELOOT game mode flags
• Fixed the execution of the timer event in global scripts
• Fixed the palette and the movie playback in DX9 mode
• Improved the functionality of create_message_window script function to support the newline control character \n
• Removed TownMapHotkeysFix and DisplaySecondWeaponRange from ddraw.ini because there is little reason to turn them off
• Added a fix for duplicate critters being added to the list of potential targets for AI
• Added a fix for the playback of the speech sound file for the death screen being ended abruptly in some cases
• Added a fix for the barter button on the dialog window not animating until after leaving the barter screen
• Added a fix for the division operator treating negative integers as unsigned
• Added a fix for trying to loot corpses with the 'NoSteal' flag set
• Added an option to allow using the caret character ^ in dialog msg files to specify the alternative text based on the player's gender
• Added options to draw a dotted line while traveling on the world map (similar to Fallout 1, from Ghosthack)
• Added an option to display terrain types when hovering the cursor over the player's marker on the world map (from Ghosthack)
• Added a flashing icon to the Horrigan encounter and scripted force encounters by default
• Added new flags to force_encounter_with_flags script function
• Added a procedure and macros for comparing unsigned integers to lib.math.h in the modders pack
• Increased the maximum text width of the total weight display in the inventory
• New script functions: string_to_case, set_terrain_name, get_window_attribute, set_town_title, message_box, div operator (unsigned integer division)
• New hook script: hs_encounter

sfall 3.8.23

Changelog:

• Fixed the timing of setting WORLDMAP, DIALOG, PIPBOY, INVENTORY, INTFACEUSE, and INTFACELOOT game mode flags
• Fixed the execution of the timer event in global scripts
• Fixed the palette and the movie playback in DX9 mode
• Improved the functionality of create_message_window script function to support the newline control character \n
• Removed TownMapHotkeysFix and DisplaySecondWeaponRange from ddraw.ini because there is little reason to turn them off
• Added a fix for duplicate critters being added to the list of potential targets for AI
• Added a fix for the playback of the speech sound file for the death screen being ended abruptly in some cases
• Added a fix for the barter button on the dialog window not animating until after leaving the barter screen
• Added a fix for the division operator treating negative integers as unsigned
• Added a fix for trying to loot corpses with the 'NoSteal' flag set
• Added options to use more than one save slot for quick saving
• Added options to draw a dotted line while traveling on the world map (similar to Fallout 1, from Ghosthack)
• Added an option to display terrain types when hovering the cursor over the player's marker on the world map (from Ghosthack)
• Added a flashing icon to the Horrigan encounter and scripted force encounters by default
• Added new flags to force_encounter_with_flags script function
• Added a procedure and macros for comparing unsigned integers to lib.math.h in the modders pack
• Increased the maximum text width of the total weight display in the inventory
• New script functions: string_to_case, set_terrain_name, get_window_attribute, set_town_title, message_box, div operator (unsigned integer division)