a lot of these are from 1991/1992 when the game was just called "Guest", with camera angles that you can't see in the actual game, and higher resolution renders

pretty cool stuff

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/12309416

On 2014-04-02, exactly 10 years ago IntelOrca made the first commit to his public code repository named 'OpenRCT2'. Some 25984 commits later contributed by 552 individuals over the course of 10 years we bring to you yet another instalment in this saga: OpenRCT2 v0.4.10 codenamed "You don't reheat cakes".

As the monthly releases mean fewer entries in the changelog, I don't need to cut it anymore. Enjoy all the latest features:

• Feature: [#18171] Add port of the RCT1 Stand-Up Roller Coaster.
• Feature: [#21590] [Plugin] Plugins can now read and write banner properties of tile elements.
• Feature: [#21636] Add shortcut key for sorting tile elements.
• Feature: [objects#294] Add scenery versions of wooden truss supports.
• Feature: [objects#295] Flipped version of wooden post.
• Improved: [#21424] Extra viewports can now rotate independently from the main viewport.
• Improved: [#21561, #21631] Enable more features in Android build (plugins, networking, multiplayer, audio formats).
• Improved: [#21599] Currency signs now use non-breaking spaces.
• Improved: [objects#157] Added sloped images for many walls.
• Improved: [objects#288] Better map colours and more sensible prices for RCT1 land surfaces.
• Improved: [objects#292] Vehicle colour cleanups for WW/TT vehicles.
• Improved: [objects#299] More accurate ratings modifiers for RCT1 vehicles.
• Improved: [objects#309] Updated names for dodgems and flying saucers vehicles.
• Improved: [objects#313] buildMenuPriority for dodgems and flying saucers vehicles.
• Change: [#21529] Classify “Southern Sands”, “Tiny Towers”, “Nevermore Park”, “Pacifica” as expert scenarios.
• Change: [#21545] Reorder Wacky Worlds scenarios and adjust their difficulty classification.
• Fix: [#910] Extra viewport does not preserve the location when rotating.
• Fix: [#18413] Crash when mouse over a hacked train.
• Fix: [#20338] Cannot select Scenery Picker or Scatter Tool when the scenery recolouring tool is active.
• Fix: [#21317] Track designer allows proceeding without an object selected.
• Fix: [#21360] If the object selection is missing certain types, the Object Selection window will switch to an incorrect tab.
• Fix: [#21419] Cannot place walls underground beneath sloped tiles with clearance checks disabled.
• Fix: [#21434] Number of guests overflows in objective text.
• Fix: [#21522] Supports for 3×3 turns and 45 degree turns on the Hybrid Coaster and Wooden Roller Coaster not drawn correctly.
• Fix: [#21543] Crash with creating a TrackIterator with invalid arguments.
• Fix: [#21635] Tile inspector hotkey can set wall slope for non-slopeable objects.
• Fix: [#21641] Crash when creating track iterator from an invalid tile element.
• Fix: [#21652] Dialog window to confirm overwriting files does not apply the theme colours correctly.
• Fix: [#21654] No sound effects when using RCT Classic as an asset base.
• Fix: [#21654] Extraneous reports of an object conflict between rct2.audio.base and rct2.audio.base.rctc.
• Fix: [#21664] Crash when switching between languages that use TTF.
• Fix: [#21668] Crash when on null ride in Guest::UpdateRideLeaveExit.
• Fix: [#21691] Crash when validating rides which can't contain banked track.
• Fix: [objects#290] “Haunted Mansion” cars have a non-functional third remap colour.
• Fix: [objects#296] Incorrect wall placement around large Kremlin/drab pieces.
• Fix: [objects#300] Incorrect Colosseum and volcano corner clearances.
• Fix: [objects#319] Incorrect diagonal slope images used for RCT1 corkscrew.
• Fix: [objects#320] Incorrect Mandarin Duck boats capacity.

You can download OpenRCT2 v0.4.10 and view the whole changelog here.

We would like to thank everyone who contributed with code, testing, translations, bug reports and everything else. We would also like to thank our sponsors:

• Digital Ocean, for hosting the multiplayer master server and our infrastructure
• Backtrace, for handling our automated crash reports
• JetBrains, for providing us with development software
• Github, for handling our development and issue tracker

If you're interested in contributing to OpenRCT2, feel free to join us on Discord.

You can also sponsor OpenRCT2 team members:

https://github.com/sponsors/IntelOrca

https://github.com/sponsors/janisozaur (yours truly)

https://github.com/sponsors/broxzier

https://github.com/sponsors/Gymnasiast

Happy building and don't reheat the cake!

If you don't know what Deus Ex Randomizer is, then here's our old trailer which shows a breakdown of how it works:

See the full README here. Also check out our Discord and Mods4Ever.com

Download DXRandoInstaller.exe in the Assets section under the changelog here. It is safe to update in the middle of a playthrough.

For Nvidia users, setting ultra low latency mode for DXRando.exe can help performance. Use vanilla (optionally with Lay D Denton) to get all of the Randomizer's features and the most polished experience. Our installer has an option to install Lay D Denton for you automatically.

Major Changes

• New Vanilla Fixer program - similar to our installer, except it defaults to only apply the fixes to vanilla for modern computers with high resolutions and high framerates, without changing the gameplay at all. Like a "Zero Changes" mode.
• Installer now has an option to default to Zero Rando mode for vanilla menu experience on the first start
• Rando Medium mode, disables goals rando and memes
• Disabled fast forwarding through infolinks in training, and training restores health each map
• Fixed M04 street doors not opening after talking to Paul
• For other mods, fixed the M04 alliance change when using the computer
• Fixed M03 airfield helibase, chance for the key to not be available if the enemy is not there (and similar problems on other maps)
• Randomize MaxAmmo, and maxCopies for stackable items
• Laser triggers now ignore in flight projectiles (such as throwing an EMP grenade at them), and the weapons that enemies are carrying
• Reduced lower-bound door/keypad strength adjustments, to try to increase variety
• Explosives Only loadout
• Rubber Baton for Stick With the Prod Plus, Grenades Only, and Explosives Only
  • Does 3 damage so you can break crates and windows, but deals 0 damage to enemies

• More Aug Improvements
  • Aug descriptions show if they're automatic and their linger time
  • Ability to early disable auto augs
  • Combat Strength now has a quicker linger time
  • Microfibral Muscle, deleted levels 2 and 3, so you only need 1 upgrade can to get to max level
  • Aqualung is now perfectly automatic, and deleted levels 1 and 3, so it starts off better and you only need 1 upgrade to hit max
  • Aggressive Defense System now only tracks projectiles that are near you, saving some energy and being less annoying
  • Synthetic Heart now has a shorter linger, and the auto setting does not increase its energy usage
  • Targeting aug no longer shows the annoying "No Image" black rectangle on lower levels, and on max level the image only shows when you have a weapon drawn
  • Improved Vision Enhancement/Tech Goggles green filter to be less green

• Camera Mode can now be selected under the advanced settings (for third person and fixed camera like Resident Evil)
  • Third Person camera
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  • Fixed Camera - updates the camera angle as you move out of view
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Minor Changes

Similar to the strategy guide for The 7th Guest I posted a while ago: https://programming.dev/post/9424024

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/12208800

https://youtu.be/3X6xf36Wtc0

In Doronko Wanko you're a little tiny adorable pomeranian who will be forgiven for all their sins because you are, again, a tiny adorable pomeranian. You choose to use this power for violence, challenged to cause as much property damage to your owner's house as quickly as you can. You can find Doronko Wanko on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512840/DORONKO_WANKO/

In Boomeroad you toss a boomerang and the slide along the rails it creates to explore an ancient ruin floating in the sky—with the goal of finding every artifact you can while out there. It's a cool proof of concept for a movement system that'd do well in an action or collectathon puzzle kind of game. You can find Boomeroad on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512820/BOOMEROAD/

The last of the three is Nottolot, which has you as a little robot named Rolly who has to hack other bots in order to solve puzzles and escape from the robot production factory. While still fun it's probably the weakest of the three, as it's a bit slow, but it has some cute simple puzzles to solve. You can find Nottolot on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512830/NOTTOLOT/

https://youtu.be/3X6xf36Wtc0

In Doronko Wanko you're a little tiny adorable pomeranian who will be forgiven for all their sins because you are, again, a tiny adorable pomeranian. You choose to use this power for violence, challenged to cause as much property damage to your owner's house as quickly as you can. You can find Doronko Wanko on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512840/DORONKO_WANKO/

In Boomeroad you toss a boomerang and the slide along the rails it creates to explore an ancient ruin floating in the sky—with the goal of finding every artifact you can while out there. It's a cool proof of concept for a movement system that'd do well in an action or collectathon puzzle kind of game. You can find Boomeroad on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512820/BOOMEROAD/

The last of the three is Nottolot, which has you as a little robot named Rolly who has to hack other bots in order to solve puzzles and escape from the robot production factory. While still fun it's probably the weakest of the three, as it's a bit slow, but it has some cute simple puzzles to solve. You can find Nottolot on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512830/NOTTOLOT/

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/12185876

Oh MMy — a new ScummVM release!

Please welcome the first ScummVM release of the year: ScummVM 2.8.1.

ScummVM 2.8.1 is a maintenance release mainly focused on fixing bugs that were uncovered since our last stable release.

This update includes upgrades for the following engines: AGI, AGS, GRIM, SWORD2, MM (which is now enabled — yes, we really skipped it in 2.8.0 by accident), mTropolis, NANCY, SCUMM, TWINE, Ultima, and V-Cruise.

The Android, Atari and macOS ports received multiple bug fixes, mostly for improving overall stability and preventing some crashes we’ve seen under certain circumstances.

The detailed list of improvements is available here.

As always, you can find the latest release on our Downloads page.

Go grab it while it's hot — enjoy!

Oh MMy — a new ScummVM release!

Please welcome the first ScummVM release of the year: ScummVM 2.8.1.

ScummVM 2.8.1 is a maintenance release mainly focused on fixing bugs that were uncovered since our last stable release.

This update includes upgrades for the following engines: AGI, AGS, GRIM, SWORD2, MM (which is now enabled — yes, we really skipped it in 2.8.0 by accident), mTropolis, NANCY, SCUMM, TWINE, Ultima, and V-Cruise.

The Android, Atari and macOS ports received multiple bug fixes, mostly for improving overall stability and preventing some crashes we’ve seen under certain circumstances.

The detailed list of improvements is available here.

As always, you can find the latest release on our Downloads page.

Go grab it while it's hot — enjoy!

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/12127557

Big PB for me since v2.6 (which changed a lot for the speedrun)