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Version Checker

Released:August 6th, 2022
File Size:177.10 KB
Downloads:292
Release Notes:This is the final update that will come to version check.
This is back to barebones version checking, but now includes some procedures you can call using external to check for engine bugs currently present in the engine the player is using.

Now authors can use this information to customise Verison Checker to their own liking.
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Released:August 5th, 2022
File Size:165.02 KB
Downloads:26
Release Notes:Incrementing version for important update - I've done it. Figured out a discrepancy without using faulty soundbank numbers, to future proof this for future FreeDink versions and detect Windows/Linux FreeDink version so authors can accommodate and isolate/execute different scripting to work around bugs so they can get their Dmod compatible with every version.

It now differentiates between FreeDink 109.6 on Windows, and FreeDink 109.6 on Linux. This means you can run a condition based on the value of "&vcheck", and if FreeDink 109.6 Linux is detected, use your own work around to fix the bug on that version with externals passing the last known passed values of &arg4 - &arg8 if nothing is specified.

Freedink 109.6 (Windows) will now store "1096" in &vcheck.
FreeDink 109.6 (Linux) will now store "-1096" in &vcheck.
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Released:July 28th, 2022
File Size:164.95 KB
Downloads:27
Release Notes:- Updated for new Dink Smallwood HD release.
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Released:July 26th, 2022
File Size:164.91 KB
Downloads:22
Release Notes:Fixed a bug where version checker would incorrectly detect the version when sound is disabled. Now in this situation, it will prompt the player to choose their version instead(narrowed down to Dink Smallwood 1.08 or FreeDink 109.6), since the soundbank trick for version differentiation will not work.
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Released:June 6th, 2020
File Size:164.72 KB
Downloads:161
Release Notes:Please delete any older versions of Version Checker from your Dink Smallwood Directory before downloading this updated version, installing over the top and merging them can cause bugs.

When I uploaded v2.01 of Version Checker, I accidentally uploaded the wrong file. An older, bugged version, instead of the new working version.

- ALL the fixes mentioned in the previous version should now be applied.
- Since I had a reason to update, I also fixed a typo, which I wasn't going to bother uploading a whole new version to fix.
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Released:June 4th, 2020
File Size:164.74 KB
Downloads:58
Release Notes:Please delete any older versions of Version Checker from your Dink Smallwood Directory before downloading this updated version, installing over the top and merging them can cause bugs.

- Changed the default behaviour of Version Checker, so rather than forcing the player to quit the game on old versions, it simply disaplys a warning message, as per suggestions on the forum.
- Fixed a bug where the 1.8.x version of DinkHD would be detected as version 1.91!
- Fixed a bug so version checker works correctly in any version of Dink Smallwood older than 1.08 (not that anyone should be developing dmods for 1.07 or prior, these days).
- Updated documentation to be more clear on what each value returned by &vcheck refers to, in terms of specific client builds of either FreeDink or DinkHD, as per suggestions on the forum.
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Released:June 2nd, 2020
File Size:164.43 KB
Downloads:54
Release Notes:Please delete any older versions of Version Checker from your Dink Smallwood Directory before downloading this updated version, installing over the top and merging them can cause bugs.

This new version now removes the need for an initial "version checker" screen after the player starts a new game on the title screen.

- Got rid of relying on editor sprite and added a global variable instead.
- Implementing this into a dmod is now a lot easier.
- No need for the player pressing keystrokes to test between 1.08 and FreeDink 109.6 anymore. Everything is automatic.
- Version is checked after the splash screen, so you can force a version or terminate the game with a notification to the player to use the correct version for your dmod.
- For FreeDink, Hardcoded 1.08 version text is removed on the title screen and replaced with more accurate "build" version of FreeDink.
- Version is automatically checked after loading a save game and a 3 second text notification is displayed at the bottom of the screen "Dink Smallwood - Save file loaded".
- Updated video tutorial for implementing this new version (Linked below, and embedded further down).

If you already have the old Version Checker implemented in your dmod, see the readme file inside this new version, there is a link provided to a video tutorial for anyone that requires updating, rather than a fresh implementation from scratch.
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Released:August 2nd, 2019
File Size:459.05 KB
Downloads:122
Release Notes:Made a few minor tweaks.
Updated tutorial to 2 part video, rather than 1.

Link to tutorial playlist is in the readme file, but also linked below:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23KcNyjVv-CYUI2rwZveGwxbzhRcKHMY
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Released:April 5th, 2019
File Size:459.16 KB
Downloads:102
Release Notes:- Re-added a script that somehow was deleted before uploading the file.
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