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2024-02-13 10:40:54
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Yeoldetoast
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After many trials and tribulations, YeOldeDink 0.9 brings many changes and new features and is a general release recommended for all users.

Bugfixes:
* Fixed a bug introduced in 0.85 in which screen scripts would run twice on occasion, and do funny things such as creating two Jacks in Jack and Maria's house.

Changes:
* Overhauled the sprite editor/viewer and split it off into a separate window.
* The system information window shows you a little more system information
* Bumped up Dear ImGui to the newest release and made it save settings in the ancillary data path rather than next to the executable.
* Bumped up MixerX as well which resolves minor problems with certain tracker files, makes the OPN output sound nicer, and allows for PXTONE ptcops with playmidi().
* The twirling arrows in choice menus will use the maximum amount of frames in the sequence rather than restarting at 7, should you want to replace them.
* Initfont will also search for TTF files in the dmodfile path if it can't find them elsewhere, with Fontconfig lookup also enabled on Windows.
* Removed some useless DinkC-equivalent trigonometric and other mathematical functions from Lua.
* The DinkC console should operate as it did in 0.8 and earlier and has up/down history too.
* The sprite limit is set to 999 in case of emergency.

New features:

* Added dink.set_music_tempo(float tempo) to Lua. 1.0 is the default and 0.5 is half etc.
* Added dink.is_music_playing() to Lua to return true or false.
* Added dink.get_last_sprite() to return the number of the highest sprite created, along with dink.get_fps() to get frames per second for the sake of Duckbench.
* The "speed" menu (hidden behind dev mode) has two new options within; The first is "remove frame limiter" which will give you max frames and allow you to run around very fast assuming you aren't Vsync-locked by SDL2. The second is "Use old sprite ranking" which switches back to the original much slower Y-sorting system.
* The "quick save" menu now has an option to autosave to slot 10 every time you walk to a new screen. Requires transition effect on in order to activate.
* The ADLMIDI or OPNMIDI engine can be set from yedink.ini. Set them to zero to enable Nuked which is the best-sounding of the FM emulators. If you have a decrepit PC and experience crackling, set them to -1 instead to use the defaults.
* The SoundFont for FluidSynth can be set from yedink.ini, and is searched for in the ancillary data location next to yedink.ini. Included is good old TimGM6MB.sf2 to start you off with, particularly for map.mid in Mystery Island 33 seconds in. Set it to zero (0) to use SDL_SOUNDFONTS environment var instead.

Technical changes:
* Updated the build system from Autotools to Meson and messed with the internal DinkC function-binding system.
* Windows releases now contain far fewer DLLs (10 vs 50+)!
* SDL-GPU and MixerX are optional build dependencies and will allow you to still compile with reduced functionality. Please see the included readme for build instructions.
* Added spdlog and cereal as build dependencies. Please install them from your package manager if you're going to attempt to compile, as Meson's wrap system for auto-installation doesn't always work too great.

Known issues:
* The OpenGL renderer will look weird in windowed mode unless you change to full-screen and back, assuming it works at all.
* The translation system will not translate text for the time being.
* If you have an old CPU such as a Core2Duo it may not launch because I switched on compiler optimisations, in which case do nag for a recompile.

Links:
* exe and DLLs (~40MB)
* Source archive tar.xz (24MB)
* AppImage by request only
* Also on Google Drive this time

Yeoldetoast has released 6 files

TitleCategoryAvgUpdated
PNGtionsDevelopment, Graphics, UnfinishedN/AFebruary 4th, 2024
Talkie patch for The Search for Milli VanilliAdd-OnN/ANovember 6th, 2023
Fun with palettesDevelopmentN/AJanuary 3rd, 2021
Dink Hotel (The)D-Mod, RompGood 7.1April 2nd, 2019
Corporate ManagerialismD-ModFair 5.2May 31st, 2010
Percentage Based PotionsDevelopment, DemoN/AFebruary 21st, 2010

Yeoldetoast has written 46 reviews

TitleFileTypeScoreDate
Nuke the whales Mapnuke for WindowsFeaturedTolerable 4.0March 25th, 2024
The magic of Linear Arithmetic Synthesis Dink Smallwood Midi OST - Roland MT-32FeaturedFair 6.7February 10th, 2024
Worse than The Scary Beast Rise of the RebelsNormalHorrible 2.5January 31st, 2024
The Dink successor that never was Windemere SourceFeaturedFair 6.0December 16th, 2023
The winner of the first D-mod competition Slaughterhouse (The)NormalFair 6.4September 22nd, 2023
Groundbreaking, but disappointing PreludeFeaturedGood 7.6July 8th, 2023
A pleasant, yet irritating sequel to the original game Mystery IslandFeaturedFair 6.9April 20th, 2023
Quite nice Dink Smallwood WorldmapNormalExceptional 9.0April 10th, 2022
A bland name conceals a delightful romp Quest (The)FeaturedGood 7.2July 3rd, 2021
Incomplete but good enough Dink Smallwood BMP GraphicsFeaturedGood 7.0June 22nd, 2021
An attempt at horror with the Dink engine Woods (The)FeaturedGood 7.2April 29th, 2021
The worst Dink utility in existence Problematic Dink Diz ProFeaturedHorrible 0.1January 10th, 2021
Really really useful, in theory PlayThisFeaturedTolerable 4.0January 8th, 2021
The best worst D-mod in town Sour Gummy WormsFeaturedGood 8.5January 5th, 2021
A very interesting source port unDinkFeaturedGood 8.5December 10th, 2020
The lost die() procedure Lost Shoes (The)FeaturedTolerable 4.9December 8th, 2020
One must imagine Sisyphus happy Dink's Quest for MeaningFeaturedFair 5.0December 7th, 2020
Victim of bad development Victim of LifeFeaturedTolerable 4.5December 6th, 2020
Somewhat misleading Quest for Food (The)FeaturedTolerable 4.0December 5th, 2020
An insight into early Dink modding Making of Mystery Island (The)FeaturedFair 6.1November 28th, 2020
An interesting concept that's far too short TrappedFeaturedFair 5.9November 28th, 2020
The quintessential original "silly" D-mod Search for Milli Vanilli (The)FeaturedGood 8.5November 22nd, 2020
Unfinished with substance and style Very Dink Christmas (A)FeaturedExceptional 9.0October 22nd, 2020
A testament to our combined efforts Dink Hotel (The)FeaturedGood 8.1April 29th, 2020
Very useful for developers Version CheckerNormalExceptional 9.0February 20th, 2020
A missed opportunity WinDinkedit Plus 2FeaturedFair 6.7March 14th, 2019
Contains errors and inconsistencies that make things difficult The Ultimate Dink File Format FAQFeaturedFair 5.5August 8th, 2014
Frustrating and unrewarding, though not without merit Honor Quest (The)FeaturedGood 7.0November 18th, 2013
Absolutely horrible and very outdated D-Mod Check ListFeaturedHorrible 1.0November 16th, 2013
Possibly the finest game of our generation Happy Sunshine LandFeaturedExceptional 9.5March 3rd, 2013
A cute little "monster" Avoca (New Monster!)FeaturedExceptional 9.3September 5th, 2011
Look good, but they're stolen. King and CompanyNormalFair 6.7December 3rd, 2010
An original and fun little game. ChasinNormalGood 7.5December 3rd, 2010
Very nice fan art Dink Wallpaper 3FeaturedExceptional 9.0September 23rd, 2010
The trees are okay IPD Pack 1FeaturedFair 6.5September 23rd, 2010
This is a poor first attempt. Old Hero New ThiefFeaturedHorrible 2.0May 28th, 2010
A short story with an interesting control scheme. Day of the CarcassFeaturedExceptional 9.1May 28th, 2010
A short demo with nothing notable Dink's Quest in the IcelandsFeaturedTolerable 3.0May 28th, 2010
Fixing bugs? Useful features? Yeah right... WinDinkEdit PlusFeaturedFair 6.5May 12th, 2010
FallDink moar like FailDink! FallDinkFeaturedFair 6.5March 13th, 2010
Not that great. Really. Dink Smallwood CD AudioFeaturedFair 6.5February 13th, 2010
Not fit for my desktop Spiffy Dink DesktopNormalHorrible 0.5November 28th, 2009
A Very Nice and useful little pack Chickens!NormalExceptional 9.1September 9th, 2009
I've seen things suck before, but this was the suckiest load of suck that ever sucked. Duck ApprovedNormalHorrible 1.5June 28th, 2009
Not approved by Dink Dink ApprovedFeaturedTolerable 4.0May 26th, 2009
A very good guide for new people. An Introduction to DMOD MakingFeaturedGood 8.9April 7th, 2009