Archive - June 2018
| Dink Smallwood HD v1.9.1 and DFArc 3.14 |
| Posted by redink1 on Thursday June 7th, at 06:59 AM |
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Dink Smallwood HD and DFArc have been updated to fix several security issues related with unpacking .dmod files. A malicious .dmod file could overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system, resulting in data loss or malicious code execution. We are unaware of any .dmod files 'in the wild' that exploited this flaw (we examined every D-Mod on The Dink Network), but to be safe you should upgrade to Dink Smallwood HD v1.9.1 and/or start using DFArc 3.14. DinkHD v1.9.1 is not available in the Apple App Store yet, but it is available for all other platforms. Mucho thanks to Beuc for finding and helping address these issues. Dink Smallwood HD v1.9.1 also includes a fix related to the DinkC sp_frame command that should make it possible to solve the spinning arrow puzzle in Malachi the Jerk. DFArc 3.14 also includes a few new and updated translations, and a crash when trying to package a D-Mod that didn't exist. |
| Updated D-Mod: All that Glitters! v1.11 |
| Posted by redink1 on Thursday June 14th, at 10:36 PM |
 Mr. SlipDink has updated All that Glitters! to v1.11. This release includes a few minor patches. Let's try to interpret these:"#01 Inserted post liberation logic into doorman.c" I don't know what 'post liberation logic' is, but I hope the doorman consented. "#02 Disabled touch() in scrthole.c and chest.c" I... can't even. I didn't change this. This is really what SlipDink said was changed, and it is one of the greatest things I've ever read in my entire life. You know, I haven't updates the random quotes that appear at the bottom of the page in a while, but if anything deserves it, this does. "#03 Adjusted kill time in intro.c/scroll_text()" twp's scrolling text nightmares have hopefully come to a peaceful end. |
| New D-Mod: Northern Lands (Unfinished) |
| Posted by redink1 on Friday June 15th, at 07:33 PM |
 Renowned Mortal Kombat aficionado, Bluedy has released his few-months-in-the-making second D-Mod Northern Lands (Unfinished) today.Unfortunately, as you might already suspect by the curious use of the term 'Unfinished' several times in this post, Bluedy ran into the 'brick-wall-of-D-Mod-development' that has claimed so many innocent D-Mods over the last 20 years (such as Necromancer, Cloud Castle 3, Cast Awakening 2, Cast Awakening 3, and Cast Awakening 4). Thankfully, as SabreTrout did with Valhalla, Bluedy has released what he as so far, which is decently-sized quest. He even encourages others in the community to maybe finish what he's started. |
| New Fan Work, Updated D-Mod: Northern Lands 1.10 |
| Posted by redink1 on Saturday June 16th, at 04:18 PM |
 Renowned Mortal Kombat aficionado, Bluedy has released his few-You are encouraged to take a look what a difference 3 years can make; Bluedy posted a similar fan work just over three years ago fittingly titled Dink Smallwood Fan Artwork. Also, last but not least, Bluedy has also updated Northern Lands (Unfinished) to 1.10. This fixes an issue where it was possible to never be able to find all 3 crew members needed to set sail, in the north direction, where the second half of the game awaits. |
| Crazy Old Tim Plays All The D-Mods: Volume 1 & 2 PDF Available Now |
| Posted by redink1 on Sunday June 17th, at 01:29 PM |
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PDF versions of Crazy Old Tim Plays All The D-Mods Volume 1 (1998 - 2004) and Volume 2 (2005 - 2015) are now available to download. I always planned to distribute a free digital version, and I made some attempts to create a kindle / epub / mobi version, but it was very difficult (impossible) to get the formatting correct with screenshots and other content that is present in the book. So, I've decided to just distribute the same PDF documents that are used to print the real book. However, be aware: this may be difficult to read on a phone or on a dedicated e-reader. Thanks to Mr. Mortal Kombat for prompting me to do this in the fancy Discord chat room. |
| Play Dink Smallwood HD, FreeDink, and D-Mods in your Web Browser! |
| Posted by redink1 on Monday June 18th, at 11:13 PM |
 Dink Smallwood HD is now playable in your web browser at http://rtsoft.com/web/dink/, complete with D-Mod support and save game persistence/importing/exporting. It's the full Dink Smallwood experience, in a browser. D-Mods and save games even stay around if you leave and come back again.This fancy wizardry does require the latest version of a modern browser (such as Firefox 60.0.2, or Chrome 67.0.3396.87), but it even works fairly well with a newish iPhone or Android device (and will automatically use touch controls in those environments). Additionally, there is now a 'Play' button on every D-Mod's file page which will launch Dink Smallwood HD online and install the selected D-Mod automatically. That means that you, or anyone else, can start playing a D-Mod in as little as 20 seconds without installing anything beforehand (assuming that you have a powerful device, tons of bandwidth, a new browser, etc). Also, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that GNU FreeDink has also been available to play in your web browser at https://play.freedink.org/. The GNU FreeDink experience is a little bit different (open source sound effects, upload your own D-Mods, translations of the main game in 12 additional languages, etc.), but it's worth checking out. ( Read More ) |
| Recondite Twenty-Eight: The Sixth Day |
| Posted by redink1 on Tuesday June 19th, at 10:09 PM |
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Recondite was an article that I used to write on The Dink Network to capture whatever random thoughts I had at the time. If my thoughts were butterflies, Recondite was an old man with a net and a penchant for entomological taxidermy. It eventually evolved into a pseudo-blog / status update for many things about The Dink Network that simply didn't fit into a forum message or a stand-alone news post. It has been just over Ten Years since Recondite Twenty-Seven, and I can't quite comprehend that. Ten Years is a Long Time. That's twice as long as Bill Szczytko spent working on Quest for Dorinthia v2.5! So read on, fellow Dinkers, and see what this edition entails. ( Read More ) |
