GB Studio 4.2.0 Beta 3
Thanks again to everyone who tested 4.2.0-beta2! A few small issues were found (that's why we have betas!) and have been fixed in beta3.
You can download the latest beta right now at https://github.com/chrismaltby/gb-studio/releases/tag/v4.2.0-beta3
A final release is closer than ever!
This time we have some bug fixes:
- Fix issue where clicking on effect row in music editor in some cases could cause application to crash
- Fix issue where Actor Move To/Relative events would cause actors to teleport during actor/actor collisions
- Fix issue where Actor Move To/Relative events would show flash of movement animation when path was blocked by another actor
- Fix issue where offscreen actors could appear onscreen while script is locked
- Fix issue where copy/pasting hex colors in the palette editor could result in colors being remapped incorrectly when color correction was enabled
- Fix issue where newly added scenes could default to using .mono.png tile images as the background image
- Fix crash when selecting a scene with a deleted background image
- Fix issue in platformer scene type where run state was using air deceleration value
- Fix jitter in shoot em up scene when moving from an horizontal direction into a vertical direction without stopping moving @Mico27
Some quality of life improvements:
- Add ability to "Remove Unused" palettes, available from a new dropdown in the top-left of the Palettes page
- Add ability to toggle between light and dark background color in sprite editor @pau-tomas
- Extracting palettes from color images now automatically generates a matching .mono.png tiles image
And game engine performance optimisations:
- Improved GBVM performance during native calls @untoxa and integer square root calculations @Phidias618
- Improved GBVM actor and projectile render performance @michel-iwaniec
- Improved GBVM actor movement performance
- Optimized GBVM Bank 0 usage by removing unnecessary global variable initializations @Phidias618
- And more!
I'm hoping this version could be the one to release officially soon (fingers crossed) and I can finally get started on the updated documentation.
The full list of changes can be found here https://github.com/chrismaltby/gb-studio/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#unreleased
As always if you spot any problems, please make sure to report an issue at https://github.com/chrismaltby/gb-studio/issues
Thanks, Chris
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GB Studio
A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system
| Status | Released |
| Category | Tool |
| Author | Chris Maltby |
| Genre | Adventure, Role Playing |
| Tags | 8-Bit, Game Boy, GameMaker, Level Editor, Pixel Art, Retro, RPG Maker, tools |
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