Creation/Dev/Releases/Client/NewFeatures2001

2.121

fixed ghost movement on graal2002,
 also ghosts can now see ganis with script
 like the torch lamps

2.12

compatibility of the clients for Graal2001 and Graal2002

many new features for Graal2002, which will
 be listed later when the game is public

fixed updating images from the server

fixed some linking problems

new editor mode: it's now possible to do
 multilevel-editing (when an npc called setmap);
 also the drawing is using the correct npc
 y-order; scrolling is different: click on the
 player and move him around, or use the arrow
 keys to move to the visible level part

new script commands:
 * wraptext linelength,delimiters,text;
   Word-wraps a text into pieces each of length
   'linelength'; the result can be accessed by reading
   #t(0..tokenscount-1)
 * wraptext2 pixelwidth,zoomfactor,delimiters,text;
   Wraps a text depending on the visible text width;
   instead of the numbers of characters you give the
   width of the text on the screen (in pixels);
   the text can be like in showimg, e.g. @TimesRoman@b@text

#f(index) gives you the image of the npc with the
 specified index

2.103

baddys can't be hurt/killed again when they
 are already hurt/killed

the auto-mapping works even when you are on
 a ship (attachplayertoobj)

fixed arrows shooting position

npcs are correctly deleted when a level
 is deleted

2.102

fixed script command setminimap

2.101

added the ghost icon to state.png
 and ghostbody.png

fixed bluelampani.mng

fixed changing the body

arrows cannot hurt ghosts anymore

2.1

new standard tiles for trees and
 houses and signs

new interface for starting window and
 serverlist, it shows informations about
 your account;
 if you are in the serverlist you can go
 back to the starting window by pressing F8

completely redone engine for holding the
 images in the memory; this avoids using the
 windows GDI (graphical interface) which caused
 memory leaks and other problems;
 with this new engine the game should take
 much less resources and memory

the editor opens a new empty level when
 you press F4 while playing the tutorial levels
 instead of showing the error message that
 the tutorial level does not exist on the
 hard drive (since it is encoded in the exe
 and not meant to be editable)

when you are in a level where playerkilling is
 disabled then you see a little sign right to
 the alignment bar which shows a red cross on
 a sword

the script variable timevar works in 
 offline mode too

fixed problem with the % operator on big 
 values

new script function ascii(c) to get the
 ascii code of a character (ascii(A) is 65);
 the other way (converting ascii code to
 character) can still be done by using the
 #K(num) message code (#K(65) is A)

there shouldn't be 'Invalid floating point'
 error messages any more on voodoo cards
 (please disable the use of direct3D in the
 Graal options if the effects are too slow for you)

when a chat text or a nickname contains a line that is
 too long for being displayed on the screen, then
 only the visible part is drawn instead of
 hiding it like in old Graal versions

new script variable tiles[x,y] which can be
 used as replacement for the board[index] variable;
 it also works for tiles in near levels on overworlds
 (tiles[-1,20] will read the tile at (63,20) of the
 level left to the current level)

in the editor there is a new option 'Predefined npcs';
 there are all scripts (text files) listed where the
 filename starts with 'defnpc' and ends with '.txt';
 you can select the npc, then drag&drop it onto the level
 by clicking on the npc outline icon left of the choice
 box and moving it onto the level;
 in the script file you can insert lines like
 #COMMENTS This is a door
 for changing the comments that are displayed under the
 choice box, and
 #EDIT redvalue 1
 to let the user change a value in the script:
 when you add the npc to the level then
 all occurances of the variable ('redvalue') will
 be replaced by the entered text (in this case '1'
 if you don't change the text)

some windows have been removed (sign message codes,
 add-npc window) and the stuff from it is integrated into
 other windows so the level editing is simplier;
 the options window and add-showcharacter windows
 use tabsheets 

snapshots levels made with Alt+5 handle lights correctly,
 also fixed some other problems with snapshot levels

support for smilies in PMs: some text like :D and :eek:
 is automatically replaced by smilie-images when reading
 a PM (and having html-pms turned on); you can change the
 list of smilies by editing the file smiliesdef.txt in the
 folder levels/smilies (add a line 'code,filename' for adding
 a new smilie)

fixed 'vibrations' when being on a moving ship

switching to fullscreen and back to window mode should
 work better instead of flashing the screen several times

ganis can contain scripts, put it in a block:
 SCRIPT
 if (blabla)...
 SCRIPTEND
 It is restricted to this. variables and can only use
 functions for playing music files and displaying showimgs

new script function getangle(dx,dy)

String arrays! they are saved in normal flags/string
 variables and look like 'myarray=123,"45",67,"8,9"'
 Commands/Functions:
 addstring list,text;
 insertstring list,index,text;
 replacestring list,index,text;
 removestring list,text;
 deletestring list,index;
 sarraylen(list)
 lindexof(list,text)
 #I(list,index)  - gives you the string on place 'index'

new script command play2 wavfile,x,y,volume;
 x,y specifys from where the sound should come from;
 volume must be between 0 and 1, if set to 1 then the
 default volume will be used (depending on how far x,y
 is away from the player)

auto mapping: the Graal program now automatically
 downloads map files and minimap images, and updates
 the bigmap (M) by drawing the screen on the map when you
 move 8 tiles; this options can be turned off in the
 Graal options if wished; when you leave a level then it
 saves the part of the map that belongs to that level on
 hard disk into the maps/parts folder; next time you start
 Graal it loads the map parts automatically, that way
 you always have an up-to-date map;
 the map and minimap is no longer set by the listserver,
 its now done by the gserver itself, which means playerworld
 owners can change the default map/minimap by adding lines
 to the serveroptions.txt:
 bigmap=bigmap.txt,map.png,12.2,8
 minimap=minimap.txt,map2.png,5.2,7
 it works exactly like the script commands setmap/setminimap

new script variable 'graalversion' to detect the Graal
 version the npc is running on

ghost mode, which makes it possible to let new players see
 Graal2001 for free; it will also be used to limit the
 player count on 'free' servers (if you have not upgraded
 then you will login as ghost and wait in a queue till you
 are activated)

important actions are logged in a new log window that you
 can open by pressing Alt+0; it logs things like initializing
 DirectX, Direct3D, but also the login/logout of players
 and sending of explosions etc.; more stuff will be added in the
 future

script commands callweapon and callnpc doesn't allow the 'created'
 flag anymore

fixed showimg synchronization 

in the tiles panel in the editor you can select multiple tiles
 at once: select a block of tiles by clicking on the upper lef
 edge, then moving the mouse to the lower right edge and
 releasing it, then pasting it on the level

all default images included in Graal are now using the
 image formats png or mng instead of gif

2.052

the script variable playerscount is fixed
 (was not working for npc weapons)

when you create a new level then the current
 background tile is used for the background (instead
 of a black tile)

when switching to other servers then the correct
 server name is displaying in the window title

openurl2 works more than one time

hidden npcs can use the command showimg

when the map is changed (script command setmap) then
 the new map is immediatelly applied

the little yellow hint window that shows the names
 of players on the minimap is hidden when you switch
 to other applications

2.05

This time there are mainly bug fixes.

removed the problem with memory error
 2.2 (an error window that sometimes popups)

the graal window now shows the name of the
 server in the title bar

there is a new button in the script editor
 window that lets you format a text, it makes
 the script looking similar to the debugger
 screen, but is also formatting comments lines;
 it's not perfect but can help a little bit
 for understanding scripts written by other
 people 

setshape2 supports array variables for the tilestype
 array instead of only static arrays

when npcs do showimg (especially on the npcserver) then
 showimgs will not be deleted when you leave the level,
 so you still see it when reentering the level where
 the npcs stands

playing of sounds (playlooped) is stopped when switching a
 server

bombs don't destroy half bushes

new file format (exists since beginning of 2000 but was
 only available for newworld team):
 The new level format is text based. If you want to edit it
 outside of Graal, use a text editor which doesn't wrap lines.
 You automatically produce a file in the new format when you
 save to a file with ending .nw
 Those files are bigger than .graal files, but because it is
 text-based it is easier to edit parts of it (e.g. ncp script)
 without opening the game, or to write tools that
 do changes to the levels, like adding npcs to levels. The
 graal servers support that file format too, the data sent to
 the player is the same size like when using .graal files, so it
 will not make the game laggier

 Format:
 It begins with the signature GLEVNW01.
 It can contain following data types:

 * board lines:

   BOARD x y width layerindex <tilesdata>

   This is one line of the background layer. 'tilesdata' has a length if w*2
   characters; each tile is a 12bit-index into the tile list (pics1.png) and is
   encoded in two base64 characters (upper 6 bit first)
   base64: String = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/'
   so AA is tile 0, AB is tile 1, AC is tile 2, // is tile 4095 (=0xFFF)

 * level links:

   LINK <destination-level> x y width height newx newy

   The link attributes are the same like in the link options window in Graal.
   destination-level, newx and newy must not contain spaces.

 * signs:

   SIGN x y
   text
   ...
   SIGNEND

   Signs may be empty, but SIGNEND must always be there.

 * npcs:

   NPC imagefilename x y
   script
   ...
   NPCEND

   If the npc doesn't have a filename (invisible npc), then write '-' for imagefilename. 
   x and y may be floating point values. The npc script may be empty, but NPCEND
   must always be there 

 * baddies:

   BADDY x y type
   attackverse
   hurtverse
   winverse
   BADDYEND

   'type' is the baddy name (graysoldier ... dragon ) or index (0...9). You don't need
   to write all 3 verses, it's also possible to only write attackverse+hurtverse or only
   attackverse, but BADDYEND must always be there.

 * chests:

   CHEST x y item signindex

   item is the item name (greenrupee ... spinattack) or item index (0...24)

2.04

This version contains major improvements in the game engine.

Sound

PARAM1 enabled for the PLAYSOUND command in gani files, also
 message codes can be used with the script command play;

 You can make an animation that plays differnet sounds/tones,
 so this makes it possible to create instruments

Animations

replacegani aniname,newani;
 Lets the player use a different animation for
 walking, swimming etc. You can do things like
 replacegani walk,mywalk; if you want the player
 use mywalk.gani as walking animation (instead of
 writing your own walking script); This takes only
 effect till the player logs off, so you must put it
 in a system npc or so; its not lagging;
 The default animations are:
   idle,walk,walkslow,kick,sword,ridesword,
   spin,push,grab,pull,lift,carrystill,
   hiddenstill,carry,hidden,shoot,ridestill,
   ridefire,rideeat,ride,sit,sleep,hurt,
   ridehurt,dead,maps1,maps2,maps3,swim,
   lava,carried
 To reset the default animation just do
 replacegani walk,walk; etc.

 Using replacegani you can do things like
 holding a torch while running (*olympic games*).
 It's only allowed/enabled for upgraded servers.

Tiles

addtiledef tilesimage,levelstart,type;
 uses the file 'tilesimage' in replacement of
 'pics1.png' in all levels that start with 'levelstart';
 type: 0-old graal, 1-new order(description later)

addtiledef2 tilesimage,levelstart,x,y;
 this is similar to addtiledef, but only replaces
 a part of the tiles image; its like putting an
 image on top of the tiles image (normally pics1.png),
 this is good for replacing the default chair or lamp
 or so; this supports animated images, but keep in mind
 that all tile replacements must be hold in memory
 and be animated, so better only use it in the levels
 you need it;
 These two commands are very powerful and are only
 enabled for upgraded servers.

removetiledefs levelstart;
 removes tile definitions for levels that start with
 'levelstart'

support for object sets, saved in the tileobjects folder and selectable
 in the editor

NPC layers

setshape type,pixelwidth,pixelheight
 Sets the shape for an npc. It already existed on
 the npcserver, but is usefull for client-side stuff to.
 type is the the shape type, the only one supported
 is 1 (=rectangle); it makes the npc behave like
 a fixed rectangle, no matter how big the image is or
 if its already loaded; to set it back to default
 do setshape 0,0,0;

setshape2 width,height,{tiletypes,...}
 Lets the npc behave like a level, which means you can set
 what size it has (in tiles) and how the tiles behave;
 e.g. do setshape2 2,2,{3,3,3,3}; to make an npc that behaves
 like a chair. Following tile types are supported:
 0 nonblocking
 2 hurting underground
 3 chair
 4 bed upper side
 5 bed lower side
 6 swamp
 7 lava swamp
 8 near water
 9 near lava
 11 water
 12 lava
 20 throw-through (fences)
 21 jumping stone
 22 blocking tile

attachplayertoobj objecttype,id;
 Attaches the player to an object, currently only npcs are
 supported (objecttype=0); the id must be the id of the npc
 you want to attach the player at
 when the player is attached, you can do if (playerattached) to
 check if he is attached; new player attributes playerattachid
 and playerattachtype; new variables levelorgx,levelorgy for
 getting the origin of the level/npc where the player is in

 This command is good for all kinds of layers or moving
 objects, together with the setshape2 command you can do
 levels-in-levels things. It can be used for bridges,
 ships, baloons, platforms in quests. Don't forget to detach the
 player when he should go back to the normal level. The
 position of the player is not saved when he is on such
 an npc.
 This command is only allowed/enabled for upgraded servers

detachplayer
 Puts the player back into the normal level

Showimg/show text

showimg colors,layer, and zoom is sent to other players (even
 when the layer is 4, then only values between 0 and 440 allowed)

showing text with showimg
 you can do showimg 1,@Hello!,x,y; do show text; setting
 font and style is possible by doing showimg index,@font@style@text,x,y;
 (style: characters from 'bicus', b-bold, i-italic, c-centered,u-underline,
 s-strikeout); for change the view of the text use the commands
 changeimgzoom,changeimgcolors

showimg works now server-side, layer 4 works too

weaponscount variable, #w(index) gives you the weapon names,
 #W(index) the weapon images; you can assign values to selectedweapon
 to change the selected weapon of the players; use
 enable/disableselectweapons if you want to disable the weapon
 select screen (Q)

Other features/bug fixes

check for correct tiles when lifting/eating/slaying bushes

faster search for files (lookup in the filename list)

bombs and arrows go to near levels

chat text is always displayed at least 3 seconds

message codes possible in #K() (for inserting special characters
 into text)

the script command stopsound doesn't crash the game when sound
 is turned off

2.03

New script command: triggeraction targetx,targety,action,params;
 This is one of the commands that give you like 50% more scripting
 power than before. It is like a combination of hitobjects and
 callnpc, but better. With 'triggeraction' you invoke an event
 to the object on positon (targetx,targety). If the object is
 an npc, then the npc script is called with the flag
 'action<action>' set, when the object is a player then the
 weapon scripts of the that player are called with the
 'action<action>' flag set.
 'params' can be one or more parameters, divided by commas;
 the called script can read the paramters by accessing the
 message code #p(paramindex).
 Because this is hard to explain with words, here some
 little examples:

 * trigger player weapons
   You can easily do a weapon which freezes the other
   player:

   if (playertouchsme) toweapons Freezing-Weapon;
   if (weaponfired) {
     triggeraction playerx+1.5+vecx(playerdir)*2,
       playery+2+vecy(playerdir)*2,freeze,;
   }
   if (actionfreeze) {
     freezeplayer 3;
     setplayerprop #c,FREEZED;
   }

   Both players must have this weapon for making it
   working. Then use it on the other player, and he will
   be freezed, because a 'freeze' action is sent to him
   and his weapon script, called with flag 'actionfreeze',
   will freeze him. You can also move the if (actionfreeze) ...
   into an system npc so the weapon can be used on all
   players.
   Other nice things you could do with triggering actions
   on players: a stealing weapon which lets the other player
   loose gralats (if (actionsteal) lay2 greenrupee,... );
   complex attacking weapons that use your own hitpoint
   system instead of the default hearts thing

 * trigger npcs

   Until now npcs can only react to 'playertouchsme' and
   'washit', other things are very hard to do (e.g. the
   mining on Graal2001 was made by checking periodically
   what animation the player has and before which stone the
   player stands). You could do callnpc, but this works only
   client-side and you needed to pass parameters with
   flags.
   Using 'triggeraction' you can make those things much easier.
   The mining axe could have the script
   if (weaponfired) {
     setani jaxe,hammergold0.png;
     triggeraction playerx+1.5+vecx(playerdir)*2,
       playery+2+vecy(playerdir)*2,mining,#v(axepower);
   }
   If you now use the weapon on a stone, the stone npc could
   check this so:
   if (actionmining) {
     axepower = strtofloat(#p(0));
     this.power -= axepower;
     if (this.power<=0) {
       setstring uncraftedgold,#v(strtofloat(#s(uncraftedgold))+1);
       hide;
     }
   }
   With this thing you can also easily do switches which are
   activated with the hammer, or torch lamps which are turned on
   by using a torch on it.

 * actionpushed, actionpulled
   The game automatically triggers the actions 'pushed' and
   'pulled' on an npc, #p(0) is the direction of where to move;
   so you can do different things when the player tries to
   push/pull the npc, e.g. slower pulling, or opening
   a door. 

New script command: move dx,dy,time,options;
 dx - delta x
 dy - delta y
 time - time in seconds
 options - cachingmode (0,1 or 2) + blockcheck (4 or 0) +
   informmewhendone (8 or 0) + applydirection (16 or 0)
 This moves the npc without needing you to update the
 position of the npc 'manually' by changing x and y.
 To move an npc 10 tiles to the right, then 10 tiles to
 the left and again, just do following:
 if (created) {
   while (true) {
     move 10,0,4,0;
     sleep 4;
     move -10,0,4,0;
     sleep 4;
   }
 }
 This moves the npc 10 tiles to the right, then waits 4
 seconds, then moves it 10 tiles to the left, then waits
 4 seconds, and repeats this endlessly.
 The good thing is that this also works with server-side
 npcs and makes them look like they are moved on client-side.
 There are also nice options to makes things very simple:
 * cachingmode:
   * 0: previous movements will be finished immediatelly
   * 1: movements will be cached, the previous movements
        will only be finished when the cache is too large
        (distance to go >5);
        this caching can be used on server-side npcs to
        make the movement look like non-laggy even when
        there are little delays sometimes
   * 2: the movement will just be appended to the movement
        list; you can add up to 100 movements
 * blockcheck: add 4 to the options when you want the
   npc to stop when there is a wall blocking the npc
 * informmewhendone: if you add 8 to the options then the
   script will be called with a 'movementfinished' flag
   when the the npc has stopped walking; catch this event
   with
   if (movementfinished) {...}
   if you want to do something when the npc has stopped
   (e.g. walking in a different direction)
 * applydirection: add 16 to the options if you want the
   game to automatically set the direction of the npc
   depending on the movement direction (can be good
   when using movement caching)

on remotecontrol and npccontrol you can use new
 chat functions, commands start with /, you can get
 a list of available functions with /help

when you play on a game server with npcserver
 and an npc leaves the current level, then it is
 displayed in the new level instead of being hidden

script functions vecx(dir) and vecy(dir) which
 are a replacement for the 'dirgo' variables used
 in many scripts;
 e.g. for direction 2 (down) the  functions vecx and
 vecy give you 0 and 1;
 normal npc movements can so simply made by
 x += vecx(dir);
 y += vecy(dir);

script functions onmapx(levelname) and onmapy(levelname)
 to get the position of a level on the currently set
 map

the game uses in-game code to compress/decompress again
 instead of using zlib.dll because it has been abused

if you press the shift key while clicking on Start
 or Turorial in the starting window, then the game
 will start in fullscreen mode

new script flags 'playerreading' to check if the
 player is reading a sign, and 'lighteffectsenabled'
 for checking if the player can see the light
 effects and day/night

fixed bugs when using numbers for #P1

fixed bug with reading animated interlaced gifs

2.021

the speed cheat protection shouldn't close the program
 when there was no cheating

when opening the history of someone you will not
 see the web navigation bar

better hacking protection

the server knows the language of the client,
 that way there can be translation of signs and what npcs
 say (on servers with npcserver)

2.02

Version v2.02 brings new things for customizing the player (e.g. hats), making signs with images, and doing string parsing in npc scripts. Of course there are also bug fixes.

Restrictions for free servers: Because we want players to upgrade the accounts, we have put some limits on free servers. This includes light effects (seteffect, setcoloreffect etc.) and complex ganis. 'complex' means ganis (animations) that are not default animations and do more than just display an image. Things like skip.gani are allowed, fishing.gani not. Using the hat thing is not allowed.

support for hats and similar things:
 When opening the gani editor (Graal Shop) you
 will see new edit fields for 'Def. attr1', 'Def. attr2'
 etc. These work similar to the PARAM1, PARAM2 etc. thing,
 but they behave different in Graal: while the values for
 PARAMx is taken from the parameters that you use in your
 setani and setcharani script calls (setani shoot,wbow1.gif;
 is setting PARAM1 to wbow1.gif), the ATTR1, ATTR2 etc. is
 read from the players account. You can change it with
 setplayerprop #P1,...; /setcharprop #P1,...;
 You can currently use 5 gani attributes. Since it is saved
 in the players account, it doesn't need to be sent to the
 other players each time the animation is set which is causing
 lag when used in a movement animations

 Here an example for setting the hat of the player:
 setplayerprop #P1,hat0.png;

the guilds listed in the staff section of the
 playerlist can now be changed by serverowners

the HTML window now has a panel with navigation buttons
 for back/forward/stop/refresh/home
 you see that window when the server message of the day is
 displayed or when a script calls the openurl or openurl2
 functions

when the options window is open then the game is not
 freezed anymore (was used to cheat/block players)

NPC scripting

you can display images in signs using the
 message code #i: a sign with the text

 Touch this to enter: #i(door.gif)

 will display the door.gif at the end of the
 line. It doesn't check if the image is larger
 than one line, so you might need to add spaces
 in the following lines so that the image doesn't
 overlap the text. You can also only display
 a part of the image:

 The nicest head ever - #i(head19.gif,0,64,32,32)

 This displays the part of head19.gif starting
 at position (0,64) with a widht and height of 32
 (ninji face looking at you)

string parsing functions
 There is a bunch of new functions and message codes
 to support string parsing:
 * strlen(str) - length of the string
 * startswith(part,str) - tests if 'str' is starting with 'part'
 * indexof(part,str) - gives the position of 'part' in 'str'
   (-1: doesn't appear in 'str', 0: str starts with it)
 * #e(startindex,length,str) - extracts a substring out of str;
   when length is -1 then it takes everything after startindex
   till the end of str
 * #T(str) - removes the spaces at the beginning and at the end
 * tokenize str; - divides the specified string into tokens,
   e.g. tokenize I am happy!; will produce 3 tokens (I, am, happy!);
   text inside " " is taken as one token,
   so tokenize hello "Mr. Bear"; will produce 2 tokens (hello,Mr. Bear)
 * tokenscount - gives you the count of tokens produced with tokenize
 * #t(index) - gives you a token
 * tokenize2 delimiter,str; - while tokenize always uses
   spaces and commas, you can add more delimiters here,
   e.g. tokenize2 o, Yoshi is cool; will give you (Y,shi,is,c,l)

when doing setstring flagname,; then the deletion
 of the string variable is sent to the server

setting/unsetting/changing a flag that starts with 'local.'
 is not sent to the server

when using setplayerprop #5 to set a horse or
 when having a horse from last login to the server,
 then the bushes count is set correctly

you can now set string variables that contain commas,
 when you do setstring myflag,1,2,3; then you will
 add a flag 'myflag=1,2,3' instead of getting a syntax
 error

commands that we forgot to mention:
 * disabledefmovement: turns off the normal player movement
   and behaviour; this is good for making new player races
   or things like skis;
   if you only want to temporary disable it then use
   the freezeplayer command
 * enabledefmovement: enables it again

the script debugger (F6) gives you a list of the script
 functions of the selected npc; you see it under the
 drop down list for npcs; when selecting a function then
 the script panel will scroll down to it
 this is good for easier navigation through a script

keydown(index) is always false when the player is paused

new flags issparringzone and nopkzone

Graal Shop (Gani editor)

correct detection for if the gani has been modified

correct behaviour of the 'loop' and 'continuous' flags:
 the animation is stopped when at the end and not looped,
 and a continuous animation is started when not running
 and clicking on 'Play'

edit fields for the new gani player attributes
 ('Def. attr1', 'Def. attr2' etc.) 

General bug fixes

objects are drawn in correct y-order when near level borders

the map viewing animations are set correctly (only
 when you stand still or sit)

when you play on a server with npcserver and you switch to
 another server then you will be able to see npcs

the texts 'Map' and 'Others:' that you see when viewing the
 map can be changed in the languages/languageXXX.txt now too

when pressing R to view the sparring ratings of players then
 the rating is not displayed over npcs

2.01

levels are preloaded when you walk on the map

when looking on the map then a special animation
 is set so that other players can see that you are
 reading the map

showimg should work better, artefacts should be removed

when you pause the game then things are still animated,
 bombs explode

when you change the chat text of the player with
 the script command setplayerprop #c,text; then it
 doesn't disappear immediatelly, it will be shown
 for 3 seconds

in scripts you can do if (playerdies) ... to do
 stuff when the player dies (timeouts doesn't work
 when you are dead)

when the player is hurt then you can detect that in
 scripts by doing if (playerhurt) ...
 you can read the variable playerhurtpower to get
 the amount of power that the player lost

a bug with testnpc is removed 

new script commands:
 * hitobjects power,x,y; hurts players/npcs/computer
   opponents that are on the specified position;
   this works exactly like the sword so this should
   be used for weapons, instead of the hitplayer command
   which gives the attacker to much advance;
   we will probably need to wait with using it till all
   people have v2.01, and v2.00 is disabled
 * openurl2 url,width,height; opens an url in a window
   but in a different way: it uses the same thing that is
   used for the server MOTD and PM history, so it should
   open faster, and you can set the size of the window;
   remove the leading http:// from the url

2

no 2/3/4 player mode anymore; we want to
 concentrate on the online mode; this will
 also help in reducing the ressources needed 
 by the game and in removing some bugs;
 with the 2/3/4 player we also removed the
 support for save games (F2/F3), and you can't
 select your character in the starting window,
 servers will provide character selection
 levels

new tutorial levels

in the controls window you can change the keys
 and buttons, just click on it (right mouse
 button deletes it)  

bush rupees and pot hearts are server-side

you can do 'warpto <accountname>' (if you are
 a GP)

on the minimap / playerlist you see red bubbles for
 admin messages, green bubbles for guild messages and
 blue bubbles for mass messages

in the editor you can do flood filling by pasting
 a tile / an object onto the level and pressing the
 right mouse button (shift+right mouse button: only
 fill full objects); if you haven't selected something
 then the right mouse button with fill the area with
 the background tile

there are new deep water tiles where you can't swim

new script commands:
 These commands are good for making a day/night thing
 and showing lights (see the included light2.png which
 can be used as corona (setcoloreffect)) They doesn't
 cause lag, but you can only see it when you have a
 3D card (like Riva TNT). 
 * seteffect red,green,blue,alpha; (default 0,0,0,0)
   This if for day/night, by increasing alpha to 0.5
   or so you can make the game darker; changing the
   values for red/green/blue will cause some nice effects
   too
 * setcoloreffect red,green,blue,alpha; (default 1,1,1,1)
   If you change one of these values to something <1 then
   the npc image will be drawn using alpha blending;
   By changing red/green/blue you can change the color of
   the image (so you can use light2.png for red lights,
   green lights etc. without needing another image);
   By changing alpha you can decrease the brightness of the
   npc image
 * setzoomeffect zoomfactor; (default 1)
   Zooms the npc in or out. The npc will stay centered at
   the same position and have the same blocking radius,
   so this is only for effects
 * drawaslight;
   draws the npc above the daynight effects area
   (between drawoverplayers and the stats)
 * changeimgcolors index,red,green,blue,alpha; (default 1,1,1,1)
   changes the alpha transparency / color for the image
   (see setcoloreffect for more);
 * changeimgzoom index,zoomfactor; (default 1)
   changes the zoom factor for the image;
   color and zoom effect are not transferred to other players
   so changeimgcolors and changeimgzoom only work locally

new Graal animation system using *.gani files
 * With setani and setcharani (script commands) you can change
   the animation of the player or the npc, instead of only
   using the default animations that are changed by accessing
   the variable 'sprite'; that variable still exists but will
   be mapped to def.gani which contains all of the old
   animation steps (0..40); its also possible to still read
   'sprite', the game will then try to convert the current
   animation to the old sprite number system, e.g. when the player
   has the animation walk.gani then reading the 'sprite'
   variable will result in values between 1 and 8 depending
   on the current animation step; new animations will always
   be mapped to 0, but you can get the current animation by
   using the #m message code (if (strequals(#m,walk)) ...)
 * There is an editor for gani files named 'GraalShop.exe',
   you can set the file association in the windows explorer
   to make it easier to open gani files; but you can also
   edit gani files with text editor
 * Syntax:
   setani <aniname>,param1,param2,...;
    setcharani <aniname>,param1,param2,...;
   Example: setani walk,; sets the walking animation
   defined in walk.gani. A gani contains informations
   about sprites and where to put them in which frame.
   The gani format:
   1. Starts with some control commands:

   * SPRITE            0    SPRITES   0   0  24  12 shadow
       =>   sprite_index image_file   x   y   w   h description
       this defines a sprite
     * sprite index: is import for the animation part of
       gani file which will be described later;
       each sprite must have an unique sprite index
     * image file: can be
       * BODY HEAD HORSE SHIELD SPRITES PICS
         (those images will taken from the current player),
       * PARAM1, PARAM2, ... (are set with setani/setcharani),
       * myimage.png (direct filename)
     * x,y,width,height: describe which part of the image
       should be drawn
     * description: only for the gani editor
   * DEFAULTPARAMxxx newsword.png - tells the gani editor
     which image should be used for PARAMxxx (it can also
     be a number when you want to use the parameter to
     give a sprite number to animations)
   * COLOREFFECT     20     1     1     0  0.99
     =>    sprite_index   red green  blue alpha
     sets the alpha transparency / colors for the sprite
   * ZOOMEFFECT      20     5
     =>    sprite_index  zoom
     sets the zoom factor for the sprite
   * LOOP - loops the animation
   * CONTINUOUS - doesn't restart the animation when you
     call setani/setcharani again
   * SINGLEDIRECTION - all four directions use the same
     animation steps

   2. It follows the animation in
   ANI
   ...
   ANIEND
     The animation normally contains 4 x animation_step_count lines
     of sprite defintions. Each line contains of a list of 
     sprite positions:
   sprite_index dx dy, sprite_index dx dy, ...
     * sprite index: the defined sprite with the specified sprite
       index should be drawn (can also be PARAM1, PARAM2 etc.)
     * dx: horizontal difference to the player-x coordinate
     * dy: vertical difference to the player-y coordinate
   After each frame (which means 4 lines in normal animations
   and 1 line in a SINGLEDIRECTION animation) you can add following
   commands:
   WAIT <waittime> - repeats the last frame <waittime> times
   PLAYSOUND <soundfile> dx dy - plays a wav file from position
     (playerx+dx,playery+dy) (that defines the posititon where it
     sounds loudest); this actually works like the npc command 'play'
     so you can theoretically play midis or avis but that is not
     recommended

 * See the existing gani files for examples, e.g. idle.gani for
   a very simple animation (it only contains one step)
 * The gani format has a lot of advantages:
   * it means less network traffic (because you can replace tons of
     showimg with one call to setani/setcharani)
   * you can do a lot more than with showimg
   * it's easier to make complex animations with it
   * in the online mode the player animations look less
     laggy because the animation continues even if the
     connection is slow
   * you can hear what other people do like they were playing
     on your computer because sound effects are included in
     the gani file
   * you can change the default player animations like dead.gani

files are now automatically downloaded again from the server when
 they have been updated on the server

wavs are downloaded from the server too

when weapon names start with - then you can't see them
 in the weapons list (might be good for system npcs)

new npc script variables playerhurtdx and playerhurtdy when the
 player is hurt (otherwise they are 0)

new npc script commands 'setgender' and 'setchargender'
 (paramters: male / female)

new npc script command setmusicvolume left,right;
 both values can be between 0 and 1

signs are dynamic now, you can use message codes like #n in
 the signs, unknown characters are drawn using a windows font;
 there is a new message code #K(action) which tell you the
 key names for the keys (0-up, 1-left, 2-down etc.)  

head,sword,shield and body images are saved in the right
 folder (levels/heads, levels/swords etc.) instead of
 levels/webgifs

before you can drop items with S+A it checks if there is no
 wall in front of you

the npc script command 'stopsound filename;' works now

there is no error message anymore when you
 open a file by double-clicking on a .graal file
 in the windows explorer (file association)

the script command 'continue' works correctly
 in while-loops now

jumping into links shouldn't stuck you

invisible npcs are non-blocking

DirectSound and DirectDraw are dynamically loaded,
 when there is a problem with DirectDraw then
 the game gives you an error message and closes
 correctly

fixed a bug that happened when you do
 if (playerenters) setlevel <currentlevel>;

playerlist section 'Staff' instead of 'GPs',
 there you can also see LATs and FAQs now

1.411

when right-clicking on yourself (online mode)
 then you will see your own profile + stats

you can not pause in sparring rooms anymore

when entering a sparring level then the
 restart position will be updated (so you
 restart in the sparring level when you die)

ad animations are stopped when not visible

forgot to mention: there are script variables
 screenwidth and screenheight (pixels) for the
 visible area which is 640x456 by default;
 those variables are read-only

hidden players (script command hideplayer) are
 now visible on the map again; we might re-enable
 a real hideplayer thing again but not as long
 as people can cheat with it

Alt+1 now saves as png too (like Alt+2)

when you press M in the editor then the
 generated map will be saved as png; if you
 want to use it as map for your playerworld or
 for the setmap command then you need to convert
 it to 8 bit colors before using it in the game

1.41

shooting arrows only takes half the time

there is an ap bar under the ASD thing 

a rating system for fights in sparring rooms;
 to make a sparring room you must add an npc
 with the script 'sparringzone' (no end line
 characters!) to the level;
 then the server will see that it's a sparring
 level and will not change your ap/money and
 will rate your fighting skills depending on
 who you kill and who kill you;
 when you press R then you will see the current
 ratings over the heads of the players; it shows
 rating + rating deviation; the rating deviation
 tells you if the player is fighting often, only
 players < 80 rating deviation will be listed in
 the graalonline.com top50; so if you see someone
 with a rating of 2000 and a rating deviation with
 330 that means he only had one fight or so, so you
 can't really trust that he is a good fighter
 when you are in a sparring room you will see a
 white 'sparring' on the ap bar

new option in F1->General options: fullscreen mode;
 you can switch to 800x600 and 1024x768;
 you can get the screen size in npc scripts
 by reading 'screenwidth','screenheight' (in
 case you want to align a showimg stats image on
 the right side of the screen)

by right-clicking with the mouse on a player
 you will open the profile of that player;
 the profile now shows more stuff like the account name
 and sword power

the server message of the day can now be
 HTML

graal PMs and the server MOTD can contain 
 the new tag <graalmsg>Hallo #n!</graalmsg>
 (the text inside the graalmsg tag works like
 with the npc script command 'message');
 it is good for making a message which looks
 more personal 

new npc script command showstats, with this you
 can show/hide parts of the status bar / game
 showstats 1+2+4+8+16+32+64+128+256+512+1024; shows all
 showstats 0; hides all
 the argument is a bit-wise flag set
 1 - ASD
 2 - icons (for rupees, bombs, arrows)
 4 - rupees count
 8 - bombs count
 16 - arrows count
 32 - hearts
 64 - alignment (ap) bar
 128 - magicpoints (mp) bar
 256 - minimap (you can only hide it, you can't show it when the
       player pressed Alt+3)
 512 - inventory npcs
 1024 - players

npc weapons can't be deleted when their name starts with a *
 (e.g. toweapons *Boomerang;)

there is a new very good designed baddy image:
 baddyninja.gif from Ulrich Galbraith (Zancrus)
 (its the one who made some of the graphics for v1.0
 like the frogs, baddies)

there are some new tiles for hourse corners and
 inside house corners

fixed a bug with negative rupees when dropping
 rupees while being in the bank

in online mode the positions of showimgs are aligned the
 same way like the player position; that way its easier to
 use hideplayer+showimg because you can align it correctly
 to the shadow of the player (which can't be hidden)

in online mode when you do showimg+changeimgpart it also
 works for bigger images now

the playerlist is sorted again when your nickname
 is changed (it needs to be updated because the guild
 might have been changed)

red gloves will be displayed correctly again

the default keys will be set/displayed correctly; this 
 was a problem in older versions because e.g. in France 
 you have the A key on a different position on the keyboard;
 in France it uses now QSD as the default keys for lifting/
 sword/weapon

when you start Graal for the first time then the game
 will try to detect the local language automatically;
 because some languagexxx.txt files needed to be renamed
 you might need to change your language manually if you
 have already played 

'playersays' works correctly now, but keep in mind that
 its not supported anymore, better use strequals(#c,...)

fixed a little bug with head icon transparency in 32bit

showname / ap changing doesn't delete your chat text anymore
 

1.4

new starting window
 It should be simpler now, when you select 2/3/4 player mode
 then you can choose the player to change by clicking on the
 little head icon right to the character selection box;
 You can also set the nickname separately for each character
 in 2/3/4 player mode;
 The account name/password thing was moved to the server list

server list window
 When you select 'One Player (online)' as game mode then
 you will see a server list window that will load a server
 list from www.graalonline.com and display it in a list;
 When you click at an entry then it will show you some
 informations about that server (language, version, homepage etc.);
 On the lower part of the server list window you see
 the edit fields for account name and password;
 click on 'Connect' to connect to the selected server;
 When you play then you can always open the server list
 window again by pressing F8 (it will refresh the list
 automatically)

password are saved separately for each account name

new option 'don't save passwords' in the options window
 (F1->General Options)

new pk tag system:
 when having less than 40 alignment points (showap) then
 you can't increase your power; when you die then you will
 get 3 hearts back when ap<20, 5 hearts when ap<40 and
 full power when you die while ap>=40;
 when you kill someone then your power will decreased
 by (yourap/20+1)*(otherap/20);
 when ap<20 then your ap will increase every 30 seconds,
 when ap<40 then every 2 minutes, ..., when >=80 then
 every 30 minutes (no 90 ap limit anymore)

There is better pk recognition:
 When you kill someone with bomb/arrows/fire/bushes then
 it will count as player-killing too

New script stuff
 * New command: changeimgvis index,drawingheight;
   changes the drawing height of a showimg image;
   possible values for 'drawingheight':
   * 0: like drawunderplayer
   * 1: like the player
   * 2: like drawoverplayer (default)
   * 4: on screen (the img will be drawn like the status bar,
        it will be drawn on the image (x,y) position);
        so you can make your own status bar thing with
        this command
 * When doing showimg with an image index not in 0..199 then
   it will only be shown local
 * setimg/setimgpart can be used instead of setgif/setgifpart
 * The 'in' operator is enhanced. You can now do things like:
   1,2 in {1,2,3,4,5} - will check if 1 AND 2 are in specified array
   x in |0,64| - is true when 0<=x<=64
   x in <0,64> - is true when 0<x<64
   You can also combine those things, e.g.
   x,y in <0,10| - is true when 0<x<=10 AND 0<y<=10
 * putexplosion2 bombpower,radius,x,y;
   for producing jolt bomb explosions (set bombpower to 3)
 * New command: setbody bodyimg;
   This is a nice command: with this you can change
   the body of the player, e.g. setbody body2.png
   (body2.png is included in v1.4, its from Antago,
   body3.png is from Loriel)
   You can also use the #8 message code to change
   the body img (setplayerprop #8,body2.png or
   setcharprop #8,body2.png);
 * npcs[index].attr and compus[index].attr can be changed

better hacking protection

explosion radius is limited to 15 (hack protection)

script command setlevel2 works with floating point values for x/y

you can lay down shields again

Because many people had problems with the music thing
 there are some things chanegd/optimized:
 * dynamic loading of mediaplayer (so when you turn
   off music support then it will not load it)
 * winamp support -> option 'use winamp for music'

1.392

removed bugs with caching levels on hard disk,
 this version should work better with playerworld
 servers running on different ports

when someone is invisible (hideplayer) then you still
 see his shadow and nickname

npc script enhancements:
 * functions
   Example:

   if (playerenters) {
     myfunc();
     playerdarts += 50;
   }
   function myfunc() {
     message Hello!;
     if (playerrupees<50) return;
     playerbombs += 50;
   }

   With 'function' you define a function, with
   funcname() you call it. It doesn't matter at what
   place in the script you define the function. With
   'return' you immediatelly return to one line behind the
   caller script position.
   There are no function parameters yet and you cannot
   use it in calculations. You can only call functions
   from the same script.
   With this new function thing it's much easier to
   make scripts look simplier.

 * new npc script variables: signscount, signs[index].x/.y
 * testsign(x,y)
 * callnpc index,playertouchsme; you can use this for
   calling the scripts of other npcs; calling that function
   doesn't run the npc's script immediatelly, it might take
   0.05 till the script of the other npc is actually executed
 * a function keydown(0..10) which tells you if a key is pressed
   0..3: movement, 4..6 A/S/D, 7 map, 8 tab, 9 Q, 10 P
 * you can use break, continue inside of loops to
   end a loop / continue with the next loop round
 * you can do myvar = (timeout? 5 : 3);
 * you can assign 'boolean' operation results to normal variables
   like myvar = (timeout && myflag);
   then myvar is 1 when the boolean expression 'timeout && myflag'
   is true, 0 otherwise

1.391

fixed a bug with transparent heads when starting Graal in 32bit
 video mode and switching to fullscreen

when sending messages to more than 50 people then the message
 will not be saved on hard disk (so it doesn't take a half minute till
 you can play again)

when viewing a profile of a player then you also see the
 kills/deaths/onlinetime that the player has in the current world;
 you only see it when the player already made a profile (pushed the
 'send' button in the profile window)

<applet> tags in PMs doesn't work anymore
 

1.39

completely different handling of head images, this should speed up
 Graal and drastically reduce the resources needed by the game

Profiles: In the player list click on 'profile' to change
 your own profile or right-click on a nickname and select 'profile'
 to see the profile of a player
 (Antago suggested profiles in Dec 1999)

there is a special option window for the player list: just
 click on the 'options' button in the player list; there
 is the option to turn off HTML in PMs, to ignore mass PMs
 plus two new options:
 * No images in HTML: deletes <img> tags out of PMs
 * sort player list by nickname: sorts the playerlist in alphabetically order

<script> and <object> tags in PMs doesn't work anymore

New options in the Graal->F1->More options window:
 * Ignore toalls: doesn't show 'toall:' messages anymore
 * Don't load heads for the playerlist / map: the game will
   not load the head image for the icon of a player for drawing
   it on the playerlist / map; all players will have the head
   of you except players which were in your level when they
   connected to the server (so the head needs to be loaded anyway);
   this reduces the login time / lag while the game because
   the game doesn't need to load images so often

When you type in chat text, then you can go back to
 previous messages by pressing the UP key; you can navigate
 through the last 100 chat lines by pressing UP and DOWN;
 when you edit a line or press RETURN then it will became your
 current chat line

in the editor you can 'draw' with tiles - select a single
 tile in the tiles panel, then click on the level, hold
 the left mouse button down, move around; you will paste tiles
 till you release the left mouse button

In 2/3/4 player mode: when you open the weapons list and press the key 'Delete',
 then the selected weapon of the currently 'focused' player will be deleted
 instead of the selected weapon of the first player;
 the focused player is that player who has the 'chat' icon near his status bar and
 can be changed by clicking with the mouse on the visible screen area of a player

you don't see 'failed' when warped between levels of a player world anymore

faster sending of messages to the server

removed some problems with floating point values in the npc scripts
 (e.g. 0.1+0.1+0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1 is now 0)

the M map shows a normal head for you too instead of a stretched
 player which sometimes freezed Graal

the M map is much faster (no drawing in the background anymore)

dead people are non-blocking

on the minimap PM-icons are drawn above toall-icons

the filenames for PMs on the hard disk have been changed to
 allow special characters like '\' or '/' in the account name;
 you should delete the old PMs in the pms folder if you already
 have a lot of files there, otherwise Windows could get
 problems with it

the weapon list (Q) is drawn using the function which also draws
 signs and the Continue/End window, so it works correctly
 with custom letters.gif (setletters); the background of
 the selected weapon is still blue

the weapon lists of player 3 / 4 are scrolled down too
 when it gets too big

by mouse-clicking on a weapon in the weapon list you can
 directly select a weapon without needing to navigate with the
 arrow keys

added some tiles and corrected the tile type for the
 dirty water; the futuric house tiles weren't added yet
 (must find a way to get around the 2MB-image limit)

you can directly drag image files (gif/png/mng) onto a level;
 the game will automatically generate an npc with that image
 at the mouse position

1.38

there is the new option 'don't connect levels' in the option
 window (Graal->F1->More options); if you enable that
 option, then you only see one level when walking through
 outside levels; this also means less data to send / receive,
 so enable that option if you have problems with lag in regions
 with many players like Graal city

fixed the warping (was a problem with empty signs)

the 'bombs' attribute of npcs works again

fixed the alignment bug with npcs (were sometimes drawn
 one pixel beside the real postition)

normal animation speed when walking diagonally

dragging a selection half out of the regular 64x64 area doesn't
 mess it up

the function to retrieve the message code doesn't
 hang on some codes like the previous version
 (e.g. when you say '#c' on the Mantara statue machine)

your horse doesn't get a bush when it eats a bomb

added caching of up to 50 toall-messages for each player;
 when a player sends several toall-messages in short time
 then you can see all of them by clicking several times
 on the toall-bubble of that player;
 this feature has been added to make future Graal extensions
 like a separate chat client possible

the new water tiles from v1.38 are now recognized as water tiles

forgot to mention: there is a new flag 'isonmap' which tells you
 if the player is currently in a level which is showed on the M map

1.38

jailed people can write PMs to RCs

'setnick nickname' command on the server

'warpto x y levelname' or only 'warpto x y' - commands
 for GPs on the server

when logging in with the account name as nickname
 then you get a * before your name which shows that you
 are the owner of the account, other people can't have
 have that name;
 Example: You have the account name Stefan, setting
 nick name to 'Stefan', then the server will change it
 to '*Stefan'; other people can't have the nick name
 '*Stefan'

PMs are saved on hard disk with date and time; they are
 saved to the 'pms' folder; when you click on the
 'history' button in the player list then the messages
 will be loaded from that files; when you 'ignore' someone
 then his messages will be deleted; you can also delete
 them manually if you want (delete pms/messages_accountname.txt)

you can't dupe items (rupees) anymore, because when
 you get the item then the server increases your rupee
 count (in case no one else has taken the item yet)

with pressing Ctrl+A/B/D/E/F/G/H/L/M/O/P/R/S/T/W/X/Z you
 can display an emotion icon, the icons for brb (B),
 afk (A), zZ (Z) will be displayed till you move;
 the emotion icons were made by Ibonic, MrHack and Linkson

a gif2mng converter for command line use;
 do 'gif2mng filename.gif', it will create an 8bit png
 or mng (=png animation); the mngs are not optimized yet,
 so they will be bigger than gif animations, but we are
 working on it

better support for mng files 

New npc script commands/functions:
 * onwater(x,y) - tells you if (x,y) is water
 * testcompu(x,y), testplayer(x,y), testnpc(x,y), testitem(x,y),
   testbomb(x,y), testexplo(x,y), testhorse(x,y) tests if there is
   and object on (x,y) and gives you the index of that object
   in the object list, otherwise it returns -1 (except testplayer:
   returns -2 because -1 means the current npc character);
   Example:
     i = testbomb(x,y);
     if (i>=0) explodebomb i;
 * you can do 'if (myvar in {1,2,3})' or 'if (array1==array2)'
 * changeimgpart index,x,y,width,height - changes the
   visible part of a 'showimg' image; it will be reset
   to the whole image when calling showimg again
 * you can access npcs[index].<attributename> variables (read/write):
   x,y,width,height(fields not pixels),rupees,darts,bombs,
   hearts,timeout,glovepower,swordpower,shieldpower,hurtdx,
   hurtdy,id,save[],dir,sprite,ap
 * new command 'hitnpc index,halfhearts,fromx,fromy'
 * setlevel2 levelname,x,y
 * some calculations of variables and boolean expressions are
   optimized/precalculated, like '1==1' will be converted to
   'true'
 * the 'Test' button gives you more error messages when
   you type variable names wrong

'only' 1024 explosions will be displayed

new color 'transparent'

you can change the keys by editing graalconfig.txt, there
 can be 3 different keys for each action, each key can only
 be used one time; only some keys can be used:
 A-Z,0-9,Tab,Enter,Shift,Space,P_Up (page up),P_Down (page down),
 Up,Left,Down,Right,N0-N9 (numpad 0-9),Add,Sub,Mul,Div,Dec
 (numpad +,-,*,/,.), F9-F15;
 in future Graal versions there will be a special window where
 you can change the keys and the joystick buttons

when you lay your shield down then other people can see
 that you don't have a shield anymore

the M map is displayed in the vertical middle of the screen
 when it is smaller than the screen

better level linking when walking on outside levels (no
 invisible walls)

the F6 debugger shows bombscount, npcscount etc.

when opening the maximized editor then the scrollbars will
 be resized correctly

empty lines at the end of signs will automatically be deleted

In the editor: when moving the mouse then in the status bar
 you see the mouse posiiton and the tile under the mouse

In the editor: when double-clicking then the tile under the mouse
 will be made to the background tile (like when double-clicking
 in the tiles panel)

in the starting window: the languages in the languages combo box
 are sorted alphabetically

when pressing F5 in the online mode and loading a non-
 existing level then the game shows an error message and closes
 instead of letting you play the level that you was in

you can lift an npc that is carried by another player

when you eat a bush with the horse then you will only get a the
 bush count increased when you have finished eating

the flags 'gotbow','gotsword' etc. aren't supported anymore

in the offline mode the baddies doesn't follow you to other levels
 anymore

in the npc script window the font name is now 'courier new'

when pressing 'Test' in the npc script window then it doesn't
 jump back to the beginning of the script

in the online mode other people doesn't look like
 they are jumping randomly around when going to another level

using the sword on an npc / calling the hitplayer command doesn't
 change the timeout variable of the npc, the sprite will only be
 set to 39 if hearts>0, the hearts will only be decreased if
 the sprite is not 39 or 40

the editor doesn't produce errors when you drag a selection
 outside the regular 64x64 area

some new tiles in pics1.png

a lot more (little bug fixes)

1.371

only for GPs: the remotecontrol has been updated,
 you can write PMs / toalls, players can see you in the
 player list with a (RC) guild tag

fixed the hide/show command for 'showcharacter' npcs

fixed a problem with invisible bodies when changing the window
 mode

the npc baddies are more intelligent when hunting the player

when moving the mouse over the minimap then the
 nicknames (displayed in a yellow hint window) doesn't
 hide the toalls anymore

in the debugger 'else if' is displayed correctly (green)

when pressing F6 in fullscreen then the debugger will be
 resized to screen size

with Alt+8/Alt+9 you can zoom in/out; this is only
 a feature just for fun

when a gif image doesn't have a transparent color, then
 black is taken as transparent color again; I have only
 re-added for compability with older levels;
 pngs are still only drawn transparent when a transparent
 color is specified (the first color index with full transparency)

1.37

many small bug fixes and improvements (e.g. support for
 non-transparent pngs, support for 4bit-pngs with odd width,
 the tiles list is resized to the window size,
 when using the sword while riding on a horse then the
 horse is animated instead of looking like standing still)

no crash when editing an npc which has an 'if ()' in the
 script (empty boolean expression)

throwing tons of bombs doesn't crash the game anymore
 (it crashed when two of your bombs were flying at the same
 time)

the sound effects system has been changed: the sound effects
 are played with different volumes depending on the distance to
 the player

the script command 'showimg' works for normal npcs too;
 but only the current player can see it

new npc commands:
 * carryobject - carries an object, only works for 'showcharacter' npcs;
   see commands.rtf for a complete list of possible object names
 * throwcarry - throws the object
 * playlooped - plays a wav file looped
 * stopsound - stops playing a (looped) wav file

message codes can finally use ALL variables, so it's now
 possible to do message #v(rupees) #v(this.myvar);

when doing setarray on a variable which is already an array
 variable, then the array will only be resized and the previous content
 copied to the new array

you can initialize arrays by doing 'myarr = {var1,var2,..,varN};'

there are now built-in flags 'true' and 'false'

with 'hasweapon(weaponname)' you can check if the player has
 a special weapon

when you get a fullheart then the flag 'gotheart_currentlevelname'
 is set; so you don't need to set such a flag manually in your npc scripts

1.36

the server can now hold up to 28000 players instead of 220

you can limit the lenght of nicknames in the option window
 (Graal->F1->More options)

fixed a bomb-dropping bug

there is no error message anymore when there is no sound card

the TWebBrowser class (for HTML PMs) is loaded dynamically,
 so people who don't have Internet Explorer can PM again

when you select a player in the player list then you see his
 nickname displayed on the M map

in the editor you cannot select fields which are outside the level anymore

when you press F4 while the debugger frame is open then the game 
 doesn't crash when you press F6 again 

showtimer works for 'showcharacter' npcs too; the amount of money
 is shown over the npc's head when it got some

there are a lot of new variables and script functions that let you access
 objects in the current level; the variables can only be read, not changed;
 if you think changing the variables would be good for some effects then
 let me know which variables you want to access (bomber@graalonline.com);
 here a short list of the new stuff (for more read npcprogramming.doc):
   bombs[index].x/y/power/time
   arrows[index].x/y/dir/dx/dy/type/from
   items[index].x/y/type/time
   explos[index].x/y/power/time/dir
   horses[index].x/y/dir/bushes/bombs/bombpower/type
   removebomb index;
   removearrow index;
   removeitem index;
   removeexplo index;
   removehorse index;
   explodebomb index;
   reflectarrow index;
   takehorse index;
   take2 index;
   lay2 itemname,x,y;
   takeplayerhorse;
 In future Graal versions there will be also ways to access the attributes
 of other npcs

the script editor shows an error message when a command
 gets too many parameters

message codes can be used with the setstring command and inside
 #s()/#v() codes; here a little example:
   i = 3;
   setstring testvar#v(i)yeah, 5;
   j = strtofloat(#s(testvar#v(i)yeah));
 You get j=3. You see that you can simulate arrays of
 string variables by appending a number to the string variable.
 A second example:
   var3 = 7;
   k = strtofloat(#v(var#v(i)));
 You get k=7. That way you can access nomal variables like they
 were array variables, although it might be a lot slower than 
 accessing normal arrays. 

you can use message codes for filenames; you already could
 do that in previous versions, but now the editor doesn't check for
 the file when the filename contains a # (and doesn't show an
 error message when the file doesn't exist)

1.35

removed the screenshot-bug (Alt+2)

you can drag text files onto the editor again (to place npcs);
 it crashed Graal in v1.34

you can have two characters with the same head image in headsconfig.txt

the server startup message is only displayed once; it's saved to
 servermessage.rtf

you can see toalls when in pause mode

PMs are now displayed with HTML; links are automatically added 
 when you write 'www...';
 if you have problems with this new feature, then you can turn 
 HTML off in the options window (Graal->F1->More Options)

the default joystick selection for player 2/3/4 is '(none)'

1.341

the player list works similar to v1.33 again; there is now a special
 'buddy' part in the player list; to move players to that section right-click
 on a name and click on 'buddy'; the account names of the buddies are
 saved in the file buddyaccounts.txt in the Graal folder

when you are hit by a healing sword or similar 'hurting' device then your horse
 doesn't loose power (bushes)

you can use message codes when doing setplayerprop #Cx and 
 setcharprop #Cx

when sending player positions the x/y positions will be rounded
 instead of truncated; this solves some problems in sparring fights where
 players coming from down/right cannot hurt other players easier anymore

super bombs will be displayed correctly when carried

in the editor you can press 'M' to make a map of the current bigmap levels

if you carry a player in the two-player mode then he doesn't disappear
 when an npc does 'hideplayer' on you

removed a little memory leak that has to do with npc scripts (else statement)

modal message windows (e.g. error windows) doesn't disappear behind the
 main Graal window when you switch between tasks

when pressing D when riding on horse then the script event 'firedonhorse'
 is fired

1.34

the debugger (F6) works now; you can select npcs and set break points
 by clicking left to a command in the list; the debugger is disabled in 
 online mode

new npc commands: showlocal, hidelocal, dontblocklocal, blockagainlocal

when saving screenshots with Alt+2 then the image format PNG is
 used, that means: 24bit, loss-less, better compression than GIF

in 2/3/4 player mode you can now change the focused player by clicking
 on the players view rectangle; if the player is focused, then you see a little
 'CHAT' right to the D icon; when you type in text, then it will be displayed
 over the focused player.

sound effects are now limited to only one sound effect of the same type
 in the same frame; so when 100 bombs explode at the same moment, then
 you only hear 1 sound effect; max 8 sound effects are played at the same time;
 that mass-sfxs messed up many computers.

midis only loop when they are longer than 10 seconds; actually this should
 solve some problems with sound cards which doesn't play the file but 
 producing a loop event which then freeze the game

when you hit someone who is on a horse then his horse looses 1 energy
 point (1 bush); when it only has 0, then the player will be pushed away 
 from the horse; so you need to eat more bushes to keep your horse fast and
 healthy

when you ignore players in the player list then the account name will be saved
 into ignoredaccounts.txt; when you restart Graal then the other player is
 still ignored

when someone ignores your messages then his name turns red in the player list

you can push/pull npcs which use the showcharacter thing

you can only pull npcs which did the canbepulled command (instead of canbepushed)

there is a new script flag 'isweapon' which is true when the npc is an npc weapon

in offline mode there can ride two players on the same horse; the horse must have
 5 bushes to be able to carry two players; I plan to enable that feature in the online mode
 if you like it

removed a big bug that had to do with loading images from the server

1.331

fixed problems with the script command 'destroy'

removed the old 'seteffect' command

less memory use (png buffers are freed)

removed a memory leak caused by explosions

when message windows are minimized then new message
 windows will not automatically be minimized  

when other players are carrying an exploding bomb
 then it will be displayed correctly

collision detection for flying objects (bushes etc.) uses 
 the right y-coordinate of the object

in 2/3/4-player mode: when throwing another player into
 water then he doesn't disappear

npc characters can swim

1.33

the player list (F7) has now 4 sections (GPs,Guild,Normal,Ignore)

there is a history button in the message window and player list
 popup menu; it shows the last 50 messages received from/sent to
 the other player; the messages will not be saved on hard disk yet

added PNG support, but only for 16 color /256 color palette images;
 no support for alpha channel and interlaced images

removed many memory leaks / ressource leaks

removed a bug that disconnected the client often at startup

1.324

added an option to handle DINPUT.DLL problems (see DINPUTDLLbug.txt for more)

reconnect works better

1.323

when you unpause then the server start message window will automatically
 be closed

objects (extras, bombs, etc.) will only be displayed in the right level,
 not in the nearby levels too

1.322

the npc command 'putnpc' doesn't crash the game anymore

npcs will only be displayed in their levels

custom letter.gifs look correctly now

sending PMs doesn't cause problems

while sending PMs the server will not diconnect you for no movement

1.32

in no-playerkilling levels you can walk through unpaused players

Alt+1 works correctly without drawing npcs from other levels onto the
 screenshot

removed a bug with the backtile (in the editor); when you specify a backtile
 and press 'New' then a level will be created which has that backtile as background

npc weapons cannot do 'hide' anymore (caused a freezing bug with the Q window)

you cannot cheat by editing bigmap.txt anymore

when you double-click on the Graal window then the game goes to fullscreen

in the options window (Graal->F1->More options) you will find the new
 option 'Ignore mass messages'

when reading signs you can scroll back by pressing 'up'

in the npc script window: when a command has more than one parameter
 and one of that parameters is wrong, then the right paramter will be highlighted

you can directly drop an npc script onto the editor: to test it make a text file with
 the content 'if (playerenters) setgif brother1.gif'; drop it from the windows explorer
 onto a level in the editor and you will see a new npc

in the offline mode there is a new start level that explains how to use the controls

the server sends a 'message of the day' when you login

the function 'strcontains' doesn't care about capitalization anymore

F6 doesn't work on the graalonline.com server anymore

when resizing the editor then npcs on the right side of the screen will be displayed