September 29 2024

Note - releases no longer include binaries in the release notes.
Download the latest version here: https://docs.flatredball.com/flatredball

Biggest Changes

• Entire app has been restyled. The new version has cleaner UI, new icons, accent color, and dark mode. (thaks @vicdotexe )
• FRB Web now supports all color operations for sprites
• Added new GlobalContent async content loading for web, allowing progress to be displayed while loading
• Improved case sensitivity support for Linux and Web projects
• Improved editor selection when the game is technically inactive but the editor is active
• Added StreamByteDictionary for pre-loading and faster WEB project loads

Everything Else

FRB Editor

• Huge refactor of how variable assignment works when reloading screens or entities, fixing tons of edge cases
• Fixed possible crash in live edit when editing levels with hundreds of objects
• Performance tab now properly shows deep collision call count against TileShapeCollections
• Added more informative error when the same plugin is loaded globally and project-specific .plug
• Removing an object now properly regenerates all objects that may have referenced the object
• Fixed FNA projects including XNBs for wav files - it supports from-file
• Swapping between MP3 NAudio and MonoGame songs now handles adding/removing XNBs better
• Better error message when a file is already tracked by the editor
• Big improvements in handling the creation of new variables and states while still in edit mode
• Added support for copy/paste of entire entities while in edit mode
• Renaming entity now deletes old .glej file.* AnimationEditor preview now allows hiding/showing shapes
• Added Close Shape button
• Fixed in correct subcollision being displayed in dropdown for CollisionRelationship
• Screen loading can be done now before global contnt loading
• Reduced unnecessary gum project loading, slightly improving performance
• Synced projects can now be opened in the project dropdown
• Changing GumScale now changes the canvas size on the Gum project
• About tab now refreshes whenever a project is loaded/unloaded
• Rename modification OK button is now selected by default allowing pressing ENTER
• Removed Gum codegen if a project does not have a .gumx project
• Global content gum access is no longer performed on screens which come before global content for improved load times
• .dll versions are now reported in the FRB editor next to the .gluj version
• Better handling of NAudio and XNB files
• Renaming a file now properly updates synced projects
• Added checks to make sure List variables aren't added to States categories

Edit Mode

• Fixed bug where pasting a copied object would sometimes not paste the object at the location of the cursor
• Fixed possible deadlock when restarting screens in edit mode
• Removed punchthrough (on double click) when editing TileShapeCollections
• Point selection in game now highlights the point in the list box
• Point selection in the list box now selects the point in game
• Point addition on polygon can be done with the + key
• New non-tunneled variables no longer restart the game
• Variable aspect ratios are now handled properly when switching between live edit and normal gameplay
• Fixed accumulation of variable assignments, making long edit sessions far more performant
• Setting dynamic states (states created while in edit mode) back to null works better than before.
• Fixed drag+drop deadlock
• Current element is now forced, improving edit mode selection
• Fixed song restart bug caused by incorrect name comparison

FRB Engine and Code-related

• IDrawableBatches can now sort secondary Y, including spine objects.
• Removed IDrawableBatch setters for X,Y,Z from interface since those aren't used
• Generated variants now generate variants for the base type not just derived
• Adding new Sprites keeps sorting stable so that objects with the same sort value will draw in order of being added
• FRB Screens now have a CancellationToken when being destroyed
• Added Point.GetRandomPositionInThisSlow (thanks @profexorgeek )
• Added Cursor.Main
• Added Keyboard.Main
• EditorVisuals.Circle now supports color argument (thanks @profexorgeek )
• Added null check on dominant window add
• Better Mouse and Cursor XML docs (thanks @profexorgeek )
• Double-click time is now configurable (thanks @profexorgeek )
• Added keyboard button tabbing support
• Added ability to override keyboard direction pressables and default 2D input

New Project Templates and Forms

• no changes

New Contributors

• @vicdotexe made their first contribution in #1454

Full Changelog: August_12_2024...September_29_2024