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[jonask84]

Hey guys, glad to hear things are moving fairly smoothly

We're getting ready to launch the RC2 version, which will have some minor new features, but mainly try to iron out bugs and add .04 support. officially, anyway

I know most of you who follow this post probably have been playing with Petr Ga's nightly build thing, so if there are any suggestions for tweak we're listening Keep in mind we only have time for minor changes at this point tho

[anacrucis]

FN+F4 merely dims my screen and FN+0p;/ does nothing for me.  The Inspiron models seems to simply lack numpads.

Just butting in here, found this post by mistake searching for something else... but I've got a dell Inspiron 700m and I resorted to buying an el-cheapo USB numeric keypad. It works great for DF, though I haven't messed around much with StoneSense (the vintage 2005 2GHz single core processor and 1.25 GB RAM just can't seem to cope with running DF *and* SS).

[Beeskee]

I know most of you who follow this post probably have been playing with Petr Ga's nightly build thing

Unfortunately not me, the link isn't on http://code.google.com/p/stonesense/  and that was where I was checking

[Corbald]

Posting here for info on .05 compatibility. Unofficial is OK.

[James.Denholm]

Judging from the updates list on the Google Code site, I think no.

[Corbald]

Actually, I was able to get it working, somewhat, with memory.xml from the updated DFHack. Shows me my terrain, and built structures, but no dwarves.

[jonask84]

I'm waiting for the memory.xml myself. once we have that, RC2 is ready

[peterix]

OK. I had to kick out one more thing I originally got from DT.


Grab the current .xml: http://github.com/peterix/dfhack/raw/9d143d8afb07f7d4fffa895829621b5ab97de791/output/Memory.xml

[jonask84]

Seems to be working flawlessly, great work peterix.

I'm pretty pooped and I'm gonna turn in now, but will send RC2 out tomorrow

For those who can't wait, grab peterix' memory.xml and the unofficial nightly and get crackin


@Beeskee: That's good actually, IMO. I can't really guarantee anything on nightly builds, so I don't like the idea of them spreading too much. I've been testing RC2 all day today, and it looks to run well (of course, my laptop is a small sample size). I think we're about ready tho

[Retro]

I'm pretty pooped and I'm gonna turn in now, but will send RC2 out tomorrow

Exciting! Thanks to all involved with dfhack and Stonesense for the hard work on this.

[jonask84]

As promised, here is the second release candidate of Slate. If we find no major bugs in this, then it will be the Slate release.

How about a download link?

Here's the summarized changelog:
* DF31.01 to 05 compatible
* Now supports the Object Testing Arena
* Dwarf and animal skin/hair colors
* Constructions reflect if they're built with rough stone or blocks
* Optional Day/Night mode
* Now shows dwarven chæracters prøperly (thanks Japa)
* Added beefmoo's domestic animals
* DirectX, OpenGL or software renderding supported
* Full-map screenshot now working properly, and fast (takes about a minute compared to 3 hours)

A few picture highlights
Colorized sprites for hair/skin/fur/whatever colors:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This really gives your dwarf more personality, and adds an extra dimension.

Constructions now differ if they're built from raw stone or from blocks:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Makes for some really interesting above-ground forts. See the different material blocks to the left there.

[Rose]

also highlighted there: dwarf names now show special characters properly.

[Dark_Tundra]

4) Tile Shadows: A bit tricky, but Lit vs. Unlit tiles would be a nice thing to represent. It becomes tricky with the vertical facings, though, as they should draw their Lit/Unlitness from the square they face, or all vertical faces will be shadowed.

yes, this is tricky. another problem is that outside walls would still be lit on the inside.

(A little late I know but...)
What if you checked the inside/outside status of the two orthogonally placed tiles closest to the camera and if one is lit assume the wall to be lit?

Walls are already inside, so I think this makes sense...

I take it this is infeasable?

[Rose]

I've thought of a system that could work well, but it would require a lot of changing things.

[Greiger]

Oh my god! my fortress is under attack by small doglike technicolor abominations!

Oh...those are my dogs.

That's actually pretty cool, I was actually considering suggesting the implementation of something like that into stonesense back when 2010 first came out, but figured it would be completely impossible from a coding and information retrieving standpoint.

Happy to see I was wrong.  Any chance of equipment layering with proper equipment colors soon?  (or how to do it if it's possible currently) Like being able to tell A swordsdwarf with an adamantine sword and a breastplate from a swordsdwarf with a copper sword and an artifact leather boot?