DEVELOPMENT LOG

1.0

• Post-release changes:
  • Fixed random game hanging when exiting out (THANKS VISUAL C++)
  • Fixed 7Zip registry error
  • Made a non-elevation friendly solution to exit the game when the launcher is converting a new song, and avoid the "access is denied" error when copying the FSB
  • (can't confirm still) Fixed FormatText null value error
  • Fixed chart offset value not existing returning null
  • Added default.scn.xen as required for zone swapping (originally wasn't copied in build creating script)

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• OVERLAPPING STARPOWER!!
• Open sustains
• Custom boss battles
• Opus audio support and fresh update of SoX
• COMPRESSED GH3 EXE!!!
• Game size is now 15 MB! (13 MB without the launcher)
• Unified modifiers plugin (to toggle All Strums, All Taps, etc)
• Changeable keybinds
• Background videos (requires Bink encoded video)
• Open 7Z/RAR files in the launcher if user has either file type's extractor installed
• Chart downloads through Google Drive / chorus
• Solos are now automatically parsed and scripts calculate how many notes belong within the markers
• Parse solo and event markers in MIDI
• Compressed DLLs and plugins
• Zip caching
• Updater (for release builds and dev builds)
• Removed an unused hardcoded font
• No venue models/files needed at all to play
• Press Select to restart in practice mode (controllers only)
• Toggleable highway/HUD intro
• Toggle particles (all, minimal, or none)
• Better controller entry for keyboard mode
• Face-off/battle power markers are now supported
• Various graphical fixes:
  • Particles' velocity and friction are no longer tied to 60 FPS
  • Whammy pixel width now resizes with game resolution, which originally depended on 1280x720
  • Fixed leftover starpower particles glitch
• Hide gems upon hitting and activate sustains early (turned off by default)
• Easily swap zones, highway GFX, highways, and background videos
• Fixed FPS based battle scripts
• New zones at Custom Themes / Zones
• Open FX on multiplayer
• Frame rate limiter
• Launcher logging
• Launcher error reporting
• currentsong.txt formatting
• Asynchronous NJ3T (drums,vocals,etc) track merging

• Post-release changes:
  • More qb.pak optimization
  • Game can run without ragdoll and skin files
  • Singleplayer doesn't require skeleton files
  • Fixed missing audio encoding DLLs since some users don't have them pre-installed
  • Additional audio calibration fix to make the audio play
    ahead of the beginning of gameplay. So, with 200ms, for example,
    the audio starts 200ms earlier than the notes starting
  • Starpower bot uses new beat waiting function and evades triggering while hitting a sequence
  • Little launcher fix for Linux users so audio encoding script runs correctly

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• Improved chart converter/song PAK writer
  • Better programmed note and starpower arrays (works in 2D arrays)
  • Less messy code (but also still sort of messy)
  • Some tempo related fixes
• Discord RPC (Separate download) and proper song metadata in PAKs
• New separate PAK to store user configuration,
  which allows more portable and easy settings
  (and makes it easier for me to push updates :D)
• Reduced music tools size and made FSB encoding just a little faster
• Other various encoding related fixes
• More ultra optimization
• Fixed open note animation
• Bot star power/autowhammy (lazy)
• (Cheap) fix for calibrated audio syncing, so gameplay doesn't have to slow down to keep up
• Function to disable HUD intro (toggleable with disable_intro)
• Unique file date checker for downloads
• GH3/WT textures can have PNGs/JPGs stored, yay!
  (warning: may slow down loading to due compression)
• Solos (have to be inserted in song PAKs manually for the time being)
• - Removed Herobrine

• GAME IS NOW COMPLETELY PORTABLE!!
• Removed Aspyr registry key check, no longer needing admin rights
• Removed Massive Ad Client (cheaply, so venues won't work here)
• No fail setting with graphical change
• Magically randomly fixed some MIDI error happening on another computer
• Detect multiple files in a song package, ask user which one they want to play
• Async FSB building, making multitrack encoding faster
• Removed dbgq.pak and perm_anims.pak

• Reimplemented FSP + allowed easier creation, and web downloads
• More gameplay lock-in
• Disabling VSync independent of another program
• Moved GH3+ loader to execute before window creation
• Rebuilt optimized zones
• Patch launcher to support .chart Offset value
• Song cache viewer + write IDs to list
• Official public release

• Song caching + new hashing method
• New audio and chart converter
• Replaced game program with better executable
• Internally patched windowed mode
• Game fully functional without Soundcheck zone
• Proper data manipulation through launcher
• Rebuilt game data (for the infinith time)
• Dynamic game path
• Removed zones, models

0.8

• Unknown
• Inherited changes from 0.7

0.7

• Optimized game
• Removed zones, models
• Windowed patch through DxWnd/3DAnalyzer
• Use songlist_editor, Mid2Chart, sox
  for song converter