HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable

[kyonides]

Version 1.1.69
Yes, it is here for you to play with it!

List of Recent Changes

• Re-enabled Input.repeat? for Mouse Clicks.
  You can also use these shortcuts Input.repeat_left_click? and Input.repeat_right_click?
  
• Added a 3rd Framebuffer.
  The reasons that moved me in this direction are simple: to prevent the engine from drawing everything way too fast and see if it can prevent the screen from going black after toggling Fullscreen Mode.
  
• Raised Maximum Frame Rate to 140. (Previous Limit: 120)
  
• Centered Window in Windowed Mode After Leaving Fullscreen Mode.
  
• Updated KSoundFontMenu series, ClickableWindow XP & ACE.
  

In the last week I was able to read on the title bar that HC could even run quite fast, even up to 2500 frames per second.
But there is a chance that was a momentary misrepresentation of its actual drawing speed.

IMPORTANT UPDATE

I had to revert 1 of the changes because a certain forumer  reported some issues that might have been linked to the graphics card not accepting to work on 3 framebuffers simultaneously. Add to this that I had wrongly labeled NAME and FAMILY_NAME as Linux on the Windows port.

The binary executables have been updated on all available platforms!

[kyonides]

The Most Stable Release of Yet Has Been Uploaded Tonight!

Version 1.1.70

Recent Changes

• Set your own game window's icon!
  Just add the Icon=icon name entry to your Game.ini and that's it!
  
• Even error splash screens will sport your custom icon!
  
• The engine refreshes your clicks after freezing a scene.  
  This feature was badly needed by the engine because pressing a mouse button followed by B or C button would make it ignore the following clicks for a while. Now it run effortlessly.
  
• Atomized double-click specific code.
  

Notes

The custom icon might take a few seconds to show up on your window's title bar. It will show up after it has displayed the game title there.
This is the soonest  Ruby code can ever do it.

Screenshot

The snapshot below was taken after making a mistake in my custom RGSS code intentionally.

[kyonides]

Didn't You Hear a Splash?

Release 1.1.71 Now Available!

Recent Changes

• Added an optional Splash Screen.
  Default Path: Graphics/Splash/screen -- the file extension will be detected by the script.
  This prevent the engine from searching for RMXP or RMVX ACE specific directories.
  
• The engine will display a "Loading..." label on screen on top of it.
  
• Merged Game & Setup modules, removing the Setup CRuby file in the process.
  KSoundFontMenu scripts have to been updated on GitHub.
  
• Improved Game.ini Parser, now it will ignore whitespaces on both sides of the equal = symbol automatically.
  

Screenshot

[kyonides]

A New Release Has Been Uploaded Today!
Version 1.1.72

Codename: SplashScreen

Recent Changes

• Added native Zlib compression, there is no need for an additional library or rubygem.
  
• Renamed Game::Scene class as Game::SplashScene. It should be placed in the Data directory and saved as Splash.rb
  

If you create the optional Splash.rb file, the engine will read it and create an Splash.rhc file based on it, holding a deflated / compressed string. Later on, the engine will actually inflate / uncompress it and execute it on your behalf.

After just one test run, you can even move the RB file anywhere else until the day comes when you ever badly need to modify its code again.

Here's a custom Splash.rb script for you to learn how to create your own.

Game::SplashScene

Code:

# * Game::SplashScene * #
# - Just A Custom Version - #
#  Scripter : Kyonides Arkanthes
#  2024-05-28

# If you ever overwrite the main method in a custom script, you got to add
# a call to Game.setup or the normal loading processing will end abruptly.

module Game
  class SplashScene
    def main
      Graphics.freeze
      start
      Graphics.transition
      Game.setup
      until Input.trigger?(Input::KeyK)
        Graphics.update
        Input.update
      end
      Graphics.freeze
      terminate
    end

    def start
      @visual = nil
      filename = "Graphics/Splash/screen"
      if FileInt.exist?(filename)
        @visual = true
        @backdrop = Sprite.new
        @backdrop.bitmap = Bitmap.new(filename)
        @title = Sprite.new
        @title.x = (Graphics.width - 400) / 2
        @title.y = (Graphics.height - 60) / 2
        b = Bitmap.new(400, 64)
        font = b.font
        font.size = 48
        font.outline = true
        font.outline_size = 4
        b.draw_text(b.rect, "Loading...", 1)
        @title.bitmap = b
      end
    end

    def terminate
      if @visual
        @title.bitmap.dispose
        @title.dispose
        @backdrop.bitmap.dispose
        @backdrop.dispose
        @visual = nil
      end
    end
  end
end

RELEVANT NOTE: Windows users using this release might need to rename the libboost_program_options-mt-x64.dll as libboost_program_options-mt.dll or else they will get a weird error message from Windows.  I dunno why did this happen because I've never asked it to pick any of them, it just did it automatically. There is a chance that including Zlib support changed this but I can't prove that.

[kyonides]

Feel Free to Download The Latest Stable Release

Version 1.1.73

Recent Changes

• Sprite#press_click_area?(index) #drag_margin_x & #drag_margin_y
  
• Set the maximum values for TILE_WIDTH & TILE_HEIGHT to those corresponding to the maximum resolution allowed (Full HD)
  
• Window#mouse_inside? or #mouse_above? now accept 0 or 1 arguments.
  This allows the  game developer to select the whole window minus the white borders or some specific area.
  
• Basic Mouse Wheel Support + Input.scroll_factor & #scroll_factor=
  Default Scroll Factor: 2.
  I know that both 1 & 2 work smoothly, the only difference is that you need to be very precise if it's set to just 1.
  
• Updated custom  Scripts to demonstrate how all the related changes have impacted or even expanded the engine's capabilities.
  

[kyonides]

Yeah, Here is ANOTHER Stable Release For You to Enjoy!

Release 1.1.74

Recent Changes

• Game.window_resizable? & #window_resizable=
  Default Value: true
  
• Game.window_show_borders? & #window_show_borders=
  Default Value: true
  
• Game.window_brightness & #window_brightness=
  Default Value: OS Brightness (10 through 100)
  
• Game.enable_screensaver? & #enable_screensaver=
  Default Value: false
  
• Input.mouse_set_xy(new_x, new_y)
  

Don't expect me to come up with just another update this weekend for I'm totally out of ideas now.