HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable

[kyonides]

Version 1.2.06 Has Been Uploaded!

Codename: KeyMaster
Stable Version?

Avaiable Platforms

• Linux
  
• Windows
  

Recent Changes:

• Rewrote several lines of code related to Key Bindings processes, eliminating bloat code and variable duplication.
  The data files obtained after parsing the gamepad profile INI files will be moved to the user's profile + saved games directory. [Cleanup]
  
• Fixed Windows builds not loading Key Mapping files even if the engine had parsed the INI files multiple times. [Bug Fix]
  
• Fixed some key mappings not being recognized by the F1 menu after being parsed by Ruby or set via the KChangeKeys HC script. [Bug Fix]
  
• SHIFT, CTRL & ALT buttons can now be repeated and caught by the Input.repeat? method. [Bug Fix]
  
• Bitmap's methods draw_text, text_size, text_width, & text_height now let you pass a numeric value as a string.
  It will internally convert the value into a string. [New Feature for RMXP-based Games]
  
• Reintroduced default key bindings for players using just their keyboard to play RM games without depending on gamepad profiles. [Restored Feature]
  This feature had to be removed in prior releases after moving code from C / C++ to Ruby / CRuby. Input::KeyBindings now handles this under the hood.
  

Notes

The reason why the key bindings already stored in Ruby files were not loaded properly was that the USERPROFILE environmental variable contained \ backslashes. Ruby can only handle / forward slashes as file paths, so they had to be temporarily **sub*stituted by the parser to let it use some of DIr class's methods with ease.

The F1 menu's key mapping issues were caused by some of its mkxp's old code that treats SHIFT as LeftShift internally. The keypad could also cause some problems there from time to time, but this has been corrected in this release.

HiddenChest's philosophy has always been to add as many features as possible and make them available for all 3 RGSS versions. That is why I removed the limitation it had in place for strings in RMXP games when passed to certain Bitmap's methods. There is no need to alter old XP scripts at all, they will still work normally. Only new scripts for the HiddenChest engine can benefit from it.