Mac v6 beta test

[cyan3]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Which level name?

The outside with the broken door is "era_present_aa-00.nw" and the level it links to is "era_news.nw.

[Admins]

Works for me, may be you check with the new version which I will upload later today.

[Admins]

A new Mac beta version has been released (5.302):
- doesn't show the filename scan window anymore (was just a blank window)
- uses now the .app folder as the base data folder instead of the directory where the app was located, so that you can now put it in any folder without worrying about it taking a lot of time to startup
- when resizing the window then it's not artifically increasing the game frame rate
- fixed a crash when sleep()ing two times in an event handler function (e.g. on Varia)
- reduced file size because all Carbon references have been removed (using Cocoa now)

[Skyld]

The new client starts much faster but I'm aware of some interesting behaviour with GANI attributes all loading suddenly at once when entering a level which didn't happen before (for example, on Era, when you log in now it shows everyone's previous damage display).

[Admins]

Uploaded 5.303, the filename scan window shouldn't appear anymore and the sleep/waitfor/class loading bug from 5.302 is fixed.

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Uploaded 5.303, the filename scan window shouldn't appear anymore and the sleep/waitfor/class loading bug from 5.302 is fixed.

Would it be possible to fix this serverside as well please?

[Admins]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

Would it be possible to fix this serverside as well please?

? The server is not downloading stuff and has not been updated for a week

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by Stefan

? The server is not downloading stuff and has not been updated for a week

I mean the sleep/waitfor/class loading bug.
Whenever you have a class with something like

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  this.mybool = true;
} 


and then you join an object to the class like

PHP Code:

temp.n = new TStaticVar();
temp.n.join("classname"); 


Then you can't access this.mybool until you wait for ~0.1 seconds or so for the class to load using a sleep(). It's a pretty big problem on many servers, especially kingdoms iphone since we make heavy use of classes as objects.

[Admins]

When you create an object then the other script is not executed immediately, that's the normal behaviour. The only exception is when you add an npc to a level, it will need to load the level and add the other npcs first.

So the new Mac version works perfectly for everyone?

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by Stefan

So the new Mac version works perfectly for everyone?

Um, well, I was told that people using v6 mac are having some problems on GK where pressing Q rapidly on GK with a large number of items usually causes the client to crash and pressing Q and scrolling with the mouse wheel always causes a crash.

A correction from my previous statement. The inventory on Kingdoms has no issues, the issue is actually with scrolling with an external mouse. If you scroll anywhere with the external mouse, even on the GraalControl or in a GuiScrollCtrl, the client crashes instantly. This doesn't happen with trackpad scrolling.

[Admins]

Ok uploaded v5.304 for Mac.

[Admins]

The (external) Mac RC has been added to the downloads on the login server (click Start -> Install Packages -> Developer). It's working quite fine, also shows a PM icon on the dock, but some Mac shortcuts are not supported yet (you have to use Ctrl+C to copy etc.)

Update: Fixed problems, it's available again.

[Matt]

I bet quite a few people will be excited !

[Admins]

Big release for Mac. Beside the new RC there is also v5.306:
- Uses fonts from the system folder, which means less downloads, more choice for the default font. Some fonts will look slightly different, eventually we will replace them sometime.
- The default keys (escape, F1 etc.) have been reworked and now use script. There are new events onControlKeyDown/Up with parameters keycode,keytext,scancode and window name. Closing the default external windows with escape key should work much better now. Pressing Escape in the main game window will show a scripted external window now for the quit dialog. We will be able to change this behaviour by script.
- Filebrowser enhancement: in the scripted RC you can now double-click on files to open the file in the default viewer or editor
- New location for downloaded files: Everything goes into ~/Library/Application Support/Graal. It will not share the data with v5 (except if you create a dynamic link to the old folder). So it will be easier to access screenshots etc.
- The game is not scanning the current directory anymore, so you can easily place Graal.app into your Application folder like any normal application.
- Supports playback of ogg files (sound effects on Era)

Part of the reason for these updates is that we want to make Graal (and the engine) ready for the Mac App Store. If you find any problems then we will quickly fix them.

The beta is available here at http://www.graalonline.com/downloads/beta/Graal_mac.zip

[pooper200000]

Originally Posted by Stefan

- Filebrowser enhancement: in the scripted RC you can now double-click on files to open the file in the default viewer or editor

This wasn't working for me when I tried on Zone debug.

I'm also having a problem with my legs not showing on Zone, and Kingdoms. I tried to find filenamecache.txt to delete it, and the file didn't exist (As far as I'm aware). I searched the Graal folder, and the folder in application support. I have urlcache.txt, but I don't think that is the same thing. I have dragged Graal into the applications folder to run it as a stand alone application. (I'm not sure if this is a problem with me not doing this right)