The backgrounds can be quite large, for example
the Hellfire title background is a 2.4 MiB PCX file.
Previously, we converted all background to SDL surfaces.
This required extra memory, e.g. the 2.4 MiB Hellfire
title background uses 4.6 MiB as an SDL surface.
Changes the background to render directly from PCX instead
to reduce the allocator pressure.
Using optional arguments where possible so that all use cases can share the same constructor. Also moving member initialisation to the initialiser list syntax as this makes it clear that the derived class is only setting properties on that class, leaving the parent constructor to initialise members of the parent class.
Still missing is the support screen (functionally identical to the
credit screen)
This also fixes a long standing issue with the menu code where it would
some times return the index and some times the value of the selected
menu item. It now always returns the index and reciver must look up the
value.
Initial game controller support.
Actions are based on the Switch branch but the controller code itself is
implemented differently, allowing for easy remapping and minimizing
changes to the Source/ directory.
Many subtle and not so subtle controller bugs have been fixed
in this implementation, including:
1. Smoother & more responsive movement with the joysticks.
2. Consistent controls for all the menus in the game (stores, quest log,
etc).
3. Cursor appearance / disappearance at appropriate times.
Low-level controls are abstracted and 3 SDL interfaces are supported:
game controller, joystick, and keyboard. See SourceX/controls/ for more
details on this.
Wishlist for the future:
1. Primary button and use button should attack continously.
This is hard as it requires checking the cooldowns / attack speed.
2. Quick spell menu navigation is very buggy. It is also buggy in the
switch branch. I haven't had a change to investigate.
- Use UiOkDialog() to display all error messages
- Add SDL simple message, and console fallbacks to UiOkDialog()
- Boot graphics early on to facilitate most error messages with build in
gui
- Some more miniwin clean ups
Makes the code easier to understand.
Also makes building lists easier.
Also fixes focus indicator in SELLOAD_DIALOG (this type of bug is
impossible with the new structs).
Gleb Mazovetskiy
obligaron
Anders Jenbo
ephphatha
staphen
Adam Heinermann
Vladimir Olteanu
Tyler
BDC