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PICO-8 0.2.4b is now up on lexaloffle, Humble, itch.io, and for PocketCHIP.

This is mostly a bug-fixing update; you can see the main 0.2.4 change notes in the 0.2.4 thread.

There are a few handy editor features though; here's a demo of setting animation loops: press l to start and end, and then -,+ or q,w or a,z (for azerty keyboards) to switch frames. This also works at different sprite selection sizes (shift-click and drag a selection from the spritesheet). This gif also shows using ctrl-b to "paste big" multiple times.

Full 0.2.4b changelog:

Added: l in sprite sheet navigator to set loop start / end points (then q,w or a,z to navigate)
Added: ctrl-b in gfx editor to paste 2x2 original size ("paste big")
Added: DEL / backspace to clear selected region in gfx / map editors, and ctrl-x to cut
Added: aggressive_backups option in config.txt (off by default)
Added: transform_screen in config.txt to globally rotate / flip the video output
Added: stat(57) (boolean) true when music triggered by music() is playing or about to start
Changed: memset() faster than using peek4/poke4; now 2 cycles per byte at 8MHz (was 4)
Changed: "running at < 30fps" warning on boot now only for raspi builds, and w/ higher tolerance
Changed: Controller inputs are accepted even when PICO-8 is not the foreground application
Changed: Map can be located at 0x1000 .. 0x2f00 using poke(0x5f56, 0x10) .. poke(0x5f56,0x2f)
Changed: Dotty text mode is now "\^=" ("Stripey") instead of "\^." // #gunayawuho #klax #impossible
Fixed: (not confirmed) crash causing 0-byte .p8 when audio mixer is called during save / run
Fixed: preprocessor not counting comments as white space; should allow: ".. end--[[]]if .."
Fixed: pal(nil) behaving the same way as pal(0); should be same as pal() // broke #rtype-2
Fixed: note entry in sfx tracker is silent after running cartridge until pressing space to playback
Fixed: sub("abc", 4, 4) returns "c" (regression in 0.2.4)
Fixed: SPLORE cart update prompt does not appear when server replies too quickly (race condition)
Fixed: SPLORE cart update prompt only checks version once per session (can't refresh until it shows up)
Fixed: EXPORT command does not flatten includes when exporting to .p8.png / .p8.rom format
Fixed: EXPORT command discards source code changes since last run or load
Fixed: printing a one-off glyph using "\^." terminates the whole string when last byte is a zero
Fixed: Crash when loading a cart with fewer tabs, then creating a new tab and pasting.
Fixed: . command runs at 30fps even for a 60fps cart (-> _update60 is called twice, _draw once)
Fixed: Custom menu items become broken after suspending a cart, entering a lua command, and then resuming
Fixed: memset() with a non-zero value in shared memory region (0x1000..0x1fff) causes garbage corresponding mget() values
Fixed: web player/exports: ctrl-r causes erroneous "external changes reloaded" message and code corruption

P#105760 2022-01-27 21:01 ( Edited 2022-04-05 16:35)

Oooh! so looking forward to the looping!
Great thing to come home to (and also is that problem fixed? will have to see if it comes up again or not :o )

P#105762 2022-01-27 21:19 ( Edited 2022-01-27 21:22)

thanks for the bugfixes!

> Changed: memset() faster than using peek4/poke4; now 2 cycles per byte at 8MHz (was 4)

:D :D

P#105796 2022-01-28 03:39

NEW Pico-8 ! Finally that "Running <30fps" nonsense is gone - at least for me.

Still hoping for optionally appearing GRID in Sprite editor at some point, @zep. :)

P#105798 2022-01-28 04:32 ( Edited 2022-01-28 04:42)

@zep, Does the Dotty text mode change mean we have to re-upload updated cart or you already fixed them automatically? I used it both in Klax and rtype. Anyway, great release once again.

P#105813 2022-01-28 07:09

I think it means that when using the font control code for dotty, the result will look different. The note mentions klax, which I suppose means that it looks good for it?

P#105831 2022-01-28 17:35
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@merwok Actually those cart ids do mean "broken by change"! I grepped through everything and only found 3 carts that use this feature, so I decided to stick with the new glyph command.

@TheRoboZ Sorry I keep breaking your carts -- thanks for using the cutting edge features! I did a stealth patch to #klax just now -- the live version is now klax-2 with the "\^."'s removed and uses "\^=" instead. rtype-2 should not be affected by this as it uses the pinball command ("\^p") which still works as-is.

@dw817: it's wish-listed!

@SmellyFishstiks: Not sure yet, but I've made some thread safety improvements 0.2.4b -- see: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=44529

P#105836 2022-01-28 19:09 ( Edited 2022-01-28 19:11)

There are already Windows, Linux, Raspberry PI, and for some reason I can't use them.
Is it possible to develop an
Android platform.

P#106422 2022-02-06 09:23

No, phone apps are harder to make than regular programs, so they are planned on the roadmap for version 1.0 only. We may also get a web-based version that works in browser without installing anything!

> for some reason I can't use them

Can you make a thread to help you there (or come on the discord server)?
I run pico8 on debian and raspberry pi, I can help.

P#106661 2022-02-10 16:28

@merwok
Thank you, my English is not very good, where is the disharmony server. How do I enter? For me, pico8 is enough

P#106773 2022-02-12 09:11

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