Hard Chip News

Quick Patch Notes v0.1.6.60-61

FIX Auto input picking improved (starting and reset conditions);
UX Readout follows the new picked position;
GRD AOI21 initial grades;
GRD Initial for AOI 21 22 and OAI 22;
MI Binding for increase/decrease input/output bits placement;
FIX Fast input placement exploit;
FIX Repair bank2 when already repaired!;
FIX Auto input picking behavior improved;
FIX Edit save exploit for volume related Stages;
FIX Crossed shaped mos;
FIX Hide validator summary when editing a blueprint;
FIX duplication of UI when editing multiple blueprint in a row;
UX Delete blueprint button from the editor directly (no need to go back to the main menu);
NEW Bests can be reused from the Blueprints mode;
FIX Crash when spamming delete then add;

Quick Patch Notes v0.1.6.57-58

GRD Arc trick is cool but not in NAND/NOR;
GRD AND Cheese workaround;
GRD Potential cheese fix on byte adder;
FIX wrong dissipation value impacting ticks score;
FIX Next slot going from s3 to s0 instead of s4;
FIX Voxel rebuild crash;
NEW Copy ghost;
NEW Show BVTM buttons to highlight compare feature in the perf report;
NEW Photomode accessible from the Toolbox;
UI Performance report UI tweaking;
MI Photomode read grades from previous or current depending the context;
MI Perf report accessible without resubmitting the solution;
FIX Black screen on 100 mouse sensitivity;
FIX OemAuto, OemEnlW, Attn and Zoom key are permanently banned;

Quick Patch Notes v0.1.6.56

UX Indicating Byte Adder Chip to unlock Bonus levels;
FIX Assignable twice a keybinding in some cases;
FIX Not registering ESC character on terminals;
FIX Crash at the end of chapter one when leaving the terminal before the end;
FIX Crash handling when save fails;
FIX Banning permanent keys (ex: OemEnlw for IME with Japanese input).
FIX Gimbal anti lock wrong settings when out the editor looking down;
MI Indicating banned keys in settings (for ref);
MI Interact bindable; UX New Next/Previous Slots keybindings;
GRD NOR Gate truth table order to favor same layout as NAND;
GRD NOR 4mos gets Reduced++;
GRD Graphs takes only 50% best submissions in at least one metrics;
GRD Discarding 5% worst outliners;
HX Help section for optimising metrics;

Quick Patch Notes v0.1.6.55

FIX Loaded state weren't propagated!
FIX Stackable mos bug;
FIX Drag place mos blocks;

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