RPG in a Box News

New Features/Changes:

• Added initial Quick Slot Bar functionality to the game engine (drop an item on a slot to assign it, right-click to use, grab and drop outside of the widget to unassign it)
  
• Added setting to the Game Configuration's "User Interface" section for enabling/disabling the quick slot bar (currently disabled by default)
  
• Added "Item Quick Slot" as an available element type in the Widget Editor (for use in widgets like the Quick Slot Bar)
  
• Added "Image" as an available element type in the Widget Editor (with initial settings for image stretch mode and left, right, top, and bottom margins)
  
• Added ability to select and delete elements from a widget in the Widget Editor (left click to select then Delete key to remove)
  
• Added ability to move previously placed elements within a widget in the Widget Editor (hold left mouse button and drag to move)
  
• Added ability to resize elements within a widget in the Widget Editor (select element then left-click and drag one of the handle squares)
  
• Added ability to toggle display of the frame image and titlebar for widgets in the Widget Editor
  
• Added ability to set the titlebar text of widgets from the properties panel when the titlebar is enabled
  
• Added ability to set the display name of widgets from the properties panel (text displayed in the "Widgets" toolbar dropdown)
  
• Added "Element Properties" tab that will display when an element within a widget is selected in the Widget Editor (double-click element to force display of its properties tab)
  
• Added save button to the Widget Editor toolbar for saving changes made to custom widgets
  
• Added toolbar buttons to the Widget Editor for adding new widgets, duplicating widgets, and deleting widgets
  
• Added toolbar button to the Widget Editor for toggling display of element type icons (e.g. potion icon for item quick slots)
  
• Added toolbar button to the Widget Editor for opening the project's "widgets" folder in the operating system's file browser
  
• Added placeholder list to the Widget Tools panel for elements that will be available in the future but are not yet implemented
  
• Added "Create Door" option to the right-click context menu in the Map Editor for quickly generating door scripts (door object and related tiles must first be selected)
  
• Added toggle button to the Map Tools panel for disabling auto-connection of navigation paths while in Place mode
  
• Added new scripting function "Show Widget" for showing a widget with the specified ID (e.g. show_widget("quick_slot_bar"), visual node to be added in future update)
  
• Added new scripting function "Hide Widget" for hiding a widget with the specified ID (e.g. hide_widget("quick_slot_bar"), visual node to be added in future update)
  
• Added array function for inserting a value into an array at a specific index/position (e.g. $my_array.insert(1, "A") inserts "A" into the array's second position)
  
• Added array function for removing a value from an array at specific index/position (e.g. $my_array.remove(1) removes the value at the second position)
  
• Added array functions for clearing an array and for getting the number of elements in the array (e.g. $my_array.clear() and $size = $my_array.size())
  
• Added array functions for pushing values onto the beginning or end of an array (e.g. $my_array.push_front("A") and $my_array.push_back("Z"))
  
• Added array functions for popping values off the beginning or end of an array (e.g. $first = $my_array.pop_front() and $last = $my_array.pop_back())
  
• Added optional fourth parameter to the "Set Entity Script" function for setting tile scripts as triggerable by NPCs (e.g. set_entity_script("my_tile", "spikes", ENTER_TILE, true))
  
• Added ability to filter tiles, objects, and characters by name (button next to filter box now lets you switch between "Tag List", "Filter by Tag", and "Filter by Name")
  
• Added setting to the in-game options menu for window size (when using "Windowed" display mode), disabled manual window resizing to ensure proper aspect ratio is maintained
  
• Added various helpful error messages to the in-game debug console related to invalid array and index references in scripts
  
• Moved dropdown for selecting the active widget from the Widget Properties panel to the Widget Editor toolbar
  
• Adjusted size of font for the in-game debug console to fix some issues with the vertical alignment of brackets
  
• Updated "Duplicate Frame" functionality in the Voxel Editor to carry the frame length multiplier value over to the new frame
  
• Updated "Import from External Format" dialog in the Voxel Editor to sort the matrix list alphabetically when importing from a Qubicle file
  
• Changed "Random Rotation" setting on the Map Tools panel to an icon toggle button instead of a checkbox
  

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed some issues related to changing the initial frame for an entity in the Map Editor when its model contained empty frames
  
• Fixed some issues related to the evaluation of conditional expressions when using a relative operator with incompatible operands
  
• Fixed some issues related to parsing and order of evaluation when using parentheses in arithmetic and boolean expressions
  
• Fixed issue where "Wait" functions in child scripts (via "Execute Script") could inadvertently affect timing of functions in the parent script when running in parallel
  
• Fixed issue with entity properties not being accepted in scripting functions where a reference to an entity was expected
  
• Fixed issue with variable/group references to moving platform tiles breaking after the tile had been moved to another waypoint
  
• Fixed issue with moving platform tiles not properly resuming their movement after loading a saved game
  
• Fixed issue with Widget Properties not being hidden when switching to another editor with no properties to display
  
• Fixed issue with custom themes not being populated in the Theme Properties panel when the UI Editor was set as the default tab
  
• Fixed issue with the script parser breaking when there was an unmatched "end" in a script or the script was empty
  
• Fixed issue where party members other than the main player character would sometimes not be able to move during turn-based battles
  
• Fixed issue where the player could interact with tiles or objects when an item was currently being transferred with the cursor
  
• Fixed issue where the "Replace Navigation" scripting function was no longer working properly with entity groups
  
• Fixed issue where objects positioned on platform tiles would remain in place instead of moving along with the tile to its waypoint
  
• Fixed issue where using Alt + Left Click in the Map Editor while in single placement mode will inadvertently place a tile
  
• Fixed issue with loading a game when the player character was standing on a tile that had its model swapped prior to the game being saved
  
• Fixed issue with disabling localization for a dialogue when the game didn't have any translations defined
  
• Fixed issue with the credits getting stuck on a black screen, game will now return to the main menu after they have finished
  
• Fixed issue where the dialogue window was not being hidden when the last node of the dialogue was a script (until the script had completed)
  
• Fixed issue with "\n" not being properly converted to a line break when used with the "Log Message" scripting function
  
• Fixed issue where entities within nested arrays would not be displayed properly when logged via the "Log Message" scripting function
  
• Fixed issue where the script parser would fail to return a result when a While Loop condition contained a variable name without the dollar sign prefix
  
• Fixed "signal is already connected" console errors that would sometimes display when starting a turn-based battle
  
• Fixed "set_bg_music" console error when clearing the background music (i.e. setting to "None") in the Credits Editor
  

Hi everyone! Release v0.6.0.2 contains mostly bug fixes, but there is a change relating to the syntax of local variables that I wanted to call out specifically: going forward, local variable names must now begin with a dollar sign ($). This is to help distinguish variables in scripts and to prevent their names from conflicting with reserved words. Scripts that are already parsed will not be affected, however if you edit a script or create a new one, the parser will give an error when a variable name is missing the "$" prefix. As I understand it may be tedious to fix existing scripts, I am more than happy to help update them for anyone if you have large scripts using a lot of local variables (or even many small ones).​

• Changed syntax for local variables to require a dollar sign ($) prefix in front of the variable name (e.g. $my_var = 10), updated parser to display appropriate error message
  
• Added "duplicate" function for duplicating an array or JSON data (e.g. $array_copy = duplicate($my_array) or $data_copy = duplicate(data["my_file"]))
  
• Added "break" keyword to the scripting language for breaking out of either a "for" loop or a "while" loop
  
• Added startup tip about holding the right mouse button down to look around freely while in first-person games
  
• Added ability to drag and drop script functions into the source code area of the Script Editor (similar to Quick Script Builder)
  
• Added error popup that displays when attempting to save a visual script containing variables without the "$" prefix (editor will also revalidate all visual node fields)
  
• Updated drag and drop of script functions to insert the source code after the line over which the function is dropped (instead of always at the end of the script)
  
• Updated expression builder dialogs in the Script Editor to display error message about the "$" variable name prefix for the exclamation icon's tooltip
  
• Updated direct entry fields on visual script nodes to display error message about the "$" variable name prefix for the exclamation icon's tooltip
  
• Updated "Attach Object" scripting function to support an additional parameter so the target entity's attach point ID can be different than that of the object's (e.g. attach_object("sword", player, "handle", "right_hand"))
  
• Fixed issue with attach points where attaching an object to an attach point was not first removing the existing object on that same attach point
  
• Fixed issue with the Dialogue Editor where dialogue text would sometimes be missing when using the default built-in RPG in a Box theme
  
• Fixed issue where built-in translations for the game UI would not display when specifying a default locale other than "en"
  
• Fixed issue with the game configuration setting for fallback locale not working properly in-game
  
• Fixed camera clipping issue that could occur when using orthogonal projection for the default type then loading a map after the previous one used a "Standard" override
  
• Fixed issue where using "Reset Camera" functions after the camera was locked and another map had been loaded could result in unexpected behavior (may need to add a "Lock Camera" to some existing scripts)
  
• Fixed issue with the "null" keyword not being included in the syntax highlighting logic for scripts
  
• Fixed issue with variable name validation on "For Loop" and "Assign Value" visual script nodes where the name would remain invalid when erasing and then re-entering the same text
  
• Fixed issue with dialogue/battle marker icons not displaying in the Map Editor when an NPC had the "When Next to Player" behavior setting assigned
  
• Fixed error that displays in the console window when capturing a thumbnail for a model in the Voxel Editor
  
• Fixed issue where the movement interval values for NPC behavior settings were not being applied properly and would not trigger a change
  
• Fixed issue with the "Add Waypoint" function not applying properly in the visual script when manually entered into a script's source code
  
• Fixed issue with scripts not parsing correctly when using a local variable for the left operand of a "contains" conditional expression
  
• Fixed issue with incorrect line being marked by the script parser when there were syntax errors with "elseif" conditions
  
• Fixed error that would occur when manually entering an "elseif" block without any statements into the Script Editor
  
• Fixed issue with incorrect Obsidian theme colors for the wizard info box on builder dialogs in the Script Editor (Conditional Expression Builder, etc.)
  
• Fixed "is_vehicle" error that would occur when the player clicked on a non-adjacent character to interact (error was displayed upon interaction)
  
• Fixed "move_interval" error that would occur in certain scenarios while an NPC's movement behavior was being processed
  
• Fixed "marching_cubes" function error that would sometimes display in the console window when saving a model in the Voxel Editor