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diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..11d6816f --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog.txt @@ -0,0 +1,341 @@ +Ultrastar Deluxe 1.1 +----------------------------- + +-------------- +platform +-------------- +upd: platform independent code base +upd: endianness independent code base +add: Linux and FreeBSD support (x86 and x86_64) +add: Mac OS X support (Intel 10.5/10.6) + +-------------- +audio +-------------- +upd: reimplemented audio playback and input +upd: pluggable audio/video modules + - Bass input/playback/decoder (windows only) + - SDL audio playback (all platforms) + - Portaudio playback/input (all platforms) + - FFmpeg decoder (all platforms) +upd: video files enabled for the #MP3 tag (using the first audio stream of a video) +add: Microphone Passthrough (experimental) +fix: a start without a microphone plugged-in does not result in a crash +add: background music + +-------------- +video +-------------- +upd: revised video decoder implementation +upd: windows: updated FFmpeg binary +upd: performance improvements + +-------------- +interface +-------------- +upd: video backgrounds for themes +upd: Song Screen: performance improvements with many songs +upd: theme change w/o restarting Ultrastar Deluxe +upd: new score display in Sing Screen (animated) +upd: Score Screen redesigned (animations) +upd: Deluxe theme enhanced (ty mog) +upd: ability to select party modes before the game +upd: default skin and color are read from themes and skins +add: visualisations (due to projectM) as background while singing +upd: Truetype fonts (due to freetype6) instead of the old bitmap fonts + -> support for international character sets + -> smoother type face +upd: new lyrics effect: Shift +upd: more than one additional song path can be set in config.ini (SongDirX) +upd: microphone settings simplified + - vu-meter for incoming signals on the selected input + - display of input volume + - adjust input volume by using '+' and '-' keys + - threshold display (gray bar) + - adjust threshold with 'T' key +upd: international keyboard layout (uniform shortcuts on QWERTZ, QWERTY, AZERTY, ...) +rem: removed confusing solmization option +add: text reflections in themes +add: note lines can be switched off in options +add: mouse support (hardware and software) +add: texture type "Colorized": Texture is colorized by adjusting the hue value (see HSB color model) +add: overlay when pause modus is activated in Sing Screen +fix: some "Screens=2" bugs +add: Unicode support: All "printable" characters should work with the input fields (e.g. players' names) +add: resizable window +add: toggle between fullscreen and windowed mode with ALT+Return (Linux and FreeBSD only) +fix: mapped same function to Return and Enter (numpad) +add: video preview during song selection +add: toggle displayed time with 'T' key between current position, remaining or total playback time +add: mic configuration assistance: error messages are displayed if multiple or no mics were assigned to a player. + +-------------- +internal +-------------- +upd: synchronization of lyrics, video and audio + (timers were not synchronized until now) + you can be choose via config.ini ("SyncTo" option) between: + - synchronize lyrics and video to audio (default) + - synchronize audio and video to lyrics + - no synchronization +upd: DLL interface replaced by Lua plugin interface +upd: Select Object replaced by Select Slide +upd: improved stability and major code base cleanup +fix: solved some bugs/crashes in Midi/Kar converter +upd: Vista/Win7 conform: configuration files is saved in the user directory. Running USDX from CD/DVD should also be possible from now on. +upd: cover thumbnails are saved in an SQLite database + -> more reliable than the old solution; small performance loss on start +fix: cursor freeze after Alt-Tab fixed through change of SDL.dll +fix: better detection of ending at songs/videos while using FFmpeg +upd: windows: user data will be placed in installation directory if user has write permissions, else it will be stored in APPDATA + +-------------- +song files +-------------- +upd: UTF8 support +upd: #Encoding tag + - CP1250: Central/Eastern european encoding (should not be used for new files) + - CP1252: Western european encoding; was used as default before 1.1 (should not be used for new files) + - Locale: uses system encoding (should not be used for new files!) + - UTF8: text file is encoded in UTF8 (recommended) +upd: select default encoding (if #Encoding tag is missing) via the "Encoding" option in config.ini. + - Possible values: + - "Auto" (Default), "UTF8", + - "CP1252" (USDX<1.1 default), "CP1250" (old US default), "Locale" (System encoding) + - IMPORTANT: + - "CP1252", "CP1250" and "Locale" are for backward compatibility only, new files should always be encoded in UTF-8 with BOM +upd: support for UTF8 BOM (new standard in Ultrastar Deluxe) +upd: #Year tag is read and saved +fix: does not crash any longer if there is no linebreak in lyrics file +fix: blank lyrics lines are ignored +fix: editor does not delete unknown tags any longer from song txt files + +UltraStar Deluxe 1.01a +----------------------------- +Fix: VideoGap works with mpeg again +Fix: video start time is calculated correctly if Start-tag is used + +UltraStar Deluxe 1.01 +----------------------------- +Upd: SDL-Lib update +Upd: Bass update +Upd: New video support (FFMpeg instead of SMPeg) + ->nearly all video formats are supported. Better synchronisation of most vids. +Upd: On demand theme, skin and color changing +Upd: Some speed improvements +Upd: Backspace works now like ESC on most screens +Upd: Editor: Singlenote-playback (SHIFT + Space / CTRL + SHIFT + Space) +Upd: Editor: More characters work in text-edit-mode e.g. '~' +Upd: Beautified Deluxe theme. + - New textures for the bar + - New backgrounds for the Deluxe skins + - Color is changeable in Deluxe theme now \o/ +Upd: Executable name changed to USdx.exe +Upd: New menusounds +Upd: Added 3 new skins by Skar/Alajasam +Upd: Added TeamDuell modi-plugin + +Add: Installer available + +Fix: 4/6 Players: Scores are shown correctly on the scorescreen +Fix: Double adding of Highscores if screens=2 +Fix: Overlapping of some artists names with songs should be fixed in most cases +Fix: License and Readme files caused error messages in error.log +Fix: Some sounds, (mainly the editors 'click' sound) were to quiet +Fix: Should now work with Girder + +UltraStar Deluxe 1.00 (by Ultrastar Deluxe Team) +----------------------------- + +-------------- +Theme System +-------------- +Upd: New Ultrastar 0.5.1 Skin/Theme Sytem +Upd: Add ability to 0.5.1 System to load third party Themes to add usability +Upd: Add ability to change Positions and some other things relating to Covers within the Theme +Upd: Add ability to add reflections to the Covers +Upd: New Method for displaying Covers in a Circle. Looks better with many Songs. (Turn Off On within the Theme) +Upd: Add Equalizer Object to SongScreen +Upd: Add ability to add reflection to Buttons and Statics (Reflection = 1) +Upd: Add ability to Group Buttons to a Buttonmenu, see Deluxe Theme Main Menu Tools Collection +Upd: Add ability to Hide Buttons within Theme. Useful for example for Mainscreen Exit Button +Upd: Add ability to give Texts a Width, so the Text breaks at the given Position. + +-------------- +Recording Options +-------------- +Upd: Ultrastar 0.5.2 Recording Options added +Fix: Write Soundcards more then one Time to Ini +Fix: Use of more then one SingStar Mic. adapter now Possible(2 Soundcards with same Name Patch) + +-------------- +Song Screen +-------------- +Upd: Added Playlist Support + +Upd: Song Search (with Screen interface) +Upd: Jump to Letter Hotkey +Upd: Menu in Songscreen similar to Singstars +Upd: Ability to change Playernames before singing +Upd: Ability to change Song Preview Volume +Upd: Song Preview Fade in + +-------------- +Party Mode +-------------- +Upd: Added Party Mode: + 3 Teams possible with up to 4 Players + => total of 12 Players +Upd: Modi SDK: Possibility to create nearly any Modi with some Programming Skill +Upd: 4 Custom Party Modi Plugins: Duell, Hold the Line, Until 5000, Blind Mode + +-------------- +Effects +-------------- +Upd: New Perfect Note Effects +Upd: Add Perfect Sentence Effect +Upd: Golden Notes now with Singstar like Star Twinkle Effect, instead of just Yellow coloring +Upd: Add Effect: Golden notes "Glow" when they are hit +Upd: New Screen Fading Effect: Screen Blurs and "Flys" out of the Screen + looks better with every Background. More possibility for Theme Creators + +-------------- +Other +-------------- +Upd: Added Deluxe Theme: Theme that has a look similiar to PS3 Singstar. +Upd: New Score Saving System (SQLite Based) +Upd: Statistic Screen with general Statistics and some Tables: + Best Scores, Best Singers, Most Popular Songs, Most Popular Bands +Upd: Add some on Screen Error Messages helping new Peoples +Upd: Add Advanced Screen with some new Options. +Upd: Add a Question PopUp before exiting +Upd: Add ability to scale Background Images in Singscreen to Fullsize +Upd: Show real Note in Editor (C, F#, etc.) +Upd: New fonts added +Upd: Add better support for Command-Line Parameters +Fix: No crashes caused by corrupted Textfiles anymore. + Added inGame Errormessage Popup and Jump Back to Songscreen. So even the Party Mode, + isn't interuppted. +Fix: Workaround for Cover and BG JPG Errors +Fix: Videosize can now be changed again +Fix: Bug in LineBonus Popup that can end up in a Memory Overflow +Fix: Bug in SelectSlide with less then 3 Options, No Overlapping anymore. Automatic resizing +Fix: Backgrounds can be used now in option Screens, too +Fix: useless Memory usement when Song with Video is Played. When a Song with Video is played + there was some Memory that was not freeed at the End of the Song. This could have caused + too much Memory usement when many Songs with Video are Played. +Fix: Some Changes in Memory usement and better Loading speed. +Fix: Wrong Timings pressing T in Editor if 2 Notes from different Sentences overlap +Fix: Editor crashes when last note of a sentence is deleted +Fix: [Midi Converter]Notes are added more than once when a File is opened twice or the save button is pressed multiple times. +Fix: [Midi Converter]Sentence Timings are calculated automaticly when Midi File is converted + +UltraStar 0.5.0 ultra-star.dl.am Mod X-Mas Edition (by Mota und Whiteshark) +----------------------------- +Upd: New faster and Error resistant Header reader +Upd: Bewertungs Bar (Singstar Like) +Upd: LineBonus + Popups + +Upd: Skin beautified + +UltraStar 0.5.0 ultra-star.dl.am Mod r10 (by Mota und Whiteshark) +----------------------------- +Fix: Minor Bug in Pause Method fixed. +Fix: Fixed a Bug in Theme System +Fix: New Note Texture Reading + +Upd: Numbers in SongSelection are now more meaningful +Upd: Show Count of Songs in Category in Category Overview +Upd: New Note Texture + +Upd: LanguageTag + Sorting +Upd: Support for the Covers.ini from 0.5.1 - for all sorting options. The old behaviour without Covers.ini is also possible, just as well as a combination of both methods. + +UltraStar 0.5.0 ultra-star.dl.am Mod r9 (Release by Whiteshark) +----------------------------- + +Upd: BPM and VideoGap Can now be read, too. But there will be an Errormessage in Error.log + +Upd, Beta: Pause. Press P and the Song will be paused, press P again and it will be continued. Pause Display and Menu missing. + +UltraStar 0.5.0 ultra-star.dl.am Mod r8b (Release by Whiteshark) +----------------------------- +Fix: Random Methods now work without Errors +Fix: First Category is now shown at Startup. +Fix: Music is played correctly after categorychange +Fix: No wrong MP3 playing anymore +Fix: After exit Singing Mode the Song is chossen in Song Screen +Fix: Midi-konvertor Bug (Only Freestyle Notes instead of normal) + +Thx to: dennisthemenace and mota for Bug-Reports :P + +UltraStar 0.5.0 ultra-star.dl.am Mod r8a (Release by Whiteshark) +----------------------------- +Fix: Themes could not be Selected (workaround: Only 4 Themes possible) +Fix: Correct category is displayed after pressing Escape + +Upd: new Random functions: R + [Strg]: Random in all Categorys; + R + [Shift]: Random Category +Upd: Chossen Category is displayed in the top left + +UltraStar 0.5.0 ultra-star.dl.am Mod r8 (Release by Whiteshark) +----------------------------- +Fix: Creatorbug fixed +Fix: Tabs=on Preview Bug + +Upd: Theme System ready + -Look for Themes at Startup + -ThemeOptions Screen working +Upd: New Theme Colors :) +Upd: Little changes at Editor + -Spaces in Header are corrected automaticaly + -Header is not Case Sensitive anymore + +Upd: Skin Folder Cleaned up, There are 2 Skins now: Motas and the Original Skin +Upd: Categorys have their own noCover Image +Upd: Rating Text (Ultrastar, Singstar, etc.) can now be Translated + +Upd: Inomplete Languages are corrected with Entrys from the English Language File + +Upd: new Category System: + -If a category is choosen only the Songs from this category are shown + -Press Escape to leave a category + -Press up or down to change the category. + +UltraStar 0.5.0 mota patch r7 (Release by Mota) +----------------------------- +- New Note Texture. +- other new grafics. +- New rating "Ultrastar" with more than 9810 Points. +- Textsize-Bug in editor fixed. + +UltraStar 0.5.0 mota patch r6 - 17.11.06 (Release by Mota) +---------------------------------------- +- Editiorfunctions for Golden/Freestyle-Notes. (Press [G] or [F]) +- Saving Methods of Editor changed +- Changed Theme "SingStar". + +UltraStar 0.5.0 mota patch r5 - 16.11.06 (Release by Mota) +---------------------------------------- +- Goldene Notes are displayed +- Randomizing improved + +UltraStar 0.5.0 mota patch r4 (Release by Mota) +----------------------------- +- Perfect-Star animation + +UltraStar 0.5.0 mota patch r3 (Release by Mota) +----------------------------- +- Sorting Title2 and Artist2 -> Numbers in Category "#" + +UltraStar 0.5.0 mota patch r2 (Release by Mota) +----------------------------- +- Cover for all Categorys and Sortings can be choosen + +UltraStar 0.5.0 mota patch (Release by Mota) +-------------------------- +- Cover for Edition sorting can be choosen + +UltraStar 0.5.0 (by Corvus5) +-------------------------- +- Original Code |