Rocks'n'Diamonds 4.4.1.0 released!

This new minor release version contains the following changes that are mainly extensions and enhancements for the native Boulder Dash game engine:

  • added “Krissz Engine” support to the native Boulder Dash game engine
  • added support for infinite scrolling for native BD game engine
  • added support for caves without time for BD game engine
  • added support for playing music in level editor
  • added support for fast/slow speed keys also for fast forward tape mode
  • added showing initial title screens if graphics set has changed
  • added configurable menu screen texts
  • added setup options for sticky movement input for BD and EM game engines
  • added support for zigzag diagonal movement for BD and SP game engines
  • added using Shift key to toggle between normal and steel text input in editor
  • added using Shift+click to toggle between normal and steel text elements in editor
  • added Ctrl-Shift-z and Ctrl-y as key shortcut for “redo” operation in level editor
  • added support for cursor keys when drawing text elements in editor
  • added pasting from clipboard to text gadgets and to playfield (using Ctrl-v)
  • added copying/cutting from text gadgets to clipboard (using Ctrl-c/Ctrl-x)
  • added support to copy/paste using element names in level editor
  • added support for reading more cave formats from BD cave files
  • added new “Help” page for settings in level editor
  • fixed (not) rotating brush in editor if Ctrl-z pressed (used for “undo”)
  • fixed broken use of random cave colors if selected for BD levels
  • fixed various other bugs

For details regarding the new “Krissz Engine” support (and a collection of Krissz Engine style level sets ready to play), also visit the corresponding announcement in the Boulder Dash forum.

The new version is available from the download page!