Release version 0.6.0.

Author: zzo38

cflags

@@ -1 +1 @@
--g -O0
+-s -O2

common.h

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ extern SDL_Event event;
 extern Uint8 repeating;
 
 #define VIDEO_80COLUMNS 0x01
+#define VIDEO_MONO 0x04 // (not implemented)
+#define VIDEO_FLASHY 0x20 // (not implemented)
 
 void init_display(void);
 void redisplay(void);

misc/idea.txt

@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ not display the quantity, but is limited to one.
 Alternatively, item memory might be separate from program memory, although
 the opcodes might be similar like the above.
 
+New commands to be used in scripts might also be made for working with item
+memory, such as #GIVEITEM and #TAKEITEM and #ASKITEM.
+
 
 === High scores ===
 
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ specified in the world file to work.
 
 Each screen can have an associated transition animation, perhaps numbered
 from 0 (meaning no animation) to some number (one less than a power of
-two), such as 15.
+two), such as 15 or 63.
 
 The transition animations themself can be defined in a lump called
 TRANSIT.DER, containing a sequence of the definitions, with 1-based
@@ -279,37 +282,9 @@ indexing. Each definition can have the fields:
 If this is omitted, the current game speed is used. (Either way, it can be
 overridden by the user configuration file.)
 
-* A octet string defining the reveal time grid. This might be optional (if
-reveal time is not needed and other options are used). It would probably
-have predictions like some picture formats (e.g. JPEG-LS) use, in order to
-store the data in a compact format.
-
-* Others depending on the animation method.
-
-The possible animation methods might be:
-
-* Only reveal time; some screen cells are updated during each frame, until
-all of the cells have been updated. (It might also be possible to combine
-reveal time with other methods.)
-
-* Screen scrolling. A rectangular area might be possible to be specified
-(usually matching the viewport defined in the screen layout). This way,
-if you walk out of a board edge to another one, the next board would be
-scrolled into view.
-
-* Motion of parts of the screen layout. For example, this would be used to
-emulate the scroll opening/closing animation in ZZT.
-
-* Changing screen cells to fixed values before changing them again to the
-new screen values. This is like the board transition animation in ZZT.
-
-(These are probably sufficient.)
-
-For some of these methods, it would be more useful for programs to specify
-some details (or possibly even entirely overriding it) at run time, perhaps
-specified as warp registers. (For example, in the case of screen scrolling,
-this would include the direction of movement. When using passages instead
-of edges, it would need to switch to a different animation instead.)
+* The effect. This can be a implicit typed sequence, or it can be a single
+Set (for multiple simultaneous effects) or Sequence (for multiple effects
+that are done in sequence).
 
 
 === Enhanced graphics ===
@@ -337,6 +312,7 @@ It could also combine the multiple ways and have layers:
 * Video slice layer
 * Video bobs layer
 * Video window layer
+(These will probably be changed)
 
 (The video window layer allows text and/or slices to be displayed in
 a fixed area in a way that overlays anything else on the screen and
@@ -346,13 +322,6 @@ Some worlds might support enhanced graphics as an optional feature.
 (It can be specified as mandatory or optional in GENERAL.DER.)
 
 
-=== Memory overlays ===
-
-This means that in addition to the MEMORY lump you can also have other
-lumps that contain parts of program memory, and have an instruction to
-load them at a specified address.
-
-
 === Custom windows ===
 
 In addition to text windows and item windows, it might be possible to use
@@ -455,6 +424,14 @@ This feature has been mentioned in the document of ideas of features to
 implement in future for ZZ Zero. (This is probably not a high priority.)
 
 
+=== Save game upgrading ===
+
+Currently, a save game can only be used with the same version of the world
+file that was used to play the game. A new lump called UPGRADE.DER could
+be made in order to allow using old save games with new world files in some
+circumstances, making the save game upgraded to use the new world file.
+
+
 === Board editor features ===
 
 Some ideas about board editor features. (Some of these may also be suitable

template/default.sz0

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-0.5.0
-010557331780FFE8F421933522A41EE43824EB635FA0813462F53BEDF80E5E45
+0.6.0
+02059104FD0E81A023FFBA96C8807A0327BB0B9BB7FB8A69EF502BBA421D271A
 asn1.c
 asn1.h
 audio.c

version.status

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The notation is:
 The time zone for the dates in this file is Pacific (British Columbia).
 
 
-=== Version ??? ===
+=== Version 0.6.0 (2025-06-28) ===
 
 GAME
   +  Add the A_PERMANENT attribute.