R4.00 Update 3

Note: This release was back-ported to .NET 6 for Windows 7 and 8.1 users due to important changes. R4.01 onwards won't receive back-port.

• Implemented compiler error detection.
  • Cook Tool will abort the job if the compiler hits an error and show the details for it.
• Fixed an error, where the CLI would put an extra dot (when using the default file extension).

R4.00 Update 2

Common

• Changed the version format to match with the release tags on GitHub.
• Slight re-tooling of how the compiler looks up on js files.

GUI

• Improved the behaviour of the UI when a project is selected or unselected.
• Fixes an issue where the buttons for managing projects wouldn't work if you don't select a project.
• Minor accessibility improvements.
• Indexing the source files will now happen when the compiler starts, not when the project is added.

Build 20230130

• Fixed a bug where the Remove Project button didn't work.
• Fixed a text issue where it printed the wrong setting.
• [Linux] Fixed a bug where the CLI version would mistakenly remove the lib folder when the option to remove the source files would be removed.
• Slipstreamed updates to the .NET runtime.

Build 20221117

Common

• Enabled Dynamic PGO. Brings moderate performance improvements.
• Slipstreamed updates for .NET 7.

GUI

• Minor UI fixes.

CLI

• Fixed an issue where packaging the CLI in MSIX would (sometimes) throw an error complaining about arm64. This only applies if you are compiling the CLI.
• Minor file size improvements.

R4.00 Update 1

Important note

Due to a technical issue when compiling the Linux arm64 binaries, this version is skipped. Feel free to compile the code until I fix the issue on my side.

Common

• Updated to .NET 7.

GUI

• Minor performance improvements.
• Slightly re-worked the User Guide button so it can open the pdf file directly.

CLI

• Compiled with NativeAOT turned on.
• Vastly improved startup times (and maybe general performance too).
• Smaller file size
• Re-factored code for improved maintainability.
• Fixed a bug where --PackageApp Final skipped the removal of the source files after compressing.

R4.00

Core

• Re-factored code for future support of a new feature.

UI

• Now using the MVVM pattern (via Prism).
• Improved performance and stability.
• Settings are now saved to the user's Documents folder.
• Fixed a bug where updating the app would suddenly forget the SDK location.
• Fixed a bug where the compiler would (in some cases) skip files.
• Re-worked the user guide slightly.

CLI

• Minor change to the code so it works with the new core.

Version R3.02 Update 1

Common

• Updated the packages to improve stability.
• Implemented JSON Source Generators for future improvements.

Version R3.02

Common

• Updated to .NET 6.

UI

• Dropped 32-bit Windows support (you can still compile from source, tho).

CLI

• Overhauled the UI. Again.
• Fixed a crash that the old UI crashed on Linux due to incompatibility.

Version R3.01

Common

• Full support for RPG Maker MZ.
• Integrated Serilog. (The logs are in the Temp folder).
• Improved support for games with custom folders.
• Bug fixes.

CLI

• Re-worked the UI part of the CLI.

Version R3.00 Update 3

Core

• Moved from Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json.
  • Performance and memory improvements.
• Debug files are now removed before compiling the JS files.
• Slight refactoring of the code.

GUI

• Improved the performance (slightly) of the Package Metadata Editor.
• Added the option to minify the package.json file.
• Adjusted the behavior of the Project Settings window so it resets the compression settings when the option to compress the files is turned off.
• Fixed a bug where the options to adjust the compression options are active, even though compression is disabled.