Version 1.2.5

The Viewer

• Support for viewing multi-color players
• Support for viewing missiles
• Show main program menu by pressing F12 key

Antic mode 4 tile editor

• Resize all tiles
• Proper horizontal flip operation (proper colors on both sides)
• New operations: Copy selected tile character, Paste tile character
• Proper message when clicking arrow toolbar button (Select tile region)
• Show main program menu by pressing F12 key

Player/missile graphics editor

• Changed the look and layout of the button for player resolution (also in code generator)
• Fixed drawing boundary checking
• Code generator:
  • FastBasic: Clear P/M graphics after exiting an example
  • Atari BASIC: Faster clearing of P/M area before setting up data

Antic mode 4 and 5 editor

• Apply text on speedbutton
• Proper dimension x value display after loading new screen
• Clear character editor data after selecting default character set
• Code generator:
  • [Fixed]Fixed line ending for example 4

Text mode 0 editor

• Apply text on speedbutton
• Automatically selected "!" character as the first character to draw on screen
• Selected character information
• [Fixed]Proper showing of inverse space character on load operation (error found by skr)
• [Fixed]Screen cleared with space character (not inverse character) for options New screen and Clear screen
• Code generator:
  • Changed and resorted names of listing examples

Text mode 1 & 2 editor

• Automatically selected "!" character as the first character to draw on screen
• Selected character information panel is the same as in other modules
• Code generator:
  • [Fixed]Atari BASIC - Fixed listing for displaying a screen with character codes

Player Animator/editor

• Loading/Saving animation dialog box: added material-design buttons like in other modules
• Module minimize and system button enabled
• Module not resizable anymore
• Option button color changes
• Code generator:
  • Atari BASIC: Faster clearing of P/M area before setting up animation frame data

Antic mode 3 editor

• Automatically selected "!" character as the first character to draw on screen
• Selected character information panel is the same as in other modules
• [Fixed]Proper showing of inverse space character on load operation (error found by skr in Text mode 0 editor)

Code generators (general changes):

• New list box (paper-looking) control for example list in all generators
• Mad Studio label remark in runnable examples
• Generic code for optional loading of character set file and displaying the screen
• Automatic detection of supported/accessible languages for selected example
• Atari BASIC examples:
  • generic code for very fast loading of screen
  • generic code for very fast loading of character set
• Mad Pascal examples:
  • new way of loading data with the use of CIO unit
  • fixed setting of new character set pointer

Source editor

• Support for:
  • FastBasic 4.6 (several options for compiling to binary, including cartridge and Atari 5200 system version)
  • Mad Pascal 1.6.6
  • Effectus 0.5.5
• Changed directory structure adjusting to new versions of these languages
• Changed layout of on-screen objects for checking programming language options
• Effectus/Action compile feature is currently unavailable

Misc

• Main menu window "wait" cursor indicator when selecting any module
• Indicator for data changes in any module editor ('*' character at the end of specified file)
• UpDown edit control replaced with standard one for better compatibility across different platforms and smaller code size
• [Fixed]Configuration file: proper handling of options for Mad Pascal using Mads (new tag in configuration file - MadsMadPascal)
• Program compiled with Lazarus 2.2.4
• Code refactoring, revision and optimization
• Updated Credits tab in About window

Version 1.2.4

NEW!!!
Antic 4 tile editor - an editor for creating and using tiles on Antic mode 4 screen (from 1 x 1 up to 4 x 5 characters in size). Generated tiles can be saved for later work and loaded back again.

Main

• [Updated] Changed look and layout
• [Added] Antic 4 tile editor as a new feature

Viewer

• Added support for Antic 4 tile editor files (*.tl4)

Source code editor settings dialog

• [Fixed] Extra pop-up message removed after confirmation

Code generators

• Generic code for selected color palette
• [Fixed]Antic mode 4 and 5 editor and Character set editor listing example 1 code fix for Atari BASIC/Turbo BASIC XL:
  DATA REM CHR$ - DATA command removed

Misc

• Minor code optimization

Version 1.2.3

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Player/missile graphics editor (Multi-color player editor)

• [Fixed] Grid color issue, which messed up drawing player image after moving around and selecting different player resolution or Hide grid option
• [Updated] Player/missile resolution size option: immediate focused color on selected resolution option with no delay

Source code editor

• Support for KickC 0.8.5, which fixes compilation of source code files on any given directory, not just relative one. It also adds support for creating "real" XEX-files with multiple segments - supporting both run-address and init-addresses.

Misc

• True 64-bit Windows binary version (compiled with Lazarus v2.0.10 and Free Pascal 3.2)
• Antic 4 tile editor (experimental, not all functions implemented yet)
• Credits update

Version 1.2.2

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Player Animator/editor

• [Updated] Maximum height of animation frames extended to 56 pixels
• [Added] Extended Atari Player Editor file format (to support new maximum pixel height), fixed 52-pixel width file format (loading, saving)
• [Added] Color boxes before frame layer selection to determine the color used for the layer
• [Updated] Frame editor cells grouped in one row on top, options and preview displays on the bottom
• [Updated] Hidden color palette window on loading new animation
• [Updated] Frame resolution toogle button look and layout changes
• [Added] Animation progress indicated with hour glass cursor
• [Updated] Status bar reorganization
• [Updated] Layout changes
• Source code generator:
  • [Added] Selection for single and double resolution
  • [Update] Support for single and double resolution in listing examples

Antic mode 4 and 5 editor

• Source code generator:
  • [Fixed] Unnecessary code
  • [Fixed]Example Modified characters with screen loader, Turbo Basic XL:
    • Wrong line number order

About

• Credits update

Misc

• 64-bit version for Windows 7, Windows 10

Version 1.2

Antic mode 4 and 5 editor

• [Added] Multi-color Antic mode 4 and 5 character editor, which enables you to draw with available 5 colors
• [Added] Character set display for Antic mode 5 characters
• [Added] Inverse character set display for Antic mode 4 and 5 characters
• [Added] Inverse character set display for Antic mode 2 characters
• [Added] Color palette with colors to draw in multi-color editor
• [Added] Pop-up menu with general character operations
• [Added] Copy edited character data to selected character set cell (accessible on toolbar, in the menu and pop-up menu)
• [Added] Cancel copy operation (accessible in the menu and pop-up menu)
• [Added] Restore default character data for selected character (accessible in the menu and pop-up menu)
• [Updated] Character information display panel few changes
• [Fixed] Filename naming on load/save operation for both screens and character sets
• [Updated] Layout changes
• Source code generator:
  • [Fixed] Some error corrections in FastBasic source code listings
  • [Update] Small indentation updates for Mad Pascal source code listings

Character set editor

• [Added] Cancel copy operation (accessible in the menu and pop-up menu)
• [Added] Restore default character data for selected character (accessible in the menu and pop-up menu)
• [Added] Pop-up menu with general character operations
• [Updated] Larger viewable character data
• [Updated] Character information display panel few changes

About

• Credits update

Version 1.1

NEW!!!
The Viewer - A viewer for most of supported files in application. It is also included in some of the
editors to load files for further processing.

Misc

• Support for KickC language
• Documentation finally included in package archive
• Changed look of up/down input fields in all modules
• True black color in editors
• Improved loading process
• Returning to main window from any module by pressing F12 function key
• Code refactoring
• Removed unnecessary code

Source code generators

• Settings:
  • Support for KickC language
  • Layout changes:
    • changed look of buttons (flat buttons)
    • changed look of language selection and source code listing selection (paper look)
    • language selection, data value type selection and Atari BASIC line customization on the left side
    • additional settings on the right side

Graphics editor

• Graphics viewer (The Viewer module) in toolbar
• Adding text to graphics
• Shifting/moving the screen by specified offset (using arrow key in toolbar, allowed editing of custom offset)
• Automatic color palette refresh when any color in color window or editor is changed
• Undo, Redo (very basic functionality - added to toolbar and Edit menu)
• Filled circle/diamond
• Toolbar icons hint message changes
• Export data for Action!/Effectus with added *.eff to the existing *.act extension
• Menus:
  • menu Tools:
    • added Load custom color palette
    • added Load default color palette
    • resorted items
  • added new menu View with items Color palette and Graphics viewer
  • menu Edit (removed move operations)
• Graphics mode resolution combo box list put on top toolbar
• Removed beep sound when new image is loaded
• Source code editor:
  • Proper detection if text window is selected (Text window checkbox)

Player/missile graphics editor

• Added Invert bits of player in toolbar (also added to Edit menu and pop up menu)
• Added Player viewer (The Viewer module) in toolbar button (also added to View menu)
• Changed look and minor layout changes of arrow buttons
• Flip player/s layout buttons changed
• Byte editor added in Tools menu
• Better detection of popup menu

Character set editor

• The Viewer in toolbar added
• Changed look and layout of arrow buttons
• Added Invert bits of character (also added to Edit menu)
• Proper save and save as functionality
• Clear edit character after loading new character set
• Menus:
  • added new View menu with Character set viewer
  • menu Tools (added Byte editor)

Text mode 0 editor

• Antic mode 2 viewer (The Viewer module) added in toolbar
• Screen file formats:
  • new screen format presented (extension an2):
    variable sized x, y dimension values + screen data values
  • regular format (gr0 extension):
    regular 960 bytes of screen data (40x24)
• Resize screen panel (added checkbox for initializing maximum screen size)
• Menus:
  • added new View menu (Antic mode 2 viewer added)
  • Tools menu (added Use default character set)
  • File menu (added Load custom character set)
• Source code editor:
  • Resize screen panel (customization of screen dimensions)
  • Proper created code with prepared screen data for customized screen dimension

Text mode 1 and 2 editor

• The Viewer module added to toolbar
• Automatic color palette refresh when any color in color window or editor is changed
• Modified screen file format (added color values for color registers 4, 0, 1, 2 and 3):
  • *.gr1, *.an6 (480 bytes of screen data (20x24) + 5 color values = 485 bytes)
  • *.gr2, *.an7 (240 bytes of screen data (20x12) + 5 color values = 245 bytes)
• Menus:
  • added new View menu with Screen viewer
  • removed Color palette from Tools menu as this feature is included in View menu
  • Tools menu: added Use default character set
  • File menu: added Load custom character set
• Source code editor:
  • Color registers panel with selected colors and flag for including these color in
    generated source code listing

Antic mode 3 editor

• Changed look and layout of arrow buttons
• [Fixed]Automatic refresh of new or default character set and screen data when changed
• Reorganized status bar texts
• Menus:
  • removed shift operations from Edit menu
• Source code editor:
  • Entering custom starting line and step for all listing examples

Antic mode 4 and 5 editor

• The Viewer module added in toolbar (also added to View menu)
• (Added in toolbar) Invert bits of character (also added to Edit menu)
• (Added in toolbar) Color palette boxes for selecting and changing colors from palette
• Automatic color palette refresh when any color in color window or editor is changed
• Load default color palette added to Tools menu
• Changed look and layout of arrow buttons
• Resize screen panel (added checkbox for initializing maximum screen size)
• Loading text mode 0 screens in File menu
• Screen formats:
  • Modified data format with added color values for color registers 4, 0, 1 and 2:
    • an4 (x,y dimension values, 5 color values, data values, 40x24)
    • an5 (x,y dimension values, 5 color values, data values, 40x12)
• Source code editor:
  • Resize screen panel (customization of screen dimensions)
  • Proper generated code with fixed layout of customized screen dimension
  • Added example (Screen data values with loader)
  • Removed example (Load Antic mode 4/5 screen with custom character set)

Player Animator/editor

• added Invert bits of frames (selected or all frames) in toolbar and Edit menu
• Automatic color palette refresh when any color in color window or editor is changed
• Changed look and layout of arrow buttons
• Flip frames layout changes
• Color palette moved from Tools menu to View menu

Source code editor

• Added missing Paste code for Antic mode 3
• Toolbar Open source code file button hint message changed to "Open file"

Main

• Read/write json settings for KickC language
• Changed layout:
  • added button to access new module The Viewer
  • new button color and text look
• Removed maximize icon from the border
• Default monitor is primary

About

• KickC information and link reference
• Credits update
• Changed look of Close button
• About window:
  • layout changes
  • analog clock

Version 1.0

Main window

• [Updated] Visual changes with buttons and images

Source code editor

• [Added] Support for Effectus cross-compiler (now Action! code can be compiled with Mad Studio IDE)
• [Added] New tab in Options for setting-up Effectus cross-compiler

Display list editor

• [Added] Support for Antic mode 7 characters (text mode 2)
• [Updated] Better handling of display list codes (with proper DL memory address offset)

Source code generators

• [Updated] Major update of setting Atari BASIC and Turbo BASIC XL starting line address and line step offset for all listings in all editors
• [Updated] Some amendments for Action! language for proper compilation with Effectus cross-compiler ([] pair for declaring data)

About window

• [Added] Information about Effectus
• [Added] Credits for additional excellent components for Lazarus IDE (BGRABitmap, BGRA Controls)
• [Updated] Support for new version of FastBasic
• [Updated] Credits update

Misc

• New official version of Mad Pascal included (version 1.6.4)
• New version of FastBasic supported (version 4.4)
• Mad Studio source code is now on GitHub