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Tetro TUI v3 - Graphics Update

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@Strophox Strophox released this 15 Apr 23:37
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v3.0.0
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This release includes many, many general fixes, but the gem of this release is the new game graphics frontend!

This means: many new customizations, improved game look and satisfying particle effects. Nice!

Added

  • Graphics settings completely revamped (and multiplied). New options (all technically configurably in savefile):
    • TUI style: [ASCII, Unicode, Elektronika 60]
    • Mino textures: [ASCII, Unicode, Elektronika 60]
    • Hard drop effect: [None, Particles ASCII, Streak ASCII, Beam ASCII, Beam]
    • Lock effect: [None, Transform ASCII, Pulse Unicode, White]
    • Line clear effect: [None, Instant, Left to right, Inward, Outward, Flash white, Blink, Pop out, Pop out (more), Sparks ASCII, Blast]
    • Mini tetromino style: [ASCII, Braille]
    • Small tetromino style: [ASCII, Blocks, Braille]
    • Number of normal-sized preview pieces.
    • Toggle: Show grid.
    • Toggle: Preview spawn piece when stack is high.
    • Toggle: Show HUD on the left side.
    • Toggle: Show keybinds legend.
    • New default graphics slot: 'Blank slate'
  • New keybinds:
    • Game: Ctrl+R to restart game mode!
    • Game/Replay: Ctrl(+Alt)+G to cycle through graphics slots in-game
    • Game/Replay: Ctrl+Alt+L to re-load savefile data (e.g. for graphics settings experimentation, but current app data gets overwritten).
    • Replay: Ctrl+L to toggle loop.
  • Experimental 'pause on focus lost' option in Advanced settings.
  • All-time statistics menu.
    • Lightweight and persists in savefile even when scoreboard features themselves are disabled / entries are deleted

Changed

  • Engine: Spawn actions (IHS/IRS/IMS/ITS) are now properly implemented.
      • Many engine fixes that improve handling (whether with enhanced-keyboard-events or not!)
  • Improved TUI experience almost everywhere (e.g. fixes to text, navigation, other details).
  • Game rendering:
    • Completely new HUD layout due to new renderer.
    • Has never been more efficient despite supporting all the many new options!
  • Savefile format:
    • Much improved replay compression!
    • Shorter names for many fields.
  • Source code: Big refactors in modules organization has simplified things / made them more accessible.
  • Too many miscellaneous refactors, fixes and code improvements to count.
    • The application should be more robust this way.

Fixed

  • Holding TeleDown now acts more like soft drop with sdf=∞, rather than hard drop without locking.
    • Similar behavior for sideways Teleports.
  • Various bugs in gamemodes (cheese).
  • Crashes in New Game menu when 'deleting' ascent mode, loading savepoint when there was none

PSA: If you've played older versions of tetro-tui (<=2.1) and opted into savefiles, don't forget to remove them if you don't need them anymore - the location will be the same as in this release.

Happy stacking!

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