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Comic Chat for macOS 2.5.1

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@TimBroddin TimBroddin released this 20 Jul 05:14
v2.5.1
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Patch release fixing custom (downloaded) avatars that rendered as white silhouettes.

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  • True-color avatar art now decodes. The DIB decoder only handled ≤8-bit palette images, so custom avatars authored as 24-bit (or 32-/16-bit) true-color rendered as an empty white silhouette with only a black outline. The decoder now handles 24-/32-/16-bpp true-color planes — downloaded custom characters render in full color, in the comic strip and the character picker.

All bundled characters were unaffected; this only changed how downloaded true-color .avb art is drawn. Signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple — opens with no extra steps. Apple Silicon & Intel; macOS 14+.

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Comic Chat for macOS 2.5.0

Comic Chat for macOS 2.5.0

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@TimBroddin TimBroddin released this 19 Jul 20:34
v2.5.0
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A native macOS port of Microsoft Comic Chat 2.5 — running the genuine 1998 layout and protocol engine under a modern SwiftUI shell. It connects to the surviving hobbyist Comic Chat / IRC servers (including full IRCX) and exchanges poses, avatars, and whispers with real 1998 Windows clients.

What's in it

  • Live comic-strip rendering by the original engine — multi-room with a native sidebar
  • Emotion wheel with cooked outbound poses; say / think / action / whisper
  • Character & backdrop pickers, persona + profile, avatar announce & auto-download
  • Room list & ops, member list with avatars, hit-testing (click an avatar to talk to them, balloon tooltips)
  • Sounds in & out, save/reopen JSON transcripts, PNG/PDF export, print, plain-text view
  • Auto-reconnect, notifications + Dock badge, favorites, server console (MOTD)

Install

Download ComicChat-2.5.0.dmg below, open it, and drag Comic Chat to Applications. The build is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it opens with no extra steps. Apple Silicon & Intel; macOS 14+.

Interop & etiquette

The community servers are small, volunteer-run boxes (The Crypt / crypthome.com is a memorial server) — please be a good guest. See the README for the server list.

Not affiliated with Microsoft. Built on Microsoft's open-source Comic Chat release; see CREDITS.md.

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