Diggers (R63)

Highlights…

Mainly an under the hood bugfix and performance improvement to fix reported issues. See the commit changelogs for more information.

• Engine Fix frame buffer update issues.
• Setup Window size now updates properly in setup screen.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R62)

Highlights…

• Fixed an error on Windows with non-standard time zones (Mhatxotic/Engine#14).
• Fixed random strange window behaviour and display corruption on Wayland in Linux, less so on MacOS and Windows.
• GLFW is now statically linked inside the executable on Linux.
• Diggers now requires Windows 7 to run minimum.
• Work on level editor which is still alpha quality. Use executable argument gam_test=-2 to test it out.
• Fixed a script error when pressing LEFT or RIGHT on any button in the setup screen.
• Platform devices won't try to move Diggers that are jumping and various other objects like Piranha, Fungi, campfires, etc.
• Fix possible use of uninitialised variable in AI player purchasing.
• Slightly increase chance of AI purchasing something to keep the game fair.
• Fix ability to perform some shortcut key actions when you're not supposed to (e.g. grabbing items when dying).
• Diggers run away from other diggers that are being eaten.
• Add delay for 0 score entries.
• Fix eaten and dying (exploding) objects being able to be set as in danger and have their busy status unset by that.
• Adjust ending credits level.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R61)

Highlights…

• This is mainly a maintenance release to improve engine stability and improve CPU usage.
• A memory leak was resolved when copying FMV triangle data to OpenGL which would degrade performance over time until the engine locks up.
• Resolve some potential out-of-bounds access with game controllers which may cause undefined behaviour.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R60)

Highlights…

• Game Fix issue where the AI Corkscrew would dig down forever.
• Game Fix possibility of jumping and then digging or entering the trade centre when busy succeeding.
• Game Play error sound if manually spawning too many Jennite or TNT objects and prevent a possible script error.
• Game Other very minor optimisations.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Notice…

The 32-bit Windows binary has been retired as the world is now moving on and our toolchain needs some pruning. The current 64-bit Windows version should still be targeting Windows XP 64-bit Edition for now but this may be on life-support too and even worse, might not already be working since there is no feedback on it.

Diggers (R59)

Highlights…

• Setup The cursor keys now work with all configuration screens.
• Setup Made appropriate labels update when the full-screen/window option is changed.
• Book Add language selection buttons in the bottom left.
• Book Flip scroll wheel functionality as feels more natural.
• Load/Save Fifth slot now selectable with keyboard shortcuts and scroll wheel.
• Game Replace book icon with pause icon so you can now pause the game with just the mouse.
• Engine Can now run the game as admin/root to prevent elevation detection error in Windows version.
• Title Fix subtitle (version, (v)ram info) not animating out properly on title screen.

Notice…

This will be the final release of a 32-bit Windows binary as the world is now moving on and our toolchain needs some pruning. The current 64-bit Windows version should still be targeting Windows XP 64-bit Edition for now but this may be on life-support too and even worse, might not already be working since there is no feedback on it.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R58)

Impromptu release due to a critical issue for non-English players.

Highlights…

• Map Fix another more rare map script error.
• Book Fix unsupported language error at startup.
• Pause Add interface sound for pausing and use the same sound for cancelling.
• File Add a fifth save slot.
• File Verify save data some more to prevent some impossible numbers being loaded.
• File Allow deleting of corrupted slots.
• Score Swap negative total amount for negative count on deductions.
• Game Optimisations and bug fixes.
• Engine Many optimisations and bug fixes.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R57)

Highlights…

Impromptu release due to various critical issues.

• Game Allow grab and drop with keys when busy consistent with menus and AI.
• Game Fix script error when digger phased by a teleporting enemy.
• Shop Set correct price for TNT Map which is 215 credits.
• Map Fix script error on map screen when pressing the return key before a hovering over a zone for the first time.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R56)

Highlights…

• Engine Fix error with trying to load old Lua code binaries (critical hotfix).
• General Now using Lua 5.5 so some modifications and improvements were made.
• Book Missing shadow graphic in lobby.
• Book English spelling and grammar changes.
• Bank Fix available gems to sell changing quickly.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R55)

Highlights…

• MacOS Don't override already set default locale at start-up. (hotfix Mhatxotic/Engine@dca99ba).
• App Reduce minimum required VRAM to 4MB.
• Game Reset action timer when phasing.
• Game Allow dug window and skull tiles for train track and lift deployment.
• Game Fix script error with fish above water.
• Game Fix explosives spawning its own explosion.
• Game Fix status indicator above object overlapping the HUD.
• Game Diggers will now pickup items and drop items whatever job they're doing as long as they're not busy.
• Game Gems can no longer be picked up whilst they are spawning and reduce gem spawn time.
• Game Decreased chance for AI to purchase an item based on intelligence.
• Game Slightly increase chance of Habbish to pray (rest).
• Game Slightly increase chance to critical strike whilst fighting.
• Game Allow diggable horizontal tiles from opposite direction.
• Game Fix AI that might sometimes wander infinitely.
• Game Fix Zombie ‘wiggle’ from original game when target moving slower.
• Game Allow AI Diggers to buy things when they don't have inventory.
• Game Fix a few decorative tiles in Klarsh.
• Game Rename Alien to Mutant.
• Setup Change volume granularity to 1% (in|de)crements.
• Setup Move cursor to a non-hotspot area during initial setup.
• Setup New setup music celebrating the DOS version of Diggers.
• Shop Use Zog currency display.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.

Diggers (R54)

Highlights…

• AI Fish can now swim up and down.
• AI Gradually lose HP in gestation which could kill the Digger before completion.
• AI Greatly improved Digger jumping and avoiding danger based on intelligence.
• AI Habbish can rest and pray at low health.
• AI Stegosaurus will sometimes stop to eat.
• Audio Make fighting sounds variable in pitch.
• Audio Softer triangle wave 65hz digger warning sound.
• Engine Fix script error with texture scale support.
• Engine Reset game window position via setup reset button.
• Level Change various tiles and objects.
• Localisation Add Italian it book which is a direct OCR of the Amiga CD32 version IFF images of the Italian book. Please give feedback if there are any errors which there were a great deal in the original version. I'm not Italian and I tried my best to get all the diacritics correct. Aggiunta la localizzazione del libro in italiano, che è un OCR diretto delle immagini IFF della versione Amiga CD32 del libro italiano. Si prega di fornire un feedback se ci sono errori che c'erano molto nella versione originale. Non sono italiana e ho fatto del mio meglio per ottenere tutti i segni diacritici corretti.
• Localisation Some more English en, German de and French fr book tweaks.
• Logic Fix lingering elevator issues. They can also be destroyed and rebuilt properly.
• Logic Fix win limit and capital‑carried calculation.
• Logic Improve explosion behaviour.
• Logic Improved falling damage.
• Logic Use stamina value to heal in trade-centre.
• Music New lobby music by Nugem B. Thank you for giving me permission to use it!
• UI Accelerating TNT map (minimap) update time to 1 second due to optimisations.
• UI Add Zog symbol to HUD.
• UI Add animated health bar loss and floating damage numbers.
• UI Centre on objects properly when switching to them.
• UI Click status‑bar inventory to drop them.
• UI Don’t play right‑click error sound.
• UI Fix (recoverable) script error when clicking on the book in-game.
• UI In‑zone book shows that it is selected and add additional keybind to toggle book off in-game.

More information…

• Engine changelog.
• Using the binaries.
• Modding the game.
• Full documentation.