bvschaik/julius v1.2.0

Julius 1.2.0

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Gameplay enhancements

• Editor: use the assignment editor directly from within Julius. The editor works the same as the original Caesar 3 editor, with the following enhancements:
  • Painting terrain is easier because a green footprint of the terrain appears
  • Demand changes: a feature supported by Caesar 3 but not available in the original editor: events to change the amount that cities will trade with you, similar to price changes
  • Open play: toggle this option to create an open play scenario, without goals and without Caesar's favor dropping every year
  • The editor is available from the main menu. Note that it requires the editor files to be present in the Caesar 3 installation. Get them here.
• Better visual feedback when clearing land: buildings to be deleted are highlighted in red
• Diagonal scrolling using the keyboard: hold down two arrow keys to scroll diagonally
• Right-click on the City Construction Kit screen to go back to the main menu
• Aqueduct images are updated when sections are deleted
• Intro track is played when returning to the main menu

General improvements

• Upgrade SDL to 2.0.10
  • Note that this SDL version drops support for Windows XP. To play on Windows XP, use the SDL 2.0.9 library instead
• Smacker videos should play smoother
• Support for Linux AppImage
• Support for MP3 files that were available on the official Caesar 3 site
• Support for the Traditional Chinese version of the game
• Show warning when Julius detects an unpatched Caesar 3 installation
• Command-line options meant for HD monitors:
  • --display-scale will scale the display by a factor between 0.5 and 5
  • --cursor-scale will scale the mouse cursor by 1, 1.5 or 2

Gameplay bugfixes

• Fixed: fishing wharf changing orientation upon save/load game
• Fixed: infinite loop/game freeze during large battles, notably in the Carthago campaign mission
• Fixed: corrupt native meeting center graphic when starting custom maps
• Fixed: governor name was not set or carried over properly in campaign missions
• Fixed: visual artifacts on earthquake cracks when deleting buildings
• Fixed: small differences in distant battle behaviour compared to Caesar 3
• Fixed: figure drawing was slightly off compared to Caesar 3

Technical fixes

• Fixed: crash when tooltip is drawn off-screen
• Fixed: crash when a rioter destroys buildings
• Fixed: crashes when screen becomes smaller than 640x480
• Fixed: video sound playing too fast on certain hardware
• Fixed: corrupted video sound for German videos, which use 16-bit audio
• Fixed: set difficulty and gods enabled to sensible defaults when loading a settings file from an unpatched Caesar 3 installation
• Fixed: mouse cursor 'hotspot' not in the proper location on Vita and Switch builds
• Fixed: ok/cancel/scroll buttons reacting to click outside the visible button
• Fixed: multiline text drawing a space before the 2nd and further lines