sfall-team/sfall v4.3

sfall 4.3

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Changelog:

• Fixed the original engine issues with being unable to register animations in certain situations in the game
• Fixed a crash bug introduced in 4.2.9 by the fix for the 'Leave' event procedure in AddRegionProc function
• Fixed a bug in ObjCanSeeObj_ShootThru_Fix that could cause a hang in some cases
• Fixed the check of the ammo cost for a shot in CheckWeaponAmmoCost
• Fixed set_critter_burst_disable script function, which now applies only to weapons with the burst attack as the secondary mode
• Fixed the error handling in create_object_sid script function to prevent a crash when the proto is missing
• Fixed METARULE_CURRENT_TOWN metarule function not returning the correct index of the current town at the start of a new game
• Fixed the auto-close containers mod for gravesites and not closing containers in some cases (in the modders pack)
• Fixed and improved the functionality of AllowLargeTiles
• Restored the functionality of obj_under_cursor script function for the movement cursor (changed in 4.2.9)
• Improved the hero appearance mod to be able to load the interface text from text\<language>\game\AppIface.msg
• Improved the functionality of TranslationsINI to also search for the ini file relative to the text\<language>\ directory
• Improved the order to attack mode in NPC combat control mod. Now the target can only be assigned if the party member sees it
• Improved the fix for a duplicate obj_dude script being created when loading a saved game
• Rewrote the priority score calculation in AIBestWeaponFix, and changed the option to be enabled by default
• Changed FastShotFix to be disabled by default
• Removed DataLoadOrderPatch from ddraw.ini because there is little reason to turn it off
• Added a fix for the script attached to an object not being initialized properly upon object creation
• Added a fix to prevent the player name from being displayed at the bottom of the dialog review window when the text is longer than one screen
• Added a fix for the in-game quest list not being in the same order as in quests.txt
• Added a fix for multihex critters hitting themselves when they miss an attack with ranged weapons
• Added a fix for the placement of multihex critters in the player's party when entering a map or elevation
• Added a fix to the starting position of the player's marker on the world map when starting a new game
• Added a fix for AI not checking the safety of weapons based on the selected attack mode
• Added a fix for the incorrect check and AP cost when AI reloads a weapon
• Added a fix to AI behavior to prevent the use of healing drugs when not necessary
• Added a fix for the incorrect object type search when loading a game saved in combat mode
• Added a few fixes for issues with knocked out/down critters. Now the combat doesn't automatically end after party members' turns with all targets knocked out
• Added a tweak to prevent NPC aggression when non-hostile NPCs accidentally hit the player or members of the player's team
• Added a tweak to play the 'magic hands' animation when using an item on an object. This also prevents a few issues with scripted animations not playing
• Added a tweak to remove the unspent skill points limit
• Added an option to disable the engine's special handling of city areas 45 and 46 when visiting Area 45
• Added a new value to AIDrugUsePerfFix to allow NPCs to use only the drugs listed in chem_primary_desire and healing drugs
• Added support for loading premade character GCD/BIO files from the premade\<language>\ directory for non-English languages
• Added support for loading fonts from the fonts\<language>\ directory for non-English languages
• Added a debug option to control messages relating to engine fixes in the debug log
• Added a debug message about a missing combat object
• Added a new argument to HOOK_CALCAPCOST hook script
• New script function: set_quest_failure_value
• New hook scripts: hs_bestweapon, hs_canuseweapon
• Updated NPC armor appearance mod to prevent NPCs from picking up and trying to equip disallowed weapons in combat
• sfall can now load a localized sfall_xx.dat resource file instead of the default sfall.dat