Noctis IV+ Release 2 Noctis IV CE features backported into vanilla Noctis IV ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noctis IV+ has been primarily worked on by Mega and Neuzd, but it uses code made for and by the Noctis IV CE project. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOCTIS IV CE CONTRIBUTORS (some of these might not have things in NOCTIS IV+, though): Besides Mega and SL (and of course Alex!), the following people have contributed code or other tools/files: Bensel (Hopper highlighting code) The Reflection (Exponential atmospheric pressure) Ees33 (New surface algorithm and surface fixes, which are currently disabled but in the source still) MopedSlug - USERS MANUAL Stargazer - Additions to USERS MANUAL Ireclan - Additions to USERS MANUAL Ryan J. Bury - I think he's got some stuff inside the USERS MANUAL, too.. Mvgulik - Help.com module ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Changelog --------- Release 0: Vanilla Noctis IV, with the 'speedup' disabled Release 1: ADD: 'm' is now an alias for taking a snapshot, and 'n' is now an alias for taking a panoramic shapshot FIX: Panoramic snapshots don't bug up Noctis IV anymore CHANGE: Speedup on the roof of the stardrifter is now enabled. Release 2: CHANGE: Kicked supports.nct out of noctis.exe (it's now a seperate file again inside the DATA folder) CHANGE: Small internal changes (#include defs.h) ADD: Makefile, compile.bat ADD: 'b' and 'delete' are now aliases for taking a 'raw' snapshot (without starname/planetname data) ADD: Jetpack and jumping (including the 'c' jetpack directonal control cutoff key) CHANGE: Snapshots are now numbered NICE-style ('00000001.BMP') instead of NIV-style ('SNAP0001.BMP'). This allows for way more screenshots. ADD: Mouselook. Hit the UP key whilst on a surface to change mouselook (there are 3 modes). Doesn't work in space. ADD: Omega Drive. No flashy Omega Drive status inside the SD though, and you'll have to hexedit your current.bin to enable it.. ;) ADD: Moviemaker (works also in space, same controls as in NICE plus a pause function and some other improvements; moviemaking manual has also been added to the package). ADD: Raw snapshot while in space (I don't really know if this feature was lost...). ADD: Radius info now displayed in the Remote and Local target data windows. ADD: Status messages on surface now work (ie: mouselook change). FIX: 'm' key snapshot doesn't bug labeling anymore. CHANGE: Extended viewfield of objects. CHANGE: Roofspeed has now a switch to control it (press 's' while in the SD). ADD: Bundled 'help.com' module again Release 2.1: NOTE: I didn't update this package with the new starmap and guide for almost 2 months. So the occasion of finally updating the archive, made me feel I had to fix these little bugs. April, 2009 starmap update has been incorporated. FIX: DL module has been updated. It now correctly shows the number of notes of the main object, if queried about a planet (previously it still showed the # of notes of the star). Release 2.2: FIX: Epoc 6012's triad sinister was calculated incorrectly and started with a '1'. CHANGE: Triad sinister/medius/dexter are now padded with zeros. This makes the transition from Epoc 6011 to Epoc 6012 look nicer. UPDATED starmap. Release 2.2b: FIX: Fixed bug that caused r2.2 to not run correctly under Windows due to a stupid programmer error. :> Release 2.3: ADD: 'Tab' key in the Stardrifter now toggles 'anti aliasing' on and off. ADD: 'F1' now shows an about/help page with keyboard shortcuts. FIX: 's' and 'p' don't activate their respective functions when labeling, anymore. UPDATED manuals. UPDATED starmap (2023_10).