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authorSimon <simon@hardwired.org.uk>2011-03-22 15:55:36 (GMT)
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-Hello
+The Powder Toy - March 2011
+
+
+
+Get latest version here: http://powdertoy.co.uk/Download.html
+
+
+To use online features such as saving, you need to register at: http://powdertoy.co.uk/Register.html
+
+
+Thanks:
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Stanislaw K Skowronek - Designed the original
+Simon Robertshaw -
+Skresanov Savely -
+cracker64 -
+Bryan Hoyle -
+Nathan Cousins -
+(This isn't filled in but not sure what to put)
+
+
+
+Instructions:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Click on the elements with the mouse and draw in the field, like in MS Paint. The rest of the game is learning what happens next.
+
+
+
+Controls:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Caps Lock Specific Element Erase
+Insert Replace mode
+TAB Circle/Square Brush
+Space Pause
+Q Quit
+Esc Quit
+Z Zoom
+S Save stamp (+ Ctrl when STK2 is out)
+L Load last saved stamp
+K Stamp library
+C Cycle view mode
+1-9 Set view mode
+P Save screenshot to .ppm
+F Pause and go to next frame
+G Grid
+H Show/Hide HUD
+D Debug mode (+ Shift when STK2 is out)
+I Invert Pressure and Velocity map
+T Vine mode
+W Toggle gravity modes (+ Ctrl when STK2 is out)
+R Reset LIFE generation (when in Debug mode)
+~ Python Console
+= Reset pressure and velocity map
+[ Decrase brush size
+] Increase brush size
+
+Ctrl + C/V/X Copy/Paste/Cut
+Ctrl + Z Undo
+Ctrl + Cursor drag Rectangle
+Shift + Cursor drag Line
+MMB / Alt + LMB click Sample element
+Mouse scroll Change brush size
+Ctrl + Mouse scroll Change vertical brush size
+Shift + Mouse scroll Change horizontal brush size
+Shift + Ctrl + R Horizontal mirror for selected area
+Ctrl + R Rotate selected area counterclockwise
+Shift + Left Alt Select subject for Specific Element erase
+Ctrl + = Reset Electricity
+
+
+
+
+
+Command Line:
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+scale:1 - Normal window resolution
+scale:2 - Doubled window resolution
+kiosk - Fullscreen mode
+proxy:server:port (ie, proxy:wwwcache.lancs.ac.uk:8080)
+
+
+History:
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Version 46.3
+ o Major game engine and performance improvements.
+ o New GOL elements.
+ o More secure login system
+* Version 45.2
+ o Important! Fix for Auto-update in Linux.
+* Version 45.1
+ o Small bugfix for Lava and Portals.
+ o Fix crash when 2 of the same stickman are somehow placed.
+* Version 45.0
+ o Fix bug where description would persist after a reset
+ o ARAY now passes through INWR without interracting.
+ o INST has been fixed and placed in the Electronics menu
+ o Photons turn into neutrons when passing through INVS
+ o Other small bug fixes.
+* Version 44.7
+ o Fix login and dialoq text box issues.
+ o Small bugfixes to some elements.
+ o Additional 'debug' information.
+ o Increase WIFI channels
+ o Add missing icons for menus and display modes.
+* Version 44.6
+ o Fix for brush issues when using small brushes.
+ o Pause state saving modifications.
+* Version 44.5
+ o Fix corruption issues with FAN wall.
+* Version 44.4
+ o Many new elements from cracker64s mod.
+ o Pause state is saved.
+ o Particle properties are saved more accurately.
+ o Improved search and save viewing, added descriptions and comments.
+* Version 42.3
+ o Changed internal temperature scale to kelvin.
+ o Fixed physics bug with certain powders.
+ o Fixed bug when loading saves with stickman in.
+ o Added save history, the ability to view previous versions of saves.
+* Version 42.0
+ o New Elements: Brick, Glow, Diesel, many others.
+ o Source code seperation
+ o Lots of other stuff that I can't remember.
+* Version 41.3
+ o Fixes bug where Insulation would burst into flames randomly
+ o Moves fancy new effects into a separate colour mode.
+* Version 39.0
+ o New element: Liquid Crystal
+ o New element: Battery
+ o New element: Noble Gas
+ o Copy, cut and paste
+* Version 38.0
+ o New element: Nitrogen Ice
+ o New element: Electrode (Allows currents to jump)
+ o Adds a lock icon to private saves.
+ o Binds the '[' and ']' keys to decrease/increase the cursor size for those without scroll wheels.
+ o Fixes wall menu issue where walls would be selected by accident.
+* Version 37.0
+ o New element: Plasma
+ o New element: Thunder/Lighting
+ o New wall: Allows only gas
+ o Fixes HUD bug.
+* Version 36.3
+ o Introduced public & private saving (more info here)
+* Version 36.2
+ o Fixes bug where rating would appear as Zero in search.
+* Version 36.1
+ o Feature: Particle sampling with middle click
+ o Feature: Download from website, for information, see the "Announcement" forum section.
+* Version 36.0
+ o Changes to the menu
+ o New elements for electronics
+ o New voting system
+ o Added functions for moderating
+* Version 35.0
+ o Added elements: White Hole, Black Hole, Rubidium and Liquid Rubidium
+ o Fixed the OSX version
+ o Some other bug fixes that I forgot.
+* Version 34.0
+ o Fixed certain graphical glitches
+ o Changed menu categories
+ o Increased menu hover size
+* Version 33.2
+ o Photons can now ignite flammable materials.
+ o Distilled water will turn into water on contact with water.
+ o Fixes burning broken metal
+* Version 34.0 (Beta 6)
+ o New element menu layout
+ o New element: Liquid Nitrogen
+* Version 34.0 (Beta 5)
+ o Improvements to stamp browser
+ o Added Glyphs for Blob and Heat view
+ o Fixed bug that caused a crash on Windows systems when using the wall tool in the window edges.(Fixed more than last time)
+ o Decreased/Increased Min/Max Temperatures.
+* Version 34.0 (Beta 4)
+ o Cool, heat and Air no longer crash upon flood fill
+ o Fixed bug that caused a crash on Windows systems when using the wall tool in the window edges.
+ o Stamp browser now allows multiple pages.
+ o Improved the zoom features, allowing inspection.
+ o Modification to temperature simulation, pressure is now taken into account with transitions from liquid to gas and vice-versa
+ o Fixed bug where Salt-water would not leave salt upon evaporation
+* Version 34.0 (Beta 3)
+ o Bug fixes for uranium
+ o Fixed bug where extremely hot objects would show as black
+ o Fixed but where stamps would not be loaded
+* Version 34.0 (Beta 2)
+ o Bug fixes
+ o Legacy Mode state is now saved and loaded
+ o Fix "Cool" and "Heat" when drawing on walls.
+ o Air now works.
+* Version 34.0 (Beta 1)
+ o Bug fixes
+ o Legacy Mode (Older saves will load with legacy mode, preserving the functionality of the older powder toy)
+ o Heat and Cool elements. (Air is broken until next beta.)
+* Version 34.0 (Beta)
+ o Heat Simulation (With free bugs and glitches)
+ o New Element: Uranium, heats up when pressurised.
+ o New button, AIR, provides instant air, the Alt+Click and Middle Click can be used as a shortcut
+* Version 33.1
+ o Masses of bug fixes
+ o Broken metal and breakable metal fixed (conduction)
+ o Liquid collisions fixed.
+* Version 33.0
+ o Added Photons, particles similar to neutrons that travel in straight lines
+ o Added destructable metal
+ o Fixed a glitch with diamond that would make it appear invisible to air pressure.
+* Version 32.0
+ o Added Diamond (Thanks to ief014)
+ o Fixed packaging errors for the Windows release
+* Version 31.0
+ o Plutonium more powerful
+ o Changes to the handling of lava (Now solidifies into the same material it was melted from).
+ o New element: Salt.
+ o New element: Salt water
+* Version 30.0
+ o Added the ability to change the zoom strength
+ o Increased the maximum pen size.
+ o New element: Concrete, tougher than stone, stackable.
+ o New element: Distilled water, similar to water, but doesn't conduct electricity
+ o Changed menu layout, walls at the bottom, elements at the top (to allow for more future elements)
+ o 32bit colour for Macintosh versions.
+* Version 28.4
+ o Fixes crash when loading a save with acid.
+ o Another tiny change for acid colour in blob mode
+* Version 28.3
+ o Fixes acid colour in blob mode
+ o Fixes blob mode colour on Macintosh and 16bit colour systems
+* Version 28.2
+ o Quit confirmation dialogue when using the escape key
+ o Walls are "blobbed" in Blob view
+* Version 28.1
+ o Steam rises
+ o Acid drastically changed, now dilutes itself when dissolving other particles
+* Version 28.0
+ o "Yellow wall" bug fix, doesn't absorb particles when placed above another wall type.
+ o New wall type added: E-Hole, absorbs particles when unpowered, released them when powered. \ No newline at end of file