Summer is gone, pandemic still there

Weird summer, not crowded at all, but at least living on an island has some advantages...

This is a new release, main topics are:

• New level includes the new concept Sectors
• Better continuous collisions with sprites and tiles

Find binaries at download

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Changed (class as IInterface) with class.GetInterfaceEx(IInterface, intf)

New extra THook

New triggers ClosestHero(), ClearDialogs(), LockPlayers(), UnlockPlayers(), ActivateScript(), EnableTeleport()

New TActor properties, Counter, Phase, AutoFacing, QueueColor, NoCollisionTime, AutoContinuous

New mewthods TActor SnapTo(), TActor.InSight() 

Now NPC can be killed, can use vars in their text and can now ask questions

Added some silly NPC 

New method THero.Heal()

New property THero.MaxHealth

Class TElement removed

New abstract class TNonElement

Now MineBomb is self activated when hero is at certain distance if nothing is blocking

Now dialogs can include portraits

New method IGameServices.GetViewport()

Brachion improved so it does not get stuck in some situations (hopefully)

Now RotatingSpikes can be set horizontally from left or right

Now any actor can be solid, thus not passable

Now platforms can have a tape speed behavior

New level Sectoring

Now when keep pressed attack hero goes faster

Now platforms can be linked to other platforms as mutual exclusive, so visible is toggled among them

New TItems properties Consumption and MaxQuantity

Sounds from hero weapons also have HERO_SOUND tag so they can be hear from other actors

New property TArrow.NailBehaviuour

New game helper IMapSectors

Now when hero got the torch rather than see the whole screen, the light is twice the size

Continuous Tile Collision improved

New unit Enemy.pas, all base enemies are now located in this unit

New TSoundDispatcher .IsPlaying() and .PlayUnique()

Homing missiles target improved

Now TScepter uses segments from map 

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New methods, TSurface SetText(), Box(), AreOpposite()

New properties TSprite IsTimeOut, Area

New method TAnimationSprite.AnimationTime()

New class TInterfaceCache

New method TMap.AsMinimap()

Now colors in TRGB record are no longer functions but consts, thanks to a record helper (nice trick)

New method TTimeHelper.AsTime()

New TCounters class to help the use of them in the game

New helper class TEquality<T>

New class TStackList, a list that resides in the stack rather than in the heap

Now TScreen.NewSurface returns TSurface rather than ISurface 

New methods TMath MultBy7(), Probability()

Method TSprite.CenterFrom() now takes into account CoordinateOrigin property

New rtti TValue record helper TValueHelper

TBufferHasher.Calculate() improved hash in order to avoid collisions

SpriteEngine.Find() changed to Engine.Find<T>()

New method TSpriteEngine.SpriteAt<T>(aX, aY: TFloat): T

Uses of ItemsLayer.GetItemAt() changed to TSpriteEngine.SpriteAt()

Uses of ItemsLayer.GetItemsAt<> changed to TSpriteEngine.SpritesAt<>

New property TScript.Active

New method TSound.Replay()

Now TCollision.IntersectionPoint() uses a faster approach

New method TFloatHelper.IsGreaterThanOne()

Starting to use Mormot for calculating hash values (does 4 bytes at a time)

Fixed a bug in TObject.DeleteObserver() where the double link was not properly removed (source of long time random AV errors)

Now TMap can have sectors 

New methods TMap AddSector() and RemoveSector()

New method TCells.Sort()

Now grouped scripts can be set to be executed in certain order

Map Editor)

Now it shows the configured sectors