VASSAL 3.6.0-beta1

Release Notes

Changes since 3.5.8

New features

• 10276: Expose property if we're currently drawing Counter Detail Viewer
• 10273: Mat Cargo can be set to detect mats way from their exact center
• 10248: Invisible trait - Option to disable auto-report of moves
• 10075: Scaling factors for Layers and Non-Rectangular
• 10066: Mats & Cargo - Cargo pieces stay attached to Mat piece when moving.
• 10034: Added option to Mass Piece Loader to not create empty levels in layers when there is no matching image
• 10021: Added sub-folders to group components under Module, Maps, Decks, At-Start Stacks, Prototypes and Global Properties folders
• 10002: Add Hotkeys to hide and show map windows. Existing show/hide hotkey field is now always visible. Allow changes to hide/show Map button settings without needing Editor restart
• 10001: Inventory window allows a hotkey for Refresh
• 9998: Editor now has Drag and Drop support
• 9997: Can duplicate and insert components in Editor, not just add to bottom
• 9988: CountStack() added to beanshell to count pieces in current Stack
• 9987: ReportState checkbox overrides Global Key Command suppression of individual reports
• 9979: Add Deck Sort Key Command component to allow sorting of cards in a Deck by properties via menu or hotkey. Add Deck Send Key Command component to provide additional commands to send contents of one Deck to another via menu or hotkey.
• 9973: Deck supports configurable strings for Draw Multiple, Draw Specific, Face Up, Face Down
• 9972: Ability to specify Return-to-Deck target as an expression
• 9917: Global Options can be configured to let toolbar items on closed windows accept global hotkeys
• 9912: Add Global property MapName_isVisible for each Map to allow checking if Map is currently open
• 9901: Preference to reverse left-to-right order counters are shown in Mouseover Stack Viewer
• 9864: Improved translation features (Global Translatable Message component, Translatable Message trait, exposing current language/locale as property)
• 9549: Default UI font size can be overridden in preferences
• 4542: Added 'Stack Normally' option to 'Does Not Stack' trait
• 4533: Make grid center dot display independent of grid display

Bug fixes

• 10326: Add option to disable OpenGL FBOs on Macs
• 10301: Double max heap and retry when image tiler runs out of memory
• 10294: Can Rotate traits no longer lose any pre-defined starting rotation when editing a Piece Slot
• 10187: Duplicate key and menu item for Editor menu
• 9993: DeckPosition was reporting 1 higher than the actual position
• 9884: Fix and improve module validity checking
• 6130: Grid Numbering dialog can appear blank when grid size is very large

Other improvements

• 10286: Add removal/deprecation checker and remove anything deprecated a year ago
• 10277: When editing an IrregularGrid, start the map view somewhere near the grid or its parent Zone
• 10272: Don't auto-name new regions a long string
• 10259: 64-bit ARM builds for Windows and Macs; switched bundled Java to Zulu
• 10228: Upgrade to Launch4j 3.14
• 10041: Newly added Layer traits will now default to 'Always active'
• 10015: Remove ?s from checkbox preference strings
• 10011: Add Scrollbars to Prefs Dialog when needed
• 9999: First 'advanced search' on a module defaults to all boxes prechecked
• 9992: Removed ignored 'button tooltip' field from Turn Tracker config
• 9989: Less verbose window titles for sub-windows
• 9975: Deck reports now suppressed during GKC report suppresssion
• 9913: Increase number of default zoom levels in new Map Zoom Capability
• 9254: Expression audit trails preference - Improve error reporting when Beanshell expressions fail. Suppress 'Bad Data in Module' errors generated by counters in Game Piece Palette.