Windows the Computer KB2934207 (1.71)

This is a minor update. Just two oversights fixed:

• Game Over music didn't play due to P_RestoreMusic being spammed when dead.
• CrossMomentum wouldn't count for Hyper DirectX Spin Spam.

This has been lying around for months now... and now, I'm letting it out here.
Thank you for 12k+ downloads and 29k+ views, means a lot for this niche as fuck high effort shitpost of a character...

Been a while, huh? This originally was meant to be released on the day Windows 7 ESU and 8.1 lost support (not counting Embedded versions) as a sort of send-off, but, life got the best of me.

• Gifting, top speed values and Hyper-like form conditions were hardcoded for the longest time. This update reworks these three things to use tables that are exposed to external scripts via the global WindowsTheComputer variable.
  • You can add custom support for Windows to try and not interfere with top speeds if you loaded the addon prior to loading Windows. Mind you that the script that adds the support should be executed after.
    • See Lua/faststartup.lua for more information.
  • Same applies to Hyper-like form conditions - coded up a custom Hyper form? If you add support, you'll reach closer to CrossMomentum's version of Hyper for Windows. This does not include the map wipe with Hyper eXPerience Blasts.
    • See Lua/faststartup.lua for more information.
  • Gifting is now more modular - you can add your own gifts that Windows should give out to specific characters by adding functions to the gifting table.
    • See Lua/plus.lua for how the out-of-the-box support is provided.
    • The fallback gift is still present.
  • You can view all the loaded additional support for either one of these by using the WinPlugins console command.
• That sound you often hear in Kart servers? It's been disabled by default, as some might have found it annoying.
  • To enable it again, use the kartcallbacksound console variable.
• Minor reworks of how Growth is tracked. Respawning on checkpoints should(?) be less jank.
• The [Shrink] and [Grow] spam on everyone is no longer present. Didn't find that useful, really.

Thank you for the continued support. Please report any oddities/bugs you may find, like usual.

The sun may be setting upon this high effort shitpost unit...

Spoiler: Because eventually...

Edit: I am aware I broke CrossMomentum's Hyper form spammability of DirectX Boost... but because of modularity, it's possible to use an external script to restore it.​

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This is a one week(-ish) patch for 1.6b.

• Fixed the screen fade not occuring related to MRCE additions.
• Gifting for Extra Life (Classic)'s latest version is fixed - the upcoming Extra Life Revived will also be supported out of the box, assuming no further changes to its' own skin name will happen.
• Of course, introduction graphic changed to mention 1.6b1 as well.

I am not handling it well...

Note: the latest version of Extra Life (Classic) changed its' internal skin name and will not trigger the special gift for it. 1.6b1 will be released to address that as I've caught a bug with a HUD hook when playing with MRCE.

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Nothing new has been specifically added for the average gameplay, but there's still some things to be mentioned:

• MRCE shenanigans:
  • Screen fade should no longer kick in if you're playing with the MRCE hud.
  • Additionally, the MRCE hud now has custom life icons to display for Windows.
  • If playing with CrossMomentum in Dimension Warp, there's musical intercepts that should keep the regular stage music playing.
  • Aerial Garden Zone 3 feels... odd. Be careful when deploying the Chaos Emeralds.
  • Known bug: MRCE can sometimes trigger faster top speed on its' own when defeating badniks by jumping on them or rolling.
  • This has been tested on v0.3!
• Cleared out some unused lumps.
• Now using init.lua to initialize the addon.
  • Following this, BattleMod and Ringslinger NEO compatibility have been moved to their own script file.
• XPerience Blasts now check if a damaged object is an actual boss (MF_BOSS) to calculate how much damage is done.
  • This applies to the miniature versions of them being performed when Hyper as well.
  • You can also use windbg to see what object (listed as a number constant, though) is detected as a boss.
  • Previously, only a handful of objects were already predefined for that.
• Title screen text in the top left slightly changed.
  • If a version OLDC is loaded, it will mention the year and round of the loaded mappack if the addon provides both variables.
  • If specific functions from MRCE are detected, it assumes you have loaded MRCE and displays additional text for it. Can always trick it into displaying that too - just Windows things, hah.
• wintimer displays detailed timers by default.
• And, of course, didn't forget to update the intro graphic this time!
  • Oddly enough, the file size of it has shrunk down... oh well, works for me and you.

As always, let me know if there are other bugs cropping up in this release. I don't exactly have playtesters, but I at least hope I didn't screw things up too badly.

I guess the stress had gotten to me and, well, I deleted some functions that are called during DXBoosts when Hyper. That should be fixed here!

Aside from this fix, this is still 1.6.

With the chaos happening all around, especially as of late, I had to rush this one out before I'd lose the ability to work on this further. Not much new here, the main things added are:

• Gifting! Thanks to Metalwario64 & Golden Shine for allowing me to implement a version of it for Windows - like Adventure Sonic, Windows can now gift!
  • The character check may slightly differ from Adventure Sonic, but there's also a bunch more added. Should a custom interaction not be defined, a fallback activates, being a 50/50 chance of getting a shield (if you don't have one already) or a bunch of rings.
    • What does not differ is the player variable - meaning if you have gifted as Adventure Sonic, you aren't likely to be able to gift again even if you switch to Windows until a map is (re)loaded.
  • After 3 seconds have passed in a map after loading, standing still and pressing both Custom3 and Spin, those in range will receive gifts!
    • Some of the added characters to the check list are:
      • Legacy Hibiki
      • Extra Life (Classic)
      • Legacy Speccy
      • Kiryu
      • Bubsy
      • Super Mario Bros
      • ...and a few more.
    • After one player as Windows performs the gifting, all Windows players will no longer be able to do it in the currently loaded map.
      • wingift controls whether Windows can gift.
        • 0 = disabled.
        • 1 = one Windows player per map.
        • 2 = all Windows players per map.
        • Default is 1.
        • Admin/host only.
      • A random icon from older Windows versions will also appear in the middle of the player for a few moments before fading out.
• Cooperating DirectX Boosting. One more thing I've thought about and finally managed to get something working.
  • dxcoop controls whether it is on or off. Disabled by default.
    • dxcooprangeh and dxcooprangev can be used to alter the radius that will be checked for having other players in it.
    • All these variables are admin/host only.
  • Even if you enable it, players have to opt-in with dxcoopeffect to allow themselves be affected.
  • Depending on DirectX Boost used, players will either be thrusted vertically or horizontally (the affected players' angle is used).
    • If windbg is on, both the booster and boosted players will receive messages in console.
  • I was not able to get some serious testing with this, but that's why this is something that has to be enabled and opted-in for.
• Vaporwave--Vibing. Honestly, amidst all the processing, you should often let your computers rest.
  • Standing still, pressing Toss Flag and NOT being Super (or in Sol form), the continue sprites will show up as the custom credits theme for Windows plays.
  • After 19-ish seconds, if you allow screen flashes with winflash, a screen flash will happen, then randomly colored thoks will appear around Windows.
    • Max limit is 3 players per map doing this.
  • Any movement cancels this and resets your current state.
  • Yes, inspired by Skip.
• Few other stuff:
  • canyon.mid has an additional setting.
    • 0 - most, if not all custom music is disabled.
    • 1 - a few basic music changes will occur.
    • 2 - all custom music kicks in. (Custom hyper theme is locked behind here.)
  • Automatic I/O now is controlled by msconfig.
    • Enabling this will allow auto-save and auto-load to work on game exit and addon being loaded respectively.
  • Killing bosses as Hyper Windows with the XPerience Blasts should cause every player to start exiting the map.
  • winflash is back on by default.
  • A speed shoes monitor from Skip is now taken into account properly, now it should properly stack the timer - and as it is made by him, 20 seconds are given instead of 12. Cooperate!
  • One or two changes for sound captions.
  • Once this addon is loaded, icons are replaced that are used in the addons menu.
  • This time, didn't forget to change the version number in the splash screen!
  • If windbg is on, a few extra variables are shown, particularly for the vibing mentioned above.

At this point... I do not know if there's gonna be anything more. Please do report potential bugs or mistakes if you find them. Hope y'all stay safe and, well, I also hope you still enjoy Windows - as much as I still consider it a joke/meme character... I do not think it qualifies anymore with everything I've put in.

Fixed introduction graphic to match version. Pardon the duplicate entry name!

Major oversight fixed with automatic braking being toggled off - that broke the check for grabbable chains.

• Aforementioned check replaced by a check on the conditions that the chains set the player up with.
  • Use windbg to see when the top speed increase triggers.
• Detransformation after using Sol Emeralds no longer spits to console without having windbg enabled.

The wacky custom jumping code had bothered me... so it was one of the things I rolled back. Oh, and I tweaked a bunch of things too while I was at it.

• Custom jump code is now gone, reverting to how it used to be - while, yes, you still may accidentally transform when trying to dash downwards with DirectX Boost... I guess it's a deterrent to getting all the emeralds so quickly?
  • Eh, better than mangling jumping state and ability to go super constantly.
• A bunch of music had been either rolled back or changed.
  • Hyper jingle has been swapped out with an another module tracker file.
  • mariomode Invincibility also had been changed to a Windows-edited module tracker song.
  • Fixed the music changing back and forth when getting more Invincibility applied to Windows.
  • Did you listen to the SSDUSA MIDI song yet?
• Windows now has an achievable runspeed that can be checked against, which matches the speed requirement to bust spikes when not Super, Invincible, etc.
  • This does allow Dash Mode to exist on Windows, which tweaks the gameplay slightly, as well as how you use DirectX Boost.
  • DirectX Boost itself will help you get dashmode easier, but after that, you're on your own - overclock safely!
• The logo flashing during intermissions has been slightly optimized to utilize a table similiar to the one used to animate the Dawn of a New Era skincolor.
• Moved out some DirectX Boost related code related to damaging everything in an area when Hyper.
• If using XPerience Blast as Hyper... Windows now removes a bunch of items from the map as well. Springs, spikes and etc are left intact, but the level might feel emptier.
• Edit: Minor, but forgot to set a console print command behind a console variable when detransforming if Sol Emeralds are used.

This is no longer a beta... as I do not think I can include much else.

The jumping rework will be reverted.​

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Feeling more like I should eventually rewrite from scratch, but I don't know when and if I'll actually pull it off.

• This minor update brings forth a rework of the jumping to prevent accidental transformations when using DirectX Boost by taking away the PF_JUMPED flag.
  • As it is a hacky solution(!), there may be unplanned bugs that may occur because of it.
    • Not being able to control the height of the jump is a result, not a bug.
    • Edit: You cannot jump out of a roll when Super...
  • This does imply having to use Custom3 + Jump to transform/detransform.
    • Applies to using Sol/Chaos Emeralds.
• Aside from that, other minor changes/additions include:
  • MRCE shenanigans.
  • Windows resists Bumblebore's damage, but not the knockback.
  • Intro graphic updated to include the a.
• A leftover print function has been left for MP Special Stages when playing Single Player. Oops.