This release adds the showif statement to screen language. The showif statement shows and hides its children based on a condition. When its children are ATL transforms, showif delivers ATL events to manage the show and hide process.
Ren'Py's image prediction mechanism now models the return stack, and can predict images through a call and return pair. Previously, a call followed by a return would block image prediction.
Ren'Py now predicts that the start label will be called from the main menu. This will help to avoid unpredicted image loads at the very start of a game.
The ATL on statement now can take a comma-separated list of event names.
The new updater.UpdateVersion() function contacts an update server and determines if an update is available.
The new renpy.invoke_in_thread() function runs a function in a background thread, and restarts the interaction when that thread finishes.
While in self-voicing mode, the {w} and {p} tags are ignored.
The Traditional Chinese and Russian translations have been updated.
Bug Fixes
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Fixed a regression that could cause hiding transforms to skip time.
Fixed a bug that would cause the screen language if statement to show children from blocks with a false condition, if those child blocks were run during prediction.
Fixed an issue where SetScreenVariable and ToggleScreenVariable were declared as pure functions, but weren't. They now have been reimplemented as pure functions.
Fixed an issue where a grab could fail to transfer between interactions, leaving Ren'Py unresponsive.
Ren'Py Updated to 6.16.5
17 Dec 2013 01:00
Ren'Py 6.16.5 has been updated. The update can be downloaded from:
http://www.renpy.org/release/6.16
Here's the history of updates to Ren'Py 6.16:
6.16.5.525: December 17, 2013
This release adds back a missing file that is required to launch
jEdit.
6.16.4.524: December 16, 2013
This release fixed Android building support, the Replay function,
and the scanning of save games. It also includes a number of
improvements to the documentation.
6.16.3.502: November 29, 2013
This release fixes a problem that could cause excessive texture
memory usage. It also improves Android support in several ways,
making it possible for Ren'Py games to appear in the tablet
section of Google Play.
6.16.2.490: November 21, 2013
This release adds new Spanish translations of the launcher and
template game. It adds a new function that gets the mouse
position, and fixes bugs, typos, and usability flaws in the
launcher and Ren'Py proper.
6.16.1.409: November 9, 2013
This release includes a number of bug fixes related to translation
and running in non-ASCII directories, including a fix to the
updater. It also includes documentation improvements.
Ren'Py 6.16 Released
6 Nov 2013 01:00
Ren'Py 6.16 has been publicly released. It can be downloaded from:
http://www.renpy.org/release/6.16
Here's the release announcement:
On behalf of the Ren'Py team, I'm pleased to announce Ren'Py 6.16
"In the Arena". This release brings with it:
Improved Android support, including the ability to build APKs
from the launcher, support for Expansion APKs, and support for
televison-based consoles like the OUYA.
The ability to associate JSON information with a save file,
and access that information in the load and save screens.
Save file synchronization when Ren'Py is run from a shared
directory.
Support for a creator dumping the text of the game script, and
for automatically playing appropriately-named voice files.
Improvements to the gallery (including a new navigation overlay)
and the music room (such as shuffle, loop, and single-track
toggles.)
A Japanese translation of the launcher, template, and documentation.
As well as a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
This release has been brought to you by:
javimat
kyouryuukunn
Koichi "vbkaisetsu" Akabe
Daniel Luque
Tom "PyTom" Rothamel
With thanks to antoinentx for improving support for international
directories, and everyone who contributed ideas, bug reports, and
feedback to Ren'Py development.
Ren'Py is a visual novel engine that helps you use words, images,
and sounds to tell stories with the computer. These can be both
visual novels and life simulation games. The easy to learn script
language allows you to efficiently write large visual novels, while
its Python scripting is enough for complex simulation games.
