I uploaded a preview build (executables only, no data files) so you can try out the new Lua "ephemera" feature, which can be used for precipitation or other render effects; or the new "editor" feature which improves visual editing scripts like Visual Mode or Vasara. Should offer improved performance...

Weland 1.4.5 has a new feature I call Visual Mode. Basically, you can go into the Weland preferences, choose an Aleph One executable (1.4 or higher required, preview build linked below), and a scenario, and then "Edit Preferences". Configure your controls and choose the Lua visual editor of your cho...

That's a bug in Aleph One:

https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/a ... issues/201

Next version will fix it.

I’m running a 1440p at 125% on a GTX1060 and I have no problems reaching max resolution. Make sure your Windows and drivers are up to date.

And on its heels, 1.3.1 has a fix for Aleph One films with original Marathon data files, and another for wobble ceilings.

https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/a ... e-20200904

Unfortunately it's one commit that fixes three bugs, only one of which you care about. Good luck sorting that out

Aleph One 1.3 is available!

https://alephone.lhowon.org

Here are the release notes:

https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/a ... e-20200830

Now you can ShapeFusion in mac OS Catalina!

https://github.com/treellama/shapefusion/releases

Asymptotically approaching the finish line, here is the final test build of Aleph One 1.3. https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/alephone/releases/tag/release-20200807 Changes: oh gosh. Improvements to Ogg music playback quality Fixes for disappearing sprites issue Better fix for UTF-8 characters in...

Sharkie Lino is a "Great of Marathon?" I have a ton of pre-internet films from LAN games at college, but never bothered to save many internet games because Aleph One film sync was broken for a long time. Somewhere here I may have a film of the *first* game we played with the new hub/spoke architectu...

I went back and looked, and Marathon shapes are stored as resources, so I guess one could store the shapes in the physics file. I don't know why anybody would want to do that, but scenario designers regularly create abominations I don't understand. Aleph One should accept the same file for both if y...

What makes you think the physics are in the shapes file? How would that even work?

No map modifications are necessary aside from resource fork conversion. If a level asks for song index 1, Aleph One will play 01.ogg (or 01.mp3). See Music::SetClassicLevelMusic in Music.cpp Aleph One is able to read original Marathon physics files, yep. There's no reason Trojan shouldn't work, exce...

oh are we still doing that

I'm already in wrk's cult. ::slices Tooncinator's neck in wrk cult pattern::

If you have a new Mac, you should be able to merge/split again. This is my first time notarizing/signing a binary, let me know if it works.

https://github.com/treellama/atque/rele ... 3-catalina

Wow, thanks for the heads-up. Backed!

Effects with delay call global random. Your precipitation may not use delay, but if the engine runs up against the effects limits because of precipitation and drops an effect with delay it’ll de sync.

Maybe it's time to admit precipitation was a cool hack for a single simple net level, but is currently unsuitable to a major scenario. Put it on the shelf, some day maybe a better Aleph One can handle it.

Effects in the engine use the global random number generator. If one instance has them, and another doesn't, sync is affected. If you really want to make precipitation optional (why?) you could ship two copies of the map, in which case the map identifier will keep things straight for you. But, pleas...

When you save the level it goes to your local data directory: https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/a ... ved-levels

I don't think precipitation, as implemented, is a good idea in a plugin. It will make keeping films/net games in sync too hard for players. You need to decide: on or off for everyone. Or wait for an in-engine solution that doesn't affect the PRNG.

You either need a signing certificate, or you need to disable code signing.

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Here are some developer notes for compiling in mac OS: https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/alephone/wiki/Developer-Notes You should not need to install anything using Homebrew; instead, you need to copy all the frameworks into your /Library/Frameworks. There is a link to the binary frameworks, but...