2.5.0

New Features

• french translations, thanks to Wronshien

Fixes

• dust particles are back again
• when editing input mappings, certain remappings caused the engine to crash, this is resolved now (CE-

Improvements

• more resilient path matching on linux
• raised the placement of the ammo counter when drawing a weapon instead of centering it

Calls for Testing

Please report any bugs you encounter, especially the crashes. Use F1 to report in-game bugs, which creates a savegame and a screenshot of your current situation if you see something strange. Also, please send in your crashdumps. Thank you very much, and have a great day!

Package maintainer notes

• CImg was bumped to v.3.3.4
• GLM was bumped to 1.0.1

2.4

New Features

• we have a new CE-specific set of levels called "Croft Arena" centered around coop - consider to join https://discord.gg/22Wc8rxRpS to play online with others

Fixes

• checks for updates were not implemented properly - to explain the issue is a bit complicated, so please just update to get correct update notifications in the future

Improvements

• when the config was reset, you will now get a confirmation that it was reset
• you can now place a simple text file called tr1-data-root.txt in the data root of your ZIPs - this will make CE copy all folders underneath that file and not do some more guesswork about what is TR1 data
• you can now play offline without fiddling with the coop data - it's a simple checkbox now to play offline

Calls for Testing

Please report any bugs you encounter, especially the crashes. Use F1 to report in-game bugs, which creates a savegame and a screenshot of your current situation if you see something strange. Also, please send in your crashdumps. Thank you very much, and have a great day!

Package maintainer notes

• cimg was bumped to v.3.3.2

2.3.1

This is a minor patch release with no actual fixes for game-breaking bugs.

• "No Loads" gameplay rule now is also checked when quickloading.
• Gameplay rules are not reset anymore whenever you open the "Gameplay Rules" menu.
• The gamepad database was updated to support even more controllers.

2.3

New Features

• weekly check for new updates
• support for "Folklorist Diary" gameflow
• you can now select a specific level in the title menu to start in
• gameplay rules configuration when starting a new game (no loads, no meds, pistols only, and no cheats for now)

Fixes

• a build errors with GCC 13 was fixed (thanks @a-detiste)
• current AMD drivers on Windows now work again with this engine (tested with 23.9.1, possibly runs on earlier versions, too)
• freezes when processing texture packs are resolved
• the character width of the German "ß" was fixed so it doesn't add too much spacing
• some invalid/broken level data no longer crashes the engine
• leftover Laras from custom levels no longer show up
• unused weapons no longer show up in the stats widget
• using the "health damage" cheat no longer resurrects dead enemies

Improvements

• all effects now have in-game descriptions, including performance impacts in some cases
• non-opaque geometry doesn't hide stuff behind it

Changes

• "delay save" was renamed to "delay overwrite"

Calls for Testing

• installing the "en-gb" locale on linux should no longer be required (CE-633, thanks to @serishema)

Please report any bugs you encounter, especially the crashes. Use F1 to report in-game bugs, which creates a savegame and a screenshot of your current situation if you see something strange. Also, please send in your crashdumps. thank you very much!

Package maintainer notes

• cimg was bumped to v.3.3.0
• pybind11 was bumped to 2.11.1

2.2.1

This is a pure bugfix release without any new features.

Fixes

• displaying the savegames list should no longer crash the engine (CE-639)
• invalid level data with non-existing sprites no longer cause crashes

2.2

New Features

• it's now possible to take screenshots of the stats at the end of a level (CE-622)
• new option to automatically select the first free or the oldest slot when saving (CE-597, #288)
• optional save reminder that shows up after a configurable amount of minutes (CE-613)
• you can now configure a "confirm save overwrite delay" where you need to hold down your action button on the "yes" button for a configurable amount of seconds (CE-594, #288)
• experimental support for feder's nordic adventure
• a completely new menu to clean up saves accessible using the "secondary action" (CE-596)

Fixes

• the amount of ammo given when picking up a weapon is fixed (thanks to @serishema)
• closing the connection to the coop server should no longer crash the game (thanks to @serishema)
• one shader somehow got de-optimized at some point, now the shader runs fast again
• missing underwater ambience effect no longer causes a crash
• the ghost save messagebox was using the in-game movement binding to switch buttons, now it uses the menu bindings

Improvements

• level names of saves are now localised according to your chosen language, i.e. changing the game language now also changes the level titles in your saves list (CE-624)
• re-loading the same level is much faster now
• ui text should be more accessible with a more opaque background (CE-635)

Changes

• "restore health on level start" is now enabled by default

Calls for Testing

• installing the "en-gb" locale on linux should no longer be required (CE-633, thanks to @serishema)

please report any bugs you encounter, especially the crashes. use F1 to report in-game bugs, which creates a savegame and a screenshot of your current situation, if you see something strange. also, please send in your crashdumps. thank you very much!

Package maintainer notes

• cimg was bumped to v.3.2.5
• gsl-lite was bumped to 0.41.0
• pybind11 was bumped to 2.10.4

2.1

New Features

• render and ui scale are now disentangled (this let's you run the game in reduced resolution while still seeing the ui in hd) (CE-620)
• your completely anonymous cpu feature set is now saved in the log file to give better help if you can't launch the game (CE-629)

Fixes

• proper alpha blending
• the sand pouring sound should stop now properly
• fixed cue parser crash when importing game data
• fixed crashes involving pierre (you litter bug) (CE-623)
• a lot of AI crashes were fixed, although introducing strange behaviour at times (watch Zenuriko, for example)
• sprites should no longer appear too dark with dynamic lighting enabled (CE-616)
• the sand pouring sound in city of khamoon should now stop properly (CE-493)

Improvements

• slightly better edge outline rendering/edge detection
• hopefully slightly improved performance
• better opengl resource handling (still crashing AMD drivers after 22.5.2, but that's evidently their fault, sorry)
• more detailed shadows close to the camera

Changes

• partially refactored rendering pipeline to improve performance (CE-628, CE-618, CE-612)

Calls for Testing

please report any bugs you encounter, especially the crashes. use F1 to report in-game bugs, which creates a savegame and a screenshot of your current situation, if you see something strange. also, please send in your crashdumps. thank you very much!

Package Maintainer Notes

• CImg was bumped to v.3.2.1

2.0

New Features

• water color customisable in gameflow, used in sabatu's tomb raider
• limited randomiser support
• support for ps1 splashscreens
• separate menu key bindings
• general performance improvements and texture caching
• demo support
• coop support (check https://haunted.earvillage.net)

Fixes

• pickups are now counted correctly
• air/health bars weren't fully filled with black
• less error-prone texture pack loading
• local python installations should no longer affect the script engine
• a few ai fixes
• "bacon lara" now copies lara's movements more properly
• required input bindings are now per-profile, not global anymore

Improvements

• refactored/improved bloom shader
• the escape video will now be silently ignored if it's not present

Changes

• debug logs work slightly different, and also contain installation/data import logs now
• boulders stop making any sound when they stop

Package Maintainer Notes

• dependencies were bumped to new versions

1.12

New Features

• muzzle flash lighting (CE-584)
• dynamic lighting modes inspired by sega saturn
• support for importing sabatu's tr1 with a button click (CE-587)
• some soundtrack added to tr1 credit screens
• soundtrack added to sabatu's tr1 credit screens
• option to toggle between simple and detailed level stats at end of level (CE-560)

Fixes

• health bar now renders properly with ui scaling enabled (CE-583)
• a few crashes with sabatu's tr1 were remedied
• some item titles fixed for sabatu's tr1
• getting killed by underwater boulders should no longer crash the engine (CE-571)

Improvements

• less log spamming from superfluous resource logging

Changes

• saving no longer shows the splash screen, instead just freezes the game for a very short while

Calls for Testing

• unfinished business gameflow scripts (CE-498)
• sand pouring sound in city of khamoon should not loop anymore (CE-493)
• used key holes should no longer be used multiple times, so you don't lose duplicate keys (CE-540)
• ai stuff

Package Maintainer Notes

• CImg was bumped to a new version

1.11

Fixes

• no more crashing when mapping empty opengl buffers
• exclusive fullscreen is now used on non-windows platforms
• moving blocks with smooth animations enabled no longer makes these blocks "jump" (CE-565)
• no more log spamming from shader usage
• only having a quicksave, but no regular save, will now show the "load game" passport page (CE-569)
• launcher entries are no longer editable when double clicking (CE-573, thanks to @serishema)
• a lot of ai changes/fixes
• ghost will now show up in flipped rooms (CE-556)

New Features

• outline rendering support (CE-577)
• cheats for halving enemy health and adding medi packs (CE-578)
• brightness/contrast settings (CE-566)

Changes

• ghosts are now solid colored
• updated game controller database
• controller input is no longer processed when the window isn't focused (CE-580)
• static meshes are no longer cut off (CE-582)

Calls for Testing

• unfinished business gameflow scripts (CE-498)
• sand pouring sound in city of khamoon should not loop anymore (CE-493)
• used key holes should no longer be used multiple times, so you don't lose duplicate keys (CE-540)
• ai stuff

Thanks to @serishema for a lot of testing.