[GameBase] Demobase Atari ST v1.19 .27/02/2023

Demobase ST v1.19 .27/02/2023

LIBRARY:

• 65 new screens
• Replaced one further duplicated screen
• Added 13 demoparties from 2022

UI:

• Added Atari ST key click sample while typing into the search box
• Added Preference to turn off/on key click sample

DEMO EFFECTS:

• Added Main Menu Doors

BUG FIX:

• Mouse wasn't being freed up once STeem 3.2 started
• Fixed "Arnold" snapshot being corrupted
• De-duplicated two crews
• A few other database record fixes

Demobase ST v1.18 .29/12/2022

DemoBase ST czyli szybki i fajny przegląd demoscenowych żyjątek dla ATARI ST

LIBRARY:

• 8 new screens

UI:

• The flag image for Online demo parties has changed from grey box to planet Earth
• Added some framework in preparation for a minor new feature

MISC:

• All thumbnails repackaged into single image, meaning all demoscreens added since v1.10 now appear together on the Family Map
• Couple of database fixes

ENGINE:

• Updated STeem 4.1.2 R2 to 4.1.2 R6

Demobase ST v1.17 .29/06/2022

UI:

• Slider added to Preferences panel to change thumbnail transition effect
  • - Added four new thumbnail transition effects
• Added five new elements to filter on: High Colour Pics, Candy Twisters, KB Challenges, Texture-Mapping and Zoomers
• Party panel now has a shortcut button to the party's page on DemoZoo when you filter on a Party
• Question Mark keyboard key now works in Megademo, Crew and Party browser windows, to jump to a random entry
• Search text font now has softer edges

LIBRARY:

• 29 new screens
• 10 new parties added, from the year 2021
• Linked four existing demos to demo parties

ENGINE:

• Ability for DBST to hack STeem version of memory snapshot and to hijack the STF/STE setting
  • 124 of the 330 screens which didn't work in STeem 3.9.4 (bomb icon in DBST) now work
  • 29 of the 113 screens which had a visual glitch in STeem 3.9.4 (bee icon in DBST) now work correctly
• All internal graphics repacked and optimised from scratch
• Updated STeem 4.1.2 R1 to 4.1.2 R2

DEMO EFFECTS:

• Added 'Dynamic Duo Sexy Beasts' talking skull
• Added 'ST-thinking Garfield' as a character

BUG FIX:

• Running a screen from the Family Map would crash DBST (bug introduced in v1.16)
• "Colorz Demo" is now fixed
• "Delirious Demo 4 - Rasters" is now fixed
• Fixed 'Fly Over Fantasy Please Wait' demo effect running out of pattern index
• Twelfth Panning Background demo effect never got to be seen
• Unnecessary timers were running during non-normal modes (e.g. while watching credits or full-screen image)
• Large thumbnail television static incorrectly appearing underneath previous shrinking out screenshots
• Fixed spelling error

MISC:

• Credits screen content improved
• Credits screen scrolling speed now decoupled from monitor refresh rate
• A few other tiny improvements

Demobase ST v1.16 .23/05/2022

LIBRARY:

• 241 new screens

UI:

• Demo Parties! (with thanks to Cronos of ACC and Lotek Style)
  • Added Party Browser button next to Crew Browser
  • Added Filter Search text on Party button
  • Added Party filter on/off button

DEMO EFFECTS:

• Added Vodka Demo Intro guy as a character

BUG FIX:

• Fixed 'If Pigs Could Fly' screen not working
• Megademo and Crew Browser list now wider
• Megademo and Crew Browser scrollbar tab was not moving if hit Home, End, PgUp or PgDown
• X'press Crew and The X'press Crew merged into one crew
• A couple of other database entry fixes
• Mouse pointer not quite targetting correctly in Favourites and Jukebox panel

ENGINE:

• Updated STeem 4.1.1 R8 to 4.1.2 R1

Demobase ST v1.15 .16/01/2022

UI:

• Left and right borders have been removed! - the DemoBase ST window width has increased by 20%
• New background to choose from
• Space to add 18 more Favourites and 18 more Jukebox items
• Various minor tweaks

DEMO EFFECTS:

• Added Demounstres Demo main menu sprite
• Added Transbeauce Intro musical band sprites
• Added Fly Over Fantasy loading screen sprite as a Please Wait

ENGINE:

• Rebalanced screen update times (the CPU update setting under Preferences)
• Carousel refresh and animation timing disconnected so the monitor refresh rate won't affect animation speed