v1.2.3
User-level browser fixes & improvements
- Browser now shows stats for already completed user levels: Highest score, best time, highest difficulty, and completion (gems, score items, secrets). Note that score, time, and difficulty have already been tracked and will now appear for levels that were completed in earlier versions of the game, but completion stats require replaying a level in order to show up.
- Level lists use paging now, showing 20 entries at a time. You can use the Page Down/Page Up keys or the LB/RB buttons on a controller to navigate between pages.
- It's now possible to block level creators (which will hide all their levels) or hide individual levels. Press F1 or Select on a controller to show a list of hidden levels and blocked creators, which also allows unhiding and unblocking.
- Already loaded lists can now be interacted with while other lists are still loading in the background
- Selection is remembered separately for each individual list
- When trying to load a level that was created in a newer version of the game than the one currently running, the level browser now shows a more specific error message instead of just "Level not playable"
- Fixed a bug where a user level would not be listed as installed and playable after downloading under specific circumstances
- Fixed a bug were quitting the level browser immediately after opening it and then opening the level editor would cause the game to hang
Other changes
- Added a few new tiles for use in user levels
- Level editor: Fixed inconsistent naming of "vertical"/"horizontal" scroll blocker actor in actor chooser vs. map verification dialog\
- Level editor: Updated the example level with a few new mechanics (mainly dynamic tile adjusters)
- Fixed some modern graphics being used in the tutorial level even when enhanced graphics is disabled
- Fixed rounding error that could cause completion to show as 100% even if not everything had been collected in that category, under specific circumstances (only happened in some user levels)
- Fixed loading a save of E4L11 that was made in a version older than 1.2.0 causing graphical corruption in a certain secret room (affected save files will now load correctly again)
- When quick saving, then changing difficulty, and then loading the quick save again, certain levels would use the wrong difficulty-specific layout/tiles. This is now fixed.
v1.2.2
- Fixed red checkpoints not working correctly in limited lives mode (affects some episode 4 levels)
- Fixed game lockup/freeze caused by placing newly added decorative forcefield tiles (indices 3012 through 3014)
- Added a few new tiles
v1.2.1
This patch fixes a bug introduced into the level editor in v1.2.0. After placing a respawn beacon actor into a map, the editor would refuse to open said map and show an error message "Failed to load ". This is now fixed, and any affected maps can be opened again without any data loss.
We're really sorry about any inconvenience caused by this issue! Thanks to community member CyberOmen for bringing this to our attention.
v1.2.0
This update adds new gameplay modes for players looking for an additional challenge: Limited lives mode, and an option to disable ammo & grenades carrying over into the next level. Limited lives mode also comes with its own dedicated leaderboards, and mid-level saves are disabled in this mode. Ammo carryover can be used with either limited or unlimited lives, it doesn't have dedicated leaderboards but leaderboard entries using that option will be marked accordingly.
Full changelog
- Added a limited lives mode (like in the original) with separate leaderboards and mid-level saves disabled
- Added an option to play without carrying ammo & grenades/mines into the next level, like in the original game (indicated in leaderboard, can be used together with either limited or unlimited lives)
- When playing without GOG Galaxy (or when not logged in), it's now possible to manually enter a name for the local high score list
- Updated NukedOPL3 to latest version for more accurate music playback (very subtle differences)
- Added new tiles for use in user levels
- Minor change to E4L5 to reduce potential confusion on how to proceed after a certain point
- Reworked intro video playback, this fixes an issue with a glitched GOG Galaxy overlay notification
- Slightly quicker startup due to data now being loaded in the background while the intro video is playing
- Fixed enemies sometimes being active when they shouldn't be after loading a quick save or respawning at a red checkpoint beacon
- Fixed player possibly hovering in air during "cutscene" moments in episode 4 boss fights
- Fixed DynamicTileAdjuster not working correctly when changing animated tiles
- Fixed green grenade pickup effect being horizontally offset (original game bug)
- HUD/UI fixes:
- Fixed not being able to show the scorebox again in classic presentation after switching to "HUD Style: Off" in modern presentation
- Fixed score box not showing in modern presentation after disabling it while in classic presentation
- Tileset fixes:
- Fixed top-right corner of animated rotating fan (starting at foreground index 5280) being out of sync with the other pieces
- Fixed flickering pixels on wall near animated burning torch (starting at background index 2128)
- Added picture to Bart's computer screen (starting at foreground index 6588)
- Minor shading fix for table with chairs (starting at foreground index 2773)
- Minor tweak to one of Snake Logan's animations
1.1.6a
Reverted change to E4L5 from previous update as it introduced bugs with saving & loading.
1.1.6
- Added new tiles for use in user levels
- Implemented a mechanism to ensure empty (fully transparent, no attributes) tiles in existing levels remain unchanged after the tileset update (affected tiles will be replaced with the canonical "empty" tile on level load)
- Added a "highlight new tiles" feature to the tileset picker, this highlights all tiles that were newly added in this update
- It's now possible to adjust the orientation (left/right) of the TankBot actor
- Added new actor: DynamicTileAdjuster. This allows modifying (adding/removing) tiles in the level with a trigger (EventTrigger or switch/key slot)
- Picking up the following items will now show the associated message even when tutorials are disabled, as long as info messages are enabled:
- Nuclear bomb
- Anti-radiation pill
- Tri-key
- Special key
- Secret level warp gem
- Story-related items in E4L13
- Minor changes to E4L5 to make the intended path more obvious
- Fixed a bug that could cause an unintended boss health bar to appear in E2L10 after loading a save
1.1.5
Changes
- Added a new music track for user levels: BMRANOMALIES
- Added new tiles for user levels
- Raised max actor limit to 1024
- Added missing validation check to editor to disallow cases where placing certain actors on top of a link slot would cause the link slot to work incorrectly
- Fixed not being able to scroll to the bottom-most row of tiles in the editor
- Fixed a bug that would cause Snake to be stuck crouching or walking into one direction after releasing the corresponding input
⚠️ Note for level creators
We've added new tiles to the tileset, and some of the new tiles occupy "slots" that were previously empty. This could cause existing levels to visually change, if the level is using one of the affected tile indices as an "empty" tile instead of using tile index 0 for that purpose. We recommend checking your levels after the update to make sure no unintentional changes have happened.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this, and we're going to look into measures to prevent these types of unintentional changes in the future.
Here's a list of all modified tile indices which were previously empty:
BG: 1240, 1241, 1258, 1259, 3320, 3321, 3322, 3323, 3338, 3339, 3340-3347, 3356-3365, 3396, 3402-3404, 3413, 3414, 3420-3422, 3432, 3438, 3456, 3525, 4086, 4087, 4104, 4105, 4356-4365, 4367-4369, 4374, 4376, 4377, 4381, 4382, 4384-4386, 4392-4394, 4396, 4398, 4399, 4413, 4414, 5021, 6165, 6166, 6183, 6184, 6192, 6193, 6210, 6211, 6228, 6229, 10939, 10942, 10957, 10960, 10974, 10975, 10992-10997, 11268-11273, 11285-11291, 11298, 11299, 11302-11309, 11312, 11313, 11316, 11317, 11319, 11320, 11322-11327, 11330, 11331, 11337, 11340-11345
FG: 15, 489-494, 541, 544, 547, 559, 562, 565, 634-636, 1144-1151, 1614, 4542-4545, 4560-4563, 5857, 10788-10793, 10806-10811, 10824-10829, 10930, 10945, 10948, 10980-10985, 11230, 11231, 11248, 11268-11279, 11286-11297, 11304-11314, 11322-11333, 11340-11351
1.1.4
Added new tiles for use in user levels.
1.1.3
Fixed name of next level no longer being shown on intermission screen
1.1.2
- Completed user levels are now marked with an icon in the level browser. Note: This only applies to levels completed after this update. Levels that have already been completed in v1.1.1 or earlier need to be replayed in order to make the icon appear.
- Editor: Fixed a bug where the description field in the level upload dialog was sometimes incorrectly pre-filled with another level's description when updating an existing level
- Editor: Added a "tileset bookmark" feature. This allows creating named bookmarks for scroll positions in the tileset picker to quickly jump to specific areas in the tileset.
1.1.1
- Added new tiles for use in user levels
- To enable playing the remaster on a CRT in original resolution, the game now outputs a pixel-perfect 4:3 image without any aspect ratio correction in case the screen resolution or window size is exactly 320x200 or 640x400.
1.1.0
New features & additions
- mod.io integration: Added online user level browser (in "Snake's Bio Lab" menu) and level upload dialog (in level editor).
- Added a new bonus level: Desert Temple
- Minor visual updates to Winter bonus level and editor example level
- Added customized mappings for Evercade VS controller to allow using the left & right trigger buttons
- Options that are forced on/off in the tutorial level are now clearly marked as such
Level editor features/changes
Besides the changes listed below, we'd also like to highlight that there is now a written guide for the editor: https://mod.io/g/biomenace-remastered/r/level-editor-guide
- Added new tiles to the tileset: Desert/Egyptian/temple themed tiles, ice themed tiles, other miscellaneous tiles
- Tileset picker and map view now optionally show indicator icons for tiles with special flags and/or foreground property
- Added a variant of the "Member of the Council" hostage that's not wearing a helmet
- Added option to "DoorTypeOverride" to make a door that requires no key (just pressing up opens it)
- Added "No music" option to music selection (also for music change trigger)
- Added various additional actions to "EventTrigger":
- Damage player
- Kill player
- Toggle bridge/hatch or disable horizontal force field
- Disable vertical force field or barrier
- Open door of type external
- Trigger crushers
- Warp player to another location (like a doorway)
- Shift-clicking a background tile to erase it now sets it to tile index 0
- Updated link in editor help window to point to editor guide instead of placeholder YouTube video (we originally planned to create a series of tutorial videos, but have now decided to go with a written guide instead)
- The editor now first asks if you'd like to save when creating a new map or opening a different one while the current map has unsaved changes
Bug fixes
- Fixed crash when exiting a user level while holding the secret level gem
- Interacting with a "TRIGGER_HINT_MESSAGE" tile in a user level no longer shows an error message about a missing dialog
- Adjusted tile attributes of porta potty toilet to prevent causing unintended side effects when placing foreground tiles to the left/right of the toilet
- Editor: Fixed bottom and right edge of pixels missing in tile info pop-up in tileset picker
- Editor: Fixed certain tiles showing an incorrect special flag value of "Enforcer"
- Fixed issues with controller mappings added in last update
- It's no longer possible to place secret level gems in user levels
- Updated various music tracks with minor fixes
- It's no longer possible to disable tutorial messages in the tutorial level
- Level files that cannot be loaded (corrupt or from a newer version of the game) are now included in selector lists in the menu and editor instead of silently ignored. An error message is shown when trying to open them.
1.0.10
New features and additions
- Added new winter themed tiles to the tileset and a matching new parallax background
- Added a new bonus level using the winter theme
- Level editor: Added tooltip to actor chooser showing information about hovered actor and a visual representation, to make it easier to find the desired actor
- Added support for the Android version of the 8BitDo SN30 Pro controller
- Added a gamecontrollerdb.txt file to allow more easily adding mappings for unrecognized controllers
Balancing tweaks
- Made an enemy appear only on hard difficulty in episode 3, level 11
- Slightly increased boss hp for the two bosses in episode 4 on normal difficulty
Bug fixes
- Fixed kill streak persisting when restarting the level
- Fixed issues with subway trains in E4L7 (appearing too frequently, only moving in one direction instead of both)
- Fixed "Dialog not found or invalid" message that could pop up in episode 3 under specific circumstances
- Snake no longer attaches to a moving platform while climbing a ladder and gets stuck in the climbing state
- When starting the game while the monitor it was previously running on is no longer connected, the game window now appears on the primary monitor instead of off-screen
- Fixed graphical corruption in secret level transition cutscene for 3rd secret level in episode 4
- Minor tileset fixes (graphical touch ups to a few tiles, added missing foreground flags)
1.0.9
New features & additions
- It's now possible to look up/down with a controller without using the analog stick, by holding B and then pressing up/down on the d-pad (or left analog). This is intended for controllers without analog sticks.
- Added a new option "Skip dialogs". Mainly intended for speedruns, this completely skips any dialogs (hostages, bosses, hints etc.) and immediately grants items that are normally given after the dialog ends.
- It's now possible to delete saved games from within the "load game" menu by pressing Backspace or the X button on a controller.
- Added a few additional tiles (gray/red stone block variations) for use in custom levels
- Updated level editor's example level
- Minor balancing changes to episode 3 level 9 and episode 4 levels 3 and 9
- Updated credits
- When using a controller, the Start button now closes the in-game menu
- Leaderboards always show time with fractional seconds, regardless of speedrun mode setting
Bug fixes
- Fixed a possible softlock in episode 4 level 15
- Fixed being able to clip through the floor in a certain place in episode 4, level 2, which could lead to the player getting stuck
- Fixed being able to go through a door that's still closed on the other side in episode 4 level 14
- Fixed visual glitch with a specific animation of the episode 4 final boss
- Fixed vertical scroll blocker not working correctly in widescreen mode
- Fixed some dialogs in episode 3 accidentally using modern color images for Snake when in classic graphics mode
- Fixed certain inventory items not being reset when restarting a level
- Fixed "Hatch opened/closed" message being shown instead of "Bridge extended/retracted"
- Spelling fix for episode 4 story (use three periods instead of just two)
- Updated several of the new music tracks to improve pitch accuracy and fix one track that wasn't looping cleanly
1.0.8
- Fixed a potential crash that could occur in some episode 3 levels, seemingly only on machines with AMD CPUs
- Fixed key bindings for "look up"/"look down" not being saved
- Added an option to disable Alt+Enter fullscreen toggle (found in Keyboard controls)
- Fixed an incorrect info message upon placing the red shard in episode 4, level 9
- Tileset update: Added some additional gray stone tiles for placing secrets
- Updated the song "BMRSTREETS" to fix a glitched hi-hat in one point of the track
1.0.5
- Fixed possible softlock in Episode 4, secret level 1
- Fixed possible softlock in Episode 4, level 6
- Fixed possible softlock in Episode 4, level 14
- Fixed landmine damage being much lower than intended
- Changing difficulty now adjusts the player's starting health to be in line with starting a new level regularly
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- Mixed difficulty playthroughs are correctly indicated as such on the first page of the episode end screen
- Level editor now shows a welcome message when opened for the first time, and provides an example level demonstrating all the different mechanics available
- Max number of clips for each type of ammunition is now shown correctly in the status window (numbers were 1 too high before)
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- Fixed killstreak indicator in UI not disappearing under certain circumstances
- Fixed certain colors being incorrect when using classic graphics
- Fixed minor graphical issues in a few levels, minor graphical adjustments
- Some minor difficulty balancing adjustments
- Some dialog updates
