Changelog

Changes relevant to the users of python-tcod are documented here.

This project adheres to Semantic Versioning since v2.0.0

Unreleased

11.19.3 - 2021-01-07

Fixed
  • Some wheels had broken version metadata.

11.19.2 - 2020-12-30

Changed
  • Now bundles SDL 2.0.10 for MacOS and SDL 2.0.14 for Windows.
Fixed
  • MacOS wheels were failing to bundle dependencies for SDL2.

11.19.1 - 2020-12-29

Fixed
  • MacOS wheels failed to deploy for the previous version.

11.19.0 - 2020-12-29

Added
  • Added the important order parameter to Context.new_console.

11.18.3 - 2020-12-28

Changed
  • Now bundles SDL 2.0.14 for Windows/MacOS.
Deprecated
  • Support for Python 3.5 will be dropped.
  • tcod.console_load_xp has been deprecated, tcod.console_from_xp can load these files without modifying an existing console.
Fixed
  • tcod.console_from_xp now has better error handling (instead of crashing.)
  • Can now compile with SDL 2.0.14 headers.

11.18.2 - 2020-12-03

Fixed
  • Fixed missing tcod.FOV_SYMMETRIC_SHADOWCAST constant.
  • Fixed regression in tcod.sys_get_current_resolution behavior. This function now returns the monitor resolution as was previously expected.

11.18.1 - 2020-11-30

Fixed
  • Code points from the Private Use Area will now print correctly.

11.18.0 - 2020-11-13

Added
  • New context method Context.new_console.
Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.15.

11.17.0 - 2020-10-30

Added
  • New FOV implementation: tcod.FOV_SYMMETRIC_SHADOWCAST.
Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.14.

11.16.1 - 2020-10-28

Deprecated
  • Changed context deprecations to PendingDeprecationWarning to reduce mass panic from tutorial followers.
Fixed
  • Fixed garbled titles and crashing on some platforms.

11.16.0 - 2020-10-23

Added
  • Added tcod.context.new function.
  • Contexts now support a CLI.
  • You can now provide the window x,y position when making contexts.
  • tcod.noise.Noise instances can now be indexed to generate noise maps.
Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.13.
  • The OpenGL 2 renderer can now use SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY to determine the tileset upscaling filter.
  • Improved performance of the FOV_BASIC algorithm.
Deprecated
  • tcod.context.new_window and tcod.context.new_terminal have been replaced by tcod.context.new.
Fixed
  • Pathfinders will now work with boolean arrays.
  • Console blits now ignore alpha compositing which would result in division by zero.
  • tcod.console_is_key_pressed should work even if libtcod events are ignored.
  • The TCOD_RENDERER and TCOD_VSYNC environment variables should work now.
  • FOV_PERMISSIVE algorithm is now reentrant.

11.15.3 - 2020-07-30

Fixed
  • tcod.tileset.Tileset.remap, codepoint and index were swapped.

11.15.2 - 2020-07-27

Fixed
  • tcod.path.dijkstra2d, fixed corrupted output with int8 arrays.

11.15.1 - 2020-07-26

Changed
  • tcod.event.EventDispatch now uses the absolute names for event type hints so that IDE’s can better auto-complete method overrides.
Fixed
  • Fixed libtcodpy heightmap data alignment issues on non-square maps.

11.15.0 - 2020-06-29

Added
  • tcod.path.SimpleGraph for pathfinding on simple 2D arrays.
Changed
  • tcod.path.CustomGraph now accepts an order parameter.

11.14.0 - 2020-06-23

Added
  • New tcod.los module for NumPy-based line-of-sight algorithms. Includes tcod.los.bresenham.
Deprecated
  • tcod.line_where and tcod.line_iter have been deprecated.

11.13.6 - 2020-06-19

Deprecated
  • console_init_root and console_set_custom_font have been replaced by the modern API.
  • All functions which handle SDL windows without a context are deprecated.
  • All functions which modify a globally active tileset are deprecated.
  • tcod.map.Map is deprecated, NumPy arrays should be passed to functions directly instead of through this class.

11.13.5 - 2020-06-15

Fixed
  • Install requirements will no longer try to downgrade cffi.

11.13.4 - 2020-06-15

11.13.3 - 2020-06-13

Fixed
  • cffi requirement has been updated to version 1.13.0. The older versions raise TypeError’s.

11.13.2 - 2020-06-12

Fixed
  • SDL related errors during package installation are now more readable.

11.13.1 - 2020-05-30

Fixed
  • tcod.event.EventDispatch: ev_* methods now allow Optional[T] return types.

11.13.0 - 2020-05-22

Added
  • tcod.path: New Pathfinder and CustomGraph classes.
Changed
  • Added edge_map parameter to tcod.path.dijkstra2d and tcod.path.hillclimb2d.
Fixed
  • tcod.console_init_root` and context initializing functions were not raising exceptions on failure.

11.12.1 - 2020-05-02

Fixed
  • Prevent adding non-existent 2nd halves to potential double-wide charterers.

11.12.0 - 2020-04-30

Added
  • Added tcod.context module. You now have more options for making libtcod controlled contexts.
  • tcod.tileset.load_tilesheet: Load a simple tilesheet as a Tileset.
  • Tileset.remap: Reassign codepoints to tiles on a Tileset.
  • tcod.tileset.CHARMAP_CP437: Character mapping for load_tilesheet.
  • tcod.tileset.CHARMAP_TCOD: Older libtcod layout.
Changed
  • EventDispatch.dispatch can now return the values returned by the ev_* methods. The class is now generic to support type checking these values.
  • Event mouse coordinates are now strictly int types.
  • Submodules are now implicitly imported.

11.11.4 - 2020-04-26

Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.10.
Fixed
  • Fixed characters being dropped when color codes were used.

11.11.3 - 2020-04-24

Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.9.
Fixed
  • FOV_DIAMOND and FOV_RESTRICTIVE algorithms are now reentrant. libtcod#48
  • The TCOD_VSYNC environment variable was being ignored.

11.11.2 - 2020-04-22

11.11.1 - 2020-04-03

Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.8.
Fixed
  • Changing the active tileset now redraws tiles correctly on the next frame.

11.11.0 - 2020-04-02

Added
  • Added Console.close as a more obvious way to close the active window of a root console.
Changed
  • GCC is no longer needed to compile the library on Windows.
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.7.
  • tcod.console_flush will now accept an RGB tuple as a clear_color.
Fixed
  • Changing the active tileset will now properly show it on the next render.

11.10.0 - 2020-03-26

Added
  • Added tcod.tileset.load_bdf, you can now load BDF fonts.
  • tcod.tileset.set_default and tcod.tileset.get_default are now stable.
Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.6.
Deprecated
  • The snap_to_integer parameter in tcod.console_flush has been deprecated since it can cause minor scaling issues which don’t exist when using integer_scaling instead.

11.9.2 - 2020-03-17

Fixed
  • Fixed segfault after the Tileset returned by tcod.tileset.get_default goes out of scope.

11.9.1 - 2020-02-28

Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.5.
  • Mouse tile coordinates are now always zero before the first call to tcod.console_flush.

11.9.0 - 2020-02-22

Added
  • New method Tileset.render renders an RGBA NumPy array from a tileset and a console.

11.8.2 - 2020-02-22

Fixed
  • Prevent KeyError when representing unusual keyboard symbol constants.

11.8.1 - 2020-02-22

Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.4.
Fixed
  • Mouse tile coordinates are now correct on any resized window.

11.8.0 - 2020-02-21

Added
  • Added tcod.console.recommended_size for when you want to change your main console size at runtime.
  • Added Console.tiles_rgb as a replacement for Console.tiles2.
Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.3.
  • Added parameters to tcod.console_flush, you can now manually provide a console and adjust how it is presented.
Deprecated
  • Console.tiles2 is deprecated in favour of Console.tiles_rgb.
  • Console.buffer is now deprecated in favour of Console.tiles, instead of the other way around.
Fixed
  • Fixed keyboard state and mouse state functions losing state when events were flushed.

11.7.2 - 2020-02-16

Fixed
  • Fixed regression in tcod.console_clear.

11.7.1 - 2020-02-16

Fixed
  • Fixed regression in Console.draw_frame.
  • The wavelet noise generator now excludes -1.0f and 1.0f as return values.
  • Fixed console fading color regression.

11.7.0 - 2020-02-14

Changed
  • Using libtcod 1.16.0-alpha.2.
  • When a renderer fails to load it will now fallback to a different one. The order is: OPENGL2 -> OPENGL -> SDL2.
  • The default renderer is now SDL2.
  • The SDL and OPENGL renderers are no longer deprecated, but they now point to slightly different backward compatible implementations.
Deprecated
  • The use of libtcod.cfg and terminal.png is deprecated.
Fixed
  • tcod.sys_update_char now works with the newer renderers.
  • Fixed buffer overflow in name generator.
  • tcod.image_from_console now works with the newer renderers.
  • New renderers now auto-load fonts from libtcod.cfg or terminal.png.

11.6.0 - 2019-12-05

Changed
  • Console blit operations now perform per-cell alpha transparency.

11.5.1 - 2019-11-23

Fixed
  • Python 3.8 wheels failed to deploy.

11.5.0 - 2019-11-22

Changed
  • Quarter block elements are now rendered using Unicode instead of a custom encoding.
Fixed
  • OPENGL and GLSL renderers were not properly clearing space characters.

11.4.1 - 2019-10-15

Added
  • Uploaded Python 3.8 wheels to PyPI.

11.4.0 - 2019-09-20

Added
  • Added __array_interface__ to the Image class.
  • Added Console.draw_semigraphics as a replacement for blit_2x functions. draw_semigraphics can handle array-like objects.
  • Image.from_array class method creates an Image from an array-like object.
  • tcod.image.load loads a PNG file as an RGBA array.
Changed
  • Console.tiles is now named Console.buffer.

11.3.0 - 2019-09-06

Added
  • New attribute Console.tiles2 is similar to Console.tiles but without an alpha channel.

11.2.2 - 2019-08-25

Fixed
  • Fixed a regression preventing PyInstaller distributions from loading SDL2.

11.2.1 - 2019-08-25

11.2.0 - 2019-08-24

Added
  • tcod.path.dijkstra2d: Computes Dijkstra from an arbitrary initial state.
  • tcod.path.hillclimb2d: Returns a path from a distance array.
  • tcod.path.maxarray: Creates arrays filled with maximum finite values.
Fixed
  • Changing the tiles of an active tileset on OPENGL2 will no longer leave temporary artifact tiles.
  • It’s now harder to accidentally import tcod’s internal modules.

11.1.2 - 2019-08-02

Changed
  • Now bundles SDL 2.0.10 for Windows/MacOS.
Fixed
  • Can now parse SDL 2.0.10 headers during installation without crashing.

11.1.1 - 2019-08-01

Deprecated
  • Using an out-of-bounds index for field-of-view operations now raises a warning, which will later become an error.
Fixed
  • Changing the tiles of an active tileset will now work correctly.

11.1.0 - 2019-07-05

Added
  • You can now set the TCOD_RENDERER and TCOD_VSYNC environment variables to force specific options to be used. Example: TCOD_RENDERER=sdl2 TCOD_VSYNC=1
Changed
  • tcod.sys_set_renderer now raises an exception if it fails.
Fixed
  • tcod.console_map_ascii_code_to_font functions will now work when called before tcod.console_init_root.

11.0.2 - 2019-06-21

Changed
  • You no longer need OpenGL to build python-tcod.

11.0.1 - 2019-06-21

Changed
  • Better runtime checks for Windows dependencies should now give distinct errors depending on if the issue is SDL2 or missing redistributables.
Fixed
  • Changed NumPy type hints from np.array to np.ndarray which should resolve issues.

11.0.0 - 2019-06-14

Changed
  • tcod.map.compute_fov now takes a 2-item tuple instead of separate x and y parameters. This causes less confusion over how axes are aligned.

10.1.1 - 2019-06-02

Changed
  • Better string representations for tcod.event.Event subclasses.
Fixed
  • Fixed regressions in text alignment for non-rectangle print functions.

10.1.0 - 2019-05-24

Added
  • tcod.console_init_root now has an optional vsync parameter.

10.0.5 - 2019-05-17

Fixed
  • Fixed shader compilation issues in the OPENGL2 renderer.
  • Fallback fonts should fail less on Linux.

10.0.4 - 2019-05-17

Changed
  • Now depends on cffi 0.12 or later.
Fixed
  • tcod.console_init_root and tcod.console_set_custom_font will raise exceptions instead of terminating.
  • Fixed issues preventing tcod.event from working on 32-bit Windows.

10.0.3 - 2019-05-10

Fixed
  • Corrected bounding box issues with the Console.print_box method.

10.0.2 - 2019-04-26

Fixed
  • Resolved Color warnings when importing tcod.
  • When compiling, fixed a name conflict with endianness macros on FreeBSD.

10.0.1 - 2019-04-19

Fixed
  • Fixed horizontal alignment for TrueType fonts.
  • Fixed taking screenshots with the older SDL renderer.

10.0.0 - 2019-03-29

Added
  • New Console.tiles array attribute.
Changed
  • Console.DTYPE changed to add alpha to its color types.
Fixed
  • Console printing was ignoring color codes at the beginning of a string.

9.3.0 - 2019-03-15

Added
  • The SDL2/OPENGL2 renderers can potentially use a fall-back font when none are provided.
  • New function tcod.event.get_mouse_state.
  • New function tcod.map.compute_fov lets you get a visibility array directly from a transparency array.
Deprecated
  • The following functions and classes have been deprecated. - tcod.Key - tcod.Mouse - tcod.mouse_get_status - tcod.console_is_window_closed - tcod.console_check_for_keypress - tcod.console_wait_for_keypress - tcod.console_delete - tcod.sys_check_for_event - tcod.sys_wait_for_event
  • The SDL, OPENGL, and GLSL renderers have been deprecated.
  • Many libtcodpy functions have been marked with PendingDeprecationWarning’s.
Fixed
  • To be more compatible with libtcodpy tcod.console_init_root will default to the SDL render, but will raise warnings when an old renderer is used.

9.2.5 - 2019-03-04

Fixed
  • Fixed tcod.namegen_generate_custom.

9.2.4 - 2019-03-02

Fixed
  • The tcod package is has been marked as typed and will now work with MyPy.

9.2.3 - 2019-03-01

Deprecated
  • The behavior for negative indexes on the new print functions may change in the future.
  • Methods and functionality preventing tcod.Color from behaving like a tuple have been deprecated.

9.2.2 - 2019-02-26

Fixed
  • Console.print_box wasn’t setting the background color by default.

9.2.1 - 2019-02-25

Fixed
  • tcod.sys_get_char_size fixed on the new renderers.

9.2.0 - 2019-02-24

Added
  • New tcod.console.get_height_rect function, which can be used to get the height of a print call without an existing console.
  • New tcod.tileset module, with a set_truetype_font function.
Fixed
  • The new print methods now handle alignment according to how they were documented.
  • SDL2 and OPENGL2 now support screenshots.
  • Windows and MacOS builds now restrict exported SDL2 symbols to only SDL 2.0.5; This will avoid hard to debug import errors when the wrong version of SDL is dynamically linked.
  • The root console now starts with a white foreground.

9.1.0 - 2019-02-23

Added
  • Added the tcod.random.MULTIPLY_WITH_CARRY constant.
Changed
  • The overhead for warnings has been reduced when running Python with the optimize -O flag.
  • tcod.random.Random now provides a default algorithm.

9.0.0 - 2019-02-17

Changed
  • New console methods now default to an fg and bg of None instead of white-on-black.

8.5.0 - 2019-02-15

Added
  • tcod.console.Console now supports str and repr.
  • Added new Console methods which are independent from the console defaults.
  • You can now give an array when initializing a tcod.console.Console instance.
  • Console.clear can now take ch, fg, and bg parameters.
Changed
  • Updated libtcod to 1.10.6
  • Printing generates more compact layouts.
Deprecated
  • Most libtcodpy console functions have been replaced by the tcod.console module.
  • Deprecated the set_key_color functions. You can pass key colors to Console.blit instead.
  • Console.clear should be given the colors to clear with as parameters, rather than by using default_fg or default_bg.
  • Most functions which depend on console default values have been deprecated. The new deprecation warnings will give details on how to make default values explicit.
Fixed
  • tcod.console.Console.blit was ignoring the key color set by Console.set_key_color.
  • The SDL2 and OPENGL2 renders can now large numbers of tiles.

8.4.3 - 2019-02-06

Changed
  • Updated libtcod to 1.10.5
  • The SDL2/OPENGL2 renderers will now auto-detect a custom fonts key-color.

8.4.2 - 2019-02-05

Deprecated
  • The tdl module has been deprecated.
  • The libtcodpy parser functions have been deprecated.
Fixed
  • tcod.image_is_pixel_transparent and tcod.image_get_alpha now return values.
  • Console.print_frame was clearing tiles outside if its bounds.
  • The FONT_LAYOUT_CP437 layout was incorrect.

8.4.1 - 2019-02-01

Fixed
  • Window event types were not upper-case.
  • Fixed regression where libtcodpy mouse wheel events unset mouse coordinates.

8.4.0 - 2019-01-31

Added
  • Added tcod.event module, based off of the sdlevent.py shim.
Changed
  • Updated libtcod to 1.10.3
Fixed
  • Fixed libtcodpy struct_add_value_list function.
  • Use correct math for tile-based delta in mouse events.
  • New renderers now support tile-based mouse coordinates.
  • SDL2 renderer will now properly refresh after the window is resized.

8.3.2 - 2018-12-28

Fixed
  • Fixed rare access violations for some functions which took strings as parameters, such as tcod.console_init_root.

8.3.1 - 2018-12-28

Fixed
  • libtcodpy key and mouse functions will no longer accept the wrong types.
  • The new_struct method was not being called for libtcodpy’s custom parsers.

8.3.0 - 2018-12-08

Added
  • Added BSP traversal methods in tcod.bsp for parity with libtcodpy.
Deprecated
  • Already deprecated bsp functions are now even more deprecated.

8.2.0 - 2018-11-27

Added
  • New layout tcod.FONT_LAYOUT_CP437.
Changed
  • Updated libtcod to 1.10.2
  • tcod.console_print_frame and Console.print_frame now support Unicode strings.
Deprecated
  • Deprecated using bytes strings for all printing functions.
Fixed
  • Console objects are now initialized with spaces. This fixes some blit operations.
  • Unicode code-points above U+FFFF will now work on all platforms.

8.1.1 - 2018-11-16

Fixed
  • Printing a frame with an empty string no longer displays a title bar.

8.1.0 - 2018-11-15

Changed
  • Heightmap functions now support ‘F_CONTIGUOUS’ arrays.
  • tcod.heightmap_new now has an order parameter.
  • Updated SDL to 2.0.9
Deprecated
  • Deprecated heightmap functions which sample noise grids, this can be done using the Noise.sample_ogrid method.

8.0.0 - 2018-11-02

Changed
  • The default renderer can now be anything if not set manually.
  • Better error message for when a font file isn’t found.

7.0.1 - 2018-10-27

Fixed
  • Building from source was failing because console_2tris.glsl* was missing from source distributions.

7.0.0 - 2018-10-25

Added
  • New RENDERER_SDL2 and RENDERER_OPENGL2 renderers.
Changed
  • Updated libtcod to 1.9.0
  • Now requires SDL 2.0.5, which is not trivially installable on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Removed
  • Dropped support for Python versions before 3.5
  • Dropped support for MacOS versions before 10.9 Mavericks.

6.0.7 - 2018-10-24

Fixed
  • The root console no longer loses track of buffers and console defaults on a renderer change.

6.0.6 - 2018-10-01

Fixed
  • Replaced missing wheels for older and 32-bit versions of MacOS.

6.0.5 - 2018-09-28

Fixed
  • Resolved CDefError error during source installs.

6.0.4 - 2018-09-11

Fixed
  • tcod.Key right-hand modifiers are now set independently at initialization, instead of mirroring the left-hand modifier value.

6.0.3 - 2018-09-05

Fixed
  • tcod.Key and tcod.Mouse no longer ignore initiation parameters.

6.0.2 - 2018-08-28

Fixed
  • Fixed color constants missing at build-time.

6.0.1 - 2018-08-24

Fixed
  • Source distributions were missing C++ source files.

6.0.0 - 2018-08-23

Changed
  • Project renamed to tcod on PyPI.
Deprecated
  • Passing bytes strings to libtcodpy print functions is deprecated.
Fixed
  • Fixed libtcodpy print functions not accepting bytes strings.
  • libtcod constants are now generated at build-time fixing static analysis tools.

5.0.1 - 2018-07-08

Fixed
  • tdl.event no longer crashes with StopIteration on Python 3.7

5.0.0 - 2018-07-05

Changed
  • tcod.path: all classes now use shape instead of width and height.
  • tcod.path now respects NumPy array shape, instead of assuming that arrays need to be transposed from C memory order. From now on x and y mean 1st and 2nd axis. This doesn’t affect non-NumPy code.
  • tcod.path now has full support of non-contiguous memory.

4.6.1 - 2018-06-30

Added
  • New function tcod.line_where for indexing NumPy arrays using a Bresenham line.
Deprecated
  • Python 2.7 support will be dropped in the near future.

4.5.2 - 2018-06-29

Added
  • New wheels for Python3.7 on Windows.
Fixed
  • Arrays from tcod.heightmap_new are now properly zeroed out.

4.5.1 - 2018-06-23

Deprecated
  • Deprecated all libtcodpy map functions.
Fixed
  • tcod.map_copy could break the tcod.map.Map class.
  • tcod.map_clear transparent and walkable parameters were reversed.
  • When multiple SDL2 headers were installed, the wrong ones would be used when the library is built.
  • Fails to build via pip unless Numpy is installed first.

4.5.0 - 2018-06-12

Changed
  • Updated libtcod to v1.7.0
  • Updated SDL to v2.0.8
  • Error messages when failing to create an SDL window should be a less vague.
  • You no longer need to initialize libtcod before you can print to an off-screen console.
Fixed
  • Avoid crashes if the root console has a character code higher than expected.
Removed
  • No more debug output when loading fonts.

4.4.0 - 2018-05-02

Added
  • Added the libtcodpy module as an alias for tcod. Actual use of it is deprecated, it exists primarily for backward compatibility.
  • Adding missing libtcodpy functions console_has_mouse_focus and console_is_active.
Changed
  • Updated libtcod to v1.6.6

4.3.2 - 2018-03-18

Deprecated
  • Deprecated the use of falsy console parameters with libtcodpy functions.
Fixed
  • Fixed libtcodpy image functions not supporting falsy console parameters.
  • Fixed tdl Window.get_char method. (Kaczor2704)

4.3.1 - 2018-03-07

Fixed
  • Fixed cffi.api.FFIError “unsupported expression: expected a simple numeric constant” error when building on platforms with an older cffi module and newer SDL headers.
  • tcod/tdl Map and Console objects were not saving stride data when pickled.

4.3.0 - 2018-02-01

Added
  • You can now set the numpy memory order on tcod.console.Console, tcod.map.Map, and tdl.map.Map objects well as from the tcod.console_init_root function.
Changed
  • The console_init_root title parameter is now optional.
Fixed
  • OpenGL renderer alpha blending is now consistent with all other render modes.

4.2.3 - 2018-01-06

Fixed
  • Fixed setup.py regression that could prevent building outside of the git repository.

4.2.2 - 2018-01-06

Fixed
  • The Windows dynamic linker will now prefer the bundled version of SDL. This fixes: “ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.”
  • key.c is no longer set when key.vk == KEY_TEXT, this fixes a regression which was causing events to be heard twice in the libtcod/Python tutorial.

4.2.0 - 2018-01-02

Changed
  • Updated libtcod backend to v1.6.4
  • Updated SDL to v2.0.7 for Windows/MacOS.
Removed
Fixed
  • Fixed “final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output” error when compiling for Linux.
  • tcod.console_init_root defaults to the SDL renderer, other renderers cause issues with mouse movement events.

4.1.1 - 2017-11-02

Fixed
  • Fixed ConsoleBuffer.blit regression.
  • Console defaults corrected, the root console’s blend mode and alignment is the default value for newly made Console’s.
  • You can give a byte string as a filename to load parsers.

4.1.0 - 2017-07-19

Added
  • tdl Map class can now be pickled.
Changed
  • Added protection to the transparent, walkable, and fov attributes in tcod and tdl Map classes, to prevent them from being accidentally overridden.
  • tcod and tdl Map classes now use numpy arrays as their attributes.

4.0.1 - 2017-07-12

Fixed
  • tdl: Fixed NameError in set_fps.

4.0.0 - 2017-07-08

Changed
  • tcod.bsp: BSP.split_recursive parameter random is now seed.
  • tcod.console: Console.blit parameters have been rearranged. Most of the parameters are now optional.
  • tcod.noise: Noise.__init__ parameter rand is now named seed.
  • tdl: Changed set_fps paramter name to fps.
Fixed
  • tcod.bsp: Corrected spelling of max_vertical_ratio.

3.2.0 - 2017-07-04

Changed
  • Merged libtcod-cffi dependency with TDL.
Fixed
  • Fixed boolean related crashes with Key ‘text’ events.
  • tdl.noise: Fixed crash when given a negative seed. As well as cases where an instance could lose its seed being pickled.

3.1.0 - 2017-05-28

Added
  • You can now pass tdl Console instances as parameters to libtcod-cffi functions expecting a tcod Console.
Changed
  • Dependencies updated: libtcod-cffi>=2.5.0,<3
  • The Console.tcod_console attribute is being renamed to Console.console_c.
Deprecated
  • The tdl.noise and tdl.map modules will be deprecated in the future.
Fixed
  • Resolved crash-on-exit issues for Windows platforms.

3.0.2 - 2017-04-13

Changed
  • Dependencies updated: libtcod-cffi>=2.4.3,<3
  • You can now create Console instances before a call to tdl.init.
Removed
  • Dropped support for Python 3.3
Fixed
  • Resolved issues with MacOS builds.
  • ‘OpenGL’ and ‘GLSL’ renderers work again.

3.0.1 - 2017-03-22

Changed
  • KeyEvent’s with text now have all their modifier keys set to False.
Fixed
  • Undefined behaviour in text events caused crashes on 32-bit builds.

3.0.0 - 2017-03-21

Added
  • KeyEvent supports libtcod text and meta keys.
Changed
  • KeyEvent parameters have been moved.
  • This version requires libtcod-cffi>=2.3.0.
Deprecated
  • KeyEvent camel capped attribute names are deprecated.
Fixed
  • Crashes with key-codes undefined by libtcod.
  • tdl.map typedef issues with libtcod-cffi.

2.0.1 - 2017-02-22

Fixed
  • tdl.init renderer was defaulted to OpenGL which is not supported in the current version of libtcod.

2.0.0 - 2017-02-15

Changed
  • Dependencies updated, tdl now requires libtcod-cffi 2.x.x
  • Some event behaviours have changed with SDL2, event keys might be different than what you expect.
Removed
  • Key repeat functions were removed from SDL2. set_key_repeat is now stubbed, and does nothing.

1.6.0 - 2016-11-18

  • Console.blit methods can now take fg_alpha and bg_alpha parameters.

1.5.3 - 2016-06-04

  • set_font no longer crashes when loading a file without the implied font size in its name

1.5.2 - 2016-03-11

  • Fixed non-square Map instances

1.5.1 - 2015-12-20

  • Fixed errors with Unicode and non-Unicode literals on Python 2
  • Fixed attribute error in compute_fov

1.5.0 - 2015-07-13

  • python-tdl distributions are now universal builds
  • New Map class
  • map.bresenham now returns a list
  • This release will require libtcod-cffi v0.2.3 or later

1.4.0 - 2015-06-22

  • The DLL’s have been moved into another library which you can find at https://github.com/HexDecimal/libtcod-cffi You can use this library to have some raw access to libtcod if you want. Plus it can be used alongside TDL.
  • The libtocd console objects in Console instances have been made public.
  • Added tdl.event.wait function. This function can called with a timeout and can automatically call tdl.flush.

1.3.1 - 2015-06-19

  • Fixed pathfinding regressions.

1.3.0 - 2015-06-19

  • Updated backend to use python-cffi instead of ctypes. This gives decent boost to speed in CPython and a drastic to boost in speed in PyPy.

1.2.0 - 2015-06-06

  • The set_colors method now changes the default colors used by the draw_* methods. You can use Python’s Ellipsis to explicitly select default colors this way.
  • Functions and Methods renamed to match Python’s style-guide PEP 8, the old function names still exist and are depreciated.
  • The fgcolor and bgcolor parameters have been shortened to fg and bg.

1.1.7 - 2015-03-19

  • Noise generator now seeds properly.
  • The OS event queue will now be handled during a call to tdl.flush. This prevents a common newbie programmer hang where events are handled infrequently during long animations, simulations, or early development.
  • Fixed a major bug that would cause a crash in later versions of Python 3

1.1.6 - 2014-06-27

  • Fixed a race condition when importing on some platforms.
  • Fixed a type issue with quickFOV on Linux.
  • Added a bresenham function to the tdl.map module.

1.1.5 - 2013-11-10

  • A for loop can iterate over all coordinates of a Console.
  • drawStr can be configured to scroll or raise an error.
  • You can now configure or disable key repeating with tdl.event.setKeyRepeat
  • Typewriter class removed, use a Window instance for the same functionality.
  • setColors method fixed.

1.1.4 - 2013-03-06

  • Merged the Typewriter and MetaConsole classes, You now have a virtual cursor with Console and Window objects.
  • Fixed the clear method on the Window class.
  • Fixed screenshot function.
  • Fixed some drawing operations with unchanging backgrounds.
  • Instances of Console and Noise can be pickled and copied.
  • Added KeyEvent.keychar
  • Fixed event.keyWait, and now converts window closed events into Alt+F4.

1.1.3 - 2012-12-17

  • Some of the setFont parameters were incorrectly labeled and documented.
  • setFont can auto-detect tilesets if the font sizes are in the filenames.
  • Added some X11 unicode tilesets, including unifont.

1.1.2 - 2012-12-13

  • Window title now defaults to the running scripts filename.
  • Fixed incorrect deltaTime for App.update
  • App will no longer call tdl.flush on its own, you’ll need to call this yourself.
  • tdl.noise module added.
  • clear method now defaults to black on black.

1.1.1 - 2012-12-05

  • Map submodule added with AStar class and quickFOV function.
  • New Typewriter class.
  • Most console functions can use Python-style negative indexes now.
  • New App.runOnce method.
  • Rectangle geometry is less strict.

1.1.0 - 2012-10-04

  • KeyEvent.keyname is now KeyEvent.key
  • MouseButtonEvent.button now behaves like KeyEvent.keyname does.
  • event.App class added.
  • Drawing methods no longer have a default for the character parameter.
  • KeyEvent.ctrl is now KeyEvent.control

1.0.8 - 2010-04-07

  • No longer works in Python 2.5 but now works in 3.x and has been partly tested.
  • Many bug fixes.

1.0.5 - 2010-04-06

  • Got rid of setuptools dependency, this will make it much more compatible with Python 3.x
  • Fixed a typo with the MacOS library import.

1.0.4 - 2010-04-06

  • All constant colors (C_*) have been removed, they may be put back in later.
  • Made some type assertion failures show the value they received to help in general debugging. Still working on it.
  • Added MacOS and 64-bit Linux support.

1.0.0 - 2009-01-31

  • First public release.