Magarena 1.68

[melvin]

The inablity to recreate user reported gameplay issues, such as AI misplays,
has been a major obstacle for us. This release includes the ability to generate
a "Gameplay Report" in the game menu (accessed with the Esc key during the
game). Please include the generated gameplay report zip file when reporting
gameplay issues. In addition, we have fixed 20 bugs and added 71 cards.

Click here to download for Windows, Linux and MacOSX.

includes contributions from:
lodici
melvin
PalladiaMors
ShawnieBoy

- provide a "Gameplay Report" option to the game menu that allows users to
create a zip file that should be submitted for gameplay bugs

- update basic lands to use BFZ full art card images

- allow overriding the default card image by adding image with the same name to '<images>/custom' folder

- show choice indicator immediately after target description instead of at the end of the effect text

- fixed the following bugs:
* Mac startup script stopped working since 1.64 (issue #492)
* AI unable to grant abilities to creatures during declare attackers step (issue #500)
* AI will sometimes sacrifice a permanent as a cost to pump the permanent itself
* name of card displayed in user prompt when AI plays megamorph ability (issue #454)
* face down creature is not interactive in log (issue #477)
* mill message appears before effect message (issue #487)
* image_updated property did not work with images for missing cards (issue #501)
* incorrect tense in "may" clause of effects (issue #503)
* cards that reduce life loss due to damage should not change life total and then set it (issue #512)
* Burnout should not allow opponent to pay to prevent countering the spell
* Fyndhorn Pollen missing 'Cumulative upkeep '
* Kobold Drill Sergeant gave Kobolds +1/+1, should be +0/+1
* Form of the Dragon should trigger life gain/loss
* Tooth and Nail puts creatures into play before searching for them (issue #460)
* Colfenor's Urn doesn't check current toughness (issue #462)
* Narcolepsy's log message mention of enchanted permanent is not interactive (issue #489)
* Wormfang Turtle removes all player's lands instead of chosen one (issue #490)
* Blessed Reversal required a target and did not gain life (issue #491)
* Dead-Iron Sledge crashes if it is not equipped when its trigger resolves (issue #494)
* Faerie Miscreant's trigger condition incorrectly scripted (issue #508)

- added the following cards:
Acolyte of the Inferno, Akoum Hellkite, Akoum Stonewaker, Angelic Gift,
Banshee of the Dread Choir, Blastfire Bolt, Blisterpod, Boiling Earth,
Broodbirth Viper, Brood Butcher, Brood Monitor, Caller of the Pack,
Call the Scions, Carrier Thrall, Carry Away, Catacomb Sifter,
Cloven Casting, Clutch of Currents, Coastal Discovery, Complete Disregard,
Deathless Behemoth, Defiant Bloodlord, Drowner of Hope, Earthen Arms,
Eldrazi Skyspawner, Eyeless Watcher, Fortified Rampart, From Beyond,
Furnace Scamp, Herald of the Host, Illusory Gains, Incubator Drone,
Kalemne's Captain, Karlov of the Ghost Council, Kor Castigator,
Kozilek's Sentinel, Kudzu, Lich, Mire's Malice, Molten Nursery,
Murderous Spoils, Nefarious Lich, Nettle Drone, Nissa's Renewal,
Omnath, Locus of Rage, Ophiomancer, Oran-Rief Invoker, Prison Term,
Retreat to Emeria, Rising Miasma, Roil Spout, Ruinous Path, Rush of Ice,
Sai of the Shinobi, Sandstone Bridge, Scatter to the Winds, Searing Rays,
Shielded by Faith, Spawning Bed, Spell Shrivel, Stasis Snare, Steam Vines,
Stormrider Rig, Sudden Demise, Tightening Coils, Touch of the Eternal,
Touch of the Void, Turn Against, Turn to Slag, Tymaret, the Murder King,
Warchief Giant

[kannikkiy]

Dear developers,

Thanks a lot for new release of Magarena. However, the issue of the program translation is still actual. There are some strings in UI and gameplay, which can be translated. The same proposal deals with downloading translated card images. When do you plan to solve these objectives?

[Lodici]

There are some strings in UI and gameplay, which can be translated.

Indeed, but the log messages and such like are a bit more difficult to work with although I am sure it can be overcome eventually by a suitably motivated person. Issue #465 was opened to track progress on this.

The same proposal deals with downloading translated card images. When do you plan to solve these objectives?

As far as I am aware there are no plans - yet! - to address downloading card images in other languages. You can manually replace the default images by creating a folder named "custom" in the images folder and placing your own images in it. Each image should have the same name as the one it is replacing. Magarena will then choose any image it finds in "custom" over the default image. Also Magarena will only read from "custom" - it will not update or overwrite the custom images as it may sometimes do with the default images.

[ShawnieBoy]

As far as I am aware there are no plans - yet! - to address downloading card images in other languages. You can manually replace the default images by creating a folder named "custom" in the images folder and placing your own images in it. Each image should have the same name as the one it is replacing. Magarena will then choose any image it finds in "custom" over the default image. Also Magarena will only read from "custom" - it will not update or overwrite the custom images as it may sometimes do with the default images.

This is also being tracked as Issue 418

Using a custom folder would be the best for now

[kannikkiy]

Thanks a lot for your quick reply.

However not only log messages could be translated. Some UI strings

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(word "All" in Duel properties panel; deck types ("Random", "Prebuilt" an so on) in deck description; name of colors; type, subtype, and rarity in Deck editor)

also need a translation.

And about translated card images. I wrote small program to rename downloading path in Magarena scripts in accordance with common languages (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Russian). I think it will be useful. Program for Windows and short manual in attachments.

[Lodici]

... Some UI strings - (word "All" in Duel properties panel; deck types ("Random", "Prebuilt" an so on) in deck description; name of colors; type, subtype, and rarity in Deck editor) - also need a translation.

Thanks for the clarification, you are right most if not all of these can be translated. I have created task #538 to look into them for the next release. If you have any other examples please post them here or in issue #538.

[Lodici]

And about translated card images. I wrote small program to rename downloading path in Magarena scripts in accordance with common languages (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Russian). I think it will be useful. Program for Windows and short manual in attachments.

Thanks. Assuming you are just replacing "\en\" in the download link with the equivalent language code, I think it would be fairly simple to replicate the results a bit more efficiently (ie. no double download!) from within Magarena itself. Please can you take a look at the pseudo-code in issue 539 - does this look feasible?

[kannikkiy]

If you have any other examples please post them here.

Thanks. Some other strings:
1. Messages at logo when application is starting ("Starting UI" and so on).
2. When the player start new duel at page with deck view in the header of card list the word "Unsaved deck".
3. In Deck editor headers and some entries like a type, subtype and rarity.
4. Prompts of new log managing buttons.
5. "Gameplay report" menu entry.

[kannikkiy]

Please can you take a look at the pseudo-code in issue 539 - does this look feasible?

Yes, it's the best decision.

[Lodici]

4. Prompts of new log managing buttons.
5. "Gameplay report" menu entry.

Thanks for the additional strings. The above have already been translated but the translation file will need to be updated first. Please see Update an existing translation file in the wiki on how to do this.

[kannikkiy]

Yet another strings in UI, which can be translated: in the sidebar view settings the list entries ("Player1", "Player2", "Logstack", "TurnInfo").