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Notes about upcoming releases will be at the end of each release notes forum post.
Release/Change Notes for World of RoboFarmCraft v1.6(6445): "More App Innards"
- * Submitted to QA Dec 28, 2015
* Submitted to Apple for review Jan 3, 2016[1]
* Available in the App Store Jan 9, 2016
"Big News" items
- * Circuit-layout Store and Load greatly improved, including the addition of "Delete Circuit Layout".
* Several UI annoyances fixed:
- * Solder pen is no longer blocked by help buttons or drawers
* Fixes to store/load circuits
* "Farm Saved" alert appearing over the top of "No Market Allowed" alert on locally-saved farms.
NOTE: Please be careful with this feature, there is NO UNDO!
* Preparatory work in support of user-routable wiring.
Code changes:
- * bump vsn to v1.6 (more app innards)
* bugzid: 1463 remove login cruft
* bugzid: 1468 refactor decor flipped so it can be used by any object
* bugzid: 1450 refactor decor -> object so anything can animate
* Check for superfluous runInMainQueue:
* bugzid: 1471 reduce WARN: messages that never happen (compress titles)
* bugzid: 1262 small (?) help buttons block soldering iron grab
* bugzid: 1299 robot drawers block soldering iron
* bugzid: 1478 store/load circuit dropped chip-interior connections
* bugzid: 458 cleanup magic numbers, hard coded strings, etc.
* bugzid: 1483 grab order of stacked gates is 'bottom first'
* bugzid: 1482 circuit layout load can leave off-screen traces
* bugzid: 1480 circuit load can leave 'mini-gates'
* bugzid: 1093 farm-saved alert shows over no-market alert
* Prettier crafting-bonus display
* bugzid: 1483 better power-up display
* Work In Progress (WIP): New RfcWire object. Solder view uses wires.
* internal support for auto-routing
* update chip-handling code to use (new) externalPins method
* (WIP) robot-zoom work
* remove RfcWire from project, functionality is part of RfcConnector
* project cleanup
* qty-crafted now accounts for qty-at-a-time value
* crafting short-list now forwards to tools
* (WIP) guild-vc work.
* bump vsn to v1.6 for preview QA
* bugzid: 1453 allow delete farms
* reduce flurry event-spread
* groundwork for app notifications to be on a per-farm basis.
* bugzid: 1150 gates load mis-aligned from their saved state
* put electro-zapper on gesture recognizer, too
* gates switched over to gestures
* reduce log chatter
* bugzid: 1492 feature unlocked powerups stops system power now.
* bugzid: 1496 add keep-screen-awake (while robot is moving) setting
* (WIP) work on saveToken (will enable Safeguard- and Restore-farm).
* cruft removal
* fix sim-only login code-blocks
* Chips now have inventoryType, if they have contents
* Fix load-circuit gestures
* fix long-tap time for gates
* fix real-user for debug-alt login
* add rename-only to circuit-layout
* Added telemetry for create-first-farm
* update to Flurry SDK v7.3.0
* add telemetry to banners
* add logEvent:error to logError:
* Chest-VC now allows if qty-selected is larger than stack
* bugzid: 1500 circuit layout load/save fixed
* fix item-sensor with wildcard (ex: any-rock sensor) multi-update (circuit load)
* bugzid: 1516 circuit layout put-away gates drawer fixes
* bugzid: 1514 add delete stored layout
Content changes:
- * move dirt/mined-dirt down to layer -5
* layer adjustments
* smaller, prettier NODEs
Server changes:
- * fix delete farm logic
* (WIP) working on saveToken logic
On The List!
NOTE: "The List" changes to try to keep up with user feedback; your feedback matters! Everything that we've previously talked about is still "on the list", but "early user experience", "social features" and "less obstreperous game-play/UI" are being prioritized, as I think those items are most-critical.
Plans for upcoming releases as of Dec 21, 2015:
v1.6.5: A few "app innards" items that didn't make it into v1.6 due to lack of time. Most notably: Robot-guilds and support for Safeguard farms. Also prep-work for v1.7's big item: wire-routing.
v1.7: Focus on soldering UI. (It's long been a weak spot of the game, and I hope to make it much-much-less-sucky.)
v1.8: More circuits/automation.
v1.9: Misc catchup & overflow from items that were intended for earlier builds but slipped.
v1.10: ??? Maybe a collection of user wish-list ideas, if I can't come think of a good theme by then.
v1.11: ???
v1.12: ???
"Eventually" ("Soon!"??): WoRFC on Apple-TV.
vFuture: 100s of great ideas that I need to sort into planned releases and then release them.
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[1] Bah! Found a stupid bug that prevented the (?) help buttons inside the robot from working. Had to re-submit to Apple, which means scooting back in the queue.
