Changelog

This page contains detailed explanations and guidelines for version updates of DyNode.

v0.1.13.1 (2024-01-28)

This release contains a bug fix.

• Fixed an issue where dragging the tail of a Hold note caused the game to crash.

v0.1.13 (2024-01-23)

This version includes new features and bug fixes.

New Features

• Added the functionality of modifying and correcting Timing. See Timing/Modify Timing Point and Timing/Timing Correction.
• Now supports multi-selection of notes on different sides and batch operations on them. See Chart Editing/Multi-Selection on Different Sides.
• Now supports editing notes on both left and right sides simultaneously. See Chart Editing/Dual Side Editing.
• Switching between bar number/time display now shows accurate bar numbers. See Timing/Time and Bar Numbers.
• In the visually consistent default width mode, pasted/attached notes will automatically adjust their width.
• Supported import of .dy chart format.
• Settings for particle effects are now saved in the project.
• Holding Shift now accelerates the adjustment speed of A/D.
• Adjusting the width when pasting notes will not reset the note's width.
  • You can still use Ctrl+V to manually reset it.
• Now, holding the Alt key displays all note information.
• Added a threshold for triggering width adjustment when placing notes.
  • To avoid accidental adjustments to note width when placing notes.

Localization

• Supplemented/improved English translation.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed incorrect I/O clearance caused by low frame rates.
• Added import warnings for early version Dynamaker chart formats and fixed related crash issues.
• Corrected and improved various transition animations.
  • Avoided unnecessary transitions.
  • Corrected some unnatural flickering.
• Fixed some multilingual errors.
• Some other improvements.

Feature Removal

• Removed the option to manually modify Bar settings.
  • Removed global Bar/Offset settings.
  • Removed prompt messages after overwriting Bar settings.

Documentation

• Documentation will now be automatically cached locally and accessible offline.
• You can now search the documentation online from the top right corner of the page.
• Several entries have been updated and corrected.

v0.1.12.5 (2024-01-03)

This version includes some bug fixes.

• Fixed the issue of Chain type note textures missing pixels.
• Transition animations will now be consistent across different frame rates.
  • Excluding particle animations.
• Fixed potential issues with video playback.
• Gamemaker Runtime updated to v2023.11.1.160.
  • This update brings some bug fixes and efficiency improvements.

v0.1.12.4 (2023-11-24)

This version includes some bug fixes and feature changes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where the English left bracket [ did not display correctly in titles.
• Fixed the problem where DyCore.dll could not load properly on old systems, preventing the game from starting.
• Fixed the crash issue after using Ctrl+C in copy mode.
• Fixed potential crash issues related to video playback.
• Fixed the issue where IO was not cleared correctly when the window lost focus due to high time thresholds.
• Removed the libfilesystem extension to try and fix some issues it caused.

Feature Changes

• The default transparency of the beat lines for new projects is now set to 50%, 0%, 0% (front, left side, right side).
• The beat line transparency settings of a project will now be saved.
• Optimized the Mixer's handling of multi-presses.
• The feature of exporting to Dynamaker-modified has been separated to the shortcut Ctrl+F5.
• A highlight color indicator for the center point of drag when multi-selecting Notes is now displayed.
• Fixed the issue of priority selection of drag center point when multi-selecting Notes.
• Position highlights for notes on both sides will now be displayed simultaneously.

v0.1.12.3 (2023-09-05)

This version includes some bug fixes and new features.

Bug Fixes

• Attempted to fix a crash issue caused by deleting notes.
• Fixed the problem where the music volume was reset after the music finished playing.
• Fixed the issue where background light effects sometimes remained static.

Visual Improvements

• Refined the layout and visual adjustments of the scoreboard to make it more similar to the original Dynamix.
• Improved the text display in the TAB toolbar.

New Features

• Notes at the same time will now be highlighted by squares.
• You can now double-click to snap notes.
  • The note that is double-clicked acts as the center for snapping.
• Error correction feature now replaces the millisecond rounding function.
  • By default, consecutive notes within 2ms error will be aligned to the earliest position among these notes.
• Added a disable pitch shift (Experimental) option to the TAB toolbar.

  Warning

  The current stage of the disable pitch shift option significantly increases sound latency and may have many underlying issues.

• Project-related files will now be copied to the project directory on project save and will default to using relative paths to read files.
  • These related files include music, background, and video files.

  Warning

  This version of the project file will break compatibility with lower versions. Please backup project files accordingly before updating.

Miscellaneous

• Gamemaker Runtime updated to version 2023.6.

v0.1.12.2 (2023-07-05)

This version contains some bug fixes.

• Removed an external library, thereby fixing some issues it caused, such as:
  • OBS unable to capture DyNode screen through game recording.
  • Clicking on the game screen when a dialog box appears slows down the game response.
  • DyNode in the foreground being recognized as a background application by Windows.
  • Some unexplained stuttering issues.
• Fixed the "NOTE DELETE ERROR" bug that caused the game to terminate.
• Gamemaker Runtime updated to 2023.6.

v0.1.12.1 (2023-06-17)

This version fixes a major issue in v0.1.12 that could cause the exported chart to be unreadable.

• Fixed an issue with the XML parser that could cause exported charts to be unreadable.
  • The issue was due to the order of attributes in the XML Declaration's first line being incorrect, where the correct format should be <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>, but DyNode's XML parser might output it as <?xml encoding="UTF-8" version="1.0"?>.
  • This issue could have been occurring since version v0.1.11.5.
  • Removed the encoding attribute from the XML Declaration.
• Slightly increased the brightness of Hold notes.

v0.1.12 (2023-06-11)

The main changes in DyNode v0.1.12 compared to v0.1.11 are as follows.

New Features

• Added three new beatline styles, see Chart Editing/Beatline Styles.
• The color of the note center squares is now closer to the original Dynamaker.
• Added a delay adjustment feature, see Chart Editing/Delay Adjustment.
• Added a top toolbar and functions for adjusting volume/background brightness, see Chart Editing/Toolbar.
• Added the ability to set custom beat subdivisions, see Chart Editing/Custom Beat Subdivision.
• Added experimental feature: Expressions. See Advanced Features/Expressions.
• Added English/Traditional Chinese language support.
  • Thanks to @Jmakxd for providing English/Traditional Chinese translations.
• The editing interface's timeline will now automatically move to the time period where undo/redo occurred.
• Added an upper limit to the number of undo operations (3000).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where out-of-bounds warnings were not triggered correctly during undo/redo.
• Fixed the problem where video background transparency was not calculated correctly.
• Fixed the issue where the particle system was not reset when reloading configurations.
• Fixed the problem where setting global Bar did not work.
• Fixed potential crashes caused by undoing.
• Fixed the issue where the scroll wheel moved the chart at different speeds under different refresh rates.
• Fixed the crash when importing/exporting xml if no notes existed on either side.
• Fixed the problem where SUB notes might not be deleted when deleting Hold notes.
• Fixed the issue where Holds would not display as expected under certain conditions.
• Fixed the problem of background gradient animations being static before the start of the song.
• Corrected the wrong count of note statistics.
• Fixed the issue where beatlines did not display correctly under negative Bar numbers.

Visual Improvements

• Now, the boundaries of Hold notes do not overlap with each other.
  • Reworked the note drawing process.
• Increased the transparency of the title.
• Reduced the brightness of the Hold note background.

Performance Improvements

• Beatlines will now not be drawn when unnecessary.
• Other performance improvements.

Miscellaneous

• Added an "About" page.
• The stream speed setting will now be saved in the project.
• You can use Ctrl+F6 to randomize the chart (0.1.11.1.4.1).
• Added a limitation on the width of notes (>$0.01$).
• Gamemaker Runtime version updated to 2023.4.