New features and improvements
- Added controller rumble support (needs to be enabled in the Options and might not work with all controllers)
- Added an in-game downloader for the remastered soundtrack, so the game download can be noticably smaller
- Experimental Ghost Sync mode is now available directly in the Options menu
- Added an option for how to draw other players in Ghost Sync, e.g. with full opacity
- Added a more Mania-accurate rotation implementation to "Character Rotation" in the options
- Added an option for different visual styles for gamepad button icons
- Made glitch fix setting for speedrunning more accessible, and split it into three options
- In mod options, you can now expand / collapse each mod
- Added faster navigation in Options and Mods menus by holding X (D on keyboard)
- Changed the background of the mod details window to a dark one, for better readability
- You can now dropdash in MGZ spin wheel triggers to activate them
- Knuckles' AIZ intro now uses the correct critters for AIZ
- With infinite lives option active, 1-up bubbles in bonus stages are replaced with rings now
- FBZ 2 mid-boss laser can now be destroyed
- Added missing badniks to Knuckles' path in CNZ 1 for the Sonic 3 level layout
- Added sound for CNZ cannon shooting
- Starposts now indicate the special stage type more clearly
- Improved software rendering blur effect to the same quality as OpenGL hardware
- Performance improvements for ZIP mod loading and script execution
Bug fixes
- Added a whole bunch of game fixes contributed by community members
- Fixed a rendering problem with OpenGL Hardware setting on latest AMD graphics card drivers on Windows
- Fix for an issue in frame timing that could lead to a random stuttering frame rate
- Fix for various rendering issues (with both OpenGL and software)
- Stability fixes for networking
- Fix for a crush bug that can occur when walking on ceilings
- Fixed glitch when dropdashing or bubble bouncing onto the HCZ hand launcher
- Set a proper level floor height for HCZ 2, so you can't fall into the glitchy abyss there any more
- Fix for camera / capsule position after HCZ 2 boss
- Fix for a possible softlock with the MGZ spinning tops
- Fixed a bug that occurred if dying at the end of ICZ 1 without touching any checkpoint before
- Fixed a possible softlock with LBZ 1's first cup elevator
- Removed unnecessary springs in the floor in FBZ 1
- Fixed sand dust position in SOZ 1 boss
- Removed duplicate rings in LRZ 2
- Fixed chunk tiling in HPZ
- Fixed that the "Keep Shield after Zone" option could give you a shield again after restarting at the last checkpoint
- Fixed that after level results tally, score numbers just disappeared instead of quickly moving out of the screen
- Fixed an original game bug that caused you to lose two lives if drowning and be killed by a pirhana at the same time
- Fix for wrong background colored pixels in Continue sprites for Sonic and Tails
- Fix for wrong final time in Time Attack if the game got paused in the run
- Fixes for competition mode items
- Competition Mode now uses the original game's viewport sizes, instead of having a too small lower viewport
- Fix for wrong positioning of the competition mode background
- Several fixes when playing in 4:3 (using dev mode or the classic mode sample mod)
- Added a security check if scripts cause an internal script stack overflow
- Additional minor fixes and touch-ups
Modding features & improvements
- Replaced "Debug.drawRect" with "Renderer.drawRect", introducing a few more parameters like render queue
- Using the same reset behavior for "Renderer.drawText" and "Renderer.drawRect" as for sprites, so they don't disappear during fades any more
- Added a new way of rendering sprites in script ("Renderer.addSpriteHandle" and the various SpriteHandle methods)
- Also for sprite rendering, added several blend modes and more flexible support for tint & added colors
- Support for L + R shoulder buttons, if the mod.json unlocks it
- Support for defining required mods and recommended order of mods (see "doc/Modding.pdf" for details)
- Added "UniqueID" mod.json property
- Lemonscript now supports types "float" and "double" for floating point numbers
- Extended the standard library of functions usable by scripts with more math and string functions
- Added function "getStringFromCharacter"
- Support for adding string + number (requires script feature level 2)
- Added script function "addressof" to query the address inside a memory access (like a define) or the address hook of a function
- Added support for alias names for script functions
- Experimental rewind using Numpad-9 (requires dev mode)
- Added support for changing the "DATA SELECT" text by adding a sprite with the key "dataselect_text"
- Including a lot of base game script improvements by Vinegar
