PICO-8 v0.2.4 compatiblity roadmap

[samhocevar]

• Added: Video and spritesheet memory addresses can be mapped to each other
• Added: Map memory address can be mapped to 0x8000 // POKE(0x5f56, 0x80)
• Added: stat(46)..stat(56): higher resolution and more accurate reporting of audio state
• Added: Print one-off characters with ?"^:447cb67c3e7f0106 hey" (or "^." for binary data)
• Added: chr() can take multiple arguments to construct an arbitrarily long string
• Added: sub(str, pos, _) to get a single character at position pos
• Added: Warning on boot when PICO-8 is running below 30fps
• Added: Automatic scrolling caused by print() (with no x,y given) can be disabled with POKE(0x5f36,0x40)
• Added: .p8.rom format can be used by cstore(), reload() and in multicarts
• Added: EXPORT accepts .p8 .p8.png .p8.rom formats (can be used to save a copy, or convert from commandline)
• Added: 64-bit RaspberryPi OS Builds and Exporters
• Added: ASCII .txt version of manual included in archives & on website (synced with new html version)
• Added: Auto-hide mouse cursor when typing (adjustable in config.txt)
• Changed: .p8.rom file format can be less than 32k -- is padded with zeros to 32k on load
• Changed: sub() costs some cpu based on the length of the string
• Changed: Shorthand if/while no longer needs to be preceeded by a whitespace character or number
• Changed: load("#") throws a runtime error when cartridge id contains illegal characters
• Changed: 64k of Base RAM is standard (no need to set the hardware extension bit)
• Changed: By default, draw colour resets to 6 when program is suspended
• Changed: map() can take nil parameters for source_w, source_h to indicate default values
• Changed: pal(n) (a single integer) to reset a single palette 1..3 (draw, display, secondary)
• Changed: Can turn P8SCII wrap on/off with "^$", "^-$"
• Changed: config.txt is not saved on exit when changes are made to it while PICO-8 is open
• Changed: added code editor undo points when changing between identifier and non-identifier characters
• Changed: sfx(-1, -2) now behaves the same as sfx(-1). sfx(-2) stops looping on all channels.
• Changed: chip build no longer requires libcurl (calls out to wget)
• Fixed: (Mac, Linux) load("#echo ohno") is executed // + server-side mitigation for splore
• Fixed: stat(31) returns 2 parameters (bug introduced in 0.2.3)
• Fixed: split() and sub() fail on strings containing "\0"
• Fixed: ctrl-x on song pattern appears to work, but music() plays sfx 1..4
• Fixed: Text getting cut off after console scrolling when using print with draw_y_offset (0x5f5b)
• Fixed: camera(0,128) cursor(0,128) print("\n") causes unnecessary console scrolling
• Fixed: last music pattern not saved when only channel 3 is used and other channels are defaults
• Fixed: ?"\a12 sup yall" overwrites sfx 12 with a default beep (should just play and continue printing)
• Fixed: cursed console cpu refund exploit // https://carlc27843.itch.io/cursed-console
• Fixed: ctrl-r from commandline resets parameter string (stat(6)) -- should be same as the last run
• Fixed: ord() corrupting Lua stack and crashing when returning more than ~80 results
• Fixed: large camera() parameters can cause line() clipping to fail and crash
• Fixed: Crash when saving long gifs (> 90 seconds)
• Fixed: Unmapped joysticks not responding
• Fixed: Plugging in > 2 controllers causes other controller to disconnect