Skyscrapersim 2.0 Alpha 9 Update 1

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Current Development Builds by Version (Update) Versions: Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Alpha 3, Alpha 4, Alpha 4.1, Alpha 5, Alpha 6, Alpha 7, Alpha 8, Alpha 9 (Update 1 / Update 2) Alpha 10 (Update 1 / Update 2 / Update 3 / Update 4 / Update 5 / Update 6), Alpha 11 (Update 1 / Update 2), Alpha 12, Beta

Skyscrapersim 2.0 Alpha 9 Update 1 / 1.9.1 was the 11th release of the 2.0 releases. It was released on March 31, 2015.

Changelog

1. play elevator door open/close and message sounds on reversal
2. change to Go function in rev 3171 broke FloorHold feature; relocated code to fix
3. added more breaks and other cleanups
4. cleanups to elevator functions involving door lookups
5. prevent nudge mode from enabling if elevator doors were manually moved and stopped
6. elevator door open buttons now can be held down to hold doors and released to reset door timer
7. in DoorExists function, can't mix GetDoor and array (this was causing the DoorExists function to potentially malfunction)
8. reordered section information area in script interpreter for the other changes to be made possible
9. user variables now work in section lines such as "<Floors>", due to code reordering
10. removed unneeded fire phase 1 check in call button code
11. reordered call availability code, to properly report service and nudge modes
12. overhauled nudge mode to enable timer when the situation allows it
13. if mesh physics is enabled, use a box collider by default
14. if model physics is enabled, mesh code should not try to load collider model
15. (Bullet) position update is no longer needed in penetration recovery function, and causes issues
16. (Bullet) turn off contact normal direction fix, which inverts some polygon normals incorrectly
17. (Bullet) fixed penetration recovery by running it in the forward movement function, right after the setting of the original position, to prevent interference with stairs
18. have call availability check properly report busy if doors are held, instead of for other reason
19. elevator doors can now report their hold status
20. added more "Invalid Door" errors to nudge and sensor functions
21. reworked door sensor code to split into separate persistent enabled/disabled state, and temporary activated/deactivated state
22. changed Alarm button in elevator editor to Hold Doors
23. elevator door sensor and nudge functions now properly select door object
24. NewElevator and NewFloor functions should use GetFloor function instead of their own check, for performance
25. some functions in Shaft and Stairwell code weren't checking validity of floors
26. in Calc function, lowered precedence of subtraction operator due to order conflicts with other operators
27. cut function should flip coordinates if out of order
28. F6 key would cause a crash if current camera floor was invalid (mainly in empty buildings)
29. elevator sensor status is now only shown after startup or in verbose mode
30. car idle, motor idle and music sounds now load sounds on first run if not loaded yet, instead of in CreateElevator function
31. added motor idle sound code, which was started in rev 1603 but never finished
32. don't try to create wall/floor sides and top if thickness is 0
33. cleaned up wall/floor function return codes and some legacy stuff
34. added checks to AddWallMain and AddFloorMain functions to print an error if coordinates are invalid
35. added a zero normal check to the texture mapper
36. planar mapper should be computing normal based on full polygon, not just first three vertices. This fixes some texture mapping errors
37. reverted behavior change to ShaftShowOutside command from revision 3194
38. make sure that floors grouped with the current camera floor are not switched off as part of the shaft and stairwell ShowFloors code
39. (C++) SplitData function now verifies length of string properly
40. reverted and remade the fix to prevent crashes if no parameters are specified for certain commands
41. moved the missing file report to after the raising of the main window, to prevent it from being hidden on startup
42. in Calc function, handle a calculation error as a silent error instead of ignoring it, to prevent infinite loops
43. fixed an issue where clicks on call button panels would trigger a down call
44. reworked elevator call availability code, to return busy or an error, to prevent call buttons from looping if all elevators won't service the call
45. fixed an issue where DeleteRoute would report even if a route is not deleted
46. in the Reload code, since the Load function can unload the simulator if it encounters an error, exit to the main menu if this happens to prevent a crash
47. ensure that the Reload flag is turned off after a reload, which prevents future startup issues
48. system meshes should be created on engine startup, not separately in script interpreter. This fixes startup crashes that happen if no valid data is in the script file
49. door resets now report in verbose mode
50. (C++) renamed ResetDoorTimer functions to Reset and ResetDoors
51. sensors will only enable if using automatic doors (AutoDoors is true)
52. added a new action "sensorreset" as part of previous fix
53. fixed issue where door sensors would reset door holds. Door hold and reset functions now disable and re-enable sensors, and leave the sensor alone if the sensor is calling those functions.
54. in Calc function, allow decimal numbers without 0's at start
55. fixed a click position offset in Freelook mode on Mac, and also did minor cleanups to the related code
56. reworked the floor indicator code, consolidating and separating it properly
57. elevator indicators should be enabled/disabled along with the elevator
58. floor and directional indicators can now be deleted by ctrl-alt-click
59. fixed mesh name of floor indicators
60. minor code cleanups
61. fixed an issue where all related elevator shaft doors would respond to door bumper code, instead of just the elevator's floor. Also cleaned up the code.
62. added missing dbghelp.dll file (Windows packaging)
63. F2 key now prints more detailed render statistics
64. fixed length of floating point output in ToString functions, for Visual C++
65. don't treat textures in ChangeTexture function as filenames, just material names - this fixes a lot of performance problems
66. (Triton Center) Hotel wall positioning fixes
67. for call buttons, if all associated elevators are in a service mode, don't continue to search for more elevators; reset the call button instead
68. fixed last report line from elevator's DumpQueues and DumpServicedFloors functions
69. fixed an issue where floors listed in the ShowFloors or ShowOutside lists would be switched off when stopping and continuing at a floor
70. fixed a crash that would occur if the Move button was pressed in the Object Manager if no selection was made