514 features in brief

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Aug 27 2021, 10:27 pm
Version 514:
  • Language features
    • := assign-into operator
    • ||= and &&= conditional assigns
    • ?[] null-conditional list access operator
    • splicetext() and list.Splice() procs
  • Display
    • Integrated particle effects
    • Bloom filter
  • Movement
    • world.movement_mode
  • Color
    • rgb() supports color spaces
    • New rgb2num() and gradient() procs
    • Animation now supports color spaces
  • User interface
    • Multiple improvements to embedded winget()
    • Mouse macros: much finer control over mouse input, allowing custom verbs to eliminate server-side parsing
    • on-status parameter
  • Time
    • time2text() supports time zone offsets
    • world.time_zone and client.time_zone
  • Optimization/performance
    • world.map_cpu
    • SendMaps profiling
    • Vastly improved performance for browse_rsc()
    • New load_resource() proc to preload resources and keep them longer
    • The BYOND suite is now compiled as LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE so it can use more memory

Aug 28 2021, 12:52 pm
Sadly the most important one isn't there :(