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News > New Catapult info

#11705 - krom - Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:33 am

Michael Shamgar has informed us of the next Catapult update:

Catapult V1.31b will be (finally!) released at the end of this week. It is a
major update and includes these changes:

- Distributed project development through the internet (i.e. similar to CVS built-in)
- Brand new level editor (heaps of features, fully integrated), unlocked in the freeware version
- Image management system (through TileLists)
- Sound editor (create, edit or transform sound effects)
- Improved palette and image processing tools
- Full music/sound support in our GBA engine (through the latest version of NMod)
- Improved 3D support, including matrix & vector types and commands..
- New 'Highway' demo
- Users guide up to 150pages

..more than 300 changes/fixes from the last version..

Export version is only $19.95, and includes 4 ROM builds (per month for a year!) as well as much more.

Also worth mentioning:
- Linux version of Catapult is running, and will be released in a few weeks
- Spanish version will be released at the same time as the English version
- French, German and Italian versions are on the way


Head over to http://www.nocturnal-central.com/ and find out more!