SadConsole 8.0.0-pre5

.NET Standard 2.0
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SadConsole 8.99.2

This is a prerelease version of SadConsole.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package SadConsole --version 8.0.0-pre5
NuGet\Install-Package SadConsole -Version 8.0.0-pre5
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="SadConsole" Version="8.0.0-pre5" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add SadConsole --version 8.0.0-pre5
#r "nuget: SadConsole, 8.0.0-pre5"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install SadConsole as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=SadConsole&version=8.0.0-pre5&prerelease

// Install SadConsole as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=SadConsole&version=8.0.0-pre5&prerelease

XX/XX/XXXX V8.0

Special thanks to the SadConsole Discord on all the feedback provided. Shout to the GoRogue project.

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File changes:

  • SadConsole and SadConsole.Universal have been replaced by the SadConsole for .NET Standard library.
  • NuGet packages will be retired and the SadConsole.Standard will remain the main NuGet package.
  • FNA is unknown.

Code changes:

  • Overhaul of the theme system.
  • Overhaul of the SurfaceBase/ScreenObject/Console system.
  • Changed Listbox.Slider to Listbox.Scrollbar. Also changed any property that used the word Slider to ScrollBar
  • Window messagebox and prompts have a library parameter to theme. If not specified, uses the default theme.
  • [Fixed #165] Window stealing mouse focus from scrollbar (thanks VGA256)
  • [Fixed #164] Controls should be aware of what theme is being used
  • Upgraded to MonoGame 3.7
  • Renamed base types and removed some others
  • SurfaceBase is now CellSurface and not abstract
  • ScreenObject is now Console and inherits from SurfaceBase
  • Console is now ScrollingConsole.
  • AnimatedSurface is now AnimatedConsole.
  • LayeredSurface is now LayeredConsole and has a new subtype, CellSurfaceLayer.
  • Mouse input works on all objects that inherit from Console, which is everything besodes CellSurface.
  • Added new ConsoleComponent types.
  • Consoles have a collection of Components that can hook into Update, Draw, Keyboard, Mouse methods.
  • EntityManager is now a ConsoleComponent.
  • Instructions reimplemented as ConsoleComponents.
  • InstructionSet has fluent-type methods to construct the set. See the SplashScreen console in the demo project.
  • [Fixed #199] New PredicateInstruction (thanks VGA256)
  • SurfaceBase.DefaultBackground is now Black instead of Transparent. You may need to use console.DefaultBackground = Color.Transparent; console.Clear(); to restore old behavior.
  • Control.CanFocus is now respected.
  • Fixed CellSurface JSON converter.
  • Fixed ControlsConsole renderer not respecting viewport.
  • Fixed inputbox not working with nummbers.
  • Redesigned ListboxItemTheme to be passable on Listbox ctor.
  • Consoles no longer use a cached drawcall.
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.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
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Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
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NuGet packages (8)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on SadConsole:

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SadCanvas

A canvas class that works with SadConsole and MonoGame host.
SadConsole.Extended

A library of common classes that extend SadConsole with new controls, windows, and more.
SadConsole.Host.MonoGame

A graphics hosting library for SadConsole that targets MonoGame.
SadConsole.Host.SFML

A graphics hosting library for SadConsole that targets SFML.
SadConsole.GoRogueHelpers

A helper library for SadConsole games built with GoRogue.

GitHub repositories (1)

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Thraka/SadConsole
A .NET ascii/ansi console engine written in C# for MonoGame and XNA. Create your own text roguelike (or other) games!
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10.0.0 1,388 10/29/2023
10.0.0-debug 906 10/29/2023
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9.2.0-debug 1,046 12/31/2021
9.1.1 5,007 8/7/2021
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9.1.0 1,981 7/6/2021
9.1.0-debug 1,222 7/6/2021
9.0.0 4,359 6/6/2021
9.0.0-debug 1,203 6/6/2021
9.0.0-beta4 1,838 1/15/2021
9.0.0-beta3 1,953 12/19/2020
9.0.0-beta2 1,481 10/9/2020
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9.0.0-alpha8 1,362 7/13/2020
9.0.0-alpha7 1,611 7/11/2020
9.0.0-alpha6 1,672 5/28/2020
9.0.0-alpha5 1,480 5/26/2020
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8.99.0-debug 1,372 11/27/2019
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8.9.0 2,107 9/7/2019
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8.8.0 2,253 7/27/2019
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8.7.0 1,722 6/22/2019
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8.1.0-debug 1,547 2/28/2019
8.0.0 1,891 2/24/2019
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8.0.0-pre4 1,634 1/31/2019
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8.0.0-pre1 1,643 12/30/2018
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7.2.0 2,048 11/20/2018
7.1.0 2,087 10/19/2018
7.0.4 2,039 9/8/2018
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7.0.2 2,238 8/31/2018
7.0.0 2,016 8/29/2018
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6.4.11 2,253 4/13/2018
6.4.11-pre1 2,051 4/6/2018
6.4.10 2,214 3/18/2018
6.4.9 2,165 3/18/2018
6.4.8 2,133 3/18/2018
6.4.7 2,198 3/16/2018
6.4.6 2,407 2/14/2018
6.4.5 2,223 2/3/2018
6.4.3 2,205 11/14/2017
6.4.2 2,293 8/11/2017
6.4.1 2,110 8/10/2017
6.4.0 2,196 7/25/2017
6.3.0 2,215 6/9/2017
6.2.2 2,219 5/20/2017
6.2.1 2,326 4/23/2017
6.2.0 2,141 4/22/2017
6.1.4 2,145 4/17/2017
6.1.3 2,840 4/3/2017
6.1.2 2,109 4/1/2017
6.1.1 2,074 4/1/2017
6.1.0 2,092 3/31/2017
6.0.1 2,208 3/19/2017
6.0.0 2,018 3/18/2017

[BREAKING CHANGES]
[This list is just some of the major changes]
[See the documentation on NuGet for more information]
- Overhaul of the theme system.
- Overhaul of the SurfaceBase/ScreenObject/Console system.
- Overhaul of Instruction system.
- Added new ConsoleComponents system.
- Upgraded to MonoGame 3.7
- EntityManager removed and will be added to GoRogue-SadConsole integration lib.