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v0.4.0

UI/UX Improvements and more

Features

  • Added a welcome message that is shown when using the extension for the first time #47
  • Added a message pointing to the changelog when the extension gets updated
  • Added a short in-editor walkthrough for the extension #47
  • Added a view container that houses all views added by the extension #45
  • Added a "Dashboard" view that shows a list some of the main commands you can execute, so you don't have to look through the command palette #46
  • Integrated the Rusty Witcher 3 Debugger CLI tool into the extension client #4
  • Added "Vanilla Scripts" view. It displays the source tree of vanilla scripts (content0) and allows for peeking and importing vanilla scripts from the level of the view. #42
  • Added "Contents" view. It displays script packages known to the content graph - its metadata and files it is associated with. When extension is active, but there are no script projects in the workspace it displays a welcome message with buttons for creating and initializing a project #22
  • Added context menu items for comparing modded script with vanilla to file explorer and editor views
  • Added context status bar item displaying name of the currently worked on script project. Clicking the item shows the command palette of all available WIDE commands #12
  • Added work status bar item displaying the current background work being done on the language server. The item is hidden when there is no work being done currenly #12
  • Added analysis for local var declaration placement

Fixes

  • Fixed contextual syntax analysis not working for events

Commands

  • Added "Open extension logs" command
  • Added "Open extension settings" command
  • Added commands to launch the game
  • Added "Recompile game scripts" command
  • Added "Execute console command" command

Configuration

  • Added a setting to describe a prefered way of launching the game host for testing (standalone with debug args, REDkit, auto)
  • Added a setting for the IP address of the game host
  • Added a setting for the number of threads allocated to Rayon's parallel data processing

Other changes

  • Error message after failing to import vanilla scripts now points to extension logs

Documentation

  • Added "UI Elements" section to the "Editor" page
  • Updated some videos on the "Editor" to better reflect modern way of doing things in WIDE
  • Renamed "Editor" page to "Editor Features"
  • Added a disclaimer for using "content0" as the dependency for projects on the "Project System" page
  • Moved the REDkit section closer to the beginning on the "Project System" page
  • Rewrote "Getting started" page to point to and present the new built-in tutorial

v0.3.2

Hotfix

Features

  • Added support for XOR binary operator
  • Added support for BITAND assignment operator
  • Added support for BITOR assignment operator
  • Removed support for modulo assignment operator as it is not recognized by the compiler

v0.3.1

Annotation support

Features

  • Added support for code annotations introduced Witcher 3 update 4.04a_REDkit_Update_2 on 06.06.2024
  • Added more descriptive errors when adding improper specifiers in code (e.g. access modifier for struct fields)

Fixes

  • Established a specific order in which configuration settings get shown. They should no longer be listed in seemingly random order
  • New projects now should get automatically detected when they get created inside the workspace
  • Improved syntax highlighting of tooltips involving primitive types, special variables (e.g. this) and global variables (e.g. thePlayer)
  • Fixed not being able to use "Create/Initialize project" commands when not already being in a workspace with existing script project(s)

Commands

  • Added a debug command to inspect Concrete Syntax Tree of a script

Other changes

  • Message shown when trying to access language features from the level of a non-project script will now direct to the main "User manual" page instead of "Project System" subpage
  • Reorganized LSP server and client code for readability

v0.3.0

Code symbols update

With this release we also establish an acronym for the project, that being WIDE (WitcherScript Integrated Development Environment). It is also finally getting some visual branding!

Features

  • Added Go to definition/declaration feature #13
  • Added Hover tooltips feature #7
  • Added Document Symbols feature #26
  • Added Selection Range feature #27
  • Added witcherscript.toml schema, which can be used by Even Better TOML extension if you have it installed #16
  • Added multiple definition detection
  • Added unique identifiers to diagnostics, which point to the documentation

Fixes

  • Fixed code text not synchronizing properly when saving a file
  • Fixed unusual line endings in some vanilla script files causing parsing errors #31
  • Fixed diagnostic for invalid project dependency path not being displayed
  • Fixed scripts not getting updated if their version was rolled back (modified date was made older than the previous date)
  • Fixed change to the script root path in the manifest file not getting detected and handled
  • Disallowed contents to specify themselves as their own dependency
  • Lessened the chance of the server getting deadlocked

Commands

  • Added debug command "Show script symbols" to get a view of all symbols coming from current script file
  • Added "Clear global cache" debug command, which clears global persistant data saved by the VSCode extension. Useful for testing by developers

Configuration

  • Added "Enable debug features" setting, which prevents debug features such as commands from being available if not enabled. By default this is disabled. #25
  • Added a setting to enable or disable the language server, which allows you to disable everything except syntax highlighting if you want to #38
  • Added a setting to enable or disable syntax analysis in the language server

Other changes

  • Trying to access more than very basic features such as go to definition outside of a script project should now result in showing a warning message explaining as to why that can't be done. #33
  • Added more possible automatic scripts_root subdirectory candidates for new projects #35
  • Improved UX by explicitly displaying which window is vanilla and which is for the mod in script diff view
  • Improved UX by automatically reacting to newly created, removed or renamed script files, some cases still require explicit file save to refresh though #39
  • Added native content directory, which contains all symbols available in WitcherScript, but not explicitly declared. This directory is shipped together with the Language Server
  • Improved AST traversal and text retrieval performance through better memory management
  • Added issue templates to the repository

Documentation

  • Added "Diagnostic Index" page detailing all diagnostics that can be appear in the editor #36
  • Added FAQ page
  • Added more demo media showing WIDE's capabilities

v0.2.1

REDKit project support & fixes

Features

  • Added support for REDKit projects

Fixes

  • Fixed script analysis not being reloaded when file was saved
  • Fixed duplicated syntax errors for code inside functions
  • Fixed defaults blocks not having syntax analysis
  • Fixed diagnostics not displaying immediately when a manifest file was changed and saved
  • Fixed content not being detected if it resided in the root of a repository directory

Documentation

  • Moved copyright information directly into the "About" page
  • Made a dedicated page for "Getting started" which is available from the main page of user manual
  • Updated "Project System" with REDKit project information

Other

  • Importing a script file now automatically opens it in the editor
  • Opening a new/unknown manifest file now doesn't trigger content graph rebuild and a manual file save action is required to trigger it
  • More descriptive errors diagnostics when linking content dependencies
  • The extension now also gets published to Eclipse's Open VSX Registry at
    https://open-vsx.org/extension/SpontanCombust/witcherscript-ide

v0.2.0

Project system update

Features

  • Added a project system for WitcherScript, check the user manual for details
  • Added workspace-wide analysis thanks to the project system
  • Improved syntax highlighting
  • Fixed syntactical analysis for more obscure grammar. The grammar used should now be 100% compatible with vanilla code

Commands

  • Added a command to initialize a WitcherScript project in an existing directory
  • Added a command to create a WitcherScript project in a new directory
  • Added a command to import a vanilla script into the project
  • Added a command to compare a script with the original vanilla counterpart
  • (Debug) Added a command to inspect the AST of a script file
  • (Debug) Added a command to inspect the dependency graph of projects in the workspace

Configuration

  • Added witcherscript-ide.gameDirectory setting
  • Added witcherscript-ide.contentRepositories setting

v0.1.0

Initial release

Editor

  • Added syntax highlighting
  • Added basic syntactical analysis