Dune Dynasty v1.6.3

"Many new machines on IX. Better than those on Richese."

Changes:

• Add enhancement option "Instant wall construction":

  • Reduces build time of walls to 0.
  • This enhancement is disabled by default.

• Add enhancement option "Extend light vehicle sight range":

  • Doubles fog uncover radius of trikes and quads from 2 to 4 tiles.
  • This enhancement is disabled by default.

• Add support for new soundtracks:

  • The amazing highly recommended Dune II 5-device remix/remaster (PC Speaker + Tandy + AdLib + MT-32 + SC-55) by the Sound Card database (listen to it on YouTube or download here). Many thanks to Ben from SCDB for providing the files!
  • The Dune II Amiga Music recordings (download here)
  • The Emperor: Battle for Dune game music
  • The Dune: Part Two (2024) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer

• Fix/improve Aspect Ratio Correction:

  • Fix aspect ratio of menus/cutscenes/mentat-screens for modern monitors by using a default ratio of 1.2 instead of 1.1.
  • Add in-game video option "Aspect Ratio Correction". (see Readme for details)
  • BREAKING CHANGE: the config-option correct_aspect_ratio does not include the actual correction ratio anymore, as this is now hardcoded to 1.2.

• Add Midi Format option to Music Options:

  • This allows setting the type of midi files to be played:
    • pcs: PC Speaker
    • tan: Tandy 3 voices
    • gm: General Midi (SC-55) (=default)
    • mt32: Roland MT-32
  • Config key is midi_format

• Add config option midi_device_id to select the MIDI device to be used on Windows (default=0).

• Fix hanging notes after song-change with MIDI-playback on macOS.