Mana client 0.6.0 released
A lot has happened since our last feature release. Too much, in fact, which is one of the reasons we plan to do more frequent releases in the future. Mana 0.6 brings many improvements, small and large, for both players and content developers.
Many UI improvements have been made like scrolling tab bar (for when your whispers don’t fit), item search box in inventory/storage windows, display of item quantity in shops, resizable update window, double-click to equip, etc. Also, the application window is now dynamically resizable and no longer needs a restart when switching between fullscreen and windowed mode (except on Windows when using OpenGL). Many performance improvements have also been made, from caching layered sprites to streaming music directly from the update archives. The combat controls have also seen minor adjustments.
On the content side, the client now supports customizable hit and attack effects, and animated sprites for floor items and emotes. Improvements have also been made to handling of hair colors and styles.
The complete summary of the changes can be found in the NEWS file and the nitty details can be found in the shortlog. Thanks to all who helped make this release possible!
The client comes with updated translations to German, French and Spanish. We hope to add more in patch releases, so don’t hesitate to help adding your favourite language! Contributions in any other form are also welcome, you could even just help us decide what to work on for 0.7 or report any issues you find on our bug tracker. Mana is what you make it to be!
Thorbjørn Lindeijer - 12 Feb 2012