TLM - What's new

What's new in Teenage Lawnmower v 1.15 beta 1

Weed Killer special item added
The DirectMusic based sound system was completely replaced with FMOD, this appears to give much better performance on levels with many 3d sounds, such as the falling boulder levels.
Added button highlights with sound effect to the main menu
Added button flash effect to make it more clear what you clicked
Added cancel button to difficulty selection menu
Added "video options" button to the configuration menu
800 X 600 is now the smallest resolution you can choose (GUI won't show correctly smaller than that)
Higher resolutions are now supported better by the GUI
Added a forward/backward button to the joystick support, pressing up/down on a controller was too hard on some controllers
Sound on Sound Blaster Audigy cards improved
Default difficulty changed from easy to normal
If you enter a blank name while starting a game it just cals you "stranger" instead nothing.
Fixed some misc typos in the storyline
The mouse now remembers it's position, so you can move it off the screen to visually get rid of it if you're playing with the gamepad
Mole model tweaked
Camera can't go behind a wall of trees at Eve's house
ENTER key can now be used for key re-mapping
Touched up a few characters to make them less "poser"
Converted some larger sound files to .ogg to save space
Added new sfx when mowing is successfully completed
Gamepad controls improved, added forward/reverse buttons you can use in additional to up/down
Mutes sound when losing focus
Lightning will no longer knock the player over walls, wasn't really fair
Object/Object collision detection is now much faster, using the SphereTree method from Game Programming Gems.
Many misc engine improvements, resource handling improved.
No longer causes your modem to dial-up to check for updates. (thanks to Steve Verreault)
-- Removed Features --
Modding support removed, unfortunately various engine changes made it necessary to drop the support considering barely any mods were made. Save it for the next game, guys. :)

-- BUGFIXES --

BUGFIX: Fixed bug in sprite rendering code that caused things to be disorted by 1 pixel
BUGFIX: Now properly disappears if you hit escape to cancel the escape menu while mowing
BUGFIX: Fixed laggy mouse problem that some systems had in fullscreen, vsynced mode
BUGFIX: Fixed Z-fighting problem on some cards (very new ATI cards without W buffer support especially)

What's new in version 1.09:

Many engine improvements
Objects can be knocked over fences
Added gamepad/joystick support
Added Sync on/off button (options menu)
Added Toggle windowed button (options menu)
Main menu can be controlled with joystick or keyboard also now
Conversations will autoscroll if you try to choose without reading the rest
Textbox clicking feels a bit better

What's new in version 1.06:

Added script command EntPicRenderText() to render unicode fonts over a picture
Sound processing takes less cycles
Fixed crash when changing resolution after a MOD was loaded
Mods load faster
Font code improved to be more reliable across all Windows versions
Made the demo download a bit smaller to reduce bandwidth

What's new in version 1.05:

Added support for running user made levels/mods! (MODS) (TLM Level Editor available as a separate download from www.rtsoft.com)
Added "-windowed" parm support to startup in a window
Fixed font quirks on some 98 systems
Fixed some typos in the game story
Handles corrupted saved games gracefully

What's new in version 1.01:

Lawn mower can turn in place - (you don't have to be pressing forward or backwards) - a lot of people requested (especially Justin Martin) - it's a poor substitute for using V and backing up for complex maneuvers but should really help new players not get frustrated with the controls.
Start/stop engine key is remappable - Some people wanted to try their Quake keys to control and the S key being start/stop was in the way.
Numeric keypad now works correctly with keyboard mapping.