CraftOS-PC Accelerated v2.7.4

CraftOS-PC v2.7.4 finally brings a wealth of new CC:T features, as well as a critical fix on Windows systems.

This version has been re-released to fix a critical issue when using multiple computers.

• Fixed critical crashing issue on Windows systems relating to ropes
• Updated CC:T version to 1.104.0
  • The shell now supports hashbangs (#!) (emmachase).
  • Error messages in edit are now displayed in red on advanced computers.
  • Improvements to the display of errors in the shell and REPL.
  • Fix rednet queueing the wrong message when sending a message to the current computer.
  • Fix the Lua VM crashing when a __len metamethod yields.
  • table methods and ipairs now use metamethods.
  • Argument errors now follow the standard "X expected, got Y" format.
  • Add coroutine.isyieldable.
  • Type errors now use the __name metatag.
  • xpcall now accepts arguments after the error function.
  • speaker program now reports an error on common unsupported audio formats.
  • multishell now hides the implementation details of its terminal redirect from programs.
  • settings.load now ignores malformed values created by editing the .settings file by hand.
  • Ignore metatables in textutils.serialize.
  • Fix gps.locate returning nan when receiving a duplicate location (Wojbie).
• Added plugin support on iOS through in-app purchases
  • Use the plugins program to buy new plugin packs
  • Only one is available at the moment, featuring ccemux, joystick, and sound
• Native load now uses Lua 5.2 syntax, matching Cobalt's behavior
• Fixed crashing when calling monitor.blit when the cursor is off-screen
• Fixed compilation error on newer Linux systems

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC Accelerated v2.7.3

It's been a while since the last update! CraftOS-PC v2.7.3 brings a large number of fixes (which have been waiting for too long...), as well as a few goodies for Linux and mobile users.

• Updated CC:T version to 1.102.2
  • Moved Lua portions of fs and http outside the BIOS
  • Trim spaces from filesystem paths.
  • Fix import.lua failing to upload a file.
  • Reduce inconsistency with the table length operator in some cases
• Linux builds are now officially published as AppImages
  • These will be provided in conjunction with normal packages for Ubuntu/Arch/Raspbian
  • Arch users will be able to use craftos-pc-bin package to install the AppImage version, avoiding slow local compilation
• Replaced rope and substring allocation with clusters
  • This should hopefully fix performance and memory allocation issues with string concatenation
• Added new multi-touch events on mobile platforms
  • _CCPC_finger_touch, _CCPC_finger_up, _CCPC_finger_drag
  • All events get finger ID, X, and Y as parameters
  • These events co-exist with single-touch mouse events
• iOS now has Page Up/Down keys on the arrow toolbar for quicker navigation
• Added function authentication for C functions to mitigate bytecode vulnerabilities
• Improved performance of binary file.readAll
• unpack no longer uses a table's n field
• Fixed error when setting palette colors on windows in 256-color graphics mode
• Fixed more crashing when filesystem functions fail (#280)
• Fixed crashes due to stack overflows
• Fixed WebSocket pings sending a close response (#214)
• Fixed crashes in websocket.receive() when receiving a message that's too large (#297, #214)
• Fixed vague error message responses when an HTTP request fails (#292)
• Fixed DAP crash from setting a breakpoint in an unknown file
• Fixed breakpoints activating on the wrong line
• Fixed first line of a file not being able to trigger a breakpoint
• Fixed debugger errors when invalid arguments are used on the ccdb command line (#294)
• Fixed precision issues with os.epoch("nano") (#299)
• Fixed rawlen and __ipairs being missing from the global table
• Fixed Windows crash reporter being disabled
• Windows builds will no longer attempt to prompt for crash reporting when run in console-based modes
• Fixed some inconsistencies with seeking beyond a file's limits (#310)

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC v2.7.3

It's been a while since the last update! CraftOS-PC v2.7.3 brings a large number of fixes (which have been waiting for too long...), as well as a few goodies for Linux and mobile users.

• Updated CC:T version to 1.102.2
  • Moved Lua portions of fs and http outside the BIOS
  • Trim spaces from filesystem paths.
  • Fix import.lua failing to upload a file.
  • Reduce inconsistency with the table length operator in some cases
• Linux builds are now officially published as AppImages
  • These will be provided in conjunction with normal packages for Ubuntu/Arch/Raspbian
  • Arch users will be able to use craftos-pc-bin package to install the AppImage version, avoiding slow local compilation
• Replaced rope and substring allocation with clusters
  • This should hopefully fix performance and memory allocation issues with string concatenation
• Added new multi-touch events on mobile platforms
  • _CCPC_finger_touch, _CCPC_finger_up, _CCPC_finger_drag
  • All events get finger ID, X, and Y as parameters
  • These events co-exist with single-touch mouse events
• iOS now has Page Up/Down keys on the arrow toolbar for quicker navigation
• Added function authentication for C functions to mitigate bytecode vulnerabilities
• Improved performance of binary file.readAll
• unpack no longer uses a table's n field
• Fixed error when setting palette colors on windows in 256-color graphics mode
• Fixed more crashing when filesystem functions fail (#280)
• Fixed crashes due to stack overflows
• Fixed WebSocket pings sending a close response (#214)
• Fixed crashes in websocket.receive() when receiving a message that's too large (#297, #214)
• Fixed vague error message responses when an HTTP request fails (#292)
• Fixed DAP crash from setting a breakpoint in an unknown file
• Fixed breakpoints activating on the wrong line
• Fixed first line of a file not being able to trigger a breakpoint
• Fixed debugger errors when invalid arguments are used on the ccdb command line (#294)
• Fixed precision issues with os.epoch("nano") (#299)
• Fixed rawlen and __ipairs being missing from the global table
• Fixed Windows crash reporter being disabled
• Windows builds will no longer attempt to prompt for crash reporting when run in console-based modes
• Fixed some inconsistencies with seeking beyond a file's limits (#310)

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC v2.7.2

CraftOS-PC v2.7.2 is mostly a maintenance release, fixing a bunch of bugs that have plagued people for a while. It also updates CC:T support to 1.101.1, which includes a new style for uploading files. I hope to make some more significant fixes in the next version (including some pervasive memory issues with ropes), but I needed to get these first few bugs squashed as soon as possible.

• Updated CC:T version to 1.101.1
  • File drag-and-drop now queues a file_transfer event on the computer. The built-in shell or the import program must now be running to upload files.
  • The peripheral now searches for remote peripherals using any peripheral with the peripheral_hub type, not just wired modems.
  • Add include_hidden option to fs.complete, which can be used to prevent hidden files showing up in autocomplete results. (IvoLeal72)
  • Add shell.autocomplete_hidden setting. (IvoLeal72)
  • Prevent edit's "Run" command scrolling the terminal output on smaller screens.
  • Mention WAV support in speaker help (MCJack123).
  • Add http programs to the path, even when http is not enabled.
  • Fix example in textutils.pagedTabulate docs (IvoLeal72).
  • Fix help program treating the terminal one line longer than it was.
• Fixed a syntax error in the CCEmuX plugin's emu program (#271)
• Fixed a bug causing copies out of virtual mounts to fail (#272)
• Adjusted some behavior of ropes to hopefully make them faster & use less memory
  • Further fixes are in progress to fully optimize memory usage
• Fixed issues when reading from a bad file handle
• Fixed crashing when some filesystem functions fail
  • This was causing autocompletion on config to fail on Windows (#273), as well as crashing when using fs.getSize on a folder (#281)
• Fixed failure to launch on Apple Silicon Macs due to incorrectly named libraries (#287)
• Fixed missing chest.getItemLimit method (#291)
• Adjusted some logic in WebSocket handles to fix some potential issues
• Fixed window palettes being broken in graphics mode

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC Accelerated v2.7.2

CraftOS-PC v2.7.2 is mostly a maintenance release, fixing a bunch of bugs that have plagued people for a while. It also updates CC:T support to 1.101.1, which includes a new style for uploading files. I hope to make some more significant fixes in the next version (including some pervasive memory issues with ropes), but I needed to get these first few bugs squashed as soon as possible.

• Updated CC:T version to 1.101.1
  • File drag-and-drop now queues a file_transfer event on the computer. The built-in shell or the import program must now be running to upload files.
  • The peripheral now searches for remote peripherals using any peripheral with the peripheral_hub type, not just wired modems.
  • Add include_hidden option to fs.complete, which can be used to prevent hidden files showing up in autocomplete results. (IvoLeal72)
  • Add shell.autocomplete_hidden setting. (IvoLeal72)
  • Prevent edit's "Run" command scrolling the terminal output on smaller screens.
  • Mention WAV support in speaker help (MCJack123).
  • Add http programs to the path, even when http is not enabled.
  • Fix example in textutils.pagedTabulate docs (IvoLeal72).
  • Fix help program treating the terminal one line longer than it was.
• Fixed a syntax error in the CCEmuX plugin's emu program (#271)
• Fixed a bug causing copies out of virtual mounts to fail (#272)
• Adjusted some behavior of ropes to hopefully make them faster & use less memory
  • Further fixes are in progress to fully optimize memory usage
• Fixed issues when reading from a bad file handle
• Fixed crashing when some filesystem functions fail
  • This was causing autocompletion on config to fail on Windows (#273), as well as crashing when using fs.getSize on a folder (#281)
• Fixed failure to launch on Apple Silicon Macs due to incorrectly named libraries (#287)
• Fixed missing chest.getItemLimit method (#291)
• Adjusted some logic in WebSocket handles to fix some potential issues
• Fixed window palettes being broken in graphics mode

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC Accelerated v2.7.1

CraftOS-PC v2.7.1 fixes a number of critical bugs on Windows systems. It also includes builds for mobile platforms, as well as some fixes for Ubuntu packages.

Also, CraftOS-PC turns three years old in exactly one week! Thank you to everyone for using it - I didn't think I'd still be actively working on CraftOS-PC three years later, but the support from the CC community has kept me going this whole time. I look forward to more years of CraftOS-PC development in the future, including possibly a port to Minecraft! 👀

• Fixed an issue causing fs.getFreeSpace and fs.getCapacity to return invalid values on Windows
• Fixed an issue causing fs.attributes to report read-only status incorrectly on Windows
• (Re-)Fixed a bug causing \27 characters in files to mark end-of-files on Windows (#226)
• Fixed fs.getName returning the wrong result in some cases
• Fixed a crash when HTTP handle.readLine() returns an empty string (#270)
• Fixed an issue causing the debug adapter to fail to work over stdio, causing launch requests to fail
• Keystrokes now automatically reset modifier keys on mobile platforms

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC v2.7.1

CraftOS-PC v2.7.1 fixes a number of critical bugs on Windows systems. It also includes builds for mobile platforms, as well as some fixes for Ubuntu packages.

Also, CraftOS-PC turns three years old in exactly one week! Thank you to everyone for using it - I didn't think I'd still be actively working on CraftOS-PC three years later, but the support from the CC community has kept me going this whole time. I look forward to more years of CraftOS-PC development in the future, including possibly a port to Minecraft! 👀

• Fixed an issue causing fs.getFreeSpace and fs.getCapacity to return invalid values on Windows
• Fixed an issue causing fs.attributes to report read-only status incorrectly on Windows
• (Re-)Fixed a bug causing \27 characters in files to mark end-of-files on Windows (#226)
• Fixed fs.getName returning the wrong result in some cases
• Fixed a crash when HTTP handle.readLine() returns an empty string (#270)
• Fixed an issue causing the debug adapter to fail to work over stdio, causing launch requests to fail
• Keystrokes now automatically reset modifier keys on mobile platforms

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC v2.7

After over a year since v2.6, CraftOS-PC is getting another major update. This version brings a new interface for debugging with VS Code, generic peripheral emulation, mounter sandboxing, and plenty of bugfixes to go around.

To use the new debugger, install the CraftOS-PC extension in VS Code.

• Bumped CC:T version to 1.100.9
  • Added basic WAV support to speaker.lua
• Added debug adapter for Visual Studio Code
  • This makes it possible to use VS Code's debugger interface with CraftOS-PC
  • Install the CraftOS-PC extension to use the debugger
• Added basic generic peripheral emulation
  • New peripheral types: chest/minecraft:chest (inventory), tank (fluid_storage), energy (energy_storage)
  • tank and energy may also have custom types set on them (for emulating compatible blocks from other mods)
  • See the full documentation for more info
• Rewrote filesystem code to use C++17 filesystem library
• Added ability to resize monitors programmatically, including by block size (#261)
• Added mounter sandboxing/path restriction (#104)
  • Use the mounter_whitelist and mounter_blacklist config options to set paths that are allowed and blocked
  • The deepest match of both lists takes priority
  • mounter_no_ask can be used to disable mount prompts for specific paths
• Added istailcall field to debug.getinfo
• CLI mode now uses the Symbols for Legacy Computing block for bitmap characters (requires a font supporting Unicode 13)
• Adjusted configuration loading code to avoid crashes from invalid files
• Upgraded Windows project to Visual Studio 2022
• Fixed an issue on macOS causing HTTPS connections to fail
• Fixed constant crashes when launching the Android app
• Fixed "not enough memory" error when calling string.rep with a negative length
• Fixed require not working in --script/--exec
• Fixed a crash from invalid WebSocket data
• Fixed an HTTP issue causing the Host header to be set incorrectly when connecting to localhost
• Fixed a crash if a computer is closed before an HTTP request finishes
• Fixed a rendering issue when using a custom font with the hardware renderer
• Fixed string.format("%q") not accepting non-string arguments (#251)
• Fixed an issue causing raw mode to hang and use 100% CPU while exiting
• Fixed a typo in the setGraphicsMode argument checking code
• Fixed an issue causing the debugger to error after a reboot
• Fixed a crash when using debug.getinfo(f, ">")
• Fixed an overflow in os.epoch when using a 32-bit architecture
• Linux: Fixed occasional crashes from X11 while resizing, moving, etc.
• CCEmuX plugin: Improved error message when emu open fails

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC Accelerated v2.7

After over a year since v2.6, CraftOS-PC is getting another major update. This version brings a new interface for debugging with VS Code, generic peripheral emulation, mounter sandboxing, and plenty of bugfixes to go around.

To use the new debugger, install the CraftOS-PC extension in VS Code.

• Bumped CC:T version to 1.100.9
  • Added basic WAV support to speaker.lua
• Added debug adapter for Visual Studio Code
  • This makes it possible to use VS Code's debugger interface with CraftOS-PC
  • Install the CraftOS-PC extension to use the debugger
• Added basic generic peripheral emulation
  • New peripheral types: chest/minecraft:chest (inventory), tank (fluid_storage), energy (energy_storage)
  • tank and energy may also have custom types set on them (for emulating compatible blocks from other mods)
  • See the full documentation for more info
• Rewrote filesystem code to use C++17 filesystem library
• Added ability to resize monitors programmatically, including by block size (#261)
• Added mounter sandboxing/path restriction (#104)
  • Use the mounter_whitelist and mounter_blacklist config options to set paths that are allowed and blocked
  • The deepest match of both lists takes priority
  • mounter_no_ask can be used to disable mount prompts for specific paths
• Added istailcall field to debug.getinfo
• CLI mode now uses the Symbols for Legacy Computing block for bitmap characters (requires a font supporting Unicode 13)
• Adjusted configuration loading code to avoid crashes from invalid files
• Upgraded Windows project to Visual Studio 2022
• Fixed an issue on macOS causing HTTPS connections to fail
• Fixed constant crashes when launching the Android app
• Fixed "not enough memory" error when calling string.rep with a negative length
• Fixed require not working in --script/--exec
• Fixed a crash from invalid WebSocket data
• Fixed an HTTP issue causing the Host header to be set incorrectly when connecting to localhost
• Fixed a crash if a computer is closed before an HTTP request finishes
• Fixed a rendering issue when using a custom font with the hardware renderer
• Fixed string.format("%q") not accepting non-string arguments (#251)
• Fixed an issue causing raw mode to hang and use 100% CPU while exiting
• Fixed a typo in the setGraphicsMode argument checking code
• Fixed an issue causing the debugger to error after a reboot
• Fixed a crash when using debug.getinfo(f, ">")
• Fixed an overflow in os.epoch when using a 32-bit architecture
• Linux: Fixed occasional crashes from X11 while resizing, moving, etc.
• CCEmuX plugin: Improved error message when emu open fails

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to ping me if you need anything.

CraftOS-PC v2.6.6

It's been a while since the last update! CraftOS-PC v2.6.6 brings a number of tweaks and lots of important crash fixes.

• Bumped CC:T version to 1.100.5
• Enabled proper HTTPS certificate verification
• Added support for URLs to cc.http.gist/gist program
• Added seek method to binary HTTP handles
• Added strip option to string.dump from Lua 5.3
• Fixed paintutils.drawBox not working properly in graphics mode
• Improved DFPWM audio quality
• Small compatibility fixes to drives
• Fixed type of http_max_websocket_message config setting
• Fixed crash when passing negative values to monitor.scroll (#244)
• Fixed crash in string.rep when allocation fails (crash report)
• Fixed possible race condition in WebSockets (crash report)
• Fixed a crash when http_response_handle.write throws an error (crash report)
• Fixed a possible crash when a rogue event is sent (crash report)
• Fixed a crash when an event is sent to a computer that was just destroyed (crash report)
• Fixed a possible crash when the abort timer triggers right as the computer shuts down (crash report)
• Windows: Updated dependencies to their latest versions
• Android: Fixed a bug causing the keyboard to refuse to open after pressing the back button

If you need help using CraftOS-PC, I'm available on the CraftOS-PC Discord server as @JackMacWindows#9776. Feel free to leave a message in #help if you need anything.