Notepad++ v8.5.3 bug-fixes and new features:

• Fix session file data loss issue.
  
• Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” needs restarting os to appear issue under Win 8/10.
  
• Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” not installed for multiple users issue.
  
• Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” double entries in some applications (Winzip).
  
• Make Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” translatable.
  
• Add the UTF8 character ability for Run & Macro menu.
  
• Add hide/show ability of Control Characters (C0 & C1) and Unicode EOL.
  
• Fix Change history margin in the black color issue.
  
• Improve “Remove consecutive duplicate lines” command performance.
  
• Project Workspace “Save a Copy As” confusion issue.
  
• Make “Remove consecutive duplicate lines” support more line breaks.
  
• Fix the UDL deletion issue.
  
• Fix RTL not working on FindInFiles progress window.
  
• Fix search results output alignment for large file searches.
  
• Several GUI Enhancements.

Note that your Macro and Run commands saved in Notepad++ v.8.5.2 (or older) may not be compatible with the current version of Notepad++. Please test those commands and, if needed, re-edit them.
Alternatively, you can downgrade to Notepad++ v8.5.2 and restore your previous data. Notepad++ will back up your old “shortcuts.xml” and save it as “shortcuts.xml.v8.5.2.backup”.
Renaming “shortcuts.xml.v8.5.2.backup" -> “shortcuts.xml”, your commands should be restored and work properly.

This update brings ControlNet, optimization, and nodes!

Check out the new render engine to get started with the node system.


What's New
ControlNet
ControlNet gives you a lot more control over image generation. It has been fully integrated into the new render engine, as well as in the Image Editor and texture projection panel.

Here are some things you can do with it.

• Turn a pose into an image

• Colorize a Grease Pencil sketch

• Render a scene from a basic mesh

• Improved texture projection fidelity, and image editing with ip2p

Optimizations
PyTorch 2.0 is now bundled with the release. This brings the new SDP attention, which reduces memory and generates faster. This new optimization is enabled by default.

A new CFG End optimization is also included, which can be used to disable classifier-free guidance after a certain percentage of steps. This can be great for quick prototyping.

The optimization UI is also improved to provide a better overview of what each option does. The time each generation takes is now displayed below the "Generate" button.

Render Engine
A dedicated "Dream Textures" render engine is now available. It provides the node system and acts as an alternative to engines like Cycles or Eevee.

Learn more about the render engine and node system in the wiki.

Full Changelog

• Add ControlNet by @carson-katri in #585
  
• Optimization Fixes and Improvements by @NullSenseStudio in #575
  
• Add segmentation ControlNet support by @carson-katri in #614
  
• Support Inpainting with ControlNet by @carson-katri in #625
  
• Add CFG End Optimization by @carson-katri in #617
  
• Bump Torch ROCm version to 2.0 by @cornpo in #636
  
• Add normal map generation by @carson-katri in #632
  
• Release v0.2.0 by @carson-katri in #638

Recent changes:

• Fixes a crash when unable to generate a list of available multiplayer objects for the PlaceUnit and/or PlaceInfantry developer command(s).
  
• Implements IsLegalTargetComputer for TechnoTypes.
  
• Adds a command line argument to hide the version string from the tactical view for non-release builds.
  
• Implements IsCurleyShuffle for AircraftTypes.
  
• Implements ReloadRate for AircraftTypes.
  
• Adds IceStrength to RulesClass, and IceDestructionEnabled scenarioClass.
  
• Write to the log when changing the default value of IsNewTheater for NARADR.
  
• Adds a command line option to disable the console pop-up in developer mode.
  
• Increases the buffer size for tutorial messages loaded from scenarios.
  
• Fixes a bug where the build string would not print correctly in the log files.
  
• Fixes a bug related to IsDemandLoad, IsDemandLoadBuildup, and IsFreeBuildup where the game would try to incorrectly free memory it did not allocate.
  
• Makes the warnings printed when objects with IsNewTheater fail to remap the filename more verbose.
  
• Fixes an issue where SearchPaths were not loaded correctly in TS Client builds.
  
• Show an error message when an invalid search path is defined using the -CD command line argument.
  
• Adds check for NewINIFormat when calculating the "move to cell" team script.

Note:
This is still in beta, and the behavior may change between releases. Also, bugs might still occur, which we'll try to fix as soon as possible. So feel free to report bugs and issues in the #w3d-blender-plugin channel on OpenSAGE Discord. Also, see Troubleshoting for more information.

Changes:

• Correctly export normal mapped materials

The Fading Dusk mod for Tiberian Sun: Firestorm is finally available for public download! The mod has graduated from internal Alpha testing to public Beta testing and can now be downloaded from ModDB by anyone wanting to give it a try. We hope you will enjoy the four factions and handful of missions we have created so far and join us for some game online! If you wish to provide feedback or find others to play with, our Discord server is now also open. See you in the Tiberium wastelands, commanders!"

- Link to ModDB download: https://www.moddb.com/mods/fading-dusk/downloads
- Link to Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/e5c7sYxfju

Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release is available here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v852-released/

• Enhance the “Edit with Notepad++” context menu and fix several issues.
  
• Make Find/Replace dialog swap/copy button usage more explicit.
  
• Fix unexpected caret column jump post brace match.
  
• Add hits in-progress increased number to Search Progress dialog.
  
• Add an HTML Hexadecimal column and more items to the ASCII panel.
  
• Add the ability to do leading spaces with Column Editor.
  
• Add programming language support for Hollywood.
  
• Fix dock panels' visual glitch while finding in search results.
  
• Fix Mark dialog’s Copy Marked Text button is not a macro-able issue.
  
• Dark mode enhancement: make focused combobox more visible.
  
• Fix find dialog flicker issue.
  
• Enhance the Notepad++ icon’s display in the system tray.
  
• Fix some options in the Mark dialog that are not remembered through the session issue.

Thank Arkadiusz Michalski & FadeMind’s help with debugging.
Thank also all people who have reported context menu results on RC publication.
Especially thank Bjarke Pedersen (aka GurliGebis) for his fixing bugs (and making the Notepad++ context menu on Win11 happen).

PalTool

Command line program for performing certain operations on JASC and WW C&C palette files. Does not supplant basic palette editor functionality, at least not as of current.


Usage: PalTool.exe palette_file [output_palette_file] [-a, -m, -r, -c, -t, -s, -p]
-m | Modify colors based on alpha.
-a [number] | Calculate alpha using the average of color values. The number is what the cumulative color value is divided by to get the average, which defaults to 3.
-t [hue|saturation|light|red|green|blue|alpha|brightness|rgb|gradients] threshold-value [new-alpha-value] | Modify alpha based on a threshold. The value listed after determines the threshold type. Defaults to 'saturation' if an invalid value is specified. Colors that pass the threshold value have their alpha set to the new value. The rest are left untouched. No threshold is not valid. The new alpha value defaults to 1. Both threshold & new alpha values should be numbers from 0 to 255.
-s [hue|saturation|light|red|green|blue|alpha|brightness|rgb|gradients] | Sort colors. The value listed after determines the sort method. Defaults to 'rgb' if an invalid value is specified.
-g [startindex] [count] [saturation_threshold] | Sort parameters. The start color index, number of gradients, and saturation split threshold for gradients sort (0-1.0) default to 1, 8, and 0.33, respectively.
-b | Output 6-bit RGB color components instead of 8-bit (only if JASC palette).
-d | Print debug info about palette to console.
-r | Do not save alpha values in the output palette (only if JASC palette).
-c | Save output as WW palette, not JASC palette.
-p | Save a 256x1px PNG image containing one pixel of each palette color.