Hi guys. Just like a few of my other blog entries, I'm here to cover the bad news and the workarounds.

1) OSX will desync with other operating systems if playing the Blizzard map (used by the CTF_Blizzard mission as well).
Fix?
Download:
http://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/share/hedgewars/Data/Maps/Blizzard/ma...
http://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/share/hedgewars/Data/Maps/Blizzard/ma...

And place those in /applications/games/Hedgewars.app/contents/resources/hedgewars/Data/Maps/Blizzard on the OSX machine.

2) Snow and Christmas themes, and maps that use them, will crash if Reduce Quality is all the way to the left, due to flakes not being optional on those themes. If possible, increase the Reduce Quality slider by 1 to the right. If not possible and you are able to do your own build, I can provide a patch against 0.9.15. Basically amounts to applying:
http://code.google.com/p/hedgewars/source/detail?r=e73707bb99c006db16ae6...
Another workaround if you want to try these themes and must use maximum reduce quality is to create a scheme with a border. This will disable snow.

3) CTF Blizzard map, as well as suffering from (2) will also crash if the Reduce Quality slider is 1 to the right of far left. Fix is to either increase it 1 more to the right or download:
http://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/share/hedgewars/Data/Maps/CTF_Blizzar...
and copy it to your local Data/Maps/CTF_Blizzard directory.

Oh, and looks like http://hedgewars.org/node/2598 still applies

:: 'cuz our hedgehogs don't hibernate ::

        Winter has never looked this cool

• There's a new theme to chill in: Christmas!
• Let it snow! Watch the ground on maps using the Christmas and Snow themes, because the falling snow may change it to your advantage or disadvantage.

New weapons

• Are your enemies busy digging for oh-so-tasty earthworms instead of facing combat? Time to send a Drill Strike after them!
• You want to push somebody from distance? Weapons are too expensive for you? You like to play in dirt or snow? A Mud Ball* should do the trick! (*wind effected; not recommended to be used as food replacement)

        Optional Gameplay modes

• Capture the Flag! Bring your enemy's flag to your home while protecting your own!
• No Jumping! The temporary loss of floor contact makes you feel insecure? Then play without jumping and see new strategies evolve!
• Random Weapon! You want to test your luck and skill? Then let the game give you and your enemies a random weapon each turn!

        Draw your own maps

• YES, you read that right! Now you can create and save your own hand-drawn maps and play them on any theme you want and with who you want! Note: Please do not use maps with motives not suitable for children on the official server, thanks!
  

You didn't think we'd forgotten about you did you?

Christmas is coming, and we've been working on a present.. just for you!
If everything goes well a Christmas update will be coming your way soon.

There are various new weapons and features in there, but I want those to stay a surprise for now.. but there is one HUGE feature included in this release I thought I'd tell you about..

I'll let a development screenshot do the talking :)


Step 1




Step 2




Step 3 :)




Yup, you can draw your own maps in game :) you can save them, share them, and soon you'll be able to upload them to hedgewars.org too.

Hedgewars for iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch has been released!

It's finally here, Hedgewars for iOS, universal application running on all device generations, only at 0.99$
Grab it now from the AppStore page and leave a positive review!

Update: 1.2.1 has been approved! Check out multitasking, retina display support and the new contents don't update! turn time and mines time got swapped so turns only last 5 seconds! Please just wait for 1.2.2 (more info here)

Hedgewars-iOS 1.2, for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
coming up tomorrow, only on the AppStore