Weave 2.5 comes in response to some excellent feedback received about the configuration files, namely:

• There should be fewer of them
• They should be backwards compatible
• It should be possible to order them any which way
• They should be able to be very small if only a few things change

The new format for config files should address these.  There are still a couple items on the roadmap, namely:

• Thorough out of bounds checking in Softweave
• Intermittent bug behavior in ZZT3.2 patched out of SoftWeave (still need to gather more opinions about how far to take this)
• Delivering timestamps for save slots

If you want to convert your existing configuration files to the new format, there is a tool available for this.  If you want to use it, please reach out in the ZZT discord and it will be provided.  I do not want to maintain this tool in perpetuity so I will not be adding it to itch.  Everything after Weave 2.5 will be backwards compatible so its use will be limited to those that started a Weave project in the last three weeks.

Anyway, here is the full changelog for rc1:

= 1/15/2022: 2.5 rc1

Improved:

•  .CFG files now share all functionality and formatting between soft and firm, including text properties, grace period, key limit.
•  .CFG and .PAR files have been consolidated into one file. (.CFG)
•  .OOP, .KB and .FLG files have been consolidated into one file. (.INI)
•  Configs are now in a TOML-like format.
•  Configs no longer depend on file order and need only include the items being changed.
•  OOB checking is done on some ElementTick operations in SoftWeave. (those that don't rely on MoveStat)
•  .CFG files can modify ALL element definitions. (element.property addressing)
•  Objects have up to 6 internal flags and boards have 3 local flags.