• v4.4.0 ca655012c5

    v4.4.0 Stable

    bss released this 2024-06-24 16:22:18 -05:00 | 49 commits to main since this release

    Features

    • New "windowed" frame box walls have been added, which allow for seeing through the outer wall to something else, such
      as an inner wall of a different color, or for people who like showing off their wiring, nothing.
    • An attempt at a two-panel "shiokenstar" layout has been added.
    • The "plates" decorative plate for my favorite layout was altered since I wasn't using it anyway.

    Improvements

    • The frame routing hole, in either the whole frames or the interconnect, is a semicircle on one side, making it easier
      to wire (and rewire) a completed arcade stick, and it also makes button layouts that span the connection point more
      possible.
    • Less of the inner wall is cut out for e.g. Neutrik and aux buttons now, removing the possibility for inset panels to
      allow for a tiny bit of light to seep the cracks and giving panels a bit more support.
    • The piece-based frame walls now meet at 45 degree angles at the corners, which makes for fewer print anomalies to
      catch your hand or clothing on. These 45 degree angles are not used for the TE1-style extended panels, which still
      meet at 90 degree angles.
    • All of the core arcade stick parts, and extras, have been reorganized and renamed into subdirectories that make their
      purpose more obvious. This also makes it clearer what you're looking at when looking at the project file structure.
      Documentation was updated throughout for this change.

    Miscellaneous

    • A stand for showing off inset-based sticks has been added to extras. This may get more love in a future release.
    • The blown up demo now uses frame pieces, as these are quickly becoming the standard build.
    • Cleanups to CONTRIBUTING.md
    • Demos have been given their own place in the repository.
    • The Makefile has been altered to use a Python script to build the files, due to the complexity of reorganizing the
      project into subdirectories.
    • An abandoned floating stand has been moved into the attic --- it barely works right.
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