A reimplementation of the 1997 Bullfrog business sim Theme Hospital. As well as faithfully recreating the original, CorsixTH adds support for modern operating systems (Windows, Mac OSX and Linux), high resolutions and much more. CorsixTH has translations for 18 languages, some need updates.
v0.5 [Sep 16, 2015]
User Experience
Added: Scroll speed can be configured in config.txt.
Added: Lua version in the window caption.
Change: Midi tracks are now played in the order they appear in MIDI.txt
Change: Updated translations for most languages
Change: Rendering engine is now determined automatically. Use SDL_RENDER_DRIVER environment variable to override the default.
Fix: Potential crash from Esc-press before main menu.
Fix: Audio stutter in certain movies.
Fix: The game could sometimes crash when a movie had finished.
Fix: handling of backspace and arrow keys in text boxes.
Fix: Invalid path generated by font selector on linux
Fix: Several crashes involving map bounds checks (dragging a blueprint, placing a staff member)
Gameplay
Added: Warning about untreatable diseases when the disease is enabled in the level file but the room is not.
Change: Do not change the selected condition in drug casebook when new diseases are researched.
Fix: Crash when trying to play certain sounds from e.g. the French version.
Fix: Patients could in some circumstances get really confused and try to exit a room without putting any clothes on.
Fix: Crash on the status report when there are no patients.
Fix: Crash when editing room that litter has been dropped in.
Fix: Crash when sending patients to the autopsy room and then building the needed room first
FIx: Infinite loop condition in tryToFindNearbyPatients.
Animation Viewer
Added: A vertical scroll bar to the sprite display.
CorsixTH development
We have moved to newer versions of a lot of libraries, most notably SDL 1.2 -> SDL 2 and added support for Lua 5.2 and Lua 5.3.
New ready-to-use Eclipse Workspace.
Debugging Lua code using DBGp has been added. See the Wiki for more information.
The Windows Installer now uses NSIS 3.0 and only produces one executable since SDL 2 handles renderer itself.
Framework for Busted Unit Tests in Lua.
Support for custom graphics has been improved.
LibAV is supported as an alternative to FFMpeg. FFMpeg is still recommended.
For a full list of changes, see the git log.
Windows XP is no longer a supported operating system. The version of CorsixTH included with the installer will not run on that operating system. Windows XP users are advised to upgrade their operating system or continue running 0.40. Producing your own build for Windows XP is still possible at this time but we will not fix bugs specifically related to that operating system.
The Map Editor is not included in 0.50 due to incompatibilities with the engine change. We hope to have a new improved map editor available in a future release. In the mean time we suggest that level designers copy their full 0.40 install to another location before installing 0.50.
