Changes since 0.2.8.3.6: Fixed Bugs - Ubuntu versions contain ppa1ppa1 (#70) - Website update waits for launchpad uploads that do not happen (#71) - Versioning script incorrectly takes current tag into account (#72) Other Changes - Improve deployment cancellation (#80) - macOS Build (#82) Contributors Manuel Moos Changes since 0.2.8.3.5: Fixed Bugs - Debian builds: Documentation html files have empty last change (#9) - Ubuntu PPA release candidate builds would overwrite previous stable releases (#15) - AppRun script does not work if call path contains spaces (#24) - Included forum links outdated (#25) - Client segfaults on OpenBSD (#26) - Client compiled with clang 10.0 (optimized) sefgaults on logout (#28) - Valgrind reports uses of unitialized, freed or invalid memory (#29) - Windows: DPI scaling behavior wrong (#33) - Use after free in nNetObject::ClearKnows (#34) - Can't open the .appimage file. Missing libwebp.so.5 (#54) - Missing null check for master server info (#58) - AppImage library content still lacking (#63) - Crash in menu key repeat handling (#66) New Features - Adapt ChangeLog and fingerprint generation to git (#11) - Integrated build system (#14) Contributors Hugh McMaster, Manuel Moos Changes since 0.2.8.3.4: - Security fix: Check that the remote is allowed to create an object before creating it, not decide whether it gets to keep it after it already has been created and potential damage has been done. No arbitrary code could be executed, but a client could effectively shut down a server by sending crucial objects, such as the main game timer or the game itself. - Compilation fixes for current systems. Changes since 0.2.8.3.3: - Eliminated undefined behavior that was fine in gcc 5, but now (rightfully!) turned into crashes in gcc 6. - Eliminated compilation disambiguity that was just causing a mild performance degradation in gcc 5 and is now a compilation failure in gcc 6. Changes since 0.2.8.3.2: - security fix: do not read ahead of the beginning of network buffer. - security fix: don't attribute network errors from processing random packets to the connection to the server - security fix: while at it, don't process random packets unless they may be important - fix for potential crash with friend list filtering - intel driver compatibility - fix for rare crash with sound lock - fix for camera turning for bizarre axis configurations Changes since 0.2.8.3.1: - security fix: old style action commands from clients no loger cause hangs and crashes - security fix: oversized packets are ignored properly - security fix: never read one byte outside of the received buffer - security fix: only include .cfg files from the var subfolder - compiler compatibility: adapted to gcc 4.60 - smaller spelling fixes - FOV calculations now correct for widescreen and horizontal splitscreen - Additional checks against illegal values passed to renderer Changes since 0.2.8.3: - fixed temporary sound disappearance when alt-tabbing away and back - default subcultures are now distributed - enable 32 bit color depth at desktop resolution - no more display lists for SiS cards - spelling mistakes and missing German translations Changes since 0.2.8.3_rc4: - Intercepted chat commands are now written to ladderlog.txt. Format: COMMAND /command-intercepted player [command arguments] - Increased default speed of server pinging - Reordered game menus a bit - fast finish works again Changes since 0.2.8.3_rc3: - Pinging previously popular servers earlier for quicker server browsing - Improved master server random polling, the second polled master now also is random, and all masters are polled if need be - Custom camera snaps to cycle direction once when activated if the turn speed is zero. - RESERVE_SCREEN_NAME now works regardless of the ALLOW_IMPOSTOR setting. - USER_LEVEL now escapes the given authenticated name so you don't have to guess the escaping rules. Ex: USER_LEVEL "name with spaces@forums" 2 changes user level for name_with_spaces@forums Changes since 0.2.8.3_rc2: - Fixed crash with server polling - ROUND_WINNER and MATCH_WINNER logged to ladderlog - Camera switches to user preferred camera when you die in incam mode - Better support for custom language files - Players can no longer spam chat with /shuffle messages. Added new setting SHUFFLE_SPAM_MESSAGES_PER_ROUND, a per round, per player limit on the number of shuffle messages displayed. Changes since 0.2.8.3_rc1: - Fixed dark color filters, such as FILTER_DARK_COLOR_STRINGS, to not filter the reset color. - ASE moviepack models no longer have a vertex count limit - Fixed endless recursion crash between rounds Changes since 0.2.8.3_beta3: - Chat prefix spam protection. Guards against prefix spam, such as when a user always changes their chat message color, or prefixes all messages with a clan tag. Toggle with the PREFIX_SPAM_ENABLE setting. - Fixed VOTING_MATURITY to use the time when the player entered as its reference time. - Fixed single player highscore list not containing everyone. - Fixed generation of duplicate names in highscore lists. - Fixed camera crash when the grid is empty. Changes since 0.2.8.3_beta2: - Fixed 'invincibility' bug. It really was cycles freezing in time. - Fixed sporadic sound related crash at round end. - setting rename: SILENCE_ALL -> SILENCE_DEFAULT. - Sound no longer gets muted after you switch the sound settings. - Fixed object collision detection that would sometimes pick a wrong wall to collide with, most likely the reason behind wrongly accredited kills. - Fixed inability to switch viewport assignment in four player mode. - Better handling of lag clusterbombs. - Server disconnects now also take immediate effect even when you're in a menu or chatting. Changes since 0.2.8.3_beta1: - Made ready for Armatrators - Authentication routines now use utf8 as forward- compatibility with trunk. Previously, non-ASCII usernames simply didn't work at all. - Better lag slide protection: clients no longer get confused when the server sends their cycle back in time, and the server no longer does that for old clients. - Fixed rare wallpassing bug; it required what whould usually be an instakill and infinte wall length. Changes since 0.2.8.2: New settings and commands: - MIN_PLAY_TIME_*: minimal play time required before you are allowed to play on this server. - SPAM_AUTOKICK_COUNT: minimal number of spam warning messages you get in a row before you get kicked. - FORTRESS_COLLAPSE_SPEED: tune the collapse speed of fortress zones. - VOTE_KICK_REASON: default reason given on kick votes. - "/vote" chat interface to votes; "/vote kick " issues a kick vote. - new vote type "/vote suspend " suspends a player for VOTING_SUSPEND_ROUNDS rounds. - new vote type "/vote include ", includes configuration file vote/. - new vote type "/vote command " executes console command . (Both that and /vote include are by default only available to moderators). - VOTING_HARM_TIME: time between all harmful votes against a player - VOTING_KICK_MINHARM: auto-transform the first few menu issued kick votes to suspensions - (UN)SUSPEND kicks a player to spectator mode with a timeout. Intended to let new players watch before they play. - VOTES_CANCEL cancels all running polls. - VOTING_SUSPEND [] disallows voting during a specified amount of time. - ZONE_ALPHA_TOGGLE to override the systemwide alpha blendings setting and have zones rendered in wireframe mode even when alpha blending is on. - ZONE_ALPHA(_SERVER) to control intensity of zone rendering. - SCORE_HOLE for awarding sacrifice. - SCORE_SURVIVE for player survival and FORTRESS_HELD_SCORE for not losing each fortress zone. - KICK_TO and MOVE_TO: redirect a client to a different server - DEFAULT_KICK(_TO)_MESSAGE: default reason given to players for a kick - DEFAULT_KICK_TO_SERVER/PORT: default redirection target for KICK/MOVE_TO. - RENAME renames a player. - If all clients support it, PING_CHARITY_MIN/MAX can be used to constrain ping charity. - VOTE_KICK_TO_SERVER/PORT: redirection target for vote kicks. - SILENCE and VOICE allow to control chat of annoying players. - SILENCE_ALL can be used on the server to inhibit all cross-team communication unless specifically voiced. - ENABLE_CHAT can be set to 0 to disable all chat. If it is set on the server it only disables public chat and logged in players can still speak. - LAG_*: controls game level lag compensation. - FILTER_NAME_MIDDLE: collapses multiple whitespaces to one in player names. - FORTRESS_CONQEST_TIMEOUT: if an enemy contact with a zone happens longer ago than this value, it is discarded from zone memory. - TOPOLOGY_POLICE_PARALLEL, extra topology police flag to control the checks for walls getting copied into the grid in exactly the same place. - CAMERA_GLANCE__: separate settings for the glancing camera, work like CAMERA_CUSTOM__. Likewise, CAMERA_SERVER_GLANCE_* can replace CAMERA_SERVER_CUSTOM_* when glancing. CAMERA__CUSTOM_GLANCE_ are server side settings that can control whether server or clientside settings are used in various situations, see settings.cfg for details. - CYCLE_BOOST_? and CYCLE_BOOSTFACTOR_? for boosts when breaking away from walls, see settings.cfg or config.html for details - CYCLE_ACCEL_TUNNEL, works like CYCLE_ACCEL_SLINGSHOT, but is active when none of the two walls you're in between is your own. - CYCLE_WIDTH for making it impossible to squeeze through tight tunnels, see settings.cfg for details - VOTING_MATURITY controls how long you have to wait after login before you can issue kick votes. - CYCLE_DELAY_DOUBLEBIND_BONUS is an extra factor applied to CYCLE_DELAY for turns in the same direction. Can be used to limit the advantage doublebinders get while not punishing players who press both left and right at the same time. - LAG_O_METER_(TRESHOLD|BLEND|USE_OLD): Configure the minimal size of the Lag-O-Meter, its color and whether to scrap it all and stick with the old one. - ALLOW_TEAM_CHANGE: if set to 0 players won't be able to join a team, create a new team or change to another team. - ALLOW_TEAM_CHANGE_PLAYER/DISALLOW_TEAM_CHANGE_PLAYER: allow/disallow specific players to switch teams - INTERCEPT_COMMANDS is a space-delimited list of chat commands that shall be intercepted by an external script. Example value: /login /admin /teamleave /teamshuffle /shuffle /team - INTERCEPT_UNKNOWN_COMMANDS is a boolean specifying if an external script wishes to handle unrecognized chat commands. This would allow hooking arbitrary things like /foobarz or /mode ctf - CONSOLE_LADDER_LOG boolean places the ladderlog on stdout prefixed with "[L] " - PLAYER_MESSAGE : Like /msg, but from the console - All ladderlog outputs can be enabled or disabled separately by using LADDERLOG_WRITE_*. LADDERLOG_WRITE_ALL enables or disables all ladderlog output alltogether. - CHAT_LOG controls whether to write a machine-readable chatlog to var/chatlog.txt - CONSOLE_DECORATE_TIMESTAMP write a timestamp for every console message? - LADDERLOG_DECORATE_TIMESTAMP prefix every ladderlog message with a timestamp? - SLAP [points] sends a message to everyone and subtracts a number of points (default: 1) from 's score. Negative points are supported. - AUTO_TEAM_SPEC_SPAM to disable the spectator join/leave messages you get when AUTO_TEAM is enabled If --enable-armathentication was activated: - /lock, /unlock, /invite and /uninvite team management chat for players of access level ACCESS_LEVEL_TEAM or better. - /teams chat command that rougly prints team layout. - ACCESS_LEVEL_IPS to let admins see IPs of players in the list. - ACCESS_LEVEL_SPY_MSG/TEAM to let admins spy on team/private messages. - CASACL to temporarily raise the access level - ACCESS_LEVEL to modify the required access level to change settings - AUTHORITY_WHITELIST and AUTHORITY_BLACKLIST to filter authorities you want on your server. - GLOBAL_ID_ENABLED to toggle remote accounts - LOCAL_USER, LOCAL_TEAM for local login accounts - MD5_PREFIX/MD5_SUFFIX for additional password scrambling - USER_LEVEL to grant users various access levels - RESERVE_SCREEN_NAME to reserve a screen name to a certain player - USER_ALIAS to bend authentication names around - (UN)BAN_USER to ban really stupid users based on their global user ID, BAN_USER_LIST to show a list. - ACCESS_LEVEL_OP/ADMIN/CHAT/PLAY/PLAY_SLIDING to control who can do which things - /login chat command then uses the more secure hashed base logins - new chat commands /op and /deop to change other players' access rights Featurelets: - Added Polish language file - clientside play time tracking and server controlled minimal required experience to be allowed to play. - color codes in chat increase the spam level logarithmically. - /team messages get a reduced spam level; reduction factor is given by (team size)/(number of total players). - /team messages can be used by spectators to chat with other spectators only. - Performance optimizations. Using OpenGL display lists to cache geometry. - Removed ztrick, antialiasing and perspective correction settings. They all had only one right setting and caused us some interesting bug reports. - Added PLAYER_RANDOM_COLOR for lazy people who just want to have a color that differs from everyone else on the server. - Configuration files get reloaded on SIGHUP - all admin commands now also accept partial name matches, like /msg, and check for case sensitive matches in the screen name first, then the user name, then case insensitive matches in the two. - --enable-krawallserver has been actually implemented now, and it enables secure logins to accounts local to the server and not-so-secure logins managed by authentication servers. - A subculture list for server groups that are not managed by our main master servers - A friends list and filter for the server browser that shows you only servers with your friends on them. - The client now can handle network traffic while it is waiting for the graphics card to swap buffers. - The dedicated server no longer uses a fixed delay, but a select() call (that returns when network data arrives) to idle. When data arrives, it does the minimum amount of work before it sends out the responses, resulting in lower latency. It is now safe to decrease DEDICATED_FPS to 20 or 10, latency is no longer influenced by that setting. - Game level lag compensation. When a command arrives from a client that is delayed, it is backdated to the time it was issued, provided enough "lag credit" is left. The client is informed of the delay so it can compensate in the future, which it does by forging the game timer. - Nonnormalized axes and axes with odd turning directions are now properly supported - The camera has a memory which player you like to watch. Every time you manually switch the camera and your favorite player is not dead, the favorite is set to the currently watched player. The next time the camera doesn't know what to watch, your favorite will be selected. - Players leaving to spectator mode with <0.2.8.2 clients are handled like spectators of 0.2.8.2 clients: they stay visible to the others. - Kick statistics are now persistent across server runs. - MESSAGE_OF_DAY is now displayed fullscreen if both server and client support it - Manual fullscreen messages can be triggered with FULLSCREEN_MESSAGE - Axes Indicators by meriton, can be enabled using the AXES_INDICATORS setting. - New "About" menu item in the main menu displays the version of Armagetron Advanced, the paths it uses, links to the main site, wiki and forums and the names of the project admins. - New entries in ladderlog.txt: - GAME_TIME (only if enabled via the LADDERLOG_GAME_TIME_INTERVAL setting): The time that has passed since the last start of a round - BASEZONE_CONQUERED : A fortress zone belonging to at the coordinates (, ) has been conquered - BASEZONE_CONQUERER : at the time of the last BASEZONE_CONQUERED message, has been in the conquered zone - ONLINE_PLAYER [