BZFlag Release Notes ==================== BZFlag 2.4.14 "Hello Motto" (2018-05-02) ----------------------------------------- * Add new bz_eAllowServerShotFiredEvent to the API - Vladimir Jimenez * Fix antialiasing when starting the client windowed - Joshua Bodine * Update the Windows icon file to include larger icons - Scott Wichser * Treat the number pad keys uniquely for key mapping with SDL2 - Scott Wichser * Better cpu selection for x86_64 - Alfredo Tupone * Fix build with enable-profile - Alfredo Tupone * Add safety check when getting flags (bzfs) - Alfredo Tupone * Add min/../max to drawTime - Alfredo Tupone * Fix the -configdir option for the client - Scott Wichser * Upgrade Windows projects to Visual Studio 2017 - Scott Wichser, Jeff Myers * Improve support for custom BZDB vars in plug-ins - Vladimir Jimenez * Fix truncation warnings - Jeff Makey, Alfredo Tupone * Add new bz_ePermissionModificationEvent to the API - Vladimir Jimenez * Introduce new 'showMotto' permission - Vladimir Jimenez * Fix gcc warnings and code formatting - Jeff Myers, Scott Wichser * Remove old BitmapFont renderer - Scott Wichser * Add new bz_eServerShotFiredEvent to the API - Vladimir Jimenez * Revamp the world weapon API entirely - Vladimir Jimenez * Add PLAYER-MOTTO output to logDetail plugin - Scott Wichser * Display remaining ban time when a banned player connects - Vladimir Jimenez * Punitive messages no longer display admin callsigns - Vladimir Jimenez * Slash commands in the API now know destination channel - Jeff Myers * Allow building with lcc compiler on e2k-alt-linux - Joshua Bodine * Fix ability to bind a key with a modifier through menu - Joshua Bodine * Disallow -helpmsg from world files - Vladimir Jimenez BZFlag 2.4.12 "Silence is Golden" (2017-10-29) ----------------------------------------------- * Allow API to trigger CTF capture event - Vladimir Jimenez * Allow setting default values for BZDB from API - Vladimir Jimenez * Add bzu_getTeamFromFlag() convenience function - Vladimir Jimenez * Add new functions to the bz_APIStringList - Vladimir Jimenez * Add string utility functions to the API and TextUtils - Vladimir Jimenez * Fixed an issue with ASCII characters from modified non-ASCII keys in SDL 2 - Joshua Bodine * Fixed compilation on macOS when using autotools/gcc - Mike Miller * Don't send client queries on behalf of players - Vladimir Jimenez * Removed pollSet as a default perm in bzfs - Vladimir Jimenez * Player records canSpawn value no longer always returns true - Vladimir Jimenez * bz_addURLJob() now supports setting HTTP headers - Vladimir Jimenez * Made multisampling work on all platforms with SDL 1.2/2 - Joshua Bodine * Add bz_eMuteEvent and bz_eUnmuteEvent to the API - Vladimir Jimenez * Add configure --disable-server option - Jeff Makey * Add bz_isPlayerAutoPilot() to the API - Vladimir Jimenez * Add bz_eAutoPilotEvent to the API - Vladimir Jimenez * Add bz_getServerOwner() API function - Vladimir Jimenez * The _maxFlagGrabs BZDB setting is no longer a random number - Vladimir Jimenez * Add API access for the handicap system - Jeff Myers, Vladimir Jimenez * Remove Xcode references to deployment targets except for main project - Joshua Bodine * Allow silencing unregistered players in the client - Scott Wichser * Fix the /silence and /unsilence client commands - Scott Wichser BZFlag 2.4.10 "This is How We Roll" (2017-03-12) ------------------------------------------------- * Fix high DPI handling on Windows (again) - Scott Wichser * Custom slash commands respect double quotes when tokenizing - Vladimir Jimenez * Make /help page names case-insensitive - Vladimir Jimenez * Extend bz_ePlayerDieEventData to v2 to hold flag held when killed - Jeff Myers * Add bzfs API hooks for polls and allow custom poll types - Vladimir Jimenez * Reduce DNS cache time of list server hostname - Scott Wichser * Fix bz_addURLJob() to correctly handle default NULL handler - Vladimir Jimenez * TextUtils::url_encode and TextUtils::url_decode now use cURL's functions; this change fixes a crash bug with bz_urlEncode() - Vladimir Jimenez * Add bz_reloadBadwords() to API - Vladimir Jimenez * Add ability to reload badwords list with '/reload badwords' - Vladimir Jimenez * Source code now dual licensed under the MPL 2.0 or LGPL 2.1 - Tim Riker * Added an option to invert one or both joystick axes - Joshua Bodine * Multisampling support under SDL 2 on macOS - Joshua Bodine BZFlag 2.4.8 "Sixteen" (2016-10-10) ------------------------------------ * Add Russian transliteration - Ruslan Hihin, Aleksandr Lahin * Fix a regression in 2.4.6 where the client would not reduce CPU usage when minimized on Windows - Scott Wichser * On autotools platforms, try to use SDL2, then SDL1, and then fall back to native platform code. Allow specifying an SDL version as well. - Scott Wichser * Prevent some more bzfs options from being specified in a world file - Scott Wichser * Cleaned up some GCC6 warnings - Scott Wichser * Spawn all players on base when a timed game starts - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Add indicator for -noTeamKill servers on server list - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Send a notification to admins when a BZDB variable is reset - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Increase the range of the volume slider - Konstantinos Kanavouras BZFlag 2.4.6 "Eight, Our Codebase is Overweight" (2016-06-26) -------------------------------------------------------------- * regFlag plugin now uses bz_eAllowFlagGrab event - Scott Wichser * RogueGenocide plugin defaults to ignoring rogue self-kills - Scott Wichser * Standardize and update the documentation for bundled plugins - Scott Wichser * Add bz_getRandomPoint to API - Vladimir Jimenez * Correctly handle the keypad keys with SDL2 - Jeff Makey, Scott Wichser * Implement SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH spec in our autoconf system to work towards reproducible builds - Scott Wichser, Jeff Makey * Include a timestamp in the /savemsgs output filename - Scott Wichser * Added -t option to /savemsgs to add timestamps to messages - Scott Wichser * Added a GUI option to show timestamps on the messages - Scott Wichser * For SDL2, restore the original gamma on exit and reapply desired gamma on window recreation - Scott Wichser * Use SDL2 on Windows for the window/display management - Scott Wichser * Remove hiddenAdmin plugin - Vladimir Jimenez * Add a cycleRadar and cyclePanel key binding command - Joshua Bodine BZFlag 2.4.4 "Be My Valentank" (2016-02-14) -------------------------------------------- * Correctly exit the game when closing from the Windows 10 taskbar - Scott Wichser * Update the player status when a gameover event occurs - Scott Wichser * Fix fullscreen window toggling on Mac OS X - Joshua Bodine * Fix crash on exit with Windows bzfs - Scott Wichser * Fix crash on exit with Mac OS X bzfs - Joshua Bodine * Fix buffer overrun that caused a crash on exit and other strange behavior on Windows and Linux - Scott Wichser * On Windows, reload textures after initializing the context - Scott Wichser * Add a menu to edit server list quick filters - Scott Wichser * Tell Windows that we are DPI aware - Scott Wichser * Time functions in the bzfs API use doubles instead of int - Vladimir Jimenez * Fix issue on Windows that allowed mouse to get stuck off-screen when switching to windowed mode - Scott Wichser * Replace NaN with zero in nboUnpackFloat() - Jeff Makey * Add a bz_ChatEventData_V2 that contains message type - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Show recipient/sender for private action messages in BZAadmin - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Server list filter: remove "cached" boolean filter, rename "flags" to "ffa", "teams" to "ctf", and add "offa" - Scott Wichser * Add server list filter help pages - Scott Wichser * Add config option to control shot brightness - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Don't show a running countdown to a player who joins a paused game - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Allow RGB values in ANSI color codes to allow custom colors - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Vastly improved support for changing tank and radar colors - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Fix rendering of TK warning symbol - Joshua Bodine * Remove third-party libraries from our source tree - Scott Wichser * Fix search field losing focus while loading server list - Joshua Bodine * Do not count observers when sorting the server list - Scott Wichser * Randomize the order of servers with identical player counts - Scott Wichser * Mouse grab/confine fixes - Joshua Bodine, Scott Wichser * Improvements to flagStay and rabidRabbit plugin - Vladimir Jimenez * Joystick hat fixes - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Update shot stats live - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Track shot stats for all flag types, even custom flags - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Filter messages before MsgEnter - Jeff Myers * Require a player have spawned to be added to rejoin wait list - Jeff Makey * Validate the player ID in MsgPlayerUpdate and MsgPlayerUpdateShort - Scott Wichser * Fix usage of privateMessage permission - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Properly prevent multiple MsgEnter messages - Jeff Myers * Refactor and extend the shot API - Jeff Myers * Autokick on unknown packet type - Vladimir Jimenez * Block whitespace-only message and kick for garbage characters - Scott Wichser * Validate teleporter index in client and server - Scott Wichser * Limit half-joined player connection duration - Scott Wichser * Add various checks for invalid player actions - Jeff Makey * Show coordinates of target tank instead of observer camera location - Jeff Makey * Allow shot API event to cancel broadcasting shot to other clients - Jeff Myers * Store a list of how many times each player was killed by other players and expose it to the API - Jeff Myers * Allow plugins delay adding players to allow for remote data lookups - Jeff Myers * Add API event triggered when authentication is complete - Jeff Myers * Added bz_GetPlayerMottoData_V2 - Jeff Myers * Relicense the SAMPLE_PLUGIN to BSD 2 clause license - Jeff Myers, Tim Riker * Update joystick axis list when changing joystick device - Konstantinos Kanavouras * List server communication now uses HTTPS - Scott Wichser * Added bz_setPlayerSpawnAtBase and bz_getPlayerSpawnAtBase API functions - Vladimir Jimenez * Added configure --enable-custom-plugins and --enable-custom-plugins-file options - Jeff Makey * Introduce bz_AllowSpawnData_V2 - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_setPlayerSpawnable and bz_isPlayerSpawnable API functions - Vladimir Jimenez * Removed GLEW as a dependency - Joshua Bodine, Scott Wichser * Made text at top of HUD use sans-serif font and removed serif font - Joshua Bodine * Player scores are now factors in auto team assignment - Joshua Bodine * New font rendering tool and new font textures up to 64pt - Joshua Bodine * Added bz_getPlayerBySlotOrCallsign API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Have custom permissions show in /showperms and /groupperms - Vladimir Jimenez * Start adding unit tests with CppUTest - Scott Wichser * CIDR ban support - Scott Wichser * Radar size and panel size are now set individually - Joshua Bodine * Added bz_incrementTeamLosses and bz_incrementTeamWins API functions - Vladimir Jimenez * Vertical sync support under SDL - Joshua Bodine, Jeff Makey * SDL 2 support - Alfredo Tupone, Joshua Bodine * Do not flash GAME OVER for observers - Jeff Makey * Validate the teleporter indexes in MsgTeleport - Scott Wichser * Correctly validate an offered admin password - Jeff Makey * Added "showAdmin" permission - Vladimir Jimenez * Added countdown pause/resume API events - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_getCountdownRemaining API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_getPausedTime API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_isCountDownPaused API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_getIdleTime API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_getPlayerFlagID API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_isAutoTeamEnabled API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_cancelCountdown API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_pollActive API function - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_CustomZoneObject API class - Vladimir Jimenez * Added CustomZoneSample plugin - Vladimir Jimenez * Added permission for /listplugins - Vladimir Jimenez * Allow API to overload built-in slash commands - Vladimir Jimenez * Added "report" permission - Vladimir Jimenez * Added bz_eGameResumeEvent and bz_eGamePauseEvent to the API - Vladimir Jimenez * Don't allow muted players with ADMINMESSAGESEND to send PMs to hidden admins - Konstantinos Kanavouras, Vladimir Jimenez * Add [Reverse Score] scoreboard sort option - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Track number of self-kills on the scoreboard - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Added menu option to pause chat window scrolling - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Added "noteam" option for "/flag reset" command - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Added option to bz_resetFlags to skip team flags - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Implemented "/poll kill" command - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Added "/countdown cancel" command - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Added serverSidePlayerSample plugin - Jeff Myers * Fix fancy radar tank when zoomed - Kyle Mills * Added /handicap command - Frank Thilo * Reverted to traditional handicap calculation - Frank Thilo * Add bzfscron plugin to execute commands on time intervals - Daniel Remenak, Scott Wichser * Server-side players can send slash commands - Scott Wichser * Added server side shot tracking - Jeff Myers * Added clientQuery permission - Konstantinos Kanavouras * Added superUser plugin - Jeff Myers * Added bz_getPlayerCount API function - Jeff Myers * Added bz_incrementPlayerWins API function - Jeff Myers * Added bz_incrementPlayerLosses API function - Jeff Myers * Added bz_incrementPlayerTKs API function - Jeff Myers * Make players respawn on bases after countdown ends - Lee Marshall * Countdown now resets player scores as well as team scores - Lee Marshall * Fully integrated Xcode project file - Joshua Bodine BZFlag 2.4.2 "Doomsday Edition" (2012-07-28) --------------------------------------------- * Added UPnP option to configure server networking - Alfredo Tupone * Added an option to have both leading and lagging radar shot lines - David Anderson * Prevent prohibited solo bots from joining, rather than kick afterward - Scott Wichser, Jeff Makey * Add thiefControl plugin which prevents stealing flags from teammates - Bernt Hansen, Scott Wichser * Preserve shot-limited flag behavior on final shot - David Anderson * Remove the -zoom command line option from bzflag - Jeff Makey * Provide observer team chat in OpenFFA mode - David Anderson * Add fairCTF plugin - Chris Wible * Allow plugins to specify a color when firing world weapons - Chris Wible * Add option for chat on the left and radar on the right - Kyle Mills * Add autoFlagReset plugin - Chris Wible * Allow joystick hats as input on Evdev, SDL, and Windows platforms - Kyle Mills and Jeffery Myers * Added Fastmap Plugin - Jeffery Myers BZFlag 2.4.0 "Wake the Dead" (2011-07-03) ------------------------------------------ * Shot messages are synchronized with position - Alfredo Tupone * Added /playerlist for everyone - Thomas Stauer * Added message type for properly handling /me actions - Scott Wichser * Added BZDB option to hide flags on radar server side - David Anderson * Removed /setpass /register /identify - David Anderson * Handicap is computed on the server - Alfredo Tupone, Bernt Hansen * Allow plugins to register custom flag types - Daniel Remenak * Forced *image.bzflag.org for image downloads until user sets otherwise - David Anderson * Accepted patch from McSpider, added OpenFFA - David Anderson * Removed -requireUDP, now it is always required - David Anderson * Accepted patch from McSpider, removed client option to turn off fog - David Anderson * Accepted patch from McSpider, added -noTeamKills option - David Anderson * Removed -3Dfx, -no3Dfx. Moved -geometry -> -window - David Anderson * Add ricochet on a per object basis for .bzw files - trepan, David Anderson * serverControl plugin- Add option to ignore observers for server shutdowns - Bernt Hansen * serverControl plugin- Only report ban file access errors once - Bernt Hansen * serverControl plugin- Limit filesystem checks to once every 3 seconds - Bernt Hansen * LogDetail plugin-Add SERVER-MAPNAME with the public server description - Bernt Hansen * The bzfs -time command line option allows end time - Scott Wichser, Ian Agar * screenshots now compressed asynchronously - Daniel Remenak, randomparticle * Add /serverdebug command and plugin API - Bernt Hansen * Add bzfs -utc command line option to log timestamps using universal time - Bernt Hansen * Fix buffer overrun when using -ts micros on Linux - trepan, Bernt Hansen * Only players with POLL permission are eligible to vote - Bernt Hansen * Only allow a single end shot credit for holding the shield flag - Bernt Hansen * Do not inform hunters of stealthy prey - Ian Agar * All scores are controlled completely by the server - Daniel Remenak * Relabel player "email" string as "motto" - Jeff Makey * Require TALK privilege for player motto to be broadcast - Jeff Makey * Always require valid authentication for registered names - Jeff Myers, Scott Wichser * Move flag identification server side - Alfredo Tupone, Jeff Myers, Frank Evers, Scott Wichser * GM sanity checks - Alfredo Tupone * Added the -publickey requirement for publicly listed servers (and renamed the bzfs -public option to -publictitle) - trepan, Jeff Myers BZFlag 2.0.16 "No Foolin'" (2010-04-01) ---------------------------------------- * Fix command line options in Windows launcher - Scott Wichser * Fix regression in protocol handling by server - Jeff Makey, Scott Wichser * Add bullet tails as seen out the viewport - trepan * Add observer mouse controls for roaming and tracking modes - trepan * Add the /forceradar client-side command for observers - trepan * Minor cleanup of source and build system - Jeff Makey * Explicitly link to the dl library when needed - Jeff Makey * Remove unused dependency on Xi library - Jeff Makey * Clarify copyright assignment terms for developers - Jeff Myers * Allow only one Enter message per player instance - Jeff Makey * Add TimeLimit plugin - Steven Mertens * Remove broken vocaliser and obsolete torBlock plugins - Jeff Myers BZFlag 2.0.14 "This isn't the release you are looking for." (2010-02-15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Add Options -> Display -> AntiFlicker option - trepan * Add Options -> Input -> Confine Mouse (MotionBox) - trepan * Adjust advanced ground rendering for texture flicker - trepan * Change the default stencil bitplanes to 1 to fix stencil shadows and various other stencil features - trepan * Backport fix for /idbanlist and /hostbanlist crashes - trepan * Add support for gcc-4.4 and libtool-2.2 - Jeff Makey * Update to Microsoft Visual C++ 9 from 8.0 - Jeff Myers * Update to directInput 8 from 7 - Jeff Myers * Fix player ghosting failure - Steven Mertens * Provide API support for using bz_moveFlag on team flags - Scott Wichser * Add pushstats plugin for future statistics gathering system - Jeff Myers * Increase restrictions on incompletely joined players - Jeff Myers, Scott W. * Announce saved file name in recordmatch plugin - Jeff Makey * Fix buffer overflow in menu subsystem - Jeff Myers * Fully support glob-style wildcards in hostbans and make name comparisons case insensitive - Bryan Jennings * Properly limit maximum message size in /showgroup command - Jeff Makey * Reset team scores in case of a capture during a countdown - Jeff Makey * Block spoofed /me messages - Scott Wichser * Keep flags within the world boundary - Jeff Makey * Add the "roamView" BZDB variable - trepan * Change fonts to DejaVu - Jeff Myers, Tim Riker * Source cleanup - Tim Riker BZFlag 2.0.12 "The release without a name." (2008-06-25) --------------------------------------------------------- * Fix build with -ffast-math avoiding use of isnan for fog - Alfredo Tupone * libGLEW requirement controlled by --with-glew - Alfredo Tupone * Actually build with SDL_Image, if required - Alfredo Tupone * Remove extra dir separator from cache entries - Jeff Myers * Configurable "defaultFOV" (60 deg) for widescreen users - Jeff Myers * Adjust shown coordinate for observers - Jeff Myers * Use the foghack only if the config says - Jeff Myers * Queue spawns after flag captures - l4m3rthanyou, pacman97 * Fix kill callback when is coming from server - Jeff Myers * Fix intermix of chat messages and api callback - Jeff Myers * Various permission fixes - Jeff Myers * Plugins path fixed - Jeff Makey * Kerberos and thread removed (never used) - Alfredo Tupone * Event log fixed - Jeff Myers * Workaround to a driver bug - Jeff Myers * Correctly interface with c-ares 1.5.1 and lower - Alfredo Tupone * Not showing a "new rabbit" message when player ID == NoPlayer - Scott Wichser * gcc-4.3 fixes - Tim Riker, Alfredo Tupone * MacOSX: Consistent search of resource files - Sean Morrison * MacOSX: update the project to XCode 2.4.1 - Sean Morrison * Added _countdownResumeDelay to control resume delay. - Thomas Stauer * Slot numbers on scoreboard now appear regardless of hideAdmin - Joshua Bodine BZFlag 2.0.10 "Never Say Never" (2007-11-16) --------------------------------------------- * Fix for memory leaks - Bernt Hansen * Word filtering is case insensitive - Joshua Bodine * Added a work around for buggy DRI open source ATI drivers and the narrow flag - Jeff Myers * Add /modcount command - Joshua Bodine, Anonymous * Fix bug where users get locked into autopilot mode - Joshua Bodine * Fix bug where poll results would not be announced - Joshua Bodine * Fix antikill notice bug - Joshua Bodine * Add -adminlagannounce and -lagannounce - Thomas Stauer * Check for talk permission for part/quit messages - uso * First map no longer ignored in Start Server menu - Ravu al Hemio * Implemented Confine Mouse for Windows platforms - Daniel Remenak * Implemented fullscreen->windowed mode toggle on Windows - Daniel Remenak * Add the rabidRabbit plugin - LouMan * Add packet loss kick and related admin commands - Thomas Stauer * Reclaim lost memory from sound sample - Tupone Alfredo * Fixed bashism on debian rules - Ryan Kavanagh * Add the rabbitTimer plugin - L4m3r * Fix some segfaults when re-joining - Tupone Alfredo * Compliance with gcc-4.2 - Tupone Alfredo * Fix the build system to be more distro friendly - Tupone Alfredo * Plugins get flag resets/spawns/grab/drop/transfer - Jeff Myers, Bernt Hansen * Fix compiler problem with gcc-4 - Tupone Alfredo * Fixed high fps problem - Frank Thilo * Added more info for observers - Jeff Myers, Frank Thilo * torBlock plugin added - Jeff Myers, Scott Wichser * Optionally use mesh position and height for radar - Thomas Stauer * Add the regFlag plugin - Bernt Hansen * Fix memory leak from cURL - Scott Wichser * Add the Phoenix plugin - Jeff Myers * Add favorite server - Frank Thilo * SDL sound rate fix - Alfredo Tupone * add bzID and server status to logDetail plugin - Bernt Hansen * Add -tkannounce to announce tk on admin channel - Bernt Hansen * Add the serverControl plugin - Bernt Hansen * Add keepaway plugin - LouMan * API calls to reset bzdb - Jeff Myers * API call to get the player pause state. - Jeff Myers * API calls to reload bans, and other files - Jeff Myers * API event for shot ends - Jeff Myers * API command to move a flag - Jeff Myers * add API exposure for lag, jitter, and packetloss - Jeff Myers * Add koth plugin - LouMan * Add timedctf plugin - LouMan * Add teamflagreset plugin - LouMan * Add wwzones plugin - LouMan * flagStay plugin added - Jeff Myers * Give everyone notice of pause messages - Jeff Myers * Fix for /silence command - Skeeve * Fix mousebox edge positioning - Mark Thomas * Fixed on spanish localization - xukosky@yahoo.es * Instructions to fix sound on ALSA added - Tupone Alfredo * Change filename format for easier location of matches - uso * Adding jitter kick and related admin commands - Thomas Stauer * Global banlist reload with local banlist - uso * Fix to spawned and lag attributes in bz_updatePlayerData - Matthew Marshall * Ability to change the killer in a PlayerDieEvent - Matthew Marshall * Added shotID to bz_PlayerDieEventData - Matthew Marshall * Expose the countdown and game time stuff to the api - Jeff Myers * Backport the record stop function from 2.1 - Jeff Myers * Backported WW GMs from 2.1 - Matthew Marshall * Converts box & pyramids to mesh if required - Anonymous * Allows leading face specification (x+,x-,y+,y-,z+,z-) - Anonymous * Authorization is invariant to case - Anonymous BZFlag 2.0.8 "Oops, Happy Mother's Day" (2006-05-13) ----------------------------------------------------- * Add a plugin to record matches - Jeff Myers. * Add an option to send out a UDP heartbeat message for observers behind flakey routers - Jeff Myers * Replaced admin message sound - Sean Morrison * Client and server now close http connections correctly - Daniel Remenak * Fixed crash when rogue autopilot picks up a team flag - Daniel Remenak * Fixed spawnpoint selection regression - Sean Morrison BZFlag 2.0.6 "Good enough for now" (2006-04-09) ------------------------------------------------ * game variables no longer accept invalid values. - Jeff Myers * Special Effects use tank (was team) color - Karsten Behrmann, Jeff Myers * /reset uses the values from the config and the map as default - Jeff Myers * Sreenshots now remember where they left off - Jeff Myers, Thomas Sowell * Have windows dump std::error out to a file - Jeff Myers * Various API enhancements - Jeff Myers and others ( from patches ) * Not applauding when capturing his own flag - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing crash on invalid captured flag - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed bots on a public server - Alfredo Tupone * Don't send admin the server password when wrong - Alfredo Tupone * Client config file can be saved on request - Alfredo Tupone * Allow for longer help files (50 lines) - Angelina Carlton * Allow selective /reload of databases - Bernt Hansen * Fix wrong kick if pausing having V and moving - Julio Jimenez * Prevent long distance tank warping through walls - Sean Morrison * Display paused state when screen capturing while playing - Sean Morrison * Added new logDetail plugin - Bernt Hansen * Fixed issue with denial-of-service message attacks - Sean Morrison * Support for -window on Mac command line executions - Sean Morrison * Show slot numbers in lagstats (if admin) - Mark Thomas, Mike Weisenborn * FPS limit energy saver option for laptops - Karsten Behrmann, Sean Morrison * Send admin channel warning if /password fails - Garrett Padera, Jeff Myers * Known players not authenticated are detected - Tupone Alfredo * Added /checkip command - Frank Thilo * "Enable Local Shot/Spawn Effects" affects "Driving with" - Daniel Remenak * Show shot reload indicators when driving with a tank - Daniel Remenak * Fix misc/bzfquery.pl to handle MsgGameTime - Tegan, Mark Thomas * Simple server list searching - Daniel Remenak * Added GUI option for email display length - Mark Thomas BZFlag 2.0.4 "Shiny" (2005-09-30) ---------------------------------- * Fixed server join bug when cached worlds disappear - Sean Morrison * Prevent phantom zoned players from pausing - Sean Morrison * Implemented multiple player hunt - Mark Thomas * Directional keys pressing works, even in joy/mouse mode - Tupone Alfredo * Jitter compensation removed. Too bad behaviour on ME players - Tupone Alfredo * Put spawn params in BZDB to let server owners mod them as needed - Jeff Myers * Fixed ban admin bug - Julio Jimenez * Added /sendhelp command - Mike Weisenborn, Mark Thomas * /ban /hostban take time keywords (short ...) too - Jeff Myers, Alfredo Tupone * Inertia style indication is no longer used - Alfredo Tupone * No more restriction on M (Momentum) flag - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing authentication when changing callsign/password - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing authentication when joining from command-line - Alfredo Tupone * Executing abbreviated server command '*' terminated - Alfredo Tupone * Getting one-line-help on server command '?' terminated - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing bzflag use of system-wide regex (--without-regex) - Alfredo Tupone * Adding destination info to chat message log - Alfredo Tupone * Adding syntax check to duration parameter of ban cmds - Alfredo Tupone * Hud outlines go transparent with the hud panel - Jeff Myers, Daniel Mulford * Better progress info when downloading textures - Garrett Padera, Jeff Myers * Add Quake3 BSP import to modeltool - Jeff Myers * Exit BZFS if -g is used with -mts or -mps - Joshua Rogers * Experimental server colorizing in server list - Frank Thilo * Added sort options to "/replay list" and "/record list" - Mark Thomas * Map mismatch fixed - Alfredo Tupone * Quick server command key works better - Alfredo Tupone * Default server side plugins added to windows build - Jeff Myers * Include web token verification script - Garrett Padera * Fix texture cache on windows. - Jeff Myers * Disallow + or @ as first char of callsign (bzfs) - Mark Thomas * Wait for reverse DNS and authentication to enter game - Alfredo Tupone * Antiban works even on IP number - Alfredo Tupone * Sort lagstat to have non-observer at the bottom - Thomas Stauer * Authentication credential are requested asap - Alfredo Tupone * Allow the use of game device sliders as axes on Windows - Daniel Remenak * Directional force feedback support - Daniel Remenak * New icon and menu arrow - Harry Keller, Jeff Myers * Special effects for many events - Jeff Myers, Daniel Remenak * Server-side plugin API and plugins - Jeff Myers * Join menu displays team icon - Daniel Remenak, Harry Keller * Implemented "-advertise" option for bzfs - Mark Thomas * The url now does not contain the password (sent with POST) - Tupone Alfredo * Fixing Tiny tank shooting from the world edge - Tupone Alfredo * Fixing client requesting lan server on some systems - Tupone Alfredo * Observer are no more hunted - Tupone Alfredo * Added 'Always Show Team Scores' option (GUI Options Menu) - Mark Thomas * Added beautify scores - Julio Jimenez * Added scoreboard sort option - Mark Thomas, Karsten Behrmann * Shots fired over the boundary wall end at the wall - Daniel Remenak * Increase range of radar size setting in GUI Option menu - Mark Thomas * Fixed Menu rendering when radar size is great - Sean Morrison, Mark Thomas * Fixed Linux name resolution (server list) problem - Sean Morrison * Fixed Jitter problem on Windows, clock was wrong - Alfredo Tupone * Windows platform can switch from SDL to native - Alfredo Tupone * Instruction for X-build from linux to windows - Alfredo Tupone * bzflag is much less blocking with libcurl - Alfredo Tupone * Using c-ares instead of adns for DNS resolving - Alfredo Tupone * Added CTF capture event trigger for world weapons - Jeff Myers, Nathan Goings * FlipZ on meshpyrs behaves as expected (like pyramids) - Daniel Remenak * Fixed /set and /reset command case bug - Daniel Remenak * Fixed crash on /ban without -banfile - Daniel Remenak * Shot reload timer on the HUD - Daniel Remenak * Added timestamp to bzfs DEBUG output, and new CL option (-ts) - Mark Thomas * Players without TALK can send to the Admin group - Sean Morrison * Fixed bzfs crash because poll kick/ban - Julio Jimenez * Allow additional group modify permission lines - Frank Evers * bzfs creates default groups before parsing groupdb file - Frank Evers * +ALL and -ALL adds/removes all perms from a group in groupdb - Frank Evers * Support for +,- and ! operators in bzfs' groupdb file - Frank Evers BZFlag 2.0.2 "Queen of Maybe" (2005-03-18) ------------------------------------------- * Added TALK, MUTE, UNMUTE permissions - Angelina Carlton * Added /mute, /unmute commands - Angelina Carlton * Automatic team try to fix bad player behaviour - Alfredo Tupone * bzadmin does not require opengl headers - Alfredo Tupone * bzfs handle both -mp specification - Alfredo Tupone * bzfs correctly handles ban time - Alfredo Tupone, Julio Jimenez * bzfs no more put jittered players as Not Responding - Alfredo Tupone * bzfs stop shot from dead player - Alfredo Tupone * Roaming switching between player goes even on Dead Player - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed bzfs crash associated to "Error adding player" - Alfredo Tupone * bzflag count a single -1 score for a tk (like server does) - Alfredo Tupone * Fixes on hostban handling - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed force feedback on Windows - Scott Wichser * New Kick/Ban options using slot numbers (rendered in client) - Julio Jimenez * Added EndShot cheat detection - Julio Jimenez * Avoid spawning on top of tanks with SR or BU - Daniel Remenak * Add fine-grained permissions control of polling - Daniel Remenak * Fixed loading of colormapped PNGs - Daniel Remenak * Add SPAWN permission, remove -requireidentify - Steve Krenzel, Tim Riker * A /say command for server messages - Julio Jimenez, Frank Evers * Rejoin permission for avoiding _rejoinTime limit - Frank Evers, Julio Jimenez * A player will auto ghost if they use global authentication - Steve Krenzel * Server announces who started a countdown - Angelina Carlton * Fixed server start menu for windows - Daniel Remenak * Message spam checking bug fixed - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed no flag on building - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed MsgQueryPlayer eventually sending AddPlayer to all - Alfredo Tupone * Removing kicking player for missing packet - Alfredo Tupone * Player is unpaused when coming alive - Alfredo Tupone * Observer of winner not updating the flag fixed - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed 2 flag per team selecting ctf on world & CommandLine - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed lag warning counted twice - Alfredo Tupone * Allow user to select which physical joystick axes to use - Daniel Remenak * Fix a number of server crash bugs - Daniel Remenak * ctf make restarting on base even when dead - Anonymous * Fixed weirdness on Console Panel when disabling chat display - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed a segfault with SDL and no audio - Alfredo Tupone * bzadmin wipes argv to hide possible password - Tim Riker * Lagstats and Playerlist no longer filtered - Steve Krenzel * print errors in red - Frank Thilo * simple scroll indicator for control panel - Frank Thilo * antiban perm actually counters a server ban now - Steve Krenzel BZFlag 2.0.0 "Falcor's Despair" (2005-01-17) --------------------------------------------- * Added a .desktop file - David Trowbridge * Tool for converting obj to bzw - Jeff Myers * Addition of converted ProFont font - Andrew Keyser * Added a file syntax section to bzw.5 - Fred Cods * Added a bzw.5 manpage to document world file format - Sean Morrison * Added /quit command - Angelina Carlton * Display player addr on join to admins - Sean Morrison * Make -debug a public client option - Frank Thilo * Communicate autopilot state, display in scoreboard - Frank Thilo * Observer counts and match times added to game queries - David Vuorio * Central authentication - Tim Riker * Avoid transfer flag cheat - Alfredo Tupone * Cheat client flag obfuscation and hiding - Alfredo Tupone * Added strong authentication via Kerberos - Alfredo Tupone * BZFlag renders frames and accepts commands during joining - Alfredo Tupone * Lag is computed only after entering game - Alfredo Tupone * CTF world used for FFA make bases into boxes - Alfredo Tupone * Allow elevated bases even without -fb - Alfredo Tupone * Added optional duration option to /countdown - Sean Morrison * Added shot mismatch cheat auto-kicking - Julio Jimenez * Improved double-jump response - Anonymous * Added physics drivers - Anonymous * Unlimited altimeter height - Steve Krenzel * Added /uptime command to print elapsed running time - Angelina Carlton * Countdown command now shows players 10 sec countdown - Angelina Carlton * Added a flapping sound for the wings flag - Sean Morrison * Adding ability to load world from url (http, ftp, file) - Alfredo Tupone * Reduce network load by buffering UDP packet (no delay) - Alfredo Tupone * Allow server to control lat and long (-synclocation) - Daniel Remenak * Added tank spawn expansion effect - Anonymous * Added tank squishiness - Anonymous, Dave Brosius * Added animated effects for T, N, TH, O, and CL flags - Anonymous * BZAdmin now tells more specific reasons why it could not connect - Ian Agar * MOTD from the master server - Jeff Myers, Daniel Remenak, Frank Thilo * Add generic URL retrieval class - Jeff Myers, Alfredo Tupone * Windows Multimedia and DirectInput joystick support - Daniel Remenak * bzfs can now announce to multiple public list servers - Sean Morrison * Global public server bans - Jeff M., Alfredo T., Daniel R., Sean M., Bryan J. * Linux event device joystick and force feedback support - Micah Dowty * Inform banned users of reason, originator, and source on login - Jeff Myers * Added the SHORTBAN bzfs privilege - Anonymous, Daniel Leeds * Added /date and /time to request server date and time - Ian Agar * Added arc, cone, and sphere map objects - Anonymous * Added user specified dynamic colors - Anonymous * Added user specified texture matrices - Anonymous * Improved BSP splitting algorithm - Anonymous * Added /part command for disconnecting from server - Angelina Carlton * Show status while trying to connect & download world - Daniel Remenak * Update old configs to avoid broken keybindings - Daniel Remenak * Config files are stored per-version, using older when needed - Jeff Myers * Faster tank and shot collision detection using an octree - Anonymous * Better linewrapping for control panel - Daniel Remenak * Configurable font size for control panel and scoreboard - Daniel Remenak * Textures are now reloaded on a mode change for optimal quality - Jeff Myers * Automatic team joins changed to encourage team-play - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed dropping flag while jumping from high places - Alfredo Tupone * Lag stats are now sorted by lag value - Alfredo Tupone * OpenGL context reloading bug fixed on SDL - Alfredo Tupone * Roaming switch between player is now consistent - Alfredo Tupone * Compensating jitter in Dead reckoning - Alfredo Tupone * Ping packet loss are like high lag for warn/kick - Alfredo Tupone * ColorBlindness now disable hunt flashing on radar - Alfredo Tupone * SDL is made default platform, static and shared linkage - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed bug where players get stuck on flipped pyramids - Alfredo Tupone * Compressed map data going over the network and into caches - Anonymous * Options to disable certain /poll's entirely on a server - Simon Richard Grint * Lighting menu option now has "None / Fast / Best" - Anonymous * Dev-C++ project files - Ian Agar, Daniel Remenak, Jeff Myers * Shot accuracy statistics dialog - Daniel Remenak * Faster zbuffer graphics using octree and dynamic occluders - Anonymous * Faster startup times by making the SceneDatabase on the fly - Anonymous * Autocompletion for commands & callsigns (ala bzadmin) - Ian Agar, Frank Thilo * /clientquery can now be requested on single individuals - Ian Agar * Added support for irc-like /me actions and /msg messages - Sean Morrison * Seer flag now can see Invisible Bullets - Anonymous * Added admin message sounds - Cameron Mandrake, Sean Morrison * Better shot reflections for non-square pyramids - Anonymous * Fixed collision detection impalement problem - Anonymous * anti perm for pollkick, pollban, kick, ban, deregister - Sean Morrison * antipoll bzfs anti perm to protect against poll kick/bans - Andrew Heyn * Server Start Menu now selects Rabbit Chase styles - Ian Agar * Tabbed Message Panel - Scott Wichser, Sean Morrison, Alfredo Tupone * Fonts settable via BZDB - Daniel Remenak * New font management system and fonts - Daniel Remenak, Jeff Myers * Reduce network utilization (tolerance) - Alfredo Tupone, Sean Morrison * WorldWeapons and EntryZones are saved client-side - Anonymous * Improved client map saves using map 'options' - Anonymous * Autopilot is now capable of playing CTF - Ian Agar * bzadmin can now send and receive team and admin messages - Lars Luthman * Added waterLevel (water-like feature for maps) - Anonymous * Added _noShadows (to disable shadows on a server) - Anonymous * bzadmin's curses menu will now update automagically - Lars Luthman * Added message filter editor for bzadmin using menu or cmds - Lars Luthman * Added team flag safety zones - Anonymous * Added MsgScoreOver and MsgTimeUpdate to BZAdmin - Ian Agar * Have BZAdmin allow whitespace in callsign and host - Ian Agar * Prevent message flooding/spamming - Ian Agar * Consolidated polling system bzfs options (-poll) - Ian Agar, Sean Morrison * Improved server pause cheat detection and reporting - Ian Agar, Sean Morrison * Changed the way Roaming keys drives the Observer - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing cross-correlation between driving keys - Alfredo Tupone * Added configuration of driving keys - Alfredo Tupone * Server is now valgrind-happy - Alfredo Tupone, Daniel Remenak, Sean Morrison * Limit quick rejoins - Anonymous * Added 'options' section to world maps - Anonymous * Added the '-set ' option to bzfs - Anonymous * Throw away bad or early links in world files - Tim Riker * Added Record/Replay feature - Anonymous * Added Random teleporter destinations - Anonymous * Poll to reset flags and Poll-cheating prevention - Ian Agar * Flag and Tank Entry Zones - Dave Brosius * Spawn improvements - Dave Brosius, Daniel Remenak * Added MAC's Agility (aka Dodge) flag - Sean Morrison * QuickTurn flag symbol changed from A to QT - Sean Morrison * Added MAC's handicap game style - Sean Morrison * Added ReverseControls bad flag - Sean Morrison * Added Wings good flag - Dave Brosius * Added BZDB variables to allow for more realistic friction - Nils McCarthy * Added ForwardOnly and ReverseOnly bad flags - Sean Morrison * No Jumping and Trigger Happy flags - Nils McCarthy * server option to disallow autopilot - Nils McCarthy * SDL interface to audio/video/input - Tupone Alfredo * /clientquery (was CLIENTQUERY) moved to server - Daniel Remenak * "Leave Game" menu item to leave a game without quitting - Daniel Remenak * Allow user to force input device to that of their choosing - Daniel Remenak * Tanks can drive over bumps - Dave Brosius * Remove Building scene nodes laying on the ground (or lower) - Dave Brosius * Rip out ref counted texture system, TM controls this now - Dave Brosius * Added Admin Message Queue - Michael Hoffman BZFlag 1.10.8 "lightning strikes back - list server returns" (2004-10-05) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * New list server URL * Added admin message sounds - Cameron Mandrake, Sean Morrison * Throw away bad or early links in world files - Tim Riker BZFlag 1.10.6 "the little hop" (2004-05-14) -------------------------------------------- * Fixed the little hop on spawn at some sites - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed issue of players add/removing others from groups - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed false positive filter matches involving apostrophes - Sean Morrison * Curing ghost/duplicated/ungettable flag - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed 0 height flag, no more flags inside buildings - Alfredo Tupone * Observers see Masquerade tank with their true color - Alfredo Tupone * Password file now supports callsigns with non alphanumerics - Alfredo Tupone * Support for building BZAdmin with PDCurses on Windows - Daniel Remenak * Correctly read PNG textures with multiple IDAT chunks - Daniel Remenak * Add aggressive filtering support for all platforms - Sean Morrison * bans based on hostmask (/hostban, ...) when adns is available - Nils McCarthy * Fixed bug that allowed empty callsigns - Frank Thilo * server option to disallow autopilot - Nils McCarthy * Bots drive around corners faster - Frank Thilo * Bots aim better, try to evade shots - Frank Thilo BZFlag 1.10.4 "not a smurf" (2004-01-24) ----------------------------------------- * Allow user to define quickMessages via the menu system - Frank Thilo * Defaults vars are written to config but commented out - Dave Brosius * Added -show and -hide options to bzadmin for messages - Lars Luthman * Added support for more message types to bzadmin - Ian Agar, Lars Luthman * Added menu w/ BZDB editor and playerlist to bzadmin curses UI - Lars Luthman * can freeze tod in client, if allowed, via -time hh:mm:ss - Tupone Alfredo * Allow variable number team flags per team with +f bzfs option - Dave Brosius * Added private and team chat sounds - Sean Morrison * Specify a world file on the Start Server menu gui - Sean Morrison * Server sends warning to privmsg sender to an invalid target - Lars Luthman * bots now fully handle collision check - Tupone Alfredo * -filterCallsigns filters email too now - Lars Luthman * allow multiple team flags per team thru -c 5 - Dave Brosius * -maxidle handles idle / paused players the same - Frank Thilo * Added optional density to generated maps - Sean Morrison, Frank Thilo * Add pause time to /idlestats - Sean Morrison * Notify players when reassigned to a different team on join - Sean Morrison * Allow multiple bases per team - Dave Brosius * Use cyan for observer messages in old console color mode - Frank Thilo * Config file based auto-identify - Tupone Alfredo, Sean Morrison, Frank Thilo * List Server checks ip of requesting server - Tupone Alfredo * AutoPilot does not base path on stealth echo anymore - Dave Brosius * Alt-Tab & resolution changes does not mess up the screen - Tupone Alfredo * No shooting allowed if OO flag is lost in a building - Tupone Alfredo * Killed player stop drifting & clean dirty tank pieces - Tupone Alfredo * Rabbit score changed and values displayed on HUD - Tupone Alfredo * Sound samples are resampled since bzflag doesn't - Tupone Alfredo * Unclean client disconnects are recognized earlier - Tupone Alfredo * Async communication between bzfs and list server - Tupone Alfredo * Added bzfs -rabbit option selection algorithm support - Nils McCarthy * Added the REQUIREIDENTIFY permission - Nils McCarthy * Added bzfs option to deny clients that do not identify - Nils McCarthy * Color carried team flags according to their team - Sean Morrison * Start of better spawn positions based on tanks - Dave Brosius * PNG image writing for screenshots - Daniel Remenak * Texture Manager only loads textures when needed - Jeff Myers * Renamed and reorganized texture resources - Jeff Myers * BZDB alternate image dir added - Jeff Myers * Improved transparent proxy support - Alfredo Tupone, Sean Morrison * Ground Texture Repeat added to BZDB, default increased to 0.1 - Jeff Myers * Added ability to have and use per-team colored textures - Jeff Myers * Added support for colored and zoned ground textures - Jeff Myers * Hunter tanks try to use "hunter" texture if found - Jeff Myers * Hunter tanks are colored orange color if not using a texture - Jeff Myers * Menu uses its own image for the arrow, menu_arrow.png - Jeff Myers * Rename team based datafiles to have the team in the name - Jeff Myers * Map objects search for colored textures and use them if found - Jeff Myers * Bases search for colored team textures and use them if found - Jeff Myers * Added object-specified texture support for tanks & maps - Jeff Myers * Menu Arrow supports animations - Jeff Myers * Base wall and top textures - Jeff Myers * Hunter name used for kill, lock, and info messages - Jeff Myers * Increase resolution of textures to look better - Jeff Myers * Add experimental quality setting for enhanced effects - Jeff Myers * Tunf off tank LOD, and ground grid for experimental quality - Jeff Myers * Add sides to the body of the hightank model - Jeff Myers * Improve flag texture for high and experimental quality levels - Jeff Myers * Increase moon segments for exp. quality - Jeff Myers * Replace flag texture with one from pyBZFlag - Jeff Myers * Added ability to set flagpole width for exp. quality level - Jeff Myers * Don't do teleporter fog when roaming as an observer - Jeff Myers * Pull many world textures from pyBZFlag - Jeff Myers BZFlag 1.10.2 (2003-12-23) -------------------------- * improved transparent proxy support for server - Frank Thilo, Alfredo Tupone * Stop infinite spawn loop with complex worlds containing big pyramids * Misc Swear processing fixes - Sean Morrison * Allow banfile to be empty or not exist * Don't let zoned tanks flatten Burrowed tanks * Don't spawn in multiple locations based on multiple r-clicks * Don't get speed kicked ejecting from buildings due to expansion * Fix game style menu position * Take flipz collisions in account for pyramids * Fix Respawning after non-shot kills (Geno, Self Destruct, etc) * More caching of BZBD vars - Frank Thilo * ServerList uses strict http/1.1 - Frank Thilo * Fix playercounts in rabbit mode * GM now tracks player in slot 0 * Relax kick tolerances and soften kick messages - Sean Morrison * Better lag stats - Frank Thilo * Server-side Autoteam - Sean Morrison, Tupone Alfredo, Frank Thilo * Remove bad lite effects with Thief steal * Protect against crashes due to bad shot ids * Better key binding - Tupone Alfredo, Dave Brosius * Relax flag drop time for speed checking - Sean Morrison * Better unresponsive player removal messages * added kill messages as an option to bzadmin - Lars Luthman * let genocided players spawn again - Lars Luthman * auto team is now handled solely in the server - Frank Thilo * increase averaging for jitter and loss values in lagstats - Frank Thilo * mrtg script updated - Tim Riker BZFlag 1.10.0 "Break the world" (2003-12-09 was 1.9.x) ------------------------------------------------------- * control spawn on buildings with -sb - Frank Thilo * Initial Docbook documentation - Sean Morrison * Persistent bans with -banfile - Lars Luthman * Streamroll collision detection is now compressed in height - Alfredo Tupone * Rendering options are actuated immediately - Alfredo Tupone * Height of base thickness (in world files) goes over the wire - Alfredo Tupone * Fixed collision-detection for many cases - Alfredo Tupone falling through floor when lagging being stuck when tank expands shot going into the ground collision with pyramids * Avoiding stuck on connection - Alfredo Tupone * Web/Database based list server - Alfredo Tupone, ... * Fixed bugs in the bzfs manual and the bzfs help output - KR (through Lars) * Save world files from the client - Dave Brosius * Drop flags on pause after timeout - Sean Morrison * Set size of shots on radar - Sean Morrison * Server spawn positions - Dave Brosius * Added client-side automatic team selection - Alfredo Tupone, Sean Morrison * Calc jitter based on client timestamps in MsgPlayerUpdate - Frank Thilo * Add /reset var server cmd - Dave Brosius * Add /set var value server cmd - Dave Brosius * improved /ban /banlist added reason and time parsing - Dennis Pedersen * Shortened GM to 0.95 normal shot (tunable) - Tim Riker * tarball now supports "rpm -tb .tar.gz" - Tim Riker * bzfs uses 1 port instead of 2 - Alfredo Tupone * bzflag is officially assigned port 5154 as default - IANA, Tim Riker * bots (-solo) game is by far more playable - Alfredo Tupone * Added client-side chat filtering - Sean Morrison * Configuration files and cache is stored in ~/.bzf/ on *IX - Lars Luthman * Added team ID to shots for TK reasons (1.9.2) - Jeff Myers * Changed version numbers to be xx.xx.xx and display the build OS & Date - Jeff Myers & others for auto tools * Added voting system with /poll, /vote, and /veto commands - Sean Morrison * Added bzadmin - Lars Luthman * Munitions now bounce off buildings/ground in z direction - Dave Brosius * World object and -worldsize parameters - Jeff Myers * Server side world parm (bzdb) file [clo] - Dave Brosius * MsgTeamUpdate, MsgFlagUpdate coalesced - Dave Brosius * Burrow Flag - Dave Brosius * Observer is a first class team - Dave Brosius * AutoPilot from 1.8 - Dave Brosius * Thief Flag - Dave Brosius * MsgPlayerUpdate now has order, reject ooo packets - Dave Brosius * Removed old UDP queueing code and headers - Micah Dowty * Convert closed FlagIds to flexible FlagType's - Micah Dowty, Dave Brosius, Tim Riker * Add back PNG support from 1.8 - Dave Brosius, Sean Morrison * Add back BZDB from 1.8 - David Trowbridge, Dave Brosius * Seer, Masquerade Flags - Dave Brosius * Don't broadcast single player messages - Dave Brosius * Customizable map size in maps - Jeff Myers * Drive and Shoot thru options in maps - Jeff Myers * Show Team kill score in Scoreboard - Dave Brosius * Beginnings of flag 'negotiation' - Dave Brosius * Pass reason in MsgKilled, add support for SR noise - Dave Brosius * Remove unnecessary MsgScore from player to server - Dave Brosius * Remove old lag pings - Dave Brosius * BeOS port - François Revol * Collision detection fixes - David Trowbridge, Jeff Myers * PlayerId -> ubyte - David Trowbridge, Frank Thilo * Get rid of reconnect port - David Trowbridge * Hunt opponent in HUD - Adam Krell, David Trowbridge * Flag system cleanup - Dave Brosius * Server-side callsign and improved chat filtering - Sean Morrison * Rabbit game style - David Trowbridge, Dave Brosius BZFlag 1.7g2 "Steely Eyed Banana" (2003-06-17 was 1.7g1) --------------------------------------------------------- * public release now under LGPL v2.1 - Tim Riker * change LICENSE to COPYING - Tim Riker * server administration stuff - Jeff Myers, Frank Thilo, David Trowbridge * admin-by-keys - Michael Hoffman * /help messages - Michael Hoffman, David Trowbridge * New super-bullet texture - Justin Zaun, Jeff Mills, David Trowbridge * IRIX fixes - David Trowbridge * cygwin/mingw32 fixes - Tupone Alfredo * Solaris fixes - David Trowbridge * OSX Fixes - Sean Morrison, David Wollner * server list cache - Michael Hoffman * E-mail field fixes - Lars Luthman * colorized console - Anonymous, David Trowbridge * automake/autoconf - Tupone Alfredo, David Trowbridge, Tim Riker * check for unknown message types - Frank Thilo * check incoming TCP for oversized messages and dump player - Frank Thilo * multiline server and ad messages with '\n' - Lars Luthman * -speedtol server option: specify tolerance for speed kick - Jeff Myers * /report server command - Lars Luthman * -sl server option: shot limit for flags - Michael Hoffman * limit /password tries - Jeff Myers * -tftimeout server option - Lars Luthman * put observers to the bottom of the scoreboard - Lars Luthman * resize mouse boxes - Frank Thilo * choose [un]silence - Michael Hoffman, Tim Riker * flag on radar/view on/off - Michael Hoffman, Tim Riker * -badword server support - Dave Brosius * resize radar/msg area - Frank Thilo * Drop team flags where player last was on exit - Dave Brosius * tanks driving too fast are kicked - Dave Brosius * remove non-printable characters in callsign in server - Frank Thilo * +f sw{5} syntax to add a bunch of flags - Dave Brosius * tanks which jump too high get kicked - Dave Brosius * server drops bogus shots (anti cheating) - Tim Riker, Dave Brosius, Frank Thilo * i18n support in client - Dave Brosius, Isak Styf * Optional config file interface for bzfs settings - Dave Brosius * inline editing of text fields (<- ->) - Dave Brosius, Frank Thilo * extend admin command -> /flag reset unused - Dave Brosius BZFlag 1.7g0 "Holy Dancing Monkeys" (2002-12-08 was 1.7e7) ----------------------------------------------------------- * -tkkr auto team killer - Dave Brosius * world file caching - Colin Bayer, Dave Brosius, others * optional tank labels for roaming - Frank Thilo, Tim Riker * draw tank lights correctly for (T)(N)(O) tanks - Dave Brosius * new GUI options menu - Frank Thilo * exclude observers from /idlestats list - Frank Thilo * server based scoring - Dave Brosius, Tim Riker * max. number of observers now defaults to 3 instead of 0 - Frank Thilo * Use high water marks for player cnts to reduce looping - Dave Brosius * new bzfs option -tk: team killers do not die - Frank Thilo * misc @observer mode fixes - Andrew Greig * Improved Mac OS X support - Kevin Avila * disallow dud flags (eg jump in a jump world) - Dave Brosius * self destruct key, for stuck tanks - Dave Brosius * team killers die - Tim Riker * increase max player and robot counts - Tim Riker * Fix 'Change Key Mapping' arrowkeys - Andrew Greig * show the time in upper right if no flag * opacity in config - Dave Brosius, Tim Riker * [UN]SILENCE - Dave Brosius, Tim Riker * revert lag falling patch - Tim Riker, Dave Brosius * teamgrab.wav - Dave Brosius * improved texture mapping - unknown * possible win32 installer bug - Chris Walters * gcc 3.1+ patches - David Trowbridge BZFlag 1.7e6 "Armoured Smashing Fist" (2002-06-19 was 1.7e5) ------------------------------------------------------------- * new HUD! - David Trowbridge, Tim Riker, many others * added temporary bans (minutes) - Dave Brosius * Can now build entire win32 installer from VC Workspace - Dave Brosius * non-listserver connection gave 0.0.0.0 as host: fixed - Dave Brosius * added private messages - Frank Thilo * modified / added roaming support for observers - Frank Thilo * added /idlekick server option - Frank Thilo * fix /ban and add /unban - Frank Thilo * allow both -mp # and -mp #,#,#,#,# - Frank Thilo * CTF flag returning to base fixes - Frank Thilo * sort teams by score, sort in self - Janne Hassinen, Tim Riker * observer hack, should be a team - Frank Thilo * /countdown, /lagwarn - Frank Thilo * PatchId fixes - Frank Thilo, Tim Riker * New lag measurement using pings - Frank Thilo * Reassign keyboard menu is now in two columns - Dave Brosius * Fix MsgMessage and CLIENTQUERY handling - Frank Thilo * -ban - David Trowbridge, Dave Brosius, Tim Riker * Mac OSX work - Kevin Avila * -cr random ctf maps - Tim Riker, Frank Thilo * bots in building fix - Tim Riker, Harry Dodgson * Pause and not responding on HUD - Frank Thilo * Message History buffer - Dave Brosius (cleaned by Tim Riker) * Nemesis set on direct receive - Frank Thilo * LT and RT command line aliases for shell impaired - Tim Riker * radar shade flags by altitude - Tim Riker (reworked from Jeremiah) * different kill msgs - Sal Gonzalez, Tim Riker * brighter radar colors - Tim Riker with much input from others * team colored shock wave - Tim Riker * team colored lasers - Dave Brosius * turn off ctf, if bases not found in world file - Dave Brosius * patchid optimization for new clients - Dave Brosius * udp request fix for later clients - Tim Riker * MsgEnter should not be patched for ID - Frank Thilo * Removed superfluous buffer copies in bzfs buffer sends - Dave Brosius * Better pack/unpack code for vectors [3] - Dave Brosius * Fix Teamflag drop over building when building at 0,0,0 - Dave Brosius * Fix flags spawning in pyramids - Dave Brosius * Fix client crashes with UNKNOWNS - Valery Fouques * fix patchMessage for MsgAlive - Dave Brosius * fix find closest flag (ID) with flags on buildings - Dave Brosius * scale flags bases on elevation - Tim Riker * don't scale radar based on screen res - Tim Riker * flag radar updated - Tim Riker * new admin commands - Tim Riker * -pr for reconnect port (two port tcp) - Tim Riker BZFlag 1.7e4 (2001-11-27 was 1.7e3) ----------------------------------- * ::memset() instead of bzero() - Björn Augustsson * win32 audio thread fix for win2k - crs * send to nemesis - Dave Brosius, Frank Thilo * USB joystick support - Nick Sayer * new (faster?) radar jamming code - Mathias Gumz * sort by score - Colin Bayer, Dave Brosius, Tim Riker * world file rad -> deg - Tim Riker * add player flag display to HUD - Tim Riker (prompted by Colin Bayer) * random height pyramids too - Tim Riker * dim rogue color when blind - Colin Bayer * colorize shots on radar - Colin Bayer * keyboard movement - Pier Donini * win32 connect thread - Valery Fouques * new sounds - Dave Brosius * warnings - Dave Brosius * safer placement - Frank Thilo * don't color shots when CB - Valery Fouques * jump while typing - Valery Fouques * don't lock on paused or not responding - Valery Fouques * -lagdrop server option - Colin Bayer * fix team flag display - Colin Bayer * add rogue team and radar colors to config - Valery Fouques * Shots as lines on radar - Valery Fouques, Tim Riker * CTF world from file - Colin Bayer, Tim Riker * patch playerIds to prepare for one tcp port - Tim Riker * missile sound effect - Dave Brosius * udp first then multicast, IRIX fix? (use -i <> for multicast) - Tim Riker * enhanced radar - Jeremiah Moss * don't relay read in player read - Frank Thilo, Tim Riker * -fb flags on box buildings - Tim Riker, Colin Bayer * networking code fixes - Tim Riker, Frank Thilo, etc. * new admin commands - Tim Riker * enhance SR - Tim Riker, Dave Brosius * rotated/elevated bases - David Trowbridge, Tim Riker * GM lock alert msg/sound - Tim Riker (prompted by Colin Bayer) BZFlag 1.7e2 (2001-04-17) ------------------------- * bzfs performance fix, wait loop removal - Frank Thilo, Tim Riker * limbo flag bugfix - Frank Thilo * *bsd cleanups from new ports maintainer - Nick Sayer * scrollback cleanups - crs * minimum size now 256x192 - Tim Riker * various bug fixes - many BZFlag 1.7e1 (2001-03-10) ------------------------- * optional UDP unicast networking, back-compatible w/ old TCP method - frank * GM now leave smoke trail - frank * Explosions are larger - frank * Scrollback and Line wrap (use pageup/down keys) - Digit1 * radar tank dots are larger - frank * robots have playerxx names and player's email - Tim Riker * colorize console messages - Tim Riker * robots score when killing 'owner' - Frank Thilo * flags under high buildings - Jeremiah Moss * "world" section in world from file - Jeremiah Moss * dim paused/nr tanks on radar - Frank Thilo * fix bzfls for servers on non-5155 - Tim Riker * pgup/pgdn support in help menu - Kris Verbeeck * stop using signal() as suggested by Frank Thilo - Tim Riker * Triple buffering support (actually n way buffering) - XiGraphics * Joystick support - XiGraphics * teleporter shot handling improved - chestal * udp network code reworking to select() on one server port - Tim Riker * rogue tank placement on enter - chestal * pseudo variable height buildings in cf mode - Tim Riker * don't drain and flush audio on solaris - frank * alpha Macintosh port - Darrell Walisser * quick message support - Kris Verbeeck * /kick and /lagstats server messages, -passwd - Frank Thilo BZFlag 1.7e release 000 (2001-01-26) ------------------------------------ * Tim Riker now maintainer * build now 3 digits so alpha sorts work (until we hit 1.10? ;-) * copyright and naming changes * save flaghelp and score state * FreeBSD patch - Eric Anholt * world creation reordering to support world from file * compilation with VC++6 - Jeremiah Moss * world from a file - Daniel Léonard * travel underneath floating buildings - Jeremiah Moss * radar update to not hide teleporters under buildings - Jeremiah Moss * teleporter player positioning - Jeremiah Moss * bottoms on floating buildings - Jeremiah Moss * Windows highest refresh rate on program switch - Jeremiah Moss * dns lookups on list server for faster server lists * non-blocking I/O for bzfs and name lookups - crs * phantom player fix - Frank Siegert BZFlag 1.7d release 9 (2000-02-01) ---------------------------------- * fixed bug in parsing arguments in bzfls * fixed reference counting bug in bzfls * improved win32 config file location - Daniel Léonard BZFlag 1.7d release 8 --------------------- * fixed bug in bzfs that caused the player table to fill up * fixed bugs in bzfls that left open sockets and leaked memory * fixed bug in bzfls that could cause one server to be listed multiple times * made bzfls more picky about format of messages * added uptime to bzfls statistics * changed bzfls protocol and bzfs to match deliberately not backwards compatible to force upgrades * gave flag help messages more space to avoid overlapping target box BZFlag 1.7d release 7 --------------------- * added sym link for bzfs in RPM spec file can't launch server from client without it * changed RPM naming scheme to be more standard (now named 1.7d.7) * fixes for solaris compiler * fixed tarball make target to include top level directory * fixes to avoid making OpenGL calls after exiting main * fixed mix-up between brightness and volume controls on options menu * fixed busy wait bug in linux sound code * incremented number of sound chunks on linux and fixed low water mark * reduced sound latency on linux * doubled sound volume * fixes for linux resolution changes (now destroys/recreates OpenGL contexts) * workaround for accelerated glx preventing screen redraw after exit * added -3dfx and -no3dfx bzflag options to set/unset MESA_GLX_FX BZFlag 1.7d release 6 --------------------- * now allows user to configure a non-optimized build (e.g. make linux-noopt) * added tarball make target to gather source tree into a tarball * modified spec file for RPM packaging - Tim Riker * more sound fixes now always writes sound even when silent (which simplifies things) now handles failure of SNDCTL_DSP_SETFRAGMENT BZF_NOAUDIO_POST env var disables latency workaround when SETFRAGMENT fails fixed bug that caused some truncated chunks * video format menu now uses multiple pages if lots of formats * now ungrabs mouse on pause and grabs on resume (if grabbing) * players now drop a team flag when pausing (prevents a cheat) * made some readouts more readable at low resolution (changed font) * changes to bzfs to make it more robust against network errors * fixed bzfs messages to bzfls (was only ever sending ADD messages) * bzfls now keeps traffic statistics (SIGUSR2 dumps to /var/tmp/bzfls.cnt) * added man pages for bzfls and bzfrelay BZFlag 1.7d release 5 --------------------- * now allows user to configure a debug build (e.g. make linux-i386-debug) * cleaned up some compiler warnings * fixed silliness in PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR stuff in win32 * fixed multicasting support * fixed sound volume bug (reset to zero in config if quit when paused) * fixed handling of window close under X windows * fixed several serious bugs in sound filtering coordinate system was totally wrong various calculations were incorrect * improved sound support on linux and got sound working on linux ppc * improved stereo panning filtering new transfer function does better directional attenuation * added inter-aural delay to enhance stereo separation * added support for brightness control (i.e. gamma correction) only available on PseudoColor or DirectColor visuals under X only available on win32 if using colormap or SetDeviceGammaRamp() works * added custom visual choosing algorithm on X (to prefer DirectColor over True) making it more likely to get a gamma correctable visual * added support for destroying/recreating OpenGL context on-the-fly required to support dynamic video format changing on win32 * support for dynamic changing of video format on xfree86 and win32 removed startup format picker on win32 -- change format through options * improved integration with win32 desktop (alt-tab, screen saver, etc.) minimizes on loss of focus; disables annoying key sequences * config file on win32 now saved in a consistent location BZFlag 1.7d release 4 --------------------- * changed LICENSE to the GNU GPL version 2 * server can now register itself with multiple list servers * client can now check multiple list servers at once * bzfls can now dump server list to a file (using USR1) * bzfls can now bootstrap server list from a file * now truncates descriptions that are too long; was rejecting server * fixed ref count bug in bzfls BZFlag 1.7d release 3 --------------------- * fixed truncation of server list reads * fixed menuing bug in find servers when no servers found * -geometry is no longer ignored for 3Dfx cards * turned off roaming and snapshotting in non-debug builds * `-list default' now resets server list url to default * simplified maintenance of version number * fixed output from -version on win32 * added window border on win32 when using -window * re-fixed bzfls query reading-freed-memory bug (regressed somehow) BZFlag 1.7d release 2 --------------------- * fixed reading-freed-memory bug in client querying of bzfls * replaced incorrect use of errno with getErrno() * fixed bug in ServerLink::read(); now won't try to recv() zero bytes BZFlag 1.7d release 1 --------------------- * starting from 1.7c release 2 patch 3 * preliminary support for bzfls, a server for listing bzfs servers * changed win32 installer to ignore errors when changing the registry * added extra help output when bzflag can't find font files * fixed badly matched braces that broke multicast code BZFlag 1.7c release 2 patch 3 ----------------------------- * fixed byte-order problem in bzfrelay - Tim Riker * unix portability fix: replaced cuserid() with getuid() - Erik Andersen * now links mesa as GL and GLU to support non-mesa * fixed bug in linux multicast support BZFlag 1.7c release 2 patch 2 ----------------------------- * final solaris sound support - Andrew White BZFlag 1.7c release 2 patch 1 ----------------------------- * added solaris to configuration list * preliminary sound support on Solaris - Andrew White * fixed 32 bit dependency; now works on 64 bit (alpha) linux - Phillip Ezolt * added missing entries in irix packaging (some data files) * added stacked stereo patch - Stea Greene BZFlag 1.7c release 2 --------------------- first official open source release. * misc. changes for solaris - Björn Augustsson * changed u_int* to uint* * replaced [ds]rand48() with [s]rand() * changed variable name `sun' with 'theSun' * changed ioctl FIONBIO to fcntl O_NDELAY * changed FNDELAY to O_NDELAY * glColor*() are macros; changed code that took address of function * no hstrerror * solaris defines SIG_PF * added unofficial solaris config - Björn Augustsson * porting is not complete * not included in platform list * made generic linux config - Phillip Ezolt * ifdef'd DEADLINE code for irix * static/dynamic libaudio fix for irix * friend class workaround for irix 7.2.1 compilers * fixed broadcasting and multicasting on linux BZFlag 1.7c release 1 --------------------- preliminary open source release.