CHANGE HISTORY LOG (reverse chronological)

[2005_08_11]

new maps (kurt kesler, JCDPC, makke, mitaman, nieb, fanatic, dcp, spentron, jf), new mapmodels (dcp, tentus), new songs (fanatic, dcp), textures (various), pickups/weapons (dcp) jumppad velocity Z cancellation (better jumps) fixes where illegal protocol could corrupt client state vdelta edit/remip fix out of memory error when shooting rockets at HOM fixed listen server functionality removed SP tweaks: slowest monsters move a liiitle faster, some fire a little faster, rhino has 10% bigger bounding box, all monsters search a little bit longer when stuck fixes for sound crashing on linux when no sound device available command "minmillis" regulates fps on very fast machines (see docs). maxclients setting for dedicated servers / serverbrowser displays FULL if maxclients reached stereo sound effects auto cfg file saving in config.cfg (defaults.cfg runs if no config.cfg, autoexec.cfg overrides both) source mostly 64bit clean, initial testing on amd64 shows everything working variable "soundbufferlen" allows people to tweak sound under linux in non-arena MP modes, players are automatically respawned when dead for 10 seconds "sleep" command can be chained and doesn't give linux compiler errors anymore jumping on top of monsters or players heads doesn't get you stuck anymore client & server console now properly flushed for piping purposes increased sensitivity range (millis) expression returns milliseconds since engine start screenshots moved to own folder removed outdated minlod & fpsrange commands, maps are now always rendered at maximum detail gldepthmask fix for linux i810

[2004_05_22] fix

put in workaround for buggy ATI drivers (glReadPixels() result) tweaked kickback strength for various weapons

[2004_05_22]

"sleep" command for delayed execution/triggers LOTS of great new SP and DM maps! textures are now pre-cached on map load, meaning smoother start of a level, slightly faster startup time name is now is maximum 15 characters, say text max 80 monsters animate independently monsters and players now show "jump" pose when airborne, and lagged players are shown differently too water now always renders correctly on top of heighfields fixed crash on coopedit add entity weapons have a very subtle kickback for a better shooting "feel" added a few new trigger types & models (see newent trigger) rewrote model/mapmodel handling. each map can now define its own set of mapmodels to use, see default_map_settings.cfg players/monsters now show death animation, and correctly drop using physics also after death "sensitivityscale" variable for lower sens randomness in lighting is now the same every time, even with dynamic light monsters don't get stuck in the air anymore when shooting/getting hit etc. large set of new SP & DM maps! Completely new soundtrack yet again... this time by Fanatic (Marc A. Pullen). new textures available! look in packages/dg, and at the end of default_map_settings.cfg a large set of new map models courtesy of dcp (see the new entity menus) "particlesize" command "musicvol" fixed new enet that fixes double player bug on high pings

[2003_12_23]

servers can be password protected (see -p and password) multiplayer insta/tactics arena modes (see "mode" or the menu). improved mapmodel physics and configurability, so that they can now be used for bridges / room over room and other cool uses. See the new "mapmodel" / "loadmodel" commands, and maps like zippie/aard3/cellar/dragon/matador/kmap2 for examples of the bridge mapmodel. fixed farplane clipping bug demo recording & playback for multiplayer (experimental feature). See "record", "stop", and "demo" commands. "fogcolour" & "scalelights" commands textures now automatically resized to max size supported by driver (mainly for voodoo3 under linux) server now properly resets its state when no players are connected added mp3/ogg playback (for the "music" command) added the official cube soundtrack (by pingpong) to the distribution (plays on all DM maps) new start map (metl3) models now lit subtly according to surrounding light level & colour. singleplayer tweak: slower monsters now move a bit faster, all monsters a bit easier on lower skill levels new enet that fixes server browser crash on linux added "jumppad" entity (look at the map "zippie" for an example). fixed bug that caused rockets to hover around indefinitely

[2002_10_28]

[*nix only] fixed serverbrowser hanging

[2002_10_20]

fixed server with >8 clients crash bug

[2002_10_16]

added full source code to the distribution clients can get list of servers from master server (see updatefrommaster) added hudguns servers update the masterserver automatically when run (see -m) server browser, servers are now pinged and map/player info displayed server allows setting of ip address and description player physics are now run at a minimum of 50fps, allowing correct movement & jumping even at very low fps added random landscape generator (see "perlin") single player game load and save (see "savegame" and "loadgame") improved server correct timer uptime from 49 days to 31 years (on unix). unlimited undo, unlimited size undo/copy/paste (see "undomegs") sounds are now scriptable (see "sound" and "registersound") new trigger types (invisible and end of map) "trigger" command tweaked physics new "fog" variable (for visual effect and performance tweaking) network throtling on lan fixed (eihrul)

[2002_06_24]

mode 0 is now normal ffa maps now all load a next map in all modi (user definable) when monsters wake up in sp depends on what angle you approach them and your distance you can control the menus using the mousewheel now all the stronger monsters are now afraid to jump of heights > 4 cubes, unless they are badly hurt "savemap" now also works without arguments new "history" command new "select" command (allows creating complex geometry from script) tiny scripting language (as extension of the console command language). scripted triggers (see "trigger"). per map and per package configuration scripts (custom textures, music, scripting etc). see map/savemap. new "music" command entering in edit mode in mode -2 now resets monsters and puts them asleep. "entproperty" command allows finetuning of entity parameters say/echo/saycommand now take any number of arguments fixed multiplayer map reloading issues optimised wqd on maps with lots of sky added "loyalty" and other fun things to monster AI added new monsters greatly increased RL speed (not for monsters) HOM cases of heightfields next to higher platforms solved "lighterror" tuning variable model interpolation disconnect now automatically reconnects to local server command line history (up & down keys) hud now shows player in crosshair coloured light: you can use 0..255 (white light) or a hexadecimal 0xRRGGBB (coloured). cleaned up the hud rendering and put in a higher res font. "overbright lighting" (works on all recent 3d cards, see "lightscale"). Reduce your "gamma" setting. new additive / exponential light model, for use with overbright. savemap now keeps backups of all previous versions of the map (automatic versioning) optimised a lot of code: occlusion culler, lighting, md2 rendering, monster AI & physics. "maxparticles" variable added. added cheap framerate booster, see "skipgeometry" shotgun/chaingun/rifle now also apply a "push" on the target

[2002_04_10]

"skill" level now affects monster behaviour in both SP and DMSP (mainly speed of decision making) hitscan monsters now have a "lag" in their aiming (see gameplay). sounds: water enter/exit, monster wake up, door rumble some colour coding for gridlines in editmode: red for tags and green for heightfields SP triggers / opening cubes (see "edittag" & "newent trigger") viewkick some particles have gravity, and they spread better. some improved gfx. new variable "crosshairfx" increased undo/copy/paste buffers to 128^2 cubes max fixed DMSP bugs

[2002_03_25]

minimal classic SP functionality console improvements:   paste to console (ctrl-V), on win32 console aliases (see "alias") command line completion (press TAB) for variables/commands/aliases variables show their current value with no args, or range with wrong args keyrepeat on in console added server menu that automatically sorts & remembers servers connected to map models (see "newent") added water rendering & physics (see "waterlevel" and "watersubdiv"). map voting (usemultiplayer->vote menu) fixed bug that could cause a "double kill" on a lagged player "hidestats" command hardware gamma correction (see "gamma") MOUSE4 & MOUSE5 are now available to bind mousewheel actions to optimisations to occlusion culler enet fixes (eihrul), backwards incompatible map copying via server (eihrul), see "sendmap"/"getmap"

[2002_02_01]

simple DMSP style single player game with monsters! see single player section in gameplay docs for info. shotgun from 1000 to 1400 msec reload (like doom2 double barrelled, fist from 500 to 250 msec. added crosshairsize & maxroll commands damage blends screen red fixed endianness problems on ppc (eihrul) fixed teleport trigger uses completely new network library by eihrul (UDP instead of TCP), much improved pings, server scalability & stability under packet loss etc. a standalone *nix version of the server, that doesn't require sound & video dyn link libs.

[2001_12_20] aka "first public release"

added extensive editing tutorial fixed "fullbright" collision on any size corners now works again increased friction tiny bit improved RL physics (more damage close up) cg only makes quad sound once per +attack fixed velocity bug made editmode & gamespeed cheatproof instagib/efficiency work, arena sort of works item spawns are heard at correct distance item pickup is now server side ammo and health respawn speed is now depedant on number of players fixed movement keys (holding both strafe keys at once could cancel movement altogether in some sequence). console history browsing (keypad - and +) word wrap in console output fixed lighting bug on big corners esc now cancels commandline fixed bug in recursive use of "bind"

[2001_12_16]

fixed bug that would generate incorrect mips with coopedit added more buffering to server, which makes connections much more stable. name/team changes correctly updated and displayed teamplay now works, teammates shown in blue (temp) newent/delent now work in coop editing editing solid/space, and paste/undo now recalculates the light in the direct environment automatically. fixed bug in savemap optimizer added game modes (see "mode") items reset across map load selection size is shown in edit mode. probably fixed weird "void" bug on some systems slowmotion feature ("gamespeed") dynamic light radius can be specified teleport delay to avoid crash when looped changed way entity coordinates are determined. bounded light radius to 32 fixed bug in occlusion code that would incorrectly cull cubes at distant shallow angles.

[2001_12_03]

streamlined the opengl code, now all surfaces cull correctly, minimised overdraw on corners greatly optimized heighfield rendering, generates only a third or so of the vertices it did before. improved selection on heightfields savemap does a little "optimizing" on invisible textures to correct sloppy editing, which helps the mipmapper. bumped from version 2 to 3 mapformat: lighting data not saved anymore, but recalced on map load. This allows maps to keep up with lighting algorithm changes, and shrinks map sizes dramatically (aard1.cgz is now a mere 3k). fully dynamic shadows & lights (currently only on rockets). adding/deleting light sources now automatically recalcs, manual "recalc" is deprecated. made light mipmapping less inacurate, at the cost of some polys in some maps. added a "median cut" to the lighting code, which smooths out jaggies on harsh shadows. reengineered lighting code... insanely fast, but slightly different results sometimes. added acurate frustrum culling to the occlusion culling mechanism (for pitch -45..45 cases, and floor/ceil culling). reduces polys yet again 20 to 30% on average. more acurate and stable fps display added "slope", "arch" and "archvertex" commands. players "bleed" when you hit em, give off correct sound at distance fullbright fix0red very cool texture replacement command ("replace") binding mousekeys for editmode works now, "attack" is same a selection, "jump" now works. you can now edit the upper wall of a non-solid cube seperately from lower wall (keypad 7 & 4). bumped from version 1 to 2 mapformat. old maps will be automatically converted on save, but be sure to keep backups just incase.

[2001_11_16]

added high precision dynamic occlusion culling (reduces polys 1.5x to 10x, depending on map & viewpoint). entity culling too one more case of HOM fix0red (ceilings & floors) menu improvements (esc goes back, remembers state) "mapmsg" command for setting map title & author player talk shows up in different colour edit selection grid now "hugs" heightfields bigger splash & boost on rockets extra pain & death & self-pain sound hud icons for health/armour/ammo reset pitch upon exit teleport proper corner slant collision detection, not enough sliding yet some sort of heighfield physics skybox 10x further away added extensive menu system (press esc..) shrunk exe size even more (53k) made keymapping external cfg file

[2001_10_21]

.cube.gz is now .cgz to stop ppl accidentally unpacking maps 4 HF cubes are now be mipmapped given their 9 verts lie on 1 plane more cases of HF HOM fixed (see e.g. metl01 YA) full support for 45 degree "corners" between floor levels "map" and "savemap" now default to "base" if no package specified no more HOM caused by mipmapping, even at LOD 5 etc saycommand inserts / on request (default key backquote) "exec" command

[2001_10_17]

"showmip" command overhaul of the scene rendering code to use bigger mips even up close minlod command instead of locklod player shoots from slightly below eyeheight configurable FOV much more useful weapon switching: skips current weapon improved chaingun gfx no more shooting on respawn empty input in saycommand produces no output smoothed ping display no more weird model stance when player is lagged teleporters ping display fixed: wobble at low FPS physics: step-up more smooth fixed: map load on initial server connect models 1 off ground, correct 1/16 scale player bounding box 4.1 -> 3.9 cubes height

[2001_10_05]

fixed: delent

[2001_10_04]

fixed: corner lighting backup on map save run dedicated server at hi pri -> MUCH better network perf fullbright, for editing map enlarge command configurable mousebuttons config screen res & full screen mouse sensitivity bind fixed: lighting on/off flickers -> also drawing less quads now! fixed: draw wall textures right-side up show entities in edit mode + type fixed: old entities kept on "newmap" skybox (with few sparkies, thanks to depth buffer trick) show/make selection while dragging when drag-selecting into the void, use player pos for selection disable non draw lagged make bigger steps in lod if fps difference is big playerstart should take current yaw variable light brightness (different start from 255) server msg parsing client & server item pickup item effects on the player

[2001_09_30]

coop network editing! corner physics bug bal got stuck under ghost? interpolation doesnt work player height players get stuck in eachother interpolation of client positions / bound speed of updates fps independant velocity? jump anim removal of non-responding players after n-sec messages still cut up server side!!!! slowdown of client time (msec!) -> vtdapi.vxd bug particle overlapping mipmapping off? shot/damage doesn't work with player1 editing client keeps getting gravity don't frag editing people correct bounding box hits frag counts lag type display instead of second lag msg client gets kicked on wrong protocol fade particle faster can't frag body make dead/lagged people non-solid special model stance for edit vary minlod when looking down server bandwidth status output pain sound when shooting others allow to start with no sound when dead no edit mode teamname, soundvol play sounds at correct distance remove all possible buffer overflows from code tweak physics to be smoother / bit less aircontrol repeat key for edit mode fist/sg/cg/rl weapons graphics/scoring/physics/selection improved explosion

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