Release Notes - avaraline/Avara GitHub Wiki

(most recent at the top)

optimize code to make tests run faster - @head
updated ogg vorbis (sound handling) library - @croc
fix networking for LAN games and improve initial connections for clients with ambiguous/changing IPs - @head

added ability to change FOV during game - @silverfox
fixed placement of Area/Text objects (fixes some single-player levels) - @vertigo
remove extraneous resources from production build - @vertigo
added ability to execute text commands immediately after √ - @head
added early iOS support - @vertigo
fixed sound bug on scimitar where sound would go away in certain conditions - @head
level-configurable visual “celestials” in the skybox based on light sources, fixes for blinn phong specular highlights, minor optimizations in shaders - @silverfox
renamed "Start Game" button to "Start/Ready" and made it send the "ready" checkmark √ - @head
fixes to wa usage that fix some of the single-player levels (issue #277) - @croc
initial support for game controllers - @vertigo
defaultYon added as supported variable - @silverfox
team-colored names in Chat tab - @head
100 NEW LEVELS in "crooked rain" set - authored by @sphinx, conversions by @croc
misc bug fixes & improvements to materials - @silverfox, @croc
shader noise - @vertigo
SQLite3 for recent levels, a lightweight database that could lead to other interesting improvements - @head
new feature - materials attributes for level designers - @silverfox

replace model color palettes with material palettes, add specular lighting - @silverfox
better ground fog - @silverfox
remove rainbow, fix normals - @silverfox
approximating haze for skybox - @silverfox
smog - @silverfox
fix crash when entering UTF8 chars during game chat (holding Option key on mac and typing) - @head
replace basic fog (exponential fading) - @silverfox
significant latency/networking improvements - @head
- resend request - fixed bug with wait loop and resend requests
- send earlier - send packets before the processing loop so that others aren't waiting
- frame catchup - tweak frame adjustment when falling behind
- dynamic LT - allow under-valued LT setting to increase dynamically by pre-sending packets under certain conditions
misc. rendering speedups - @silverfox
update LegacyRenderer (performance) - @silverfox
no more excessive GPU uploading - @silverfox
grouping static geometry (improves rendering performance) - @silverfox, @croc
/dbg stats to display realtime performance: FPS, RTT, LT - @head
Yon fade out, slight atmospheric fog - @silverfox

fixed alpha blending - @silverfox
preliminary support for verticalRangeMin - @silverfox
support verticalRangeMax on sky - @silverfox
better alpha in legacy renderer, optimizations - @silverfox
fix chat tab, no longer gets in corrupt state - @head
can now resume games with checkmarks - @head
fixed side-loading of games so now it's possible to run multiple games at the same time - @head
put tags in roster window (level description) - @head
allow anyone to /kick if server is /away - @head
fix - remove finished players from LT calculation - @head
user broadcasts their Elo rating on login, each user assumed to have the most accurate value for themselves - @head

Re-enable depth test before rendering HUD - @ty
prepend git SHA to info sent to tracker - @head
fixed /teams bug when a player changed case of their Name - @head
misc Auto LT improvements - @head
- server sends initial LT value
- can now set min LT value with latencyToleranceMin
- rewrote much of AutoLT algorithm to make it more stable
start to ping clients who are still logging in - @head
Added defaultArgs pref that allows for startup/load customizations - @head
Fix wall/ramp/yonbox alignment issues - @ty