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2016-12-18 04:43:04 +00:00
DD Mmm 19 - 1.52
add: r_backend <GL2|GL3|D3D11> (default: D3D11 on Windows, GL3 on Linux) selects the rendering back-end
GL2 - OpenGL 2.0 minimum, OpenGL 3+ features used for r_msaa
GL3 - OpenGL 3.2 minimum, OpenGL 4+ features used for faster geometry upload, compute shaders, etc
D3D11 - Direct3D 11 hardware feature level 10.1 minimum, feature level 11.0 for compute shaders
r_backend | GL2 | GL3 | D3D11 |
feature | | | |
-----------------------|--------|--------|--------------------|
MSAA | GL 3.0 | always | always |
depth sprites | never | always | always |
alpha to coverage AA | never | always | always |
dithering | never | always | always |
GPU mip-map generation | never | GL 4.3 | feature level 11.0 |
add: r_softSprite <0|1> (default: 1) enables depth sprites (soft particles)
this helps explosions, smoke, blood, etc. not having "sharp edges" when intersecting geometry
add: r_alphaToCoverage <0|1> (default: 1) enables alpha to coverage anti-aliasing
A2C AA can only work if MSAA is enabled (i.e. r_msaa > 1)
it is used to super-sample all fragments of alpha-tested surfaces
add: r_dither <0|1> (default: 0) enables the addition of noise to fight color banding artifacts
add: r_noiseScale <0.125 to 8.0> (default: 1.0) controls the strength of the dithering noise
add: r_gpuMipGen <0|1> (default: 1) enables GPU-side mip-map generation
this helps improve map load time (less to upload) and offers greater quality preservation options
add: r_mipGenGamma <1.0 to 3.0> (default: 1.8) specifies the gamma space in which the textures are stored
r_gpuMipGen 1 is required
it should be closer to 2.4 but defaults lower to not break the looks of some things (e.g. cpm3a tele)
while 1.0 will preserve the original engine's look, higher values will preserve contrast better
add: r_mipGenFilter <filter> (default: "L4") specified which filter window is used to generate mips
r_gpuMipGen 1 is required
the numbers specify the "radius" of the window filters
r_mipGenFilter L4 = Lanczos
r_mipGenFilter L3 = Lanczos
r_mipGenFilter BL = Bi-linear
r_mipGenFilter MN2 = Mitchell-Netravali (B = 1/3, C = 1/3)
r_mipGenFilter BH4 = 3-term Blackman-Harris
r_mipGenFilter BH3 = 3-term Blackman-Harris
r_mipGenFilter BH2 = 3-term Blackman-Harris
r_mipGenFilter T2 = Tent (1/3 2/3) -> same as the CPU version (r_gpuMipGen 0)
add: r_frameSleep <0|1|2> (default: 2) selects the frame capping mode
r_frameSleep 0 = forced OFF (when V-Sync is enabled)
r_frameSleep 1 = forced ON (when V-Sync is disabled)
r_frameSleep 2 = automatic (detects V-Sync status)
this only applies to OpenGL rendering back-ends
for Direct3D 11, the behavior is always equivalent to "automatic"
add: r_gl3_geoStream <0 to 4> (default: 0) sets the geometry upload strategy
r_gl3_geoStream 0 = decide automatically
r_gl3_geoStream 1 = BufferSubData
r_gl3_geoStream 2 = Map Unsychronized
r_gl3_geoStream 3 = Map Persistent when possible, else automatic
r_gl3_geoStream 4 = AMD pinned memory when available, else automatic
add: r_d3d11_syncOffsets <0|1|2> (default: 2) synchronizes vertex buffer offsets
r_d3d11_syncOffsets 0 = split buffer offsets (more data transferred)
r_d3d11_syncOffsets 1 = sync'd buffer offsets (more API calls)
r_d3d11_syncOffsets 2 = decide automatically
add: r_d3d11_maxQueuedFrames <1 to 16> (default: 3) set the maximum pre-rendered frame count
add: r_khr_debug <0|1|2> (default: 2) decides whether to create an OpenGL debug context
r_khr_debug 0 = forced OFF
r_khr_debug 1 = forced ON
r_khr_debug 2 = only in debug builds
add: r_rtColorFormat <0|1|2> (default: 0) selects the color format for render targets
r_rtColorFormat 0 = R8G8B8A8
r_rtColorFormat 1 = R10G10B10A2
r_rtColorFormat 2 = R16G16B16A16
add: r_mapBrightness now works on q3map2's external lightmap atlas images
add: the renderer can now batch surfaces with different (but sufficiently similar) shaders
this new optimization works with the output of "Frozen Sand Particle Studio"
add: /modellist /skinlist /imagelist /shaderlist can now filter results with pattern matching
chg: SSE2 instruction set support is now required
chg: removed FreeType 2 and the unused R_REGISTERFONT syscalls that were using it
2019-09-25 03:21:01 +00:00
chg: removed light flares and all related cvars (r_flare*)
chg: r_textureMode and r_measureOverdraw were removed
chg: r_speeds 1 now reports more precise timings, V-Sync status, GPU time and the selected back-end
chg: using the roundss SSE4.1 instruction for inlining floor and ceil syscalls when possible
chg: improved face and grid processing performance with SSE2
chg: r_lightmap is now latched again
the implementation is now more correct and will apply to all surfaces referencing a lightmap
it now also supports surfaces referencing q3map2's "external lightmap" atlas images
chg: r_fullbright is now latched again
it now also supports surfaces referencing q3map2's "external lightmap" atlas images
chg: negative r_swapInterval values will request adaptive v-sync when using an OpenGL back-end
fix: incorrect shader state when loading a map with no lighting
fix: fog-only non-sky shaders were incorrectly handled as sky shaders, which broke fog on many maps
fix: r_monitor on Linux is now 0-based and the value doesn't change incorrectly on its own anymore
fix: when a latched cvar's value is set to its default, the cvar is no longer marked as changed
fix: broken face normals get fixed up on map load, which helps with dynamic lights (e.g. industrial)
fix: classes of transparent surfaces (sprites, beams, etc) now get drawn in the right order
fix: dynamic lights can now affect transparent surfaces
fix: incorrect image flags for various things (clamp mode, mip generation, anisotropic filtering, ...)
2019-03-31 00:05:03 +00:00
31 Mar 19 - 1.51
add: now showing the cvar's current and latched values in the help panel
add: new console and chat keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl-left/right arrow | move caret to previous/next word
Shift-left/right arrow | move caret to previous/next argument
add: new console keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl-I | insert cvar's current value
Ctrl-D | insert cvar's default value
add: demo recording status query extension for CPMA 1.52+
2018-10-05 11:30:20 +00:00
add: /cvar_add <cvar> <number> to add a number to a cvar
add: /cvar_mul <cvar> <number> to multiply a cvar by a number
add: /unset <cvar> to remove a user-created cvar
add: /setempty <cvar> to set a string cvar to an empty string
add: /toggle can now accept a value sequence (2 or more entries) to loop through
syntax: /toggle <cvar> [<value1> <value2> [value3]..]
if the cvar's current value is in the sequence and not in the last spot, the next one is used
otherwise, the first value in the sequence is used
chg: r_lodCurveError <250.0 to 10000.0> (default: 2000) is now archived and no longer cheat-protected
chg: multi-monitor support improvements
add: /monitorlist will print all detected monitors and the indices to use with r_monitor
chg: the monitor list now gets updated during video restarts and calls to /monitorlist
chg: Linux | r_monitor is a 0-based index and monitors are sorted top-to-bottom, left-to-right
fix: Windows | the Windows + shift + left/right arrow key shortcuts should be usable now
chg: bundling lightmap tiles into texture atlases for improved rendering performance
chg: faster map loads by limiting the rendering back-end's frame-rate
chg: on Windows, the upper limit of open stdio file handles was raised from 512 to 2048
fix: the presence of .shader files outside of PK3s no longer triggers a drop error
fix: shader stage collapsing was happening in cases where it would yield incorrect results
fix: map download improvements
add: using numeric addresses as fallbacks in case DNS resolves fail
chg: made connections non-blocking so the engine won't freeze for long when starting a download
chg: writing to $(fs_homepath)/baseq3 instead of $(fs_basepath)/baseq3
fix: only using valid (TCP/stream) addresses from getaddrinfo
fix: setting send time-outs so the engine can't freeze indefinitely
fix: creating the destination directory when it doesn't already exist
fix: the file name suffixes generated by /dlmapf would often repeat due to a constant seed
fix: the last byte of a maximum length bitstream string wasn't parsed ("q3msgboom")
fix: aborting demo playback would crash when the "nextdemo" cvar was set to play a demo
fix: no longer feeding cs commands that came from a previous gamestate to cgame
example in CPMA: "/map cpm22" -> "/cv map cpm25" -> elevator sound was broken
2018-12-07 20:28:22 +00:00
fix: on Windows, could sometimes click outside the engine's window in raw mouse input mode
fix: when r_msaa was in the range [2, 16], the requested sample count was always 4
fix: /video and /stopvideo fixes
chg: /video can only be used during demo playback
fix: broken audio in the output files
fix: properly named file sequences
fix: using a better supported video codec (FourCC 0x00000000) for raw BGR output
fix: broken raw video output when r_width wasn't a multiple of 4
fix: /stopvideo no longer leaves sound output broken for a while after stopping
fix: /cv and /callvote map auto-completion was disabled after cgame was shut down at least once
2018-02-12 21:08:11 +00:00
12 Feb 18 - 1.50
add: on Windows, "/crashreport:yes" and "/crashreport:no" command-line arguments
they enable the crash handler's quiet mode (no dialog window will be shown)
2018-01-25 04:29:53 +00:00
add: the fs_restart command to manually restart the file system
chg: the client executable will now write to q3config.cfg on exit
chg: even lower CPU usage when minimized
chg: during id downloads (cl_allowDownload -1), the time-out is 5 seconds instead of cl_timeout
chg: the "nextdemo" cvar is now also used when playback stops before reaching the demo's end
chg: mouse motion is no longer forwarded to the mod when the console is down
chg: with 2+ monitors, having the console down will always disable input grabbing
chg: on Windows, a fatal error will move the early console window to the foreground
chg: com_hunkMegs doesn't have a maximum value anymore
a value too high would reset it and the engine might fail to load with the default value
fix: broken pk3 files could cause crashes (entry names too long) and mess up the FS
fix: using /demo when running a listen server would load the map and then abort playback
fix: no longer making local copies of all the system info cvars of the current server
this avoids undesired local changes to cvars such as sv_pure
2018-01-29 19:28:37 +00:00
fix: now updating the FS (connected to pure server, pak references) on client disconnects
fix: the condump command was truncating its file path argument to 64 characters
fix: "timedemo" playback runs at full speed again
fix: on Windows, when unfocused, the client would always sleep 5+ ms regardless of com_maxFPS
fix: conditional FS restarts will always re-order the pak list when connected to a pure server
fix: lifted the directory scanning restriction that affected pure listen servers
fix: getting stuck on "Awaiting snapshot..." when the server shuts down during client connection
fix: demo playback would crash when delta entities/players had an invalid field count
fix: strcpy calls with overlapping buffers (undefined behavior), which were responsible for the
"chars.h not found" / "couldn't load any skills" issue preventing bots from being added
fix: on Linux, the 'Z' and '9' keys could not be bound
fix: cl_allowDownload 1 failing on "connect" (error 10047 on Windows)
fix: cl_allowDownload 1 was using the current directory instead of fs_basepath
fix: jitter due to snapshots piling up with the same server timestamp for loopback and LAN clients
fix: the Windows crash handler would incorrectly consider certain exceptions as fatal
07 Jan 18 - 1.49
2017-12-27 04:43:28 +00:00
2017-12-27 07:40:54 +00:00
add: color cvars for console customization
con_colBG <RGBA> (default: "101013F6") - console and help panel background
con_colBorder <RGBA> (default: "4778B2FF") - the console and help panel borders
con_colArrow <RGBA> (default: "4778B2FF") - console backscroll arrows
con_colShadow <RGBA> (default: "000000FF") - text shadows
con_colHL <RGBA> (default: "303033FF") - auto-completion highlight (see con_completionStyle 1)
con_colText <RGB> (default: "E2E2E2") - normal text
con_colCVar <RGB> (default: "4778B2") - cvar names
con_colCmd <RGB> (default: "4FA7BD") - command names
con_colValue <RGB> (default: "E5BC39") - cvar values
con_colHelp <RGB> (default: "ABC1C6") - help text
add: con_drawHelp <bitmask> (default: 1) controls the help panel displayed below the console
2017-12-27 07:40:54 +00:00
1 - enables the help panel
2 - draws the help panel even if the current cvar/cmd has no help text
4 - draws the list of modules the current cvar/cmd belongs to
8 - draws the list of attributes of the current cvar
add: r_blitMode <0|1|2> (default: 0) selects the upscale mode used by r_mode 1
r_blitMode 0 = aspect-ratio preserving (black bars if necessary)
2017-11-22 17:26:26 +00:00
r_blitMode 1 = no scaling, centered
r_blitMode 2 = full-screen stretching (no black bars)
add: cvar_trim command to remove all user-created cvars
add: with compatible mods, drop and disconnect errors will be displayed in the UI
add: s_autoMute <0|1|2> (default: 1) selects when the audio output should be disabled
s_autoMute 0 = never mute
s_autoMute 1 = mute when the window doesn't have input focus
s_autoMute 2 = mute when the window is minimized
add: cl_matchAlerts <bitmask> (default: 7) lets you know when a match is starting
1 - when unfocused (otherwise only when minimized)
2 - flash the task bar (Windows only)
4 - beep once (Windows only)
8 - unmute (temporarily overrides s_autoMute)
add: new commands to take screenshots with the console hidden
screenshotnc for TARGA (.tga) images
screenshotncJPEG for JPEG (.jpg) images
they will be used for end-game screenshots by compatible mods like CPMA 1.50
2017-10-29 00:36:57 +00:00
add: in_noGrab <0|1> (default: 0) disables input grabbing
2017-10-28 19:40:07 +00:00
add: bindkeylist command to print all bindable key names
add: uptime command that prints uptimes for the process, the current map and the parent process
2017-10-03 21:58:41 +00:00
add: keys F13 to F24 are now bindable
add: new cvar type and range extension for compatible mods like CPMA 1.50
add: new help commands for commands and cvars of the engine and compatible mods like CPMA 1.50
help|man <cvar|cmd> to display the help of a cvar or command
searchhelp <pattern> to list all cvars and commands whose help or name matches the pattern
add: new CNQ3 download system that uses checksums to get the right pak files
the CNQ3 download system will use the WorldSpawn map server for inexact queries
(when loading demos or using /dlmap) when the CNQ3 map server doesn't have the file
system | speed | cases | source(s) | file availability | server requirements
-------|-------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------
CNQ3 | fast | pure servers, demos | map server(s) | not guaranteed | none
id | slow | pure servers only | the Q3 server | guaranteed | sv_allowDownload 1
add: new commands for manually initiating and canceling fast downloads:
dlpak <checksum> to download a pak by its checksum if the pak doesn't exist locally
dlmap <map_name> to download a map by name if no map with such a name exists locally
dlmapf <map_name> to force download a map by name
dlstop to cancel the download in progress, if any
add: r_greyscale <0.0 to 1.0> (default: 0) to control how monochromatic the final image looks
r_greyscale 0 = full color (nothing done)
r_greyscale 1 = completely monochrome
add: con_completionStyle <0|1> (default: 0) to select the auto-completion style
con_completionStyle 0 = always print all results
con_completionStyle 1 = print once, then cycle results like Enemy Territory's console
add: m_accelStyle <0|1> (default: 0) to control the mouse accel style
m_accelStyle 0 = legacy CNQ3 accel style
m_accelStyle 1 = new accel style, similar to quake3e's cl_mouseAccelStyle 1
add: m_accelOffset <0.001 to 5000> (default: 5) to control the power offset with m_accelStyle 1
add: sv_minRestartDelay <2 to 48> (default: 2)
the min. amount of hours to wait for before restarting the server
a scheduled restart won't happen until there are no more human players connected
add: con_scaleMode <0|1|2> (default: 0) specifies the console text scaling mode
con_scaleMode 0 = text size scales with con_scale but not the resolution
con_scaleMode 1 = text size scales with con_scale and the resolution
con_scaleMode 2 = text size is always 8x12
2017-05-17 05:18:06 +00:00
add: command history saving with con_history (default: 1)
2017-05-17 05:18:06 +00:00
add: r_monitor <0 to monitor count> (default: 0) to select the monitor to display the game on
r_monitor is the 1-based index of the monitor to use
r_monitor 0 = use the primary monitor
r_monitor N = use monitor number N
add: crash handlers with crash report generation
add: improved auto-completion with support for map names, bind key names, etc
add: 64-bit support
chg: new system requirements: OpenGL 2, SDL 2 on the Linux client, Windows Vista or later
chg: sv_pure 1 now allows new image files (no overrides) to be read from directories
chg: now ignoring q3config.cfg and autoexec.cfg outside fs_game to avoid config poisoning
chg: removed the r_maplight* cvars
chg: reduced CPU usage in the client
chg: console/messagemode input buffers now display the "^" character of color codes
chg: r_brightness <0.25 to 32.0> (default: 2) replaces r_overBrightBits
r_mapBrightness <0.25 to 32.0> (default: 2) replaces r_mapOverBrightBits
the new cvars use floating-point values (more control) and a linear scale (more intuitive)
to convert the old engine values to the new values:
r_brightness = pow(2, r_overBrightBits)
r_mapBrightness = pow(2, max(r_mapOverBrightBits - r_overBrightBits, 0))
chg: r_mode <0|1|2> (default: 0) selects the video mode
r_mode 0 = no screen mode change, desktop resolution
r_mode 1 = no screen mode change, custom resolution, custom upscale mode
r_mode 2 = screen mode change, custom resolution (for the CRT users)
Custom resolution means using r_width and r_height.
Custom upscale mode means using r_blitMode.
chg: cl_allowDownload <-1|0|1> (default: 1) can be used to select the download system
cl_allowDownload -1 = id's original download system
cl_allowDownload 0 = downloads disabled
cl_allowDownload 1 = CNQ3 download system
chg: cvars and commands are alphabetically sorted
chg: removed r_stencilbits, r_depthbits, r_colorbits, r_texturebits and r_ext_compressed_textures
chg: using stb_image to load png and tga images
chg: con_scale <0.25 to 10.0> (default: 1.2) specifies the console text scaling factor and nothing else
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
chg: replaced monitor gamma by a post-process gamma shader and removed r_ignorehwgamma
chg: removed stereo rendering
chg: anti-aliasing sample count is set with r_msaa on all platforms (on Windows, it was r_ext_multisample)
chg: file system start-up will now verify the presence and integrity of baseq3/pak0-8.pk3 instead of only pak0
chg: replaced id's Huffman codec code with something both simpler and much faster
chg: tweaked console scrolling speeds, fixed backtip insertion on Windows
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
chg: improved level load times
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
chg: sound fall-off is linear instead of using a power function
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
chg: switch from libjpeg 6 to libjpeg-turbo
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
chg: removed the byzantine r_mode usage added in 1.47
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
fix: console/messagemode input buffers would ignore the last off-screen color modifier when scrolled
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
fix: console/messagemode input buffers would sometimes display the cursor at the wrong position
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
fix: taking screenshots with a render width (r_width) that wasn't a multiple of 4
would either crash or produce bad screenshots
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
fix: false positives of the "SCR_UpdateScreen: recursively called" fatal error
repro: connect, get kicked, connect, get kicked
fix: crash when the number of shader stages was wrong (would happen with the "brandon" player model)
fix: the release of a key bound to "+vstr a b" would execute "b" even though the key press didn't execute "a"
fix: /bind was treating single-character key names in a case sensitive manner
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
fix: r_fullbright is no longer latched and actually does its job
2017-12-28 00:24:03 +00:00
fix: r_lightmap is now archived and actually does its job
fix: commands registered by cgame no longer auto-complete after the cgame qvm has shut down
fix: libjpeg errors no longer shut down the engine
fix: broken rendering when the 2nd stage of a collapsed shader stage pair had non-white colors
fix: shader stages using "wave" were not animated when the server time was too large
fix: the pukka3tourney2 slime wasn't green with r_vertexLight 1
fix: the ct3ctf1 grate near quad was getting picmipped when it wasn't supposed to be
fix: improved the player name look-up behavior for these commands: kick, banUser, dumpuser
if 2 players had the same name, it would just pick the first one (lowest client number)
fix: multi-view mouse input sensitivity is now the same as in the UI for compatible mods like CPMA 1.50
fix: fixed the start-up console window staying visible when starting in full-screen
Windows:
add: in_minimize registers a hotkey to minimize/restore the client
key names must be separated by white space and there can be at most 2 modifier keys
2017-05-28 12:49:22 +00:00
add: auto-completion and command history in the dedicated server console window
add: new bindable key: BACKSLASH (the key to the right of the left shift button)
chg: removed DirectInput mouse input mode
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
chg: updated mouse input for better grab (de-)activation and fixed window dragging not working
chg: reduced raw mouse input latency and added cl_drawMouseLag
fix: disabled DPI scaling on the client
fix: the crash handler will reset the system timer resolution
fix: if requesting a resolution too high for the display, the image would be offset vertically
fix: in raw mouse input mode, keeping any button pressed while focusing the window would keep
the cursor visible even after releasing all buttons
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
Linux:
add: m_relative <0|1> (default: 1) enables SDL's relative mouse mode
you might want to set it to 0 if you have a messed up input driver
add: in_focusDelay <0 to 100> (default: 5) is the time in ms keypresses are ignored after the window gets the focus
add: minimize command to minimize the client's window
add: automatic dedicated server process restarts for crashes and timed reboots (sv_minRebootDelayMins)
this means 2 CNQ3 processes run per server: a parent (fixed pid) and a child (new pid after each restart)
this behavior can be disabled by passing "nohardreboot" as a command-line argument
the new command sv_restartProcess can be used to shut down the child process and start a new one
chg: the client requires SDL 2 - the following things are handled by it:
window, GL context, video modes, audio, kb and mouse input, monitor list, clipboard
chg: tty input behavior matches in-game behavior when cgame is running and fixed the truncated tty input
fix: color codes (e.g. "^1") don't get printed to the terminal anymore
fix: tty handling of the leading "]" character
fix: dedicated servers no longer insert a leading backslash when running auto-completion
2017-04-11 15:45:54 +00:00
fix: the crash handler will reset tty input mode correctly
2016-12-18 04:43:04 +00:00
17 Sep 11 - 1.47
add: backported another bunch of dlight stuff from the pmx branch
adds support for bmodel entities (doors, plats, etc)
add: back directInput mouse (in_mouse 2)
add: back flare support
add: disable/enable windows keyboard shortcuts
add: cnq3 windows can minimize/restore
add: dynamic light by GLSL shaders
add: r_maplightBrightness (from 0 to 8) and r_maplightSaturation(0-4). to use this parameters set r_maplightColorMode 1.
add: r_maplightColorMode to configure lightmaps
add: r_mode can be set resolution and frequency display. For example, r_mode "640x480@100"
fix: in_mouse -1 kept relocating the system cursor even if not focused
fix: implement the sound change from 1.45 *correctly* :P
fix: default build does not create option r_smp. To assemble the build
with the option r_smp need to use preprocessor USE_R_SMP
fix: small fixes to CVA rendering code
fix: fix opStack and rename targets for unix
fix: GTV/spectator can't change POV after map changed
fix: render shader time overflow (fix splashdamage bug).
fix: mouse event queue
24 Nov 09 - 1.46
add: hopefully worked around some vistajoke mousewheel issues
add: m_limit (default: 0 = off), the maximum post-accel speed to use
chg: sensitivity renamed to m_speed
chg: rewrote pretty much all the mouse code
chg: removed the DI code in favor of "raw" mouse input
this means only mouse1-mouse5 are supported on windows, sigh MS...
chg: updated freetype from 2.3.5 to 2.3.11
05 Nov 09 - 1.45
note: this release REQUIRES arb shader support
if your card doesn't have it, use an older version
add: hw gamma should work on Vista
add: r_measureoverdraw is actually useful
add: r_speeds is far more useful now
chg: sound attenuation is biased
i.e. distant sounds are much louder than in 1.43
since it's still more correctly spatialised than pre-1.43, this is
the best compromise i can come up with
chg: r_fullbright works in vertexlight mode (only)
instead of lightmap only, where it just wasted bandwidth and vram
chg: r_customwidth, r_customheight renamed to r_width, r_height
chg: hardcoded r_mode garbage and modelist removed:
r_mode 0 (default) = current desktop resolution, depth, hz, etc
r_mode 1 = custom resolution etc
note: r_mode 1 WILL NOT tolerate invalid r_displayRefresh values any more
chg: require opengl 1.4 or higher
removed r_allowExtensions, r_primitives, r_ext_compiled_vertex_array,
r_ext_multitexture, r_ext_texture_env_add
chg: removed a bunch of useless/obsolete cvars:
r_logfile, r_showcluster, r_facePlaneCull, r_ignoreFastPath, r_drawSun,
r_simpleMipMaps, r_offsetFactor, r_offsetUnits
chg: don't tablist cheatvar noise if cheats are off
chg: removed the last bits of legacy altivec cruft
chg: rewrote pretty much all the dlight stuff
not only does it actually work reliably now
but it's also massively improved in terms of quality
fix: ignorehwgamma 1 would fail to apply sw gamma to some images
fix: roqs failed to apply sw gamma
fix: sv_floodprotect could block all commands indefinitely
12 Aug 09 - 1.44 (server only)
fix: unbannable player exploit (stanway/auriemma)
08 Aug 08 - 1.43
fixed sfx0 using a real sound and thus "hiding" it
corrected sv_pure back to CVAR_ROM
added the correct "fastsky!=0 == disable portals" test, ffs me :P
removed long-obsoleted r_lastValidRenderer
removed long-obsoleted r_ext_gamma_control
removed pointless cl_forceavidemo
removed r_rail* and marked the never-used RT_BEAM etc as such
removed RAVENMD4 completely
r_fullbright is not a cheat var
fixed a bug with CVAR_CHEAT
fixed another bug in \video (hopefully)
fixed distance culling on dlit patch seams
changed r_ext_max_anisotropy default to 16
added con_scale for console font scaling
0 = Q3 style, always 8x12 pixels regardless of screen rez
1 = Q4 style, scales with screen rez
!0 = scale with screen rez and a custom multiplier
straightened out the con cvar mess:
cl_noprint -> con_noprint
scr_conspeed -> con_speed and correctly CVAR_ARCHIVE
con_notifytime correctly CVAR_ARCHIVE
removed cl_conXOffset since it basically doesn't work
sleep correctly if an unfocused client (win32-only)
don't sleep INcorrectly if a dedicated server (win32-only)
fixed a (huge) memory leak in the vm
fixed sv_pure 1 problems on listen servers
another overhaul of the sound code:
spatialisation is now correct, which has two huge impacts:
you can "place" sounds MUCH more accurately than before,
but as a result, distant sounds are MUCH quieter
removed s_doppler, it's almost right but it just sounds like shit
most of the s_mixprestep hackery has been removed, and you can
probably set it to 0 if your sound drivers work properly
OAL support has been dropped completely and indefinitely
it's crap and i'm tired of it poisoning the codebase
Mar 08 - 1.42
bots are no longer kicked by devmap
legacy cack like joystick/midi support only pollutes configs if enabled
fixed a memory leak in the sound code
fixed even more (hopefully all) dropped sound issues in snd_dma
made com_soundmegs SLIGHTLY less broken: now only 2x instead of 3x :P
note that "soundmegs" are taken FROM THE HUNK now to fix the leak
so you need to increase com_hunkmegs by 2x your com_soundmegs
removed the explicit and incorrect "fastsky==1 == disable portals" test
r_noportals is not a cheat var
hyperspace is a bit less annoying
purged the unused (never finished) idMD4 model code
fixed some bugs in referencedpak list generation
fixed roqs ignoring s_volume
fixed widescreen modes crashing on listen servers
fixed downloads not completing properly
18 Feb 08 - 1.41
removed all bs references to GT_SINGLE_PLAYER and ui_singlePlayerActive
(except from the bot code, which has bigger problems)
added sv_singleplayer
improved TTF overhead a lot: now as fast as crappy bitmap fonts :D
removed the stupidity of every key aborting demo playback: now ESC only
only play the id logo cin the FIRST time, not every fkn time
removed the broken stencil/projection shadow code
avis produced by \video actually work (bug+fix both from ioq3)
fixed some ABSURD buffer overruns and broken code in snd_dma
which caused random dropped sounds for no reason
it's a miracle it doesn't segfault any real OS
also dumped the unused-since-TA adpcm/mulaw/etc cruft
fixed a TA-era (surprise, surprise) bug that broke loopsound behavior
loop (ie ambient) sounds are now 75% volume
q3config is NEVER autowritten just because of bind/cvar changes
it sucks if you're playing and it sucks even more if you're on GTV
UI/SP code should write it EXPLICITLY if they want to save something
19 Dec 07 - 1.40
the code now requires a C++ compiler
MASSIVE cleanups of the codebase, tho still plenty of bits left
screenshot filename is YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS-TTT
this means they'll never collide *; moviemakers won't run out;
and the engine DOESN'T STAT 10,000 FILES EVERY FRAME
(* except at 2am on an autumn night if you're amazingly unlucky :P)
demo filename is YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS
fixed demos to be MAX_OSPATH instead of MAX_QPATH, ie 256 chars now
renamed cl_mouseAccel to m_accel
removed ioq3 "qkey" rubbish
removed support for BMP and PCX
removed fs_cdpath, fs_copyfiles, touchfile, fs_restrict
removed support for IPX
removed in_logitechbug
updated cpu detection
added TTF support
fixed a bunch of stuff in ScanAndLoadShaderFiles, but it's still crap
fixed the patch collision epsilon bugs of 1.34
reverted to id's tab-completion since ioq3's is so hated
i've semi-merged them atm, will fix up when i get time
interpreted vm is never used on platforms that support compiled vm
clampmaps and nomip images use GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE rather than GL_CLAMP
disabled curl until it's brought up to standard
merged platform-specific *_net.* into qcommon/net_ip.cpp, <3 timbo :)
fixed USERINFO vars not being sent properly during connect
remove some network stuff (buffer sizes and TOS) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/248611
12 Sep 07 - released as 1.34, since it was about time we did :P
increased default MAX_POLYS to 8K and MAX_POLYVERTS to 32K
Aug 07
fixed a bug in the skybox code that tried to use a 0-length CVA
which makes recent nvidia drivers go into spaz mode
changed r_ext_multisample default to 0 to stop ix nagging :P
July 07
added support for curl
improved some network stuff (buffer sizes and TOS)
added support for mouse5-mouse8
1 May 07
remove broken useless cl_freezeDemo and make demo pausing work
just use timescale 0
27 Apr 07
ripped out all support for legacy substandard hw/drivers (ie Voodoo etc)
and r_maskMinidriver
uncorrected mode 8 back to 1280x1024
18 Jul 06
update various cvar defaults
r_stencilbits: 0
r_picmip: 0
r_roundImagesDown: 0
r_simpleMipMaps: 0
s_useOpenAL: 0
default fs_game to cpma
30 Jun 06 - initial build from ioq3 svn v810
mode 8 corrected to 1280x960
undefined USE_OPENAL
removed GetUserName call
removed stupid+broken r_dlightbacks
created dlight texture correctly
fixed the dlight code
removed the explicit and incorrect "vertexlight==1 == disable dlights" test
removed redundant r_ext_texture_filter_anisotropic
removed retarded cl_consoleHistory
removed redundant cl_autoRecordDemo
shader spew made developer 1
gl extensions spew made developer 1
pak list made fs_debug 1
removed the TA cvars that were hacked into the engine
reordered demo_protocols to reduce spew