getting ready for 0.5.5

NEWS

@@ -21,6 +21,145 @@ Changes from 0.5.4
     o improper placement of fullscreen window on startup in -x11 and -glx fixed
       (ie, starting with +set vid_fullscreen 1)
     o correct handling of ! and &&/|| for traditional code
+    o QNX fixes from Mike Gorchak <mike@malva.ua>
+    o DirectX is now the default sound driver for windows
+    o progs debug/disassemble improvements
+    o plug most (if not all) potential buffer overflows
+    o qfcc linker error message improvements
+    o renderer speedups
+    o demo_quit cvar to cause qf to quit automaticly at the end of a timedemo
+      to make automation of profiling easier
+    o better error checking in qfcc
+    o qfbsp no longer zaps the bsp file when given a bsp instead of a map when
+      compiling a map
+    o PNG support thanks to DrSpliff
+    o progs version update due to missing pointer in the symtab struct
+    o qfcc: can cast between pointers and integers
+    o server clients work with mvds
+    o never allow IP ports < 1024
+    o prettier particles. affected by gravity in qw (protocol restrictions in
+      nq)
+    o Darwin compile fixes
+    o fix a segfault when using 1 component lightmaps
+    o don't display the connect message when +connect is given on the command
+      line (thanks to Qize)
+    o qfbsp: better whilespace support for windows
+    o qfbsp: bring in many of LordHavoc's changes to qbsp: HalfLife WorldCraft
+      texture alighnment, partial "point of plane" autocorrection, hipnotic
+      entity rotation
+    o qfbsp: watervis support
+    o mouse acceleration support in X11 thanks to Qize
+    o qfbsp: handle multiple wad files properly
+    o fix alpha blending in 2d mode when 3d has never been rendered
+    o don't flush garbage to the screen on the first render frame
+    o qfbsp: remove many arbitrary limits (edgs, points on windong, tokens and
+      keys)
+    o qflight: colored lighting support (from LordHavoc's hlight)
+    o qflight: use vis data to speed up light passes
+    o ALSA 0.5 support dropped
+    o ALSA 1.x support is "alsa", 0.9 is "alsa0_9" (only one is built)
+    o MIDI BGM support using libWildMidi
+    o pak: can specify files to extract from a pak
+    o GIB objects
+    o qflight: gzipped bsp support (reading only)
+    o qflight: threading works
+    o qfbsp: force axis aligned planes to truely be axis aligned (fixes
+      degenerate polygons being generated by ClipWinding)
+    o external conchars thanks to DrSpliff
+    o qfcc: --traditional operator precedence conforms to qcc but --advanced to
+      C
+    o qfcc: --traditional is default for progs.src and --advanced for separate
+      compilation
+    o qfcc: much better qcc conformance in general for --traditional
+    o don't parse qsg protocol bits if the server isn't qsg compliant
+    o GIB functions and methods support named arguments
+    o qfcc: short circuit logic for && and || (breaks --traditional when
+      enabled)
+    o sv_logfile gets flushed on each print
+    o qfcc: more informative error reporting
+    o qfcc: if (const) now works properly (though dead code doesn't get
+      eliminated)
+    o many server features taken from QWE/mvdsv (HighlandeR): most notably
+      ktpro support
+    o progs string revamp: temp strings (eg, result from string + string) get
+      freed when the creating funciton exits
+    o nq deathmatch score fix from xi
+    o find radius bug fixes thanks to Grievre
+    o Luma texture support for brush models (From Fuh, by way of Grievre)
+    o --disable-static now works thanks to raorn
+    o new internal printf engine for progs
+    o treat server clients like non-client entities for GIB "frag" event
+    o report all bad builtins rather than just the first. make the bad builtin
+      number a warning and provide a suitable function in case the function is
+      called: allows progs with bad (but unused) builtins to run anyway
+    o expand ~ for fs_dirconf
+    o progs dump print an address if the def name is blank
+    o qfcc: allow constant expressions to be used for builtin numbers
+    o don't write config.cfg until /after/ it's been read :)
+    o wad utilty along the lines of pak. can't yet be used for wad creation
+      (that's a little more complicated), but it can be used for listing and
+      extracting the contents of a wad file. watch out for *foo :)
+    o ATI's libGL needs to be loaded with global symbols in order to work
+      properly
+    o qfbsp: bsp to prt support (for watervising sourceless maps)
+    o qfbsp: can now dump a map's textures to a wad file
+    o oss sound doesn't block if the sound device is busy (from Grievre)
+    o add snd_bits/rate/stereo cvars to win and dx sound targets
+    o file based cd plugin from ashridah. oggs, wavs and midis can now be used
+      for background music. default cd plugin for all platforms
+    o qfdefs nuked. no longer needed as "standard" progs get resolved staticly
+    o qfcc: better constant folding with auto-conversion between scalar types
+    o many menu improvements
+    o win32 server console now has working input
+    o curses server console scrollback works
+    o ruamoko math functions from Grievre
+    o qfcc: warn on if (a = b)
+    o TruForm support. Controlled by gl_tessellate
+    o qflight: OpenQuartz's extentions (except -ikmap) brought in. id's light
+      model is default
+    o qflight: support properties files for setting default light settings for
+      different light entity types
+    o while not yet perfect, qfprogs now works with qfo files
+    o qfcc: better detection of function calls in binary expressions
+    o qfvis: support old-style portal files again
+    o Improvements in time accounting. Accurate to +-0.5ms, instead of -1,0
+      like others. Based on Grievre's and zquake's code
+    o mangled sounds on gamedir change fixed thanks to Grievre
+    o qfbsp: various impovements from Vic via hqbsp (lordhavoc)
+    o qfcc: give temp defs a name, making it easier to read disassembly output
+    o qfcc: ensure a op= b treats b as if it was (b)
+    o qfcc: ; at end of functions optional. C style function declarations
+      available
+    o new opcode: state.f. same as state, but takes a 3rd float operand to
+      specify the step for calculating nextthink. accessed using
+      [frame, think, step] (state is [frame, think])
+    o qfcc: non-const expressions for frame in state operator valid
+    o qfcc: computed functions for state think allowed
+    o qfcc: change --include FILE to pre-include a file rather than add a
+      directory search path. Maps to -include FILE on the cpp command line.
+    o mtex support for world rendering.
+    o qfcc: all warnings (except for @self and self) are now fully controllable
+    o progs handle x % 0 by giving a 0 result
+    o qfcc: --traditional now auto-inits uninitialized local vars
+    o alias models us GL lighting
+    o support for 7 mouse buttons
+    o all archived cvars get written to config.cfg prefixed with "seta" (new
+      command that sets the archive bit)
+    o x11/glx fullscreen toggling fixes (window placement, mouse input etc)
+    o add optional reason to kick and ban for qw-server
+    o qflight: spotlight now works
+    o DrSpliff's qfadmin script updated
+    o quaternion support in progs engine and qfcc
+    o optionally allow recomte commands from a specified host address
+    o add a -novideo option to fbdev target to allow for headless operation
+    o full path reporting when writing screenshots
+    o one level of .. allowed in file access (eg, exec ../configs/foo.cfg)
+    o add r_norefresh support to sw and sw32 and rename the console side of the
+      cvar to cooperate better with the evil in customtf
+    o new cvar from Grievre to control "fake" filtering and change the fake
+      kick default
+    o qfcc: fast-float code option (defaults to on). kills almost 3000
+      statements from prozac
 
 Changes from 0.5.3
     o CRITICAL: exploitable buffer overflow in qw-server fixed