From 24e5b1b543af863a10c9912b20000d37b53078ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Currie Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 01:43:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] getting ready for 0.5.5 --- NEWS | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 139 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 15cafb300..8003d768e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/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 + 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