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NEWS for the QuakeForge project
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Changes from 0.6.0
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o qfprogs has been moved from tools to qfcc (windows packages).
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o The software renderer can now cope with pics being off-screen.
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o A potential issue with reading past the end of PCX files has been fixed.
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o qfcc now accepts --no-default-paths. Mainly for building Ruamoko code in
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the main source tree, but useful for those that want to avoid libr.
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o A segfault involving old dirconfs has been fixed.
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o OSS sound should be working now.
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Changes from 0.5.99 Beta 4.1
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o Many more keys supported in X11 (-glx, -x11) clients: most of the keys
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on a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 v1.0 are supported (not
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the five user keys or the zoom knob because Linux doesn't seem to
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respond to them).
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Changes from 0.5.99 Beta 3
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o Global fog now works for both multi and single texture rendering.
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o Z_Realloc() zeros the expanded part of the memory (thanks to sezero).
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Changes from 0.5.99 Beta 2
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o Possibly better ktpro support (server now informs the mod about its
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MVDSV features)
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o Due to it being incompatible with most clients, the MVD time skip
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support has been removed.
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o Global fog improvements for non-mtex rendering. Still not there yet,
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though (hopefully next release).
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o The OpenGL error on startup has been silenced: the cause was found and
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taken out back of the barn.
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o A mistake in an OpenGL version check has been fixed (thanks to MH).
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o Setting gl_vaelements_max to -1 no longer causes QF to segfault
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(console text and particles now support fake vertex arrays).
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o Entity transform setup is now controled by the client rather than the
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renderers. Amongst other things, this means that static entities now
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setup their transform only once.
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o Ruamoko
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* Now has an __INFINITY__ built-in constant. It won't work on
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machines that don't support IEEE single floats, but then again,
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neither will quake.
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* Old cvar() and cvar_set() functions moved from system.h to cvar.h.
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Changes from 0.5.99 Beta 1
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o The "loading" plaque has been reenabled.
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o The key for toggling the menu can now be adjusted via a cvar.
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o Similar for toggling the console.
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o The legacy "bind" and "unbind" commands have been reworked. They now
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affect only one table (IMT_MOD) that is below the main game tables.
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This protects the user's advanced bindings from mods.
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o A new key binding table has been added for use during demo playback
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(IMT_DEMO). This is separate to the main game tables, but above
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IMT_MOD (so important keys like F10 still work).
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o More OpenBSD fixes.
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o An apparent hang (sometimes crash) on a failed download in
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quakeworld has been fixed.
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o Ruamoko
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* More math functions and constants
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* Existing math functions should be faster
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Changes from 0.5.5
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o General enhancements
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* many limits removed
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o unlimited nails (client side)
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o unlimited visible entities
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o unlimited static entities
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o for BSP files, only limits dictated by the format remain
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* linux joystick improvements:
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o default device is /dev/input/js0
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o up to 18 buttons
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* developer cvar is now a bit field
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o 1 everything
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o 2 warnings
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o 4 video
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o 8 file system: not found
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o 16 file system: found
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o 32 file system: general
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o 64 networking
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o 128 ruamoko: objects
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o 256 ruamoko: messages
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o 512 sound
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o 1024 GL textures
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* ALSA sound support now works with PulseAudio by default
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* NQ now works on multi-homed hosts
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* OpenBSD networking fixes
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* loss of contact with the jack server is now detected. no more
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hanging on shutdown after jack flakes out.
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* fishey rendering fixed
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* crash gracefully when a map has too many entities (rather than
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silently dropping them: coag3 wasn't fun with missing ents)
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* players can jump off pretty much anything (controllable via
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sv_jump_any)
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* funny size sound buffers no longer a problem
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* RLE encoding for PCX output
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* plugins moved to ${libdir}/quakeforge/plugins
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* IPv6 support now working
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* rotating bsp model support
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* alsa 0.9 support dropped
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* transparent map entities
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* support map specified skyboxes
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* NQ's maximum velocity is now spherical rather than cubical
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* truncate long level names in NQ's HUD
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* protocol 666 support from fitzquake (nq)
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* large map support from fitzquake
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* fullscreen mode is now compliant with modern window managers
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* wide screens supported. Use the vid_aspect cvar to specify the
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screen's aspect ratio (eg, 4:3, 16:9, 800:480 etc).
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* lighting tweaks
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* don't lose sound when switching workplaces in X
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* correct resampling of sound effects for 48kHz sound output (or any
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other rate, for that matter).
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* support up to 7.1 channel sound files. However, output is still
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limited to two channels.
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* "lagged dlights" in mvds fixed
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* flac sound file support
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* support multiple directories in fs_sharepath
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* new savegame format (property list)
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* map entities can use property lists
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* JACK audio output
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* http download support
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* CPQW support
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* gold-key/radiation-symbol bug in rock2 fixed
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* support for very big maps (eg marcher.bsp)
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* beams (lightning etc) can be any length
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* unlimited beams
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* unlimited loaded models
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* unlimited efrags
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* support for Japanese keyboards
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* particle improvements
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* nq can now release the CPU when it is not needed (cl_usleep 1)
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o Ruamoko (QuakeC)
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* installed headers/libs now in ${prefix}/lib/qfcc
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* plist access
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* entity parsing support
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* quake script parsing support
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* dynamic strings
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* mutable strings
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* progs can provide their own entity parsing function. A sample
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implementation is available.
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o qfcc
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* major rewrite of parser and code generation
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o C style declarations fully supported (bit fields ignored)
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o dead code elimination
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o better constant folding
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o Objective-QC runtime data moved into far data to avoid taking
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precious near data defs.
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o missing return statements in non-void functions now detected
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with a suitable warning
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o pointers and arrays now use C syntax
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o "integer" now "int"
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* field aliasing: .SEL thinkMethod = think;
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* diagnostic variables
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__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ __FUNCTION__ __LINE__ and __FILE__
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* NIL renamed to nil
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* man page documentation
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* function overloading
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* allow entity.vector.x (etc) instead of entity.vector_x
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* many ObjectiveQuakeC fixes
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* optional constant-vector parameter space optimisation (slows down
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the code, though): can compile the version of frogbot that has
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waypoints for almost 300 maps.
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* rcall support
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* static local vars
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* more pointer support
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* better compatibility with qcc
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* preprocess progs.src
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* one-pass compilation of progs.src based code when using cpp
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* qccx escape codes supported. As there are conflicts with qfcc's
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escape codes, --qccx-escapes can be used to select qccx instead of
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qfcc.
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* explicit references to classes and categories via
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"@reference ClassName;" or "@reference ClassName(CategoryName);"
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o Tools
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* filter for displaying item information from a map (itemslist.py)
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* wad tool improvements
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* qfbsp can extract the entities data from bsp files.
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* qflmp: converts between lmp and pcx
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* io_mesh_qfmdl: blender mdl import/export script
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Changes from 0.5.4
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o General enhancements
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* bring back a bunch of fixes from 0.5.3 (including news items) that
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got lost in the rushed release of 0.5.4
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* more cvar renaming: scr_consize -> con_size, scr_conspeed ->
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con_speed, gl_conalpha -> con_alpha, vid_conwidth -> con_width,
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vid_conheight -> con_height, show_fps -> hud_fps, show_ping ->
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hud_ping, show_pl -> hud_pl, show_time -> hud_time, show_scoresuid ->
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hud_scoreboard_uid
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* demo_speed no longer affects console scrolling or cursor blink rate
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* save game loading fixed
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* FPS display now updated every 0.2 seconds and displays to the tenth
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of an fps
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* improper placement of fullscreen window on startup in -x11 and -glx
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fixed (ie, starting with +set vid_fullscreen 1)
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* QNX fixes from Mike Gorchak <mike@malva.ua>
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* DirectX is now the default sound driver for windows
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* renderer speedups
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* demo_quit cvar to cause qf to quit automaticly at the end of a
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timedemo to make automation of profiling easier
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* server clients work with mvds
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* never allow IP ports < 1024
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* prettier particles. affected by gravity in qw (protocol restrictions
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in nq)
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* Darwin compile fixes
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* fix a segfault when using 1 component lightmaps
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* don't display the connect message when +connect is given on the
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command line (thanks to Qize)
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* mouse acceleration support in X11 thanks to Qize
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* fix alpha blending in 2d mode when 3d has never been rendered
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* don't flush garbage to the screen on the first render frame
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* PNG support thanks to DrSpliff
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* ALSA 0.5 support dropped
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* ALSA 1.x support is "alsa", 0.9 is "alsa0_9" (only one is built)
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* MIDI BGM support using libWildMidi
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* GIB objects
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* external conchars thanks to DrSpliff
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* sv_logfile gets flushed on each print
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* don't parse qsg protocol bits if the server isn't qsg compliant
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* GIB functions and methods support named arguments
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* many server features taken from QWE/mvdsv (HighlandeR): most notably
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ktpro support
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* plug most (if not all) potential buffer overflows
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* nq deathmatch score fix from xi
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* find radius bug fixes thanks to Grievre
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* Luma texture support for brush models (From Fuh, by way of Grievre)
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* --disable-static now works thanks to raorn
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* treat server clients like non-client entities for GIB "frag" event
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* expand ~ for fs_dirconf
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* don't write config.cfg until /after/ it's been read :)
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* ATI's libGL needed to be loaded with global symbols in order to work
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properly
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* oss sound doesn't block if the sound device is busy (from Grievre)
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* add snd_bits/rate/stereo cvars to win and dx sound targets
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* file based cd plugin from ashridah. oggs, wavs and midis can now be
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used for background music. default cd plugin for all platforms
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* many menu improvements
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* win32 server console now has working input
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* curses server console scrollback works
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* qfdefs nuked. no longer needed as "standard" progs get resolved
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staticly
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* Anisotropy support, controlled by gl_anisotropy
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* TruForm support, controlled by gl_tessellate
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* Improvements in time accounting. Accurate to +-0.5ms, instead of -1,0
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like others. Based on Grievre's and zquake's code
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* mangled sounds on gamedir change fixed thanks to Grievre
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* mtex support for world rendering.
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* alias models use GL lighting
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* support for 7 mouse buttons
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* all archived cvars get written to config.cfg prefixed with "seta"
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(new command that sets the archive bit)
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* x11/glx fullscreen toggling fixes (window placement, mouse input etc)
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* add optional reason to kick and ban for qw-server
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* DrSpliff's qfadmin script updated
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* quaternion support in progs engine and qfcc
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* optionally allow recomte commands from a specified host address
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* add a -novideo option to fbdev target to allow for headless operation
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* full path reporting when writing screenshots
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* one level of .. allowed in file access (eg, exec ../configs/foo.cfg)
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* add r_norefresh support to sw and sw32 and rename the console side of
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the cvar to cooperate better with the evil in customtf
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* new cvar from Grievre to control "fake" filtering and change the fake
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kick default
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* fix bug where certain looped sounds would cause a hang
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* 64 bit compile fixes
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* alias models are no longer black on maps with no lighting info
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o qfcc enhancements.
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* conforms better to Objective-C sematics
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* "struct" support closer to that of C (ie, separate namespace)
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* now supports the "unsigned" type (32 bit unsigned integer)
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* correct handling of ! and &&/|| for traditional code
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* linker error message improvements
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* better error checking in
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* can cast between pointers and integers
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* --traditional operator precedence conforms to qcc but --advanced to C
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* --traditional is default for progs.src and --advanced for separate
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compilation
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* much better qcc conformance in general for --traditional
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* more informative error reporting
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* if (const) now works properly (though dead code doesn't get
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eliminated)
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* allow constant expressions to be used for builtin numbers
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* better constant folding with auto-conversion between scalar types
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* warn on if (a = b)
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* better detection of function calls in binary expressions
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* give temp defs a name, making it easier to read disassembly output
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* ensure a op= b treats b as if it was (b)
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* ; at end of functions optional. C style function declarations
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available
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* short circuit logic for && and || (breaks --traditional when enabled)
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* non-const expressions for frame in state operator valid
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* computed functions for state think allowed
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* change --include FILE to pre-include a file rather than add a
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directory search path. Maps to -include FILE on the cpp command line.
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* all warnings (except for @self and self) are now fully controllable
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* --traditional now auto-inits uninitialized local vars
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* fast-float code option (defaults to on). kills almost 3000 statements
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from prozac
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o tools enhancements
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* wad utilty along the lines of pak. can't yet be used for wad creation
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(that's a little more complicated), but it can be used for listing
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and extracting the contents of a wad file. watch out for *foo :)
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* qfbsp
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- no longer zaps the bsp file when given a bsp instead of a map
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when compiling a map
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- watervis support
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- handle multiple wad files properly
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- better whilespace support for windows
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- bring in many of LordHavoc's changes to qbsp: HalfLife WorldCraft
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texture alighnment, partial "point of plane" autocorrection,
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hipnotic entity rotation
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- remove many arbitrary limits (edgs, points on windong, tokens and
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keys)
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- force axis aligned planes to truely be axis aligned (fixes
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degenerate polygons being generated by ClipWinding)
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- bsp to prt support (for watervising sourceless maps)
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- can now dump a map's textures to a wad file
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- various impovements from Vic via hqbsp (lordhavoc)
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* qflight
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- colored lighting support (from LordHavoc's hlight)
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- use vis data to speed up light passes
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- gzipped bsp support (reading only)
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- threading works
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- OpenQuartz's extentions (except -ikmap) brought in. id's light
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model is default
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- support properties files for setting default light settings for
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different light entity types
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- spotlight now works
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* pak
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- can specify files to extract from a pak
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* qfvis
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- support old-style portal files again
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o Progs engine/Ruamoko enhancements
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* Object root class revamped
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* progs debug/disassemble improvements
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* progs version update due to missing pointer in the symtab struct
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* progs string revamp: temp strings (eg, result from string + string)
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get freed when the creating funciton exits
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* new internal printf engine for progs
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* report all bad builtins rather than just the first. make the bad
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builtin number a warning and provide a suitable function in case the
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function is called: allows progs with bad (but unused) builtins to
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run anyway
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* progs dump print an address if the def name is blank
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* ruamoko math functions from Grievre
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* while not yet perfect, qfprogs now works with qfo files
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* new opcode: state.f. same as state, but takes a 3rd float operand to
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specify the step for calculating nextthink. accessed using
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[frame, think, step] (state is [frame, think])
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* progs handle x % 0 by giving a 0 result
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Changes from 0.5.3
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o CRITICAL: exploitable buffer overflow in qw-server fixed
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o more gib regex and other text manipuation support
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o snd_oss_rw ditched in favour of just trying both ways
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Changes from 0.5.2
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o General enhancements.
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* MVD playback in the qw clients.
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* MVD recording in the qw server.
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MVD support thanks to qwex 0.165b and highlander
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* sv_maxrate changes now take effect immediately rather than when
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clients (re)connect or change their rate
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* segfault when using "snd_output null" fixed
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* qw server "status" command now gives the server's uptime
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* "map" will display the amount of time the current map has been active
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* nq-server will now auto-load the start map if none is specified
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* streaming for large sound files
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* support for two channel sound files
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* partial string buffer audit
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* native Windows (win) sound driver finally works and is now default
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* DirectX sound support added (dx)
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* highchars stripped infokeys terminated properly so they don't contain
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garbage
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* WGL (nq-wgl.exe and qw-client-wgl.exe) resolution selection brought
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in line with all other targets giving the vid_width and vid_height
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cvars. Automatic aspect ratio support dropped.
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* X11 (nq-x11 and qw-client-x11) no longer hangs on 32bpp displays
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* new `view' system giving easier to control hud elements, centered
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menus and locatable scoreboard (hud_scoreboard_gravity)
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* OSS sound driver fixes: some kernel drivers need write-only access,
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others need read/write
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* able to load/unload semi-arbitrary plug-ins using console commands
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* streaming for large sound files (eg., full length oggs)
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* stereo sample support
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* map command in the rcon admin list
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* configurable "quake" directory layout
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* server now actually runs properly when there's no network or
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console input (eg, bots continue to battle unattended)
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* skydome (gl_sky_clip 0) renders correctly
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* external entity file support (maps/foo.bsp will use maps/foo.ent if
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available)
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* map specific config files
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* map specific external textures in "textures/mapname/"
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* support for more tga formats
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* vid_conwidth cvar
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* cleaner mouse enter/leave handling for x11 and glx windows
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* hexenworld master server
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* software and gl (some cards) fish-eye support
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* "crosshair 3" for gl clients
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* remote screen shots work
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* curses console no longer default
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* more key-names supported
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* Matthew Wong's bsp2bmp `imported' as bsp2img. only pcx output
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currently.
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* console operator chat messages get echoed
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* BSD fseek bug fixed
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* no_pogo_stick 3 mode forcing friction independent of jump being
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active
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* rcon password /never/ gets written as it may be legitimate for
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another server (ie, confused person :)
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o GIB enhancements
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* events system (map change, client enter/leave etc)
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* several bug fixes
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* documentation
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o qfcc enhancements.
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* @argc and @argv deprecated in favor of @args.count and @args.list
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(@args is a struct with type @va_list)
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* structure copy
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* -L lib search paths and -l now behaves in a more expected manner
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* default search paths for includes and libs
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* updated man page and command line help
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* [super ...] messages work
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* categories work
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* nested and struct block initializers work
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* can access vector elements as vec.x as well as vec_x
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* void (void) func; is now valid (no params)
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* initialized globals can be used any place a true constant is expected
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o qfbsp/qflight/qfvis enhancements
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* various crash bug fixes
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* hint, skip and detail brush support
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* emit clipnodes in the correct order
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* groks quest's "map2" format in addition to the original format
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o Progs engine enhancements.
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* arbitrary size data copying
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* optionally handle division by 0 gracefully
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Changes from 0.3.0
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o General enhancements.
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* NQ (quake1, single player, NetQuake, WinQuake) is back.
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* Video (driver and renderer), audio, gamecode (progs), console,
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model loading and general utility code shared in common libs between
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NQ and QW
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* Plugin system for sound and cd drivers.
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* Ogg Vorbis compression for sound effect samples (streamed ogg support
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is planned).
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* Menu system re-written in QuakeC/Ruamoko
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* Curses console for servers in Unix.
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* New key binding system.
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o Progs engine enhancements.
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* Fully modular. Mod/Server-independent, allowing for
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stand-alone QuakeC interpreter and client-side code.
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* The engine is no longer dependent on progdefs.h. This makes
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QuakeForge have trouble with QuakeC compilers that strip
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symbol names -- but those can be repaired using the new
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"qfdefs" tool.
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* New basic types, and instructions for using them, for version
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0.fff.002 progs (Quake's Version 6 is still supported).
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* Better dynamic string handling. Dynamic strings are
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garbage-collected.
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* Object-oriented runtime system, in the style of Objective-C.
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* Runtime fixups of built-in functions whose builtin number is
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zero. If a built-in function is available to the engine, with
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the same name given in the source code (e.g.
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"void (void) coredump = #0;"), the engine will set the value
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to the actual number used by the engine.
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* Debugging support (needs compiler support, which qfcc
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provides), including line-number information. Can display the
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line of text in the source on which an error occurred, if the
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new Cvar "pr_source_path" is set correctly.
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* Instruction-level code dumps are now formatted in an
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easier-to-read "assembly-code" format.
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o QuakeForge Code Compiler, qfcc -- a replacement for qcc.
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* Uses libQFutil for general utility functions such as hash
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tables, file access (incomplete), and pak files.
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* Uses libQFgamecode for progs information, such as opcode
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tables, enums, types, etc.)
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* Uses a lex/yacc (actually, Flex and Bison) scanner/parser
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architecture, like a "real" compiler does.
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* Drastically reduces the number of global defs needed for
|
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a given progs, by reusing temporary globals when possible.
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* All functions use the same block of defs for their local
|
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variables (compatible with all known servers), which further
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reduces the number of global defs needed.
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* Nested/chained function calls work properly.
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* Simple expressions, such as "a = b + c", compile to a single
|
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instruction instead of two, and do not use a temporary
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variable.
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* Local variables can be initialized to known values, as in
|
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"local float foo = 0.1;".
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* Uses the C preprocessor, so header files are now possible and
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useful.
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* The compiler checks for uninitialized and unused variables in
|
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functions, to help in finding errors.
|
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* The compiler can generate and use object files, for separate
|
|
compilation (you don't have to compile all of your source all
|
|
the time, only the parts that have changed). Normally, object
|
|
files have a .qfo extension.
|
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* The compiler can link libraries, which are implemented as .qfo
|
|
files inside pak archives.
|
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* The compiler implements stricter type checking, to assist in
|
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finding and fixing code errors.
|
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* The C language's "for", "do...while", and "switch" control
|
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structures have been adopted to provide a richer set of
|
|
structures for programmers to use.
|
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* Additional functionality is given for progs that are to be
|
|
used with QuakeForge's more advanced progs engine:
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|
|
x IMPORTANT:
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|
The order of operations is slightly different in "native"
|
|
mode. The evaluation of "!foo & bar" is no longer
|
|
"!(foo & bar)", but rather "(!foo) & bar". The new order of
|
|
operations rules is more correct, but is different from how
|
|
QCC evaluated. If you give the --traditional switch to
|
|
qfcc's command-line, the old behavior is used.
|
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x The compiler now allows you to create your own functions
|
|
that can accept a variable number of arguments, using the
|
|
special "..." notation. The special constants "@argc" and
|
|
"@argv" help with this. @argc contains the number of
|
|
arguments, and @argv contains a list of those arguments. The
|
|
handling of this is an improvement on C's vararg function
|
|
handling, in our opinion, made possible by how the Quake
|
|
system works.
|
|
x New basic types: integer, pointer, enum, and id.
|
|
x You can create new complex types, like arrays, structures,
|
|
and unions, and allocate them at runtime.
|
|
x String operators. You can add strings together to
|
|
concatenate them, and you can compare their contents using
|
|
the <=, <, >, >= operators.
|
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x The integer type has the full array of C operations
|
|
available to it.
|
|
x QFCC and QuakeForge now contain an object-oriented
|
|
programming system, in the style of Objective-C and
|
|
Smalltalk. It's *very* powerful, and can be used to create
|
|
lots of interesting new things with rather little effort. If
|
|
you don't wish to use the new system, you can safely ignore
|
|
it with no danger to your code. :)
|
|
x Special support for using the "self" special variable inside
|
|
OO methods as well as the entity of the same name. If you
|
|
use OO support for entities and want to assign a method as a
|
|
touch/think/etc. function, "self" always refers to the
|
|
object that "owns" the method being executed. The special
|
|
variable "@self" was created to refer to the self entity.
|
|
"@this" refers to the object.
|
|
|
|
o Enhanced console scripting - GIB (GIB Isn't Bash)
|
|
* New language derived from the quake console.
|
|
* Functions with arguments and return values.
|
|
* Looping (while, for) and branching (if) commands.
|
|
* Local and global variables as well as access to cvars.
|
|
Supports Python-like slicing of variables.
|
|
* A basic math interpreter that respects order of operations
|
|
and provides most arithmetic and logic operators.
|
|
* Non-preemptive threading and callbacks to GIB functions in
|
|
response to game events (limited but functional at the moment)
|
|
* File reading, writing, and searching.
|
|
* Integrates with console -- GIB functions can be exported as
|
|
console commands to be used at the console or in binds.
|
|
* See gib.html in doc for more information.
|
|
|
|
o Enhanced time cheat ("speed cheat") protection
|
|
* Time cheats work for only a split-second before protection
|
|
kicks in.
|
|
* Players moving with wrong timings are sped up/slowed down to
|
|
the correct speed.
|
|
* Delay before protection activates means that lag and normal
|
|
network latency won't affect protection.
|
|
* People who aren't really trying to cheat won't be kicked :)
|
|
|
|
o Rendering enhancements
|
|
* Experimental 32 bit software renderer.
|
|
* Dynamic lights don't shine through walls.
|
|
* Colored alias model lighting for GL.
|
|
* Vertex Array use for sprites, particles and text. No fallbacks yet,
|
|
so QF wont work with old or broken GL drivers.
|
|
* Switchable particle styles: r_particles_style 0 for Id. Default is 1,
|
|
for lower particle count, larger texture particle effects.
|
|
* 16 bit vertex alias model format.
|
|
* Improved software gamma that more closely resembles hardware gamma.
|
|
* Countless speed improvements.
|
|
|
|
Known problems in 0.5.2:
|
|
o Doesn't work with 3dfx cards in MS Windows due to vertex array use.
|
|
o SDL clients don't reliably support fullscreen mode in MS Windows
|
|
o MS Windows support in general is sorely under-tested.
|
|
o Starting an SDL client (-sdl, -sgl or -sdl32) in fullscreen mode
|
|
and then going windowed requires in_grab to be toggled from 0 to 1
|
|
and back to 0 before the mouse will be released.
|