HuruChangelog.md

H-uru/Plasma Changelog

2022

Not yet complete

2021

• Allow selecting KI folders using text commands ¹
• Add options for runtime rendering pipeline selection ¹
• Remove and simplify calendar code ¹
• Fix chat fade starting while typing ¹
• Change chat highlight to only highlight the player name ¹
• Fix /invite command crashing ¹
• Prevent sending blank KI chat messages ¹
• Fix cursor visibility issue ¹
• Update system info collection ¹
• Improve text resolution of Marie's note in the Baron City Office ¹
• Fixes for reward clothing handling ¹
• Fix crash when sharing Relto book ¹
• Fix Vault node memory leaks ^{1 2}
• Fix clicked cursor state in journals ¹
• Improve SDL console commands ¹
• Update podium audio handling in Neighborhoods ¹
• Update Guild of Messengers Pub menorah SDL states ¹
• Add --SkipIntroMovies client option ¹
• Fix custom avatar footstep sounds ¹
• Add localization helper script for korman Ages ¹
• Fix visibility check on avatars ¹
• Improve performance by suppressing Python Vault node callbacks during loading ¹
• Show Relto page symbols on both sides of the page ¹
• Move pipeline implementations to FeatureLib folder ¹
• Add Veelay Tsahvahn sky Relto page ^{1 2}
• Use CDATA and UTF8 for all localization files ^{1 2}
• Remove error-obscuring name-based object lookup in internal clients ¹
• Fix improper warp when exiting the Gahreesen gear ¹
• Fix the /clearchat command ¹
• Fix for Er'cana harvester car & ramp logic ¹
• Fix for Kadish moon elevator subworld ^{1 2}
• Fix clothing UV maps not being updated by morphs ^{1 2}
• Improve performance by optimizing data passing in code ¹
• Add support for buoying physical objects on wavesets ¹
• Fix list rendering in avatar customization GUI ^{1 2}
• Add additional fan clothing ¹
• Add Tiam Age ^{1 2 3}
• Fix the 3DS Max PlasmaMax plugin up to 3DS Max 2021 ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}
• Enable optional Qt 6 support for GUI tools ¹
• Fix default key bindings that conflict with chat ^{1 2}
• Fix /p to not be case-sensitive ¹
• Add Volthol Gallery Age ¹
• Fix compile-time plFactory validation ¹
• Add clickable link support in KI chat ^{1 2}
• Improve Python resiliancy against scripting errors ¹
• Improve KI chat history browsing ¹
• Allow case-insensitive matching of player names in KI chat ¹
• Add support for clang helper tools ^{1 2 3 4}
• Improve Python enums ¹
• Fix some resource leaks ^{1 2 3}
• Improve build time with precompiled headers and unified sources ^{1 2}
• Continue to improve string handling ^{1 2}
• Add Serene Age ^{1 2}
• Standardize on nullptr across codebase ¹
• Fix crash in Minkata ¹
• Fix file dialogs in the Qt tools on Windows ¹
• Include commit SHA in product info string ¹
• Add Tre'bivdil Age ¹
• Enable link-time code optimizations ¹
• Improve GitHub documentation ^{1 2 3}
• Add 64-bit support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}
• Fix cursor resolution and shadow issues ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Fix Shroomie gate state consistency ¹
• Continue to improve cross-platform support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13}
• Improve performance of pfLocalizationMgr ^{1 2}
• Replace hsTArray with C++ standard vector ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18}
• Fix memory leak of string in Python code ¹
• Fix some PhysX issues ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}
• Fix screenshots of in-game documents ¹
• Decompress audio files on download ¹
• CMake & vcpkg build system improvements ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33}
• Continue to improve code quality ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38}
• Add content from MOULa December 2020 update ¹

2020

• Consolidate floating-point constants ¹
• Improve CMake build system & automated builds ^{1 2 3 4}
• Fix some Python initialization memory leaks ¹
• Improve hsRef system to fix more memory leaks ^{1 2}
• Update to use Visual Studio's built-in DirectX 9 SDK ¹
• Fix non-synchronized link out animation ¹
• Fix for the Er'cana harvester position ¹
• Load keybindings on startup not in Relto ¹
• Add Python script for button combination puzzles ¹
• Fix 'hoods disappearing from Nexus ¹
• Fix Unicode-related logging crash ¹
• Fix Vault Text node imager crash ¹
• Fix infinite loop with invalid textures ¹
• vcpkg & 3rd party library updates ^{1 2 3}
• Improve GitHub experience & documentation a bit ^{1 2 3}
• Add fan content from 2020 MOULa update ¹
• Add a SoundDecompress tool ¹
• Update to PhysX 4.1 ^{1 2 3}
• Fix hsMatrix44 quat decomposition ¹
• Improve debug logging of invalid creatable types ¹
• Add some additional KI easter eggs ^{1 2}
• Add dice-rolling KI commands ^{1 2}
• Continue improving cross-platform support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}
• Work towards targeting 64-bit support ¹
• Fix Vault client memory leaks ¹
• Fix visual seams in Ahnonay Cathedral ¹
• Modernize the OpenAL audio system ¹
• Add /r as a short form of /reply ¹
• Update resource generator script for Python 3 ^{1 2 3}
• Fix Bahro pole particle system timer issues ¹
• Move the Python scripts into the Plasma repository ^{1 2}
• Migrate to Python 3.x ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20}
• Fix Er'cana pool draining when players are in the tunnels ¹
• Target Visual Studio 2017 ¹
• Fix Python Vault node rich comparisons ^{1 2}
• Continue to improve Unicode support ¹
• Fix Relto book animation after linking to Relto ¹
• KI chat scrollign improvements ¹
• Completely disable the old visitor account system ¹
• Fix Vault callback bug causing imagers not to update ¹
• Remove hardcoded frame count from loading spinner ¹
• Fix display of some debugging stats ¹
• Restore PRP sequence conflict verification ¹
• Fix whitespace added to Age descriptions ^{1 2}
• Continue improving codebase & build systems ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33}
• Target Visual Studio 2015 and update 3rd party dependencies ^{1 2 3 4}

2019

• Follow redirects when fetching server status ¹
• Cleanup the Python subsystem ^{1 2}
• Improve robustness of aspect ratio handling ¹
• Add Opus for higher quality voice chat ¹
• Add automated build system ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Fix some plPythonPack bugs ^{1 2}
• Remove references to visitor accounts ^{1 2}
• Continue improving codebase & build system ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19}

2018

• Add support for server capability detection ¹
• Improve cubemap generation from the console ¹
• Add support for building with OpenSSL 1.1 ^{1 2}
• Fix time display on the Neighborhood clock ¹
• Continue migrating to C++ standard threads ¹
• Extract general rendering pipeline code to pl3DPipeline ^{1 2 3}
• Fixes for the patcher ¹
• Fix the Windows 10 cursor bug ^{1 2}
• Support saving text metadata in PNG images ^{1 2 3}
• Add libsecret password storage for Linux ¹
• Continue improving codebase & build system ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}
• Add plPXSubworld class ¹

2017

• Fix crash when no audio track is present in a video ¹
• Continue improving Unicode support ¹
• Fix to only load global PRP files that are listed in the Age file ¹
• Fix editing GZ marker names ¹
• Fix 0-byte patch files ¹
• Fix for Age invites ¹
• Fixes falling through subworlds ^{1 2}
• Remove JPEG screenshot fallback code ¹
• Implement reward system for GZ marker games ^{1 2}
• Continue improving codebase & build system ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}
• Add generic physical collider data format ¹

2016

• Update build instructions ¹
• Replace plString with string_theory library ^{1 2}
• Port hsThread to C++ standard threads ¹
• Make plClient initialization faster ¹
• Make fullscreen mode a full-screen window ¹
• Continue to improve cross-platform support ¹
• Continue to improve code correctness & quality ^{1 2 3 4}

2015

• Flash the KI in the blackbar when a marker is nearby ¹
• Fix lag on receiving KI chat ^{1 2}
• Fix some sounds being extremely loud ¹
• Remove the GameMgr sub-system ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Move GZ marker storage into the Vault ¹
• Fix crash on exit from GZ markers ¹
• Fix for weird camera angles ¹
• Fix sound debugging helpers ¹
• Fix jittering animations ^{1 2}
• Implement new leaderboard system ^{1 2}
• Fix race condition with updating state of avatar physics ¹
• Remove /shout and make auto-shout the default ¹
• Add fan-clothing content from MOULa ¹
• Allow internal clients to start in any Age ¹
• Fix crash when adding clothing item that doesn't exist ¹
• Continue to improve code correctness and quality ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}
• Fix for SDL blob data corruption ¹
• Continue to improve string handling & Unicode support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}
• Continue to improve cross-platform support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

2014

• Allow specifying server port in server.ini ¹
• Bump 'hoods to top of Nexus list when they are linked to ^{1 2}
• Add support for WebM video files ^{1 2}
• Split animation module from the avatar module ¹
• Use system password manager for storing login credentials ¹
• Improve skinning performance with AVX2 support ¹
• Use C++ standard threading & synchronization primitives ^{1 2}
• Fix display of private messages from admins ¹
• Add chat command history ¹
• Fix owner information of imager text notes ¹
• Fix KI chat fading out while typing ¹
• Fix intermittent crash on avatar creation ¹
• Fix duplicate Vault node callbacks ¹
• Modernize and fix the ref-counting system ^{1 2 3}
• Fix for Age.SetSDL console commands ¹
• Fix some issues with kickable objects ¹
• Use C++ standard clock for timing ¹
• Add KI /party command ¹
• Enable arrow keys to scroll KI chat history ^{1 2}
• Improve crash handling and error catching ¹
• Port the GUI tools to Qt5 ¹
• Remove all Bink-related video code ¹
• Add prepare_env script to bootstrap dev environment ^{1 2}
• Continued fixes for cross-platform support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}
• Improve KI text rendering against lighter backgrounds ^{1 2 3}
• Improve compile time ¹
• Fix memory leaks and code quality issues ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15}
• Fix for the Ayoheek imager ¹
• Add animation looping helpers for Python ^{1 2}
• Fix plUruLauncher not installing redist dependencies ¹
• Allow setting more encryption keys in server.ini ¹
• Add unit testing framework ¹
• Continued string handling improvements & Unicode support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16}
• Fix for non-sequential object IDs ¹
• Continued fixes to the 3DS Max PlasmaMax plugin ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

2013

• Add highlighting for name mentions in KI chat ¹
• Improve Age linking performance ¹
• Improve memory management around keys ¹
• Remove hardcoded frame number in loading animation ¹
• Fixes for KI chat handling of private admin messages ¹
• Fix crash in plDynamicCamMap ¹
• Refactor the screenshot console command ¹
• Improve startup time by simplifying graphics init ¹
• Add PNG support to plMipmap ¹
• Fix game stutter when adding to KI buddy list ¹
• Split DirectX pipeline into a subfolder of plPipeline ¹
• Fix for Ahnonay sphere spinning ^{1 2}
• Improvements and fixes for CMake build system ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Fix compiling with Visual Studio 2013 ¹
• Update README ^{1 2}
• Improve performance of avatar skinning ^{1 2}
• Progress Manager rendering improvements ^{1 2}
• Fix plPythonPack for modules ¹
• Refactor AgeSDLShowHide and AgeSDLBoolRespond scripts ^{1 2}
• Fix broken /savecolumns KI command ¹
• Reimplement /system global chat command ^{1 2}
• Add plShaderAssembler tool ¹
• Fix crash in plFileSecure tool ¹
• Copy resource.dat to client output folder ¹
• Fix for Age display names ^{1 2}
• Improve Python xCheat exception handling ¹
• Add API for saving/loading avatar clothing from file ^{1 2}
• Improved widescreen support ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Add some API helpers for NPCs ^{1 2 3}
• Fix race condition loading avatar clones ¹
• Continued improvements to PhysX physics handling ^{1 2 3 4}
• Fix a journal book crash ¹
• Fix Zandi welcoming himself to the Cleft ¹
• Some additional powers for Internal clients ¹
• Various KI fixes ¹
• Fix Python traceback from Quab script ¹
• Correct the voice chat icon resizing ¹
• Improve visual quality of dynamic camera map reflective surfaces ¹
• Fix crash sending KI PMs to player in other Ages ¹
• Improve visual quality of dynamic text maps ¹
• Fix and rewrite the patcher system ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Continued improvements for localization ^{1 2}
• Fix Python tracebacks from Kadish GlowInTheDark script ¹
• Fix crash in Vault client API ¹
• Add ability to silence linking effects when linking a player programmatically ¹
• Fixes for the 3Ds Max PlasmaMax plugin ^{1 2}
• Fixes for libpcre regex support ^{1 2 3}
• Enable building the plPageOptimizer tool ¹
• Fix crash and improve physics controller debug display ^{1 2}
• Clean up null/nil/nullptr handling ¹
• Refactor pending SDL state notifications ¹
• Improve file and filesystem utilities ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}
• Make line endings consistent ¹
• Refactor RegistryKeyList ¹
• Fix a crash in plStatusLog ¹
• Set product info via CMake definitions ¹
• Remove redundant code modules ¹
• Support Doxygen code documentation generator ¹
• Use updated Windows themes for GUI apps ¹
• Fix crash on exit with leaked keys ¹
• Consolidate code modules and simplify ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Memory leak fixes ^{1 2}
• Remove the NEWZERO macro for consistent malloc handling ¹
• Continued fixes for improved string handling & Unicode support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20}
• Continued fixes for cross-platform support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}
• More header cleanups and compile time improvements ^{1 2}

2012

• Remove resizing border from game window ¹
• Fix crash in PtGetCameraNumber() ¹
• Fixes after removal of Bink video support ¹
• Fixes for Neighborhood SDL randomization ^{1 2 3}
• Allow Python to detect in SDL variable are used ¹
• Sweeping rewrite of the xKI Python code ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Fix Python SystemErrors ¹
• Fix several compiler warnings ¹
• Fixes to KI chat scrolling ^{1 2}
• Further fixes to mouse capture in the client window ¹
• Security fix for remote code execution through console commands ¹
• Clean up CoreLib headers ¹
• Fix crash on systems with no Direct3D device ¹
• Avoid truncated window size after going from full-screen to same-sized windowed ¹
• Improve compile time with precompiled headers ¹
• Allow running multiple internal clients at the same time ¹
• Fix message boxes being hidden behind fullscreen window ¹
• Improve NPC tracking and fix crashes with Quabs ^{1 2}
• Fix console documentation generation ¹
• Fix direction-dependent avatar landing behaviours ¹
• Fix crashes from pfLocalizationDataMgr ¹
• Enable SSE3 matrix optimizations for better rendering performance ^{1 2 3}
• Allow notify messages to store integers ^{1 2}
• Improve ResManager page lookup performance ¹
• Improve localization handling ^{1 2}
• Add language selection to login form ^{1 2}
• Remove hardcoded list of display resolutions ^{1 2 3}
• Fix random seeding for randomized SDL variables ¹
• Fix Relto bookshelf for players with large KI numbers ¹
• Improve crash reporting with minidumps ^{1 2 3}
• Rewrite GameScore ^{1 2}
• Client window flashing on new KI messages ^{1 2}
• Allow clickables to function while sitting or AFK ¹
• Fix DST handling and try to patch system clock exploits ^{1 2 3}
• Tab-completion for names in KI chat ^{1 2}
• Add basic clipboard functionality ^{1 2}
• Improve connection reliability with the GameSrv ¹
• Fix some camera stack issues ¹
• Delete several unused modules ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}
• Fix a file descriptor leak ¹
• Re-fix login hashing algorithms for MOULa ^{1 2}
• Support PNG images in Vault blobs and Python loading ¹
• Remove the framerate restriction ¹
• Fix StartUp dialog with no player selected ¹
• Fix some visual glitches with the Nexus GUI ^{1 2}
• Set default full-screen resolution to match current desktop resolution ¹
• Various console fixes ^{1 2 3 4}
• Improve Unicode support across the engine ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}
• Fix Relto books not remembering the last open page ¹
• Modernize integer standard types and malloc usage ¹
• Fix key binding with Enter/Return key ¹
• Rewrite subworld handling for Gahreesen gear ¹
• Fix Python script encoding for non-English languages ¹
• Include plLocalizationEditor ¹
• Fix some PhysX issues ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}
• Refactor patching to improve performance ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Fix for 1 frame of untextured avatar when switch 1^st/3^rd person cameras ¹
• Refactor pfSecurePreloader to improve local file support ¹
• Show error message if resource.dat is missing ¹
• More fixes to enable cross-platform building of parts of the codebase ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}
• Enable compiling the plFontConverter tool ¹
• Increase allowable sequence prefix range ¹

2011

• Fix for exiting subworlds ¹
• ResManager file I/O performance improvements ¹
• Support for PlasmaMax on 3DS Max 2012 ¹
• Start fixing 32-bit assumptions for eventual 64-bit support ¹
• Open-source relicensing (GPLv3 + exceptions) ^{1 2 3}
• Fix for inconsistent keyboard input states ¹
• Fix for incorrect handling of Child Age links ¹
• Fix for the resolution list in the Options menu ¹
• Support local PNG files in Journals ¹
• Fix building several other tool projects ¹
• Remove potentially unlicensed Microsoft code ¹
• More general code cleanups, build system cleanups, and config simplication ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}
• Fix the initial window size in windowed mode ¹
• Re-enable changing the game language ¹
• Allow the mouse cursor to leave the window ¹
• Replace cursor bitmaps with dynamically generated PNGs from SVG sources at build-time ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Add plClientResMgr and resource.dat to move cursors out of EXE resources ^{1 2}
• Add PNG image support ^{1 2}
• Support for 64-bit time_t structure ¹
• Pixel-align cursors (and other plates) when drawing to the screen ¹
• Support for Python packages within the Python pak using PEP 302 import hooks ¹
• Various Python and KI fixes ^{1 2}
• Unicode keypress and chat support ^{1 2 3}
• Bridge the OpenUru and H'uru repos ¹
• Fix data type issues in hsMatrix44 getData/setData ¹
• Fix potentially uninitialized value in pfGUIListBoxMod ¹
• Rewrite audio caching to be threaded and not depend on DSound and Win32-specific APIs ^{1 2 3}
• Fix KI Photos saving an invalid JPEG files ¹
• Fix animated detector regions not animating ¹
• Screen incoming network messages to improve client security ¹
• Enable logging in external release builds ¹
• Replace hand-rolled encryption implementation with OpenSSL ¹
• Fix assert errors from hsBounds in debug builds ¹
• Some low-hanging fruit code fixes for cross-platform support ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}
• Fix tab-completion in the console ¹
• Made some Vault operations asynchronous ¹
• Fix compiling with Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition
• Split server.ini console handling out into pfConsoleCore project
• Fix crashing from custom avatars ^{1 2}
• Fix compiling the PlasmaMax plugin for 3DS Max 8 and 2011
• Replace WinHTTP with cURL to fetch the server banner message ^{1 2}
• Change log/photo storage from "My Documents" to the AppData folder ¹
• Add /ServerIni argument to the client and launcher
• Add console commands to set server keys and IP addresses (server.ini)
• Remove bundled SDK dependencies
• Redo the file/folder structure to bring Plasma to the top level
• Remove broken NumLock handling input code ¹
• Various fixes to compile the up-to-date Windows and DirectX 9 SDKs
• Replace Visual Studio project files with CMake project generator
• Support building with newer versions of Python 2.x
• Various code correctness fixes to make the codebase compile under Visual Studio 2010