Previous Changelog Compendium

Calbiri · Apr 7, 2014

Greetings!

As requested I will begin listing all previous changelogs from now on in this thread. If I fail to update it within a reasonable time of a patch, just send me a quick reminder message and I'll hustle back here to update the list.

Version 0.14 - (News post for this will eventually be removed as it was on the old site)

Here is the full change log (missing a few internal things that are hard to explain):

improved character physics (hopefully no more gliding through lifts)
improved transformation pipeline in physics, so objects no longer fall out of other moving objects if bound (astronaut in gravity falling out of ship)
changed universe rotation system to local rotation of planet sectors
usernames now case insensitive (means, all variations of cases of the same name point to the same account [e.g. "Test", "test", "teSt" all point to the same player save-file, and have the same protection]. Same goes for
white/black lists, as well as admins. It will be applied automatically, so admins won't have to rewrite any files)
fixed crash on recipe (number overflow)
soft migration for block structure to allow for additional orientations. things get migrated as they are loaded, so no version compatibility issues will occur (unless a newly saved blueprint is loaded into an old starmade version).
old->new: ok, new->old: not ok
added additional corners front/back
added additional corners left/right
cleaned up orientation system (confusing bit of code) with migration
spawn_entity command now works from console
built system to automatically include all symmetry options for all new and old shapes
astronauts can now align themselves with a ship by pressing the jump button. the alignment works just like in gravity without actual gravity
improved block-orientation system to remember last selected for each block type
optimized character physics further (100 characters on the same planet from 10 to >200 fps)
fixed lighting not updating all surrounding segments when a block is added/removed
complete redesign of mid level segment data structure into a dynamic octree structure (on top of the existing low level octree)
integrated new structure for more performance in memory, light calculation, physics, simple iteration, etc. (especially on structure with lots of empty space)
fixed ugly little graphical glitch in planet atmosphere
fixed a memory leak that would fill up over a longer time (mostly on clients)
fixed occlusion bug that would cause areas to be brighter when there is non-opaque objects near (flora, glass, etc)
fixed bug that may have cause faction ids to be wrongly set on server restart
fixed bug where case of the names of members in a faction would cause bugs when logged in with a different case
implemented cascading shadow maps with zoom fitted frustum
improved shadow quality and fixed some bugs in the system
implemented shader preprocessor to efficiently handle options and backwards compatibility
fixed bug from new system where single blocks are not updated on server
fixed turrets not being controllable by players
a set-recipe a player buys (coarse/refine) will now refund credits instead of blocks if the recipe cost credits
fixed command auto-complete
added player name auto-complete to all command parameter as well as /pm and /f
improved method to check on modified blueprints (hopefully won't misfire modification)
fixed turret movement in chain docking
turrets no longer reset rotation when entered (and flight mode is used)
made restricted camera (turrets) homogeneous to be much easier to use for advanced application
turret rotation is now persistent (does not reset when turret get loaded after being unloaded)
chain docked objects are no longer excluded from faction home base protection
player movement speed in gravity now independent from look direction
added key for player walking in gravity (default left shift)
implemented multiple texture packs chooser
fixed graphical glitch where stars/sun would be visible on glass/water (or through any other transparent object) even when there is a solid block somewhere in the background
fixed client turret glitching if rotation has been already modified by another client before the client enters a the sector containing the turret
fixed docked structures becoming physical on client when the docking process was not completed yet (major lag)
improved loading times of structures by setting initial sizes of maps from expected data
improved blueprint loading time using a faster method to transfer block connection data
improved general block-block physics collision performance
debug mode no longer stays active when joining a multiplayer game after activating it on single player
fixed faction offer/relation id's possibly colliding leading to random war/peace declarations
added error handling for texture packs (to check if all files are there and if they have the right resolution), so modders get good feedback
added fixed helmet animation triggers
fixed character getting stuck on ceiling when jumping
implemented directional gravity blocks. Players can walk on walls/ceiling
fixed new-block-transmission not generating segments other then 0,0,0
further improved shadow quality (not quite there)
fixed bug that caused clients to have a 5-10 second delay when adding/removing/harvesting blocks or open/closing doors
decreased network overhead by using pure primitives for buffers when applicable
fixed background when using frame-buffer only
implemented signature fetching: clients request a map of what the server knows for sure at the time and the region file is going to be empty. This decreases load times and network overhead because empty segments don't have to be processed in the segment-manager at all. And thanks to the octree system, the update of empty segments takes 0 memory and is very fast
fixed out-of-direct-memory danger for 32-bit java when using texture arrays
fished shadows of characters being falsely frustum culled
fixed method of saving virtual memory (memory outside the heap). Out-Of-Memory crashes on 32-bit systems should now be eliminated
added auto-rotate camera
added gif recorder
chain-docked objects now also in home-base protection (if origin is home-base)
fixed faction home not resetting when removing faction block
added info to track a faction home change (faction news) to track eventual bug causing faction home resets (made that already more robust already, also)
redesigned AI panel
added crew tab
added fleet tab
implemented crew AI control
implemented fabricator animation control
docking beam origin is now currently used cockpit
fixed 6 sided gravity
implemented fabricator to harvest blocks instead of being able to remove at once
added scaling to bone implementation
added rest of the new blocks to the config
fixed bug that would cause brightness on blocks when a ship is exited when using shadows
integrated Luaj libraries for full Lua support
implemented Lua interface
implemented new conversation System
implemented system to create conversations with Lua
implemented networked conversation
fixed block modding tool not to crash when reflection reports non accessible field
improved shadows to not "shine through" far away objects when close up to something else that normally should be shadowed from that far away object
fixed some shader issues for mac-graphics card drivers
added failsafe for path calculation to stop after a threshold is reached
implemented normal maps
fixed source of bugs: on unloading entities were triggered to save twice. one time for the sector unload, and one time on unload of the object itself. This was a source of various random bugs like Objects completely vanishing
fixed characters controlled by players falling of moving objects when in gravity (or in sector change)
implemented skin files
implemented transmission for full skins
removed lag from flying through open doors
further improved physics performance with advanced lookup tables
removed unnecessary non-scaling transformation from physics cube-cube collision process
improved performance of single block-updates by a lot (building, salvaging, opening doors)
reduced lag from load of missiles in one place by a lot
improved A-Star path finding to avoid turning if possible
implemented basic path smoothing
implemented settings sliders
integrated sliders for advanced build mode
advanced build mode size now saved by ship entered
integrated sliders for weapon settings
implemented OAuth2 test communication
server config option for collision damage (damage and physical response is not yet calculated perfectly, but fast block transmission to handle from physics works)
minor physics optimizations
fixed small synch problem with octrees (server didn't apply the data it sent to clients (marking a segment as empty), and since the clients had teh data, empty segments where never requested and therefor checks if a segment has been loaded returned false on the server which sometimes lead to gravity not being applied
fixed several chunk error sources
fixed hidden flag not being updated correctly after docking process
implemented message log
implemented message log filters
implemented message log fast chat (system will place /f for faction chat or "/pm name" automatically if chat is used in message log panel with the according filter selected
fixed lag/bug on docked structures after the object has already loaded in, the server tells the client that the object is physics active
fixed extension error in skin transmission
implemented structure to handle unloaded AI entity for clients (in the future when a controlled entity e.g. fleet is not necessarily fully loaded and has to be simulated in the database)
fixed pirates attacking the NPC character in shops
redesigned AI crew Panel buttons and fixed functionality
added AI settings
implemented basic customizable AI behavior for NPC crew
fixed bug where gravity block cannot be turned off
explosion blocks (disintegrator) now cause chain reaction with each other
explosion blocks (disintegrator) now explode on damage
draw distance no longer an option (calculated over "max segments" now)
navigation filter setting is now saved on the client
fixed migration problem when a sprite style block was activated
fixed bug where object would be displayed from cache after spawning if before an object with the same name was deleted
buying from catalog with blocks now includes value of docked ships
if not enough blocks to buy from catalog, a list of total blocks needed will be sent to the player (using new chatlog panel to view)
core can now be entered on the same ship if someone already is in the build block
now skipping docked structures that are already occupied when up/down was pressed in flight mode
fixed bug where would not be able to pick up core as astronaut
fixed docking beam not resetting to core when cockpit changed to core
auto-completion of player name not puts right case
auto-completion of player name now works outside of commands
docking on faction base with faction exception will no longer change faction of the docked ship
possible fix for AI not firing on turrets
fixed bug where cache would be considered newer even if object has been modified in absence
fixed mass calculation in docking situations
fixed build orientation arrow
fixed bug where docking zone is not drawn in build-mode when the ship itself is docked
fixed possible crash in shutdown
fixed shield hit effect
home-base protection now extends to all docked ships (e.g. if faction permission block was used)
ship indicators of docked ships are now again displayed in structure (in build mode)
fixed missile sector positioning for new system
immensely decreased lag from loading in big structures with a lot of usable blocks (weapons etc) by first eliminating an unnecessary network transmission, using a better data structure in the grouping algorithm, and removing an unefficient exception
changed faction_create to include name of initial member, and added faction_create_as to also include faction Id to create faction as (useful when importing sectors)
fixed several bugs that might cause a crash of the lighting threads
fixed synchronization bug that lead to crash or other glitches when re-requesting segments (missile battles)
Turret/ship AI no longer engages targets in invisibility mode
fixed freeze on faulty transformation orientation
fixed narrow-octree invalidation by repeatedly removing the same position
AI now shoots on turrets
improved AI engagement behavior
improved menu vs in-game activity behavior
reorganized initial items a bit and added helmet
fixed exploding block update not triggering
fixed stations not being collectible by faction members
faction owned blocks can now be activated by docking beam of a ship without a faction signature, but being flown by the pilot of that faction
fixed missile head graphics
increased maximal number of missile trails
further decreased lag from missiles
improved long term performance of server by fixing a bug that could possibly prevent sector from unloading (even if players are no longer present)
fixed clustering of shops (for newly generated sectors)
implemented personal enemies of factions
made personal enemies of factions consistent
added GUI options for personal enemies of factions consistent. Editable if the rank of the faction member has permission to edit
attack on hostile action now will add a non-faction-player to the personal enemies, and no longer consider all neutrals enemies
fixed naming in AI dialog
added option to rehire/discharge AI by dialog
filled in some shop employee dialog
implemented buttons light up on mouse over (used in dialog options to make navigation easier on the eyes)
fixed AI exception (caused by another bugfix)
used chance for migration to set all 3-sided (e.g. grass patches) blocks as TOP orientation in preparation for them to be able to be rotated in any direction
fixed texure bug for some graphics cards (mac)
fixed possible server block service hang-up when placing auto-connected blocks like disintegrator (ty tominosama)
implemented texture compression
improved graphics memory cleanup function
improved physics performance by removing lag from removing calculation after microscopic fluctuations of object positions
fixed crash from pressing tab on some dialog text entries
added player name auto-complete to text input panels that require player names
added advanced options to deal with possible graphics driver bugs (compression, and mipmap options)
improved synchronization of server segment requests to hopefully get rid of physical chunk errors (those that won't go away after restart and cache clear)
fixed migration crash when trying to migrate block type that is not known in the block config (custom blocks)
compressed inventory-changed transmission for factory blocks to be more scalable
fixed AI error (FSMException) on servers
fixed bug that would cause crash on startup (ResourceException)
improved segment sorter to be more thread safe
fixed bug where player character could be considered neutral for a short time. player character now set faction id to player's faction id before spawning
fixed bug where sector information would not be updated correctly in sql database (causing protection mode of sector not to save, re-spawning asteroids etc)
added mining effect
improved responsiveness of all beams
hopefully fixed crash from sorting factions by relation in teh faction hub panel
implemented procedurally generated background (still a little slow, can be turned on in the in-game options)
fixed crash on loading shop AI skin (NullPointer)
inserted more tests to find a specific bug causing a gl exception
switched to regular textures for better compression and mipmap handling (some graphics card threw OUT_OF_MEMORY, despite having plenty on using compressed texture arrays)
decreased texture size of ultra quality shadows (not noticeable, but cuts memory consumption in half)
implemented adapting procedural backgrounds in different qualities (resolution. Please note that some graphics cards don't support 4096)
fixed NullPointer crash when joining multiplayer in the vicinity of an NPC player
fixed jiggling when traveling in docked ship or turret
slightly optimized object position transmission to reduce data that has to be sent on update
fixed crash when system tries to draw floating item that doesn't exist
added (probably) final vertex component mask for cube shader
added correct normals for wedges
added correct normals for corners
added correct normals for penta
added correct normals for tetra
fixed GL_INVALID_OPERATION Error happening in build mode. Happened when using multi-sampled frame buffers and reading pixels from it (in advanced build mode to check for mouse position)
improved lighting
reduced green color in procedural backgrounds
implemented admin-command "/delay_save seconds" for server admins to safely create backups. Make sure to wait a bit after using this command since in case there are running write requests, they will continue to run and finish.
(/delay_save 0 will turn the delay off immediately)
fixed possible server crash on invalid docking update
fixed object being declared as modified blueprint after it already has fully spawned (and then blocks where added afterwards)
fixed gravity bug where player would already be in velocity when activating the gravity block
fixed gravity (pointing somewhere other than downwards) warping the player to a seemingly random position
fixed glitching of active object when astronaut gets suddenly thrown out of an object(e.g. /destroy_entity was used on a ship with a player in it)
in case of emergency shutdown (forced termination from outside by an admin) the database will no longer attempt to compact itself (as that may under rare circumstances cause corruption)
fixed gravity bug where player would suddenly be put out of gravity. Also made some gravity blocks look like they weren't working at all (since it was instantly stopped). Gravity lifts should now finally be usable
added gradient to advanced build mode block preview
added extra alpha for block preview in advanced build mode, so that blocks that are completely transparent cans till be easily seen
improved lighting for back-shading being better handled with block light
fixed shadow not working in the last version
improved lighting for block light to illuminate shadowed areas better
fixed crash in sun sectors with shadows (light was at zero pos)
included tolerance for modified blueprints (server.cfg). New version blueprints should be more resilient against falsely triggering blueprint modification. Still, please make sure the object is fully loaded before saving a blueprint
kupu updated normal maps further
fixed build box flickering when trying to build in build mode on a moving object
fixed bug in recursive price calculation of blueprints+docked
fixed normal/bump mapping (some wrong vectors caused the lighting to change, and the bump look wrong)
improved self-illumination of light source blocks
fixed shaders for some graphics card (ATI (mostly mac ones))
fixed further 'vector-zero-length' exception
when GUI is disabled, indicators in build mode are no longer drawn
settings no longer reset to default if one setting is no longer valid
using bitwise operations on shader for graphics cards that support them (small fps boost for those cards)
fixed crash when more then one item is sold to a player shop at a price of 0 credits (divide by zero)
fixed crash when recording screenshot or give with frame-buffers and anti-aliasing activated (still minor bug with white background on screenshot)
improved error response when shadows are not supported on a graphics cards
fixed crash when in rotating cam mode and changing sectors
fixed occasional crash in cubatom panel when dragging from hotbar
put in some extra debug info to find the GL_INVALID_OPERATION that is happening on some cards
fixed one more GL_INVALID_OPERATION crash on 100% (on some graphics cards)
reduced memory consumption in several places
decreased consumption from lots of small groups of usable blocks
decreased consumption from control structure
improved control structure performance by using unified indexing data structure a lot better to handle in collections
fixed light shining through closed doors
implemented "lighten" mode for advanced build mode (makes blocks brighter)
fixed "NullPointerException: Exception: REQUESTED TYPE 0 IS NULL" client crash (happened when a block-connection came in too late after the source was already removed)
improved bulk-block-connection function to be more scalable and faster
(hopefully) fixed [KINEMATICCONTROLLER][UPDATEACTION] Exception possibly crashing the server on sector change in some situations
fixed faction protection from personal salvage beam
fixed NullPointer from AI trying to walk on object that no longer exists
fixed sudden change of background when changing systems (needs testing)
fixed huge video memory consumption when using high res procedural backgrounds with multi-sample (couldn't even start on powerful machines)
fixed mouse inversion when control is pressed
fixed crash when trying to talk to an NPC that has no affinity
fixed crash when using texture arrays
fixed server crash when update for a not existing network object comes in (after the object was deleted). It's normally already caught, but the debug message actually caused the crash in some situations
fixed server crash/freeze when a hacked old blueprint was uploaded to a server
added security that on other positions so the same method of getting the server to freeze can't be used there
fixed chunk error problem
added separate selling price and buying price for every shop
implemented abstract controller support
implemented controller custom axis support
implemented controller custom button support
implemented abstract system to apply the same system as for keyboard to any controller
implemented controller button duplication check
implemented controller saving
implemented controller loading
implemented individual controller axis sensivity
improved GUI a bit: no more moving when keys pressed in some menus; no more firing weapons when deactivating menus (might still be some menus missing to be included)
prevented OS from giving initial value for controllers (rotation when starting until controller touched)
integrated controller into camera system
implemented remote debug system to check on raw server positions
removed sector physics mirroring from sectors to a planet and vice versa (physics glitches possible, but will take care of possible heavy lag and random warps, until better solution found)
structure panel now available for any usable structure
fixed some missiles not showing up
fixed GUI texture compression (washed out GUI textures)
fixed a accuracy problem in segment sorting (small alpha errors on transparent blocks can still occur)
removed unaffected segments within missile blast radius from missile block update (missile performance)
missile damage now sends segment update directly instead of issuing re-requests on client (faster update when missile hits & better synchronization)
fixed possible bug in updating whole segments when missiles hit (collections (ship properties) not updating correctly)
implemented system in the pre-light calculation system to handle angles
fixed bug where on server restart an entry would reset to being enemy usable even it was turned off before
optimization in several areas (network protocol, group calculation, light calculation)
fixed another bug in segment sorting (distance was not calculated to the middle but the corner)
moved segment/chunk impact to synchronized chunk revalidating instead of doing it threaded (no gain in doing that except synch issues). This will hopefully take care of a lot sources of bug, like the mass being calculated wrong and several others that could happen absolutely randomly
fixed minor source of bugs: initially newly loaded objects had no way to know their sector for one update when the object was updated before the data was inserted as a network object. Bypassing that now for the server to check directly
right mouse click on docking beam now ignores activatable blocks (doors)
maxDrawnSegments can now be changed ingame without problems, and with correct cleaning up (problem was always to get all threads to either finish or stop at a point where they don't currently own mesh themselves)
categorized and reordered options GUI
fixed a cause of server disconnects (tried to change an object on server that no longer existed. Could happen when the server removed the object and the change didn't yet reach the client)
fixed crash when changing options
further optimized lighting calculations for faster segment(chunk) loading
fixed server crash when replacing only empty segment on a structure
fixed server NullPointer when projectiles fly in inactive sector
increased diffuse lighting
fixed data problem when generating new planets (discovered due to the synch update of earlier patch)
optimized block collection calculation to faster ditch requested updates from removed objects in the queue
new drawing optimization should improve display performance of blocks by ~10% (depending on graphics card/driver. Fallback available to switch and customize optimization) using bigger Vertex Buffer Objects and dynamically allocating and filling them reduces costly openGL calls since multiple chunks can be drawn from the same buffer context (drawback: more video RAM overhead due to fragmentation, but does not scale)
"file does not exist" should no longer spam log on multiplayer (skin files that cannot be sent will stop trying after the 5th time)
inventory slot merge may be fixed (synchronization issue)
fixed NPC-Command menu not working when exiting ship in build mode
fixed personal enemies of faction not working
personal shop buy/sell permission now working
fixed bug with collection not updating on block removal (e.g. weapons keep working even if all the weapon blocks got removed or shot off)
faction members can now salvage faction home in astronaut mode
fixed possible deadlock (server freeze) when writing universe data
fixed bug where both inventory stacks of the same type would vanish when trying to merge and the sum of both exceeds the maximum stack size
possible fix for frame-buffer error happening on some hardware when using shadows
fixed another inventory merge bug (when changing slots while server is still subtracting blocks from building)
personal shop permission should now cover all shopping transactions
fixed AI not shooting at objects
fixed serverAI transmission not being in synch (lead to heavy rubberbanding and server/client position differences of AI ships)
fixed permissions to edit AI config (admins can now edit objects by selecting them and open the AI control panel)
fixed possible source for segment(chunk) errors: server took re-requests of segments which hints at a synch error
fixed serious server bug, where in case a sector was loaded while saving (inactive sector becomes active again), there could be a several bugs (foremost docked ships undocking without reason)
fixed bug where docked object were not hittable by missiles
fixed eject from enterable block when block gets destroyed
fixed core overheating timer when core destroyed by missile
added another texture pack from kupu
added some character model fixes from omni
reactivated head tilting (only without helmet)
fixed bug in animation structure where deactivated animation would prevent other animations

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Calbiri