BZFlag - Multiplayer 3D Tank Game

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 2.0.4

Notes: This release includes many bug fixes and features, including greatly enhanced graphic performance, server side plug-ins, better HTTP performance, improved game server listing, a new icon, and much more.

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Changes: BZFlag 2.0.4 "Shiny" (2005-09-30) ------------ * Automatic team icon - Sean Morrison, Harry Keller * Fixed server join bug when cached worlds disappear - Sean Morrison * Prevent phantom zoned players from pausing - Sean Morrison * Implemented multiple player hunt - Mark Thomas * Directional keys pressing works, even in joy/mouse mode - Tupone Alfredo * Jitter compensation removed. Too bad behaviour on ME players - Tupone Alfredo * Put spawn params in BZDB to let server owners mod them as needed - Jeff Myers * Fixed ban admin bug - Julio Jimenez * Added /sendhelp command - Mike Weisenborn, Mark Thomas * /ban /hostban take time keywords (short ...) too - Jeff Myers, Alfredo Tupone * Inertia style indicatio no more used - Alfredo Tupone * No more restriction on M (Momentum) flag - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing authentication when changing callsign/password - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing authentication when joining from command-line - Alfredo Tupone * Executing abbreviated server command '*' terminated - Alfredo Tupone * Getting one-line-help on server command '?' terminated - Alfredo Tupone * Fixing bzflag use of system-wide regex (--without-regex) - Alfredo Tupone * Adding destination info to chat message log - Alfredo Tupone * Adding syntax check to duration parameter of ban cmds - Alfredo Tupone * Hud outlines go transparent with the hud panel - Jeff Myers, Daniel Mulford * Better progress info when downloading textures - Garrett Padera, Jeff Myers * Add Quake3 BSP import to modeltool - Jeff Myers * Exit BZFS if -g is used with -mts or -mps - Joshua Rogers * Experimental server colorizing in server list - Frank Thilo * Added sort options to "/replay list" and "/record list" - Mark Thomas * Map mismatch fixed - Alfredo Tupone * Quick server command key works better - Alfredo Tupone * Default server side plugins added to windows build - Jeff Myers * Include web token verification script - Garrett Padera * Fix texture cache on windows. - Jeff Myers * Disallow + or @ as first char of callsign (bzfs) - Mark Thomas * Wait for reverse DNS and authentication to enter game - Alfredo Tupone * Antiban works even on IP number - Alfredo Tupone * Sort lagstat to have non-observer at the bottom - Thomas Stauer * Authentication credential are requested asap - Alfredo Tupone * Allow the use of game device sliders as axes on Windows - Daniel Remenak * Directional force feedback support - Daniel Remenak * New icon and menu arrow - Harry Keller, Jeff Myers * Special effects for many events - Jeff Myers, Daniel Remenak * Server-side plugin API and plugins - Jeff Myers * Join menu displays team icon - Daniel Remenak, Harry Keller * Implemented "-advertise" option for bzfs - Mark Thomas * The url now does not contain the password (sent with POST) - Tupone Alfredo * Fixing Tiny tank shooting from the world edge - Tupone Alfredo * Fixing client requesting lan server on some systems - Tupone Alfredo * Observer are no more hunted - Tupone Alfredo * Added 'Always Show Team Scores' option (GUI Options Menu) - Mark Thomas * Added beautify scores - Julio Jimenez * Added scoreboard sort option - Mark Thomas, Karsten Behrmann * Shots fired over the boundary wall end at the wall - Daniel Remenak * Increase range of radar size setting in GUI Option menu - Mark Thomas * Fixed Menu rendering when radar size is great - Sean Morrison, Mark Thomas * Fixed Linux name resolution (server list) problem - Sean Morrison * Fixed Jitter problem on Windows, clock was wrong - Alfredo Tupone * Windows platform can switch from SDL to native - Alfredo Tupone * Instruction for X-build from linux to windows - Alfredo Tupone * bzflag is much less blocking with libcurl - Alfredo Tupone * Using c-ares instead of adns for DNS resolving - Alfredo Tupone * Added CTF capture event trigger for world weapons - Jeff Myers, Nathan Goings * FlipZ on meshpyrs behaves as expected (like pyramids) - Daniel Remenak * Fixed /set and /reset command case bug - Daniel Remenak * Fixed crash on /ban without -banfile - Daniel Remenak * Shot reload timer on the HUD - Daniel Remenak * Added timestamp to bzfs DEBUG output, and new CL option (-ts) - Mark Thomas * Players without TALK can send to the Admin group - Sean Morrison * Fixed bzfs crash because poll kick/ban - Julio Jimenez * Allow additional group modify permission lines - Frank Evers * bzfs creates default groups before parsing groupdb file - Frank Evers * +ALL and -ALL adds/removes all perms from a group in groupdb - Frank Evers * Support for +,- and ! operators in bzfs' groupdb file - Frank Evers