0.57 changelog

Ace of Spades Beta 0.57

-new weapon: shotgun

-rifle and SMG accuracy increased

-added player ping to TAB list

-added hit indicators

-kill messages report weapon used

-ability to add server admins

-in-game kick/ban ability for admins

-ability to permaban players

-chat flood prevention

-server-side fog color commands

-address/link generated by server

-ESC exits chat



Ace of Spades Beta 0.54

-new weapon - sub-machine gun

-new votekick system

-frame limiter bumped to 60fps

-much higher raycasting precision (no more radar rings)

-ironsight recoil implemented

-server-side physics and hit verification

-fixed packet queuing

-greater memory allocation for larger maps

-reduced CPU usage with the Sleep command



Ace of Spades Beta 0.52

-IP address lookup fixed

-better autoclimb smoothing on other players

-don't autoclimb when looking down

-fixed disconnects on map win



Ace of Spades Beta 0.51

-added autoclimb smoothing

-minimap zoomed out a bit

-performance optimizations

-server-side grenade ammo count fixed

-color palette fix

-3rd-person pickaxe animation fixed

-exposed map edge fixes



Ace of Spades Beta 0.5

-server IP range connection fix (thanks matpow2)

-color palette is more evenly distributed

-grenade world damage fix

-caplimit is now properly sent to clients

-timer precison increased

-climb speed reduced (more adjustments to come)



Ace of Spades Beta 0.49

-added anti-grief for all weapon types

-don't show self-kills as teamkills

-fixed health not shown with spade

-autoclimb disabled when crouched



Ace of Spades Beta 0.48

-added autoclimb for 1-block steps

-added brief friendly fire against diggers on your side of the map

-added mouse invert option to configuration

-added capture limits (check config file)

-added new ironsights

-ironsight image drawn behind HUD

-grenades are less bouncy

-fixed teamchat in caps

-only show HUD Weapons on switch

-another floating block detection fix

-increased frame limiter

-jump height increased

-floating blocks cleared on map initialization

-player points synced up with server

-server-side ammo sync fixes

-server-side range checks on digging



Ace of Spades Beta 0.47

-floating block fix

-unexposed map edge fix



Ace of Spades Beta 0.46

-fixed name bug

-fixed map generator missing voxels



Ace of Spades Beta 0.45

-added minimap

-new weapon/tool models with higher resolution and better lighting

-new ironsight png (allows scopes)

-increased grenade throw distance

-default resolution reduced to 800x600

-restored rifle block damage

-server-side ammo count fix

-fixed grenade damage after death

-volume now adjustable when dead

-fixed bug in floating block detection

-fixed occasional no respawn bug

-server-side sanity checks on map edits

-default install directory changed to avoid UAC issues

-getcube function now works properly

-reduced grenade bandwidth usage

-color of map grid changed

-map grid spacing is now even

-better handling of exposed map edges in-game



Ace of Spades Beta 0.42

-fixed map radar bug

-fixed image tearing on fast rotation (may fix potential crash)



Ace of Spades Beta 0.41

-vxl folder added to installer

-version fix test



Ace of Spades Beta 0.4

-added VOXED map editor

-servers can load custom maps

-F1 will save a map from in-game

-added map grid

-drop live grenades on death

-gunhit sould restored

-fixed chat with caps lock

-map loading done all in memory

-more bounds checking on array indices

-fixed queued up lag kills

-added more server-side cheat detection



Ace of Spades Beta 0.36

-fixed infinite ammo exploit

-moved more variables server-side

-added automatic banning for certain exploits

-changed command post restocking behavior

-temporarily disabled rifle block damage



Ace of Spades Beta 0.35

-votekicks and admin kicks include a temporary ban

-added more fun anti-cheat stuff

-reduced some unnecessary memory allocation

-jump doesn't repeat

-reuse temorary memory locations



Ace of Spades Beta 0.33

-fixed broken names



Ace of Spades Beta 0.32

-added download progress bar

-testing more dynamic bandwidth management

-slight optimization to map icon drawing



Ace of Spades Beta 0.31

-fixed connection issue from faulty player counts



Ace of Spades Beta 0.3

-using safer map memory allocation (should fix some server crashes)

-admins can now kick players (more controls coming)

-improved resolution and sight picture of ironsights

-using better map compression

-master server attempts to filter out misconfigured servers

-using ironsights improves accuracy

-only jumping will drop ironsights

-updated game fonts

-fixed bug in intel height determination

-positioned intel correctly on player

-modified HTTP IP request

-allchat messages shown in lighter color

-error message when trying to launch client without command args



Ace of Spades Beta 0.26

-using safer string copying functions



Ace of Spades Beta 0.25

-implemented votekicking (type /votekick id# in chat)

-added anticheat

-implemented data collection for future master ban list

-tried to minimize view sway

-added some connection tests before adding a server to list

-added latency times to serverlist

-server updates with master more frequently



Ace of Spades Beta 0.22

-added packet corruption checks to prevent crashes

-attempt to send map out in chunks

-implemented transfer window size limits

-reworded some error messages

-must be on rifle to reload

-fixed minor player model warping at some angles



Ace of Spades Beta 0.21

-added game version checks



Ace of Spades Beta 0.2

-tweaked terrain generation

-players now face the enemy side on spawn

-Resolution can now be set in Config file

-Default resolution changed to 1024x768

-fixed teamchange suicide button

-fixed disappearing intel on teamchange

-team scores now sent across network

-fixed occasional mini-spade or mini-pickaxe

-grenade pin sound is now positional

-other players now make spade dig sound

-occasional crouch animation corruption fixed

-enemy CP no longer shown on map

-potential HTTP IP Request fix

-ironsights now checksummed

-player models checked for correct dimensions

-fixed handling of client quit in entry screen



Ace of Spades Beta 0.1

-wrote fast player clipping with unstuck code

-added realistic player movement/crouching/jumping/sneaking

-fixed clock timer issues with friction and acceleration/velocity

-rewrote floating block detection with 6-connectivity and special case breaks

-added gravity and falling damage

-added block damage memory

-added pickaxe

-added spade

-added semi-auto rifle (with ironsights)

-added grenades

-added block placement

-added color palette and world color sampling (right-click!)

-added stance/movement dependent recoil for weapons

-removed png sky code (dynamic sprite skies coming soon!)

-general optimizations (precalculations and multiplies to bit shifts)

-added original game sounds

-added original game models

-added smooth animation system for player models

-disabled mousewheel smoothing (unnecessary and causes control issues)

-implemented efficient debris/grenade bouncing code (no estnorm() or cansee() calls)

-added frame limiter (allows sound system breathe)

-time synced more events to framerate

-added zoom to sighted weapons

-added grenade priming

-more accurate grenade bouncing

-added grenade world/player damage

-implemented fast drawsquarefill()

-rewrote view frustrum culling within game code to cut down animation calcs

-implemented ammo counters and reloading (mining blocks gives you more)

-remove ammoless weapons from HUD

-reduced mapsizes to 512x512x64 (faster downloads, better gameplay)

-added real-time in-game map

-player/teamates/structures shown on map

-moved rendering code after game code (fixes some lag)

-lots of negative truncation fixes (including glpos.z)

-rewrote game movement/animation code with networking compatibility

-more accurate centroid calculation for floating pieces

-skip fog calculations for HUD elements

-added command posts that give health and ammo

-game is now always active (can't pause multiplayer)

-upgraded to Ken's latest winmain layer (evaldraw)

-enabled some optimizations (16-bit color and windowed modes are out)

-rewrote drawline2d without any floating point math

-position and orientation precision reduced to float (reduce network traffic)

-using cpu vars and functions from winmain

-adjusted DirectSound variables to game scale

-CTF gamemode added

-implemented efficent sprite hitscanning based on bounding boxes

-added vxl map wraparound

-handled case where unexposed vxls are visible on map edges

-added tracer rounds

-added more 3rd person-animations

-also blood

-rewrote setcolumn functions with optimizations and wrap-around

-added chat bar

-implemented dynamic terrain/player lighting based on ambient occlusion

-entire codebase converted strictly into C

-allocated more variables on the stack rather than heap (please report any stack overflows)

-settings stored/loaded in config file

-tighter memory allocation

-fixed boundary condition in circular arrays

-decoupled rendering code for server implementation

-restructered source so server and client share base code

-integrated with master server

-added installer

-disabled key commands when in chat mode

-server applies same color jitter as client now