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BZFlag 2.4.6

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Release Name
"Eight, Our Codebase is Overweight"

Change Summary

This release consists of a few new features for clients and fixes issues on Windows 10 with AMD drivers.

  • Plug-in documentation has been rewritten and updated to be more user-friendly
  • RogueGenocide plug-in now defaults to ignoring self-kills
  • Fixes to keypad keys when using SDL2; they are now handled correctly
  • Timestamps can now be saved with /savemsg using the '-t' option; e.g. '/savemsg -t'
  • View timestamps of when console messages were sent, can be configured through Options > GUI Settings > Timestamps in console
  • New cycleRadar and cyclePanel key bindings were added

Change Log

  • regFlag plugin now uses bz_eAllowFlagGrab event - Scott Wichser
  • RogueGenocide plugin defaults to ignoring rogue self-kills - Scott Wichser
  • Standardize and update the documentation for bundled plugins - Scott Wichser
  • Add bz_getRandomPoint to API - Vladimir Jimenez
  • Correctly handle the keypad keys with SDL2 - Jeff Makey, Scott Wichser
  • Implement SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH spec in our autoconf system to work towards reproducible builds - Scott Wichser, Jeff Makey
  • Include a timestamp in the /savemsgs output filename - Scott Wichser
  • Added -t option to /savemsgs to add timestamps to messages - Scott Wichser
  • Added a GUI option to show timestamps on the messages - Scott Wichser
  • For SDL2, restore the original gamma on exit and reapply desired gamma on window recreation - Scott Wichser
  • Use SDL2 on Windows for the window/display management - Scott Wichser
  • Remove hiddenAdmin plugin - Vladimir Jimenez
  • Add a cycleRadar and cyclePanel key binding command - Joshua Bodine

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