Bigwig at 23:07, 17 February 2024

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'''Version 1.4'''
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=== Client & Server Changes ===
* Server admins can no longer kick themselves, this was causing a server crash.
* Team skinning will now test all bitmaps with the team prefix, as opposed to only skinning bitmaps that start with "base.".
* There is now a "generic" OpenGL driver option.
* The server now verifies the client terrain every 30 secs.
* You now recieve "Your team's flag was captured" messages.
* The player is now killed on disconnect (lost connection, or kicked). This fixes several cleanup issues.
* The server "reset on last client" now resets to the next mission instead of always reloading the first mission.
* ELF gun cost reduced from 500 to 125.
* Players can no longer access an inventory station or drop a weapon while they are fireing or reloading.
* A new player console function was added Player::getItemState(imageSlot);
* Client side crash bug related to players going out of scope after dropping items.
* In 1.3, the out of memory dialog box was no longer setting TRIBES into window mode.
* Rendering performance was inproved on the Join Server screen (could get some bad refresh lags)
* Performance improvements for nVidia TNT cards.
* OpenGL & 32 bit desktops. If your graphics card supports 32 bit rendering, then the TRIBES will now run 32 bit accelerated, otherwise the software OpenGL driver is run, which is extremely slow.
* A crash bug related to having shadows turned on while using the Glide drivers has been fixed. This was a bug introdiced in version 1.3.
* Staying connected to IRC while playing the game could cause the client to crash.
* Banning problems introduced in version 1.3 have been fixed.
* A server side crash related to players dropping items then quitting has been fixed.
* The remoteBuyItem() function now properly checks for team item limits.
* OpenGL is now enabled by default, you no longer have to set the $OpenGL::Enabled variable.
* When clients are missing files loaded by the server, an error
* If a client is missing custom files (or missions) loaded by the server, a "missing file" error message now appears during the loading process.
* Clients now get a "connecting to modified server" notice when connecting to servers which have mods loaded. Mod or server operators may set an optional string ($MODInfo) that is appended to the notice.

=== Mission Editor Changes ===
* New mission wizard for creating new missions
* Ability to scene light the current mission from within the editor
* Ability to move and edit mission static lights
* Random terrain generation from within the editor
* User configurable terrain, mission and world types for use in the mission wizard
* Script based landscape generation
* Ability to choose and place terrain textures
* Auto regeneration of command map after leaving editor
* Hotkey support for terrain editor
* Ability to add custom volumes from within the editor
* Ability to create new terrain types through scripts
* Can create a mission or enter the mission editor from the command line

[[Category:Tribes]]{{Starsiege: Tribes/Patch Notes}}

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Bigwig at 23:07, 17 February 2024