
                             bzflag 1.7 release notes

bzflag 1.7d release 9
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* fixed bug in parsing arguments in bzfls
* fixed reference counting bug in bzfls
* improved win32 config file location (Daniel Leonard)


bzflag 1.7d release 8
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* fixed bug in bzfs that caused the player table to fill up
* fixed bugs in bzfls that left open sockets and leaked memory
* fixed bug in bzfls that could cause one server to be listed multiple times
* made bzfls more picky about format of messages
* added uptime to bzfls statistics
* changed bzfls protocol and bzfs to match
    deliberately not backwards compatible to force upgrades
* gave flag help messsages more space to avoid overlapping target box


bzflag 1.7d release 7
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* added sym link for bzfs in RPM spec file
    can't launch server from client without it
* changed RPM naming scheme to be more standard (now named 1.7d.7)
* fixes for solaris compiler
* fixed tarball make target to include top level directory
* fixes to avoid making OpenGL calls after exiting main
* fixed mix-up between brightness and volume controls on options menu
* fixed busy wait bug in linux sound code
* incremented number of sound chunks on linux and fixed low water mark
* reduced sound latency on linux
* doubled sound volume
* fixes for linux resolution changes (now destroys/recreates OpenGL contexts)
* workaround for accelerated glx preventing screen redraw after exit
* added -3dfx and -no3dfx bzflag options to set/unset MESA_GLX_FX


bzflag 1.7d release 6
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* now allows user to configure a non-optimized build (e.g. make linux-noopt)
* added tarball make target to gather source tree into a tarball
* modified spec file for RPM packaging (Tim Riker)
* more sound fixes
    now always writes sound even when silent (which simplifies things)
    now handles failure of SNDCTL_DSP_SETFRAGMENT
    BZF_NOAUDIO_POST env var disables latency workaround when SETFRAGMENT fails
    fixed bug that caused some truncated chunks
* video format menu now uses multiple pages if lots of formats
* now ungrabs mouse on pause and grabs on resume (if grabbing)
* players now drop a team flag when pausing (prevents a cheat)
* made some readouts more readable at low resolution (changed font)
* changes to bzfs to make it more robust against network errors
* fixed bzfs messages to bzfls (was only ever sending ADD messages)
* bzfls now keeps traffic statistics (SIGUSR2 dumps to /var/tmp/bzfls.cnt)
* added man pages for bzfls and bzfrelay


bzflag 1.7d release 5
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* now allows user to configure a debug build (e.g. make linux-i386-debug)
* cleaned up some compiler warnings
* fixed silliness in PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR stuff in win32
* fixed multicasting support
* fixed sound volume bug (reset to zero in config if quit when paused)
* fixed handling of window close under X windows
* fixed several serious bugs in sound filtering
    coordinate system was totally wrong
    various calculations were incorrect
* improved sound support on linux and got sound working on linux ppc
* improved stereo panning filtering
    new transfer function does better directional attenuation
* added inter-aural delay to enhance stereo separation
* added support for brightness control (i.e. gamma correction)
    only available on PseudoColor or DirectColor visuals under X
    only available on win32 if using colormap or SetDeviceGammaRamp() works
* added custom visual choosing algorithm on X (to prefer DirectColor over True)
    making it more likely to get a gamma correctable visual
* added support for destroying/recreating OpenGL context on-the-fly
    required to support dynamic video format chaning on win32
* support for dynamic changing of video format on xfree86 and win32
    removed startup format picker on win32 -- change format through options
* improved integration with win32 desktop (alt-tab, screen saver, etc.)
    minimizes on loss of focus;  disables annoying key sequences
* config file on win32 now saved in a consistent location


bzflag 1.7d release 4
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* changed LICENSE to the GNU GPL version 2
* server can now register itself with multiple list servers
* client can now check multiple list servers at once
* bzfls can now dump server list to a file (using USR1)
* bzfls can now bootstrap server list from a file
* now truncates descriptions that are too long;  was rejecting server
* fixed ref count bug in bzfls


bzflag 1.7d release 3
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* fixed truncation of server list reads
* fixed menuing bug in find servers when no servers found
* -geometry is no longer ignored for 3Dfx cards
* turned off roaming and snapshoting in non-debug builds
* `-list default' now resets server list url to default
* simplified maintenance of version number
* fixed output from -version on win32
* added window border on win32 when using -window
* re-fixed bzfls query reading-freed-memory bug (regressed somehow)


bzflag 1.7d release 2
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* fixed reading-freed-memory bug in client querying of bzfls
* replaced incorrect use of errno with getErrno()
* fixed bug in ServerLink::read();  now won't try to recv() zero bytes


bzflag 1.7d release 1
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* starting from 1.7c release 2 patch 3
* preliminary support for bzfls, a server for listing bzfs servers
* changed win32 installer to ignore errors when changing the registry
* added extra help output when bzflag can't find font files
* fixed badly matched braces that broke multicast code


bzflag 1.7c release 2 patch 3
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* fixed byte-order problem in bzfrelay (Tim Riker)
* unix portability fix:  replaced cuserid() with getuid() (Erik Andersen)
* now links mesa as GL and GLU to support non-mesa
* fixed bug in linux multicast support


bzflag 1.7c release 2 patch 2
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* final solaris sound support (Andrew White)


bzflag 1.7c release 2 patch 1
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* added solaris to configuration list
* preliminary sound support on Solaris (Andrew White)
* fixed 32 bit dependency;  now works on 64 bit (alpha) linux (Phillip Ezolt)
* added missing entries in irix packaging (some data files)
* added stacked stereo patch (Stea Greene)


bzflag 1.7c release 2
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first official open source release.

* misc. changes for solaris (Bjorn Augustsson)
  * changed u_int* to uint*
  * replaced [ds]rand48() with [s]rand()
  * changed variable name `sun' with 'theSun'
  * changed ioctl FIONBIO to fcntl O_NDELAY
  * changed FNDELAY to O_NDELAY
  * glColor*() are macros;  changed code that took address of function
  * no hstrerror
  * solaris defines SIG_PF
* added unofficial solaris config (Bjorn Augustsson)
  * porting is not complete
  * not included in platform list
* made generic linux config (Phillip Ezolt)
* ifdef'd DEADLINE code for irix
* static/dynamic libaudio fix for irix
* friend class workaround for irix 7.2.1 compilers
* fixed broadcasting and multicasting on linux


bzflag 1.7c release 1
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preliminary open source release.


