News/2014

Monthly update for February, 2014

• General
  • Lots of code refactoring.
  • UI2 - reworked aircraft panel
  • UI2 - reworked HUD functions
  • Adjustments in AI code.
  • Improved pathfinding code - rerouting for stacked tiles (city2 -40%, mansion_huge -10%
  • Increased MAX_OBJDEFS by two.
  • Implemented FR #5277 (Extend debug info about alien´s inventory/encumbrance)
• Translations
  • Updated German translation
• Bugs
  • Fixed bug #5235 (Crash when trying to max researchers in non researchable tech).
  • Fixed a bug in the AI code that was causing the AI to always pick the last entity possible as target.
  • Fixed dependencies in debian/control for newer deb-based distributives.
• Campaign
  • Implemented FR #4939 (Move aircraft being transfered out from source base so it does not affect capacity checks).
  • Changed option text in aircraft menu to "_Soldiers & Pilots".
  • Fixed possible problem with aliens never equipping Kerrblades.
  • Allow auto-equip to put a weapon in the backpack as last option.
  • Some minor fixes and improvments in equipment definitions.
  • Removed "Soldier entered/left the rescue zone" message.
• Maps
  • Some minor fixes in harbour2 map.
  • Implemented FR #4988 glowmaps for tex_ufo/ textures.
  • Map [mansion] removed door entities to avoid 'strange-lighting' bug.

In total, 178 commits were made in the UFO:AI repository in February.

2014-03-26 — ShipIt

Monthly update for January, 2014

• Battlescape
  • Optimized the routing calculation code (speedup round about 33%)
  • Now misc_mission spawned particles are freed correctly
  • Splash effects for weather particles
  • Basic implementation fo FR #5181 (Indicators for aborted reaction fire)
• General
  • Improved SDL2 fullscreen and resolution handling
  • Updated icon packs and a lot of work on the UI conversion
• Translations
  • Updated German translation
  • Updated English translation
  • Updated Polish translation
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • Updated Russian translation
  • Updated Ukrainian translation
• Bugs
  • Fixed #5235 (Crash when trying to max researchers in non researchable tech)
  • Fixed #5249 (Connection to IRC crashes the game when DEBUG_CLIENT is set)
  • Fixed #5146 (stunnedactor particle isn't shown)
  • Fixed #5200 (Game not paused when enemy in sight moves)
  • Fixed #5262 (Q_vsnprintf spamming)
• Campaign
  • Hire employees by clicking on their heads in base view
  • Added radartower, ufoyard and samsite models to ufopedia
• Skirmish
  • Increased maximum soldiers limit in skirmish
  • Fix alien skirmish counter
• Maps
  • +harbour2 (Some minor fixes in mh_a_09.map)

In total, 168 commits were made in the UFO:AI repository in January.

A lot of work was made in the UI conversion - ensure to check the latest dev build out.

2014-02-15 — mattn