Engine Testing - 96.0.1-437-g3e85322 (13. May 2014)

[abma]

release candidate #2 for 97.0! (hopefully the last rc, release branch created!)

Changes

only minor changes since rc1:

• All underscore characters display as a 'missing character' box
• UDPListener: allow to connect by hostname instead of just ips
• add new `spring spring://username:passwd@hostname:port` syntax

To make the next release post more interesting i need your help. i want to add screenshots & maybe a video to the release post, current screenshots/text snippets are:
http://springrts.com/wiki/ReleaseNotes:97.0


Changes in Detail:
changelog.txt (is currently the same as for rc1)
git diff last rc to HEAD

no breaking changes known atm since 96.0


Download
See the download page for how to get it.


Bugs

If you find a bugs, please report to Mantis.

Please attach infolog.txt as file, if you crash!

current release (known) blocking bugs no major bug.

[Silentwings]

Looks good :) Although there are still a few things on mantis that would be great to have looked at before a release (I made comments on mantis).

As to breaking changes, I know of one: Spring.GetGameSpeed() is no longer accessible from synced code - for a good reason but it will break any synced gadget that tries to use it.

[dansan]

97.0 CORCOMs

[Jools]

I think if you release this version there will be chaos: I can't for instance:
* Turn buildings
* Draw on map/ put map mark

I'm sure it's somehow possible to get it working by keydebug and get the keysyms from there, and then update uikeys. But why can't it work out of the box? It's not easy for us to assist users that i) may not know where uikeys.txt is located and ii) do not speak well english to accomplish these things.

[Silentwings]

For me all those things do work "out of the box", in both current spring and rc, so I suggest checking you haven't broken your uikeys / related stuff somehow.

[Jools]

Yes, but we probbaly don't have the same keyboard. I have a scandinavian one. I'm glad it works for you though, however that has no relevance for the greater community.

Updated the relevant mantis: http://springrts.com/mantis/view.php?id=4353

[abma]

next rc: http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=32212