Engine Testing - 99.0-RC6

[abma]

sixth release-candidate for 99.0! delay between RCs decreases, thats a good sign! :)

all major issues which have been found since rc-5 are fixed. please test as its possible the last release candidate!

Changes

• again fix a lot of bugs
• fix bomberdropper
• SpringCam: add config tag to default disable camera rotate on screen edge
• SpringCam: fix camera shifting when zooming into an underwater position
• Add Lua.callRules, Lua.callUI to JavaOO

Changes in Detail:
changelog.txt
git diff last rc to HEAD


Download
See the download page for how to get it.

Screenshots
If you have a good screenshot of the development version, please add it to release notes on the wiki so it can be used in the release notes of spring 99.0!

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.

[PepeAmpere]

Looks promising. Im looking forward stable build with no major issue for few years. Will test it more deeply tommorow.

[Silentwings]

Split discussion of antinuke flyover issues to viewtopic.php?f=12&t=33590.

[hokomoko]

Units currently don't fire at water.
I assume the weapons try to fire on the sea floor instead of the surface.

[raaar]

0004812: ship transports unload multiple units over each other and collision is broken

0004813: gunships stop mid-air and start vibrating

[Google_Frog]

Sure, if we're posting stuff that we have already posted to mantis:
Units can't force fire at water (what hokomoko said but already reported)
Bombers with secondary weapons fail.

Is the gunship mid air vibration just caused by repair pads? If so are repair pads particularly important for gunships? You could disable gunships landing on repair pads modside.

[PepeAmpere]

Is the gunship mid air vibration just caused by repair pads?

No, this was investigated a lot and it was never fixed properly (landing issues on empty objects for instance). Also there is some desync between jK's git version and the one which is used for releases, because my tickets for the same bug get closed ("not able to repro"). It repeats last few engine versions releases.

[Silentwings]

You have the option to re-open your bug reports and post a new demo, if you believe a bug is still present.

[Google_Frog]

I have reported three more bugs which are probably related to the aiming and projectile changes.

Edit: And suddenly they are fixed.

[abma]

aww, i forgot to announce to collect screenshots.

did anyone make screenshots with spring 98.0.1-* which looks good? (added to first post, too)

https://springrts.com/wiki/ReleaseNotes:99.0

[Google_Frog]

I took screenshots with 98.0.1-451 for ZK release notes. Does that count?

[Google_Frog]

I saw the speed propaganda
and made a less ugly version
with a speed factor of 56.5 between the slow and fast unit.

[Floris]

Still prefer the old speed propaganda pic.....

Models are clearer. Better use of perspective. No ugly particle effect. (Sup with the large particle interval/gaps) Not including 'Spring' in text. Completely different type of unit, its not that of a change. Only thing the old pic could have is shadows and a subtle Depth of Field effect.

Not that I care or anything....

[hokomoko]

Shadows, I have no idea how to make depth of field

[Silentwings]

Here's the depth of field widget (which I only heard about thanks to Floris) http://imolarpg.dyndns.org/trac/balates ... fx_dof.lua

[hokomoko]

[hokomoko]

Not sure which is better, just pick your favourite.

[Anarchid]

I'm somewhat confused by the terminology of an RC here because it seems that refactorings and even features keep seeping into the branch.

[raaar]

Pictures of cans and zippers...

Do we have quantitative measurements on how much has it really improved?

Does it matter that much? Imo crash/desync fixes, new features, bug fixes and more important.

We could probably boost the performance of BA significantly by increasing the costs of the cheapest units and making them stronger to compensate. I've seem people spamming fleas late game to lag other players out of the game. That and tweaking down some of the weapon effects. When a nuke explodes my framerate drops dramatically.

[abma]

Do we have quantitative measurements on how much has it really improved?

test it yourself! it depends on what/how you are testing. some numbers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... aCvxepWvCE

Does it matter that much? Imo crash/desync fixes, new features, bug fixes and more important.

depends on the point of view. interestes of game devs / players can be very different. for new people coming to springrts.com screenshots are very important.

We could probably boost the performance of BA significantly by increasing the costs of the cheapest units and making them stronger to compensate. I've seem people spamming fleas late game to lag other players out of the game. That and tweaking down some of the weapon effects. When a nuke explodes my framerate drops dramatically.

thats 100% off-topic, ask in the BA forum if you are interested. this thread is about the release-candidate 6.