Latest build of 'master' branch

Changes in 3.6

3.6 merges 3.2 and the un-released 3.5 - changes listed here are relative to those versions.

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Bugs affecting older clients

• Fix crash to desktop when finding best routes to server and number of proxies too high (old bug, also fixed in 3.5-alpha24 and 3.2.1)
• Don't draw hud/console, then full console background then server browser (old)
• Skip rendering glyphs for spaces when the line has been turned red (old, affected server browser)
• -gamma command line option now sets /gl_gamma default, rather than also setting the gamma adjustment on some in-game textures (old, very old)
• /gl_detpacklights now controls if coronas created on detpacks in TF (very old bug, reported by Trickle)
• /packet command is now only blocked when active on server (old bug)
• /scr_newhud elements are hidden when free-floating in spectator mode (old, thanks to hemostx)
• /scr_autoid only shows extended info when in mvd playback (old)
• Fixed bug causing read-only file handle to config being kept open, preventing backup from being taken (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing MVD-stats code to cause /tp_loadloc to effectively always be forced to 1 (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing buffer-overrun if loading a corrupt/truncated .wav file (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing buffer-overrun if loading a .mdl file with invalid vertex indexes (old bug, reported by Pulseczar1)
• Fixed bug causing rcon timestamps to be truncated when using /cl_crypt_rcon and server has /sv_timestamplen set (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing stats hud display to be incorrect if cl_mvdisplayhud not set to 1 and multiview inset view enabled (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing crash to desktop if invalid .png found (now be told of path before terminating, still not great) (old bug, QW-Group#317)
• Fixed bug causing radar texture to wrap edges (old bug, QW-Group#424, reported by hemostx)
• Fixed bug causing gunshot positions on radar to always be displayed around the origin (old bug, QW-Group#425, reported by hemostx)
• Fixed bug causing sky surfaces on submodels to not be drawn as skybox, if loaded (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing program to terminate when recording demo and next packetsize exceeded limits (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing spectator issue when tracking player on server, reconnecting and then tracking again (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing show net to not show valid information when playing back .qwd files (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing 'crouch' step-smoothing to kick in when respawning at a (very) nearby spawn point (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing player to suddenly rotate when game was unpaused as mouse movement during pause suddenly took effect (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing other players to move around on screen when game is paused (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing /cl_earlypackets to cause frames to be rendered at teleport entrance position but player pointing at teleport exit angle (old bug)
• Fixed bug causing parts of the screen covered by turb surfaces to not be redrawn when translucent with no map support (QW-Group#473, old bug, reported by HangTime)
• Fixed bug causing writing to invalid memory when buffer overflows when printing string (very old bug)
• Fixed bug causing client to keep reading from stream after /map <mapname> while connected to QTV (linked to QW-Group#488, reported by HangTime)
• Fixed bug causing client to prioritise player with userid in name rather than the userid in /track, /ignore, /unignore (affected autotrack - reported by andeh, exploited by an1k vs userID 1 henu)
• Fixed bug causing client to receive playerinfo packet before knowing which protocol extensions are enabled when using /cl_delay_packet on local server (QW-Group#488, reported by pattah)
• Fixed bug causing fps to affect /cl_yawspeed/+left/+right commands (keyboard turning) (old bug, QW-Group#550, reported by veganaize)
• Fixed bug causing missing entities when playing back demos recorded in FTE (old bug, QW-Group#551, reported by lordee)
• Fixed bug causing toggling /gl_no24bit 1 => 0 causing maximum of a single QMB particle (old bug, QW-Group#604, reported by hemostx)
• Fixed bug causing frag-message highlighting of normal messages if name at start of line (very old bug, reported by qqshka QW-Group#623)
• Fixed bugs causing access of invalid memory when loading corrupt .bsp files (very old bugs, reported by mmmds, QW-Group#615)
• Fixed bug causing /gl_particle_gibtrails 1 to turn classic blood trails following gibs into rocket smoke (very old bug, reported by hemostx, QW-Group#614)
• Translucent models are first drawn with a z-pass, to stop overdraw affecting level of translucency
• Fixed bug causing /hud_bar_armor to display outside bounds when armor value > 100 (affects ctf - QW-Group#651, reported & fixed by dsvensson)
• Fixed bug causing copy-to-clipboard from server-browser popup on non-Windows systems to not copy to system clipboard (thanks to dev)
• Fixed reading from pipe on posix systems (thanks to qqskha)
• Fix invalid protocol adjustments when using NQ progs.dat and /sv_bigcoords 1

Bugs which affected 3.x

• Space prefix in console didn't send remaining text as chat (3.2 bug, reported by ciscon, BLooD_DoG & VVD)
• Fixed bug causing multiple item timers to spawn when using /demo_jump (3.2 bug, reported by Milton)
• Fixed bug causing team & player sorting to be different (3.2 bug)
• Fixed bug causing keypad binds to be executed in console when /cl_keypad 1 set, also enter key is treated as return in console (QW-Group#319, 3.2 bug)
• Fixed bug causing mouse wheel start & stop events to be fired in the same frame (3.x bug, QW-Group#200)
• Fixed bug causing friendly/enemy teams to switch mid-demo when using teamlock 1 (3.2 bug)
• Fixed bug causing score_enemy/score_difference hud elements to use next player depending on sort rules, rather than best opponent (QW-Group#469, 3.2 bug, reported by doomie)
• Fixed bug causing "Unset entity number" message & program termination as entnum overwritten from local baselines after avoiding buffer overflow in previous frame (reported during sdCup2 on Discord)
• Fixed bug causing /cl_mvinsetcrosshair 1 crosshair to not move with the inset view (QW-Group#462, 3.2 bug, reported by ptdev)
• Fixed bug causing /scr_cursor_iconoffset_x & /scr_cursor_iconoffset_y to have no effect (3.x bug, fix by ciscon)
• Fixed bug causing /in_raw 0 to produce no mouse input in-game on MacOS
• Workaround applied to show players when playing back demos using FTE model extensions where player index >= 256 (3.1+ bug (no support in older clients), QW-Group#551, reported by lordee)
• Fixed /demo_jump_mark not working if /demo_jump_rewind not set
• Horizontal field of view limit has increased to 165 (screen ratio adjustment previously limited this to 127 on 16:9) (QW-Group#389, 3.0 issue)
• Fixed bug causing /cl_curlybraces to affect general parsing (3.1 bug after workaround in 2009, QW-Group#640, reported by raket/fix)
• Fixed bug causing restore of window which already had input focus (affects linux/macos, thanks to ciscon)

Bugs which affected 3.5 (typically related to renderer rewrite)

• When using non-desktop resolution and running fullscreen, image was cropped (3.5 bug, reported by bgnr)
• HUD renders circles again (affects speed2, radar, itemsclock with certain settings) (3.5 bug, reported by numerous people)
• Fixed visual artifact around classic particles in classic OpenGL (3.5 bug, reported by hemostick)
• OpenGL viewport state invalidated if window is resized (3.5 bug, reported by blindcant)
• NULL pointer dereference if OpenGL implementation didn't support buffers (3.5 bug)
• Corrupt lightmap rendering when lots of options enabled for world-drawing GLSL (3.5 bug)
• Gamma adjustment on screenshots led to them being colored incorrectly (3.1/3.5 bug re-introduced during merge)
• Stop levelshot (console background) from potentially being deleted too early (3.5 bug)
• /gl_texturemode doesn't affect the texture used for framebuffers (3.5 bug, reported by hemostx)
• When using scaled framebuffer, mouse cursor co-ordinates are incorrect (3.5 bug, reported by hemostx)
• When using scaled framebuffer, screenshots use correct dimensions (3.5 bug, reported by hemostx)
• When using 2d&3d framebuffers, world-view was being over-written during 2d draw (3.5 bug, reported by hemostx)
• Fix rendering of fullbright textures that aren't luma/external-32bit textures (3.5 bug, reported by ciscon & lurq)
• /gl_textureless 1 on glsl path in classic renderer caused bmodel entities to be rendered textureless (3.5 bug, reported by hemostx)
• /gl_outline 2 fixed (3.5 bug, reported by fourier)
• /gl_shaftlight 0 fixed on glsl path in classic renderer (3.5 bug, reported by maniac)
• /r_dynamic 2 was calculating too many lightmaps (3.5 bug, reported by ciscon)
• /gl_no24bit wasn't disabling loading external textures (3.5 bug, kind of reported by hemostx, QW-Group#601)
• Fixed bug causing invalid texture references to be used if /vid_restart issued while disconnected (3.5 bug)
• Fixed bug causing oblique particles if sprite array dimensions were unmatched (width != height) (3.5 bug - reported by ciscon)
• Fixed bug causing flashblend to render as transparent if sprite array dimensions were unmatched (width != height) (3.5 bug - reported by ciscon)
• Fixed bug causing /gl_brush_polygonoffset not to work in modern-glsl renderer (3.5 bug, QW-Group#404)
• Fixed bug causing powerup shell to not obey /r_lerpframes when aliasmodel VAO already bound pre-draw (3.5 bug, QW-Group#421)
• Fixed bug causing sky surfaces on submodels to be displayed without z-buffer enabled (3.5 bug, QW-Group#426, reported by Pulseczar1)
• Fixed bug causing submodels to not be displayed if only surfaces visible were sky textures (3.5 bug)
• Fixed bug causing corrupt rendering if HUD contained lines but no images (3.5 bug)
• Fixed bug causing corrupt HUD rendering until GLSL HUD enabled or enabled but disabled and then r_smooth option disabled (3.5 bug)
• Fixed bug causing crash with old-hud rendering and r_damagestats enabled (3.5 bug, QW-Group#432, reported by eb)
• Fixed bug causing atlas textures to not be rendered when using ATI drivers reporting version x.y.13399 (seems to be driver issue? QW-Group#416)
• Fixed bug causing rendering issue when using /gl_contrast to brighten screen in classic renderer (3.5 bug, QW-Group#442, reported by hammer)
• Fixed bug causing no rendering of aliasmodels when VAs not supported but /gl_program_aliasmodels set (3.5 bug)
• Fixed bug causing geometry-edge overlay to not be aligned when using framebuffer scaling (3.5 bug, reported by hemostx)
• Fixed bug causing crash when tracker fills up when minimised (3.5 bug)
• Fixed bug causing incorrect texture to be bound when rendering once new texture created (QW-Group#452, 3.5 bug, reported by pattah)
• Fixed bug causing differences in rendering md3 viewmodels in glsl vs std renderer (explosion surface is additive - same awful hack until we support shaders) (3.5 bug but 3.2 was even worse)
• Fixed bug causing aliasmodels to be rendered with the normal map overlaid instead of caustics texture (QW-Group#457, 3.5 bug, reported by hammer)
• Fixed bug causing geometry outlines to be rendered incorrectly in sub-views when multiview enabled (3.5 bug)
• Fixed bug causing invalid lightmap rendering when using drawflat and map load caused number of lightmaps to increase (3.5 bug, found during QW-Group#540)
• Fixed bug causing unlit lightmap data to be set to fullbright on first map load after watching demo/qtv stream with r_fullbright enabled (3.5 bug, reported by HangTime)
• Fixed bug causing off-by-one error when drawing rectangle outlines (3.5 bug, reported by Matrix, QW-Group#536)
• Fixed bug causing /gl_no24bit to not affect aliasmodel skins (3.5 bug, reported by hemostx, QW-Group#605)
• Fixed bug causing messagemode input to appear in wrong position when using notify hud element (3.5 bug, reported by zigg1zagg1, QW-Group#626)
• Fixed bug causing /r_tracker_inconsole 3 to show frag messages in the notify area (3.5 bug, QW-Group#642, reported by HangTime)

Ruleset-related changes

• /gl_outline now allowed in ruleset thunderdome (requested by VVD)
• /enemyforceskins descriptions in f_ruleset and f_skins responses has been clarified to specify individuals will be identifiable (reported by Ake_Vader)
• /enemyforceskins cannot be changed during match (old)
• /cl_rollangle is now limited to a maximum of 5 when using rulesets smackdown, qcon & thunderdome (requested by VVD)
• /gl_outline changed to render by projecting backfaces away by surface normal (rather than lines) - to be tested
• /vid_hwgammacontrol is now forced on when using ruleset mtfl (3.0 bug that this was removed)
• sign of value movement speed cvars is ignored (old - used to create /cl_idrive-like movement scripts)
• Immediate logging of the console (-condebug) is disabled during games when using competitive rulesets

Debugging protocol changes (weapon scripts)

• /cl_debug_antilag_send: sends location of opponents, which is stored in .mvd on supported servers
• /cl_debug_antilag_view: chooses which location is used when rendering players on supported .mvd/qtv streams (0 = normal, 1 = antilag-rewind, 2 = client position)
• /cl_debug_antilag_ghost: allows rendering a translucent copy of player position on support .mvd/qtv streams (0 = normal, 1 = antilag-rewind, 2 = client position)
• /cl_debug_antilag_lines: chooses if lines are drawn between the different player positions on supported .mvd/qtv streams

Other changes

• /cfg_backup will now not save the config if backup cannot be taken (previous behaviour was to over-write)
• /cfg_save will now accept subdirectories (e.g. /cfg_save backups/test1.cfg) Absolute paths are still blocked.
• /cl_c2sdupe will send duplicate packets to the server (a little like Qizmo) (credit to mushi & Spike)
• /cl_demo_qwd_delta will create smaller .qwd files but older clients will be unable to play them back (enabled by default)
• /cl_keypad 1 - keypad works as cursor keys in menu
• /cl_keypad 2 - keypad will behave as /cl_keypad 0 in-game, but /cl_keypad 1 in console etc
• /cl_delay_packet_target - like cl_delay_packet, but half delay is applied to outgoing and the incoming delay is flexible to match the value
• /cl_net_clientport - allows the network client port to be specified in-game (rather than just -clientport command line switch)
• /cl_sv_packetsync - when using internal server & delay packet, controls if server processes packets as they are received (fixes QW-Group#292)
• /cl_weaponforgetorder - now sets the best weapon then falls back to sg or axe (as per /cl_weaponhide_axe)
• /cl_window_caption 2 - window title will be 'ezQuake' and will not change with connection status
• /cl_username & /authenticate to support optional logins via badplace.eu (see guide)
• /demo_format supported in non-Windows builds
• /demo_jump during demo playback should now be faster (QW-Group#453)
• /demo_jump_end to jump to next intermission point or end of demo (requested by Hangtime, QW-Group#564)
• /demo_jump_skip_messages to determine if messages should be printed to console during demo jump
• /enemyforceskins 1 will search for player names in lower case (QW-Group#345)
• /fs_savegame_home added, controls if games saved to home directory (default) or game directory (reported by githubtefo, QW-Group#586)
• /gl_consolefont now falls back to 'original' on load failure, but doesn't change value (for toggling no24bit, QW-Group#605)
• /gl_custom_grenade_tf allows /gl_custom_grenade_* variables to be ignored when playing Team Fortress
• /gl_mipmap_viewmodels removed, replaced with /gl_texturemode_viewmodels
• /gl_turb_fire added, controls if QMB explosions/fire spawn bubbles underwater
• /gl_turb_effects added, controls if other QMB effects (impact points for nails & shotguns) spawn bubbles underwater
• /hud_ammo_show_always 1 (and equivalent iammo) shows current ammo when non-ammo weapon is selected (QW-Group#206, suggested by VianTORISU)
• /hud_clock_content 1 changes output to show the uptime of the client
• /hud_clock_content 2 changes output to show time connected to the server (should match /cl_clock 1 in oldhud)
• /hud_fps_drop <negative> will be treated as relative to /cl_maxfps, e.g. /hud_fps_drop -5;/cl_maxfps 1001 will show when fps drops to 996
• /hud_keys supports user commands hidden in .mvd files & qtv streams
• /hud_teaminfo_header_spacing to control lines between headers (default 1 - thanks to xantom)
• /in_ignore_touch_events added - allows mouse clicks from touch input devices
• /in_ignore_unfocused_keyb added - should ignore keyboard events immediately after receiving input focus (linux only)
• /in_ignore_deadkeys added - essentially /in_builtin_keyboard 1 when option key held down (macos only, QW-Group#111, reported by bogojoker)
• /menu_botmatch_gamedir added - allows packages to customise the directory when starting a bot match
• /menu_botmatch_mod_old added - controls if newer features should be disabled when starting a bot match (to support fbca, lgc etc)
• /net_tcp_timeout added - allows timeout period to be set when connecting to QTV etc
• /qtv_adjustbuffer 2 added - targets a specific delay period, rather than % of buffer being full
• /r_drawflat_mode allows textures to be shaded rather than solid color (GLSL only)
• /r_fx_fog cvars replace gl_fog
• /r_tracker_name_remove_prefixes is now /hud_name_remove_prefixes and affects teaminfo as well (also more efficient, QW-Group#471, req by HangTime)
• /r_rockettrail & /r_grenadetrail options requiring QMB particles degrade to '1' if QMB not initialised
• /r_smoothalphahack 1 - during hud rendering, shader will apply lerped alpha to lerped color (behaves as per ezquake < 3.5)
• /register_qwurl_protocol reports success if run from command line (or rather, run without 'quiet' as 1st argument)
• /sb_info_filter added - allows filtering of servers in server-browser based on serverinfo
• /scr_sbar_drawarmor666 - /hud_armor_pent_666 for oldhud (controls if '666' or armor value is shown when player has pent)
• /scr_damage_hitbeep - will play dmg-notification.wav when current player does damage (on supported .mvd files & qtv streams)
• /scr_damage_floating - will display floating damage numbers when current player does damage (on supported .mvd files & qtv streams)
• /scr_scoreboard_login_names will replace player's name with login when it is sent by server
• /scr_scoreboard_login_flagfile maps player flags to graphics to be shown next to player's name when they are logged in
• /scr_scoreboard_login_indicator will be shown next to a player's name when they are logged in (if flag not available)
• /scr_scoreboard_login_color controls the color of a player's name when they are logged in
• /scr_scoreboard_showflagstats will force flag columns to be shown on scoreboard (for CTF - thanks to dsvensson)
• /set_ex2 command added, same functionality as /set_ex but doesn't resolve funchars - useful if script needs to compare value later (QW-Group#428)
• /status command will be ignored if an alias with the same name is found, use /sv_status instead (QW-Group#532)
• /timedemo commands show extra info at end to try and highlight stutter (measuring worst frametimes)
• /timedemo2 command renders demo in stop-motion at a particular fps
• /tp_poweruptextstyle controls if $colored_powerups or $colored_short_powerups is used in internal reporting commands
• /tp_point will show targets in priority order, if /tp_pointpriorities is enabled
• /v_dlightcolor added - controls if being inside flashblend light affects palette by color of light
• /v_dlightcshiftpercent added - controls strength of palette shift effect when inside flashblend light
• /v_dlightcshift changed - now enum of when being inside flashblend light affects palette (requested by HangTime, QW-Group#542)
• /vid_framebuffer_smooth controls linear or nearest filtering (thanks to Calinou)
• /vid_framebuffer_sshotmode controls if screenshot is of framebuffer or screen size
• /vid_framebuffer_multisample controls multi-sampling level of the framebuffer (reported by Matrix, QW-Group#367)
• /vid_hwgamma_fps controls how frequency the gamma of the monitor will be set if hardware gamma is enabled
• /vid_reload command to reload textures, rather than full /vid_restart (QW-Group#602)
• /vid_reload_auto controls if /vid_reload is automatically called when a cvar affecting texture load is changed
• -oldgamma command line option to re-instate old -gamma behaviour
• -r-trace command line option in debug build - writes out API calls for each frame to qw/trace/ directory (will kill fps, just for debugging)
• -r-verify command line option in debug build - regularly downloads GL state from driver, for use with -r-trace
• -noatlas command line option to stop the system building a 2D atlas at startup
• -r-nomultibind command line option to disable calls to glBindTextures
• +qtv_delay command, to be used with /qtv_adjustbuffer 2... pauses QTV stream. When released, QTV buffer length set to length of buffer
• +fire_ar command added, an anti-rollover +fire - experimental, should simplify weapon scripts
• On startup, default.cfg is executed before config is loaded (nQuake's default.cfg will be ignored)
• On startup (after autoexec.cfg executed), a vid_restart/s_restart will be issued if any latched variables were changed (QW-Group#458)
• GLSL gamma now supported in classic renderer
• MVD player lerping is disabled at the point of a player being gibbed (reported by HangTime)
• Player LG beams hidden during intermission (no more beams in screenshots)
• ezQuake will re-calculate normals on shared vertices as model is loaded (bug in models with normals set per-surface)
• When gameplay-related protocols are enabled but not supported by server, you will be warned during connection
• IP addresses with 5-character TLDs are detected - fixes .world addresses (thanks to bogojoker)
• Added hud element 'frametime', similar to fps but measuring (max) frametime
• Changed file-handling when viewing demos from within .zip|.gz to reduce temporary files being left on hard drive
• PNG warning messages now printed to console rather than stdout
• Added macro $timestamp, which is in format YYYYMMDD-hhmm
• Qizmo-compressed files can be played back using Qizmo on linux
• When watching mvd/qtv, /record & /stop become /mvdrecord and /mvdstop respectively (suggested by HangTime)
• Internal server has been updated to match latest mvdsv codebase
• Removed chaticons limitation where source image had to be 256x256 pixels (QW-Group#477, reported by timbergeron)
• Demo signoff messages are no longer random
• Multiview will be disabled when watching a solo demo and no powerup cams are active (requested by mmavova, QW-Group#126)
• qw:// urls in command line will be opened even if not preceded by +qwurl (thanks to ciscon)
• Linux: /register_qwurl_protocol command will register protocol with xdg (thanks to ciscon)
• Commands that search by regular expression (/cvarlist_re etc) are now case-insensitive (reported by HangTime, QW-Group#599)
• Added support for MacOS qw urls opening via drag and drop emulation (thanks to ciscon)
• Improved alignment of scoreboard scores, removed teamkills in teamplay 4 (thanks to dsvensson)
• Will now load from ID1 folder if id1 not present
• Will now check PAKx.PAK if pakx.pak not present (fixes QW-Group#637, reported by nzmyers)
• Skyboxes rotated to match other quake engines (part of QW-Group#629, requested by inf1niti & lurq)
• Skyboxes will be loaded on map start if specified in worldspawn (fixes QW-Group#629, requested by inf1niti & lurq)
• Removed internal texture size limit of 300k (requested by anni)

Build/meta

• Uses libsndfile to load .wav files, if available (if using version < 1.025, set OLD_WAV_LOADING=1 during build to use old custom .wav-loading)
• Duplicate declarations fixed (supports -fno-common, reported by ciscon)
• Updated Azure Pipelines builds to latest ubuntu/macos
• Visual Studio project, Azure Pipelines builds windows binaries (64-bit binaries are VERY beta, not recommended)
• meson build updated (out of date on 3.5)
• Fixed build on FreeBSD/powerpc64 (thanks to pkubaj)
• Remove unsupported 666-deflect message from fragfile.dat (reported by eb, QW-Group#461)
• Support building on NetBSD (thanks to ciscon)
• Lots of help/manual updates (thanks to various, but especially hemostx)
• Added arch-linux support to build_linux.sh script (thanks to ginzberg)
• Changed endian detection in GCC/clang (fixes QW-Group#655, thanks to ciscon)