Armagetron Advanced

Armagetron Advanced 0.2.8.3.4

Compatibility with gcc 6, fixing several undefined behaviors that went bad.

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Armagetron Advanced
Series:
0.2.8
Version:
0.2.8.3.4
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Registrant:
Manuel Moos
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Release notes 

Armagetronad 0.2.8.3.4 is a compiler compatibility release.

Two issues that surfaced when compiling with gcc 6 were fixed.

The first one was that tLocale.h failed to compile; the reason was a
convoluted chain of operators calling each other. That also caused
undesired conversions (just a small performance problem) in other
compilers, so we unraveled the code paths without determining what
exactly the change turning this into a compilation error was.

The second issue were crashes in nNetObject.h and eTeam.cpp, caused by
us relying on undefined behavior: we relied on null checks on the
'this' pointer and on reference addresses, both cannot legally be
null. gcc 6 now started optimizing the tests away.

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Changes since 0.2.8.3.3:
- Eliminated undefined behavior that was fine in gcc 5, but now
  (rightfully!) turned into crashes in gcc 6.
- Eliminated compilation disambiguity that was just causing a mild
  performance degradation in gcc 5 and is now a compilation failure in
  gcc 6.

Changes since 0.2.8.3.2:
- security fix: do not read ahead of the beginning of network buffer.
- security fix: don't attribute network errors from processing random
  packets to the connection to the server
- security fix: while at it, don't process random packets unless they
  may be important
- fix for potential crash with friend list filtering
- intel driver compatibility
- fix for rare crash with sound lock
- fix for camera turning for bizarre axis configurations

Changes since 0.2.8.3.1:
- security fix: old style action commands from clients no loger cause hangs and crashes
- security fix: oversized packets are ignored properly
- security fix: never read one byte outside of the received buffer
- security fix: only include .cfg files from the var subfolder
- compiler compatibility: adapted to gcc 4.60
- smaller spelling fixes
- FOV calculations now correct for widescreen and horizontal splitscreen
- Additional checks against illegal values passed to renderer

Changes since 0.2.8.3:
- fixed temporary sound disappearance when alt-tabbing away and back
- default subcultures are now distributed
- enable 32 bit color depth at desktop resolution
- no more display lists for SiS cards
- spelling mistakes and missing German translations

Changes since 0.2.8.3_rc4:
- Intercepted chat commands are now written to ladderlog.txt. Format:
  COMMAND /command-intercepted player [command arguments]
- Increased default speed of server pinging
- Reordered game menus a bit
- fast finish works again

Changes since 0.2.8.3_rc3:
- Pinging previously popular servers earlier for quicker server
  browsing
- Improved master server random polling, the second polled master now
  also is random, and all masters are polled if need be
- Custom camera snaps to cycle direction once when activated if the turn speed
  is zero.
- RESERVE_SCREEN_NAME now works regardless of the ALLOW_IMPOSTOR setting.
- USER_LEVEL now escapes the given authenticated name so you don't have to
  guess the escaping rules. Ex: USER_LEVEL "name with spaces@forums" 2
  changes user level for name\_with\_spaces@forums

Changes since 0.2.8.3_rc2:
- Fixed crash with server polling
- ROUND_WINNER and MATCH_WINNER logged to ladderlog
- Camera switches to user preferred camera when you die in incam mode
- Better support for custom language files
- Players can no longer spam chat with /shuffle messages. Added new setting
  SHUFFLE_SPAM_MESSAGES_PER_ROUND, a per round, per player limit on the number
  of shuffle messages displayed.

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