Request: expose env_fog_controller params clientside
Astralcircle asked to store env_fog_controller params in the client savetable; render.GetFog* can be overwritten.
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Beelzebub publishes a Silk icon browser
In #next-update, Beelzebub shared silk.bzbb.dev. The day before, YohSambre had said he missed the old icon web UI and Billy pointed to the in-game derma_icon_browser; Beelzebub said he was forking an icon browser UI.
Request to allow the SQLite VACUUM operation
In #next-update, Redox asked again: "while you're in sqlite, can we get vacuum".
Linux64 progress: Bootil, FreeImage, SQLite and LuaJIT build
Commit 79007f on main gets Bootil, FreeImage, SQLite and LuaJIT building for Linux64 and fixes Linux builds broken by Awesomium ("Can't get rid of it soon enough").
Barnacle regression fixed, 3 bone weights for meshes, math_counter outputs, Autorefresh rework
Commit 280e7a on main fixes regressions in entity search (including Barnacles), allows three bone weights for procedural meshes, adds OnChangedFromMin/Max to math_counter and substantially changes Autorefresh error handling.
Details
- Separate Linux client and SRCDS build scripts
- Classname added to the CUtlRBTree overflow message
- Fixed some regressions with entity search, including Barnacles
ErrorFromLuarenamed toErrorNoHaltStack; addedCLuaInterface::FormatErrormesh.BoneDatacan be called with index 2 (weight ignored);Mesh()allows 3 bone weights andMesh:BuildFromTrianglesreads up to 3- Two new PhysFrame sub scopes:
PhysFrame-CPhysicsEnvironment::SimulateandPhysFrame-VPhysicsShadowUpdate math_countergainsOnChangedFromMin/OnChangedFromMaxoutputs andSetMaxValueNoFire/SetMinValueNoFireinputs- Improved Autorefresh error handling; fixed a memory leak with Windows auto refresh and symlinks ("hopefully without regressions, as the system was changed somewhat substantially")
Rubat: BASS can move a playing sound; the engine's sound system can't
In #lua-help, A1steaksa asked how to move a sound while it plays without attaching it to an entity, since CSoundPatch has no SetPos and needs an entity. homonovus thought it impossible without an entity. Rubat said the BASS audio system can do it but the engine sound system cannot.
Details
A1steaksa is also decoding old WAVE files by hand; Rubat asked for a sample, saying the only common format he hadn't tested with "my thing" is ADPCM, and A1steaksa's file was IMA ADPCM (format 0x11).
Wiremod drops Player:ConCommand to stop command injection
Astralcircle's merged Wiremod PR replaces Player:ConCommand with WireLib.SetConvar everywhere except E2's concmd().
Details
Shortly before, in #developer-talk, Redox showed that tools passing strings to ConCommand let players inject console commands, with Wiremod's textscreen as an example, and called it "exploit week".
SetSaveValue allows NPC m_hStoredPathTarget
BREEDNKMs asked to allow m_hStoredPathTarget in SetSaveValue to replicate SetGoal-style navigation. robotboy655: "Done." (commit b9fc35).
Rubat points to util.RemoveDecalsAt for clearing only player decals
In #lua-help, Marevin asked how to remove decals without wiping the map's own decals, which RemoveAllDecals() on worldspawn also clears. Rubat linked util.RemoveDecalsAt.
SetupDataTables runs before OnEntityCreated serverside
FoxProfef reported that SetupDataTables runs before OnEntityCreated on a Linux server.
getmetatable LuaJIT fix is not on x86-64 yet
In #next-update, RaphaelIT7 asked whether "Apply that getmetatable() LuaJIT fix someone wanted" was ported to x86-64: his crashes were gone on dev but not on x86-64. Rubat: "if it isn't in the changelog, stands to reason it wasn't yet".
Nak explains his navigation system's pathfinding
In #developer-talk, Nak explained his navigation system to Zemen. It runs a double A* search from start to goal and from goal to start, meeting in the middle ("a trick GPS use"). The search tracks polygon entry points, and the system reads the map's AIN info_nodes. NPCs such as the 200 antlions in his video run a "dumb" AI while waiting for a path, so they seem to react immediately.
VPhysics-Box3D v0.2.0 released
In #developer-talk, Asphaltian posted the v0.2.0 release of VPhysics-Box3D. Earlier, on 16 Oct, BlueShank had argued that Box3D deviates too much from vphysics to be a drop-in replacement.
Retcon's GMod-style sandbox for the PSP gets an article
In #developer-talk, Retcon shared a komstation article about his mod, a Garry's Mod-style sandbox for the PSP.