Mise à jour du client (v384.44.0) et du launcher (v7.3) sur les Live shards

Client 384.44 (Live le 26/06/2012, sur Blight le 20/06/2012)

Client 384.44.0

- Missing Textures in Character Creation will now show up.

Launcher:

Version 7.1
- FIX for new accounts receiving error message on first login attempt.
- Changes to make new support client logic work on Linux / Mac.
- Any logs now placed in the logs folder
- Added Ability to Launch Debug Client to Launcher

Version 7.2
- Added scroll bars to long account list at login.
- JavaLauncher-II UI is no longer too big for some laptops.
- Launcher folder converted to lower case for Mac and Linux compatibility.
- Tidy of logic for detecting multiple instances

Version 7.3
- Display message about running Windows update if system out of date.
- Release Notes will now be properly displayed through Launcher
- When full scan checked, perform full CRC on each file compare, instead of initially checking date.
- Full scan patch will clean up bad png files in world_cache folder
- Optionally send computer specs to server for support.

Client 384.40 (sur Blight, le 23/05/2012)

FEATURE:

- Added cycle nearest corpse (cnc) command

FIXES:

- Fix for resource object selection
- Disabled object fading in structure preview window and updated structure preview.
- Saving window positions for closed windows
- Crash fix for composited texture caching

Client 384.39 (sur Blight, le 10/05/2012)

- FEATURE: Added new cycle nearest corpse command
- FIX: Disabled real shadows and object fade in during character creation because some characters were not showing up properly or at all.

Client 384.38 (sur les Live shards le 03/05/2012)

Correctifs supplémentaires:

- Updated the tree bounding box so that it's taller and easier to select.
- Character window, Skills tab, current and base columns will now sort numerically.
- Windows left open when logging out will not be automatically closed (original behavior)

Current Client Fixed Issues:

-  FIXED 384.38 FIX: Performance improvement for areas with high density of objects, especially player towns. ticket:2877
-  FIXED 384.38 Non-collide objects have calculated bounding volume, even though manual volume specified. Should make resource selection much easier. ticket:2869
-  FIXED 384.35 Problems with key mapping for non us-english keyboards ticket:2626
-  FIXED 384.35 Resources sometimes get a very small shadow close to where they meet terrain
-  FIXED 384.35 Window positions are not saved if window is set to auto-open = false ticket:632
-  FIXED 384.33 Blob shadows don't always appear on entities, depending on load order
-  FIXED 384.32 If running in full screen and an exception occurs, the crash dialog is not visible. ticket:2804
-  FIXED 384.32 Khutit <-> Dragon form changing doesn't work ticket:2806
-  FIXED 384.32 Crash in some cases with network messages being extra cleaned up

FULL LIST OF CHANGES:

FEATURE:

- FEATURE: Change the color of the quest step active indicator
- FEATURE: If having trouble sending data to server, provide feedback in chat window
- FEATURE: Add command /lasttarget
- FEATURE: Allow objects to fade into scene instead of popping (not all objects can be faded, depending on shader used)
- FEATURE: Added support for querying for monitoring resolution instead of hard coded list
- FEATURE: Showing item icon if no 3D priview is available.
- FEATURE: Re-enabled globalReflectMapEnabled (by default is disabled), part of trying to get worldReflect shaders working
- FEATURE: New texture limiting option, minimumTextureLevel and minimumCharTextureLevel
- FEATURE: Breakpad for uploading crash logs to server
- FEATURE: Added average and max FPS to FPSWindow
- FEATURE: If there are items in storage, do not allow structure to be deleted

FIXES

- FIX: Allow switching between non-roman keyboards character sets
- FIX: Fixed bug with text shaders
- FIX: Fix problem with loading message window causing crash at shutdown - HorizonsUILoadWindow.cpp
- FIX: Fixed crash after character creation
- FIX: Tutorial Action Window tutorial not cancelling correctly
- FIX: Work around for for sectors that have swapped X and Y. Regions don't consistently show up
- FIX: Prevent level up effect from playing more than once
- FIX: Lightning Claws Sound Loops over and over
- FIX: Item preview is warped at top and bottom for items
- FIX: Prevent inventory and character windows from being open at start-up to improve load time and prevent occasional log-in trouble.
- FIX: Check underwater condition only when client is loaded.
- FIX: Add real shadow support and introduce optimizations to shadow calculation
- FIX: Recalculate shadows when equipped items changes
- FIX: When in developer mode, always show item primitive_def_id in item details window
- FIX: ModelPreviewSpinRate for item 3D preview rotation in item details.
- FIX: After changing shadow details, display message in chat box that restart is required
- FIX: Ability tab under character doesn't sort level proper
- FIX: Change default of lists so that they are sortable by default
- FIX: Removed maxImageSize pref, as no longer used
- FIX: By default, models are loaded at their best quality, instead of starting low quality.
- FIX: Revisit Graphic Pref defaults and overhaul
- FIX: Resolve crash with clientlookups.def
- FIX: Character hops around after logging in
- FIX: Fixed bug with selection beams color
- FIX: Objects Marked as Developer Only are Visible
- FIX: If deleting storage structure, prompt if items in storage
- FIX: Fixed selectNearestEnemy /sne command.
- FIX: Prevented crash at startup if texture level changed
- FIX: Fixed loading low detail textures.
- FIX: Added function horizonShader::setShadowDarkness(float alpha) to adjust darkness of shadows
- FIX: Reduce shadow darkness
- FIX: UI changes to make plot window permissions easier to understand
- FIX: Fixed double reporting for printProps
- FIX: Initial structure rotation changed to 180'
- FIX: Resource node shaders working proper
- FIX: Transparency not working for bridge
- FIX: Double characters on screen
- FIX: Crash while Terrain Editing
- FIX: Fix for crash with lots of terrain cached
- FIX: PrintProps? truncates very long feedback text (try /printprops)
- FIX: Khutit <-> Dragon FORM Changing
- FIX / FEATURE: Changed to use out of process application which uploads crash dumps.
- FIX: Fixed a few bugs with blob shadows.
- FIX: Crash fix for characters being unload and compositor trying to do work
- FIX: Saving window props if SaveOpened? == false.
- FIX: Fixed bug with the shadow flickers.
- FIX: Remove setting of language for keyboard because it caused problems with non-english keyboards
- FIX: Crash fix for string allocation because of release build compiler optimization
- FIX: Tutorial crash build
- FIX: Adjust chat window layout for improved readability
- FIX: Crash fix in checking ignorePath when loading files.
- FIX: Fixed crash related to terrain editing
- FIX: call InitializeCriticalSection? before the 'decoder' thread started, to ensure of using correct CS state in this thread to avoid crash state.
- FIX: Crash fix when loading vault. line 365: var "m_pPlayer" can be NULL.

MAINTENANCE

- MAINTENANCE: Increase default packet size to 1500 bytes for high and low speed clients - allow transport to negotiate best packet size.

OPTIMIZATION

- OPTIMIZATION: Optimize base class for all game objects (TBaseEntity)
- OPTIMIZATION: Refactoring and optimization for class TCharacterEntity
- OPTIMIZATION: Optimize and Convert to STL TVirtualArray
- OPTIMIZATION: In release build all dprintf calls replaced with empty macros.
- OPTIMIZATION: All simple functions marked with inline modifier for basic UI classes.
- OPTIMIZATION: Refactoring and optimization for heavy UI classes.
- OPTIMIZATION: Added sanity checks, removal of double variable assignment, code optimizations
- OPTIMIZATION: Improve speed of structure preview when selecting structure to build
- OPTIMIZATION: Performance optimization for base entities
- OPTIMIZATION: Refactoring and optimizations for terrain classes.