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Changelog

Notable Changes:

• Improved design and performance for SequenceManager
• Added RenderTexture, String and Font to DatLoader.FileTypes
• Added scrolls to loot profiles
• Added caching system for scrolls
• Added stream support to audio export
• Fixed a long-standing network bug with lost/corrupted packets dropping clients
  • Fixed a bug causing AcknowledgeSequence packets to increment the LastReceivedPacketSequence, causing the Sequence to break and never recover for that Session
  • Fixed a bug causing RequestTransmit packets to be ignored
  • Improved server resiliency against malformed packets
  • Changed the C2S RequestForRetransmit to per-request packet, instead of sequence
  • Added developer network debug commands
  • Added a generational feature to ISAAC development of network layer
  • Adding pre-processor definition NETDIAG + directives to ACE.Common and ACE.Server to help development by preserving troubleshooting tools, without interference with the optimal solution

• Updated client lib with features useful for third-party apps
  • Added outdoor landscape texture blending system (ImgTex, TexMerge, LandSurf)
  • Updated LandblockStruct to optionally generated texture UV coordinates for landscape textures. Defaults to off for server environments
  • Added animation-only updates to physics engine

• Added instructions for installing with VS Community Edition
• Added more RNG treasure generation for chests
• Improved DatLoader for third-party apps
  • Fixed a bug where Unicode string lengths weren’t being read as compressed
  • Added optional flag for caller to select whether or not to load the cell.dat.
  • Fixed a bug where Animation framecounts were being read as uint instead of int
  • Added more enum flags, as per client definitions

• Added more DAT fletypes: EnumMapper, StringTable, DIDMapper, DualDIDMapper
• Fixed an issue with door and chest appraisal with respect to lockpick chances
• keepOpen option added to DatDatabase FileStream – improves DatLoader performance
• Added Property dictionary system – reduces CPU needed for handling properties by about 80%
• Removed ActionQueue.Dequeue architecture, as it was unused. This change reduces the CPU ActionQueues require by half.

• Make StackSize an int instead of ushort
  • This fixes the housing prices to match retail

• Changed format of ServerStatus, Total CPU Time to match server runtime
• Streamline attributes and vitals
• Cleanup LoadAllLandblocks status output, and improved comments
• Profiling-based performance improvements:
  • Landblock LoadMeshes summary improved
  • Added thread safety to LScape.get_landblock()
  • Improved WorldObject.ObjectGuid creation

• Added caching subsystem to EnchantmentManager
• With these recent changes, 50+ active players have been tested and running smoothly
• Improved ShadowPart performance
• Fixed a bug with using certain mana pools
• Update EmoteManager and WorldObject Generator with fixes for Anniversary event emotes.