NEWS-3.0.1

This list is still in preparation; 3.0.1 has not yet been released.

WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 3.0.0

3.0.1 is a generic bugfix release.

Server / General

• Fixed "turn_begin" lua signal, affecting especially 32bit Windows builds. This, e.g., makes various welcome messages to show up osdn#41662
• Fixed some problems in builds where asserts are not enabled. More work remains. osdn#43871 osdn#44129 osdn#44019 osdn#44020
• Fixed error messages sometimes appearing when a city has been removed but units remain (e.g. in case of Sentried Helicopter) osdn#44057
• Correctly convert it, when savegame with AI level "Experimental" is loaded to a non-debug build osdn#44165
• Don't kill the nation when client requires removal of a gameloss unit in editor mode osdn#44274
• Fixed a bug that updated city info was in some cases sent to owner when it was supposed to get sent to everyone else osdn#44158
• Correctly set resources on player's Fog-of-War map, for tiles which they don't currently see, when loading a saved game osdn#44176

Changes affecting players (supplied rulesets)

• Start area is revealed also for the start city osdn#43652

• alien
  • transform_result and transform_time consistent on all terrains osdn#43625

Changes affecting other rulesets / modders

• Added deprecation warning about insensical singlepole and alltemperate requirement combinations osdn#44181
• Fixed crash in lua tile:is_enemy() method when there's no city on that tile HRM#943039

Changes affecting server operators

• Metamessage is no longer resetted on ruleset load osdn#43759

General

• Various internal changes which should only affect developers. osdn#43835 osdn#43879 osdn#43745 osdn#43982 osdn#43996 osdn#43912 osdn#43645 osdn#44131 osdn#43460 osdn#44184 osdn#42916 osdn#44016 osdn#44196 osdn#44102

AI

• Alight cargo unit immediately when transport reaches destination osdn#43639

Clients

• Always properly initialize output streams for forked server osdn#42471
• Enable better audio quality when possible osdn#43549 osdn#43999 osdn#44018
• Client's return value now correctly indicates an error when it fails osdn#43780

• gtk
  • Fixed drawing citizens for cities over size 30 osdn#43823

• qt
  • Fixed memory corruption issues when detecting which gfx formats client supports osdn#43755
  • Worked around MacOS behavior of removing "Options" submenu osdn#43944
  • Renamed menu item "Players" as "Nations" to match naming in left pane osdn#43946

Tools

Modpack Installer

• Added window icon for Qt GUI osdn#44002

Ruledit

• Added window icon osdn#43553 osdn#44017
• Set initial text for buttons in enablers tab osdn#44030

Tilesets, Art, etc

• Corrected/updated flag file formats osdn#44026 osdn#44033 osdn#44087 osdn#44148

Help / Documentation

• Miscellaneous improvements to in-game text and user documentation. osdn#43864 osdn#43709 osdn#43793
• Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docs. osdn#43885 osdn#43612 osdn#43861 osdn#44022 osdn#44117 HRM#874200

Translations

• Updated translations: de, fi, ru
• Marked strings for translations where they erroneously were not. osdn#43980 osdn#44029
• Include core domain translations to Windows ruledit installer osdn#43981

Build/portability

• Updates from the gnulib upstream: osdn#43588 osdn#43636
• Fix lua compile for AmigaOS osdn#43571
• Fixed problems in Windows snapshot builds being flagged as "modified" in their version number even when they are not.
  • Crosser-based builds osdn#43890
  • Official msys2 builds osdn#43891 osdn#44143
• Detect pthreads as thread implementation also when they require "-lpthread" osdn#43561
• Support also such C11 thread implementations that are not built on top of pthreads HRM#852950
• Added configure option --without-iconv osdn#43572
• Updated Crosser environment to use to version 2.3 osdn#44047 osdn#43921 osdn#44110
• Fixed libcharset configure check osdn#43600
• Updated default Appdata/Metainfo installation directory osdn#44091

See NEWS for older lists of changes.