Halo1

Halo1_CE

Version 3.1

| PATCH | project_yellow_globals tag features new flag for forcing the game to use 'stun jumping penalty' instead of 'turning penalty' in the engine's biped jump code | |:------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | PATCH | non-multiplayer maps will no longer be selectable from the MP map list | | CHANGE | Game hooking is now done via dinput8.dll instead of d3d9.dll | | CHANGE | Removed XFire restriction now that we use dinput8.dll | | CHANGE | Changed the server list to list all servers regardless of their version | | CHANGE | Made OpensauceIDE an optional installation | | CHANGE | Made XP SP3 a minimum requirement when installing | | CHANGE | Installation now requires .NET 3.5 | | CHANGE | Increased hardcoded 'k_game_state_allocation_maximum_size_for_yelo' by 0x970 bytes | | CHANGE | Increased hardcoded 'k_runtime_data_max_values_count' to a total of 64 (up from 32) | | CHANGE | Made the GBuffer require SM 3.0 | | CHANGE | Clients now use "initc.txt" for their init.txt file | | ADD | Added flag to use specular colour map alpha as a specular lighitng exponent mask | | ADD | Make screenshots get saved to unique directorys to stop them from being overwritten | | ADD | Upgraded the max number of particles active/rendered at once | | ADD | Upgraded the max number of objects rendered at once | | ADD | Ability for mainmenu maps to have animating objects | | ADD | Added an xml setting for completely turning off game update checks | | ADD | Added an in-game map download system to the client | | ADD | Added a HTTP server to the OS dedi | | ADD | Added a map server component to the OS dedi | | ADD | Added an installation validation component to the installer | | ADD | Added file patching component to the installer | | ADD | Added new setting for forcing OS to use .yelo files first when searching for .map files (off by default) | | ADD | Script functions for bit operations (AND, OR, etc) and converting hex string to an integer | | ADD | Script function for playing a .bik movie just like how the engine plays credits.bik, etc (local games only) | | ADD | New tag/script system for displaying ui widgets to the user | | ADD | Added system for adding custom dedicated server logging events | | ADD | Runtime vector3d values (part of the game state) | | ADD | Added a mini crashdump creator for easier debugging | | ADD | Added command line argument to disable all OS graphics (-no_os_gfx) | | ADD | Added command line argument to disable special OS game state allocations (-no_os_gamestate) | | ADD | Added Visual C++ 9.0 runtime to the installer | | FIX | Fixed Halo not loading when using -use| | FIX | Fixed crash in shader model settings when extension element is missing | | FIX 39 | Fixed GBuffer issues with stretched models and incorrect velocity when using custom models with high bone counts | | FIX | Fixed shader models' specular lighting being dulled by detail maps when using detail before reflection | | FIX | Fixed an exception on load when the device doesn't support hardware rendering (Intel integrated) | | FIX | Fixed a bug where a non-existant map (of any kind) would cause the 'missing -mapname-.yelo' exception, when the stock game already had code to handle such cases | | FIX | project_yellow tag's "prohibit_multiteam_vehicles" flag should work as expected now | | FIX | Multi-team vehicles should no longer allow 'double loading' | | FIX | Fix for instant respawns when using the OS dedi | | FIX | Fixed the -path argument being ignored by OS | | FIX | Fixed the roaming/appdata folders made by OS not being removed on uninstall | | FIX 56 | Fixed the team index offset for MP teams for the GBuffer. MP teams now start at 10, not 9. This is a breaking fix, but I'm not aware of any major MP map releases that used this specific part of postprocessing |

Version 3.0.2

| Type | Description | |:-----|:------------| | PATCH | Made a work-around for the HaloPC engine bug where model nodes over 43 were rendering wrong. | | ADD | Verbose script definition mismatch messages when developer_mode is >= 4 | | FIX | Script definition mismatch error message erroneously prompting | | FIX | Fixed tag-based gravity settings problem |

Version 3.0.1

| Type | Description | Misc | |:-----|:------------|:-----| | REMOVED | Vehicle Views from F7 menu (it's unimplemented) | | | ADD | Implemented project_yellow's gravity_scale override field | | | ADD | Prompts user with a MessageBox when a map contains mismatching yelo script definitions with the current build of OS | | | ADD | Bloom toggle added to the users settings | | | ADD | Shader extension toggle added to the user settings to completely disable it if needed | | | CHANGE | Motion blur is now disabled by default | | | FIX | Fixed potential issue when a proxy calling OS stores the device pointer in a local variable | | | FIX | Fixed possible issue where global_yelo could reference invalid memory| | | FIX 19 | Unregistered mod-sets crash game w/o warning | | | FIX 17 | External PP effects problem w/ single model mask | | | FIX 14 | Weapon Views not saving correctly | Thanks jellymasterer! | | FIX 13 | OS_haloceded crashes on startup | | | FIX 11 | Black screen when DisableAlphaRenderTargets is set | Thanks as7raios! | | FIX 8 | HUD scaling causes problems with UI | Thanks SeanAero! | | FIX 5 | HUD scaling has chatbox problem w/ hi-res | Thanks SeanAero! |

Halo1_CheApe

Version 3.1

| PATCH | Weapon's magazine's magazine-objects block will no longer crash when you try to add more than 2 elements. Uses the equipment field for the block name now too. | |:------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | PATCH | "The %s shader %s cannot be used in the environment" will now output the correct shader type in all cases | | PATCH | project_yellow_globals tag features new flag for forcing the game to use 'stun jumping penalty' instead of 'turning penalty' in the engine's biped jump code | | PATCH | project_yellow tag features new flag for forcing game update logic to ignore if players can see various game entities (flag only acknowledged in mainmenu scenarios) | | ADD | project_yellow_globals_cv tag; unit_infections data were also moved to here | | ADD | Mini-dump support for tool and sapien builds (no guerilla support) | | ADD | Increased the number of grenade types to 4 | | FIX | Increased the maximum buffer size for model vertex and index data. Tool crashes (buffer overflow) if you actually hit this limit (Gearbox's fault, not ours!) |

Version 3.0.2

| Type | Description | |:-----|:------------| | PATCH | Made a work-around for the HaloPC engine bug where model nodes over 43 were rendering wrong. | | ADD | Increased the maximum amount of files tool will process during an import (this means tool won't stop importing after 500 animations) | | CHANGE | Increased maximum animation seat elements from 32 to 64 in light of the increased max animations | | CHANGE | Increased maximum animations from 500 to 2048. Crazy shit. I dare someone to use all 2048. Can I get a Challenge Accepted? | | FIX | Corrected the project_yellow_scripting.xml data to match the code (should no longer get script mismatch messages with new builds) | | FIX | Patched some tool code that is ran when reimporting an animation tag to use the increased limit (wasn't patched before, resulting in buffer overflows) |

Version 3.0.1

| Type | Description | |:-----|:------------| | ADD | More verbose debug output to compile-shader-postprocess | | ADD | More sanity checks and messages to build-cache-fil-ex | | CHANGE | Moved autogeneration of yelo script definitions to when building tags for runtime | | FIX 18 | Yelo scripting blocks add all definitions |