AMX Mod X 1.76 Changes

2006-09-19T14:29:03Z

BooM: /* Custom Sorting */

AMX Mod X 1.76 will be a small feature release and contains mostly bug fixes.
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=New Plugin File Features=
==Per-Map Plugin Files==
You can now have per-map plugin configuration files. AMX Mod X will automatically load any plugins listed in files having the following name: <tt>configs/maps/plugins-<map>.ini</tt>. Thus, <tt>de_dust</tt> specific plugins will be loaded from <tt>configs/maps/plugins-de_dust.ini</tt>.

Map-specific plugin files are parsed after the main plugins.ini is parsed, and after all secondary plugins-*.ini files are parsed in the <tt>configs</tt> folder. This means that a map-specific plugin listing inherits all settings above itself.

==Disabling Plugins==
A second feature was introduced to let users disable plugins per map. In any plugins-*.ini file, you may now add a "disabled" flag to a plugin name. This works like the "debug" flag. Example:
<code>
gaben.amxx disabled
</code>

This will block the plugin from being loaded from any other configuration file. So if <tt>plugins-de_dust.ini</tt> has the example line above, <tt>gaben.amxx</tt> will not be loaded from any other plugins file.

=New Scripting Features=
==Sorting==
AMX Mod X now has a comprehensive array sorting solution. You can sort using pre-defined array types, or use your own custom comparison functions. All of the sorting routines use the qsort() function from the C standard library, which is based on the [http://linux.wku.edu/~lamonml/algor/sort/quick.html Quick Sort] algorithm.

===Basic Sorting===
The follow basic sorting natives were added. These natives sort an array in-place using pre-defined comparison routines. You can change the sorting order using an optional third parameter. By default it is <tt>Sort_Ascending</tt>, and <tt>Sort_Descending</tt> is available as well.
*<tt>[http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=1115 SortIntegers]()</tt> - Sorts an array of integers.
*<tt>[http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=1116 SortFloats]()</tt> - Sorts an array of floats.
*<tt>[http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=1117 SortStrings]()</tt> - Sorts an array of strings.

===Examples===
You can see an example of each native listed above in the [http://svn.tcwonline.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/plugins/testsuite/sorttest.sma?root=amxmodx&view=log sorting testing] plugin.

=Full Changelog=
==Core Changes==
===New Features===
*The compiler has been heavily optimized and will now compile plugins much faster.
*Request {{AMBug|43012}}: You can now specify per-map plugins files. For example, you can list de_dust only plugins in configs/maps/plugins-de_dust.ini.
*You can now specify a new "disabled" option after plugin names in plugins.ini files. This will prevent the plugin from being loaded in any config file, and is useful for disabling plugins in map-specific plugin files.
*Added an experimental compatibility layer for AMX Mod. See [[AMX Mod Compatibility Layer (AMX Mod X)]] for more information.
*Request {{AMBug|42871}}: Source file name is shown in the binary logs when the plugin is in the debug mode.
*Request {{AMBug|44299}}: Error logs now show the mapname and current log file.
*The developer test suite is now packaged with Core in the scripting folder.

===Bug Fixes===
*Improved stability and eliminated weird bugs on Linux. These were caused by code generation bugs in GCC and appear to exist primarily in versions higher than 1.60.
*Fixed a bug where secondary plugin files would not autoload modules.
*Fixed a serious corruption bug in callfunc_push_intrf(), callfunc_push_floatrf(), and callfunc_push_str(). Strings or data passed with these methods could be easily overwritten internally.
*Fixed the JIT not being able to compute heaplow bounds problems.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41317}}: ExecuteForward() string parameters would be trashed on future internal string calls.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41777}}: time.txt was not included in the installer.
*Fixed {{AMBug|42213}}: "amx_logs" was incorrectly listed as "amx_logsdir" in core.ini.
*Request {{AMBug|41036}}: Improved bot detection.
*Fixed a rare bug where passing (1<<31) into a %d format-code would print garbage characters.

==Scripting Changes==
===Additions===
*Request {{AMBug|23838}}: Added natives to sort integers, floats, strings. Also added natives to sort custom 1D and 2D arrays using user comparison functions.
*Added vdformat() for formatting variable argument strings in dynamic natives.
*Added CreateLangKey() and AddTranslation() for manipulating the multilingual translator.
*Added SQL_GetInsertId() to MySQL and sqLite modules.
*For callfunc_push_str() and callfunc_push_array(), you can now specify an optional parameter to stop write-back on change.
*Request {{AMBug|42810}}: Added callfunc_push_array() to push an array through a callfunc.
*Request {{AMBug|42697}}: Added SQL_GetQueryString() to find the query string of a query handle.
*Request {{AMBug|29544}}: Added nvault_touch() native for updating key timestamps.
*Request {{AMBug|28110}}: Added tfc_get_user_goalitem() to determine if player is carrying a goal item (such as a flag or keycard)
*Request {{AMBug|41295}}: Added CZ model types to the CsInternalModel enumeration.
*Request {{AMBug|41635}}: All string formatting routines can now use '%u' to print integers as unsigned. Note that Pawn only supports signed arithmetic.
*Request {{AMBug|41585}}: Enhanced functionality of glb_pStringBase with global_get() and added a new return type to pev().
*Request {{AMBug|40967}}: set_fail_state() now logs that the plugin is failed.
*Request {{AMBug|41375}}: cs_set_weapon_silen() now has an additional parameter to toggle whether silencer animation is shown.
*Request {{AMBug|40169}}: cs_get_user_team() now has an additional parameter by reference to get the user's internal player model.
*Added amxx_setpl_curweap() to the native exports table.
*Added tfc_get/setweaponammo for ammo that is not in player's backpack.
*Engine's entity_get and entity_set routines no longer verify that players are fully ingame. This check was deemed too restrictive.
*Added hyperbolic trigonomic natives: floatsinh(), floatcosh(), and floattanh().

===Bug Fixes===
*Fixed {{AMBug|42916}}: get_user_aiming() did not work on Linux.
*Fixed {{AMBug|40963}}: GeoIP did not strip ports from IP addresses.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41483}}: xs.inc did not have double-include prevention.
*Fixed {{AMBug|43313}}: plugin_log() did not actually block log messages on returning PLUGIN_HANDLED.
*Fixed {{AMBug|42097}}: Hooking FM_ServerDeactivate did not work.
*Fixed {{AMBug|42307}}: nvault_open() did not return -1 on failure.
*Fixed {{AMBug|42383}}: SQL_ThreadQuery() was not working when called from plugin_end().
*Fixed {{AMBug|42321}}: TFC's Get/Set ammo natives did not work on Linux servers (thanks jRaven).
*Fixed {{AMBug|44776}}: user_silentkill() did not save the previous message block state.
*Fixed bug in get_user_aiming() where id and body would always be set to 0.
*Fixed bug in dllfunc() where DLLFunc_RegisterEncoders would not actually make a call.
*Fixed bug with floatatan() returning wrong values when trying to get angle in degrees or grades.
*Improved accuracy of is_user_bot().
*Rewrote replace_all() to address many serious bugs, including infinite replacements, improper re-indexing, and missed replacements.

==Plugin Changes==
===Additions===
*Request {{AMBug|41367}}: stats_logging.sma now logs extra weapons from CSX.
*Request {{AMBug|44517}}: Added "Spectator" to TFC plmenu.sma's team switch list (thanks jRaven).

===Bug Fixes===
*Fixed a potential memory corruption bug in StatsX.
*Fixed {{AMBug|42013}}: TFC team menu didn't allow for changing from blue team. Also, all plmenu plugins showed team change messages in the language of the admin.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41768}}: statssounds.sma for TS had the wrong plugin name.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41563}}: TFC plmenu.sma had the wrong team names.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41259}}: amx_addadmin was messing users.ini upon new entries.
*Fixed {{AMBug|43881}}: adminslots did not work until a mapchange was issued.

==Module Fixes==
*Fixed MySQLX threader on Linux locking up on mapchange if there were queries in the queue.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41030}}: All stats modules could generate files that would break the file parser.
*Fixed {{AMBug|41961}}: Fakemeta hooks for GetPlayerAuthId, GetPlayerWONId, and IsMapValid were not being reset on mapchange.
*Fixed {{AMBug|44428}}: GeoIP country codes were out of date.
*Updated the GeoIP library to September.

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