SourceMod 1.7.0 Release Notes

This page is still a work-in-progress, incomplete and barely edited, as SourceMod 1.7 has not been released yet

Changelog

User Changes

• Rewrote internal Steam auth ID handling
  • admins.cfg now supports Steam2, Steam3, and SteamID 64 formats for the Steam auth provider.
  • admins-simple.ini now supports Steam3 auth IDs in addition to Steam2 IDs.
  • Command targeting now supports both Steam3 auth IDs in addition to Steam2 IDs.
• SDKTools' gamerules gamedata is now less likely to break on updates.
• Fixed crash with sm_dump_admcache on Windows.
• Fixed SDKHooks causing crash on player join/leave or plugin load/unload if gamedata missing.

Developer Changes

• Added new SourcePawn Transitional Syntax!
  • New methodmap-based APIs have been added for many existing functions and handle types.
  • New work-in-progress API doc page.
• SDKHooks - Added Blocked and OnTakeDamage_Alive hook types.
• Many more File natives now support Valve FS.
• Added SetFilePermissions native.
• Added API for iterating StringMaps (formerly "tries").
• Added natives for accessing command line parameters.
• CloseHandle (or delete) on INVALID_HANDLE is now a no-op, instead of an error.
• GetClientAuthString is now deprecated. Use GetClientAuthId instead.
• Added OnCoreMapEnd to extension interface.
• TFHoliday updates no longer require a plugin recompile.
• Added support for (entity) CLASSPTR and EDICT Prop_Data fields with GetEntPropEnt and SetEntPropEnt.
• Added support for custom default values with GetEvent* natives, rather than using ""/0 for unset fields.
• Removed old profiler, and added new, pluggable profiler (with hooks to VProf).
• SourceMod now uses some C++11 and has newer compiler requirements.
• Added --disable-auto-versioning option to ambuild configure script.