2.4.4 Release Candidate 1
Pre-release
Pre-release
The release of BZFlag 2.4.4 is approaching. This release will be compatible with the other 2.4.x releases and will include many bug fixes and feature enhancements. Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is a test release to see if there's anything left we need to fix before release. There have been a number of changes, which you can see in the ChangeLog.
Some highlights include:
- Communication with the list server is secured using HTTPS/TLS, so your password isn't being sent plain text over the Internet, and it should also help with caching issues
- A lot of additions to the server plugin API
- Track shot stats (viewable by pressing the Home key in-game) for all flag types, even custom flags, and update the stats live
- Do not count observers when sorting the server list and sort servers with the same amount of players randomly (should help some servers that are at the bottom of the list just because their name doesn't start with a number)
- Various crash fixes and anti-cheat mechanisms
- CIDR ban support (Uses the format x.x.x.x/y, which lets you ban specific blocks of IP addresses, which can assist with blocking large amounts of addresses with a single ban, or can allow more specific ban ranges than were previously possible)
- Higher resolution fonts for systems with very high resolution displays
- Radar size and chat panel size are now set individually
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