Netrek Client COW

Netrek Client COW 3.3.0

Milestone information

Project:
Netrek Client COW
Series:
3.3
Version:
3.3.0
Released:
 
Registrant:
James Cameron
Release registered:
Active:
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Assignees:
5 James Cameron
Blueprints:
1 Good progress
Bugs:
1 Won't Fix, 4 Fix Released

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Release notes 

netrek-client-cow 3.3.0 was released, with considerable change,
especially in the area of user experience prior to actual play.

Thanks to contributions from Collin Pruitt, Bill Balcerski, and
John R. Dennison.

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Initial window: add logo and action images, add tips to the help
button, fix a refresh delay bug, fix bug leaving window behind on
quit, decrease startup time by deferring imagery loading, send
version to metaserver, report multicast empty servers as empty.

Wait queue window: suppress message of the day, use modern
language, coloured buttons.

Team selection window: allow new server side training tips to
replace message of the day after initial death.

Flight: adopt pixmaps graphics previously distributed in another
package, full screen now centres game in a 1024x768 window, more
sounds in parallel, display ranks based on server ranking system,
update rate changes are immediate, report stall of data stream
rather than just hanging if network is lost.

Miscellaneous: include desktop icon, remove sound warnings,
accept a system wide default file, remove obsolete metaserver TCP
method, remove old style features support, add latent support for
LTD statistics display, and fix ogg beeplite to identify oggee
not caller.

1 blueprint and 5 bugs targeted

Blueprint Priority Assignee Delivery
Include Sound/Pixmaps Default In COW Include Sound/Pixmaps Default In COW 3 Medium   7 Good progress
Bug report Importance Assignee Status
377482 #377482 sturgeon upgrades apply themselves 5 Low James Cameron  4 Won't Fix
331395 #331395 "a" key causes sudden exit, segmentation fault, input.c:2139 3 High James Cameron  10 Fix Released
331395 #331395 "a" key causes sudden exit, segmentation fault, input.c:2139 3 High James Cameron  10 Fix Released
270795 #270795 message composition window keys act on game 4 Medium James Cameron  10 Fix Released
331401 #331401 client failure is not reported to metaserver window 4 Medium James Cameron  10 Fix Released
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