We have released the 1.029 patch for Din's Curse. Since the last official patch, the patch improves networking, optimizes a bunch of things, fixes a few memory leaks, and fixes a bunch of other small issues.
Here's all of the changes for patch 1.025 through 1.029.
1.029
- now handle dropping fragments of connect, connect response, and first server data much better
- now save fragments instead of dropping out of order fragments
- increased receive and send udp buffers from default to 100,000
- increased max fragment start offset from 16 to 24 bits
- no longer send client data before getting first server data
- now limit first few frames data rate from server a little less (5000 instead of 2000)
- now should handle packets that end exactly on the fragments size boundary better
- added n_printMessageNames for debugging network stuff
- changed PROTOCOL_VERSION to 28
1.028
- fixed an infinite loop in some projectile skill stuff (Arkblade)
- optimized local networking stuff some (5-33% speed up in tests)
- changed from critical sections to recursive mutexes on mac (10-20% speed up in tests)
- fixed a memory leak in Database::createDatabaseEntry
- fixed a memory leak (small, continual) in ClientData::updateEntitiesToDelete
- fixed a memory leak (small, continual) in Item::build
- fixed hunter killed dialog
- added ui_eventTextAlpha so that event text can be made more translucent (only available from console)
- added Greenlight button for Drox
- updated Inno installer (will hopefully fix some minor Win7 annoyances)
1.027
- fixed a bug with network floating point compression with negative numbers (this is one of those how does anything work bugs)
- capped max sounds to 64 on Macs
- changed bindTexture to not change anything if already bound to that texture (DC)
- now save monster rarity better (Bluddy)
- fixed strongest monster defeated not working well after level 10 or so (Robrob)
- fixed a collision issue in town7 (spacehog)
- now achievements tell you how far you have gotten (SaturnGirl/Bluddy)
- boss, unique, and legend Scarabus will no longer use their suicide attack (SaturnGirl)
- game will now save while paused, but only once per pause (Manumitted)
- ported status effect MustHavePower stuff back from Drox (Bluddy)
- water will now turn to ice if hit by cold damage (Bluddy)
- monsters that can't move are no longer affected by morale (Valgor)
- can no longer donate to dead npcs (Caal)
- monster heal, self fear, and ego weapons with friends are now marked as cursed (Manumitted)
- should no longer banish people that are dead or already banished (DeathKnight1728)
- added Demon War demons to ego weapon modifier that deals extra damage to demons (Valgor)
- changed mana magic modifier from "of Force" to "of Excess" to fix a name duplicate (Manumitted)
- changed "of Illuminati" to "of the Illuminati" (Manumitted)
- renamed unique plate mail shoulder from Frostbite to Frost to fix a duplicate name (Manumitted)
- changed vitality magic modifier from "of Stamina" to "of Endurance" to fix a duplicate name (Manumitted)
1.026
- achievements are now permanent, immediate, and tell you when you have achieved them (DemonWar)
1.025
- fixed raider quest (DemonWar)
- fixed leech spelling
- fixed a problem where npcs weren't failing as many quests as they should when upset (Bluddy)
- fixed Krall workers missing their type-specific enhancements (Bluddy) (DemonWar)
- fixed scree not spawning correctly (Bluddy)
- fixed a rounding error in World::getLevelFromMonsterLevel
- added minMoneyBase and maxMoneyBase to systems.gdb (Bluddy)
- fixed typos in both stash help topics
- fixed a bunch of faction issues (desophos)
- centered chat menu a little better
- fixed a rare sound related crash
- fixed game not handling new zone data from master server correctly
- fixed a sound parsing error that can cause a crash
- fixed a typo in manual
- now always send auto attack target across network (should fix blinking selected entity UI) (Bluddy)
- decreased NpcStartingMoneyDebtChance from 0.25 to 0.0625 (should have much less people starving)
- decreased SemiHardcorePenalty from 5 to 4
- dark elf ice storm now correctly marked as a spell (Bluddy)
- fixed Ragnar alert skill notifying the correct faction (Bluddy)
- removed old SkillLichAddFollowers stuff (Bluddy)
- now clear enemies when monster is raised from the dead (Bluddy)
- ported MinHealthPercent/MaxHealthPercent in skills from Drox (Bluddy)
- decreased NpcDeathChance in starving quest from 0.5 to 0.35 (Bluddy)
- increased hunger randomness (increased from 10% to 20%) (Bluddy)
- fixed missing ClassMonsterRogue (Bluddy)
- fixed spiced cider texture (Caal/Manumitted)
- changed Vengence to Vengeance (Roswitha)
- added SkillImbueIceBolt, SkillImbueIceBall, SkillImbueIceRing, SkillImbueFireBolt, SkillImbueFireBall, SkillImbueLightningBolt, SkillImbueChainLightningBolt, and SkillImbuePoisonBolt (Bluddy)
- fixed an infinite loop when starting a new character after winning or losing a world (SamF7)
- fixed petrified chat (Caal)
- fixed a couple chat/item typos (Manumitted)
- changed the Alt help topic to match the newer defaults
- fixed Carnivorous Cave typo (Valgor)
- hunter's trap mastery now gets 2 disarm trap/5 perception per level (Antigrav)
- fixed a spacing issue in intelligence highlight text (timeh)
- on shrunk group quest decreased chance from 0.9 to 0.8 (Haus)
