This prevents a confusing situation where /pause and /spec lead to spectating yourself.
This happens if you accidentally pressed spectate_next key when playing.
Purely automatic change. In case of conflict with this change, apply the
other change and rerun the formatting to restore it:
$ python scripts/fix_style.py
2909: Set IME Window Position & Prevent Input from fighting with IME r=def- a=TsFreddie
Mainly solves the backspace problem where you were able to delete from chat and ime comps at the same time.
Also set the position of composition window
Need some testing from other languages' users.
Need https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet-libs/pull/14 to work on windows
Co-authored-by: TsFreddie <tsfreddiewang@gmail.com>
2902: Don't rely on snapshot for ddnet gametype r=heinrich5991 a=Jupeyy
@fokkonaut you need to test again if you mod works.
This time i also did the test for masked entites(but not for non masked ones).
Co-authored-by: Jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
2898: Inform players that they are in team already r=heinrich5991 a=def-
2901: Remove failed downloaded files immediately r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Especially skins were only deleted after they were requested again
2908: Don't log skin downloading progress r=heinrich5991 a=def-
since it's not really interesting for most players, as long as things work fine
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
2874: Add unmasked entities for all mods r=def- a=Jupeyy
Fixes switch tile for unmasked ddnet
And ddnet mods send that they are a race and ddrace mod appearently?
Not very intuitive that ddnet is a superset of them, bcs tiles changed.
Waiting for a review from @fokkonaut
Co-authored-by: Jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
fixes graphics bug when new skins are added, skins array is reallocated
and we accessed freed memory
Thanks to Jupeyy & Learath2 for also looking into this
- Increase size of Name and Clan in adding friend fields
- Smaller Search and Exclude fields
- No more duplicate Search - Search - Search text
- Smaller Connect and Refresh buttons
2733: Implement on-demand skin downloader, remove Lappi's non-free skins (fixes#1166, fixes#2547) r=Learath2 a=def-
Seems to work on first try, I'm somewhat surprised :D
Future ideas:
- I haven't checked how the performance impact is of a new skin joining,
might want to move the loading to a separate thread?
- Use the skins from download directory instead of redownloading? Might
want to compare modified time.
- Make all skins load on demand only to save some memory?
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
Seems to work on first try, I'm somewhat surprised :D
Future ideas (not for this change):
- I haven't checked how the performance impact is of a new skin joining,
might want to move the loading to a separate thread?
- Use the skins from download directory instead of redownloading? Might
want to compare modified time.
- Make all skins load on demand only to save some memory?
2816: Implement context for translations (largely taken from Teeworlds) r=Learath2 a=def-
Missing: scripts/languages doesn't work yet, but the context can be
added manually, see german.txt for an example.
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
2800: Style-fixed version of #2784 r=def- a=heinrich5991
Thanks to @Jupeyy for the original pull request.
Co-authored-by: Jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: heinrich5991 <heinrich5991@gmail.com>
2738: Don't search the sorted array linearly r=heinrich5991 a=Learath2
Small optimization but it could start mattering with #2733
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
2742: Add str_utf8_copy that trim broken utf8 sequence at the end. r=heinrich5991 a=TsFreddie
Currently this replaces `str_copy` text input and clipboard paste in chat. Many places may need the same treatments, like steam names.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3797859/92263741-08b8e080-eed5-11ea-84a5-b7f070ded260.png)
Test string:
abcd今天是个好日子心想的事儿都能成今天是个好日子打开了家门咱迎春风今天是个好日子心想的事儿都能成今天是个好日子打开了家门咱迎春风今天是个好日子心想的事儿都能成今天是个好日子打
2745: Update mapres by mind r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Adapted from 0.7 for new renderer. Not sure if this makes sense :D
Co-authored-by: TsFreddie <tsfreddiewang@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
2751: More aggressive analysis & check 2.0 gl Functions that were used r=def- a=Jupeyy
If even that fails, I'm out of ideas
Checks all texture shaders, checks all functions used.
2752: Can't detect if paused on KoG, so don't show button r=def- a=def-
Since they're running an old version of DDNet server
2756: Don't deactivate menu when a popup is active r=def- a=Learath2
Deactivating menu while a popup is active causes the menu to never open again.
Reported by Anxton on discord.
Co-authored-by: Jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
Seems more useful than Spectate and Connect Dummy, both of which are
often mistaken by newcomers.
Make button sizes more consistent
Hide buttons that make no sense
2713: allow empty max ping filter r=heinrich5991 a=BannZay
The inconvenieces I discovered so far:
1. You got to write 999 to "disable" this filter
2. If you try to clear this field and then type 75 then the field will contain 750 because the last zero is bugged at this point
Those are fixed
What I would like to be fixed as well (not sure if I gona do this soon):
1. Update browser servers live without refreshing. You press refresh - you receives all the servers and then you should be able (but currently not) to filter them out without pressing on "Refresh" button again but just by changing the max ping value
Co-authored-by: Andrii <bannzay3@gmail.com>
2674: Add nameplates friend marks r=heinrich5991 a=BannZay
Problem: when I play with a friend in team 0, and there are many players nearby, I cannot distinguish him due to nameplates overlapping. It's getting worse when they are in freeze.
Solution: Mark your teammate as "Friend" and setup "cl_nameplates_friendmark"
Result:
![v2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17499770/91647684-08988b00-ea66-11ea-9407-336437391b4f.png)
Co-authored-by: Andrii <bannzay3@gmail.com>
2653: Fix background map loading r=def- a=Jupeyy
As reported.
Tested all possible contexts, hope this is right now
Co-authored-by: Jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
2598: Allow specifying an OpenGL version manually r=def- a=Jupeyy
Ofc don't merge, we'll test it first, and if we want merge it, i'd need to enable shader compability for OpenGL 4+, and general support for OpenGL 3.1 and 3.2(bcs i think they already don't allow some older GL commands).
Also i never really read in the OpenGL 1.x specification, i remember that older OpenGL versions required glBegin and stuff like that
Co-authored-by: Jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
2579: Ship map_convert_07 executable, allow drag'n'drop and ship Gold Mine map (with sixup version) instead of Kobra 4 and Goo! r=def- a=def-
2588: Add instructions about how to kill and pause game r=def- a=def-
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
2429: Use a cubic polynomial for smoothing zoom r=def- a=heinrich5991
Supersedes #2420.
Co-authored-by: Edgar <git@edgarluque.com>
Co-authored-by: heinrich5991 <heinrich5991@gmail.com>
2389: Ignore emoticon of spammy players (fixes#2387) r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Controlled with the regular ignore chat button in players menu
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
2388: Get rid of the annoying font size warnings r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Since we're not doing anything about them anyway, and I get them
spamming me on every client start.
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
2390: Support cl_show_hook_coll_own/other 2 to always show (fixes#2383) r=heinrich5991 a=def-
hook collision, without broadcasting to other players.
Removed cl_show_hook_coll_always in return
Renamed cl_video_showhookcollother to cl_video_show_hook_coll_other for consistency
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
hook collision, without broadcasting to other players.
Removed cl_show_hook_coll_always in return
Renamed cl_video_showhookcollother to cl_video_show_hook_coll_other for consistency
2009: Fix min mouse position for follow factor r=heinrich5991 a=Jupeyy
@Learath2 you were the last to change this, would be nice if you could check if this is correct behaviour, i didn't find anything wrong :D
Co-authored-by: jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
2245: Stop playing map sound when demo player is paused r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Noticed on Shooting Range map
2266: Reset hook & collision in prediction after kill r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Thanks to Pipou for reporting
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
2161: Small prediction fixes/update r=def- a=trml
I looked through the latest changes in the server code, and made some updates to the prediction with it. This includes the hammer-out-of-freeze server fix and a small fix for stopper prediction. Also cleaned up some code, and fixed predicted smoke-trails slightly so they don't go through walls in certain cases.
Co-authored-by: trml <trml@users.noreply.github.com>
Add libnotify support for linux client
Also unify notification management
Make libnotify mandatory for the client. It is installed on 100% of Arch
Linux systems and on 70% of Debian systems. I'd guess the remaining
Debian systems are servers.
Detect dependent libraries of `libnotify` using `pkg-config`. Remove
library-specific code from the game module. Decrement refcount for
libnotify notification object before leaving the function.
2104: Add spectate_closest now works when in Free-View r=def- a=d3fault
sry for the general refactor along with it xD
Co-authored-by: d3fault <d3fault@d3fault.net>
2078: Fix cl_showrecord with dummy (fixes#2077) r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Shows best time of either dummy or main player depending on which is selected
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
./src/game/client/components/maplayers.h:15:9: error: 'uintptr_t' does not name a type; did you mean 'uint64_t'?
15 | typedef uintptr_t offset_ptr;
| ^~~~~~~~~
| uint64_t
../src/game/client/components/maplayers.h:61:4: error: 'offset_ptr' does not name a type; did you mean 'offset_ptr32'?
61 | offset_ptr IndexBufferByteOffset()
| ^~~~~~~~~~
| offset_ptr32
In file included from ../src/game/client/components/background.cpp:8:
../src/game/client/components/maplayers.h:105:4: error: 'offset_ptr' does not name a type; did you mean 'offset_ptr32'?
105 | offset_ptr m_IndexBufferByteOffset;
| ^~~~~~~~~~
| offset_ptr32
../src/game/client/components/maplayers.h: In constructor 'CMapLayers::SQuadLayerVisuals::SQuadVisual::SQuadVisual()':
../src/game/client/components/maplayers.h:103:20: error: class 'CMapLayers::SQuadLayerVisuals::SQuadVisual' does not have any field named 'm_IndexBufferByteOffset'
103 | SQuadVisual() : m_IndexBufferByteOffset(0) {}
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1979: Clean up color handling a bit r=Learath2 a=def-
- SetAlpha should be called WithAlpha and only works for RGBA
- Fix type correctness of color_scale and introduce color_invert
- Nicer hook coll color handling in RenderPlayer
- Use CRTP to have type safe WithAlpha, otherwise this would compile:
`ColorHSLA = WithAlpha(ColorRGBA(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f));`
Follow-up to https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/pull/1968
Co-authored-by: Dennis Felsing <dennis@felsin9.de>
- SetAlpha should be called WithAlpha and only works for RGBA
- Fix type correctness of color_scale and introduce color_invert
- Nicer hook coll color handling in RenderPlayer
- Use CRTP to have type safe WithAlpha, otherwise this would compile:
ColorHSLA = WithAlpha(ColorRGBA(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f));
- Remove duplicate laser entries
- Update menus_settings.cpp comment for scripts
- Update instructions for scripts
- Run script to get updated localizations
1974: more typesafty in the graphics. introduced the IGraphics::CTextureHandle r=def- a=ChillerDragon
Edited by @ChillerDragon to fit in ddnet
(cherry picked from commit cb95e8dfe8)
Co-authored-by: Magnus Auvinen <magnus.auvinen@gmail.com>
- videorecorder only works for recording demos now
- demoplayer was modified to allow controll over the time that passed
in order to get perfect fps, IVideo controlls how much time passed,
basically every rendercall sets the time to record the next frame
1862: Add Sleepbubble to ClAfkMark r=def- a=FallenKN
With setting cl_afk_mark to 2 you will now get a sleepbubble on afk instead of the mark.
Which option should be default?
Also it displays chatbubble instead of sleepbubble when the playerflag is active. (I don't know which behavior is preferred)
Kept sleepy eyes on afk aswell.
![screenshot_2019-07-29_14-47-34](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13277346/62049848-624dd680-b210-11e9-82f7-2d20281eb899.png)
Co-authored-by: FallenKN <fallen.kn@gmail.com>
1844: Fix wrong flag color in scoreboard and spectator select menu (custom mods) r=Learath2 a=fokkonaut
Since in DDrace every player is in team red, in order to show them in one scoreboard, the flag will always be blue in scoreboard and the spectator select menu, here is a simple fix
I left kill messages out since they would need a fix which is a bit more complicated, and i didnt want to do too much just to support this. These two would make it already a lot better
Co-authored-by: fokkonaut <35420825+fokkonaut@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
1848: Fix deci seconds not updating in spectator/pause (fixes#1846) r=heinrich5991 a=fokkonaut
Before this was set in `RenderDDRaceEffects()`, but that function is only called if `m_pClient->m_Snap.m_pLocalCharacter` exists, which isn't the case in spectator/pause.
1860: Ignore some more common files r=heinrich5991 a=Ryozuki
compile_commands.json is used a lot for language servers
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS.html
tags are generated from ctags
Co-authored-by: fokkonaut <35420825+fokkonaut@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ryozuki <ryo@ryozuki.xyz>
1821: Add afk marks r=def- a=ardadem
This is final state (and most minimalist to not create mess) of my previous pull request. I didn't reopen it because it's contains changed unnecessary commits.
If someone will become afk, mark will be spawn next to tee's name.
![2019-07-13-13:59:20-screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13207692/61170739-8c4b9b80-a576-11e9-9d87-4c4b2f93941b.png)
Co-authored-by: Arda <ddmirarda@gmail.com>
1830: fix-ClDyncamMinDistance camera spawn r=Learath2 a=FallenKN
I forgot about the dyncam option, #1636.
Co-authored-by: FallenKN <fallen.kn@gmail.com>
1839: Set m_Race. Fix#1806 r=heinrich5991 a=Learath2
@heinrich5991 apparently you forgot to set `CGameInfo::m_Race` 🙂
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
1802: Prediction fixes r=def- a=trml
I believe this fixes#1671 (uninitialized variables).
Some other things: Use new ddnetchar fields in prediction, small fix for prediction of moving pickups, fix the freeze end tick in ddnetcharacter (will add it to the client later)
Also adds a setting for choosing between new/old antiping for grenade like suggested in #1683 (cl_antiping_gunfire 0 to disable).
Co-authored-by: trml <trml@users.noreply.github.com>
1785: Revert "Merge pull request #1736 from sirius1242/master" r=Learath2 a=def-
This reverts commit e8362f1727, reversing
changes made to 0f99605ab1.
Apparently people don't like "Digital Wellbeing"-like features @sirius1242
Co-authored-by: Dennis Felsing <dennis@felsin9.de>
OK, maybe not actually remove because it is kept for fallback when the
new method isn't available.
The whole gametype parsing business had the same downsides as user agent
parsing on the web, hence I removed it while keeping behavior the same.
This allows servers to explicitly opt in or out of certain bug
workarounds and other client behavior. This increases the complexity of
different configurations that are available in the client (which is a
bad thing).
1732: Implement ISDDNET and Time Score cleanly r=def- a=Learath2
This is an attempt at implementing the two things in a cleaner way.
Deprecated #1320
Willfix #1622 soon(tm)
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Learath2 <learath2@gmail.com>
1742: fix particles, emote wheel, zoom and score for blockworlds r=Learath2 a=kpro998
fixes a few things that got broken for players using ddnet client in blockworlds
Co-authored-by: Kpro998 <kpro998@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
1714: Make the color output more sane r=def- a=Learath2
1719: Show the correct button when paused r=def- a=Learath2
Fix one bug from #1702
Co-authored-by: Learath2 <learath2@gmail.com>
1678: Handle colors in console r=def- a=Learath2
DEPENDS: #1654
A better way to fix#1581 possibly deprecates #1597
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
1654: Try working on colors a bit r=def- a=Learath2
There were color functions everywhere, I tried cleaning it up a little. I still couldn't get the roundtrip from Hsl to Rgb to be exactly the same, but I think this is the best possible.
1685: Work on compound binds r=def- a=Learath2
Closes#1417
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
1620: Rewrite of prediction code, with additional prediction (updated) r=def- a=trml
This is a reworked attempt at a rewrite of the prediction code (#464), to allow for more client side prediction. It doesn't fix the duplication of server code, but the client code should otherwise be cleaner. This includes separating prediction code out of gamecore/gameclient, and a refactor of the rendering of predicted characters.
There is also prediction for some new things, and some other changes:
- prediction of laser, shotgun, ninja, fng hammer, pickups and ddrace tiles (freeze/unfreeze tiles with cl_predict_freeze)
- laser and bullets are rendered when you fire them and bullets don't go through walls (when both cl_antiping_grenade and cl_antiping_weapons are enabled)
- antiping for flags
- prediction of dummy input
- an additional smoothing option that attempts to make antiping less jumpy (cl_antiping_smooth)
Co-authored-by: trml <trml@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: trml <trml@noreply.github.com>
1628: Make client know about other solo players, fixes#258 r=heinrich5991 a=Ryozuki
When another player is in solo and you are not, you could notice a weird collision and also the hook moving a little towards the solo player. This as been fixed.
It also applies m_ClShowOthersAlpha to other players whenever you are on solo or others are.
It uses the protocol extension thingy.
fixes#258
Co-authored-by: Ryozuki <ryo@ryozuki.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Learath <learath2@gmail.com>
1598: Fix home/end keys in console r=heinrich5991 a=def-
1601: 2 more tries to force DB to respond in UTF8 (fixes#1599) r=heinrich5991 a=def-
1605: Fix memory leak in draggers r=heinrich5991 a=def-
1606: Always initialize m_InfosLoaded r=heinrich5991 a=def-
otherwise it's uninitialized and then read, found by valgrind --tool=memcheck
1607: Enable a few more GCC warnings r=heinrich5991 a=def-
1609: Fix C90 compatibility on Windows r=heinrich5991 a=def-
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
Only show for the same amount of ticks as originally, not number of
seconds, otherwise at high demo speeds you will see the broadcast for a
much longer game play time than originally.
Number of minutes of active racing time before being asked to confirm
disconnecting, disconnecting dummy or quitting through GUI. Defaults to
20 minutes, -1 to disable, 0 to always enable.
Also removed confirmation to quit when in main menu, except when having
an unsaved map in editor.
Spectate and kill should already be safe thanks to server-side kill
protection.
- As requested by qshar and KoG players
- Similar to DDNet tab
- Info fetched from servers-kog entry from https://info.ddnet.tw/info
- Also supports countries and types
- Doesn't inform whether map has been finished
- Generalized the code a bit but it's still ugly
- Depends on #1533, also shows KoG servers as official/verified
1514: Square and center icons before rendering them on button r=Learath2 a=def-
1521: Remove unused norank icon from browse_icons.png r=heinrich5991 a=def-
1522: Reset authed level in client r=Learath2 a=def-
As reported by jao on Discord:
22:26 jao @Learath2 client auth level needs to reset on server join or something
22:28 jao because other servers don't send it
1523: Make updating nameban reason work r=def- a=12pm
Co-authored-by: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
Co-authored-by: 12pm <30786226+12pm@users.noreply.github.com>
And persist the result. Helps with the workflow described by Shyzo on
Discord:
> I mean after i press ctrl-f or fetch info. then i want to sort by marker (from ... to 0) and just delete every demo without a marker. either in a whole (not possible i think) or just one by one. but I think after deleting one demo the order of demos change again
> so i have to fetch info again, delete one. fetch info again. delete one
> and so on
Old color was rgb = (0.78, 1.0, 0.8)
In hsl = (125°, 100%, 89%)
Converted to hex hsl:
H = 125° / 360° * 255 = 89 = 0x59
S = 100% = 0xFF
since the TW HSL color system fobids too dark colors it uses l = 0.5 + 0.5*L/255
so L = (0.89 - 0.5) * 2*255 = 199 = 0xC7
So in total we get 0x59FFC7 = 5898183
1485: Browser's scoreboard now shows score based on cl_ddrace_scoreboard r=def- a=fokkonaut
Co-authored-by: fokkonaut <35420825+fokkonaut@users.noreply.github.com>
This displays four buttons below the edit box, one for resetting the
skin prefix, and the other three for activating the shipped variants
"kitty", "coala", "santa".
The "none" string is translatable, the variants names are not because
they correspond to file names.
1187: fix projectiles not rendering on mods based on ddnet r=heinrich5991 a=ZombieToad
for some reason the client doesnt render extrainfo projectiles if the gamemode wasnt ddnet
Co-authored-by: ZombieToad <25847476+zombietoad@users.noreply.github.com>
1114: Some text positioning r=def- a=Jupeyy
To be clear, the entity text was meant to be a bit higher, so the text of the overlay is not overwritten("FROM", "CFROM")?
Because there was -4.f added to the y coordinate. Atleast it looks pretty much the same as the old renderer now.
Co-authored-by: Jupeyy <jupjopjap@gmail.com>
Replace `mem_free` by `free`, and `mem_alloc` by `malloc` or `calloc`
(the latter one being used to allocate a zeroed array of elements,
sometimes, this makes a call to `mem_zero` superfluous).
This results in having to remove `mem_stats` which previously recorded
the number of allocations and their size that the Teeworlds code did
directly.
Remove OOM handling in `src/game/client/components/binds.cpp`.
Remove needless copying in the CSV code in
`src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp`.
`str_utf8_isspace` now returns true if the passed code point renders as
a space, instead of when not.
Add `str_utf8_trim_right`, use this function and
`str_utf8_skip_whitespaces` in the server.
Add tests for the three functions
953: Overhauled job system r=Learath2 a=heinrich5991
The engine now takes `std::shared_ptr<IJob>`, this will ensure the
appropriate lifetime of the given parameters, it also allows for proper
destruction. Remove the now obsolete `IFetcher` interface and `CFetcher`
class.
Also adds some locks to `CUpdater`, previously it didn't have any locks
at all.
931: Add Speedup tiles correctly at the border creation & remove tile layer extension restriction & fix the LastIndex buffer initlialization & setup non mipmap textures up correctly(texture completness) r=heinrich5991 a=Jupeyy
Allows speedups to be drawn on extended range(out of map range) too.
The engine now takes `std::shared_ptr<IJob>`, this will ensure the
appropriate lifetime of the given parameters, it also allows for proper
destruction. Remove the now obsolete `IFetcher` interface and `CFetcher`
class.
Also adds some locks to `CUpdater`, previously it didn't have any locks
at all.
869: Complete rework of the ghost and race recorder r=Learath2 a=Redix
This PR fixes a lot of issues with the ghost and race recorder, introduces a new ghost file format and implements some pretty useful features.
**A quick overview:**
- When you cross the start line multiple times, both (ghost and recorder) will only restart if it is a non-solo server
- If available, both will use the race timer to recognize the start instead of searching for the start line
- Fastcap support for both
- The recorder immediately starts when the Tee spawns, so the preparation steps (which are quite important for speedruns) will be included in the demo. If you do not cross the start-line within 20 seconds, it will stop the demo until you really start.
- Better ghost menu (colors, reloading, deleting and saving ghosts)
- The ghosts are more resistant against lags (old ones were sometimes completely useless due to small lags)
- New ghosts files are significantly smaller
- Cleanup, bugfixes..
**About the new ghost format (version 4/5):**
This format is used by Teerace for over a year now. The code for handling the binary files was moved to the engine. It includes an auto updater which creates a backup of all ghosts and converts them to the new format afterwards. The major differences from the format used by DDNet right now (version 2), are the ability to store multiple types of data, the usage of delta-encoding and a more portable header.
For whatever reason, the ghost stores values for every predicted tick, but without tick information, so lost snapshots can make them unusable. The new code uses the original values from the snapshots including ticks but it can also handle the old ones without. Since hardly any server uses the high bandwidth option this practically reduces the file size.
Like the demo recorder the ghost recorder directly stores the data to a file (every 50 snapshots) instead of writing the whole file at the end of the race. Indeed this can be changed with only a few lines if the old behavior is preferred.
The updater can handle version 2 (DDNet) and 3 (old teerace format, only slightly different from version 2) files. The updating already happens when the files are scanned for generating the list in the menu and not only when you activate them. The change from version 4 to 5 was only needed due to a bug in the implementation, the ghost loader can read both.
Some numbers about the file size: (map: hotrun, both about 30 seconds)
- Old ghost: 30.4 kB (converted: 10.7 kB)
- New ghost: 5.4 kB
**One thing about the race recorder:**
The old implementation compared the new file only with the first file it found for the particular map. The new one compares with all related demos and deletes them possibly, so that only the best demo is left. Since DDNet can also store the demos without name, this might also delete demos from other players, that you might have in your directory.
To prevent this I at least check whether the demo contains the player name if `cl_demo_name` is on.
In my opinion the better solution would be to remove `cl_demo_name` and always use the player name.