Cave Story Multiplayer

9/24/2022 - v0.1.1.12b-r3 (Unstable)

Maps
- PXA Tilesets can now have 65535 tiles in them instead of just 256. The tileset image must ONLY expand downwards, however. This means that tileset images are limited to 256x65280 in size.
Modding API
- Exposed DynamicWindowMode to the Mod API.
- Exposed ExtendedInput to the Mod API.
CaveNet
- Added score tracking to things like kills, blocks destroyed, NPCs interacted with, etc.
Weapons
- Instead of taking damage every frame from a bullet fired by another player, it is instead ignored on all clients it hits after the first hit for the rest of the bullet's life. This way you can still spam shoot a player, but the bullets don't instantly kill them.
PlayerListMode
- Fixed 'Fetch Player' not working.
- Fixed 'Revive Player' not working.
Capture The Puppy
- Fixed puppies sometimes moonjumping when running back to their capture point.

6/6/2022 - v0.1.1.12b-r2 (Unstable)

Splitscreen
- Splitscreen mode implemented -- non-functional yet.
ChatMode
- The chat mode is now hidden when returning to the title screen after being on a server.
CaveNet
- Added the ability to host Dedicated Servers.
AI
- Bots now automatically ready up in the lobby & skip through dialog if they triggered any.
Weapons
- Fixed Spur charging incorrectly for clients connected to a server.
- Fixed Bubbler appearing to fire incorrectly for clients connected to a server.
Net Lobby
- The chat window now opens when on the Server Lobby screen.
- Fixed bug where pressing 'Ready' would send the command twice.
- Fixed various bugs when returning to lobbies.
Input
- Reworked controller input manager to allow for up to 4 joypads at a time.
- Added the ability to accept input even when the window is not active.
- Added the ability to force the game to use either Keyboard or Joypad input.
- Added basic splitscreen support.
SpectatorMode
- Fixed bug where the controls popup would show up even if a text script was being executed.
Miscallaneous
- The game now saves console output to a console.log file.
- Included multiple .BAT files to allow easier access to new features.
- The hint text when spawning in a server no longer shows until the current text script has stopped

5/15/2022 - v0.1.1.12b-r1 (Unstable)

Options
- Added 'EXP Pellets Have Gravity'. This controls whether or not EXP pellets are affected by wind & water currents.
Capture the Puppy
- Fixed a rare crash when closing the game.
Networking
- Fixed dealing no damage with 1DMG weapons if playing with a 0.5 damage-out multiplier.
- Spectator Mode no longer allows spectating yourself unless you're dead.
Bosses
- Added an option to make Bosses' health scale with the current player count.
- Added an option to customize the boss' health multiplier when boss health scaling is enabled.
GUIs
- Implemented a GUI that shows the controls when joining a server.
- Implemented Cave Editor, accessible via the included Doukutsu - CaveEditor.bat shortcut. Not completed yet.
- Fixed horizontal scrollbar buttons being unclickable.
Fonts
- Fixed issue where unloading fonts would destroy font glyph textures twice in a row, causing an SDL error.
- Added more safeguards to avoid fonts not being loaded.
- Fixed rare crash with drawing text.
Weapons
- Implemented weapon templates.
Localization
- Updated localization files.
Miscallaneous
- Implemented DynamicWindowMode to make creating modes way easier.
- Implemented a schedule system to make timing things easier.

4/9/2022 - v0.1.1.11b

General
- Implemented UNICODE support.
- Increased the maximum map name length from 16 to 32.
- If GuiStyle.cfg does not exist in a mod's directory, then it will be loaded from data instead.
- Updated save profiles to include extended stage selection array.
Networking
- Different builds of CSMP (QA, release, debug) can now connect to each other as long as both parties have the same CaveNet version.
- Fixed crash when trying to host a server.
- Fixed a bunch of issues with things happening multiple times (like fading in multiple times).
- Fixed the way commands are issued to the server from the Player List.
- Fixed crash when trying to open the map / inventory menu whilst the Emote menu was open.
- Fixed rare crash on disconnect.
- Fixed dead players whose bodys' were in a different stage being revived only to be frozen in place.
- Fixed friendly fire not working correctly.
- Fixed credits not being rendered correctly for clients.
- Fixed the ability to get out of Spectator Mode while dead if the map were to change.
- Removed the ability to revive dead players using a health refill point if the dead player's body was in another stage.
TextScript
- Added <SSO -- This command allows modders to set the portal display offset in the teleportation menu. This also affects the starting index that <PS+ will start searching for empty portal slots at.
NPCs
- Misery now attacks all players when summoning a Falling Block.
- Added a Basil Generator to Egg Corridor. This will spawn a seperate Basil for every client, effectively removing the ability to cheese the stage.
- H/V Triggers no longer track dead players, but this behaviour can be re-enabled by enabling the Option 3 flag in CaveEditor.
Bosses
- Fixed map bosses dying instantly.
UI
- Fixed not being able to press F5 to toggle nameplates whilst in Spectator Mode.
- Fixed not being able to toggle noclip in Spectator Mode.
- Fixed bug where you couldn't use the chat window while in the teleporter menu.
- Changed the Minimap gui to a BaseModeInstance object.
- Pressing Escape now closes the map GUI instead of opening the escape menu.
- Pressing Escape now closes the inventory GUI instead of opening the escape menu.
- Fixed crash when trying to replace text in text boxes.
Modding
- Added functions to help edit boss health.
Options
- Implemented keybind editor.
- Set default value for Enable UPnP to false to avoid unnecessary confusion when hosting (and because UPnP currently does not work properly anyways).
- Lowered default sound volume from 90 to 65.
Localization
- Implemented localization support.
- Added English as a default localization file.
- Added Japanese as a default localization file.
- Added Spanish as a default localization file. (Thanks sonc!)
Crash Reporter
- Implemented a new Bug List Communication feature into CSMPCrashReporter.exe.
- Fixed weird window size bug when opening the crashlog reporter.
Character Selector
- Fixed the default candidate for previewing always being the first entry in the list.
- Fixed every loaded characters' footstep sounds playing all at once, despite only one character being previewable at a time.
- Fixed buttons not automatically fitting their text if they start out too small.
- Removed stray pixels from the GUI.
Bug Lister
- Fixed memory leak.
- Fixed crash on loading too many bug reports.
Miscallaneous
- Fixed occasional crash when trying to switch mods from the main menu.
- Fixed crash in GetTextWidth and GetTextHeight when trying to size a string with weird unicode characters in it.
- The debug window will now be included in release builds for modders to use. Press Shift+F2 anywhere to toggle it (only works when hosting a server / in singleplayer / at title screen).
- Fonts are now included with the default installation for people who somehow do not have Courier New installed.

1/12/2022 - v0.1.1.11b-r4 (Unstable)

CaveNet
- Fixed the way commands are issued to the server from the Player List.
- Fixed crash when trying to open the map / inventory whilst the Emote menu was open.
- Fixed rare crash on disconnect.
- Fixed dead players whose bodys' were in a different stage being revived only to be frozen in place.
- Fixed friendly fire not working correctly.
- Fixed credits not being rendered correctly for clients.
- Fixed the ability to get out of Spectator Mode while dead if the map were to change.
- Removed the ability to revive dead players using a health refill point if the dead player's body was in another stage.
UI
- Fixed not being able to press F5 to toggle nameplates whilst in Spectator Mode.
- Fixed not being able to toggle noclip in Spectator Mode.
NPCs
- Misery now attacks all players when summoning a Falling Block.
- Added a Basil Generator to Egg Corridor. This will spawn a seperate Basil for every client, effectively removing the ability to cheese the stage.
- H/V Triggers no longer track dead players, but this behaviour can be re-enabled by enabling the Option 3 flag in CaveEditor.
Bosses
- Fixed map bosses dying instantly.
Miscallaneous
- The debug window will now be included in release builds for modders to use. Press Shift+F2 anywhere to toggle it (only works when hosting a server / in singleplayer / at title screen). More tabs will be coming next update.
- Fonts are now included with the default installation for the people who somehow do not have Courier New installed.
Localization
- (Probably) finished mapping localization strings for every displayed string in the game.
- Fixed crash when loading .pxlang files.
- Fixed a few pxlang compiler issues.
- Fixed a crash when clients joined due to a badly formed GetLocaleString call.
- Updated localization files.
Character Selector
- Fixed the default candidate for previewing always being the first entry in the list.
- Fixed every loaded characters' footstep sounds playing all at once, despite only one character being previewable at a time.
- Fixed buttons not automatically fitting their text if they start out too small.
- Removed stray pixels.
Bug Lister
- Fixed memory leak.
- Fixed crash on loading too many bug reports.

11/1/2021 - v0.1.1.10b

General
- VideoTexture now clamps texture sizes to the maximum sizes to help avoid SDL error messages.
Character Editor
- Fixed carry offset & puppy offset values not being initialized when creating a new frame.
Net
- Fixed players not spawning correctly on the NetLobby menu.
- Fixed crash when closing the game while in the NetLobby in Capture The Puppy.
Crash Reporter
- Added a minimum size to the Crash Reporter window.
- Fixed additional game crash when generating a crash report larger than 1 gb.
Sound
- Fixed PlaySoundObject2D incorrectly playing sounds that were to the right of the screen boundaries.
- Added directional sound support.
Demo Player
- Fixed crash when playing demos that have NPCs with character IDs that are out of bounds.

9/21/2021 - v0.1.1.10b-r5 (Unstable)

Chinfish
- Fixed Chinfish floating to the top of the water when connecting to a server already in Reservoir.
General
- Added MP3, OGG, Pxtone & WAV music support.
- Implemented animated tile support.
- Fixed data.dll being overwritten with ctp.dll by accident on compilation.
Music
- Converted all CTP music to OGG to avoid timing issues. This is just an experiment and may be removed in the future.
NetPlay
- Implemented rudimentary rollback netcode.
- You can no longer see players who are not apart of your team on the minimap.
- Fixed player movement updates being sent to everyone else too slowly, resulting in jittery movement.
- Fixed a crash when joining a team whilst connecting to a server.
- Fixed NetPlay menu background loading incorrectly if the currently loaded mod isn't vanilla CSMP.
Options
- Added an Enable Lag Smoothing option to Server Settings to toggle rollback netcode.
Networking
- Changed the way NPCs are ghosted to clients. Again.
- Fixed bosses using the incorrect NPC table when checking if they should be ghosted or not.
Capture The Puppy
- Added resupply cabinets.
- Added 'Kill Zone' NPC.
- Spawn doors now shimmer when you get close to them.
- You can now only shoot through spawn doors if a member of the same team as the spawn door is standing close to it.
- Fixed crash when leaving the server while carrying a puppy.

9/9/2021 - v0.1.1.10b-r2 (Unstable)

General
- Fixed a memory leak issue with SpecialTextCache.
- Fixed not being able to go fullscreen.
- Fixed UI textures being free'd when alt-tabbing out of fullscreen.
Players
- Dropping carried players now does a spatial check to see if the carried player can be dropped where they are.
Weapons
- Fixed 'Empty!' only appearing once when hosting a server & firing a weapon with no ammo.
- Fixed auto-recharge weapons not updating on the HUD when hosting a server.
Options
- Fixed Whimsical Star friendly fire mode not working correctly.
Gamemodes
- Added the Capture The Puppy gamemode mod.
Character Editor
- Added 'IDLE_SHOOT', 'IDLE_LOOK_UP_SHOOT', 'WALK_SHOOT', 'WALK_LOOK_UP_SHOOT', 'FALL_SHOOT', 'FALL_LOOK_UP_SHOOT', 'FALL_LOOK_DOWN_SHOOT', 'JUMP_SHOOT', 'JUMP_LOOK_UP_SHOOT', 'JUMP_LOOK_DOWN_SHOOT', 'CARRIED_IDLE_SHOOT', 'CARRIED_WALKING_SHOOT', 'CARRIED_LOOK_UP_SHOOT' and 'CARRIED_LOOK_DOWN_SHOOT'. These all have subsitute animations set, so you don't have to utilize these if you don't want to..

8/26/2021 - v0.1.1.9b

General
- Saving the game will now also save whether or not collectables are shown on screen.
Sound
- Fixed game freezing due to the music thread hanging.
Maps
- Multiple players can now pick up puppies at the same time.
- Fixed the camera forcing focus on the carried Curly NPC in Sacred Ground - B1.
TextScript
- Fixed <COJ not working correctly in multiplayer.
- Fixed <ITJ not working correctly in multiplayer.
- Fixed bug where the hud would display anybody's collectable count on screen, rather than only your own.
Entities
- Fixed H/V trigger moving past solid walls whilst tracking a player.
Players
- Fixed becoming a zombie after being revived from getting a heart whilst being carried by another player.
- Fixed emotes being apart of the player nametag layer, causing them to be hidden if names are hidden with F5.
Character Editor
- Implemented the ability to change the offset at which carried puppies & players are rendered at, per-animation frame.
- Fixed weapons getting drawn incorrectly when the 'Face Right' checkbox is ticked.
DLL Modding
- Exposed the flag system to the API.
- Added the ability to create TSC commands per-mod.

8/20/2021 - v0.1.1.8b

General
- Changed the way crash logs are generated.
NPCs
- Fixed Dragon NPC using incorrect player frames.
Characters
- Fixed characters not following the 'Show Weapon' custom frame option.
- Fixed Quote's dragon sprites.
- Fixed default frames for 'ANIMATION_MASK_FISH_RIGHT_IDLE' and 'ANIMATION_MASK_FISH_LEFT_IDLE'.
- Fixed the drowning animation not playing when drowning in singleplayer.
Character Editor
- Added a warning prompt when trying to load a player whose Face.png/FaceMask.png or Normal.png/Mask.png image sizes mismatch.
- Added training dummies to the character preview (Art by Jade).
- Fixed dragon preview being offset incorrectly by one pixel.
- Added 'RIDING_DRAGON' animation. This has a subsitute animation set, so you don't have to utilize it if you don't want to.
- Added a tooltip explanation for elements in the Animation Editor for when everything is disabled due to the selected animation being set to be subsituted.
- Added the ability to set an offset for each frame of an animation (with a limit of '-7' to '7' for both X and Y axes).

6/17/2021 - v0.1.1.6b

Players
- Fixed custom frames' flags being ignored, resulting in random behavior.
Character Editor
- Added Balrog and Dragon to the character preview area.
- Hovering the mouse over the animation selection dropdown box will now show a description of the animation.
- Creating a new frame will now copy the previously selected frame's information & scroll to the new frame in the frame list.
- Fixed case where pressing 'New' would not enable the 'Save' and 'Close' options.
- Fixed creating a new player crashing the editor when opening the animation editor.
- Fixed crash when removing all frames from an animation.
- Fixed issue where mimiga mask fishing frames were not being drawn. For custom frames, use the 'Mimiga Mask' frame flag.
- Fixed issue where you could drown in the character preview.
- Fixed issue where previewing your character whilst typing in a textbox would lock your input.
UI
- Updated the max text size of DropdownBoxInfo to avoid crashes with long frame names.

6/15/2021 - v0.1.1.5b

General
- Fixed weapon placement issues when playing with a larger character.
Character Editor
- Implemented the Character Editor. Access it via the Options Menu.
- Implemented the ability to create custom frames.
- Implemented the ability to import custom .PXT and .WAV sound effects for player animations.
CaveNet
- The game will now use the event executor's player position when saving if the host is dead.
Stages
- Fixed vanilla stage loading not loading .pxn (Map Zone) files.
Player States
- Tackle (Stunned) now pushes the player to the left and right if they are stuck on a fan.
- Tackle (Stunned) now grants invulnerability to players until they get up.
- Agility now stuns the player if they take damage.
- You can now tackle NPCs to deal damage.
Options
- Added "Custom Characters Sounds" to the Options Menu.
- Added an option to toggle NPC damage for Agility.
- Re-implemented the Fullscreen display mode.
UI
- Fixed several font rendering issues.
- Every mode now uses hardware acceleration. This should provide a significant speed upgrade whilst in GUIs.
- Fixed loading dialog in File Select Menu rendering outside of the scroll box.
- Added a scrollbar to dropdown boxes.
- Dropdown box items are now scaled to the width of the dropdown box for consistent hitboxes.
- Fixed visual issue with the File Select mode where save game slots would still highlight, even if your mouse was inside of the mod selection dropdown box.
- Fixed bug where dropdown boxes would render every item's text, even if it was off-screen, causing massive lag in some cases.
Assets
- Removed unused Tackle animations from Caret.png.
Weapons
- Fixed case where CountBulletNum and CountArmsBullet would return the wrong result, resulting in spammable weapons.

4/29/2021 - v0.1.1.4b

General
- The game will now fallback to .pxm, .pxe and .tsc map files if no .pxcm is present for a map.
Fonts
- Fixed font renderer crashing when trying to render a unicode character.
CaveNet
- Implemented UPnP support; Users with port forwarding issues should now be able to host servers if their routers support it.
- Reviving players from the Player List will now teleport them to you if they died on a different map.
- Fixed several camera bugs related to the Ironhead Fight.
- Fixed bug where you couldn't lower the Fishing Pole.
- Fixed bug where interacting with NPCs would allow dead players to take damage.
File Select Menu
- Added the ability to see NPCs in the save file previews.
- Added an outline to the currently selected save file.
- Added asynchronous preview loading. This will help those with tons of save files.
- Fixed bug where breakable tiles did not get drawn in place of 'SN'.
- Fixed bug where the menu wouldn't automatically select the most recent save file when opened.
Options
- Added an option to toggle UPnP.
- The Server Port option is now shown in the Options Menu instead of only the Server Settings menu.
NPCs
- NPCs that represent the player are now positioned according to the size of the currently selected character's viewbox size.
Weapons
- Fixed incorrect Bubbler behavior in singleplayer.
- Fixed rare crash involving using the Level 3 Machine Gun when carrying somebody.
UI
- Navigating through the Escape Menu with a keyboard / joypad now allows the selection to wrap.
Assets
- Moved new elements from Loading.png to GUI.png to make porting mods easier.

4/15/2021 - v0.1.1.2b

General
- Changed the crash.log format to include more information.
Game Demos
- Due to the new playerstate system, game demos recorded before this point no longer work.
Assets
- Updated face sprites for Quote and Mimiga characters. Thanks, JadeMonsuta!
- Moved the fishing hook sprite from Bullet.png to GUI.png so porting pre-made mods is a little easier.
CaveNet
- The camera no longer goes to the top left corner if you're being carried and the map changes.
- Reviving players now shows the savior's name in chat.
- Implemented the player state system. Using things like agility, fishing pole, or dying will hopefully be more stable now.
UI
- Fixed Nikumaru time on the Title Screen being displayed incorrectly.
- The portrait in Spectator Mode now shakes when the target takes damage. This can be disabled in options.
- Changed the way the Dropdown Box allocates items.
- Added the Character Selection Mode. Access it via the Options Menu. This can be used to enable & disable characters.
TextScript
- Added the ability to change map events' targets. This means you can choose whether commands like <LI+ go to everyone, or if it just goes to one player.
- Added the <TAR command. This allows scripters to switch the target on the fly.