Cave Story Multiplayer

12/4/2021 - v0.1.1.11b-r3 (Unstable)

General
- Implemented UNICODE support.
Localization
- Implemented localization support.
Networking
- Fixed a bunch of issues with things happening multiple times (like fading in multiple times).
MiniMap
- Implemented a new Bug Lister feature into CSMPCrashReporter.exe. Use it to communicate on specific bug reports. Please.

11/7/2021 - v0.1.1.11b-r2 (Unstable)

General
- Updated save profiles to include extended stage selection array.
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.
MiniMap
- Changed this gui to a BaseModeInstance object.
Modding
- Added functions to help edit boss health.
Crash Reporter
- Fixed weird window size bug when opening the crashlog reporter.

11/4/2021 - v0.1.1.11b-r1 (Unstable)

General
- 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.
Options
- Implemented keybind editor.
Map GUI
- Pressing Escape now closes the map GUI instead of opening the escape menu.
Inventory GUI
- Pressing Escape now closes the inventory GUI instead of opening the escape menu.

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.

10/1/2021 - v0.1.1.10b-r6 (Unstable)

General
- Added a Report Bug button to the escape menu.
- Added an automated crashlog reporter.
GUI
- Teams are now shown in the Player List.
NPCs
- Fixed Bute w/ Sword not focusing other players.
- Fixed Quake & Block Generator NPC spawning non-ghost NPCs client-side, likely causing many weird game issues.
Capture The Puppy
- Added a Booster bar to display how much booster you have left.
- Added a basic Capture The Flag HUD, displaying each team's points.

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.

9/13/2021 - v0.1.1.10b-r3 (Unstable)

General
- Implemented animated tile support.
NetPlay
- Fixed crash when joining a team whilst connecting to a server.
Capture The Puppy
- Added a Grasstown-themed map. This is now the default map that you load into for the time being.
- The 'dbg-mod.pxmod' is now included in this release.
- Fixed carets not appearing when shooting an enemy team-specific tile.
- Fixed weapon spawns giving ammo even after being picked up.
- Fixed being able to drop puppies into spawns.
- Re-worked puppy node save system so it doesn't clutter up maps' configuration files.
- Made the Spur consume ammo more sensibly.

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).

7/12/2021 - v0.1.1.7b

Characters
- Characters' mimiga mask animations are now subsituted by their non-mimiga-mask animations by default.
Character Selector
- The character preview box now uses the character's walking animation.
Character Editor
- Added 'ANIMATION_DROWNED'.
- Added an animation configuration menu.
- Added the ability to set an animation's subsitute animation. If a subsitute is set, then the subsitute animation will play instead of the actual animation.
- Added the ability to define an animation's loop start point.
- Fixed issue where you could not set an animation to loop / not loop.
- Fixed slider tooltips being incorrectly rendered.
- Fixed crash when toggling the Mimiga Mask flag for a custom frame.

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.

4/17/2021 - v0.1.1.3b

General
- Dying now loads the last saved game (if it exists).
Character Selector
- Refreshing characters will now reset all demo players' characters.
CaveNet
- Fixed getting a heart pickup whilst being dead reviving the player into a limbo state.
- Implemented proper fishing hook collision.
- Fixed Fishing Pole crashing the game due to a null pointer.
NPCs
- Fixed Quote & Curly riding Balrog NPC having Curly being rendered as Quote.
UI
- Fixed instances where closing the Character Selector and Config Mode would leave an artifact in the background.

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.

4/1/2021 - v0.1.1.1b

General
- Fixed several crashes & heap corruption issues.
Bosses
- Fixed Balfrog not being shootable for non-hosting server clients.
UI
- Added more tooltips to the NetPlay Menu.
- Fixed a ping-related crash on the NetPlay Menu.
- Made the message box w/ input box combo easier to control.
CaveNet
- Added failsafes to boss packets to help mitigate boss-related crashes.
- Added the ability to password servers.