New features and other changes in the v1.05b release of XASECO:
- * updated the Dedimania system to randomly choose between the existing :8006, :8007, :8011, :8012 and :8013 and new :8016 through :8021 communication ports (remember to open those ports on your firewall/router as well) in order to distribute the load across more Dedimania servers
* the number of lines in the TMF system message window can now be easily modified with the $winlen variable at the start of plugin.msglog.php
* refined UTF-8 string validation function (thanks Slig)
- * Dedimania records aren't reliably registered due to the new anti-cheat tests -- fixed
* Dedimania records on tracks that don't have the full <max_recs> entries aren't registered unless they're better than the existing last record -- fixed (thanks lille79)
* in case of Dedimania connection problems persisting across track changes, records data from the previous track is still used on the next one – fixed (thanks schmidi)
* restarting a track causes no further Dedimania records to be registered on that track -- fixed
* restarting XAseco triggers the anti-cheat tests for the ongoing race -- fixed, the tests now get enabled after the end of the current track
* with the music server configured for local files, /music current and /music settings don't show the song's info -- fixed
* on Windows, the /music stripdirs option doesn't work correctly on local files -- fixed
This release contains the promised anti-cheat tests, a bunch of feature requests, a few tests to comply with new Dedimania record rules, new configuration options, support for song files on the local server, bug fixes, and the proverbial more. Note that on TMF this release requires the latest 2008-12-05 build. It does not yet contain all the promised donation tracking and ranking features, as that will take more time and I figured the anti-cheat measures are important enough for a release now. Here are the full release notes:New features and other changes in the v1.05 release of XASECO:
- * new checkpoint sanity checks to prevent cheated records (if plugin.checkpoints.php is enabled in plugins.xml):
- * all checkpoint times must be larger than zero
* each checkpoint time within a player's run must be larger than the preceding one
* all checkpoint indexes must be zero or larger
* each checkpoint index within a player's run must be 1 larger than the preceding one
* the last checkpoint time must be equal to the finish time
* when any of these requirements isn't met, one of the following actions is taken on the pertaining player, configurable via new config.xml setting <cheater_action> (default: 0):
0: Ignore; 1: Set to Spectator (only on TMF, falls back to 0 on TMN); 2: Kick; 3: Ban (implies Kick); 4: BlackList & Kick; 5: Blacklist & Ban
* new/updated local and Dedimania records that fail one or more of the aforementioned checks are not stored (even if the above action is 0)
- * keeping any of the three <masterserver_account> fields in dedimania.xml at a default or empty value results in a fatal error
* records are no longer processed if they are less than 6 seconds
* records are no longer processed for tracks with an author time of less than 8 seconds
- * song files can now be stored locally on the TM server in a path under its GameData/ directory, e.g. Music/, without the need for a remote http server
* if <auto_nextsong> is disabled a jukeboxed song will no longer be repeated on all subsequent tracks until another song is jukeboxed
* a global congratulations message can be displayed instead of the regular personal one at a player's win of a track, if that win count reaches a multiple configured via new config.xml setting <global_win_multiple> (default: 50)
* if plugin.rpoints.php is enabled on TMF, it's now possible to initialize the TM server with a default Rounds points system at start-up via new config.xml setting <default_rpoints> -- the value can be a custom system with specified values (X,Y,...,Z) or a common system by name (f1gp, motogp, etc), just like the parameters to the /admin rpoints command; if empty, the standard points system is initialized
* on TMF, automatically setting a player that uses the /afk command into free spectator mode can now be configured via new config.xml setting <afk_force_spec> (default: True)
* automatically adding the current IP address for newly added admins and operators can now be configured via new config.xml setting <auto_admin_addip> (default: True)
* new /admin autotime command to enable or disable the Auto TimeLimit feature dynamically (assuming plugin.autotime.php is enabled in plugins.xml)
* when restarting a track via a /ladder vote (with votes.config.php setting $ladder_fast_restart = true) or /admin restartmap, the Auto TimeLimit is no longer set to next track's value
* successful /donate and /admin pay copper transfers are now logged
* when adminops.xml is written out without any admin or operator entries, bannedips.xml without IPs, jfreu.bans.xml without temporary bans, or jfreu.vips.xml without VIP logins or teams, then a comment block to show the entry syntax is included instead
* if the GD/JPEG libraries are installed in PHP, the GBXChallengeFetcher class now flips the upside-down thumbnail image in a challenge into its upright format
* a message is logged when plugins.xml is being loaded at start-up
* this release requires the latest server build 2008-12-05 - * all checkpoint times must be larger than zero
- * /players <string> displays an erroneous window if the search string matches no players -- fixed, a warning message is shown
* on TMF if plugin.panels.php is not enabled, TMX /add and chat-based votes result in crashes -- fixed
* on TMN, running /admin helpall as an Admin (not MasterAdmin or Operator) locks up the client after the second page -- fixed (thanks B.A.S.S.)
* a time-out on the version server at the up-to-date check gives an incorrect message -- fixed
* some PHP constructs still cause silent notices during strict run-time checks -- fixed more of them
* debug logging in the Dedimania system doesn't consistently use CRLF on Windows -- fixed
- Important:
* To register your server with the central Dedimania database, you must copy the login and password values in the <masterserver_account> section from your server's dedicated.cfg (TMN) or dedicated_cfg.txt (TMF) file into the corresponding section of the dedimania.xml file, and add the 3-character nation abbreviation. Instead of the password you can also use the community code for your server by using the server login/password on the official site for your game (TMO/TMS/TMN) or on this page for TMF.
* Open ports 8003, 8006, 8007, 8011, 8012, 8013 and 8016 through 8021 on your firewall/router for communication with the central Dedimania server (if that's not possible, the system falls back on port 80).
* In the zip file, all *.XML and *.PHP config files are now located inside the newinstall/ directory. This means that you can (and have to) unzip the download and replace all the PHP code files, without worrying about overwriting your customized config files. However, for every XML/PHP config file that was updated (see above), you must replace your version with the one from the newinstall/ directory, or compare them and add any new/changed configuration settings to your version to insure the system remains working correctly.
* For a new installation, go into the newinstall/ directory and move all *.XML files into the main directory, next to aseco.php, and *.PHP files into the includes/ directory.
Enjoy,
Xymph
