BYOND 4.0 Version 433.1009 Release Notes

Fixes

• The browser control was not properly parsing byond:// queries that had the protocol omitted. (Ajem)


• Windows that were not resizable were still allowing for a resizable status bar. (Yash 69)


• Middle-button mouse clicks acted as double-clicks on the map and grid controls. (Calus CoRPS)


• Atoms with default icon_state values but using icons without a default state would not show up in output when using the \icon macro. (Armiris)


• Worlds with large numbers of mobs took a longer time to delete each mob than they normally should.


• The new DreamDownload program was crashing when given an empty url. (Stephen001)

Features

• The two-byte (64K) restriction for most kinds of objects has been bumped up to three bytes instead. Affected objects so far include:

  strings
  user lists
  objs
  mobs
  areas
  images
  appearances (an internal type)
  unique overlay/underlay lists
  

  The number of cache objects (files) is also slated to increase, but so far the only change to those is that they are now internally represented by 4 bytes. Code to actually increase the limit proper will be added in a future release, but it's a relatively simple change now.

  The old 2-byte limit still exists in Dream Maker. Your projects still can only use up to 64K unique strings, unique types, etc. This is to maintain compatibility with all the code that reads and writes DMBs and the code for compiling and executing procs. Note that this could be a cause for confusion: your projects still have the same limitations at compile-time; it's the runtime capabilities of the engine that are expanding, so that's good for dynamic worlds and anything that loads/saves maps like with SwapMaps.

  As a result of this major upgrade, the server-client messaging protocol had to be altered. Because servers broadcast many of their messages to all clients, a 433 server cannot communicate with older clients. A 433 client however should be able to connect to anything.
  

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