OpenRPG 1.6.3 Release Notes

Bug Fixes

The infamous Fog Bug has been fixed.
The background color is no longer changed to white or any other color by servers' lobby messages. (mDuo13)
Alias changes no longer get lost in the shuffle of message order, leaving players' names seemingly changed to their aliases or sending messages under their real names instead of their aliases. (Snowdog, DjGilcrease)
Server "Blackholing" bug fixed. (Snowdog)
The "Snap" feature of the minimap now works.
The defaultfontsize feature now works consistently. (DjGilcrease)

Improvements

wxPython 2.5+ support improved (Snowdog, mDuo13)
Meta Server corruption (ie. blank server list) resistance improved. (Snowdog)
Server stability has been improved overall (Snowdog)
Auto-rooting feature improves Mac OS X support. If OpenRPG's installation directory cannot be detected then it will prompt for the user to enter the correct path to the OpenRPG folder. (Snowdog)
The settings menu has been reorganized to make room for the new settings features.
No longer need to restart OpenRPG to enable/disable chat tool bars like the ToGM button, Dice Bar ect. (DjGilcrease)

New Features

The plugin architechture is now built into the OpenRPG code. It has also been changed slightly. (mDuo13)
- There is a new default plugin, xxurl2link, which converts incoming and outgoing URLs into clickable HTML links. (tdb30_, mDuo13)
- There is another new default plugin, xxsavewindow, which saves OpenRPG's window settings, like size and position. (mDuo13)
New dierollers:
- Mercenary's extended WoD roller (abbreviated "wodex") is now included. (tdb30_)
- The Shadowrun "Rule of Six" dieroller ("srex") is now included.
- Veggiesama's Shadowrun 4th Edition dieroller ("sr4") is now included. (mDuo13)
Additional whisper group features have been added, including the /gw command. (DjGilcrease)
There are new controls for protecting against unwanted HTML code
- <li>, background color changing, text-alignment changing, and <script> tags are automatically blocked. (Snowdog, mDuo13)
- There is an option for disabling images altogether in chat and converting them into HTML links which point to the images. (Snowdog, mDuo13)
New whisper tabs can be created for a given ID# by typing /tab followed by the ID#. (mDuo13, Mercenary)
Text can now be written onto the whiteboard. (tdb30_)
Chat messages are now received in the order they were sent rather than the order they were received. (Snowdog)
Game server list now colorized and sorted. OpenRPG Dev servers listed at top and all other servers listed by player count (Snowdog)
Automatic update notification checks. OpenRPG will now tell you when its become out of date and can auto-update itself. (Snowdog)
Automatic setting file updating. As new features are added to the code old setting files from previous versions will be updated and missing settings added. Also, should an error occur in the loading of the settings OpenRPG will now auto-recover , moving the original settings file and creating a new one. (Snowdog)
The settings window automatically resizes to the size of the list of settings. (Windows only) (DjGilcrease)

Known Issues

Whenever local images are blocked, the given HTML link is broken.
Pressing ALT+F4 in Windows triggers the F4 macro as it exits. (Simple fix would be to check for ALT modifier before sending macros.)
On wxPython 2.5+, switching tabs doesn't automatically set focus back to chat text.
Plugin API: Saving lists and dictionaries that contain blank strings or other lists and other dictionaries does not work.
Using the Alias Library window to send emotes will some times send under the real name. For the time being it is best to use the alias tool bar. This is fixed in cvs (DjGilcrease)
Maps made for 1.6.1 and below don't always load. This has to do with changes in fog and whiteboard code; a fix to make them compatible is done but not in 1.6.3. See this thread.

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