BeamMP-Server/Changelog.md

v3.0.0

• CHANGED entire plugin Lua implementation (rewrite)
• CHANGED moved almost all Lua functions into MP.*
• CHANGED console to use a custom language (type help, list, or status!)
• CHANGED all files of a Lua plugin to share a Lua state (no more state-per-file)
• ADDED many new Lua API functions, which can be found at https://wiki.beammp.com/en/Scripting/functions
• ADDED Commandline options. Run with --help to see all options.
• ADDED HTTP(S) Server (OpenAPI spec coming soon!)
• ADDED plugin directories to package.path and package.cpath before onInit
• ADDED ability to add PluginConfig.toml to your plugin folder to change some settings
• ADDED ability to share a lua state with other plugins via StateId setting in PluginConfig.toml
• ADDED ability to see name-to-thread-ID association in debug mode
• ADDED dumping tables with print() (try it with print(MP))
• ADDED MP.GetOSName(), MP.CreateTimer(), MP.GetLuaMemoryUsage() and many more (see https://wiki.beammp.com/en/Scripting/functions)
• ADDED MP.Settings table to make usage of MP.Set() easier
• ADDED FS.* table with common filesystem operations (do print(FS) to see them!)
• FIXED i/o thread spin when stdout is /dev/null on linux
• FIXED removed extra whitespace infront of onChatMessage message

v2.3.3

• CHANGED servers to be private by default

v2.3.2

• ADDED Ctrl+C causes a graceful shutdown on windows (did already on linux)
• ADDED more meaningful shutdown messages
• ADDED even better backend connection error reporting
• ADDED SendErrors config in ServerConfig.toml to opt-out of error reporting
• ADDED hard-shutdown if Ctrl+C pressed 3 times
• FIXED issue with shells like bash being unusable after server exit

v2.3.1

• CHANGED join/sync timeout to 20 minutes, players wont drop if loading takes >5 mins

v2.3.0

• ADDED version check - the server will now let you know when a new release is out
• ADDED logging of various errors, crashes and exceptions to the backend
• ADDED chat messages are now logged to the server console as [CHAT]
• ADDED debug message telling you when the server heartbeats to the backend
• REMOVED various [DEBUG] messages which were confusing (such as "breaking client loop")
• FIXED various crashes and issues with handling unexpected backend responses
• FIXED minor bugs due to code correctness

v2.2.0

• FIXED major security flaw
• FIXED minor bugs

v2.1.4

• ADDED debug heartbeat print
• ADDED kicking every player before shutdown
• FIXED rare bug which led to violent crash
• FIXED minor bugs

v2.1.3

• FIXED Lua events not cancelling properly on Linux

v2.1.2

• CHANGED default map to gridmap v2
• FIXED version number display

v2.1.1

v2.1.0 (pre-v2.1.1)

v2.0.4 (pre-v2.1.0)

• REMOVED boost as a runtime dependency
• FIXED Lua plugins on Linux
• FIXED console history on Windows
• CHANGED to new config format TOML

v2.0.3

• WORKAROUND for timeout bug / ghost player bug
• FIXED 100% CPU spin when stdin is /dev/null.

v2.0.2

• ADDED fully new commandline
• ADDED new backend
• ADDED automated build system
• ADDED lua GetPlayerIdentifiers
• ADDED lots of debug info
• ADDED better POSTing and GETing
• ADDED a license
• FIXED ghost players in player list issue
• FIXED ghost vehicle after joining issue
• FIXED missing vehicle after joining issue
• FIXED a lot of desync issues
• FIXED some memory leaks
• FIXED various crashes
• FIXED various data-races
• FIXED some linux-specific crashes
• FIXED some linux-specific issues
• FIXED bug which caused kicking to be logged as leaving
• FIXED various internal developer quality-of-life things