v1.19.1

Summary

As 2024's last release, v1.19.1 brings many changes and a few exciting features:

• Display callbacks for RewindableStateMachine, to improve developer experience
• Hitscan weapons with an example FPS game, courtesy of @krazyjakee
• Input prediction
• Rollback debugger, a tool to examine your code during rollback, signal by signal, tick by tick
• Procedural node configuration, to enable nodes to automatically configure their own state, input, and interpolated properties

And of similar importance, documentation has also undergone significant changes:

• Docs are now bundled with every release, ready for downloading and offline use
• Docs are now available for every version on the site, instead of just the latest
  • Versions managed using mike
• From this release and onward, doc pages have comments enabled!
  • Discussions managed by giscus

What's Changed

• doc: Use embedded UML by @elementbound in #342
• fix: Disconnect signals on exiting tree by @elementbound in #341
• feat: RewindableStateMachine display callbacks by @elementbound in #343
• chore: Include docs in releases by @elementbound in #350
• fix: Setup mkdocs to build docs by @elementbound in #351
• feat: Hitscan weapons by @krazyjakee in #340
• chore: Include contributors by @elementbound in #352
• feat: Input prediction by @elementbound in #344
• feat: Rollback debugger by @elementbound in #345
• fix: Add missing interpolators by @elementbound in #355
• fix: Record nodes without _rollback_tick callback by @elementbound in #356
• feat: Procedural node configuration by @elementbound in #354
• doc: Admonitions by @elementbound in #357
• doc: Version selector by @elementbound in #359
• chore: Improve scripts by @elementbound in #360
• doc: Add giscus by @elementbound in #361
• doc: Update version selector style by @elementbound in #363
• doc: Input prediction tutorial by @elementbound in #365

Full Changelog: v1.14.1...v1.19.1

v1.14.1

Summary

This release marks netfox's first anniversary - it's been a year since the release of v1 on the 23th of November, 2023! To celebrate, we bring the biggest update so far!

Highlights

• A moving platform example ( #313 )
• State machines that work with rollback ( #315 )
• Improved time sync ( #314 )
• Window tiling ( #322 )
• Diff states ( #278 )

What's Changed

• Changed RPC strings to static functions by @TheYellowArchitect in #241
• fix: Make sure generated projectile ID's are unique by @elementbound in #270
• fix: Projectiles can be spawned without ID by @elementbound in #237
• Guard input redundancy from values less than one by @albertok in #271
• Added docs for is_fresh and updated screenshot by @albertok in #263
• doc: Add supported versions by @elementbound in #292
• chore: Add tick and peer id to logging by @elementbound in #293
• chore: Add funding link by @elementbound in #294
• Added notes to caveats by @albertok in #296
• chore(github): Issue templates by @elementbound in #295
• fix: TickInterpolator glitch on state switch by @elementbound in #301
• feat(game): Moving platforms by @elementbound in #313
• Rollback aware state machine by @krazyjakee in #315
• fix(ci): Missing export template in build by @elementbound in #317
• Provide choice to spawn an avatar for the host by @TheYellowArchitect in #283
• Fixed NetworkPopup.tscn UI so the buttons host and join are always visible by @TheYellowArchitect in #285
• doc: Add Interpolation caveats by @elementbound in #318
• refactor: Expand variable names by @elementbound in #319
• fix: Use record input props instead of auth by @elementbound in #320
• feat: Nudge Time Process by @elementbound in #314
• feat: Window tiling by @albertok in #322
• fix: Limit rollback ticks by @elementbound in #324
• feat: Broadcast time sync success by @elementbound in #325
• fix: NetworkTime.start() runs twice for clients by @TheYellowArchitect in #326
• fix: host/join signals not emitting at multiplyer-simple-demo and state-machine-demo by @TheYellowArchitect in #329
• fix: Log levels by @elementbound in #333
• Fix starting order for RollbackSynchronizer by @TheYellowArchitect in #284
• feat: Diff states by @TheYellowArchitect in #278
• refactor: Conditional log message evaluation by @elementbound in #335
• refactor: NetfoxLogger no longer depends on netfox by @elementbound in #336
• doc: Improve index pages with shields by @elementbound in #337
• feat(game): Aura decals by @elementbound in #338
• feat: Add display state change signal to RewindableStateMachine by @krazyjakee in #331
• chore: Add diff state ack defaults by @elementbound in #339

New Contributors

• @krazyjakee made their first contribution in #315

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.14.1

v1.8.0

Summary

This release brings an option to reduce bandwidth by sending input data only to the server - thanks to @nicobatty for the catch! The legacy behavior is still available through a flag on RollbackSynchronizer.

Make sure to disable enable_input_broadcast on your RollbackSynchronizer nodes for this to take effect!

What's Changed

• feat: Add option to avoid broadcasting inputs by @nicobatty in #230

New Contributors

• @nicobatty made their first contribution in #230

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0

v1.7.0

What's Changed

• fix: hdpi svg icons by @bryanmylee in #213
• feat: Support nested properties by @elementbound in #217
• Unreliable inputs with redundancy by @albertok in #221
• Fix nested properties not being applied by @jonstvns in #224
• feat: Use OS time for tick loop by @elementbound in #225

New Contributors

• @bryanmylee made their first contribution in #213
• @albertok made their first contribution in #221
• @jonstvns made their first contribution in #224

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v1.7.0

v1.4.0

What's Changed

• doc: Update releases section with new zip layout by @elementbound in #172
• Documentation - Reference the issue which will solve multiple physics steps preventing instant rollback by @TheYellowArchitect in #178
• Redirect dead link (error 404) to proper documentation link by @TheYellowArchitect in #183
• Deleted outdated tutorial link in comment by @TheYellowArchitect in #187
• Documentation - 1 typo by @TheYellowArchitect in #179
• chore: Add type annotations where sensible by @elementbound in #190
• chore: Flat billboard clouds by @elementbound in #191
• doc: Add process_settings note to ownership in rollback tutorial by @elementbound in #192
• feat: Performance monitors by @elementbound in #195
• fix(game): Excessive rollback when an Effect is active by @elementbound in #198
• feat: StateSynchronizer by @elementbound in #202
• doc: Upgrading by @elementbound in #203
• doc: Add showcase section to README by @elementbound in #206
• fix: Spawning RollbackSynchronizer resims from -1 by @elementbound in #204
• feat: Enable updating authority on RollbackSynchronizer by @elementbound in #208

New Contributors

• @TheYellowArchitect made their first contribution in #178

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.4.0

v1.1.1

Upgrading

• Remove Interpolators from the project autoloads, it's a static class now

What's Changed

• fix: Remove netfox.noray dependency on netfox by @elementbound in #154
• doc: Add noray instance by @elementbound in #155
• doc: Enable addons section by @elementbound in #156
• fix(examples): Noray bootstrapper refuse connection on empty role by @elementbound in #161
• refactor: Make Interpolators a static class by @elementbound in #163
• chore: Add RollbackSynchronizer class name by @elementbound in #165
• feat: Configurable logging by @elementbound in #162
• chore: Fix warnings by @elementbound in #170
• chore: Always bundle dependencies by @elementbound in #171

Full Changelog: v1.0.1...v1.1.1

v1.0.1

Intermediate release to fix #140

What's Changed

• doc: Fix asset links by @elementbound in #133
• fix: Problems with multiplayer-simple example by @zibetnu in #134
• fix: Problems with multiplayer-netfox example by @zibetnu in #135
• doc: Add contribution notes by @elementbound in #139
• fix: Addon installed to project root by @elementbound in #143

New Contributors

• @zibetnu made their first contribution in #134 - big kudos!

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.1

v1.0.0

The first major release of netfox! Includes:

• A complete documentation site
• Time synchronization
• A custom network tick loop
• Convenience signals
• State interpolation between ticks
• Rollback implementation
• noray integration
• Network input base class
• Network weapon base class

v0.15.14

What's Changed

• doc: Add RollbackSynchronizer node by @elementbound in #115
• doc: Add netfox.noray docs by @elementbound in #116
• doc: Add BaseNetInput guide by @elementbound in #117
• doc: Add NetworkWeapon guide by @elementbound in #118
• doc: Improve PacketHandshake explanation by @elementbound in #124
• doc: Authoritative servers by @elementbound in #125
• doc: Ownership by @elementbound in #126
• fix: Projectile reconciliation threshold by @elementbound in #127
• doc: Update tutorials by @elementbound in #128

Full Changelog: v0.15.9...v0.15.14

v0.15.9

Pre-release test release of Forest Brawl