This is only passable in one direction, but does not have a signal
or show an aspect in the opposite direction
Add a setting for whether this is shown in the signal UI.
Off by default.
When you are query several servers at once, it is rather unclear
for which server you got a popup. Instead, show any errors on the
server itself.
This is only true for the query-part. Joining a server still gives
an error popup to tell you about any issue.
Nobody really paid attention to the lobby window, and it completely
missed its purpose. Most people don't even wait for companies to
show up, but just hit "New Company".
This in turn means people create a lot of unneeded companies, while
they "just want to watch the game" or join another company.
Instead, "Join Game" now just joins the game as spectators.
Soon we will make "join game" join the game as spectator first,
so limiting the amount of spectators makes no sense anymore in
that context. Not sure it ever did make sense.
TURN is a last resort, used only if all other methods failed.
TURN is a relay approach to connect client and server together, where
openttd.org (by default) is the middleman.
It is very unlikely either the client or server cannot connect to
the STUN server, as they are both already connected to the Game
Coordinator. But in the odd case it does fail, estabilishing the
connection fails without any further possibility to recover.
This method doesn't require port-forwarding to be used, and works for
most common NAT routers in home setups. But, for sure it doesn't work
for all setups, and not everyone will be able to use this.
In this mode you do register to the Game Coordinator, but your
server will not show up in the public server listing. You can give
your friends the invite code of the server with which they can
join.
This removes the need to know a server IP to join it. Invite codes
are small (~7 characters) indentifiers for servers, which can be
exchanged with other players to join the servers.
Prior to this change, without realistic breaking, trains would continuously run into the train in front of them. This makes them adjust their speed based on trains in front of them
Prior to this change, trees tended to either cover the entire map like an ancient forest, or alternatively you turn off their growth which breaks industry. Furthermore there are these ugly random tree clumps at the beginning of the game which look like squares on the map someone placed there.
This change adds a new tree placing setting which removes the ugly random clumps and only slightly modifies the initial placement. The actual growth causes trees to bunch up in higher levels as usual but on the lower 4 levels their growth works differently. The number of trees per tile is limited and the trees spread out over a wider area instead of only to the neighboring tile. That spreads them out more and makes for a nicer look.
This also allows cacti to spread, since they can now use that same algorithm and avoid bunching up, but spread as they should.
Prior to this change, the game tended to place towns on mountain tops. Realistic heightmaps had limitations because of this.
This change allows the player to specify that the towns should be generated in the valleys.
Prior to this change, road vehicles would always slowdown in curves. This forces the player to build grid like roads. With new height levels and more mountainous maps and in the absense of diagonal roads this causes unnecessary pain. It should be an option to turn this off, so mountainous maps and curvy roads are not punishing the player unnecessarily. Nobody wants to build grid like roads outside of towns.
Prior to this change, lakes could be very small and could also not be deactivated.
This change allows the deactivation of lake creation and the lake size is now the set size +- 25% instead of anything between 0 and lake_size.
Prior to this change, the use of NewObjects often lead to the problem of players trying to clear those and accidentally destroying a rail station or (when using magic bulldozer) an industry. This action cannot be undone.
This change shows a query making sure the player actually wants to destroy the station or industry.
NOTE: The switch to a std::function no longer allows for the inequality check in ShowQuery in misc_gui. If this was required a different solution has to be found.
Prior to this change, the charts were pretty useless. They indicated at most what cargos were speed sensitive and which ones were not.
This change lets the graph show the average transit speed to profit mapping. With this graph it becomes obvious after exactly what speed any further speed increase brings no further profit. This makes train selection way easier.
This means that pressing Refresh button and adding servers manually
now uses TCP.
The master-server and initial scan are still UDP as they will be
replaced by Game Coordinator; no need to change this now.
If we query a server that is too old, show a proper warning to the
user informing him the server is too old.
The GUI now more clearly shows some basic information about the
server you joined, your client name (and the ability to change it),
and what players are in which company.
It also contains useful buttons to press to join companies, chat
with other people, and for admins to kick/ban people.
Additionally, renamed "advertised" to "visibility"; this has to
do with future additions, but also because it is more clear in
wording.