downlords-faf-client

• Fixed #220: User info popup doesn't close on logout
• Fixed #237: Adapt updated API authorization

• #228 Crash on invalid mod icon path

• #206 Cannot Create or Join Games
• #211 Automatically download JVM
• #212 Automatically release to Github

• Fixed most (all?) memory leaks, client ran stable for ~20h
• Mod upload is prepared but not yet working due to unfinished server side.
• Team number / observer is now displayed correctly

• #202 Adapt ladder notification change
• #207 Chat user item memory leak

The ladder notification now shows up as a toast. This can be annoying and will be improved further in the future.

#203 Exception when cache/theme folders are missing

Fixes

• Fixed connection issues
• Achievements in "user information" window load asynchronously again
• #87 Transparent Web views (fixes graphical bug in chats and news)
• #196 Live-reloading theme changes for easy theming (improvement pending)

Known bugs:

• Ranked 1v1 doesn't work (again)

#196 Load theme files from external location & detect changes

Adapting server changes (message game_info can contain a list of games)

• Live replay works again
• Improved color selection for chat users
• Don't colorize tooltips when hovering over a colored chat user
• Listing game types in "Create game" dialog again, allowing games to be hosted (adapting server changes)
• Make ranked1v1 work again (adapting server changes)
• Speed up UI loading a bit
• Make chat "mention" case insensitive
• Fixing map not selected when hosting game

Compatibility with new server, some hot fixes

#185 Don't start connectivity check before login

⚠️ Connects to FAF beta server ⚠️
You may have to use an old password

Features

• #8 Highlight private tabs on new message
• #15 Colorize chat messages
  • Custom chat colors
  • Random chat colors
• #57 Easily see what people are playing
• #76 Game status indicator in chat user list
• #77 Show notification on new chat message
• #92 Click on name in chat should open private message tab
• #119 Achievements
• #120 Search IRC chat buffer
• #124 Create game.prefs automatically
• #126 Implement new proxy protocol
• #129 Integrate login form into main window
• #164 Support Windows taskbar progress
• #170 Support game rehosting
• Allow logout

Improvements

• #109 Don't disable "Create game"
• Port check now uses FAF server
• Improved mod vault
• Improved user information window
• Reduced installer size

Fixes

• #46 Fix DPI issues
• #53 Broken map previews
• #94 Clan channel not joined
• #99 Write fa_path.lua
• #172 Chat text does not properly wrap
• Using GPU to render UI (again)

• #113 Mod vault: Search and install
• #112 Show hand cursor when hovering over map preview in game detail
• #106 Setting port to check correctly
• #105 getLocalMaps() fails when map directory does not exist.
• #104 Hosting games with mods
• #73 Support ranked 1v1 matches

• #23 Automatic game patching and mod installation

Fixed issues:

• #96 Chat messages aren't rendered when running on Java 8u60
• Auto update doesn't detect new version

• #90 Player statistics not displaying
• #89 Replacing ehcache with guava cache
• #88 Replace current installation when installing newer version
• #85 Auto-update within client
• #80 Add icons to game tile
• #69 JDK 8u60
• #2 Automatic IRC registration

Update: Don't use this build, it does not show chat messages.

• Games can now either be displayed as tiles or in a table (selection not yet saved)
• Using CPU to render the UI to avoid lagging if GPU is under heavy load
• New font rendering to avoid sub pixel rendering issues
• Improved navigation; Dropdown tabs allow more views without having too many tabs
• Improved game detail, allowing to "click on map" to see an even larger preview (still ugly)
• 35% Test coverage, making the client more reliable and maintainable

Catching up with latest changes (http://www.faforever.com/2015/07/patch-3644-3645-beta-client-0-10-124-updates/#.VblrCsGqpBc):

• Games will launch slightly faster

• Hotfix: Game information wasn't updating