Changelog

v1.8.0 (02/05/2022)

• Adds initial support for components:
  • Introduces a new EntityBusPeer shared type.
  • Adjusts the shared Entity type to derive from EntityBusPeer.
  • Introduces a new Component shared type.
  • Introduces components and peers properties to the EntityBus type.
  • Adjust various events and hooks to use EntityBusPeer where appropriate.
  • To preserve backwards compatibility, methods, properties, events, and hooks that previously used the Entity type will now intelligently provide either an Entity or a Component based on the underlying value type. This will keep mods compatible while also helping better diagnose any misuse.
• Adjust DataContainer reference counting to make it more accurate (related to #770).

v1.7.0 (01/04/2022)

• Add support for using custom content superbundles. See the guide for more info.

v1.6.0 (18/02/2022)

• Fix VoipEmitter:Emitting event firing multiple times (#707).
• Introduces a new GetTimeNS method to the shared SharedUtils library.
• Fix certain issues with the Input:PreUpdate hook.

v1.5.0 (18/02/2022)

• Expose updateInterval to ClientGameEntity and ServerGameEntity (#669).

v1.4.0 (08/01/2022)

• Improve cases where accessing a player object would result in errors.
• The Guid constructors will now throw errors when invalid or badly formatted Guid strings are provided.
• Add support for client-side persistent settings through the SettingsManager library.

v1.3.2 (06/11/2021)

• Introduces a new GetMemoryUsage method to the SharedUtils shared library.
• Calls to Events:Subscribe will now throw an error when invalid callbacks are provided.
• Fix a deadlock when accessing voip channel details in the VoipEmitter:Emitting event.
• Fix a memory leak with the WebUI:ExecuteJS library method.

v1.3.1 (12/10/2021)

• Introduces a new RaycastManager server library.
• Introduces a new CollisionRaycast method to the RaycastManager client library.

v1.3.0 (11/10/2021)

• Introduces a new Voip server library.
• Introduces a new Voip client library.
• Introduces a new VoipChannel server type.
• Introduces a new VoipChannel client type.
• Introduces a new VoipEmitter client type.
• Introduces a new VoipEmitterType shared enum.
• Introduces a new VoipTransmissionMode shared enum.
• Introduces several new client events: Voip:ChannelOpened, Voip:ChannelClosed, VoipChannel:PlayerJoined, VoipChannel:PlayerLeft, and VoipEmitter:Emitting.

v1.2.0 (16/09/2021)

• Made the teamId and squadId properties writable for the client Player (#642) type.
• Made the teamId property writable for the client ControllableEntity and the server ControllableEntity types (#651)
• Fixed crash when calling entity:Destroy().
• Fixed various issues with DataContainer loading callbacks.
• Fixed spectators not being included in the VEXT PlayerManager.
• Fixed spectators not receiving NetEvents.
• Fixed Player:Deleted not being called for spectators.
• Fixed a race condition with VEXT module registration.
• The instance id will now be printed when printing Entity or EntityBus types using print.
• Fixed issues with entity destruction callbacks not being called correctly.
• Fixed Player:Connected and Player:Deleted events being dispatched multiple times.
• Fixed a crash when calling GetPart on a PhysicsEntityBase with an invalid index (#674).
• Removed duplicate Get/SetLocalTransform methods from RagdollComponent (#672).
• Added additional checks to prevent receiving stale data when accessing player properties of entities.
• Improved performance of accessing instances in DatabasePartition.
• Introduces two new ConnectToServer and SpectateServer methods to the ClientUtils library, allowing you to switch servers programmatically.
• Added a built-in VEXT mod that is automatically loaded on servers and clients and can be used to apply various hotfixes to the game and provide supporting functionality.
• Updated to Lua 5.4.2.

v1.1.3 (25/03/2021)

• Fix EventEntity eventId returning nil (#626).
• Fix crash in RegisterEventCallback when modlist.reloadExtensions is sent to RCON.
• Fix crash in broadcast NetEvents when the player manager was not available (This now will emit a warning).

v1.1.2 (25/03/2021)

• Add missing documented enum value WeaponFiring.Reload.

v1.1.1 (11/02/2021)

• Add support for specifying a parent representative during entity blueprint creation.
• Add a new PopScreen method to the ClientUtils library.

v1.1.0 (18/01/2021)

• Add support for async HTTP requests. All HTTP Net library methods now have Async variants.

v1.0.8 (20/12/2020)

• Introduces a new ImpulseType shared enum.
• Introduces a new ImpulseData shared type.
• Introduces ApplyImpulse, RegisterImpulseCallback, and UnregisterImpulseCallback methods to the client PhysicsEntity type.
• Introduces ApplyImpulse, RegisterImpulseCallback, and UnregisterImpulseCallback methods to the server PhysicsEntity type.
• Introduces a new BulletEntity:Collision client-side hook.
• Introduces a new BulletEntity:Collision server-side hook.

v1.0.7 (20/12/2020)

• Introduces a new ServerUtils library to the server. Using this library you can set a custom map name and gamemode to be shown in the server browser.

v1.0.6 (19/12/2020)

• Introduces onlineId property to client Player type.
• Introduces GetPlayerByOnlineId method to client PlayerManager library.

v1.0.5 (18/12/2020)

• Introduces SetTransform method to server SoldierEntity type.

v1.0.4 (11/12/2020)

• Introduces GetSpectatorCount method to client PlayerManager library.
• Introduces GetSpectatorCount method to server PlayerManager library.

v1.0.3 (9/12/2020)

• Introduces teamId property to client ControllableEntity type.
• Introduces defaultTeamId property to client ControllableEntity type.
• Introduces teamId property to server ControllableEntity type.
• Introduces defaultTeamId property to server ControllableEntity type.
• Introduces KillCounterEntity type to client.

v1.0.2 (21/11/2020)

• Introduces an additional parameter (stateNodeGuid) to the UI:PushScreen hook.

v1.0.1 (28/10/2020)

• Introduces networkId property to EntityBus type.
• Introduces ping, isSquadPrivate properties to the client Player type (#520)
• Allows RCON commands modList.ListRunning, modList.List, modList.Available to be called from VeniceEXT (#531)