v2023.10

Added

• Added an option to synchronize the flinch animation with walk delay, improving positional lag. The option is disabled by default, uncomment the WALKDELAY_SYNC definition in src/config/core.h to enable it. (#3232)
• Implemented logic to generate "item links" serverside and the related script command getitemlink(), including various core functionalities this relies on. (#3236, #3238)
  • This also adds basic support for the base62 encoding used by the client.

Changed

• Refactored Auto Spell (Hindsight) and moved its configuration to a libconfig table. (#3237)
  • The configuration is available in the {re,pre-re}/autospell_db.conf file, see the documentation in the file header.
  • The separation between game logic (in skill.c) and client/display logic (in clif.c) has been improved.
  • Cast end logic has been separated from the large skill castend function into smaller dedicated functions.
  • The function skill->autospell() has been renamed to skill->autospell_spell_selected() to make its purpose clearer.
  • This refactoring will simplify some of the upcoming rebalance changes.
• Added concurrency settings to the GitHub CI workflows to cancel old ongoing builds when a new commit is pushed, speeding up testing the up to date version. (#3238)

Fixed

• Fixed the HPMHooking API plugin builds in VS 17.x (#3231)
• Fixed AM_ACIDTERROR not ignoring defense on units other than those defined in battle_config.vit_penalty_target (i.e. players). (#3234)
• Fixed Sage's free case increasing ASPD instead of decreasing it when the skill level is lower than 10. (#3235)
• Fixed the clang-13 build in the GitHub CI, failing due to a removed package in debian unstable. (#3238)
• Fixed AppVeyor CI builds, failing due to a missing mysql56 image. (#3238)