weekly-2026-08-28

Changelog

• bugfix(missileaiupdate): Diving missiles no longer miss moving targets (TheSuperHackers#3192)
• tweak(w3ddisplay): Set texture bit depth to display bit depth (TheSuperHackers#3181)
• refactor(gamestate): Decouple result handling from game state (TheSuperHackers#3000)
• bugfix(modulefactory): Fix mismatch caused by W3D module additions in Generals (TheSuperHackers#3180)
• bugfix(shell): Prevent menu crashing by avoiding initializing layouts during teardown (TheSuperHackers#3158)
• bugfix(selection): Prevent objects from being appended to a selection if they are not mass-selectable (TheSuperHackers#3169)
• refactor(scorch): Store scorch structs in a deque (TheSuperHackers#3159)
• refactor(scorch): Reorganize scorch deduplication and buffer writes (TheSuperHackers#3159)
• chore(scorch): Remove debug sample marks (TheSuperHackers#3159)
• fix(scorch): Releasing old scorch buffers before allocation (TheSuperHackers#3159)
• bugfix(scorch): Deduplicate before evicting the oldest scorch (TheSuperHackers#3159)
• fix(saveload): Use getFinalOverride in WeaponSet xfer load to match Object constructor (TheSuperHackers#2160)
• unify(particlesys): Move W3DParticleSys.h to Core (TheSuperHackers#3172)
• bugfix(contain): Preserve occupants when transferring assets to allies (TheSuperHackers#3124)
• bugfix(aiupdate): Let Tunnel Network passengers exit from any Tunnel Object again (TheSuperHackers#3136)
• refactor(particlesys): Cleanup retail smudge particle type identification (TheSuperHackers#3162)
• test(neutronmissile): Add debug draw for nuke missile radius (TheSuperHackers#3160)
• feat(string): Implement UTF-8 string conversion and validation functions (TheSuperHackers#2528)
• bugfix(object): The KINDOF_NO_SELECT flag now prevents an object from being selected (TheSuperHackers#3125)
• bugfix(scorch): Fix diffuse color calculation of scorches (TheSuperHackers#3153)
• perf(smudge): Early return W3DSmudgeManager::render when no smudges are present (TheSuperHackers#3140)
• bugfix(ai): Attacking infantry no longer attempt to path to their targets when force-evacuated from a vehicle (TheSuperHackers#3098)
• bugfix(selection): Fix group index range in SelectionTranslator::onMetaViewTeam() (TheSuperHackers#3139)
• bugfix(chinookaiupdate): Helicopter enter commands are now ignored if the target to enter is invalid or ourselves (TheSuperHackers#3115)
• bugfix(horde): Prevent dead units from being considered for horde membership (TheSuperHackers#3067)
• unify(shell): Move Shell to Core (TheSuperHackers#3070)
• unify(shell): Merge Shell from Zero Hour (TheSuperHackers#3070)
• perf(script): Reduce cost of ScriptEngine::findScript() by around 85% (TheSuperHackers#3096)
• bugfix(heightmap): Fix ray casting in BaseHeightMapRenderObjClass::Cast_Ray (2) (TheSuperHackers#2869)
• refactor: Simplify slot-to-player lookups (TheSuperHackers#3034)
• bugfix(scorch): Prevent volatile scorches from evicting static map scorches (TheSuperHackers#3114)
• bugfix(pathfinder): Prevent a retail crash where a pathfindCell has a dangling linked list pointer (TheSuperHackers#3113)
• bugfix(pathfinder): Prevent a retail crash where the head of the closed list has no associated m_info (TheSuperHackers#3113)
• bugfix(milesaudiomanager): Prevent dangling pointer to AudioEventRTS in PlayingAudio when handing it over to a new AudioRequest after a call to MilesAudioManager::startNextLoop() (TheSuperHackers#2774)
• refactor(audioevent): Add RefCountClass to DynamicAudioEventRTS (TheSuperHackers#2774)
• bugfix(scorch): Update scorch texture mip quality when changing texture quality setting (TheSuperHackers#3119)
• unify(drawable): Merge most of Drawable and Locomotor (TheSuperHackers#3097)
• ci(vcpkg): Limit setup to vcpkg presets (TheSuperHackers#3128)
• bugfix(jetaiupdate): Helicopters no longer land or remain landed at destroyed Airfields (TheSuperHackers#3080)
• tweak(gui): Move animated GUI window smoothly at higher than 30 frames per second (TheSuperHackers#3061)
• refactor(network): Remove dynamic allocations for NetPacket (TheSuperHackers#2866)
• refactor(baseheightmap): Extract scorch rendering from BaseHeightMap into new W3DScorch (TheSuperHackers#3017)
• bugfix(aiupdate): Don't process invalid exit commands (TheSuperHackers#3089)
• bugfix(jetaiupdate): Save helicopter landing position (TheSuperHackers#3077)
• bugfix(stickybomb): Allow Booby Traps to be placed on a previously booby-trapped object (TheSuperHackers#3060)
• fix(namekey): Canonicalize lowercase name keys (TheSuperHackers#3082)
• bugfix(contain): Allow passengers to exit immobilized Battle Buses (TheSuperHackers#3041)
• tweak(gui): Change LAN emote buttons to chat buttons and implement /me emote text command in LAN chats (TheSuperHackers#1821)
• refactor: Use slot indices for player conversions (TheSuperHackers#3033)
• chore: Remove unused W3DCustomEdging class (TheSuperHackers#3079)
• bugfix(jetaiupdate): Fix aircraft falling to their death if their Airfield is lost during their return flight (TheSuperHackers#3076)
• unify(w3ddevice): Move W3DDevice/Common to Core (TheSuperHackers#3073)
• unify(w3ddevice): Merge W3DModuleFactory from Zero Hour (TheSuperHackers#3073)
• unify(w3ddevice): Move W3DDevice/GameClient/GUI to Core (TheSuperHackers#3074)
• unify(gui): Move EstablishConnectionsMenu to Core (TheSuperHackers#3069)
• refactor(w3dview): Migrate raw pointers to RefCountPtr (TheSuperHackers#1763)
• unify(gui): Move GUICallbacks to Core (TheSuperHackers#3068)
• fix(client): Prevent movies from playing in headless mode (TheSuperHackers#3066)
• chore: Update retail behaviour preservation flags (TheSuperHackers#3065)
• feat(specialpower): Add INI option to start a special power without its initial reload time (TheSuperHackers#3054)
• refactor(refcountptr): Simplify RefCountPtr's Create_No_Add_Ref, Create_Add_Ref and add Assign_No_Add_Ref, Assign_Add_Ref (TheSuperHackers#3058)
• chore(refcountptr): Include ref_ptr.h in WWCommon.h (TheSuperHackers#3059)
• fix(spectregunship): Decouple particle system in SpectreGunshipUpdate::update from logic crc (TheSuperHackers#3055)
• bugfix(aiupdate): Prevent units from deploying when moving (TheSuperHackers#3016)
• tweak(gui): Decouple GUI window-move animations from the render frame rate (TheSuperHackers#2833)
• unify(win32device): Move Win32Device to Core (TheSuperHackers#3046)
• unify(win32device): Merge Win32GameEngine from Zero Hour (TheSuperHackers#3046)
• bugfix(gamefont): Lift the upper font point size limit of 100 (TheSuperHackers#3051)
• unify(precompiled): Move Precompiled to Core (TheSuperHackers#3050)
• unify(precompiled): Merge Precompiled from Zero Hour (TheSuperHackers#3050)
• feat(object): Implement KINDOF_NO_ATTACK_WARNING to suppress alarm events on object attacks (TheSuperHackers#2862)
• unify(bezier): Move Bezier to Core (TheSuperHackers#3047)
• bugfix(shroud): Fix texture access bounds in W3DShroud::getShroudLevel() (TheSuperHackers#3045)
• unify(commandline): Move CommandLine to Core (TheSuperHackers#3037)
• unify(common): Move DamageFX, Dict, DiscreteCircle, Language, MessageStream... to Core (TheSuperHackers#3038)
• chore: Correct the game title in Copyright headers of CommandLine source files (TheSuperHackers#3042)
• unify(ww3d2): Move ww3d to Core (TheSuperHackers#3012)
• unify(ww3d2): Merge ww3d (TheSuperHackers#3012)
• refactor(commandxlat): Split evaluateContextCommand into per-command handlers (TheSuperHackers#3008)
• chore: Restore full relative include visibility in WWVegas libraries (TheSuperHackers#3032)