0.7.1.1 (update files)

The update files of TpF2 Multiplayer 0.7.1.1. Players: get the launcher from that page; the launchers download these from the packages release.

0.7.1.1 - no more desync after joining a running game, dedicated servers with Workshop mods

Bugfix update based on 0.7.1, for Windows, Proton and the native Linux game. Everyone in a session, including the dedicated server, must update to 0.7.1.1.

Changes

• Joining a running game no longer desyncs it later. A player who joined and was still catching up could lose track of how far behind the host they were, and the first thing their game did on its own (preparing a spare line for the line editor) was timed in the host's past. The two games then created that line at different times, and a town slowly grew differently on each: a desync many minutes after the join. Every command a joining game sends is now timed from the host's real clock, and the spare line waits until the game has caught up.
• A dedicated server loads a save that needs a Workshop mod it has on disk. A server whose Steam client runs offline refused such a save at every start ("the shared save could not start by itself"). Mods placed in the server's managed Workshop folder are now registered with the game at every start.

Update

Use the launcher: Update & play (Windows and Linux), or install directly: the MSI on Windows, install_proton.sh under Proton, the native .run on Linux. A Linux dedicated server: tpf2server stop, tpf2server install, tpf2server configure, tpf2server start. All participants need the same version.

Validation

The join desync was traced on the project's dedicated server: of 186 commands in the session, one, the joiner's automatic spare line, applied 35 game units apart on the two games. tools/actions_off_test.py now checks that a host heard a second ago still counts while the joiner runs at catch-up speed (it fails on 0.7.1); the Lua suites that load the command and line code pass. tools/registry_dedicated_test.py checks the dedicated server's Workshop registry at start, and the server loaded such a save after a restart.

Full Changelog: 0.7.1...v0.7.1.1