OpenXRay/xray-16 221

OpenXRay (build 221)

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All configurations built via AppVeyor.

For instructions on how to install and play click here

A brief list of the most noticeable changes since build 21:

Fixes

• Fixed the occasion where the visibility indicator on the HUD was stuck, due to an enemy changing relations
• Fixed crash with the volumetric fog on R4
  • There's still no volumetric fog on R4, but it doesn't crash the engine at least.
• R3, R4: Fix for dynamic wet surfaces with enabled msaa
• Fixed potential crash in occRasterizer on x64
• Correct water fogging for R2
• Fix crash on trying to get new patches info
• Fixed pause after changing game settings
• Fixed crash in CPHCommander
• Fixed game prehistory doesn't play

New options, commands and keys:

• Added new console commands
  • set_weather – allows you to set weather
  • r__sunshafts_intensity – allows you to tweak sunshafts intensity
• Added command line keys:
  • -force_flushlog – engine will write to the log file immediately (e5d87a1)
  • -nointro – allows you to skip application start intros (3d7a172)
• New ingame option:
  • FOV

Features and feature changes:

• Game objects testing functions replaced with game object casting (e.g. 'bool is_car' -> 'CCar* cast_Car')
• Support for Nvidia Ansel
• Engine now can read ShoC style (script) texture descriptions
• Multithreaded THM loading
  • Application should start at least two times faster!
• CUITrackBar - Added support for value output via CUIStatic (":output_wnd" in xml)
  • Check how to use here: 85ee549
• need_osoznanie_mode feature support is restored
  • You need to modify talk.xml file: it must have frame_top and frame_bottom tags

Configurable tweaks:

• Now the engine uses its own configuration file which allows you configure it
  • Check the openxray.ltx
• Support for config-defined sun-movement
• Ability to set sun direction azimuth
• Allow modders to configure Actor death camera
  • Allowed values: firsteye, freelook, fixedlook
  • Note, that the player can turn on firsteye himself if you set freelook or fixedlook

Localization:

• Now the engine uses openxray.xml file to get only required translations
  • No need to change original Call of Pripyat resources.
  • You can remove it and sort the localization as you did before.
• Polish localization (with the help of Monol337 and https://stalkerteam.pl)
• Ingame language switch

Other changes:

• Base UI code moved to new xrUICore library