YuutaTsubasa/Free-Riders-Recompiled v0.10.42

v0.10.42 — Fixes for online play, Chinese folders and the Android stop page

on GitHub

Changes

• Online on Linux and macOS: the game no longer closes when the server goes away (#328). After the server restarted or closed, the next room search, join or leave ended the game without a word in the log. Now the request just fails, as after any lost connection.
• Online: the game no longer freezes when the server stops answering (#329). If the Wi-Fi dropped or the server went silent, a room search, join or leave waited forever. Now it gives up after 10 seconds and treats the connection as lost.
• Online: an online name in letters other than English no longer stops the game (#336). Xbox gamertags use English letters, digits and signs only, and the game cannot take anything else. The launcher's Online name box now accepts only those, and other letters in a saved name are left out (Player when nothing is left).
• Windows: mods load from a folder with non-English letters (#330). With the game in, for example, a Chinese-named folder on a system whose non-Unicode language differs, mods were not found and an online name or password arrived changed. They now reach the game exactly as written.
• Android: the launcher shows why the game stopped (#331). When the game stopped because of a problem, the launcher went back to its settings instead of showing the stop page with the reason.

Everything else is the same as v0.10.41.

Validation

• Each fix was reproduced before it was fixed, and checked again the same way:
  • #331: on the AYN Thor.
  • #330 and #336: on Windows 11 with code page 950, a Chinese-named folder and a local online server.
  • #328 and #329: on Linux, with new tests running the game's own online code (the old code was killed by SIGPIPE, or still waiting after 60 s).
• Windows x64 package, Vulkan, with the validation layer: a whole Dolphin Resort race with no validation errors (speed 1.000, all 455 pipelines prepared). The title movie, Sharp scaling and an Avatar award in the middle of a race were also checked.
• macOS (M1) package: a whole Dolphin Resort race at full speed (1.000), no MoltenVK errors.
• AYN Thor, this release's APK (Android 10+):
  • Dolphin Resort at full speed (60 fps, 1.000).
  • Touch controls and Tilt to lean on: 0.998.
  • Camera motion on (the Thor has no camera): 0.999.
  • Threads on one core: 0.997.
• Linux archive: built on Ubuntu 22.04 (needs glibc 2.35), with the camera runtime next to the game.
• Android APKs: same signing key as before, so they install over 0.10.41.
• Unit tests:
  • 179 passed on Linux, 187 on Windows.
  • On macOS, 176 of 178 passed; the 2 that failed are the same tests that 0.10.41 failed, and the macOS GitHub Actions run leaves them out.
  • GitHub Actions builds and tests passed on Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.
• Not tested:
  • A full online session between two games on Linux or macOS.
  • Phones other than the AYN Thor.
  • The iOS app was built and packaged only.

Downloads

• Windows x64: download and extract the Windows ZIP; run FreeRidersRecompiled.exe.
• Linux x64: download and extract the Linux archive; run FreeRidersRecompiled.
• Android 10 or later: prefer android10-arm64.apk.
• Android 9: use android-arm64.apk.
• Android version code: 90. The companion licence archive applies to both APKs.
• macOS 14 or later (Apple Silicon): download and extract the macOS ZIP; open FreeRidersRecompiled.app (right-click › Open the first time).
• iOS: ios-arm64.ipa, to install with your own sideloading tool.
• Online server: docker pull ghcr.io/yuutatsubasa/free-riders-server:0.10.31 (unchanged).
• Checksums: SHA256SUMS.txt.

Use your own game disc image. No game data, private saves or test overrides are included.

Known limitations

The same as v0.10.6.