Din's Curse Windows, Mac game

We have released the 1.029 patch for Din's Curse. Since the last official patch, the patch improves networking, optimizes a bunch of things, fixes a few memory leaks, and fixes a bunch of other small issues.

Here's all of the changes for patch 1.025 through 1.029.

1.029

• now handle dropping fragments of connect, connect response, and first server data much better
• now save fragments instead of dropping out of order fragments
• increased receive and send udp buffers from default to 100,000
• increased max fragment start offset from 16 to 24 bits
• no longer send client data before getting first server data
• now limit first few frames data rate from server a little less (5000 instead of 2000)
• now should handle packets that end exactly on the fragments size boundary better
• added n_printMessageNames for debugging network stuff
• changed PROTOCOL_VERSION to 28

1.028

• fixed an infinite loop in some projectile skill stuff (Arkblade)
• optimized local networking stuff some (5-33% speed up in tests)
• changed from critical sections to recursive mutexes on mac (10-20% speed up in tests)
• fixed a memory leak in Database::createDatabaseEntry
• fixed a memory leak (small, continual) in ClientData::updateEntitiesToDelete
• fixed a memory leak (small, continual) in Item::build
• fixed hunter killed dialog
• added ui_eventTextAlpha so that event text can be made more translucent (only available from console)
• added Greenlight button for Drox
• updated Inno installer (will hopefully fix some minor Win7 annoyances)

1.027

• fixed a bug with network floating point compression with negative numbers (this is one of those how does anything work bugs)
• capped max sounds to 64 on Macs
• changed bindTexture to not change anything if already bound to that texture (DC)
• now save monster rarity better (Bluddy)
• fixed strongest monster defeated not working well after level 10 or so (Robrob)
• fixed a collision issue in town7 (spacehog)
• now achievements tell you how far you have gotten (SaturnGirl/Bluddy)
• boss, unique, and legend Scarabus will no longer use their suicide attack (SaturnGirl)
• game will now save while paused, but only once per pause (Manumitted)
• ported status effect MustHavePower stuff back from Drox (Bluddy)
• water will now turn to ice if hit by cold damage (Bluddy)
• monsters that can't move are no longer affected by morale (Valgor)
• can no longer donate to dead npcs (Caal)
• monster heal, self fear, and ego weapons with friends are now marked as cursed (Manumitted)
• should no longer banish people that are dead or already banished (DeathKnight1728)
• added Demon War demons to ego weapon modifier that deals extra damage to demons (Valgor)
• changed mana magic modifier from "of Force" to "of Excess" to fix a name duplicate (Manumitted)
• changed "of Illuminati" to "of the Illuminati" (Manumitted)
• renamed unique plate mail shoulder from Frostbite to Frost to fix a duplicate name (Manumitted)
• changed vitality magic modifier from "of Stamina" to "of Endurance" to fix a duplicate name (Manumitted)

1.026

• achievements are now permanent, immediate, and tell you when you have achieved them (DemonWar)

1.025

• fixed raider quest (DemonWar)
• fixed leech spelling
• fixed a problem where npcs weren't failing as many quests as they should when upset (Bluddy)
• fixed Krall workers missing their type-specific enhancements (Bluddy) (DemonWar)
• fixed scree not spawning correctly (Bluddy)
• fixed a rounding error in World::getLevelFromMonsterLevel
• added minMoneyBase and maxMoneyBase to systems.gdb (Bluddy)
• fixed typos in both stash help topics
• fixed a bunch of faction issues (desophos)
• centered chat menu a little better
• fixed a rare sound related crash
• fixed game not handling new zone data from master server correctly
• fixed a sound parsing error that can cause a crash
• fixed a typo in manual
• now always send auto attack target across network (should fix blinking selected entity UI) (Bluddy)
• decreased NpcStartingMoneyDebtChance from 0.25 to 0.0625 (should have much less people starving)
• decreased SemiHardcorePenalty from 5 to 4
• dark elf ice storm now correctly marked as a spell (Bluddy)
• fixed Ragnar alert skill notifying the correct faction (Bluddy)
• removed old SkillLichAddFollowers stuff (Bluddy)
• now clear enemies when monster is raised from the dead (Bluddy)
• ported MinHealthPercent/MaxHealthPercent in skills from Drox (Bluddy)
• decreased NpcDeathChance in starving quest from 0.5 to 0.35 (Bluddy)
• increased hunger randomness (increased from 10% to 20%) (Bluddy)
• fixed missing ClassMonsterRogue (Bluddy)
• fixed spiced cider texture (Caal/Manumitted)
• changed Vengence to Vengeance (Roswitha)
• added SkillImbueIceBolt, SkillImbueIceBall, SkillImbueIceRing, SkillImbueFireBolt, SkillImbueFireBall, SkillImbueLightningBolt, SkillImbueChainLightningBolt, and SkillImbuePoisonBolt (Bluddy)
• fixed an infinite loop when starting a new character after winning or losing a world (SamF7)
• fixed petrified chat (Caal)
• fixed a couple chat/item typos (Manumitted)
• changed the Alt help topic to match the newer defaults
• fixed Carnivorous Cave typo (Valgor)
• hunter's trap mastery now gets 2 disarm trap/5 perception per level (Antigrav)
• fixed a spacing issue in intelligence highlight text (timeh)
• on shrunk group quest decreased chance from 0.9 to 0.8 (Haus)