CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[3.7.0] - 2024-06-18

Added

• Flag --difficulty to serve command, allows to set the game server difficulty
• Custom tags feature in builspec.yaml for build command, allows to set custom tags override for a specific scenario
• Extra tags feature in buildspec.yaml for build command, allows to set global extra tags for all scenarios

Changed

• Package diff in packdiff command now will now use the 7z binary to unpack diff packages, improves speed

Fixed

• Fixed issue with pack and packdiff commands not properly normalizing paths in Windows

3.6.1

• Fixed issue with flag server_side_projectiles being inverted in serve command
• Added new insert button to UI, allows to insert a package from a local folder
• Added update indicator to UI, helps to see when a new package update is available

3.6.0

• Fixed issue with path splitting causing problems with repetitive pattern paths
• Fixed issue with build command not filtering properly specific scenarios to build
• Fixed issue with pack command at creating packages on Windows resulting in packages not working on Linux
• Added serve command to start a game server on demand, experimental
• Added --crc flag to build command, allows to build a specific scenario or scenarios given a CRC32 hash
• Added current tab navigation highlight to UI
• Fixed images not appearing for installed packages in UI
• Fixed progress bars not appearing properly for some commands on Windows in UI
• Added console view for update command in UI, helps to see progress of heavy commands
• Added spinner status bar to UI, helps to see when a Mercury command is still running
• Added cancel command button color change depending if Mercury command executed successfully or not in UI
• Changed minimum window size for UI to 800x510, default window size is 900x510
• Fixed some buttons outline not dissapearing when clicking in other buttons in UI

3.5.2

• Fixed issues with package unpacking, backend now uses 7zip instead of minizip (7z packages will be supported in the future)
• Fixed an issue with package cache not taking checksum into account
• Changed default downloads path to user Downloads folder on Windows, helps with cache and gives more control to the user

3.5.1

• Fixed an issue with some constant nil paths when no specific game paths are defined
• Added prototype flag -r --reload to luabundle command, allowing for hot reloading chimera scripts
• Refactored package insertion and downloading more stable and simpler
• Added dependency tree output for required dependencies when installing packages
• Simplified messages output
• Downloaded packages will be kept in the Mercury temp cache folder when installation fails, this will allow to retry installation without downloading the package again
• Added package image preview to UI
• Packages installed by force will not remove previous package if target is not found in the Mercury packages repository
• Mercury install will always add Mercury folder to PATH from now on
• Optional files will be kept when upgrading packages that are dependencies of other packages

3.5.0

• Added --manifest flag to pack command, allows to retrieve manifest from a package
• Added properties validation to pack --template for manifest files
• Updated description for some commands
• Added -s --scenario to build command, allows to build a specific scenario or scenarios
• Added --template flag to build command, this will bootstrap a build project
• Fixed upgrading to latest version downloading update based on CPU arch instead of Mercury binary arch
• Added config command to manage Mercury configuration
• Fixed search bar scrolling to top when searching packages in UI
• Added status game path bar to UI
• Added game path config button to UI
• Added experimental live terminal output to UI, helps to see process of heavy commands

3.4.2

• Fixed exit code for list command
• Removed "Mercury Admin" shortcut desktop from installer

3.4.1

• Fixed exit code when no game paths are defined
• Added Mercury UI to installer (will not work for 32 bits installations, sorry)

3.4.0

• Fixed HTTP request timeout not being applied because of an override by another HTTP client
• Add --template flag to build command, this will create a template of a buildspec.yaml file in the current directory
• Fixed multiple exit codes in different commands (install, update, remove, luabundle, build)

3.3.0

• Fixed multi scenario building using build command
• Expanded HTTP request timeout to 5000 milliseconds, improving downloading stability
• Fixed bug with installer at attempting to replace ANSICON while updating
• Added UTF8 support in Windows operations like copy and getenv using libuv also by changing Windows code page to 65001 in the Mercury console
• Simplified Mercury console output, now with a more friendly progress bar at downloading files
• Fixed bug with installer at attempting to close other Mercury console instances
• Fixed bug with backups removal and restoring in remove command

3.2.0

• Added current downloading map name to map command
• Added build command for standard projects building using a buildspec.yaml file

3.1.0

• Added semi automatic Mercury upgrade using GitHub API for releases
• Added optional flag --hac2 to map command, default maps repository now uses a Mercury repository
• Updated error message handling at getting games path from registry
• Fixed file handle leak at copying files
• Expanded HTTP request timeout to 500 milliseconds
• Fixed stdout bug with pack command, current file being compressed now prints before starting compression
• Added common package folders creation in pack command
• Fixed optional parameters using --template on pack command
• Added optional outputPath to packdiff command

3.0.1

• Fixed memory leak at copying large files
• Fixed memory leak at unpacking large packages
• Added --unsafe flag, allows unsafe API requests
• Expanded HTTP request timeout
• Removed minizip dependency, migrated to minizip2 (a tester reported minizip2 causes crashes on Windows 7, needs testing)

3.0.0

• Updated repository API (deprecates old API, old Mercury versions are obsolete now)
• Added repository API versioning, it will improve support for future Mercury versions without breaking API instantly for Mercury users on older versions
• Fixed an issue at giving multiple specific packages version to install command
• Added automatic pack command build based on folders path
• Added packdiff command, allows to create diff/update package between packages
• Removed -f --forced flag from remove command, renamed to -i --index
• Updated maps host for map command to search on HAC2 repository

2.0.0

• Added experimental map and pack commands
• Added support for Linux 64 bit builds
• Added fetch command to retrieve the latest package index available on the respository
• New manifest version 1.1.0 has been added, packages manifest now have a few different way to setup paths and an extra field for package category, check out the Package Documentation for more information.
• Removed version command, use -v to flag to get the Mercury version instead.
• Fixed issues with install and update commands at returning wrong data as the result of the command.

1.2.0

• Added -t --template flag to the luabundle command, this will create a template of a bundle.json file in the current directory

mercury luabundle --template

1.1.0

• Added latest command to get the latest Mercury version available on GitHub

mercury latest

1.0.6

• Added support for 32 bit builds
• Added flag on installer to add Mecury folder to PATH
• Fixed a typo on the about command
• Fixed a problem with some installer entries
• Fixed an installer problem with a path for the desktop shortcut
• Added package version message on install and update commands at getting latest package available

1.0.5

• Added --repository flag to specify an alternative repository to download and update packages

mercury install chimera --repository alternative.repo.com

1.0.4

• Fixed a bug with the update command where it was erasing the files property from the package index

1.0.3

• Fixed a bug with the remove command where -r --recursive flag was canceled by -f --forced flag

1.0.2

• Added semantic version checking at installing dependencies
• Added -o --skipOptionals flag to skip optional files installation at insert and install commands

mercury install chimera -o

Command above will omit optional files like chimera.ini and similars.

• Added -f --force flag to perform a forced package removal with remove command, this will erase the package entry in the Mercury packages index

mercury remove chimera -f

Command above will keep chimera files in place but remove Mercury awareness of the package.

• Added ansicolor to support text color printing in old Windows versions
• Changed how version number was printed with version command
• Fixed a problem for different bundle files in luabundle command
• Fixed a bug with the new Mercury packages standard
• Fixed a bug related to temporary files not being deleted
• Fixed a bug with packages that did not specify a specific package dependency version

1.0.1

• Fixed a bug with package dependencies version validation

1.0.0

• Initial release