nanos world™ News

New Features
- Now it is possible to bind Blueprint Event Dispatchers through Lua!!! Meaning the communication from Blueprint -> Lua is now possible natively! Use Blueprint.BindBlueprintEventDispatcher().
- Now it is possible to call an event from Loading Screen JS to disable the main menu music: Events.Call("StopMenuMusic").
- Now Server.SetValue() has a new 3rd parameter to sync the value with the clients, accessible through Client.GetValue().
- Added new parameters to Canvas's Draw...() methods: blend_mode to control how the drawing occur.
- Added new methods to Canvas: DrawMaterialFromSceneCapture() and DrawMaterialFromWebUI().
- Added new method to World: SetStreamLevelVisibility().
- Added new parameter to World.LoadStreamLevel(): make_visible_after_load.
- Added new method to NanosUtils: IsEntityValid() (macro for entity and entity:IsValid()).


Improvements
- HUGE performance boost when having thousands of entities spawned!
- Now Blueprints are returned on Client Traces as well.
- Now numbers passed from WebUI Lua are 64 bits (doubles and integers).
- Now scripting events use 64 bits when transmitting numbers through network (doubles and integers).
- Updated CEF to version 105.
- Now Loading Screen uses CEF as well.
- Ultralight has been completely wiped out.
- Now Main Menu is limited to 120 (was 60) fps, and Loading Screen was increased to 60 (was 30).
- New Settings were added to control UI and Main Menu Music volume. Music volume is for scripting only now.
- Now materials used from SetMaterialFromWebUI/Canvas/SceneCapture() are shared between instances, improving memory usage.
- It is now possible to prevent Character from entering ragdoll when falling by setting HighFallingTime to -1, and prevent Ragdoll damage by setting SetFallDamageTaken to 0, they now work separately.
- Now Client Console will jump to end if it was already "anchored" to the end.
- Now Needs Update labels will appear on vault over Assets and Packages tabs.
- Now the New Game popup will load Additional Packages & Assets from local Config.toml and will display a label over it's tabs.
- Added a new button to Additiona Packages & Assets to Clear all selection.
- Added new SoundType enum value: SoundType.UI.


Bug Fixes
- Fixed Client Console scroll "crazyness" and focus problems.
- Fixed New Game popup not loading the local server Config.toml properly.
- Fixed some Main Menu random crashes.
- Fixed CEF pages not having proper 'locale' loaded.
- Fixed Vault Update All button not working properly.
- Fixed "CONSOLE" being printed on client Console Tab instead of server (if typed on server).
- Fixed Crouching/Uncrouching resetting the Capsule sizes.
- Fixed Lua tables being serialized badly if it got gaps on it.
- Fixed server not sending logs to localhost client connected to it.
- Fixed Exported Functions returning a function when called from inside a coroutine (causing console errors).
- Fixed problem parsing Config.toml when having non UTF-8 characters, now they are stripped from it.
- Attempt to fix a CEF crash when destroying it.
- Attempt to fix Vault with "No Item found" message appearing over Vault items.

[h2]New Features[/h2]
- Added new method to Server: GetTime().
- Added new method to Pickable: SetCanUse() to Enable/Disable the usage.
- Added new constructor parameter to Melee to allow it's usage by default.
- Added new event to Melee: Attack.
- Added new constructor parameter to Trigger to pass the trigger_only_classes list into it.
- Added new method to Timer: ResetElapsedTime().
- Added new methods to SceneCapture to add Actors to render only.
- Added new settings options: "Gameplay can change FOV" and "Auto realign camera".

[h2]Improvements[/h2]
- Now Trigger will tick at the same rate as the one configured in the Config.toml.
- Now Grenades will trigger Chaos Destruction Damage for other players as well.
- Improved blood spawn rate (particles and decals) based on Effects Scalability.
- Optimized Entities Tick performance on client side.
- Improved the In-game menu background color for better readability.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
- Fixed a "deadlock" bug causing the server to freeze randomly when using Triggers.
- Fixed Character GetControlRotation() not returning correct values client side.
- Fixed client duplicating logs with LogEntry event.
- Fixed level StaticMesh entities not spawning with the correct scale.
- Fixed WebUI not loading urls with #.
- Fixed attached Props causing physics weirdness on client side.
- Fixed some typos in the settings menu.
- Fixed pressing Enter on password input not reading the password value correctly.
- Fixed bullets going to world origin for other players.

[h2]Improvements[/h2]
- Now after reloading, Characters will stay at the ZoomedFar state.
- Improved the Chat layout and usability.
- Improved the Console usability (ESC and Console Bind closes it, auto focus when switching tabs).
- World.GetTime() now returns Hours and Minutes (was hours and minutes, it is still returns in lowercase as well but it will be removed soon).
- Added the command --log_level to the Server command line parameters.
- Now Package.Require() returns the file return value directly, having the built-in behavior as expected.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
- Fixed TopDown ViewMode shooting backwards when aiming at the middle of screen.
- Fixed Vehicle driving STATS warnings.
- Fixed Game KeyBindings duplicating when rejoining a server.
- Fixed General Settings not loading properly.
- Fixed New Game map selector not reseting the map image when new selected has no image.
- Fixed Vault review crashing when the review had no text.
- Fixed In-game menu losing focus when opening it after having focus on a WebUI.
- Fixed level's StaticMesh returning empty string on GetMesh().
- Fixed Asset Packs not unloading when changing the map.
- Fixed Stop server command requiring 2 enters to perform the action.
- Fixed a crash when calling coroutine.resume() from inside a C function/callback/event.

[h2]New Features[/h2]
- Added new Trace methods for Client: TraceLineSingle() and TraceLineMulti(). The old Trace method has been deprecated.
- Props got new enums for it's constructor and methods: GrabMode and CCDMode to replace the parameters is_grabbable and force_no_ccd. Also it got a new method SetGrabMode(). This will allow forcing grabbing ON or OFF whenever you want. The old methods for SetGrabbable have been deprecated.
- Added a new method to Weapons: :SetAutoReload().
- New Profiling debug tool to display on screen the CPU time spent on core and scripting codes.
- Melee has been reworked to support several "Use" animations (which can be set with AddAnimationCharacterUse), also now it supports passing the AnimationSlotType parameter. The old method has been deprecated.
- Melee also got a new method to configure the Impact Sounds: SetImpactSound(), it allows configuring a different sound per Surface Type when hitting objects.

[h2]Improvements[/h2]
- Updated CEF to version 104.
- Network Debug settings has been split into Network Stats and Draw Network Debug.
- Enabled Virtual Textures and MetaSounds on the base project. Projects which want to use it must enable it in the ADK as well.
- Now attacking with Melee will point towards the direction you are aiming.
- The automatic aiming when shooting duration has been reduced from 2 to 1 second.
- The deprecated Item class has been completely removed.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
- Fixed error handler during file transfer.
- Fixed error when connecting to server with different patch version.
- Fixed Loading Screen setting inverted.
- Fixed "select" HTML element not working and crashing the client.
- Fixed Vault Reviews not loading sometimes.
- Fixed Lumen settings not applying correctly.
- Fixed In-game console not focusing automatically.
- Fixed Outline rendering through everything.
- Fixed Melee first delay and multiple attacks not considering the cooldown.
- Fixed a server crash when Grabbing/Picking up a Prop with "auto_destroy_when_detached" set.
- Fixed Grenades being able to be thrown instantaneously.
- Another attempt to fix Stats Walk warning on client console.
- Attempt to fix some crashes received through Crash Reporter.
- Attempt to fix VOIP no working sometimes.

It's with pleasure we are releasing our July News Blog!

Featuring new WebUI implementation using CEF, new Settings Menu and lots of improvements!

Tune in!!! 👉 https://docs.nanos.world/blog/july-2022