x.y.z
=====

New features:

Bug fixes:

Other:

2.1.1
=====

New features:

* Add Turkish translations

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub Issue #117: Spelling Mistake in Track Editor
* Fix build issues with -DQOpenGLFunctions=OFF

Other:

* Do not install app icons in pixmaps location
* Add possibility to rely on system fonts
* Drop the configure wrapper script

2.1.0
=====

New features:

* Add Dutch translation
* Add new image for finish tile in editor
* Roughly sort tracks by length/complexity/difficulty
* Show how to unlock track

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub Issue #95: Time Trials don't work, dustrac just exits
* Fix early finish on 3 tracks
* Include <stdexcept> for std::runtime_error

Other:

* build fix for darwin and avoiding suprious deprecated warnings.
* Award a half star for rank 11
* Update new lap record in a thread to avoid stutter
* Fix GitHub Issue #57: Replace QSettings with SQLite
  - Store lap records to an SQLite database
  - Store race records to an SQLite database
  - Store best positions to an SQLite database
  - Store track unlock to an SQList database

2.0.5
=====

New features:

* Show the actual car color in minimap

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub Issue #87: Improve off-track detection accuracy on curves
* Fix GitHub Issue #83: Car dots in minimap are too small on very large tracks

Other:

* Editor: Write processing instruction
* Add processing instructions to all existing tracks

2.0.4
=====

Mostly a bug fix and code refactoring release.

One new track Crossroads (by Wuzzy) added.

New features:

* Fix GitHub Issue #67: New track: Crossroads

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub Issue #59: Regression: Bridge is broken due to changes in collision detection
* Fix GitHub Issue #72: Apostrophe character is broken
  - The font is now initialized with the full ASCII table
* Fix GitHub Issue #77: Pressing accelerate and brake at same time gives weird results
* Fix GitHub Issue #76: Dirt particles appear even when not moving on grass
* Fix GitHub Issue #66: Editor displays legacy track path on startup
  - Effective only on Linux/Unix
* Fix GitHub Issue #69: Cars teleport above and below bridges when driving horizontally in Radiator
* Fix GitHub Issue #71: Confusing starting numbers in two player mode

Other:

* Fix GitHub Issue #74: Twister track has no pit stop
* Skip bridge tiles when placing car into start grid
* Require C++14

2.0.3
=====

New features:

* Fix GitHub Issue #49: Change custom track directory
  - On Linux/Unix also `$XDG_DATA_HOME/DustRacing2D/tracks` is added to search paths,
    or `$HOME/.local/share/DustRacing2D/tracks` if `$XDG_DATA_HOME` is not defined.
* Fix GitHub Issue #53: Add a small delay before reverse engages

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub Issue #8: Confusing/weird stars
* Fix GitHub Issue #5: Pit stop spam 
  - Collision detection partly rewritten as a side effect
* Fix GitHub Issue #48: Walls and grandstands are pushable

Other:

* Refactor sparkle effect due to changed collision event behavior
* Use SimpleLogger instead of MCLogger
  - Add --debug and --trace CLI options
  - Throw on unknown arguments

2.0.2
=====

New features:

* Editor: Enable zooming with Ctrl+Wheel
* Fix GitHub Issue #43: Add option to force screen on multi-display setups

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub issue #30: Add more slack to zFar
* Fix GitHub Issue #40: cmake installs into /usr/local instead of /usr/local/bin
* Fix GitHub Issue #41: libqt5opengl5-dev is also missing on Ubuntu 18.04
* Editor: Fix mistake in argument parsing
* Fix compiler options in CMakeLists.txt
* CMake: Fix C++ standard setting
* Fix GLES build: use explicitly GLES2/gl2.h
* Fix linking to OpenGL libs on CMake < 3.11.0

Other:

* Improve AI braking points in Desert Storm
* Hard-code zFar to 10000.0f
* Editor: Remove edit->enlarge* because there's insert row/column
* Add separate build scripts for Jenkins
* Bump minimum required Qt version to 5.4.0
* CMake: Default to GLVND, use the recommended way to link to GL

2.0.1
=====

A bug fix release to fix build on Qt 5.6+

Bug fixes:

* Editor: use qSetGlobalQHashSeed with Qt 5.6+

  qt_qhash_seed is no more exported in recent Qt 5.9.x versions, so use
  the public functions for it available since Qt 5.6.

Other:

* Properly check for empty version in mxe-windows-build

2.0.0
=====

This not a completely new game, but still so many fixes and changes that
it deserves a major version bump.

New features:

* Animated game menus
* Always select difficulty and lap count after selecting "Play"
* "Cool down" laps for AI to prevent the destruction derby
* Bridge object as a mesh
* Font changed to DejaVu
* FPS setting menu
* Fully destructible tracks to make races more unpredictable
* New intro image
* New particle effects
* New randomized tree objects
* Editor: Add CLI option to force language
* Editor: Add option to force object stationary
* Editor: Lock qhash random seed so that XML output is not randomized

Improvements:

* Improved driving dynamics. It's now possible to do burnouts
* Improved graphics and lighting
* Improvements and additions to many tracks
* Sound levels tuned

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub issue #26: Undo resets tile rotations
* Fix GitHub issue #24: Change the game font to DejaVu
* Fix qmake build
* Fix some particle life times
* Fix some compiler warnings
* Fix shader deletion issues reported by Valgrind
* Fix clang build which attributes wrongly std=c++11 into C compiler flags
* Fix build with GLEW and QOpenGLFunctions=OFF
* Fix CMake dev build
* Editor: Fix object add on target nodes and other objects
* Editor: Fix the behavior of right-click
* Editor: Fix undo erasing computer hints
* Editor: Fix undo on target node resize and object rotation

Other:

* Translation updates
* Lots of code refactored

1.13.0
======

New features:

* Implement a minimap
* Editor: Implement universal undo stack
* Editor: Add option to insert row/col before or after

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub issue #9: Editor segfaults when undoing a change on the last row/column which got deleted before
* Fix GitHub issue #19: Crash on exit on FreeBSD
* Fix a potential crash on settings loading

Other:

* Lots of code refactored

1.12.0
======

New features:

* 7 new tracks by Wuzzy <almikes@aol.com>
* Add German translation

Improvements:

* Make the steering more stable
* Redo startlight graphics in SVG
* Improve log messages about translations.
* Editor: Improve override cursor logic.
* Editor: Remove dead code.
* Update Czech translations.

Bug fixes:

* Fix GitHub issue #7: Bad track preview images.
* Fix GitHub issue #6: Assertion failure when empty route cleared.
* Remove lower bridge rails for now.

Other:

* CMake: Switch to the recommended way to link Qt5

1.11.0
======

New features:

* Finally a difficulty setting with three levels: Easy, Medium and Senna
* Show a red overlay on hard crashes
* Cars can get damaged

Improvements:

* Remove alpha blending from the plant object
* Stabilize the steering a bit

Bug fixes:

* Editor: Fix wrong scale when track given as a CLI argument
* Editor: Don't try to open a track if filename is empty
* Fix unit tests

Other:

* Refactor settingsmenu.hpp
* Refactor steering logic
* Sparkles as surface particles
* Use same renderer for all particle batches

1.10.0
======

In this release multiple issues with shadow rendering are fixed.
Particle rendering is completely reworked and also the track editor
is given some love. Issues with depth testing are fixed. A lot of
bug fixes and miscellaneous improvements and changes.

New features:

* Add a chicane to straight.trk and make it shorter
* Instantly change the virtual resolution between fullscreen modes
* Longer start grid to Suzuka
* Make it possible to spin
* Show lap time in message area
* Simple specular effect for the cars
* Take more car colors in to use
* Editor: Different colors for brake and brake hard
* Editor: Implement row and col deletion
* Editor: Implement row and column insertion

Improvements:

* Enable depth test for smoke
* Implement batching and shadows for MCSurfaceParticles
* Make timing based on frames instead of QTime
* Mud particles as surface particles
* No leaf particle when colliding with plants
* Reduce quadratic drag
* Refactor particle rendering
* Rename textures.conf => surfaces.conf
* Render rect particles as quads if not GLES
* Render shadows with depth information
* Set z-offsets for car surfaces
* Smaller tree swing amplitude
* Use GLSL's reflect()
* Editor: Fit track properly when loading a track
* Editor: Improve some tile graphics
* Editor: Replace private slots with lambdas in EditorView
* Editor: Replace some if's with asserts
* Editor: Use C++11's override specifier

Bug fixes:

* Fix a bug where mouse release outside pressed item caused two items being focused
* Fix build with qmake
* Fix cppcheck warnings
* Fix depth buffering
* Fix exception handling
* Fix specular lighting of the tire object

Other:

* Add optional z attribute to MCSurface / surface config loader
* Add mcvector2d.hh and mcvector3d.hh to CMakeLists.txt
* Add option to filter layers to be rendered
* C++11 way to disable copy ctor's
* Common base class for all particle renderers
* Divide layers into render and collision layers
* Lambda slots for show/hide cursor
* Lambda slot for the update timer
* More sane use of casts
* Move MCGLScene to MCWorldRenderer
* New-style signal connections in Game
* Refactor bridge creation
* Refactor Config
* Refactor child velocity logic
* Refactor MCSurfaceConfigLoader
* Remove obsolete images
* Remove render layers from cars' sub-objects
* Replace MCException with std::runtime_error
* Use add_compile_options() instead of appending CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
* Use C++11's move semantics in MCBBox and MCBBox3d
* Use C++11's move semantics in MCVector2d and MCVector3d

1.9.2
=====

Bug fixes:

* Fix rendering of the windowed mode.
* Fix rendering in other than native resolutions.

Improvements:

* Take maximum supported texture size into account.
* QGLFramebufferObject => QOpenGLFramebufferObject.
* Add camera location support to MCGLShaderProgram.
* Simplify FBO shading.
* CMake: Check for polices before setting.
* Fix some MSVC compilation warnings.
* Improve documentaton in mcglscene.hh
* Add getters for eyeZ and viewAngle.

1.9.1
=====

New features:

* Rotating leaf particles
* Show game version in the intro screen.

Improvements:

* Set VSync default to 'ON'.
* Force QSettings to .INI-format on Windows.
* Make the code compile with MS Visual C++ 2013.
* Improved tile graphics
* Re-license artwork under CC BY-SA
* Switch to the new QSurface-based graphics stack
* Engine improvements

Bug fixes:

* Fix broken OpenGL scene size on virtual desktops.
* Fix multiple bridge issues
* Fix crash when quitting
* Fix rendering of two-player game

1.8.3
=====

Bug fixes:

* Fix some physics issues

1.8.2
=====

New features:

* New race track suzuka.trk

Improvements:

* Physics improvements
  - More stable and agile car handling
  - Lighter tire object

Bug fixes:

* Fix multiple bugs in the bridge component
* Fix compilation with Clang

1.8.1
=====

Improvements:

* Tune car parameters

Other:

* Drop support for Qt4

1.8.0
=====

New features:

* More realistic and dynamic car physics for funnier gameplay.
* Rewritten bridge object that now actually even works
* Some graphics improvements (they are still shitty, though)
  - Transparent shadows
  - Two-player game views separated by a narrow line
  - Filtering added to some textures
  - Some car graphics improved
* Driving off-track is now more merciful

Bug fixes:

* Fix installing the game when not built in the source root. Patch by Rémi Verschelde.
* Enhancement of the desktop files. Patch by Rémi Verschelde.
* Fix bridge

Other:

* Improve target zones of ring.trk

1.7.3
=====

Maintenance release:

* Revert "Optimize VBO, VAO and texture binding."
  - Caused missing number plate of the first car
* Fix MCObject::addTorque()
* Remove linear and angular velocity limits.
* Add support for positional force.
* Fix build with GL30=ON.
* Enable build on FreeBSD.

1.7.2
=====

New features

* French translations

Bug fixes:

* Fix computer driving lines in twister.trk

1.7.1
=====

Bug fixes:

* Add missing bridge model for editor.

1.7.0
=====

New features:

* twister.trk
* Bridge object.
* Fade out flash transition.
* Turn left and turn right signs.
* CLI option to force vsync off.
* New crash sound.
* Editor: visualize computer hints.
* Move user tracks to the beginning of the track array.
* Increase the initial slide friction to 1.0

Bug fixes:

* Don't show prev/next if on first/last item.
* Remove specular shaders from crate and tire.
* Fix computer driving line in curvastone.trk
* Fix off-track detection on 'sand grass straight' tile.

Other:

* Small improvements to render timing.
* Optimize VBO, VAO and texture binding.
* Optimize viewport switching.
* Optimize the use of GL_DEPTH_TEST.
* Use random functionality from C++11.
* Improve sky reflection.
* Update scripts/genericLinuxBuildQt5

-- Jussi Lind <jussi.lind@iki.fi>

