v1.13.0

[luskaner]

What's Changed since last stable release

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition support

Added support for this game on Steam and Microsoft Store/Xbox, however, as of writing, has the following specific issues:

• Error loading results after match #402
• Wrong timer when showing observable matches #403
• Game might crash when changing filters in lobby search #404
• Crash when changing profile customization #406
• Cannot be invited to group when the inviter is already in lobby #407
• api.ageofempires.com proxy not working even with official launcher #417

Authentication

The server is introducing authentication options so the server owner has the option to properly authenticate the user, configurable as follows:

• required: the server will authenticate the user with the official servers everytime.
• cached: the server will force the clients to authenticate with the official server at least once every 30 days. The cache would be tied to the user platform user id (as the other info saved per user).
• adaptive: the server will use cached if internet is detected on the server or disabled otherwise.
• disabled (default). No authentication as before this release. The server's owner (and to a lesser degree their clients) is/are legally responsible and must ensure that they own the game (and any DLC's) in the proper platform.

This is necessary to support AoE IV game as the server can decide which DLC's the user has access to and give the users the choice on how strict the server is so the repo is not seen as a piracy tool but rather as a way to keep games alive and allow true offline functionality

General

• 🔝 Enhancement: added support for age4 game.
• Enhancement: now client requests include the header User-Agent to ageLANServer/1.0 so it's identifiable as this software to others.

Server

• 🔝Enhancement: added support authentication with the new config Authentication key (default 'disabled'), not compatible with GeneratePlatformUserId unless it is 'disabled'.
• 🔝Enhancement: added support for AoM update 18.65484 including the modifications to Gauntlet mode
• 🔝Enhancement: improved support for managing user items and now are saved persistently.
• 🆕 Enhancement: added support for groups (used in age4).
• 🆕 Enhancement: added support for lobbies/groups to change leader.
• 🆕 Enhancement: Added support for user presence (including its properties).
• 🆕 Enhancement: Added support for user properties.
• 🆕 Enhancement: Added partial support for managing item loadouts.
• Enhancement: added Playfab support for age4.
• Enhancement: now LAN lobbies are detected more reliable and faster when hosting them.
• 🐛 Fix: persistent data not being read correctly
• 🐛 Fix: Log setting/param being ignored.
• 🐛 Fix: lobbies/groups now properly return when is observing enabled and the observer password.
• 🐛 Fix: cloud/getFileURL when there are not URLs.
• 🐛 Fix: item/getInventoryByProfileIDs now properly return correct location IDs.
• 🚧 Update: login data for all age of empires games.
• 🚧 Update: modernized proxy implementation and made the configured/server hosts coherent by launcher/server respectively.

Launcher

• 🆕 Enhancement: add option Server.StartWithoutConfirmation so pressing enter is not needed when starting a server if no other servers are found.
• 🆕 Enhancement: added option to choose not to add the certificate to game's store with Config.Certificate.CanTrustInGame.
• Enhancement: moved checks and messages earlier so it fails faster if it needs to.
• 🐛 Fix on Windows: failing to get the steam installation path after a Steam Emu messed up the registry.
• 🐛 Fix: properly restore the configuration at start if the previous unclean finish was a different game.
• 🐛 Fix: print config when logging to file.
• 🚧 Update: Renamed Config.CanTrustCertificate to Config.Certificate.CanTrustInPc.

Battle Server Manager

• 🐛 Fix: printing the configuration even without logRoot being passed.

Other

• 🐛 Fix: server/BattleServers.md doc.

Developer changes

• 🆕 Enhancement: integrated the building for Windows 7 archives in the CI pipeline with the rest of archives.
• 🐛 Fix: missing generateGoreleaserConfig.go in CodeQL.
• 🆕 Enhancement: added go.work and go.work.sum and removed go.work.template to simplify and make it more predictable.
• 🚧 Update: Go minimum version updated to 1.26.
• 🚧 Update: golang dependencies updated.
• 🚧 Update: removed go.work.sum and added to .gitignore.

What's coming in the future?

See this.

Sponsors/Donations

• Thanks to @codabrink for the continued monthly sponshorship!

There are multiples ways to help: starring the repo, spreading the word, contributing to the repository, making an issue report, sponsoring me monthly or a one-time donation!

See Github differences v1.12.3...v1.13.0

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