v2.2.14

• Vezel.Novadrop.Formats
  • Fixed data center serialization sometimes writing random padding values.
    • This could lead to packed data center files with unexpected hashes and could massively undermine compression.

v2.2.7

• Vezel.Novadrop.Interop
  • Applied [Experimental] to this assembly to indicate that its API surface is inherently unstable.
    • Users can suppress the ND0001 diagnostic to get rid of the resulting compiler errors.

v2.1.28

• Vezel.Novadrop.Formats
  • Fixed DataCenterExtensions.SiblingsAndSelf() returning an empty enumerable for the root node.
  • Optimized DataCenterExtensions.DescendantsAt() to avoid an enumerator allocation on every node.

v2.1.25

• Vezel.Novadrop.Formats
  • Fixed DataCenterExtensions.DescendantsAt() evaluating the given path incorrectly.

v2.1.24

• Vezel.Novadrop.Formats
  • Added support for loading older data center format versions.
    • A DataCenterArchitecture (X86, X64) value can be specified in DataCenterLoadOptions.
    • A DataCenterFormat (V3, V6X86, V6X64) value can be specified in DataCenterSaveOptions.
  • Changed some region sanity checks to not require DataCenterLoadOptions.Strict.
  • Optimized data center saving to be ~30% faster.
  • Changed FakePaddingCryptoTransform to handle arrays of any size.
• Vezel.Novadrop.Client
  • Eliminated some unnecessary allocations in the GameMessageServer window procedure.
• novadrop-dc
  • Added --architecture and --format options to relevant commands.
  • Reduced the excessive number of tasks spawned in PackCommand.
    • This slightly improves the time it takes to load data sheets, and cuts down a bit on memory usage.

v2.0.280

• Updated to .NET 8.0.0.
  • We will support .NET LTS releases going forward.
• Updated library dependencies.
  • Updated protobuf-net to 3.2.26.
• Applied [SkipLocalsInit] to all libraries.
• Applied [DisableRuntimeMarshalling] to all libraries.
• Vezel.Novadrop.Formats
  • Added a TrimExcess method to DataCenterNode.
  • Removed the SetAttribute method from DataCenterNode (it was never meant to be public).
  • Changed the Name property on DataCenterNode to be mutable (if the node is actually mutable).
  • Added a collection of navigation extension methods for DataCenterNode.
  • Rearranged fields on DataCenterValue to reduce memory usage.
  • Fixed some memory safety issues due to incorrect usage of Unsafe and MemoryMarshal classes.
• Vezel.Novadrop.Client
  • Overhauled client and launcher interaction APIs.
    • The message server types now encapsulate just a window, rather than both a child process and a window. It is now the responsibility of callers to actually start the child process.
    • Renamed GameProcess to GameMessageServer, ClientProcess to ClientMessageServer, and LauncherProcess to LauncherMessageServer.
    • Renamed ClientProcessOptions to ClientMessageServerOptions and LauncherProcessOptions to LauncherMessageServerOptions.
    • Removed the FileName and Language properties from ClientMessageServerOptions.
    • Removed the FileName property from LauncherMessageServerOptions.
    • Removed the Id (process ID) property from GameMessageServer.
    • Replaced the RunAsync() method on GameMessageServer with Start factory methods on ClientMessageServer and LauncherMessageServer.
    • Implemented IDisposable on GameMessageServer.
    • Added OpenWebsiteRequested and OpenSupportWebsiteRequested events to ClientMessageServer.
  • Removed all Vezel.Novadrop.Memory and Vezel.Novadrop.Patches APIs.
    • Users of these APIs should consider using an unpacked game executable instead.
• Vezel.Novadrop.Interop
  • Introduced a low-level library for in-memory interoperation with the game client (e.g. after assembly injection with Ruptura).
  • The interop bindings target the unpacked r387486 client by default, but the API allows overriding address resolution if needed.
  • This library should be considered experimental; the API shape will evolve over time without the usual major version bumps required by Semantic Versioning.
• novadrop-dc
  • Fixed validation errors during pack not having line and column information.
  • Changed validation diagnostics to be printed in a more machine-friendly way (<file>(<line>,<column>): <severity>: <message>).
• novadrop-run
  • This tool has been removed as it did not appear to have any users; it mostly served as a tech demo for the Vezel.Novadrop.Client APIs.
• novadrop-scan
  • This tool has been removed as it became obsolete when the game stopped being updated.

v1.1.20

• Applied ValueTask pooling optimizations throughout the project.
• Fixed some argument validation exceptions being incorrectly thrown asynchronously.
• Fixed warning message from novadrop-dc schema not being marked up.

v1.1.14

• Fixed log messages from tools sometimes being misinterpreted as containing markup.

v1.1.13

• Implemented deduplication of nodes and attributes when serializing data center files.
• Added novadrop-dc schema command which can generate schemas from a data center file.
  • Note that these schemas still require a human touch as e.g. recursive structures cannot be determined accurately.
• Fixed some incorrect minOccurs/maxOccurs attributes in the set of embedded schemas.
• Fixed DataCenterExtensions.Descendants() returning nodes in the wrong order.

v1.0.16

• Fixed tools still emitting escape sequences when output is redirected.
• Fixed novadrop-rc verify not printing hashes in lower case.
• Fixed DataSheetValidationHandler using an incorrect color for the "more problems" message.
• Fixed tools executing their post-execute step even if the main execute step failed.
• Fixed Servers properties on LauncherProcessOptions and ClientProcessOptions not being cloned correctly.
• Fixed some issues in the Modules property on NativeProcess.