v1.0.0-beta.13

Additions:

• Tips now appear when loading the game.
  • These can be edited in public/lib/config.js.
• RESPAWN_TIMEOUT, controls how long you have to wait to respawn.
• bulletSpawnOffset, controls how far the bullet spawns compared to your gun.
• SHOW_HEALTHBAR_TEXT, toggles showing text on health bars.
• REGENERATE_TICK.
• TEAM_WEIGHTS, controls how many members a team can have in comparison to an unweighed team.
• ENABLE_FOOD, toggles spawning polygons.
• Added makeTurret.
• Added dev boss for Æ🚫Sports.
• Added the remaining Whirlwind branch tanks (except Prophet since that breaks the game) to dev menu.
• Added the tanks featured in the 2023 Daily Tanks event to dev menu.
• Added the rest of the Flail branch to dev menu.
• Added the Marksman's upgrades.

Changes:

• Overhauled the main menu.
• Made Celestials 10x rarer outside of normal gameplay by default.
• Overhauled how bot names are chosen.
• Most bosses and projectiles now use weaponArray.
• Updated Toothless' dev boss.
• Made Flail and Undertow work.

Removals:

• Removed makeMulti and makeHybrid.
  • We recommend using weaponArray and makeOver instead.

v1.0.0-beta.12.1

Additions:

• Added the makeRadialAuto facilitator to speed up the creation of tanks like the Auto-3.
  • The description of options is listed as a comment in the function code.

Changes:

• makeOver and makeBattle have been improved.
  • They now have a 3rd argument, options, which should be an object that can have the following properties:
    • angle: A default angle to the guns, defaults to 125.
    • count: Amount of guns, defaults to 2,
    • independent: If the projectile is independent, defaults to false.
    • extraStats:, Extra gunvalues to add, defaults to [].
    • 2 extra properties for makeOver:
    • cycle: What the guns' WAIT_TO_CYCLE property should be, defaults to true.
    • maxDrones: Maximum drone count, defaults to 3.
• Changed the colour of shadow polygons from pureBlack to darkGrey.

Fixes:

• Added blue color support to the leaderboard and minimap in FFA mode.
• Your name now properly changes on reconnect.
• IMAGE property should now work.

Removals:

• makeHybrid, makeOversplit and makeCross have been merged into makeOver.
  • makeHybrid still exists for now to avoid breaking existing code.
• makeSwarming, makeBiSwarming and makeTriSwarming have been merged into makeBattle.
• Removed the makeSplit, makeConq and makeCap functions.

v1.0.0-beta.12

Hey APS++ users!
It has been almost 3 months since the last changelog.
We have big reworks planned, but they are FAR from finished.
Have some minor reworks and smaller additions and fixes though!
(17 additions, 18 changes/fixes, 2 removals)

Additions:

• Added PROPS entity attribute.

  • Like TURRETS but decorative only.
  • The server does not calculate PROPS every frame, which improves performance for turret-heavy bosses.

• Added the Color class.

  • Replaces the very unreliable Gun.color, Entity.color and TileEntity.color properties.
  • You can set specific properties or also just use the Color.interpret() method.
  • The class contains the following properties: base, hueShift, saturationShift, brightnessShift, allowBrightnessInvert, compiled
  • All of which except compiled can be set.
  • This will also fix some color bugs aswell as add new ones to patch later.

• You can now use Config as an alias to c.

  • c and Config are aliases of each other, but using Config is advised for clarity.

• You can now listen to the configuration changing via Config.on('change', event => { whatever(event); }).

  • event contains the following properties: setting (the setting, in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE), oldValue (what the value is), newValue (what the value will be set to), preventDefault (prevents the change from taking place)

• Added BOT_NAME_PREFIX configuration variable.

  • Allows you to change the prefix that bot names have.

• Added BOT_START_XP configuration variable.

  • Allows you to change the xp that bots start with.

• Added WAVES and CLASSIC_SIEGE configuration variables.

  • CLASSIC_SIEGE determines if the first 34 waves should be hardcoded instead of randomly generated.
  • WAVES determines the amount of waves to beat in order to win.

• Changed the facilitators a bunch.

  • Added color and shape to the menu facilitator.
  • Added frontRecoilFactor and backRecoilFactor to the makeBird facilitator.
  • makeMulti now works.
  • Added weaponArray which works pretty much like a makeMulti but directly for guns, which also properly supports turrets.

• io_minion controller now accepts leash, orbit and repel as arguments.

  • They determine distance ranges that were hardcoded before.

• Added Devboss by Toothless: "NightFury".

  • A black and magenta triangle boss with 2 sniper turrets on all sides and a glow.

• A whole bunch of Arras.io Entities.

  • Repeater, Duplicator, Iterator, Undertow, Riptide, Flail, Double Flail, Triple Flail, New Sidewinder, Coil, Python, Ranch, Oroboros, Cocci.
  • Many of those may not be fully implemented and are placeholders.

• Added map_apspp_tiletest to test out tiles.

• Added more dominator tiles to the tiles/dominators package.

  • It now exports: contested, dominatorBlue, dominatorGreen, dominatorContested, sanctuaryBlue, sanctuaryGreen, sanctuaryContested

• Added recursive folder support for loading addons.

  • You can now have folders in your addons folder and it will load the addons inside them, helpful for organisation.

• Added loadedAddons global variable, which contains the addon file names that have been loaded so far, minus the .js.

  • Intended for addons to make it easy to check if an addon exists.

• Added an info packet type that the server can send to display custom disconnect messages.

  • Does not disconnect the player.

• Added an option for the lifetime of popup messages.

  • socket.talk('m', duration_in_milliseconds, 'Message here!');
  • There is also the configuration variable for MESSAGE_DISPLAY_TIME, which is used by default where the server sends a popup.

Fixes and Changes:

• You can now aim while autospinning.

  • This improves drone gameplay, as you are no longer forced to direct them at a fixed point in front of you.

• Turrets can now have arbitrary facingTypes.

• Colors are now more accurate to what Arras.io has.

  • This now finally settles the Hexagon Color Debate.

• Various HUD improvements.

  • Better Upgrade Animation and Buttons.
  • Mockup size bugs have been mostly fixed.
  • Stopped hiding the upgrade tree on death.

• Various Definition refactors.

  • They act mostly the same, except that there are various nerfs, buffs, turret changes and such.
  • projectiles.js and turrets.js are now definition groups that exist.

• Auras hit crashers now.

• The ON property has been reworked.

  • Instead of making its own unoptimised implementation of events, it simply makes use of the fact that Entity extends EventEmitter.
  • You can also now add the boolean property once to an entry. What that property does is left as an exercise to the reader.
  • kill is now an event that can be listened for, which fires when an entity gets a kill.
  • control is now an event that can be listened for, which fires when an entity gets possessed by a player.

• Turret aims faster at low angles.

  • It should now no longer miss as much if you just move perpendicularly.

• Turrets and Bots should no longer try to shoot through walls as much.

  • io_nearestDifferentMaster has been given wall detection checks from a rather unethical old project of the head maintainer.

• The addition and replacement of controllers has been improved.

• ran.chooseN no longer modifies the input array.

  • Makes use of ran.shuffle, which has been added.
  • You can now choose more elements than there are in the input array.

• The code in sockets.js that tries its best to get the IP of the client now supports the cf-connecting-for header.

  • Which means it now properly works when Cloudflare is used.

• Tag gamemode now works better.

• map_siege_legacy has had its nest updated.

• Big food now no longer take up the entire map in Growth mode.

  • They now have LEVEL_CAP: 45.

• labyFood addon now has better documentation instead of just // good luck debugging this.

• Bots are now red in FFA.

• Dozens of grammar mistakes.

  • README.md and index.html have been modified a bunch, and I don't wanna write it all down.

Removals:

• Removed the testing tanks: "God Basic", "Maximum Overdrive" and "Testing Animated Colors".

  • We don't really need them anymore

• You can no longer just export definitions from addons.

  • You now have to use Class instead of exports.

v1.0.0-beta.11.2

Additions

• Added the LayeredBoss class to facilitators.js, which makes building bosses like celestials easier.
• Added the ability to access Class in groups and addons as a global variable.
  • Converted all instances of exports.[blank] to Class.[blank].
• Added ensureIsClass as a global function.
• Added an error popup to the client so users look at the devtools console for once when an error occurs.
• Added custom theme input to the main menu.
• Added Frostbvte's Devboss: Extrasolar

Changes

• Merged class.js into combined.js.
• Updated gunvals.js. [NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE]
• Updated Hexagons to be stronger and to be Purple instead of Teal to avoid it looking identical to Legendary Hexagons.
• Updated Diamond Marauder and Shiny Omega Thaumaturge to be cooler.
• Updated X-Hunter's design.
• Updated the Sentinels.
• Updated Big Cheese to reload slower.
• Updated all swarm drones to not be as strong as basic bullets.
• Updated maze walls and maze generation.
• Updated the developer menu yet again.
• Updated tiered food to have less pushability the higher the tier.
• Updated the Dread V2 Photosphere to match Arras.io.

Fixes

• Fixed TDM with 4 teams or more overwriting other team bases.
• Fixed the screen wandering to the bottom right when an error occurs.
• Fixed transparent tanks being pixelated.
• Fixed guns not accepting RGB COLORs.
• Fixed guns spawning bullets slightly further than where their gun barrel ends.
• Fixed entities being slightly larger than their hitboxes.
• Fixed being able to send messages while loading into the game.
• Fixed color changes occasionally error-ing the client.
• Fixed entity colors not working on the leaderboard.
• Fixed Entity.say() doing literally nothing.
• Fixed Reverse Tank persisting between deaths.
• Dozens of minuscule code changes that don't need individual mentions.

v1.0.0-beta.11.1

Fixes

• Entities of type satellite now go through walls.
• Portal tiles now also teleport satellite projectiles too when the master goes through.
• io_disableOnOverride has been updated to make use of the Entity.pacify property, which sets Entity.damage to 0 when true in Entity.refreshBodyAttributes().
• Updated Overdrive to match Arras.io.

v1.0.0-beta.11

There's still a few bugs left to squash - but we're pretty much ready for the next release!

Additions

• Added Desmos and the rest of its branch. (Including Volute!)
  • Their wavy bullets are currently a bit janky, but it’s better than nothing.
• Added Whirlwind to the testing menu.
  • Featuring working satellites!
• Added Rocketeer.
• Added Shaman, the Hexagon Mystical.
  • Because why not?
• Added Atlas and Rhea, two leaked celestials.
• Added a new default addon that makes the game spawn Labyrinth polygons. (disabled by default)
• Added Sanctuaries.
• Added a few new default functions:
  • makeBird adds a bird thruster to the back of a tank. (like the Falcon/Eagle/Phoenix/Vulture)
  • makeMutli lets you effortlessly make flank tanks.
• Added the remaining Arras.io themes that weren't included in the template yet.
• Upgrades options can now have custom labels, custom background colors, and tooltips.
  • You'll notice this in the dev menu, as the bosses now have their own background colors.
• Added dev bosses for DogeIsCut and Trioplane.

Fixes

• Adjusted Bulwark’s trap launchers to match Arras.io.
• Labyrinth polygons are now properly sized.
• You can now change Basic's name to something else.
• Reverse Tank no longer inverts drone controls.

Changes

• Room rework.
• Improved Siege.
  • Now has Sanctuaries instead of Dominators.
  • Improved notifications.
  • Healer is now on Tier 2 instead of 1.
• Sidewinder now upgrades from Volute instead of Launcher.
  • Because that’s what damo’s planning, apparently.
  • Rocketeer will take its place in Launcher’s upgrades.
• Reworked the dev menu. Again.
  • The contents in the Tools menu have been moved to the root directory.
  • Moved the Fun/Testing tanks to their own menu in the root directory.
  • Reorganised the Tanks menu.
  • Added a new section to the Tanks menu for tanks that aren't available at the current moment. This currently contains the Healer.
• Begun work on changing numeric colour ids to alphanumeric ids. (e.g. 16 => "grey")
  • Most instances in definitions/groups have been updated.
• The legacy/scrapped tanks have been moved to a separate addon. (not included by default)
• OSA now requires Node.js version 18.
• Removed the leftover definitions.js file.

v1.0.0-beta.10

• Added a new System for Split Upgrades (like in Scenexe):

  • Tanks and upgrades can be defined as an array of strings.
  • Every definition contributes its guns, body stats, turrets, upgrades, and other things.
  • Each definition can be upgraded separately. (e.g. Assassin-Twin -> Assassin-Bulwark)
  • Upgrades can be batched with BATCH_UPGRADES, listing every combination and forcing all branches to be upgraded at the same time.
  • Upgrade branches can have labels with BRANCH_LABEL.
  • Client-side upgrade limit raised from 32 to 100.

• Added a way better upgrade tree.

  • Move in all 4 directions with arrow keys.
  • Hold SHIFT to move faster.
  • Support for theoretically infinite tiers.
  • Visually upgraded.
  • Has tank labels.

• Updated the Chatbox.

  • Added the option to press ESC to close the chat input.
  • Added the ability to close the chat input with ENTER if you didn't write any text.

• Added GPL-3.0 as the license.

• Added upgrade paths for healer tank.

• Added UPGRADE_LABEL entity attribute, which overrides the LABEL for the upgrade picker.

• Added load time statistics for definitions loading, addon loading and mockup generation.

• Added a color cache for modifyColor.

• Added more statnames.

• Reworked the dev menu.

• Moved generic client-side color-related functions to gameDraw.js.

• Made a better fix for adding healer tank to basic's upgrade list if the gamemode is siege.

• Made Sphere shine.

• Improved client-side turret rendering.

• Improved FOV to be similar to how arras.io's FOV changes as you grow.

• Fixed complex food (Relics and Laby shapes) shapeshifting when spinning.

• Fixed healer-tanks' stat names.

• Fixed an error related to controllers resetting.

• Fixed an error related to combineStats' backwards compatibility.

• Fixed more mistakes that don't really matter.

• Fixed a Manhunt related crash.

• Fixed a crash related to modifyColor.

• Minor default-configuration changes.

v1.0.0-beta.9.1

Fixed healer being always available.
Thanks, @Trioplane

v1.0.0-beta.9

• Added SANITIZE_CHAT_MESSAGE_COLORS config variable, which sanitises player messages before they get added to the dictionary of chat messages.

• Added recoilReceived multiplier to StatusEffect.

• Added permanent to io_zoom, which auto-zooms.

• Added a 256-character message length limit to basicChatModeration.js.

• Entity.define() now emits a "define" event.

  • Does not fire for PARENT definitions.
  • Can be stopped by setting the second argument of the entity.define() call to false.

• Added REROOT_UPGRADE_TREE entity attribute, which sets the root of the tree to itself and rerenders the tree.

• Added BOT_SKILL_UPGRADE_CHANCES config variable, which determines how likely player-bots are to pick each skill upgrade.

• Added Dreadnought V2 (with a Hexagon Tier) as a default addon that comes with the template.

  • Because of how long it takes to load the huge amount of entities, it is disabled by default.

• Reworked STAT_NAMES entity attribute.

  • It's now an object with the following optional attributes: BODY_DAMAGE, MAX_HEALTH, BULLET_SPEED, BULLET_HEALTH, BULLET_PEN, BULLET_DAMAGE, RELOAD, MOVE_SPEED, SHIELD_REGEN and SHIELD_CAP.
  • The values are strings, and they determine the name of the stat in the skill upgrade menu at the bottom left.

• Fixed the killed entities counters in the death screen being just completely wrong altogether.

• Fixed (un)dead entities being kept alive against their will when being touched by walls or rocks.

• Fixed some entities appearing with a gray bar in the leaderboard.

• Fixed a crash bug related to resetting IOs but keeping io_listenToPlayer.

• Fixed a crash bug related to trying to visit nonexistant webpages.

• Improved TURRET_FACING_CLIENT.

  • Now it just matches the master's angle.

• Resized entity borders to match Arras.

• Removed lib/definitions.js because it causes confusion to new people trying to pick up APS++.

v1.0.0-beta.8.1

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that made IOs from bosses transfer over if you were a boss and you changed to Developer.