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EPD Changelog

EPD v2.05.0 Build 4965 (2020-09-12):
- Changes
  - new prefabs (EPB) browser (now used almost everywhere, where you can choose a prefab), allowing to display either groupname, spanwname, filename or a combination of the three.
  - dramatically improved chaning selected item in lists, especially for long lists like prefabs, …
  - speed up prefabs import, as there is now only one database table to fill instead of three.
  - added missing dlls, which could cause EPD to crash, when you clicked on 3D View in prefabs browser.
- Fixes
  - fixed: FixedDronePlanetBase list entry was always empty.
  - fixed: RangePatrolCenter was not initialized correctly, thus no input possible and also not saved on first try.
  - fixed: FixedDroneSpawn was not initialized correctly
  - fixed: Cleaning of ‘Mission’ left an Immobile entry in, even if it was not set to Immobile

EPD v2.04.0 Build 4563 (2020-08-29):
- Changes
  - added 70 new Blockshapes to Blueprint Renderer, including some basic windows
  - added new MeshGenerator to handle all mesh related stuff
  - Now showing transparent ghost objects instead of full cubes for unknown/missing voxel shapes. Gives a better overall impression of the model
  - added missing FogColor to Planet_static
  - switched to AssImp, as ObjReader is obsolete.

EPD v2.03.0 Build 4508 (2020-08-25):
- Changes
  - added first version of 3D View for Empyrion Blueprints (EPB’s). Found in new GroupNameBrowser (Random POIs)
  - reworked background worker on startup (importing stamps, blueprints, items, blocks…)
  - added MarketPriceFactor to TraderEditor
  - added new TraderZone property to playfield and POI properties
  - RestrictToOrigin initializes to <null> now instead of 0. So no Origin is set now by default.
  - added RestictToOrigin, AllowSV, AllowHV, AllowCV, AllowBA, LandClaimZone, BaseAttackCount, … to space_dynamic.yaml
- Fixes
  - Some wrong property initialziations
  - fixed some Empty range properties got cleaned from yaml on saving leading to COQs (RandomResources Depth, Size and Count)
  - TerrainEditor wasn’t emitting Name and Name2 properties to yaml.
  - Not possible to set coordinates on POIs in Survival Mode in Space_Dynamic
  - ExtraMinMax from SoaceVessels got cleaned, if [0,0] -> COQ
  - added missing RadiusMinMax to SpceVessels in Space_Dynamic
  - a few other bugs, especially in space_dynamic’s POIs and DroneBase section
EPD v2.00.0 Build 3794 (2020-08-06):
- Changes
  - First version Config Editor
  - Empyrion v1.0 ready
EPD v1.95.5 Build 2902 (2020-02-09):
- Changes
  - First version of batch-editing of list items enabled (for now only in RandomPOIs and FixedPOIs as a test)
EPD v1.95.4 Build 2815 (2020-02-08):
- Changes
  - added thread-safe log file implementation. Should stop the Log error on startup
  - added logfile in-use check, if EPD was started twice from same folder.
  - New internal module for conditional displaying of controls. No EPD can display/hide other controls based on mutiple different controls’ values.
- Fixes
  - Multiple bugfixes in random playfields SpacePOI and SpaceVessel setup.
  - Preflight log window did not have an owner set, which caused the preflight thread to keep running in the background, even if EPD was closed.
  - SpawnPOINear/Avoid only allowed to pick POIs until first occurence of POI name in list.
EPD v1.95.0 Build 2713 (2020-01-09):
- Fixes
  - fixed Yaml deserialization error in ‘PlayerArmor’ property
  - fixed EPB file import exceptions
  - removed logging of ‘zip header error’
    EPD v1.94.9 Build 2704 (2020-01-06):
- Changes
  - List Modules: Allow moving multiple selected items up or down in list at once. Even with items selected in non consecutive order.
  - Space playfields: Allow min temperature down to -270°C instead of -200°C,
  - Preflight LogWindow. Now Preflight Log stays visible at all time until manually closed. Ctrl+P opens Preflight or updates the log. This way you can edit your playfield, hit Ctrl+P and see immediately if errors and warnings are fixed.
  - SpaceDynamic:
    - added missing ‘Description’ property
    - RandomPOI: added missing ‘Faction’ property
    - Compund: added missing ‘FieldName’ property
    - Some Cleaner optimizations
  - FixedPlayerStart: changed Structure POI Selector to SpawnName instead of GroupName. Additionally now showing SpawnNames set up in FixedPOI setups.
  - FixedPlayerStart: Changed SpawnName property to Enhanced POI Browser (with Filter and Details)
  - Added LabelText to Enhanced POI Browser (HeadLine text)
  - ListModules: Changed Max height of List to 750px. This way it should still be able to display the whole list on a FullHD 1080p screen.
  - FixedPOIs: Changed ‘Prefab’ property to enahnced POI Browser (with Filter and Details)
  - Added possibility to import Coordinates from the game for Freither route waypoints.
- Fixes
  - SpawnRateZones: missing Nullchacke caused EPD to crash if no Biome at all was defined.
  - SelectedScenario on Main page did dot set to correct value after loading of a playfield from outside of the ‘content’ folder.
  - Cleaning of ‘PlayerArmor’ in FixedPlayerStart property should work now, if set to <Null>.
  - fixed some Databinding errors.
EPD v1.92.4 Build 2479 (2019-11-19):
- Changes
  - added missing A11 items (CPU-Extenders, new railings, new windows, …)

EPD v1.93.0 Build 2542 (2019-12-15):

Changes
- added ‘PdaReferral’ property to fixed playfields, playfield_static and space_dynamic to be used with the Pda
Fixes
- Fixed some Cleaner bugs:
  - Position or texture props containing zeros got cleaned on save
  - Empty ‘POIs: {}’ now will not be cleaned anymore
  - PlanetVesselBase did not get cleaned anymore
  - and some more

EPD v1.92.3 Build 2477 (2019-11-18):

Changes
- A11 ready.
- Reversed default value of OrbitUsesLightColor (now default=true) to match A11 ingame settings.
- Adapted EPD Mod to the latest ModApi changes (get IPlayfield from OnPlayfieldLoaded ->multiple playfields per server)
Fixes
- added missing YamlTypeConverter Pair
- now initializing dynamic playfield correctly again.

EPD v1.92.2 Build 2471 (2019-11-10):
- Changes
- Fixes
  - fixed some Regressions in Cleaner from failed git merge. This should fix some empty property errors (COQs, NullRefExceptions) in game.

EPD v1.92.1 Build 2456 (2019-11-10):
- Changes
  - Code cleanup
  - added missing PlayerArmor property to FixedPlayerStart (setting of armor dependent of difficulty setting)
  - Added new 10.6 Property ‘OrbitUsesLightColor’ to playfield_static (planet) and playfield.yaml (planet)
  - Added quotes around Color properties in CreatureSpawning. Just as a precaution.
  - Defined min/max values for LandWaterRatio in dynamic playfields.
- Fixes
  - LightZenithColor and LightHorizonColor were missing from playfield_static.
  - Set some properties to being excluded from the Cleaner (Color in BiomeCluster, All range properties in dynamic playfield file, like e.g. Radiation [ 0, 0 ] or BaseLevel [ 0, 0 ] will not be cleaned anymore.
  - Check if File exists before adding it to the RecentFilesTree (e.g. after cancelling saving)

EPD v1.92.0 Build 2394 (2019-10-25):
- Changes
  - Added new BiomeClusterBrowser
  - Rework of network code and network code separation into its own dll.
  - Added back direct import of player coordinates and rotation from the running game into Empyrion.
  - Added consistent versioning to all dlls.
- Fixes
  - Horizontal resizing of Listboxes did not work anymore.

EPD v1.91.5 Build 2341 (2019-10-20):
- Changes
  - Listboxes now autofit to their content
  - UI Modules stretching to fit dragged/expanded Listbox in same column.
  - Moved Commands like Save/SaveAs, … to ViewModel and ICommands of handling Events. So now these buttons are disabled, when you cannot run them (e.g. when no editor/playfield is loaded)
  - Properly resetting EPD when closing an editor.
- Fixes
  - SpecialBiome in BiomClusters has not been exported to yaml anymore.
  - Avoid Biome in SpecialBiome did not update model and thus did not export to yaml.

EPD v1.91.3 Build 2326 (2019-10-19):
- Changes
  - Added scenario name to each editor’s status area in the bottom.
  - Cleaned up MainWindow’s menu
  - Moved Playfield trees code and other core mechanics like TCPClient into ViewModel
  - Added Cleaner attribute allowing me to exclude properties from beeing cleaned by YAML-Cleaner
  - Needed to re-add an empty DroneSpawning: {} to yaml, even if not used, because otherwise the playfield crashed on load in Emyprion (COQ)
  - Showing Reset Playfield warning only if currently a playfield is loaded.
  - Added warning if new playfield template exists already in scenario, when creating a new playfield.
- Fixes
  - SaveAs did not add current playfield to recent files tree.
  - Ctrl+S DID save the file, but did not show ‘Playfield Saved…’
  - ResetPlayfield method run on creating new playfields caused multiple errors in internal path and file settings leading to some errors, e.g. saving a playfield did not initialize the path correctly, just ‘PlayfieldsPlayfields’ instead of full path.
  - Editor’s Status bar (TemplateName or file names were not set correctly resp. left empty after loading/creating new files
  - Biomes Preflight ‘fallback biome check’ did not return ‘Success’, although everything is set-up correctly. (first try of a fix, seems ok to me).

EPD v1.91.2 Build 2312 (2019-10-12):
- Changes
  - Added possibnility to disable Preflight log on saving if it only contains ‘Warnings’ (& Success)
  - Addded possibility back in to open EPDBackup_ and _playfield_debug yamls
  - Moved more code to ViewModels
  - cleaned up code
- Fixes
  - Preflight log was showing independently of settings
  - Cleaning of Backup files did not work anymore
  - EPDBackups weren’t added to tree anymore
  - Some initializations in Space Dynamic were missing (e.g PlayfieldLevelOverride and Gravity)
  - Missing YamlTypeConverter for PlayerStatus (Food, Health), thus error on yaml reading and wrong format on writing

EPD v1.91.1 Build 2309:
- Changes
  - Added ‘Last Saved’ timestamp to status bar
  - set default scenario to ‘Main Game’ on very first start
  - cleand up code
  - refactored some more code into Viewmodels
  - added Playfield Loading status
- Fixes
  - Saving of RandomPlayfields was not possible, when Preflight found an error, beacuse Ignore & Save button was disabled.
  - Template Name & playfield path were not showing in FixedEditor
  - Preflight log sometimes showed up multiple times during saving

EPD v1.90.1 Build 2282:
- Changes
  - New Yaml Cleaning mechanic before write.
  - Filter in EPB Browser
  - Allow to enter ” into input boxes to ‘clean’ inputs from any values independent of allowed min/max values to reset a property’s value to ‘null/empty’.
  - First implementation of Preflight for Random playfields. Just a couple of simple biome checks yet.
  - Split up some properties into new tabs (Atmosphere & Colors, Masks)
  - Added Seed=0 check as warning to Preflight
- Fixes
  - Some initializations were not implemented correctly, thus you could enter values for some properties which were not updated in the model and thus not written to yaml.
  - Biome Stamp tries was wrongly a range input.
  - Code cleanup
  - fixed occasional crash, when PlayerItems were null in cleaner.

EPD v1.64.0 Build 2054:
- Changes
  - New Preflight:
    - Total rework of Preflight engine to make creating new preflights more modular and easy to understand.
    - New batch of preflight checks (Dronebasesetup, PlanetVesselSetup, BiomeCluster texture setup).
    - Now also supporting status type ‘Warning’ besides ‘Error’ and ‘Success’
    - Now you can save, even if Preflight reported errors (New button in Preflight window ‘Ignore & Save’)
    - Showing of PreflightLog on saving can now be disabled if no errors were found in Preflight.
  - Playfield tree will now remember collapsed/expanded state of each tree node when cleaning up backups/bins or just when refreshing.
  - CreatureSetup: Changed description text in tooltip for ‘Delay’, as this was confusing.
  - Removed ‘IsOrbit’ property from Space playfields. Don’t think that’s needed anymore. If anyone knows for sure, that this one’s still needed, plz let me know. Then I’ll enable it again.
- Fixes
  - Some Preflights were marked as Success, although they failed.
  - Options Editor ‘forgot’ currently editing playfield name, thus ‘SaveAs’ routine was called instead of ‘Save’ after closing of OptionsEditor.
  - A bunch of little bugs.

EPD v1.64.0 Build 2054:
- Changes
  - added first batch of checks and new layout.
  - For now only on fixed ‘playfield.yaml’ and playfieldtype ‘planet’.
  - Now Preflight can be run separately from saving. See toolbar button.
  - Preflight windows will now show all the time when saving (except when disabled in options), but will still save if all is green.
  - PlayfieldTree/FileSystem: Now possible to toggle ‘show all files’ in tree.
  - PlayfieldTree: Now possible to delete/cleanup all game generated ‘.yaml.bin’ files in content folder.
  - added missing ‘AsteroidFieldRingOld’ to fixed prefabs list.
  - changed description tooltip for BaseAttackCount to better make clear what 0/1 means.
- Fixes
  - SplatMapInfo for SplatMap stamps wasn’t emitted to yaml, when stamp probability was set to 1.
  - OptionsEditor: changing the main game path in options had no effect anymore.