Release notes for version 0.1.8
The following is an overview of the changes for 0.1.8,
for a changelog of this and past releases head over to our wiki.
This release contains new features and important bug fixes, we recommend you to update as soon as you can. Users who've installed the updater plugin should get the update automatically.
Core / All- Fix that getting an empty client select menu counts as report
Steam module- Add sm_calladmin_steam_logoffdelay convar
- Add sm_calladmin_steam_messagedelay convar
- Add sm_calladmin_steam_debug convar
- Add sm_calladmin_steam_requesttimeout convar
- The System2 extension is now optional and only required when the group file is used
Most changes are to support MessageBot's new version and this version will fail to load with an older version of it, albeit with a custom message. Take a look at the convars in the
plugin.calladmin_steam.cfg file and adjust them if you encounter issues. We don't yet know the best default values for these so please let us know if you had to change them and/or have suggestions what the defaults should be.
MessageBot- MessageBot can now accept friend requests again
- MessageBot has a new SetOption native. For now this allow to set the logoff delay, the message delay, the request timeout and enable debugging
- A lot of time was spent updating the way MessageBot is built and setting up continuous integration for it. The MessageBot extension is now build automatically both for windows and linux and development build are available on its github releases page
Explanations
A little bit more info about the changes.
MessageBot / Steam module Changes
About 3 weeks ago we found out that the steam module had issues with reliably sending messages. During testing we found out that there's a limit on how many messages can be sent in a certain time frame and that accepting friend requests was broken. Unfortunately the method we use to send the messages just silently fails which made it somewhat hard to figure out why and when it happens. For now the solution is to throttle the number of messages we send per second via MessageBot, the extension that is used by the steam module. We also found out that limited accounts hit that limit earlier. Officially they aren't supposed to be able to send messages like this so we don't officially support them either. If your current bot account is limited and you have the 5$, upgrading it is strongly advised.
Special thanks to
Lubricant Jam for reporting the issue and testing preliminary versions.
The System2 extension is now optional and only required when the group file is used
Some deem the system2 extension a security risk which is why it was made optional for now.
MessageBot build changes
We don't really have real releases for the MessageBot extension and compiling is was a bit of a hassle. We now use a similar system to CallAdmin where we have periodic tagged releases on
its github releases page. Getting both windows and linux builds to work took a bit of time that we hope was worth spending. We recommend you always
get your MessageBot version from there.
Important information
If you have the updater installed, the plugin and all its modules will update themselves.
While we tried to make this update backward compatible, you should carefully read the changelog and make the needed changes.
If you update a module which works together with a web script (mysql, ts3) please be sure to update both.
The upgrade process is almost the same as installing, please head over to our wiki for information.
Please ask if you have questions or encounter a problem!.
Download
You can download CallAdmin from
its github releases page and MessageBot from
its github releases page. The main thread will be updated shortly.
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