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About the server

Version 4.1 is not 100% stable. That has to do with the locking.
(this results from code being improved and rewritten. Actually there is more testing than before and this gave opportunity for the new bug)
The positive side: This bug gives idea about a possibility to fix/find the obscure turnspeed bug

i wrote a patch that fixes one problem and prevents the other from crashing the server.
As i don't know yet what the cause for the latter is, the patch sends a servermessage,
that tells about the player who's pl->lock.tagged is wronlgy set.
Hope this will help to reproduce it and get a starting...
It is possible to lock teammates with LockClosest in a teamgame. - Fix with this one.
(inconvenient as they usually don't harm you - but enemies do)
perhaps you don't want static mines (doesn't allow to immitate them with moving mines, too).
Uoti Urpala (U) also happily writes patches:
U wrote a big server patch
- it particularly allows configuring all you want for teamplay
  options are: /password /set /pause /lock /team /help /kick /version /reset... (arguments notlisted)
- you can run the server with more frames per second than normal but keeping the old velocity of physics.
  result: a smooth game
- It also includes a fix for the connector bug (i took it from Flower's page)
  The new position of the player is calculated, then the distance to the ball and then the new position of the ball. This was wrong order.
additionally a commandline option to switch off the wreckage feature
U's great patch includes the teammate lock fix and the loadbank fix, too.

Something for the client

adjusted Headace' famous Talk Patch to work also properly when one is dead
- needed a strange `hack' as the client itself actually doesn't notice when you are `snooping'.
additionally there are 3 phases: playing , dead-and-snooping , dead-and-being transferred.

I definitely need the following, too:

[cut'n']paste.
It let's you paste something into the talkwindow. You can't cut/copy there, but it's useful for submitting addresses!
Currently i am working on full cut'n'paste, but stalled due to the Primary Selection still...
...outdated. I was able to add the above (fixed and completed) to the distribution.
beep when a player enters
preLoadModifier feature for item maps.
It automatically selects the proper modifiers from the modifierBank for missiles and mines.
A counter in the top right edge of the client, that shows how many bytes xpilot sucked in your current session.
Not useful but animated. You can switch off (boss button).
disable wreckage - switches off that svenske-confusing feature (though it is actually a nice idea!)
I don't like the HUD to show the distance to the enemy and his micro shipshape - switched that off.
All of the above is included in this one.

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