Airio LFS Tracker Change Log for Old Versions
Change Log
These items shown only quite old changes to Airio. Newer updates and
upcoming features can be found on a separate page.
Airio 2.2.9 (2009-07-08)
- Added QualifyMsg item into Airio.srv.txt file allowing
to define lines to appear in chat area on each qualification start.
- All the text-defining items in SRV file now support multiple translations
using "||XX" (where XX is a supported language) as a separator. Specifically,
the user/limad/admin welcome messages can be localized, big and small
welcome buttons, timed messages, race/qualification restart message
and buttons, and in FULL also info(s), rule(s) and event(s) definitions.
- FULL: Implemented custom banning system to give much better control
over banning to admins and also additional info to drivers. If the system
is activated using new BanUsingAirio item in CFG file, then the
!ban command adds items into Airio.ban.txt file, stating
who is banned, when, for how long, by whom and optionally with reason
for the ban. Also other online bans are captured, cleared and converted
into Airio custom bans. The !unban command removes items from
the ban file. For each new connection the ban list is checked, and if
the person is listed, he is kicked from server with a message stating
when the ban ends and original reason of the ban, if specified.
- FULL: New !lban (or just !lb) lists to admins/limads
current bans including among other things nicknames and remaining days,
sorted from most recent to oldest.
- FULL: Ranks resp. licences, if defined, now start at default value
"None", so that in !pi resp. !pb people can see what they
need to get (how many points or what time improvement) to the lowest
defined rank resp. licence.
- FREE: The EnableUnban item of limad actions in CFG file is
now supported even in this compile. This item allows limads not only
to unban, but also ban for any length and list current bans (in FULL,
if the system is active).
- New item GetHotlaps in CFG file specifies if also uploaded
hotlaps and not just online records should be downloaded for everyone.
In that case split/sector values of the best lap are used and shown
as LFSW PB and used in server time lock.
- Updated admin !state command, which now always shows basic
state of all servers and details the current or required one.
- Added one more customization using multipurpose general/race info
button. General information include last raced message and server state
changes, such as going to another track or (de)activating time lock.
Race information cover pit stops, using custom cars and race restart
or end countdown. Depending on other server settings each driver can
now have up to 29 customizable items available. Wow.
- If only best/good sectors (and not splits) are shown to someone,
then also sector 1 (equal to split 1) is displayed to him.
- Anyone may have optionally server best times (PBs) of other people
displayed when the drivers connect and improve. The same is true for
LFSW times. Neither server nor LFSW times are shown on Airio (re)connect
to prevent spamming.
- Improved race joining checks so that irrepairable conditions (such
as licence/rank/time lock) are checked first, then the conditions that
the driver may repair (text/tyres/passengers/handicaps)
Configuration: Airio.cfg.txt –
added BanUsingAirio, GetHotlaps. Airio.tcd.txt
– none. Airio.srv.txt – added QualifyMsg. Commands
– added !lban.
Airio 2.2.8 (2009-07-03)
- Updated the GUI and personalization options by using multi-purpose
buttons. Clicking on some buttons will switch certain optionally displayed
items between several options, such as race best split and sector times,
only split times, only sector times, or none. There are five new options:
best splits/sectors, good splits/sectors, server PBs, licences (FULL
only) and safety ratings (FULL only).
- Optimized personal settings (Shift+i) display. Changing options
by clicking now results in redrawing only the necessary buttons and
not the whole screen (performance fix).
- Removed GlobalStats option from Airio.cfg.txt file,
sending local and receiving global stats is always active now, because
the communication overhead is negligible and data gathered and displayed
on the servers page (and in !ver) are useful.
- Added ScriptInstance and ScriptPeriod options to
Airio.cfg.txt file. This may be used e.g. for periodic update
of Airio stats in some Web server database. Script output (returned
data) is ignored.
- Added CheckSkin item into Airio.srv.txt file. If active,
skins cannot contain prohibited names. This is good for protecting your
team skin, which only members (limads level 0 and above) can use.
- In !results (!rs) command output the total race times
are compared to the previous finished driver, not to the winner. Also
multiple car categories are now shown correctly (bug fix).
- Updated the !speed command output. If used without parameter
it shows summary of speeds in all defined points (splits by default),
sorted by average speed from these points. With number parameter sorted
speeds at that point (split) are shown.
- Corrected items used to read server rules/FAQ/notes (text bug fix).
Also these buttons now have common background.
- The server rules, server FAQ and server notes buttons are now localizable.
In TextFAQs, TextNotes, and TextRules items in
CFG file it is possible to define several language versions using "||XX"
separator, where XX is one of the user selectable languages. Users with
this language will see only the appropriate portion, to others the first
portion is shown.
- The "last raced on" message is again shown with every new connection,
it is part of personalizable general info messages. On the other hand,
there's no "welcome to" message, because other means for welcoming people
are available.
- To be seen as using custom car the intake and mass used may be also
higher than those specified and not just exactly equal. Combined with
other items in TCD file custom cars may be a bit different for each
track.
- FULL: For best climber points the lowest driver's position in any
track split during race is used, not just split 1 of lap 1.
- FULL: Calling admins using IRC (by !admin command or by talking
to host) now requires some text to be passed.
- FULL: Moved the custom commands definition from CFG to SRV file,
so that the same custom command may work a bit differently on every
server, if that is necessary.
- Updated the Aegio InSim library to process without error strings
of any length (rare bug fix).
- If '$' is used as a starting character of Airio commands (instead
of '!') in configuration files (SET files, custom and scheduled command
items), the instruction is processed directly, without sending to server
and capturing it again. This allows to use very long $cfg strings
(e.g. defining track rotation) that would be otherwise cut and incomplete.
- When MSG and SET files are updated from Airio root folder, backups
of the existing files in subfolders are created with timestamp in their
name. This allows to rename the files back to get previous version in
case of wrong update.
Configuration: Airio.cfg.txt –
added ScriptInstance, ScriptPeriod; removed CustomCommands,
GlobalStats. Airio.tcd.txt – none. Airio.srv.txt
– added CustomCommands, CheckSkin. Commands – none.
Airio 2.2.7 (2009-06-19)
- FREE: Enabled drift board functionality in this Airio compile. If
drifting scores are allowed in server settings and the driver chooses
to display the drift board, he'll get live data about current drift
(angle, time, speed, points).
- Improved drift board display. When a drift ends, total covered angle
and average speed is shown instead of last values.
- Extended !clr admin command. Entering !clrb car will
double all time data for that car in statistics, virtually deleting
the PBs/TBs for everyone. Useful if some base restriction was applied
and old best times are not reachable, but other race statistics (points,
podiums) need to be preserved.
- Added "driving points" very similar to "playing points". Driving
points are global, shown as part of !pi command output or as
a list by new !ptd command. All driving points may be cleared
by !clrd admin command.
- New items StorePointsPlaying and StorePointsDriving
in Airio.srv.txt file specify if global points of the two kinds
are stored from a certain server. If you run a race series on some server,
activate driving points just for the occasion or only on this server,
otherwise and elsewhere do not store them. Anyone can then type !ptd
and see his standing in series.
- FULL: Implemented support for custom commands using new CustomCommands
item in Airio.cfg.txt file. Admins may now name/define series
of any LFS/Airio instructions with one optional parameter specified.
All custom commands also set a limad level from which they are available
and optional short description.
- FULL: New !custcom or just !cc command displays custom
commands defined and available to the current player.
- FULL: Implemented scheduled commands using new ScheduledCommands
item in Airio.srv.txt file. Series of LFS/Airio commands may
be scheduled using "month day hour minute second" notation where
any number can be replaced by '*' to denote every (the closest) value.
Alternative notation "w weekday hour minute second" may be used
to schedule weekly commands (date independent).
- FULL: Accompanying item UseScheduledUTC in Airio.srv.txt
file selects between world universal and Airio local time.
- Updated the !/cars command so that defined car categories
(such as TBO or GTR) and ALL may be used.
- Updated !results command output which now shows also track
and best real and theoretical lap of each driver in the race.
- Additional RaceRejoin item in Airio.srv.txt file allows
to set percentage of race (for laps or minutes/hours) after which rejoining
the race is not possible. Joining filter must be active for this protection
to function.
- FULL: Updated the Twitterizer external library. Reported Twitter
events are now race start, race finish, and server(s) state.
Configuration: Airio.cfg.txt – added CustomCommands.
Airio.srv.txt – added StorePointsPlaying, StorePointsDriving,
ScheduledCommands, UseScheduledUTC, RaceRejoin.
Commands – added !ptd, !clrd, !clrb,
!cc.
Airio 2.2.6 (2009-06-14)
- New !results or just !rs command shows a table of
last finished race results. Items are sorted by car categories and positions.
Besides nickname and car type also time/lap differences and points from
the race and in the series are shown.
- Enriched !ver command output for server admins, showing total
connection uptime, packets read/written, and kilobytes read/written
since the connection was established. They may be interesting data usable
e.g. for calculating Airio bandwidth requirements or generally seeing
how intense is the communication between certain LFS server and Airio.
- Corrected local area display in !ver command in case the
running instance had no name (bug fix).
- Improved internal Aegio InSim library to use in button display instructions
just bytes that are needed. This limits the amount of data being sent
to LFS server (performance bug fix).
- Limited the number of packets sent to server on race start. Too
many instructions and great lags caused by connecting people could result
in communication errors and Airio disconnects on heavily loaded servers
(attempted rare trouble fix).
- Added connection option QuickReconTries into Airio.cfg.txt
file. If higher than zero, it specifies number of quick reconnect attempts.
This may help to solve troubles with occasional Airio disconnects on
heavily loaded or remotely controlled servers caused by huge lags/timeouts.
It will try to preserve internal connection state, making the reconnect
process transparent. Note however that because of messages discontinuity
I do not currently consider this feature completely safe to use.
- Pings for checking connection to server are not used anymore. Instead
Airio is sending a keep-alive packet every five seconds which takes
the role of a good check of connection between Airio and the LFS server.
- If multiple timed messages are defined, only one is always shown,
the one with highest number (and longest set period).
- To further decrease the number of files in Airio root folder the
Server/Airio settings files Airio.set.?.txt are now moved into
separate directory, set. These files may contain any Server/Airio
commands to be used by !si limad/admin command.
- Added new StoreAll option into Airio.cfg.txt file.
If set to true, top-level driver's data (username, nickname,
options, playing points, safety rating) are stored for everyone that
ever connected. If false (default), there's no record of a driver
in stats until he does sufficient PB in at least one track/car combination.
- Completely removed support for old configuration files kept since
2.1.9 (Airio.cfg.nc.txt and Airio.cfg.lc.txt are basically merged into
Airio.cfg.txt, while Airio.cfg.tc.txt is in effect renamed to
Airio.tcd.txt). If upgrading configuration files to 2.1.9 and
newer it is suggested to use new default files and copy into them custom-defined
items from old files.
- Added new option IncludeFile to Airio.cfg.txt and
Airio.srv.txt files. Contents of the specified file will be virtually
pasted at the place of this key. This allows you to split CFG and SRV
data into several files, if you'd prefer that arrangement (e.g. to keep
items you do not use out the way). Multiple and recursive file includes
are supported.
- FULL: Added basic Twitter support through two new configuration
items in Airio.cfg.txt file: TwitterUser and TwitterPass.
If valid (registered) values are used you may see some server events
using the www.twitter.com follower service. Currently connects, disconnects,
race starts, and race finishes are reported.
- FULL: Changed external ZIP library to Ionic DotNetZip. This one
is simpler to use and also it creates valid ZIP files, which is, I dare
say, a rather major advantage.
- FULL: Instead of custom compiles external licence files are used,
called Airio.lic, and required by the full versions.
- Renamed ExportLapperTime in Airio.cfg.txt file to
ExportStatsTime, old name will also work.
- FULL: Added UploadAirioData item into Airio.cfg.txt
file allowing regular compression and upload of Airio STA files to a
defined FTP server for further processing e.g. for PB data display on
a Web page.
- Reports about disallowed car setup options (such as Auto Gears or
ABS/TC) are more verbose and localizable now.
Airio 2.2.5 (2009-05-24)
- FULL: Added the possibility to define highest race climber point(s).
New items PointsClimb and ClimbPlaces in Airio.srv.txt
file define how many points is given (at next race start) and how many
positions is at least required to climb. Position at finish is compared
to driver's position in split 1 on lap 1, not at race start. That's
because position changes from start to split 1 are often results of
pure chance or reckless driving, while later position advances better
express driving skills.
- Added commands to show best drift scores in one race: longest single
drift (!dfs), best lap drifts (!dfl) and highest race
drifts (!dfr). These commands accompany existing !dfc
and !dft commands showing best championship and total drifts.
- Start/qualify button display time is now dynamic. Base value is
6 seconds, raised by one second for every 3 drivers on the start grid,
reaching max. 10 seconds in demo and 16 seconds in full S2 grid.
- When using track rotation countdown to calling race end and track
change appears, very similar to race restart countdown.
- Also the /end command is checked to be accepted by LFS server
(just as /restart command is checked). If it is ignored for some
reason (big lag of a connecting player being the primary one), it is
repeatedly reissued every 5 seconds.
- Updated the underlying Aegio InSim library so that it passes to
Airio additional info about connection errors or connection and string
handling warnings. This will help debugging on the library level using
Airio system log.
- Corrected some penalty commands that could occasionally fail due
to unnecessary nickname string conversion (bug fix).
- Corrected error caused by rating when using bad names (bug fix).
- Corrected reordering that was applied if 1st race after qualification
was restarted, now qualification order should still be valid (bug fix).
- FULL: Corrected pit windows and pit work required which were shown
also on qualification and practice start (bug fix).
- FULL: Changes of pitlane status (when using pit windows/work) are
now shown also as Race Control messages (big text), because messages
output to chat area only can be easily overlooked or completely blocked.
- Updated some output to system log (using usernames instead of nicknames,
changing order of certain operations).
- Attempted another approach to solve a rare LFS bug appearing when
people are joining race and updating controls at the same time – incorrect
ID data are reported via InSim in that case. Until LFS developers address
the issue all drivers joining and updating at the same time are spectated
and required to join again, without updating controls.
Airio 2.2.4 (2009-05-19)
- FREE: Enabled !rank and !rate commands supported earlier
only in FULL version. First one shows total points of connected drivers,
the second their current safety ratings, both lists are sorted from
best to worse. Together with !time command they give drivers'
overview in all three major categories (ranking/licensing/rating) Airio
currently supports.
- The following commands showing connected drivers' data now accept
an integer parameter specifying from which position the output list
should be displayed: !session (session lap times), !time
(server/LFSW lap times), !rank (total points), !rate (safety
ratings), !lice (track/car licences, FULL only). This parameter
is useful if more than 24 people are connected.
- Updated speedtraps handling so that they are installed into track
splits if SpeedtrapNode in TCD file has empty value (by default
now, older configurations use –1 meaning global speed measuring). Having
speed measuring in splits is good because anyone can then compare those
with his own (rightmost button at the screen top). It is still possible
though to install up to four speedtraps at any place or use global speed
measuring.
- FULL: Added pit windows definitions. Using new PitWindows
item in Airio.srv.txt file it is possible to specify in (race)
minutes when pitlane opens and closes. Several pitstops may be required
this way and only the ones done while the pitlane is open are counted.
- FULL: Accompanying PitTyres and PitRefuels items may
be used to set how many complete tyre changes and car refuels are required
in a race. Drivers are informed about required number of pitstops and
pitwork. People with insufficient count of pitstops or pitwork are given
drive-through penalty on their last race split which in effect disqualifies
them.
- FULL: Implemented race join limiting by safety rating. RatingRequired
and RatingSpecific items in Airio.srv.txt may be used
to specify general or car-dependant safety rating required to join a
race. This may be used for creating tiered servers or allowing more
powerful cars on one server only to reasonably good/seasoned drivers.
- FULL: Renamed LicenceTimesRequired to LicenceRequired, LicenceTimesSpecific
to LicenceSpecific, LicenceRanksRequired to RankRequired
and LicenceRanksSpecific to RankSpecific in Airio.srv.txt.
Old keys may still be used, but the new ones are more obvious.
Airio 2.2.3 (2009-05-17)
- New UseTabSeparated item in Airio.cfg.txt file switches
STA files output format between line-separated (used originally) and
tab-separated (may be better for PHP handling) items in records. Format
for reading is determined automatically, meaning you may freely change
the format from one to another.
- Implemented extensible safety rating calculation. Percentages range
in theory from 0 to 100 with higher values given to better drivers.
Basic parameters StartRate, RateStability in Airio.srv.txt
file define general rating system behaviour. The higher the rating value
the lower increases are possible and vice versa.
- Various events may increase or decrease the value, each with configurable
weight. Currently every caused yellow flag in race lowers the rating,
configurable by FlagWeight, and FlagDelay values in
Airio.srv.txt file. Finished laps on the other hand raise the rating
according to LapWeight setting.
- ChatWeight specifies rating decrease on using bad language
and flooding. RaceWeight may be used to raise rating on each
race finished with sufficient number of laps (set by LapsPoints).
- Optionally RateWarning and RateLimit values may be
defined in Airio.srv.txt file. Going below the first will display
warnings about possible ban, going below the second bans the driver
for bad driving. His rating is raised a bit so that once the ban expires
he can improve his safety rating.
- Drivers may see their current safety rating in !pi command
output and there is also !safe command available showing server
cleanest drivers.
- FULL: Safety rating percentage ranges may be converted into custom
text shown on each new connection and also on any rating change. The
definitions are specified using new LicenceRatesText and LicenceRatesLevels
items in Airio.tcd.txt file.
- FULL: The !rates command may be used to show defined ranges
and descriptions while !rate will show safety ratings of all
currently connected drivers. This is very similar to !ranks (!lices)
and !rank (!lice) commands.
- On every connect and rename a filter is run making sure two names
different only by empty characters are not used. Equality results in
a kick for the new name. This filter cannot be turned off but checks
doubled names only among the currently connected drivers, not in the
whole database of drivers.
- Corrected handling of automatic race restarts after qualifications
(bug fix).
- Corrected inability to kick/ban some usernames using Airio (LFS
inconsistency fix).
- Corrected default and custom cars handling (rare bug fix).
Airio 2.2.2 (2009-05-05)
- Updated the !pb (personal best) and !pi (personal
info) output. While PB is always related to the current track and certain
car of a chosen driver (or yourself in your current car, if no car/name
is specified), PI shows stats summing all track/car combinations of
a certain driver.
- The !pb command shows the following: Actual PB and TB times,
laps, dates, licence (in FULL), points, lap time, race time, race podiums
(FULL only), serie podiums (FULL only), drifting scores. Most items
are shown on total and also on championship (week by default) level
incl. current positions. It is a lot of stats data related to one track/car
combination.
- The !pi command shows the following: Laps, points, rank (in
FULL), race podiums (FULL only), series podiums (FULL only), drifting
scores, playing points, list of track/car combos. These values are again
separated into total/champ items, all accompanied by current positions.
These PI data are sums of all track/car combos stored in one Airio instance.
- FULL: LicenceTimesSpecific in SRV file may now contain several
required licences for one car type which are applied using logical OR.
This means one fulfilled requirement is sufficient. For example LicenceTimesSpecific=XRG|3
XRG|4,XRX allows to join with XRG either if the driver holds 3rd
licence level with that car or 4th licence level with XRX (custom restricted
XRG). The last definition is shown as the requirement and it should
be the one that is possible/easiest to achieve.
- Driver preferences (from Shift+i screen) are permanently
saved only when the driver enters stats by achieving a reasonable time
in any track/car combo. This helps to keep clean the STA files.
- Race (!ptr) and serie (!pts) points now include all
points gained during one race or groups of races (e.g. for good/best
lap).
- Series (groups of races) are now evaluated also on every entry into
race end screen (e.g. during track rotation).
- New item EndWait in Airio.srv.txt file specifies how
long to wait before calling the /end command after race end in
rotation schemes. This value should allow everyone to finish the final
lap and by default is set to 120 seconds.
- Custom start grid is not applied to the one race starting after
qualification; in such case always the qualification results are used.
This makes it possible to use short qualification e.g. after every track
change simply by specifying qualification length higher than 0 minutes
(using /qual command).
- FULL: Allowed to specify a custom lap time as a target value for
split/sector comparisons. To use this feature drivers set required target
value for their current track/car combo using !target command,
e.g. !tg 1:14.50 on BL1+FBM. The value is stored in their profile
for future use and necessary split/sector times using WR distribution
are displayed (just as before). Drivers under the FULL version now have
the additional option to open their personal settings screen by pressing
Shift+i and select Target as the comparison value. Split/sector
time comparisons then indicate where the driver needs to improve.
- FULL: Improved race progress and pitboard data display, obsolete
values are not shown anymore.
- Improved custom cars handling in track rotation and !/cars
command. Not only are the cars converted into standard types but also
prohibited cars are adjusted so that racing only in the specified car
types (standard and custom) is possible.
- Improved track rotation so that one track may be used repeatedly
(omission fix).
- Added MinNameLength configuration item into Airio.srv.txt
file. It is part of CheckName filter and allows to kick drivers
with too short (or even empty) nickname.
Airio 2.2.1 (2009-04-20)
- Check for "possible lap time" is now bound to CheckTime item
in SRV file. If time-checking (meaning comparing driver's splits/sectors
to current WR and kicking for substantially better values) is not active
(default state), Airio will always save lap times (unless a limited
zone was entered, making the lap time always invalid). This allows to
use rough estimate values for time adjustments with custom cars, at
least until more exact values may be calculated.
- Server prohibited cars (allowing to limit car types e.g. to one
custom car only) are applied to everyone incl. admins.
- All limad/admin commands mimicking those found in LFS can be entered
with / right after starting !, such as !/kick name.
The slash must be used in some commands that have different meaning
to Airio. These commands are !/track for changing the track (while
!track shows track and rotation info), !/cars setting
allowed car types (while !cars shows info about custom cars and
car categories), and !/laps for changing lap count (while
!laps shows total best lap times).
- Added simple custom cars support to !/cars command and track
rotation schemes. If a custom car is used there it is simply converted
to standard LFS car required by /cars LFS command.
- Completely removed the "last raced on" message as it was pure spam.
Also LFSW data display is now by default hidden for new drivers.
- Allowed to use car category names (such as STD or TBO) in StandardCars
item in SRV file(s). Also category names (predefined or custom) may
now be entered anywhere using uppercase or lowercase, just like car
types (small bug fix).
- Updated display of "standard car" and "custom car" on race join
so that much less messages are shown (none if only standard cars are
used).
- FULL: Corrected podium places shown and stored in different car
groups (bug fix).
- FULL: Additional setting of LicenceTimesSpecific in SRV file
allows to bind accessibility of higher car types to licences (lap times)
in lower-grade cars incl. custom cars. Thus e.g. LicenceTimesSpecific=XRG|3,XFG
would require 3rd licence level in XFG before the player may join with
XRG.
Airio 2.2.0 (2009-04-16)
- Added simple subfolders support to limit the number of files in
Airio root directory. After !rld and in some other situations
(such as at the day end or after download/upload) all files containing
.msg. (localized user messages) will be moved into msg
subfolder and read from there. Similarly all files with .log.
(Airio logs, FREE version) or .zip (Airio complete backups, FULL
version) will be moved into log subfolder. The folders are created
and the files moved automatically on Airio upgrade.
- Improved the sequence of licence/rank and other checks/information
on race join so that the driver is not reported as joining when being
spectated immediately afterwards for some reason (bad setup, bad options,
etc.).
- Added DefaultLanguage item into Airio.cfg.txt file.
If an available user language (from language pack) is selected here,
it is applied to all first-connecting drivers (who can naturally change
the language at any time) and to the host system as well (meaning the
messages on server console will be in this language).
- Debugged the custom cars feature at several places. Solved (hopefully)
issues such as applying incorrect time-lock values, calculating good/great
split/sector/lap times using time adjustments in a wrong fashion, and
also giving no points (sic) for final places in a race (serious bug
fix). This all is solved now, but because the custom cars feature is
very new there may still appear new inconsistencies. I'll be grateful
for testing and reporting any found issues/requests.
- Added ProhibitedCars key into Airio.srv.txt file allowing
to limit usage of certain car types on individual servers. This enables
admins to e.g. create one server for custom (limited) cars only and
another for full (standard) cars only.
- Added !cars command showing all defined custom cars and car
categories (for use e.g. in !sb command). Important for new people
who need to know how to use certain custom car or what categories are
available. Note that this command has double meaning: When used without
parameters it shows to anyone custom cars and categories. When used
with parameter it is a limad (always hidden) command setting allowed
car types via /cars= LFS option.
- Updated the limad/admin !lock command. With car code entered
it will now show not only time-lock status, but also lap time required
to join in that car type. This works also for custom cars.
- Corrected points for playing (shown by !ptp or !play)
so that they include also series points now (small bug fix).
- Corrected !ptp (!total) and !ptc (!champ)
points display (bug fix). Updated the command so that by default it
sums all points for all tracks and cars, but it is also possible to
require any track, car, or combo points.
- Added/updated !dft (!drifts) and !dfc (!drift)
commands showing highest total or championship drift scores. Even in
this case it is possible to require scores for only one track, car,
or their combination.
- FULL: Updated !btp (!podiums), !bcp (!podium),
!bts (!series), and !bcs (!serie) commands
so that by default they show data summarized for all tracks and cars
but allow as well to see any track/car/combo data separately. These
commands show best total/champ podium positions in races/series.
- Updated !btr (!races), !bcr (!race),
!btl (!laps) and !bcl (!lap) commands so
that any track/car combination may be required. These commands show
best total/champ times in races/laps (!btl output may be under
certain conditions equal to !sb output).
- Updated autocross stats file format (Airio.sta.ac.txt). It
now contains all the same items as user/track/car file. This means points,
drifts etc. are stored on autocross level as well. Note that autocross
layouts are those with checkpoints defined. Format update is transparent.
- FULL: Corrected (again) messages being sent to IRC, because commands
output was ignored (bug fix).
Airio 2.1.9 (2009-04-13)
- Sorry, one more change (hopefully last) to the number of basic configuration
files. After careful analysis it is clear merging all CFG files into
one was done in a rush. The problem is the track/car section (formerly
Airio.cfg.tc.txt) format is not "flat", it is hierarchical, sequence
of items there matters. To make this distinction clear this section
was again separated into a new file, Airio.tcd.txt, where TCD
stands for Track/Car Data. Previous arrangements remain functional,
but obsolete.
- Also all track/car definitions (such as supported codes, car groups
and car categories) have been moved from CFG into the TCD file. To summarize:
CFG file contains items logically common to the running instance,
TCD has all track/car data (most of them hierarchical), and
SRV file contains items definable at individual server level.
- COOL: Implemented custom cars. Using CustomCars item in
Airio.tcd.txt file it is possible to create new car types by
restricting the existing ones. Entry such as CustomCars=FBB|FBM,20,0
creates a "Baby FBM" car, which is FBM with intake air restriction of
20 percent and added mass of 0 kg. Whenever a player joins with FBM
with 20 percent restriction, he is reported as joining with FBB and
this will be his virtual car. All stats will be stored separately for
the FBB car and commands such as !sb fbb are perfectly valid.
Once defined, the FBB car may be used anywhere standard cars are allowed.
- Custom cars are bound to the originals via e.g. WR data and they
may be further fine-tuned just as standard cars. For example to have
reasonable good/great times reported (and to get into stats with restrictions)
you would need to set TimeAdjustment for your custom car and
maybe also directly specify GoodTimesAbs etc. This all is done
in the TCD file.
- Changed the TimeAdjustment units to allow finer tuning of
the lap times of restricted/custom cars. Now percents * 100 by which
lap/split/sector times will be raised is used (just like e.g. in relative
good/great times). 550 thus means 5.5 percent raise. In many cases you'd
need to find the correct time adjustment value by testing and experiments.
- Added !car command showing car types currently used by connected
people. Car type (standard or custom) is also shown the first time a
driver joins race or when he changes car. Anyone may turn off these
messages using General Info option.
- Internal improvements to speed up starting/reloading the application
and to apply WR updates more transparently.
- FULL: Substantially updated the ranking system. Currently it uses
total (any track/car) gained points only, but improvement to selectable
base (total, track, car, combo) is possible/planned.
- FULL: Ranking items have been moved from CFG into Airio.tcd.txt
file and their names changed. RankFull is renamed to LicenceRanksText
and RankPoints is renamed to LicenceRanksPoints, the contents
are the same. RankShort key is not used anymore. The previous arrangement
is NOT functional.
- FULL: New item LicenceRanksRequired in Airio.srv.txt
accepts a whole number saying what rank level is generally required
to join a race there (zero meaning no rank limit).
- FULL: LicenceRanksSpecific also in Airio.srv.txt allows
to define different rank limits for specific (groups of) cars, if there
are more available on the server. Similar item LicenceTimesSpecific
may define licence limits for certain types of cars.
- FULL: Updated and debugged licence/rank info shown in !pb
output. Not only points necessary to reach the next rank level but also
lap time improvement for next licence level is shown. Also output of
!rank and !lice commands is updated and unified.
Airio 2.1.8 (2009-04-07)
- Allowed (finally) to see combined car types list in !sb (or
!top), !near, and !tb (or !ttop) commands.
It is now possible to type e.g. !sb xfg+xrg and see combined
list consisting of both car types.
- To simplify calls for combined cars lists a new CarCategories
item is created in Airio.cfg.txt file. This item contains by
default definitions for STD, TBO, LRF, and GTR categories, but you may
create any other name and combination you need. To see the combined
list you just type e.g. !sb gtr or !nr tbo (in this case
position in the car you have the best time with is shown).
- If you want drivers on some server to always see some combined SB/TB
lists, you may use a new StandardCars item in Airio.srv.txt
file. If then someone types just !sb, the value of StandardCars
is supplied as car type(s), not the driver's current car.
- In track rotation scheme it is possible now to specify layout to
load using TrackName_LayoutName notation, e.g. AU1_DriftGround.
Note that Airio considers as true layouts only the ones containing checkpoints.
For those the rotation will work as expected and separate stats will
be stored.
- Corrected a bug causing layout (autocross) data lost/overwritten
on race restart leading e.g. to discontinuities and stats not being
stored.
- New KickForRemove item in Airio.srv.txt file allows
to kick people without sufficient rights for removing others from the
start grid on the race end screen. Removing others is a bad habit and
this setting provides solution especially for servers using tracks rotation.
- Even 4th sector time is now shown in !tb output on tracks
with 3 split points and 4 sectors (small bug fix).
- If Airio encounters communication error (connection broken or invalid
packets received), it will not try to quickly reconnect without losing
internal server state. Instead it will disconnect and connect back automatically
within 5 minutes. The quick-reconnect feature led too often to some
important events being missed resulting in strange Airio internal state
(e.g. inexistent drivers being repeatedly kicked for inactivity). Note
that you can prevent all communication errors by running Airio locally
on the computer where also the LFS server(s) run.
- All date/time data are now in STA files saved as Unix timestamps
(whole seconds from 1970-01-01 00:00:00). The conversion of the format
is completely transparent. The Unix format is a LFS standard, much better
for use in PHP scripts.
- FULL: Implemented lap time-based licensing. New items LicenceTimesAbs
(always track/car specific), LicenceTimesRel (general percentages)
and LicenceTimesText (might be general but also specific to certain
combos) in track/car section of Airio.cfg.txt file allow to define
lap times in "centiseconds" (i.e. milliseconds / 10) or percentage over
WR and associated licence describing text. LicenceTimesRequired
in Airio.srv.txt (individually definable for each server) accepts
an integer (whole number) saying what time-based licence level is required
to join a race (zero meaning no licence limit).
- FULL: Licence data are optionally shown when the driver joins for
the first time, when he changes car (or the track changes) and when
he improves his lap time reaching a new licence level. Anyone is free
to block licence messages by the same option by which ranks may be shown/hidden.
Current licence and lap time required to reach next level are also displayed
in personal stats shown by !pb.
- FULL: New command !lice (or !lc) shows sorted licences
of connected people in the cars they are currently using. Accompanying
new command !lices (or !lcs) shows available licence levels
with lap times required valid for your current car type. This is very
similar to !rank and !ranks commands.
- Because !lc is now used in conjunction with licences, the
!loca command (showing your car location in LFS coordinates)
uses a different shortcut – !lo.
- FULL: Statistic files are zipped and optionally sent to a FTP server
before championship data are erased, not the other way.
- FULL: Ranks, as optionally shown after connecting or by !rank
command and also used elsewhere, are now based on total points gained
in any track/car combination.
Airio 2.1.7 (2009-03-28)
- MAJOR: Substantial changes to the configuration files – merging
of SRV and FIL files into Airio.srv.txt, merging CFG, CFG.NC,
CFG.TC, and CFG.LC files into Airio.cfg.txt. Old arrangement
would still function (at least for some time, until IncludeFile
directive is supported), but this new one substantially reduces the
number of external files, making it easier to find the related items.
- Also the text lines from TXT.FQ, TXT.RL, and TXT.NT were moved into
a new section of Airio.cfg.txt, with new items TextFAQs,
TextNotes, and TextRules available. The old arrangement
in NOT supported, the three formerly used TXT files are ignored. Any
changes in FAQ/Notes/Rules buttons need to be updated by !rld,
just like all other items.
- Corrected a very bad behaviour of TimeAdjustment concerning
good/great lap times (serious bug fix).
- Updated !speed command. When used without number, it shows
maximum speed regardless of speed trap.
- Added a SetupSymWForce into Airio.srv.txt file (filters
section) allowing to require symmetric wheels for all joining cars.
Requiring this may mean less setup-dependent racing.
- Extended blue flag info (incl. possible penalties) is now shown
only in race, not in qualification or practice.
- Corrected functionality of !axi command (bug fix).
- Removed confirmation from !mgs and !msa (which is
basically /msg sent to every server) limad commands, because
the result is anyway clearly visible.
- Crossing splits is newly seen as driving activity. Earlier the inactivity
filter saw only finished laps as real racing.
- Lowest reported best speed is now equivalent to 25 m/s.
- The text "To see limad/admin commands type ..." is not shown anymore
after connecting. There are other ways to communicate this if necessary
– e.g. by defining messages for limads and admins.
- FULL: Pit board and drift board, if active and used, are now hidden
after pitting/spectating.
- FULL: Added CheckCockpitExempt item into Airio.srv.txt
file allowing to specify usernames (concatenated using '+') of drivers
that are excluded from this check e.g. because of some sight disabilities.
They are allowed to use any view.
- FULL: In case there is a server message(s) waiting for the newly
connected player, only the messages are displayed, not the large and
small connect buttons. This prevents button overlapping.
- FULL: Added !conn and !conns commands showing again
the buttons (big and small) displayed usually on connecting to the server.
It may be used if there was an incoming server message and these buttons
were not displayed.
- FULL: Corrected IRC support, because there were doubled Airio messages
shown and also commands repeated twice. Not anymore.
- FULL: Fixed a small bug when rank change was not reported right
after receiving race points, but with some delay.
Airio 2.1.6 (2009-03-07)
- Updated restart voting management. It seems patch Z10 is omitting
some InSim voting data, making the previously used schemes behave incorrectly
under certain conditions. New code will work both in Z10 and earlier
Z-versions. Also doubled "Vote cancelled" messages will not be shown
anymore.
- Substantially improved speed trap handling. Each spot defined on
a certain track is now handled separately, with its own number and optional
best speed message. Drivers' best speed may be displayed by !speed
num where num is particular speed trap number. Up to 4 speed
traps may be defined for any track/car/both combination, including a
global one by specifying node number as -1.
- Made sure required car setup is observed also on track and the driver
is spectated e.g. when pressing Shift+G with auto-gears prohibited
(omission fix).
- Added support for coloured messages using !msg and !rc
commands. Also coloured Airio commands are now supported, they cannot
be hidden though as the one starting with plain ! (exclamation).
- FULL: Added CheckCockpit option into Airio.fil.txt
file. If set to true, people switching the view from their car
to Follow, TV Camera or Helicopter are always spectated. It may be too
limiting, use it only when creating serious racing environment.
- FULL: Added !msa command assignable to limads and sending
/msg commands to all connected servers. The appropriate EnableMsa
item specifying the required limad level is in Airio.cfg.lc.txt
file.
- FULL: Added !rca command assignable to limads and sending
set of /rc commands to all connected servers. The appropriate
EnableRca item specifying the required limad level is in Airio.cfg.lc.txt
file.
- FULL: The GlobalStats in Airio.cfg.txt file is ignored
in this compile, local stats are always sent and global stats received.
Instances using the FULL potential are shown in the servers table with
lighter background colour and bold version number.
- FULL: New item HideAllCommands in Airio.srv.txt file
allows admins to hide all commands on individual servers (by overwriting
the value in Airio.srv.?.txt files) or on all servers. Nobody
will see any Airio commands then unless they start with $ or
coloured !. Note that anyone may hide all commands even in the
FREE version using a personal settings option.
- FULL: Added more recovery means to transparently correct invalid
soft split data.
- FULL: Thanks to LFSW update it is possible to define several PubStat
keys (of individual team members) in Airio.cfg.txt file that
will be used in sequence and speed up data retrieval/display. Note
to Victor: This does not raise the total number of requests for
data, just speeds it up a bit when more are needed suddenly, e.g. after
Airio restart.
Airio 2.1.5 (2009-03-04)
- New item PenaltyBlue in Airio.srv.txt file allows
to set penalty for ignoring blue flags. Possible values are SC
for spectating the player and 30, 45, DT or
SG for standard penalties.
- Output of !ver command now includes server time. Note that
it is the time of the computer where Airio runs. Also independent UTC
time is shown.
- Corrected usage of TimeAdjustment in Airio.cfg.tc.txt
file so that it affects also good/great split/sector times (bug fix).
- Added !session or just !ss command showing session
best lap times of currently connected people.
- Improved custom start grid ordering by allowing to specify two different
criteria. Check new items in Airio.srv.txt file, specifically
GridPriMethod, GridPriReverse, GridSecMethod, and
GridSecReverse. Also CustomGridCount was renamed to
GridPriCount but the old entry will also function.
- FULL: Changed !rules command into !info command, it
still uses MsgInfo item(s) in Airio.srv.txt file.
- FULL: Added !event, !events, !rule, !rules,
and !infos commands showing text defined by new MsgEvent,
MsgEvents, MsgRule, MsgRules, and MsgInfos
items in Airio.srv.txt file. You can use these for any suitable
additional information communicated to people, specifically for upcoming
event and events in general, special rule or rules, information about
server or track.
- Allowed to specify alignment of text in the six above mentioned
and other button-generating items such as ButtnMotd. The characters
used are '<' for left-align (default), '>' for right-align and '|' for
centred text.
- The '+' character may now be used in text of messages/buttons without
causing the line/button to end and a new one start. To create new line/button
use the '+' as the first character in new item definition or type '++'
combination in one item.
- FULL: The !unban command will unban the name on all connected
servers if BanOnAllServers is active.
Airio 2.1.4 (2009-03-03)
- Fixed a bug causing incorrect application of some prohibited names.
- Added server state and FULL version licence info into global statistics.
Bold version number in the servers table means FULL compile is used.
Hover mouse over that cell to see licence details. Hover mouse over
server name to see its basic state.
- In !pen commands limad levels of the one typing the command
and the one targeted are no more compared.
- FULL: Ensured that soft split data can recover from invalid values.
- FULL: New item BanOnAllServers in Airio.cfg.txt file
allows to propagate bans issued by Airio (automatically or using
!ban command) to all connected servers.
- FULL: New item CheckAddress in Airio.fil.txt file
allows to kick players with doubled IP addresses. For this to function
Airio must be connected locally with server logging (listening to server
log changes) correctly configured and active.
- FULL: New item ShowStunts in Airio.srv.txt may be
used to disable stunt actions – best height, longest fast spinning.
Airio 2.1.3 (2009-02-22)
- FREE: Allowed the option to partially reverse start grid based on
last race results (see CustomGrid in Airio.srv.txt).
- Added the possibility to define how many places are to be reversed
(see CustomGridCount in Airio.srv.txt).
- Improved the library connection/packet handling code to allow for
quick reconnects without losing internal state.
- Export to LFS Lapper's PB.txt file is now pure ASCII.
- Current points for playing (!ptp) appear with position in
!pb list.
- Covered the possibility of connecting to a server in temp/abnormal
state, such as without name or without any track loaded.
- Corrected LFSW Data button function (small bug fix).
- Added error handling code to timer/web events (inconsistency fix).
- Added a check for automatic race restart covering lag troubles.
Airio 2.1.2 (2009-02-16)
- Added a new item into Airio.cfg.tc.txt file. Use TimeAdjustment
to increase percents of WR required to enter server statistics in case
high handicaps are used for some cars. The value is added to the
MaxTime value in Airio.cfg.txt and may be track/car/both
specific.
- Confirmation of LFS commands issued by limads is now shown.
- Implemented new points category plus accompanying commands. The
!ptp command shows running points gained by playing on any managed
server, any track, any car. Good for running some longer series on very
different combos. The points get accumulated until admins manually delete
them by typing !clrp. The data are stored in stats.
Airio 2.1.1
- FULL: Improved Pit Board and Drift Board display arrangement, also
automatic hiding of the boards is implemented.
- Added new switches to the !show command for personal settings.
The following are supported: KSC BGD TFO WPR IMN ZEA UVX. These
are items left to right and top to bottom in Shift+i screen.
- Corrected a bug not allowing to use DaysChamp=0 in Airio.cfg.txt.
- Corrected track rotation – every race end rotates tracks now.
- Corrected a small problem with !target command display.
- Added the missing code to handle the !end command.
Airio 2.1.0
- FREE: Enabled the !sini or !si server initialization
even in free version. It is now possible to define / and !
commands to be sent.
- Global stats are now supported only for 2.0.4 and newer versions.
- Corrected a hidden track name bug in autocross handling.
- FULL: Updated Drift Board display to show just the essential data.
- FULL: Implemented Pit Board option to show essential race data on
each lap end, similar to what is shown in reality: Current lap and position,
lap time, name of the driver ahead and time difference, name of the
driver behind and time difference (last known).
Airio 2.0.9
- Implemented limited zones, not spectating players but invalidating
their lap time. See LimitedZones item in Airio.cfg.tc.txt
file.
- Separated large buttons shown on race and qualification start. See
QualifyBtn item in Airio.srv.txt file.
- Added an option to always spectate for speeding in pits, not only
during race. This may prevent certain kinds of cheating. See item
CheckSpeedingAlways in Airio.fil.txt file.
- Drifting points are lower to keep them reasonable, just in units.
- FULL: Moved the Drift Board display option to FULL version only.
Airio 2.0.8
- Drift calculation was changed, it is now much less time-dependent.
- GUI extended, 4 new buttons added allowing everyone to turn on/off
acceleration messages (if active in server settings) and display drift
points (again, if active).
- One more button displays/hides drift board with drift angle, speed,
time, and points, all data are updated live during a drift.
- Last button will control pit board display with basic race data:
lap, position, racer ahead, racer behind (to be yet implemented).
- Corrected recognition of old STA files format (bug fix).
Airio 2.0.7
- New !target or !tg command taking lap time as a parameter
and showing required split/sector time distribution and comparisons.
- New drifting score parameter, see DriftIdealAngle in Airio.srv.txt.
Drifting score calculation is changed. Any ideas of ideal angle and
other drifting parameters are welcome.
Airio 2.0.6
- MAJOR: New configuration file Airio.cfg.lc.txt allows to
set what various limad levels can actually do and how they are protected.
- Added limad commands simulating most of LFS server commands.
- Limad commands help is split into three outputs (!l1,
!l2, !l3) because it was too long.
- Added a switch to the limad !ax command setting autocross
laps.
- It is now possible to define three timed messages sent at different
intervals. See TimedMotd2, TimedTime2, etc. in Airio.srv.txt
file.
Airio 2.0.5
- Empty entries in Airio.cfg.nc.txt file are now ignored (bug
fix).
- FULL: Added another stunt action – longest fast spinning after race.
- FULL: Corrected a small bug in multi-join timer on race start.
- FULL: Multi-join timer messages are now localizable.
Airio 2.0.4
- More global data are being sent, overview of running instances and
managed servers is available at
http://www.airio.eu/servers.aspx.
- FREE: Minor update in log file renaming on server midnight.
Airio 2.0.3
- Small updates in default personal settings and graphical output.
- Commands using champ/total level data (such as !total or
!drift) by default now summarize items from all cars on current
track.
- Fixed wrong output of !race(s) and !lap(s)
commands.
Airio 2.0.2
- Added server configuration allowing to spectate players driving
under blue flag for defined period. See RepeatBlue item in
Airio.srv,txt file.
- Added an option to disable crash checks (speed and spinning) after
race. See NoSpeedCheckAfterRace and NoSpinCheckAfterRace
in Airio.fil.txt file.
- Updated drifting score calculation to use (angle * speed * time).
- FULL: Added limad level 3 (and admin) command(s) to list, load and
clear autocross layouts using !ax [i|o|e].
- FULL: Added possibility to reset server to its default state after
some time of inactivity (no connections).
- Small bug fixes, improvements.
Airio 2.0.1
- STA files structure changed to reflect internal changes. Update
to new structure is automatic.
- Moved filter settings into separate file, Airio.fil.txt,
to keep the server configuration file size reasonable. Old arrangement
will also work.
- Small bug fixes of the original release.
Airio 2.0.0 (2008-01-07)
- Complete release after 9 months of intense development.
- Comparing to 1.9 it changes some internal arrangements.
- Comparing to 1.8 it uses its own full-featured InSim/OutSim library.
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