MCSM V2.3 Released

Yesterday I released the latest version of my Minecraft Server Manager for Windows. Version 2.3 comes with lots of new features and improvements including:

• What’s New window added (this is a self-referencing window now! :) )
• Non-Vanilla MC settings shifted out of server.properties into mcsm.properties
• Backwards compatibility enabled for server.properties:
  • Xmx and Xms values auto-shifted from server.properties to mcsm.properties if detected and mcsm.properties doesn’t already contain values. Values are subsequently removed from server.properties.
  • Web-interface-port setting shifted to mcsm.properties. Added backeards compatibility code for this change.
• Added Server Listings tab page - allows you to list your public server on ManageMinecraft.com
• Added Download Servers/Clients (button on MainForm and new form for the download manager)
  • Downloads come from ManageMinecraft.com (where tested versions servers/clients will be stored)
  • Select copy-to/install location
  • Auto-installs servers (i.e. unzips into selected folder & deletes the zip file)
• Startup splash-screen added
• MainForm:
  • UI converted to Win8 style using MetroFramework libraries
  • UI theme restored on application startup
  • Refactored & extracted methods for all the default commands - primary aim was to make them accessible for testing.
  • Added additional command result recognition code. Can now detect following output types: Join, Leave, Message, Giving, Command, OnlinePlayers, OnlinePlayersList, Saving, SaveComplete, Loaded, Tell, Ban, Pardon, Deop, Op, List, Kick, Teleport, ClearInventory, Enchant, Effect, AddXP, AddXPLevels, SetDefaultGameMode, SetDifficulty, SetGameRule, SetSpawnPoint, SetTime, SetWeather, HelpStart
  • Added right-click context menu for editing or removing command buttons.
  • Added instructional tooltip to command buttons (reminder of right-click feature)
  • Extracted method for laying out custom command tab pages
  • Main Form now remembers previous size, location and window state.
  • Player handling shifted to new classes - see below.
• Added shortcut keys:
  • F1 : Opens up What’s New list
  • Ctrl + T : Toggles UI theme
  • See bug fixes.
• Output Processing :
  • UI Timer that updates the full and message log boxes - means the UI no longer freezes when server is under high load e.g. at startup
  • Massively refactored code for output handling to make it easier to handle different output from different mods in a unified manner.
  • Shifted ProcessOutput into MineCraftServer.cs : MainForm now only handles UI side of things.
  • Output processing converted into a class-plugin system to allow easier extension.
  • Full Log shows the pre-processed output text to improve the look/fell of the log - still contains all log messages.
  • Full Log messages prefixed with detected message type.
• Testing:
  • Test Clients added to make testing much smoother/easier
  • ModTest class auto-starts correct client for the current test server (specified in mcsm.properties: ClientLocation parameter - relative path)
  • Increased length of time that tests wait for client to connect.
  • Added new mod versions including FTB Ultimate 1.0.2, Flans Mod 2.3, Vanilla 1.5.2
  • Expanded set of tests to include all the default commands seen in the MainForm UI.
  • Numerous bug fixes that caused tests to crash or fail.
• Mapping: (Many thanks to user Uhu for these changes)
  • Map zooming redesigned
  • Map Form: * X/Z Location indicator * Cross-hair cursor when mouse over the map * Increased number of zoom options * Use mouse scroll wheel to zoom * Use mouse left button to pan * Zoom centres on mouse cursor * Names and skins kept constant size when zooming * Per-dimension rendering developed * Player names appear in bold when player is connected
  • MCMap: * Class significantly cleaned up. * Resisze map method added. * BlockSize changed to double - acts as zoom calculation when rendering the map not using MapForm. * BlockSize removed from main render methods. * See bug fixes.
• Player data:
  • PlayerData class added - used for keeping track of individual MC players (including relevant update method)
  • PlayerDataList class added - used for keeping a list of all players in a server (including relevant update methods)
  • PlayerUtils static class added - provides static methods
  • Position3D class added for MC map position handling (can cast to this from Vector3)
  • Events added to PlayerDataList
• Updater:
  • Changed UI to use new MetroFramework library to make it look new/modern
  • Updates only occur if newer version (primarily allows dev version ot be incremented without accidentally updating an old version!)
• All forms:
  • Update UI’s to new Win8 style
• Settings window:
  • Numerous changes…many thanks to user ArtDude543!
• Bug fixes:
  • Mapping: ZOffset incorrectly calculated causes mis-alignment of the map render. Now fixed.
  • Mapping: X/Z Offsets poorly calculated (I had assumed all maps have negative chunks). Corrected.
  • Add XP Levels failed to load player name.
  • Backup would occur after every save, regardless of intention.
  • Detection of default commands 100% for Vanilla MC 1.5.1 & 1.5.2
  • Removing Commands tab page without first removing the commands caused invisible buttons to exist!
  • After removing custom command button, other buttons would not re-layout to fill in the space.
  • Fixed Server Listing tab page controls anchoring
  • Hidden output pre-processor error with addidng date to processed value fixed.
  • Player entity rendering bug fixed.
  • HandleOutput of OnlinePlayersList output threw cross-thread exception.
  • Backup folder worlds were mistakenly listed.