Spring RTS releases another Release Candidate!

The ever popular Spring RTS Engine has released a second Release Candidate to become the next stable release.

They really do need to get updated packages to Ubuntu, seems they have left it behind a couple of versions!

QuoteA lot of issues have been fixed already since the first release candidate, so hereby we present the next release candidate: Spring 0.82.1

Thanks everyone for their contributions!
Detailed changes since the first 0.82 release candidate:

Engine / General:

fixed source package build
fixed MT crash in DrawCommands
fixed radar blips seen by spectators
fixed dark metal spots in watert
reduced default value of max particles
increased default LOD/icon distances
glFont::GetTextHeight & glFont::GetTextNumLines return now 0 lines for empty strings
fixed 3do shadows
fixed minimap rendering in dualscreen modes
fixed laggy camera update with UnitTracker
fixed seismic pings with incorrect size
fixed incorrect highlight on end game screen

Engine / Simulation:

prevent units from becoming immobile zombies while maneuvering
base etaFailures limit on a unit's full-circle turning time
decrease etaFailures every frame we are not standing still
fixed vibrating planes
fixed nanoframe being spawned while game is paused
fixed slow response when releasing wait command
fixed the silly unit spinning ad-infinitum bug
fixed unit occasionally not taking damage when it just left a transport
fixed some awkward transport behaviour
properly deal with radars/jammers being transported
fixed unit returning to pick up point when it dropped out of transport
skip waypoints that are behind a unit but within its turning circle

Engine / Lua:

added a LuaRules DrawFeature call-in
fixed LuaUnsyncedCtrl::SetWaterParams
fixed Spring.Restart with Win 2k and OpenAL-soft
LuaSyncedRead::GetUnitExperience: also returns limExperience now
removed obsolete engine options from EngineOptions.lua

Engine / Dedicated server:

use default visibility (hidden) for spring-dedicated under non-windows

AI:

RAI: log files are now under _log/_ sub-dir
AAI: added config for BA 7.14
E323AI: added config for BA 7.14

Installer:

made main part mandatory

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.