Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Added

• Added Rust based extension with Windows x32/x64 and Linux x32/x64 support
• Added @esm/sql directory for storing SQL related files
• Added @esm/sql/01.sql for this releases required migrations
• Added helper function ESMs_system_account_isKnown for checking if a steam UID is known
• Added helper function ESMs_util_command_handleFailure for handling when a command fails
• Added helper function ESMs_util_command_handleSuccess for handling when a command succeeds
• Added helper functions for Arrays
  • ESMs_util_array_all: Returns true if all elements match the predicate
  • ESMs_util_array_isValidHashMap: Returns true if an array is in the HashMap format
  • ESMs_util_array_map: Returns a new array containing the results of the code block
• Added helper functions for HashMaps
  • ESMs_util_hashmap_dig: Recursively “digs” into the hashMap to return the value at the end of the list of keys
  • ESMs_util_hashmap_fromArray: Creates a HashMap from an array
  • ESMs_util_hashmap_key: Returns if the key exists in the hashMap
  • ESMs_util_hashmap_toArray: Converts a hashMap to an array
• Added territory admin bypass for /territory set_id
• Added end-to-end encryption
• Added Arma 3 stringtable localization
• Added config.yml for extension configuration
  • connection_url: The URL the extension connects to (used for development)
  • database_uri: The full MySQL database URI to the Exile database. Bypass URI discovery through extDB configs
  • extdb_conf_header_name: The header name that contains the configuration for extDB
  • extdb_conf_path: The full file path to the extDB config file. Bypasses extDB config discovery
  • extdb_version: The version of extDB being used. Bypasses extDB version discovery
  • log_level: Controls the verbosity ESM logging
  • log_output: Controls if ESM will log to RPT, to the extension’s log, or both
  • logging_path: The full path where ESM will log store its logs
  • number_locale: Controls how numbers are formatted
  • server_mod_name: The name of @ExileServer on this server. Linux uses @exileserver
• Added extension endpoint utc_timestamp for returning the current UTC timestamp
• Added extension endpoint set_territory_payment_counter that sets the counter value for an array of territory IDs.

Changed

• Changed database ID encoded hashing algorithm to utilize a unique server key making encoded territory IDs unique to each individual server
• Changed Exile file naming prefix for ESM’s server and client functions.
  • ESMs (ESMServer) means a server function
  • ESMc (ESMClient) means a client function
• Changed file naming scheme from BIS to Exile
• Changed how ESM responds to invalid territory IDs by returning a generic territory not found message
• Moved embedded SQL in extension into separate SQL files in @esm/sql/queries
• Renamed ESM_DatabaseVersion to ESM_DatabaseExtension
• Renamed ESM_PayTaxPercentage to ESM_Taxes_TerritoryPayment
• Renamed ESM_UpgradeTaxPercentage to ESM_Taxes_TerritoryUpgrade
• Replaced ESM_fnc_addPlayerToTerritory with ESMs_command_add
• Replaced ESM_fnc_callExtension with ESMs_system_extension_call
• Replaced ESM_fnc_demotePlayer with ESMs_command_demote
• Replaced ESM_fnc_exec with ESMs_command_sqf
• Replaced ESM_fnc_getFlagObject with ESMs_system_territory_get
• Replaced ESM_fnc_handleCallback with ESMs_system_extension_callback
• Replaced ESM_fnc_hasAccessToTerritory with ESMs_system_territory_checkAccess
• Replaced ESM_fnc_incrementPaymentCounter with ESMs_system_territory_incrementPaymentCounter
• Replaced ESM_fnc_log and ESM_fnc_logToDLL with RPT and extension based logging through ESMs_util_log
• Replaced ESM_fnc_logToDiscord with ESMs_system_network_discord_log
• Replaced ESM_fnc_payTerritory with ESMs_command_pay
• Replaced ESM_fnc_postServerInitialization with ESMs_system_process_postInit
• Replaced ESM_fnc_preInit with ESMs_system_process_preInit
• Replaced ESM_fnc_promotePlayer with ESMs_command_promote
• Replaced ESM_fnc_removePlayerFromTerritory with ESMs_command_remove
• Replaced ESM_fnc_resetPaymentCounter with ESMs_system_territory_resetPaymentCounter
• Replaced ESM_fnc_respond with ESMs_system_message_respond_to
• Replaced ESM_fnc_respondWithError and ESM_fnc_respondWithErrorCode with ESMs_system_message_respond_withError
• Replaced ESM_fnc_scalarToString with extension based function ESMs_util_number_toString for speedy formatting
• Replaced ESM_fnc_sendToChannel with ESMs_system_network_discord_send_to
• Replaced ESM_fnc_upgradeTerritory with ESMs_command_upgrade
• Replaced ESM.key with esm.key and changed data structure
• Reworked the reconnection workflow to keep attempting to reconnect without limit.
  • The extension will start trying to reconnect every 15 seconds, gradually increasing the wait time, up to a maximum of 5 minutes.

Removed

• Removed ESM_fnc_attemptReconnect