This patch improves multiplayer connectivity and optimizes traffic better, makes young races much more interesting (random services and they can show up in future sectors), makes Military & Diplomatic wins easier to obtain, and fixes several other more minor issues.
0.803 change list:
- server now tries port guessing so NAT punchthrough is a bit more robust
- changed server registration time from 120.0 to 20.0 seconds so NAT routes don't time out
- now take into account NATs that decrement port numbers by 1 or another small number
- now always send local address for assisted join
- fixed high frame rate + trying to use component every frame overflowing the networking
- now send less player data across the network
- optimized Entity network traffic some
- optimized Actor network traffic some
- optimized Projectile network traffic some
- optimized ItemGround network traffic some
- now send a lot less player info on connect message
- now subject empires are ignored when checking military and diplomatic wins (Eris Shrugged)
- now young races have a random service they can provide (gambling, retraining, scavenging, etc)
- young races can now emerge on military and diplomatic wins (can spawn in further worlds with same name, icons, and traits)
- fixed players getting moved when another player leaves the game
- fixed high rarity component dropped sound not playing (They Live)
- can no longer custom order Doomsday weapons from scavengers
- fixed Mutant subrace not being set to pacifist correctly
- now filter random planet, star, and race names a little
- fixed LastKnownLocation & UnknownLocation missing translations (Sharp)
- fixed port in getAddressString (just a developer thing)
- changed PROTOCOL_VERSION to 88
- changed saveVersion to 233