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d95fe08: Disable x86 MINGW32 - deprecated because 32-bit environments are being phased out (KG7x) #452

Client: make sure a local server is ACTUALLY killed before starting demo playback
Client: don't warn about g_sync if autoRecord
Vulkan: fix texture bind regression on flames map
Common: use more explicit hunk memory control, remove CL_ClearMemory()
FS: increase \fs_basegame folder limit from 4 to 8
FS: always report the filename extension from FS_AllowedExtension()
Client: avoid duplicate download URL separator
botlib: reject missing jump candidates before midpoint calculation
Renderers: give PNG chunk headers byte alignment
Sound: use pthread-compatible ALSA callbacks
QVM: initialize unused native call arguments
Qcommon: match zlib allocator callback signatures
FS: validate extension before pointer arithmetic
botlib: initialize the complete movement result
SDL: include Windows declarations independently of curl
Common: validate affinity hex digits before widening
Common: preserve affinity expression operators
Botlib: preserve the signed chat offset sentinel
Common: simplify and use more explicit hunk zone memory management
Renderers: apply client-side CM + BSP hunk memory load optimization
Win32: set WASAPI thread termination timeout to 10s
Win32: fixed WIN32 ARM64 build
Client: use named pipes for \video-pipe redirection on Win32
Client: allow setting target file extension for \video-pipe via adding "|" suffix ("|mkv" for example) at the end of \cl_aviPipeFormat
CM: fixed another tiny precision loss/misprediction on q3dm12
CM: fixed precision for curve mesh collisions
CM: fix root of MAX_PATCH_PLANES error, reduce definition MAX_PATCH_PLANES to the original value
x86: enforce x87 double precision by default for all platforms to unify behavior/IEEE-754 compliance
VM_x86: implemented new x87 JIT compiler
VM_x86: use more explicit x87 precision/rounding control for better determination
VM_x86: corrected NaN-checks for CPUs without fast FPU comparisons
VM_x86: optimized some int->float SSE conversions
FS: refined filesystem checks (e.g. check extensions of a short source file not whole ospath)
QVM: explicitly mark all jump targets with unsafe bit
VM_x86: add more const optimizations
VM_x86: improve VM_FindSameLoad4()
VM_x86: implement instruction length detection for RIP-related offsets instead of using hardcoded values
VM_x86: call FlushInstructionCache() for generated bytecode in win32, allocate initial memory with RW permissions instead of RWX
VM_x86: fixed out-of-bounds access with macro optimization enabled
VM_x86: added more macro optimizations
Win32: apply Win key hooks only if key is bound
FS: keep qvm-referenced paks always locked
FS: reduce simultaneously opened file handle limit to 250
FS: refactor/cleanup FS_TouchFileInPak()
Misc: raize description limit for Cvar_SetDescription2() from MAX_CVAR_VALUE_STRING (256) to MAX_STRING_CHARS (1024)
Vulkan: disabled discard optimization for depth-write shaders
Network: fixed incorrect timeout parameter for NET_FlushPacketQueue()
Win32: added netmask detection function for ipv4 addresses
Vulkan: corrected initial swapchain image layout transition (write-after-read hazard)
QVM-JIT: fixed potential clobbering of aliased registers on sign-extension optimizations
VM_x86: slightly refactored MACRO_OPTIMIZE and enabled by default
ppc64-QVM: zero-extend cached OP_LOAD1/LOAD2 instead of sign-extend
ppc64-QVM: honor IEEE unordered semantics for float <= and >=
ppc64-QVM: do not clobber an aliased register when reducing a cached load
ppc64-QVM: zero-extend cached OP_LOAD1/LOAD2 instead of sign-extend
CI: Update deps & fix warns for brew
Client: Add CG_KEY_CAPSLOCK_ON cgame trap for Caps Lock latch state
Renderers: fixed compatibility with ut43_azurea_b1 map
Vulkan: fixed recent SDK validation layer warnings
QVM: fixed opStack flush conditions
win32: improved forward compatibility for msvc2017 project files
FS: block autoexec.cfg and q3config from *.pk3dir
ppc64-QVM: debug-only emit-macro range checks + diagnostic data trap
ppc64-QVM: tighten CONST_OPTIMIZE immediate-fit check for BAND/BOR/BXOR
ppc64-QVM: drop branch-trap data check, always mask in emit_CheckReg
aarch64-QVM: split fixed-size MOVXi into emit_MOVXi64
ppc64-QVM: clear high bits before data-segment bounds check
ppc64-QVM: direct mov_sx_rx via mtvsrws+xscvspdp on POWER9+
botlib: fixed BotNextConsoleMessage() argument aligment issues reported by UBSan
Sound: fixed heavy sound swapping on ut4_skipjumps_b2 with default soundmegs
Sound: fixed \s_list output
Add VSX Q_rsqrt with Newton-Raphson refinement
Add PPC64 VSX SIMD compiler flags
Server: fixed redundant gamestate retransmission
Server: refactored/re-applied "delta snapshot developer print fix" + "don't delta from pre-map restart messages"
Server: fixed client' gamestate acknowledge state after cURL downloads
Server: improved gamestate acknowledge function to be more packet-loss friendly
Client: reworked packet retransmission logic to use relative times
Cmake: Update regex filter for QCOMMON_SRCS to avoid PowerPC code.
QVM: moved x86-specific optimization to the common
Win32: removed \in_lagged and related code
QVM: fixed/improved MACRO_OPTIMIZE for x86, changed function align to 16 bytes
arm64-QVM: implemented avoidance of long conditional branches, code cleanup
QVM: corrected RCONST usage with forced data mask
ppc-QVM: added more const-optimizations, implemented avoidance of long conditional branches
x86-QVM: corrected error functions offsets, code cleanup
win32: added description for EXCEPTION_INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO
QVM: implemented FPU load/store and variable mapping optimizations for PowerPC
QVM: various fixes/improvements
- implemented jump expansions and load/store optimizations for PowerPC
- implemented empty function optimization for armv7l
- replaced explicit color codes with corresponding warning/error defitions
- reset proc_len at empty function detection
- fixed SX/RX definition typo in vm_optimize.h
Renderers: set correct shader time on 3D->2D transition
QVM: slightly optimize scalar loads from syscall returns
Common: reworked/simplified free block search for zone memory allocator and reduced overhead
Server: do not rate-limit local client
Fix OpenGL1 renderer failed to init
Server: correct entity number for BotImport_EntityTrace()
Server: correct entity numner for SV_Trace() as well
QVM: Skip VM syscall array bounds check if DLL is used
Common: Simplify RotatePointAroundVector()
QMV: Add missing CG_CM_MARKFRAGMENTS syscall bounds checks
Sound: Validate entity number passed to sound functions
FS: Forbid reading/writing negative amount of bytes
FS: Check FS_Read() return values in various subsystems
Common: Use buffer size safe string functions where possible
Server: Fix potential integer overflow in sv_filter code
Renderers: Fix some minor PVS handling issues
Renderers: Fix broken MD3 LODs registration
Server: Harden game syscall argument validation
Renderers: Harden BSP structure validity checks
Renderers: Harden IQM, MD3 header validity checks
QVM: Harden QVM header validity checks
Botlib: Validate AAS file structure, Validate botlib vars range
Botlib: Validate AAS_UpdateEntity() argument
Botlib: Clean up botlib memory allocation code.
QVM: apply generic (OP_LOAD + sign extendsion + OP_CONST + OP_EQ/OP_NE) optimization instead of platform-specific ones
CI: Fix warn to update actions to Node24
x86-QVM: implemented literal pool for FP immediates, implemented per-function jump compression
QVM: added more optimizations for PowerPC JIT
QVM: added basic const-optimizations for powerpc, fixed reduce_map_size() for BE systems
QVM: utilize shared optimization framework for PowerPC bytecode compiler, estimated speedup is ~2x for now
QVM: moved all platform-independend opStack/register optimizations to a separate header file
QVM: refactored x86/armv7l/aarch64 bytecode compilers to utilize new optimization framework
Makefile: added detection for aarch64 over 32-bit runtime environments like RPi4b + Debian Trixie armhf
Win32: somewhat improved support for arm32 platform
Huffman: reduced internal buffer sizes
OpenGL: use GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp unconditionally if available
OpenGL: Do not use VBO or per-pixel lighting without ARB shaders
OpenGL: Prevent using merged lightmaps without GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
Renderers: fix drawSurf->sort typo in RB_RenderDrawSurfList()
Vulkan: print note about buggy drivers
Misc: define S_COLOR_DEVEL/S_COLOR_WARNING/S_COLOR_ERROR, replace some definitions as well
QVM: slightly optimize syscallCount handling
x86-QVM: use divss instead of divps for OP_DIVF to avoid triggering "Invalid Operation" bit
Server: Add syscall overflow detection to prevent VM infinite loops
Wire up max_routingcache cvar to routing cache eviction logic
Renderers: Fix NULL pointer dereference in RE_Shutdown when renderer interface is not initialized
Fix CMake renderer library naming to omit 'lib' prefix
QVM: Add Power ISA 2.07/3.0 JIT optimizations to vm_powerpc.c
Misc: Fix RENDERER_DEFAULT double-quoting in Makefile and CMakeLists.txt
QVM: Add ppc64 big-endian (ELFv1 ABI) JIT support to vm_powerpc.c
Make, CMake: Add ppc64 (PowerPC 64-bit BE) architecture support
QVM: Add PPC64le JIT compiler (vm_powerpc.c)
Make, Cmake: Add ppc64le (PowerPC 64-bit LE) architecture support
x86-QVM: use movss instead of movd for explicit FP register initialization on old SSE1-only CPUs
Renderers: fix dlight regression and optimize shaders on simpsons_q3 map
Renderers: unlock \r_flareSize and limit its range to [1..40]
SDL: sync modifier keys with SDL state
Win32: use GetKeyState() instead of Ge...

Client: increase default \cl_maxpackets to 125
Client: search for modular renderers nearby main executable oly
Server: reset \sv_maxclients modified flag after startup
Server: improved gamestate acknowledge function
Server: don't allow active clients to start downloads
Win32: use GlobalMemoryStatusEx() on modern platforms for Sys_LowPhysicalMemory()
Win32: try to minimize game window at break point, useful when debugging from full-screen crashes
Win32: unregister exception handler to avoid recursive errors on exit()
SDL: paste text on CMD-v for MacOS
Sound: print messages about missing sounds in developer mode only
FS: allow scanning external directories recursively via FS_MATCH_SUBDIRS flag, enabled for cfg and demo files completion
FS: sort mod list, strip ending newlines in mod descriptions
FS: fixed crash on directory traversal pattern match
FS: reworked FS_LoadLibrary() to use predefined search paths only, not referencing current game dir anymore
Makefile: disable unsafe FP optimizations for QVM modules (mostly for interpreter) to be IEEE754-compliant when handling NaNs
QVM: reuse rounded up data segment space for extra pStack if possible
Renderers: simplify tr.sinTable initialization
Renderers: increase default geometric detail on characters and patches
Renderers: implement \r_teleporterFlash cvar
Renderers: correct tcMod transform for indexed lightmaps with \r_mergeLightmaps enabled
Renderers: fix grates on map tscabdm3
Renderers: reworked lighting stage detection to fix all known issues
Renderers: added support for dlight shader stage keyword to override stage used for dlight pass, available in .shaderx files
OpenGL: perform alpha tests after vertex color multiplication in VBO shaders
Vulkan: fix wrong semaphore state at buffer resize
Vulkan: use dedicated descriptor layout for flare test pipeline to reduce generic pipeline layout size from 6 to 5
Vulkan: fix missing texture bound for \r_showNormals 1
Vulkan: handle glConfig.textureEnvAddAvailable as well, similar to OpenGL renderer
Vulkan: enabled USE_BUFFER_CLEAR by default, optimized related code paths
Vulkan: implemented (a sort of) \r_finish functionality
Vulkan: check whenever vk_clear_color() can be used at all, avoid using it for \r_showImages
Vulkan: separate swapchain image acquisition from fence wait
Vulkan: do not mipmap images with 1-pixel width or height
Vulkan: don't do double image upload on scratch image creation, misc.code cleanup
Vulkan: handle VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR more properly during swapchain acquisition
Vulkan: added VK_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_LATEST_READY_EXT definition
Vulkan: do not print presentation info at swapchain restart
Vulkan: use dedicated rendering finished semaphore for each swapchain image
Vulkan: use larger staging/geometry buffers by default if possible

14-Oct-2024:

Common: improved wait command handling, now it will wait exact amount of client/server frames
Common: allow src and dest buffers to be overlapped in Q_strncpy() for QVM compatibility reasons
Common: Use nanosleep(2) instead of usleep(3) - usleep(3) was declared obsolete in POSIX.1-2001 and removed in POSIX.1-2008 and nanosleep(2) was recommended to be used instead.
Server: cache sv_maxclients value to avoid potential crashes caused by VMs changing it at runtime
Server: save latched sv_pure state to dedicated variable
Server: suppress false hitch warning during map load
Server: reworked/optimized gamestate retransmission/acknowledgment
Server: don't change serverid during map restart
Server: don't spawn loading clients during map restart
Server: fix server resource leaks during client reconnect
Client: rewrote CL_WritePacket() to allow proper packet duplication - which was intended by multiple function calls before
Client: Strip \cl_aviPipeFormat
Win32: report actual color bits and correct PFD count
X11: request alpha bits for >=24 bit color profiles
Docs: Create quake3e.md, update quake3e.htm
Vulkan: increase MAX_IMAGE_CHUNKS from 48 to 56
Vulkan: added missing texture mode setup in GL_SetDefaultState()
Vulkan: disabled \r_ext_alpha_to_coverage for now due to rendering artifacts on beyond4-wfa map
Vulkan: do not set transient flag for depth/stencil attachment when bloom (and thus - post-bloom pass) is enabled
Vulkan: fix screenmap image layout transitions
Vulkan: re-create swapchain on VK_SUBOPTIMAL_KHR as well
Vulkan: improve flare visibility test code
Vulkan: fixed various image layout transition synchronization issues
Vulkan: applied fixes to some "Best Practices" validation layer errors
Vulkan: add \r_bloom_threshold_mode and \r_bloom_modulate cvars, similar to OpenGL renderer
OpenGL: allow all static tcGens/tcMods for VBO/environment mapping (assuming that we have all tcMod corrections applied before)
Renderers: use glConfig.stencilBits instead of dereferencing \r_stencilbits cvar
Renderers: apply lightmap texcoord correction only if lightmap is actually set
Renderers: apply additional lightmap texcoord corrections when needed
Renderers: do not merge single lightmap
Filesystem: allow multiple basegames in fs_basegame cvar separated by '/'
Filesystem: reset fs_basegame cvar to last separated item
Makefile: fix grep warnings in macOS builds
macOS: app will search for pk3 inside and next to the app bundle
Use SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP on macOS

14-Oct-2023:

Added many CVAR descriptions
Added \vid_restart fast - to perform fast \vid_restart in current gfx context
x86: print CPU brand string if available
Fixed spurious bound action on +vstr key releases
Fix stuck binds in some cases
Misc: try to apply map-depending configuration from cvar \cl_mapConfig_<mapname> cvars
com_affinityMask: allow handy binding of P/E cores on Intel's x86, added support for hexadecimal notation and '+'/'-' operators
Sound: added ogg-vorbis support
Sound: Use more precise conversion for fp32le sound buffers
Sound: re-enable sound-mixing asm in MSVC solutions
Renderers: Fix jumppads shaders on q3wcp14
Renderers: fix incorrect ovebright bits displayed at startup
Renderers: Fix clamp to edge detection
Renderers: allow using *lightmap<num> images in shaders
Renderers: fix potential crash in FixRenderCommandList()
Renderers: make sure that merged lighmaps fits well into reported max. texture dimensions
Renderers: make sure that we always configure dst blend bits
Renderers: fix bloom latch state when switching back to opengl from vulkan
Renderers: use more reasonable default backend color
Also fix \screenshot levelshot taking not factoring scaled capture screen sizes.
Vulkan: fix dlight regression on q3dm1
Vulkan: added some color-input optimized shaders, should improve FPS by up to 10% in bandwidth-limited cases (iGPUs)
Vulkan: rebind indexes after legacy dlight pass before fog pass
Vulkan: skip color/tex gen only if previous stage was not optimized and really calculated color/tex data
Vulkan: fix depthFragment shaders in fog, allow fog-collapse for non-world shaders
Vulkan: allow more color optimizations, with and without fog
Vulkan: added entity-color optimization for single-stage shaders
Added support for ppc64/ppc64le platforms
Fix buffer overflow with \fdir cmd and file argument command completion
Added \cl_drawRecording cvar to disable or make "RECORDING" demo message shorter
Github-Actions: run linux builds on Ubuntu-20.04 for binary compatibility reason
Win32: fixed crash on win11-x64/msvc during longjmp()
Win32: fix potential null-pointer dereference in ExceptionFilter()
Msg: check for error before checking value to avoid false-positive results
Network: Use uint32_t as scope_id for ipv6 connections
Server: fix formatting for some connection states in \status output
Server: fix host player being dropped in TA SP
cURL: updated prebuilt libraries and headers to version 8.4.0
cURL: increase maximum buffer size
cURL: fix deprecated warnings on modern versions
vm_x86: convert "add reg, 128" to "sub reg, -128" to use 1-byte immediate value
Fix & backport recent joystick code from ioq3
Fix Info_RemoveKey() deleting only first key
Fix info string trailing key issue
Made rsqrt optimization hint really work
Common: try to init logfile cvar as early as possible
Stop using acstime for logfile date/time
Cleanup Makefile

14-Oct-2022:

preserve \cl_reconnectAgrs between online mod changes
fixed nested cgame command execution
renderers: avoid potential division-by-zero for AGEN_PORTAL
CMake: numerous improvements
Vulkan: updated SDK headers, applied potential fix for molten-vk compatibility
server: do not enforce non-zero level times at startup, for mod compatibility
SDL2: fix escape key not sending a char event
Vulkan: fixed insufficient attachment pool size for extreme case (antialiasing + supersampling + hdr + bloom)
Vulkan: fixed error at \snd_restart (REF_KEEP_WINDOW context)
video-pipe: use full (pc) color space and do not enforce particular rate for output audio stream
OpenGL: setup TMU information in R_InitExtensions() to avoid potential errors with KEEP_WINDOW flag
Implemented \in_forceCharset for SDL backend
Renderers: fixed non-working \r_ignorehwgamma, \r_overbrightbits now can operate independently from \r_ignorehwgamma in some cases
Vulkan: handle special DRM/KMS case (FIFO+maxImageCount==0), use 4 swapchain images for that
Fixed missing video/audio frames during multi-segment avi rendering
Fix client forgetting password when it is set in main menu
Renderers: make sure that R_ColorShiftLightingBytes() is not picking more data that we actually need/have
SDL2: fixed crash when some cvars (like \in_keyboardDebug) may be dereferenced before initialization, unified that behavior with win32 backend
Better support for non-standard protocols (71-compat etc.)
Vulkan: use minimal VkApplicationInfo at instance creation
Vulkan: disable anisotropy for nearest-sampling modes
win32: show/hide mouse cursor only if it has been not suppressed by OS
Added con_autoclear cvar
Added \kicknum, \kickall, and \kickbots commands, patch by Ensiform
Always keep bots, even with \devmap
Allow 8x multisampling in traditional (non-framebuffer) MSAA
Improve the default texture quality settings:
- Use the highest texture quality
- Use 8x anisotropic filtering by default
Renderers: make sure that amplitude for TMOD_STRETCH is not zero
Fixed stack overflow in \varfunc
Fixed potential out-of-bounds access caused by large s_paintedtime
Added \con_scale - to scale console font size relative to default smallchar width/height
Fixed erroneous gamma setup in windowed mode
Handle negative color shift that caused black lightmaps
Use differential time and interval comparisons whenever possible
Various botlib and QVM fixes
Vulkan: mark offscreen rendering unavailable for NVidia on linux too

Filesystem: close all handles when switching to other game directory
Sound: fixed potential division-by-zero in S_GetSoundTime() in case of failed DirectSound initialization, reworked shutdown functions
Unix: output only printable chars in console
SDL: removed archive flag for \in_nograb
QVM: added more optimizations, removed unsafe x86 optimizations with disabled VM_RTCHECK_DATA
QVM: always force either range checks or data mask operations

vm_x86: implemented new bytecode compiler with dynamic register allocation and many optimizations similar to aarch64/armv7l, brings ~2x performance increase
vm_aarch64, vm_armv7l: added more optimizations, yields another ~40% performance increase
win32: allow copying selected text from dedicated console via keyboard shortcuts
win32: fixed input regression caused by previous fix for high-dpi mice in win10 insider builds
win32: fixed application crash caused by hardened longjmp() in recent win10 versions
win32: fixed broken minimize function after \vid_restart

QVM: more correct hanling of NaNs in bytecode compilers
QVM: fixed non-working RocketArena3 server code
Cvars: avoid misleading warnings when changing ROM variables
Cvars: allow override "protocol" from command-line
Sound: reduced lag during video capture
SDL2: (somewhat) fixed non-working console key for non-US keyboard layouts
Vulkan: fixed some broken debug features
Vulkan: fixed resource leaks and incorrect layout transitions during image capture
Vulkan: avoid redundant scissor updates
Vulkan: use correct texture bundle for lighting, use static uniform location to avoid pushing garbage from stack variables
Vulkan: fixed crash with \r_showtris 1 and \r_fastsky 1, fixed environment shader selection
OpenGL: fixed crash with \snd_restart
Do not light up shaders whose sort comes after insertion point (SS_FOG)
Unified gamma correction between OpenGL and Vulkan renderers

Vulkan: implemented super-sample anti-aliasing, can be enabled via \r_ext_supersample 1, requires \r_fbo 1
Vulkan: added \r_presentBits to support HDR monitors, added \r_dither to control dithering in such cases
Vulkan: added more multitexturing optimizations
OpenGL: fixed incorrect image capture with supersampling and renderscale enabled
OpenGL: fixed texture generation for environment-mapped shaders in VBO
OpenGL: disable bloom if multitexturing was disabled via \r_ext_multitexture 0
Renderers: dereference $vid_width and $vid_height to actual rendering width/height inside extended shaders
Win32: fixed crash on nvidia systems when using Vulkan renderer and Win+D hotkey
Win32: fixed accidental focus losses when using high-dpi mice
Win32: fixed non-working \in_minimize in windowed mode
Win32: catch rare DescribePixelFormat() crash
Fixed error raised by messagemode 3/4 called without running cgvm
Fixed another crash in FixRenderCommandList()
Fixed potential crash with fog table
Allow \reconnect to work after client restart
Added warnings in developer mode to know why and when a sound isn't played
Added \r_dlightSaturation
Unlocked \r_lodCurveError
Check integrity of loaded maps and models
SDL2+Wayland compatibility fixes
Various fixes and improvements

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