Changes in 1.6

MTA:SA Releases	Changelog Pages
1.0	1.0.0 • 1.0.1 • 1.0.2 • 1.0.3 • 1.0.4
1.1	1.1.0 • 1.1.1
1.2	1.2.0
1.3	1.3.0 • 1.3.1 • 1.3.2 • 1.3.3 • 1.3.4 • 1.3.5
1.4	1.4.0 • 1.4.1
1.5	1.5.0 • 1.5.1 • 1.5.2 • 1.5.3 • 1.5.4 • 1.5.5 • 1.5.6 • 1.5.7 • 1.5.8 • 1.5.9
1.6	1.6.0 • 1.6.1

This changelog is partial and needs updating. It is updated progressively to keep the page always up to date.

• GitHub commit log: https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-blue/compare/1.5.9...master
• GitHub milestone: https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-blue/milestone/9
• Resources GitHub commit log: https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-resources/compare/1.5.9...master
• Pre-release announcement on forums: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/topic/140285-multi-theft-auto-san-andreas-16-is-ready-for-testing/
• Release announcement on forums: TBA.

10 Backwards Incompatible Changes

These changes will take effect in this version and scripts may need to be manually upgraded when updating:

• callRemote callbacks currently set the error code to nil when there is no error. In this version, to be consistent with fetchRemote, the error code reported will be 0 (#294).
• Since Aug 2015, we replaced the custom mtalocal:// URL scheme with http://mta/resourceName/blah.html. The mtalocal:// URL scheme will now be removed (#1071).
• Since Jul 2016 if you provide an invalid string like "randomstring" when a function expects a number, the string will be treated as 0 and raise a script warning. This will be now an error. You will still be able to provide strings containing numbers (e.g. "100" and "12.34"), this change only affects invalid strings (#1043).
• Some functions expect only unsigned integers (positive numbers), and since Jan 2016 providing negative numbers would be a warning. This will now be an error (#1070).
• When providing a width and height of (0, 0) to createBrowser or guiCreateBrowser you will encounter a script error instead of a warning, introduced in Feb 2019 (#1069).
• The previously unused z argument in getElementsWithinRange now calculates elements in 3D space instead of 2D space (#1994).
• Flamethrower ammo is no longer multiplied by 10 (#481).
• Server-side createBlip now syncs blip size and color regardless of icon ID, previously only icon ID 0 had its size and color synced to clients (#1399).
• Server-side givePlayerMoney and setPlayerMoney cap has been raised from 99.999.999 (8 digits) to 999.999.999 (9 digits) to match the maximum native UI value (#2654).
• Players are now synced when exiting vehicle (#2084).

Notable Changes

This update is primarily focused on fixes and changes rather than new features, but there are a lot of features planned for the next release!

• Many high FPS related inconsistency issues have been fixed by Merlin!
• Script support for custom IMG containers, and ability to set model flags. Thanks to TheNormalnij!
• A number of graphical effects

• Added support for vehicle sun glare effect. Thanks to gta191977649 and TheNormalnij.
• Added corona rain reflections. Thanks to lopezloo.
• Added big sun lens flare effect. Thanks to gta191977649.
• Added dynamic ped shadows. Thanks to lopezloo.
• Grass should now render correctly. Thanks to TFP-dev.

• ARM support for MTA server is here! This support should still considered experimental. Thanks to botder.
• Added new Default 2023 GUI skin. Thanks to Haxardous.
• Many stability improvements
• Many synchronization improvements
• Many varying size fixes, quality of life improvements, updates and security enhancements to both core and resources!
• Updates to all language translations from our Crowdin

Statistics

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These are some statistics since the previous release.

• This is the 27^th 1.x.x release
• 553 days
• 10 backwards incompatible changes
• 7 new functions
• 1 new event
• 3 deprecations
• 178+ bug fixes and changes
• 706 commits (see comparison)
• 188 new open GitHub issues (see list)
• 67 resolved GitHub issues (see list)
• 68 closed GitHub issues (see list)
• 28 new open GitHub pull requests (see list)
• 188 merged GitHub pull requests (see list)
• 89 closed GitHub pull requests (see list)
• 39+ contributors of which 11+ are new (see list)
• 100+ total contributors (see list)
• 18 vendor updates

_{Note: Last update to these statistics was made 581 days ago.}

14 New Features

Shared

• Added RSA support on encodeString, along with a new function (e7e3ba5, 39bc23f and 83185ef by Inder00, Pirulax and TheNormalnij)
  • generateKeyPair
• Added HMAC support on encodeString (eebf228 by Inder00)
• Added getProcessMemoryStats (dd571b4 by botder)

Client

• Added vehicle sun glare effect to setWorldSpecialPropertyEnabled and isWorldSpecialPropertyEnabled (1fac287 by gta191977649 and TheNormalnij and 3068896 and da49960 by gta191977649)
• Added support for WebM files to playSound and playSound3D (545a22a by theSarrum)
• Added corona rain reflections (c4caa4b by lopezloo)
• Added isCapsLockEnabled function (e84a15e by Lpsd)
• Added isMTAWindowFocused and onClientMTAFocusChange (2438e4f by Lpsd)
• Added getElementLighting (bc54720 by samr46)
• Added setChatboxCharacterLimit and getChatboxCharacterLimit, and increased character limit to 255 (82801ab by Lpsd)

Server

• Added ARM support for the server executable (8fc9004 and d01bf2e by botder)

142+ Changes and Bug Fixes

Shared

• [Breaking change] Change bad numberstring warning to error (9baf6a5 by patrikjuvonen)
• [Breaking change] Change unsigned type check from warning to error (1cd1b61 by patrikjuvonen)
• [Breaking change] Added proper 3D radius check to getElementsWithinRange (3b2b8fa by Pirulax)
• Added cancelEvent support for onElementModelChange and onClientElementModelChange (7e72552 by TheNormalnij)
• Fixed calling of onClientColShapeLeave, onClientElementColShapeLeave, onColShapeLeave and onElementColShapeLeave even if the element was destroyed (f6177e4 by Inder00)
• Fixed getCameraTarget returning the player instead of their vehicle, if available (05b7ea2 by botder)
• Fixed several code warnings (e43aa1b by botder)
• Fixed a crash in CLatentTransferManager (6220faa by botder)
• Improved addEvent when sharing events over multiple resources (f3811cb by Pieter-Dewachter)
• Removed leftover Discord integration (9708440 by Lpsd)
• Removed protocol error 14 (828ec46 by botder)
• Updated source translations

Client

• [Breaking change] Error out when creating a browser with size smaller than 1x1 (a26417f by patrikjuvonen)
• [Breaking change] Removed mtalocal:// URL scheme and error out on bad usage (c4c01e2 by patrikjuvonen)
• [Breaking change] Fixed incorrect Bloodring Banger enter/exit animation (2c6058d by lopezloo)
• Added hook to change vehicle damage debris to the vehicle color (952448d by Merlin)
• Added missing chat_text_outline CVAR to getChatboxLayout function (5cc419c by Pieter-Dewachter)
• Added missing getType method for camera element (a89d975 by TheNormalnij and StrixG)
• Added missing model ids and names scraped from .ide files (062dea3 by Merlin)
• Added new world special property coronaztest (093ecf4 by gta191977649)
• Added pthread and x64 files to the uninstall process (6ae2ff1 by patrikjuvonen)
• Added ability to enable/disable custom weapons collisions (e27d97d by lopezloo)
• Added dynamic ped shadows (74c359b and 136e9cf by lopezloo)
• Added new default skin (Default 2023) (2d9e033 by Haxardous and 6ae0f65 by botder)
• Avoid hierarchy in engineRequestModel (8e94ec1 and 85203a6 by TheNormalnij and Lpsd)
• Allow allocation of timed-object models using engineRequestModel (f0a2424 by TheNormalnij)
• Changed Enter a domain... text from web settings into a placeholder (dc82419 by patrikjuvonen)
• Changed GUI relative argument to be false by default (9b022b6 by ghostkc12)
• Changed setVehiclesLODDistance and setPedsLODDistance to be able to override client setting (a44db24 by samr46)
• Changed max fpslimit to 32767 (50d8040 by Merlin)
• Changed default vector wrapping from clamp to wrap (0dcdac3 by Lpsd)
• Changed to proxy dll method for loading core.dll into GTA process (ffd2a4b, c78d725, 80e4078 and 3365030 by botder and ccw)
• Check custom ped models before replacement (d999e3e by botder)
• Cleaned up and refactored server code (693976b and cd1d208 by botder)
• Cleaned up CClientVehicle.cpp file (8b806be by botder)
• Cleaned up game_sa project (76b21f7, e0abb30, 889b6c8, 90bcdb4, d7082ed, c9c97f1, 3f5b874, d085fb9, 5e781d5, 4dff64f by Merlin)
• Clear client script memory after load (ce50b9e by Pirulax and cece630 by botder)
• Detect graphics libraries in MTA directory (a0645ac by botder)
• Ensure files are within bounds (07d0cf7 by patrikjuvonen)
• Fixed access violation in getVehicleWheelFrictionState for vehicles not streamed in (dde0e59 by botder)
• Fixed a small memory leak for engineRequestModel (b2a625b by TheNormalnij and Vladislav Nikolaevich)
• Fixed broken doors and damage sync for custom vehicles (51d3288 by BCG2000)
• Fixed camera to autofocus on new car on warpPedIntoVehicle (607b57d by TheNormalnij and Vladislav Nikolaevich)
• Fixed chatbox when using inputBlocked argument (bd62e56 by Pieter-Dewachter)
• Fixed crash when pickup has invalid custom model (1b17869 by TheNormalnij)
• Fixed crash when removing key binds while processing a key stroke (90f757d by botder)
• Fixed getVehicleType and getVehicleMaxPassengers not returning specific values and players cannot enter as passengers on vehicles added with engineRequestModel (141438f by BCG2000)
• Fixed interiors lacking radio (e573959 by lopezloo)
• Fixed key binds breaking on resource stop (8c78fba and 280131f by botder)
• Fixed mirrored position of light_front_second vehicle dummy (32aeb0e by botder)
• Fixed setElementModel forcing an element to be streamed in no matter the distance from localPlayer (467df06 by TheNormalnij)
• Fixed sync of damaged light states and wheel states (fe48d09 by Addlibs)
• Fixed unused binds descriptions are always in English (32962a6 by patrikjuvonen)
• Fixed single player HUD setting affecting MTA (7ead65d by Merlin)
• Fixed isElementInWater returning false if ped or player is in vehicle in water (29f3038 by Santi)
• Fixed refresh rate limited to 60Hz in full screen mode for some setups (5207a31 and 5c77d97 by samr46)
• Fixed water sound level outside of game boundaries on setWaterLevel (aed0554 by samr46)
• Fixed muzzle flash not showing for the last bullet in magazine (80b17d9 by Merlin)
• Fixed various high FPS related issues

• Fixed health bar blinking faster on high FPS (df4d35d by Merlin)
• Fixed walking while aiming on high FPS (e64d311 by Merlin)
• Fixed aircraft and boat lights blinking faster on high FPS (f597c46 by Merlin)
• Fixed breakable objects decaying faster on high FPS (7c26ddd by Merlin)
• Fixed rocket launcher spawning too many effects on high FPS (167adda by Merlin)
• Fixed wheels spawning too many surface effects on high FPS (d2b2c45 by Merlin)
• Fixed stuntplane and cropduster spawning too many smoke trail particles on high FPS (e9cc0a3 by Merlin)
• Fixed water cannon decaying much faster on high FPS (32c04f0 by Merlin)
• Fixed setCameraShakeLevel shaking too fast on high FPS (893858d by Merlin)
• Fixed setPedHeadless spawning too many particles on high FPS (2e1042f by Merlin)
• Fixed more high FPS issues (bcc56b5 by Merlin)

• Fixed money animation playing faster on high FPS
• Fixed walking through water spawn too many particles on high FPS
• Fixed spawning too many weather particles on high FPS
• Fixed airplane spawning too many damage particles on high FPS
• Fixed vehicles spawning too much sand and water particles on high FPS
• Fixed boats spawning too many particles on high FPS
• Fixed spawning too many rain particles on vehicles on high FPS
• Fixed airplanes spawning too many particles when damaged on high FPS
• Fixed vehicles spawning too many exhaust particles on high FPS
• Fixed spawning too many particles while swimming on high FPS

• Fixed helicopters taking off faster on high FPS (40c178e by Merlin)
• Fixed more high FPS issues (7c8a1ab by Merlin)

• Fixed fog moving too fast on high FPS
• Fixed glass shards spinning and expanding too fast on high FPS
• Fixed boats being slow on high FPS

• Fixed camera drunk/shake level not resetting on server disconnect (3f71f1b by Lpsd)
• Fixed grass not rendering (52798a2 by TFP-dev)
• Fixed server browser search input disappearing at times (7c75015 by lopezloo)
• Fixed interior radio crash (d003360 by TheNormalnij and 7eb3613 by Lpsd)
• Fixed installer overwriting MTA shortcuts (d557104 by se16n)
• Fixed a typo in fakelag command text (39e7268 by JessePinkman)
• Fixed zoom_in/out binds being inverted & fix ability to control zoom by weapon_next/previous binds (4a4bcbc by darkdrifter)
• Fixed a game crash if FxEmitterBP_c::LoadTextures failed to load main texture (5a598d7 and 9667cbe by botder)
• Fixed a crash in FxPrim_c::Enable (05c639c by botder)
• Fixed model replacement for unstreamed models (c667e2a and 7d8718c by botder)
• Fixed desktop shortcut creation in installer script (1c04346 and 3f6dac6 by botder)
• Fixed broken client Windows GDF file and updated its hardcoded version and URLs (d54afd7 and 579775d by patrikjuvonen)
• Fixed a client crash caused by buffer overflow issues in GetNameAndDamage (1129399 and 1fc700f by Pirulax and 29dfe4b by Pieter-Dewachter)
• Fixed a client crash caused by GOOGLE_API_KEY, GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables (9f8e6cd by TEDERIs)
• Group windows under a single taskbar button on Windows (56fbfc3 by botder)
• Improved setSoundEffectParameter error messages (cf5d166 by Pirulax and botder)
• Improved CEF DX utilization & thread-safety fixes (8863f60 by TEDERIs)
• Improved SVG stability (403df24 by TEDERIs)
• Improved unescape safety (ed5e6c4 by Jusonex)
• Improved http error safety (88b623e by Jusonex)
• Massively increase quality of splash image (ab2a1b9 and 4a82776 by botder and 11c3116 by Dutchman101)
• Refactored key binds (2878168, 5c0afad, 6e87551 and 73e4e42 by botder)
• Removed async tasks in SVG and updated callback usage (3157905 by Lpsd)
• Removed now unnecessary strafe workaround (a331072 by Merlin)
• Do not reset handling for custom models on a non-local vehicle (3c3af04 by Inder00)
• Show dialog for dxgi.dll in GTA install directory (fb26d72 by botder)
• Split grenade collision from weapon collision (0e2b203 by Merlin)
• Translated news window title (a446f02 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated main menu images (d38c107 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated CGUI images (c1a958c by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated en_US images, added latest_news.png (42693d8 and cd0cce7 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated main menu logo (4b9a3a4 and aa1e1d4 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated translations (7f3d15b and f01fe5d by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated various non-https links to https (2722466 by patrikjuvonen)
• Overhauled loader (various commits by botder)
• Overhauled updater (various commits by botder)

Server

• [Breaking change] Changed callRemote to return 0 as errno upon successful request to be consistent with fetchRemote (507de5f by patrikjuvonen)
• [Breaking change] Fixed flamethrower ammo to not be multiplied by 10 (35ea5e4 by patrikjuvonen)
• [Breaking change] Fixed createBlip to sync blip size and color regardless of icon ID (049e976 by patrikjuvonen)
• [Deprecation] Changed givePedJetPack, removePedJetPack and doesPedHaveJetPack to throw a warning on use, please upgrade to setPedWearingJetpack and isPedWearingJetpack instead (804c66b by qaisjp)
• Consider only affected players for element data stats (2b549e4 by TEDERIs)
• Fixed server executable name for x64 on Windows (a11758c by botder)
• Fixed onPedDamage not working (143102a by xLive)
• Updated and fixed server launcher icon (8729c9f by patrikjuvonen)
• Use vector length method instead of manual distance calculation when using removeWorldModel server-side (a3c83c8 by NanoBob)

More Technical Changes and Bug Fixes

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• Added null-pointer checks in CWorld::FindObjectsKindaCollidingSectorList (8e8aa3a by Merlin)
• Added a weak crash fix for CPed::GetBonePosition (3d1b87a by botder)
• Added null-pointer check for a few RpClump functions (3e348d1 and 4582f8a by botder)
• Added check for active resource in CLuaDefs::CanUseFunction (4a94343 by Lpsd)
• Various code clean ups and refactors

• Refactored CBufferRef to use std::shared_ptr (49fa848 by Pirulax)
• Removed non-existent vendor from include (9616ae1 by patrikjuvonen)

• Got rid of std::function in AsyncTaskSched (c372dc3 by Pirulax)
• Improved performance of CClientObjectManager::UpdateLimitInfo (0160e18 by Merlin)
• Initialized lastSyncType variable in addElementDataSubscriber (ca3b0b7 by botder)
• Removed CRefCountableST (4482f13 by Pirulax)
• Updated GitHub issue templates (9b2dbbb, 70e59bb and 07204d2 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated launchers (5b4ce8a by patrikjuvonen, 368864b and 11c3116 by Dutchman101)
• Upgraded l10n scripts to use python3 and automate pot file generation (583f2b9 by darkdreamingdan and patrikjuvonen)
• Upgraded to Visual Studio 2022 and v143 toolset (3d94c21, bbd0c42, d3079d5 and 5a7bb84 by Dutchman101 and 96e690e, d8cfdea and f2dda37 by botder)

18 Vendor Updates

Client

• Updated BASS libraries (4dac6e5 by Dutchman101)
• Updated CEF from Chromium 94.0.4606.61 (CEF 94.4.2+g6a963ca) to Chromium 109.0.5414.120 (CEF 109.1.18+gf1c41e4) (various commits by Dutchman101, patrikjuvonen and Lpsd)
• Updated freetype from 2.10.4 to 2.13.0 (bce4ae7 and 68cc675 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated libspeex from 1.2rc2 to 1.2 and libspeexdsp from 1.2rc2 to 1.2rc3 (deef8dc by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated lunasvg from 2.2.0 to 2.3.5 (331d695 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated libpng from 1.6.37 to 1.6.39 (94bab09 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated nvapi to r525 (a23a58d by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated libjpeg from 9d to 9e (c6aafc6 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated unifont from 13.0.06 to 15.0.01 (17f4f6c by patrikjuvonen)

Server

• Updated sqlite from 3.36.0 to 3.41.2 (412fe81 and d705ca6 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated mysql-connector-c from 6.0.2 to 6.1.11 (9f88f41 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated minizip from 1.01e to 1.1 (76ce14e by patrikjuvonen)

Shared

• Updated curl from 7.79.1 to 7.86.0 (44577e8 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated mbedtls from 2.27.0 to 2.28.3 (d8e29be and b233b85 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated cryptopp from 8.6.0 to 8.7.0 (c10ca92 by patrikjuvonen)
• Updated zlib from 1.2.11 to 1.2.13 (6df121b by patrikjuvonen and e467585 by Lpsd)
• Updated unrar from 6.02 to 6.21 (66a16ff and e816959 by patrikjuvonen and 66017cd by Lpsd)
• Updated json-c from 0.15 to 0.16 (4cfbaa7 by patrikjuvonen)

Resources

36+ Changes and Bug Fixes

• Fixed empty if branches (2660580 by ArranTuna)
• Fixed inconsistent indentation (49d3259 and 2d68470 by ArranTuna)
• Fixed lines containing trailing whitespaces (555a8ba by ArranTuna)
• Fixed lint errors (ccf98a1 and 7ee8890 by ArranTuna)
• Fixed lint warnings (b139dd9, 372a8fa, ad1522f, 3868016, a7fbea7, a474c54 and 18a495c by ArranTuna)
• Fixed "shadowing definition of loop variable" lint warnings (02233db by ArranTuna)
• Fixed elementbrowser and resourcemanager not working by removing legacy JSON library and some ajax refactoring (bde31f8 by 4O4)
• Removed some unused variables (0d424d1 by ArranTuna)
• Replaced getLocalPlayer with localPlayer across multiple resources (01f7695 by ArranTuna)
• Replaced getResourceRootElement with resourceRoot across multiple resources (0dee496 by ArranTuna)
• Replaced getRootElement with root across multiple resources (9582a82 by ArranTuna)
• Upgraded admin2, interiors, parachute and freeroam resources to use the new jetpack functions (c618a18 by xLive)
• [admin] Fixed "previously defined" warnings (4ffc5d0 and 3ed3219 by ArranTuna)
• [admin] Removed non-existent functions (a594174 by ghostkc12)
• [admin] Removed serial validation (c6259f6 by srslyyyy)
• [admin] Improved admin to use a newly added server event instead of a client script (0cb4877 by srslyyyy)
• [ajax] Use application/json request header when sending a JSON POST request (11c466a by Xenius97)
• [ctf] Various fixes, cleanups and refactoring (609ac0c by IIYAMA12)
• [editor] Fixed some debug warnings (5e9f222 by ArranTuna)
• [editor] Improved some debug outputs (be3477d by ArranTuna)
• [editor] Small improvements in editor_main (7816898 by srslyyyy)
• [editor] Updated gamemodestopper.lua in editor_main (bfad624, 3063712 and 7955351 by srslyyyy)
• [editor] Fixed a typo in text (8722f2b by Dutchman101)
• [editor_main] Improved scripting extensions (7a8ae06 by srslyyyy)
• [gameplay] Added button to delete handlings in hedit (0835ecd and 6509b74 by ricksterhd123, Inder00, Disinterpreter and Dutchman101)
• [gameplay] Fixed a debug warning in freeroam (36b4f00 by ArranTuna)
• [gameplay] Fixed steering lock glitch on bikes and motorcycles in hedit (f76952b and d252b9f by Dutchman101)
• [gameplay] Fixed typos in hedit and sfxbrowser (814437b by TheNormalnij)
• [gameplay] Settings support and code refactor for joinquit (bbd536d by itslewiswatson)
• [gameplay] Small fixes for defaultstats (b09bd68 by srslyyyy)
• [gameplay] Small optimization on servers that use a lot of element data in parachute (7b9d047 and d252b9f by Dutchman101)
• [gameplay] Some improvements in deathpickups (aa9782e by srslyyyy)
• [play] Refactored code (7b66c78 by srslyyyy)
• [web] Fixed resourcemanager (37348ce by ArranTuna)
• [webadmin] Fixed a typo in CSS (70361a4 by RatajVaver)
• [webmap] Switched to assets.multitheftauto.com domain for loading map tiles (218f2c7 by patrikjuvonen)

Extra information

More detailed information available on our GitHub repositories:

• MTA:SA Blue
• MTA:SA Official Resources