B3 1.10.1 - Beta Release

This is the first beta release of B3 v1.10 branch.
The following changelog shows the major changes carried by this beta release since B3 v1.9.2.

• added support for Arma3 (arma3)
• added support for Battlefield 4 (bf4)
• added support for Battlefield Hardline (bfh)
• added support for Call Of Duty 4 servers using Game Ranger accounts (cod4gr)
• added support for Chivalry Medieval Warfare (chiv)
• added support for Insurgency (insurgency)
• improved support for Urban Terror 4.2.x (iourt42)
  1. added support for the new Freeze Tag mode
  2. improved interaction with XLRstats plugin
• added new plugin: pluginmanager
• added new version of the xlrstats plugin: XLRstats v3 League Edition
• added many community contributed plugins: afk, banlist, callvote, censorurt, chatlogger, cmdmanager, countryfilter, customcommands, duel, firstkill, geolocation, geowelcome, ipban, jumper, location, makeroom, netblocker, nickreg, poweradminbf3, poweradminbfbc2, poweradmincod7, poweradminmoh, poweradminurt, spawnkill, spree, translator, urtserversidedemo
• added postgresql support
• major overhaul of all parsers
• major overhaul of all plugins
• some minor performance improvements have been added to the even system
• removed compatibility with python 2.6: b3 will now work exclusively under python 2.7
• multiplatform support: b3 binaries available for Windows, OS X, Linux
• added graphical user interface: some notes related to the GUI module:
  1. the GUI will be displayed whenever a display adapter is available
  2. you can force console mode by appending the --console parameter to b3 startup command
  3. if you are running b3 from sources or egg distribution you would need to PyQt5 if you want to use the GUI: if such modules are not available on your system b3 will fallback into console mode
• b3 now supports .ini format as main configuration file (.xml configuration files will still work)
• removed console setup procedure in favor of configuration file generator web app
• added BASH script which will help end users to start multiple b3 instances from command line, when the graphical user interface is not available (only for source distribution): if you are interested in using it please refer to the README.md file in the scripts directory

For the full changelog please click here.

How to upgrade from B3 1.9.x to B3 1.10.1?

• install B3 1.10.1 into a new directory
• copy over your b3 main and plugins configuration files into the conf directory
• copy the content of your extplugins directory into the B3 1.10.1 extplugins one
• optional: make sure you do not have plugin duplicates by checking for the same plugin module into plugins and extplugins (if this happens, remove the one from extplugins to make sure you are using the very latest version)

minor release to fix an installation issue

This release is to fix an installation issue when using the easy_install tool and python 2.6 - no bug fix, no new features.

If you are running B3 v1.9.1, you don't need to upgrade to 1.9.2

BF3 DLC End Game additions

As you might know, the latest BF3 DLC "End Game" is available since the 12th of March. It is time to release B3 v1.9.1 to add :

• support for new BF3 maps : Operation Riverside, Nebandan Flats, Kiasar Railroad and Sabalan Pipeline
• support for new BF3 gamemodes : Capture The Flag and Air Superiority
• support for ping in BF3 : that is B3 plugins such as PingWatcher and PingKicker can now operate on BF3 servers

Part of those improvements has been contributed by @ozon. Many thanks to him for helping us keeping B3 awesome.

How to load the new maps/gamemodes with B3 ?

Below are a few examples of usage of the !map command to load those new maps/gamemodes :

!map Operation Riverside, capture the flag, 2
!map river, flag, 2
!map river ctf, 2
!map Nebandan Flats, Air Superiority, 1
!map nebadan, air, 1
!map flats, air, 1
!map rail, ctf, 2
!map kiasar, air, 1
!map Sabalan Pipeline, air, 1
!map pipe, ctf, 2

How to upgrade from B3 v1.9.0 to v1.9.1 ?

• install B3 v1.9.1 in a new directory
• copy over your conf and extplugins directories from your 1.9.0 installation to your 1.9.1 installation

Links

Detailed Changelog: v1.9.0...v1.9.1
Downloads: http://forum.bigbrotherbot.net/downloads/?cat=3