The per-AI "start_date" is a lot of custom code, and was rarely
used in the way it was meant.
While at it, also ported this part over to the new timer system.
IntervalTimer and TimeoutTimer use RAII, and can be used to replace
all the time-based timeouts, lag-detection, "execute every N" we
have.
As it uses RAII, you can safely use it as static variable, class
member, temporary variable, etc. As soon as it goes out-of-scope,
it will be safely removed.
This allows for much easier to read code when it comes to intervals.
* If loading fails, it usually returns SL_REINIT which doesn't trigger check
* If savegame has NewGRFs, it complains NewGRFs are not allowed in intro game
This is extreme useful for automated testing. Without this, OpenTTD
will always look in your personal-dir (like ~/.local/share/openttd
or %USER%\Documents\OpenTTD). For most users this is exactly what
we want, that there is a shared place for all their files.
However, for automated testing this is rather annoying, as your
local development files influence the automated test. As such,
'-X' counters this, and only gives the local folders. This is
especially useful in combination with '-x' and '-c'.
It now follows very simple rules:
0 - Fatal, user should know about this
1 - Error, but we are recovering
2 - Warning, wrong but okay if you don't know
3 - Info, information you might care about
4 -
5 - Debug #1 - High level debug messages
6 - Debug #2 - Low level debug messages
7 - Trace information
Split the updating in a "static" version that only needs to be called when a new map is loaded or some settings are changed, and a "dynamic" version that updates everything that changes regularly such as the current game date or the number of spectators.
One could join a network game from within an already running network game. This would call a NetworkDisconnect, but keeps the UI alive. If, during that process the join is aborted, e.g. by cancelling on a password dialog, you would still be in your network game but also get shown the server list.
Solve all the underlying problems by falling back to the main UI when (re)connecting to a(nother) server.
The idea back in the days was nice, but it never resulted in
anything useful. Most servers either read "(loaded game)" or
"Random Map", neither being useful. It was meant for heightmaps,
so you could find a server that was using a specific one .. but
there are many things wrong with that idea. Mostly, servers tend
to save and load savegames from time to time, after which the
original heightmap used was lost.
All in all, removing map_name all together is just better.
An invalid starting year causes all sorts of weird behaviour and crashes in map generation.
Now just set the appropriate setting via IConsoleSetSetting so the validation
and, if needed, clamping is performed on the starting year value.
Rubidium