Sprite cache contains all zoom levels anyway, so does not need to be reloaded.
Font cache does not need to be clear if the font zoom hasn't changed, i.e. when changing the max sprite zoom level setting.
On first start-up, the game will ask if you want to participate
in our automated survey. You have to opt-in, and can easily opt-out
(via the Options) at any time.
When opt-in, whenever you exit a game, a JSON blob will be send
to the survey server hosted by OpenTTD. This JSON blob contains
information that gives a global picture of the game just played:
- What settings were used
- How many humans vs AIs
- How long the game has been played
- Basic information about the OS / CPU
All this information is kept very generic, so there is no
chance we send private information to our survey server.
Nothing in the JSON blob could identify you as a person; it
mostly tells about the game played. At any time you can see
what the JSON blob includes, by pressing the "Preview Survey
Results" button in-game.
They all now access a std::string_view, instead of a "const char *"
or std::string (in some cases).
Additionally, GetCharAtPosition and friends now return an index
instead of a "const char *", as it makes for a more clear interface.
Most are very unlikely to ever be triggered in our codebase; two
stand out: linkgraph and money cheat. Those, potentially, could
wrap earlier than expected.
ThreadSanitizer rightfully notices that the game-thread could
update the palette while the draw-thread is copying it for local
use. The odds of this are very small, but nevertheless, it does
carry a very good point.
It wouldn't hurt the application in any way, but it might cause
visual glitches on the screen.
It didn't sit well to me, how I wrote the commit initially. First
casting a variable into another, only to write it back into the
originally feels wrong.
This flow makes a bit more sense to me.
Basically, modal windows had their own thread-locking for what
drawing was possible. This is a bit nonsense now we have a
game-thread. And it makes much more sense to do things like
NewGRFScan and GenerateWorld in the game-thread, and not in a
thread next to the game-thread.
This commit changes that: it removes the threads for NewGRFScan
and GenerateWorld, and just runs the code in the game-thread.
On regular intervals it allows the draw-thread to do a tick,
which gives a much smoother look and feel.
It does slow down NewGRFScan and GenerateWorld ever so slightly
as it spends more time on drawing. But the slowdown is not
measureable on my machines (with 700+ NewGRFs / 4kx4k map and
a Debug build).
Running without a game-thread means NewGRFScan and GenerateWorld
are now blocking.
Peter Nelson