RaftMMO

• Fixed bug that caused remote raft to not become visible.
• Fixed bug that caused local raft and/or players to jitter while connected to remote raft.
• Fixed exception in receiver patch.
• Improved performance.

Rafts are now send asynchronously. There might be issues with enormous rafts where the asynchronous sending could create a delay before the remote raft becomes visible. I will balance this if necessary once player observations and reports come in.

Technical details: In earlier mod versions the entire raft was packed into a network message in a single frame. With huge rafts this would cause noticeable lag as that frame froze the entire game until it was done. Now each block of the raft is packed in a frame, and the method then yields, waiting for the next frame. For small and normal sized rafts (up to a few hundred blocks), this will result in the message being completed in a few seconds, however for enormous rafts the delay could become noticeably longer. After the first message the mod only sends deltas, so a delay is only there at the beginning of a connection. I want to observe real life data and player experience before deciding if it's worth to add logic that yields after a certain amount of time, and/or a certain number of blocks.

Feature identical to previous release. Just bumped the version due to a typo on raftmodding.com ("beta" instead of "alpha" in the previous version)

• Improved detection of free ocean space for meetups
• Fixed RaftMMO player counter only counting players who have their menu open.
• Added dedicated status tab in RaftMMO menu that shows number of RaftMMO players and your current meetup status (e.g. shows if you are too close to an island to meet)
• Reduced meetup cooldown periods to 30 seconds globally and 10 minutes per raft

• The buoys are dead, long live the buoy!
• Completely reworked how meeting other rafts works. There are no more random buoys spawning in the ocean.
• You don't have to sail to a certain location to meet up. Instead, if there is enough space in the nearby ocean for a meetup, and another player is also able to meet, you will connect and a buoy will spawn to mark the meeting spot.
• That means if you see a buoy, you are guaranteed another player, and if there are no other players, you won't see buoys.
• Added a counter in the menu that shows how many people are currently playing with RaftMMO.
• Added a global meeting cooldown of 1 minute, and a cooldown of 15 minutes per remote raft, to avoid running into the same remote raft again and again.
• Improved how favorited rafts are prioritized.
• Improved distance detection between islands and potential meetup points.
• Fixed a rare NullReference exception in the receiver patch.
• Small performance improvements.

• Removed a debug/testing mode accidentally left in the previous version

• Fixed potential RCE vulnerability in the mod (see https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2022-12/Raft_RCE.pdf)

THIS DOES NOT FIX THE RCE VULNERABILITY IN RAFT ITSELF, ONLY IN THE MOD'S OWN NETWORK LAYER!

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• Fixed pink receiver dot appearing even if not actually connected to another session
• Made compatible with Raft Final Chapter

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• Updated code to work with current version of Raft
• Added pink dot on receiver indicating position of other raft
• Added option to meet only Steam friends
• Added smoke effect over buoys to make them easier to locate on the ocean (can be turned off in settings)

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• Fixed the forced weather near buoys

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• Wrong file uploaded

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• Fixed for Renovation Update (Unofficial Fix)

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• Fixed invisible rafts and lag when remote session sends invalid block data
• Improved logging

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• Removed obsolete debug info from log
• Fixed unpatching harmony patches from other mods on mod unload

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This is the first version.