Garry's Mod 7/8/14 Update Notes

[Magic]

FIXES

• Fixed item pickups not being collectable in some cases
  
• Fixed env_microphone not always transmitting NPC voices in multiplayer
  
• Fixed some textures on gm_construct having an incorrect normal map when running under DX8
  
• Fixed console crash on some machines
  
• Fixed another possible exploit with CNetChan::SendFile
  
• Fixed an exploit allowing access to any file on a client machine
  
• Fixed vehicle noclip exploit
  
• Fixed SMG viewmodel animation glitch when firing exactly 3 shots in a single burst
  
• Fixed inaccurate text selection in RichText controls
  

 

IMPROVEMENTS

• Files with an incorrect extension can no longer be loaded as modules
  
• Loose .vcd files can now be loaded without having to be compiled into scenes.image
  

 

TTT

• Fixes
  
  • Admin commands no longer appear in "last words"
    
  • Fixed a minor issue with teleporter effects
    

  [*]Additions

  • Added lag compensation to the crowbar's secondary attack
    
  • Added TTTPlayerUsedHealthstation hook
    

COMMUNITY

• Fixes
  
  • Fixed vehicle third person affecting cameras
    
  • Fixed shipped weapons creating errors when given to NPCs
    
  • Fixed SimpleDoF to properly work with cameras
    
  • Fixed return values of draw.SimpleText
    
  • Fixed big numbers not sending properly with net.WriteTable
    
  • Fixed gmod_admin_cleanup/gmod_cleanup errors when run in a dedicated server console
    
  • Fixed vehicles not duplicating their skin, bodygroups, etc
    
  • Fixed derma.SkinTexture
    
  • Fixed longstanding thruster crash exploit
    
  • Fixed pasted ragdolls with duplicator being in T pose until you touch them (still happens for saves though, sorry)
    
  • Fixed snow footsteps
    
  • Fixed some base weapons (Alyx gun, HL1 grenade) being .357 clones
    

  [*]Improvements

  • Post Process effects are no longer saved across restarts
    
  • Hidden some useless HL2 maps
    
  • Updated jQuery/AngularJS
    
  • draw.SimpleTextOutlined now returns same thing as draw.SimpleText
    
  • Lua errors notification only stays for 10 seconds instead of 30
    
  • Clicking "Resize" in spawnicon right click menu no longer automatically rerenders the icon.
    
  • Fancified Bouncy Ball
    
  • Updated server browser looks
    
  • Bots are no longer counted towards player count in server browser
    
  • Sort addons and games alphabetically in Browse
    
  • Made player_manager.TranslateToPlayerModelName case insensitive
    
  • Tweaked some tools
    
    • Tweaked default values for some of the tools, tweaked limits in context panels for some of the tools
      
    • Added right click option for lamp tool to copy settings of another lamp
      
    • Deprecated settings/controls/*.txt, noone uses it, serves no benefit.
      

    [*]Improved context menu properties in various ways

    • Now works properly when you look from camera/driving a vehicle
      
    • Fixed some issues with "Drive" property and cameras
      

  [*]Additions

  • Added team.SetColor(index, color)
    
  • Added Angle:SnapTo(component, degrees)
    
  • Added IsColor, net.WriteColor, net.ReadColor
    

LUA

• Fixes
  
  • Fixed Entity:PhysicsFromMesh building a deformed collision mesh
    
  • Fixed PhysicsCollide entity callback missing information about the entity which was collided with
    
  • Fixed IMaterial:GetMatrix crashing the game
    
  • Fixed sound.Add not working on dedicated servers
    
  • Fixed ents.FindByClass not interpreting wildcards correctly
    
  • Fixed util.CRC not working correctly on strings with embedded zeroes
    
  • Fixed util.JSONToTable losing precision for large integer values
    
  • Fixed Entity:GetBoneController returning a truncated value
    
  • Fixed Entity:SetHitboxSet not working properly with an integer parameter
    
  • Fixed NPC:FoundEnemySound, LostEnemySound, FearSound, IdleSound and AlertSound not calling their appropriate equivalent in the engine
    
  • Fixed InnerAngle and OuterAngle parameters not doing anything in lights created by DynamicLight()
    
  • Fixed util.TableToJSON crashing when passed a table containing keys that aren't strings or numbers
    

  [*]Improvements

  • Updated LuaJIT to version 2.0.3
    
  • Reverted Entity:IsValid to its old behaviour
    
  • Changed Entity:PhysicsInitBox behaviour to be more consistent with Entity:PhysicsInitConvex (no longer creates a broken physics object in some cases)
    
  • game.GetWorld is now shared
    
  • Player:HasWeapon and Player:GetWeapon are now shared
    
  • Entity(0) now returns the world on both server and client
    
  • Entities can now have up to 64 DT vars of each type (except strings)
    
  • Player:Kick and Player:Ban kick/ban reasons are now optional and may contain newlines
    
  • SWEP holdtypes are now properly networked
    
  • Vector and angle access using a numerical index rather than x/y/z is now slightly faster
    
  • gui.OpenURL now clamps URLs to 511 characters max
    
  • Added safeguards to mesh library functions
    
  • Entity:GetMaxHealth() is now shared again and properly networked
    
  • Entity:DrawViewModel now takes an optional second argument which controls which viewmodel to show/hide (defaults to 0)
    
  • Moved Entity:Disposition, GetActivity, IsNPCMoving, IsUnreachable to NPC:Disposition, GetActivity, IsMoving, IsUnreachable
    
  • Trace tables now accept an "output" parameter which may contain the table in which trace results should be written
    
  • sound.PlayFile and sound.PlayURL callbacks now receive an error ID and error name as their second and third parameters if an error occurs
    
  • Weapon:CallOnClient second argument is now optional
    
  • Moved Player:PlayScene, NPC:PlayScene and NextBot:PlayScene to Entity metatable
    
  • Entity:PlayScene second argument (delay) is now optional
    
  • MsgC can now print text with several colors in a single call
    
  • Moved Player:Freeze, GodEnable, GodDisable, IsFrozen, HasGodMode to Lua
    
  • Clamped pitch between -90 and 90 instead of -180 and 180 for AngleRand
    
  • util.KeyValuesToTable and util.KeyValuesToTablePreserveOrder now accept a third parameter which prevents keys from becoming lowercased when set to true
    
  • vgui.LoadControlsFromFile/LoadControlsFromString now properly creates scripted panels
    
  • Optimized vgui.LoadControlsFromString
    

  [*]Additions

  • Added Entity:PhysicsDestroy()
    
  • Added Weapon:GetHoldType()
    
  • Added util.SharedRandom(uniqueName, min, max, additionalSeed=0)
    
  • Added util.BlastDamageInfo(dmginfo, origin, radius)
    
  • Added Entity:SetLOD(lod=-1)
    
  • Added Entity:SetLagCompensated(bool), IsLagCompensated()
    
  • Added Player:SetAllowWeaponsInVehicle(bool), GetAllowWeaponsInVehicle()
    
  • Added CSoundPatch:SetDSP(dsp), GetDSP()
    
  • Added IGModAudioChannel:EnableLooping(bool)
    
  • Added IGModAudioChannel:PlayFile(path, flags, callback)
    
  • Added optional second argument to Entity:SetPhysicsAttacker which controls expiry time
    
  • Added game.SetSkillLevel(int), game.GetSkillLevel()
    
  • Added the following hooks to scripted effects: StartTouch, Touch, EndTouch
    
  • Added CUserCmd:SelectWeapon(weapon_ent)
    
  • Added __tostring to CNavArea, CSoundPatch, IGModAudioChannel, PhysObj, dlight_t metatables
    
  • Added PhysObj:GetName()
    
  • Added CNavArea:Draw(), IsUnderwater(), GetSizeX(), GetSizeY(), IsRoughlySquare(), IsFlat(), GetZ(pos), IsOverlapping(pos, tolerance), Contains(pos), IsCoplanar(navArea), GetClosestPointOnArea(pos), IsVisible(pos), GetCorner(cornerId)
    
  • Added navmesh.GetNavAreaCount(), GetNavArea(pos, beneathLimit), GetNavAreaByID(id), BeginGeneration(), IsGenerating(), GetPlayerSpawnName(), SetPlayerSpawnName(), AddWalkableSeed(pos, normal), ClearWalkableSeeds()
    
  • Added Entity:IsDormant()
    
  • Added ENT:Blocked(other)
    
  • Added Color:__tostring, Color:__eq and Color:ToHSV
    
  • Added gui.InternalKeyTyped(code)
    

  [*]Removals

  • Removed "loop" flag from sound.PlayURL
    
  • Removed support for vm_origin and vm_angles from GM:CalcView
    

[nathanisswag]

Wait there was a vehicle noclip exploit!

 

hahahaha i can imagine a big truck flying in the sky on evo hahaha.

 

Thanks Magic for the notes.

 

My console has been crashing each time i open it. Im hoping the update fixed this issue...