Puck: Build 171

Regular Puck update is here, and I think you'll really enjoy this one. The big addition this time is network smoothing along with a ton of other additions and changes. Enjoy and have fun!

Changes & additions:

• Re-wrote the Puck backend (yes, I know, again...) to Node.js

• Created UI dashboard for Puck backend system

• Implemented SSL certificates for backend

• Moved backend from 8080 port to secure 443 port

• Added uPnP support for /debug's host server feature

• Implemented administration system for dedicated servers (more on this at the bottom)

• Exposed most game control variables to dedicated server configuration (more on this at the bottom)

• Replaced server configuration CLI arguments with dedicates configuration .json

• Added banned SteamIDs configuration file to dedicated servers

• Added prevention of dedicated server admins from being /votekicked from their own servers

• Added /pause, /resume for dedicated server admins to pause current game state or resume it

• Added /kick, /ban, /bansteamid and /unbansteamid for dedicated server admins

• Kicked players will now be timed out for 5 minutes before being allowed to join the same server

• Implemented network smoothing :mega:! (you can toggle the smoothing in the game settings and adjust the intensity to 3 individual levels)

• Goalie's leg pads will kick the opposite way of dashing while in butterfly position

• Goalie's slide drag is now the same as Skater's

• Refactored player controller for both Skater and Goalie to support network smoothing

• Refactored jumping to be less weighted and allow for slightly more air time

• Refactored bodychecking (this fixes cases where sometimes falling over would cause your to pop back up instantly)

• Refactored leaning (leaning into turns should now be smoother and more consistent with angular velocity)

• Refactored sequence of events when bodychecked (player bodies will now be required to fall over completely before starting to get back up)

• Refactored get up sequence to be less bouncy (player bodies will now straighten themselves in 5 seconds and push themselves off the ground after a short period)

• Refactored double-tap spinning to be more skill focused as now you have to catch yourself to land a perfect 180 (thanks @bojarzin for the idea)

• Refactored VOIP to use Steam's Voice API (10x reduction in bandwidth and 3x improvement in streamed voice quality)

• Refactored player body soft collisions (now soft collisions are triggered not only for the boards, but also for other players)

• Improved network compression of both inbound and outbound packets (almost 2x improvement in bandwidth consumption for both client and server)

• Replaced puck collider with a simple cylinder shape

• Raised puck -> board bounce

• Player bodies are now 20% slimmer to avoid constant clumping of bodies

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where the player body would jitter when fallen over

• Fixed puck camera stuttering for servers that have been running for longer periods of time

• Fixed goals being registered when puck impacts the net at high speed

• Fixed ghost collisions for the puck

• Fixed puck feeling feather light when leading it

• Fixed puck passing through boards in certain cases

• Fixed stick inertia causing the stick to spin in circles with high enough mouse sensitivity

• Fixed an issue where server names would be only partially rendered in the scoreboard

• Fixed an issue where some or most servers would not display in the server browser

• Fixed server browser displaying all servers at once after refresh (now servers are displayed as soon as a pong is received)

• Fixed incorrectly baked lighting shadows in the changing room

• Fixed incorrectly baked lighting shadows in the rink

• Fixed exploit of players modifying registry to set custom usernames & player numbers

• Fixed Unity's Rich Text exploit for usernames, player numbers, chat & scoreboard

• Fixed an issue where player's flag would default to Latvia if the game was launched for the first time

• Fixed an issue where some regions would get 1.234 printed in the chat on goal score