* Correctly identify that two columns with only one major unlock will have 6 empty tile slots, not two. This will result in less underutilised Challenges grid space.
* Use the new background
* Use clipped rectangles instead of black pixel overdraw, so pre-baked darkened areas in the new background can be visible instead
This used to be used for `P_RelinkPointers()`, but was superseded by the far saner mobjnum. HOWEVER, its lingering effect was to leave `mobj->info` in an invalid state until a later `P_FinishMobjs()` was called. This is memory unsafety :D
After removing the last remnants of this ancient hack, it is now once again possible to connect to a server without crashing immediately. However, I did get a crash after a few seconds, so there is definitely still *something* nasty going on under the hood.
- Item count has always scaled up with player count. Items
spawn every N tics. Previously, these items were evenly
distributed across all item spots. Now, only one monitor
is spawned at a time and the number of items inside scales
up.
- Emeralds spawn inside of monitors instead of loosely.
- Sphere boxes should spawn in the same way as before.
- Once a monitor has been spawned at an item spot, no more
monitors can be spawned there until that one is destroyed.
There's an additional delay of one spawn interval before
a monitor can be spawned in that location again. This is
so a monitor cannot ever instantly spawn back if one is
destroyed at just the right time.
- Includes a struct definition for symmetrical objects
made out of papersprite sides.
- Dimensions of papersprite sides are looked up using
sprite cache.
- Monitors may contain multiple types of items.
- Item RNG is deterministic from the time the monitor is
spawned but the item types are not stored in memory.
Instead the RNG seed is restored every time an item type
needs to be determined. Item types need to be determined
every time the icon on the monitor's screen changes and
when the monitor is popped and drops all its items.
- Monitors sparkle like emeralds if there is an emerald
inside.
- Monitors take damage from players simply bumping into
them. The damage scales up with speed and weight.
- Activating a lightning shield in proximity decimates the
monitor into being able to be destroyed in one hit by
anything thereafter.
- All throwable / deployable items destroy a monitor in
one hit.
- No restriction on whether more than one player may
receive the same type of shield outside of Race.
- SPB is now technically allowed outside of Race, if item
odds permit.
- powerItems and assorted checks no longer apply outside
of Race.
