1.9.7 Release

• New Client Features:
  • Move to attacked creature if too far away. Issue #199.
  • Yellow Food Bar option for player banner. Forum Topic 61841.
  • New feature to help moderators.
  • Option to use a per-server-ID updates directory.
  • Added configurable timeout for connection to server.
  • Enable https links for encyclopedia.
• Client Fixes:
  • Show message when last player banner option disabled. Issue #201.
  • Fix loading of the ignore files stopping, if there is a duplicate name.
  • Fix forgetting active item list.
  • Minor fixes for the map window (#198).
  • Fix url catcher for Latin-1 supplement, in addition to Basic Latin. Forum #61935.
  • Fix for #alias crash.
  • Fix indicator window keep-on-screen function. Issue #187.
  • For Android, character was all white on some devices in new character creation window.
  • Fix crash while using the buddy window to add a new buddy.
  • Within limits, prevent icon window width exceeding available space.
  • Indicators position fixes when in default location and auto hide/show depending on space.
  • Lots of fixes highlighted by compiler improvements, some that may have caused crashes.
  • Fixes for building with newer versions of libXML2.
  • Various code clean-ups.
  • Various minor UI improvements.
• Map Editor changes:
  • Fixes greenish watery stuff so it doesn't turn into regular water when reflections are on. Issue #193.
  • Enable self-lit items to actually self-light in the map editor under correct circumstances (dungeon/internal maps). Issue 188.
  • Lots of fixes for various compiler warnings and crashes.
• Other client changes:
  • Major improvements to the way the client handles actor access throughout the code base.
  • The Android client is now built from the same source code as the desktop client.
  • Logging improvements (#205)
  • Do github test builds when code committed: Initial github CI (#206)
• Credits
  • Client code contributors: Ben, bluap, Burn, Exzap, Grum and Luke