2005-06-23 - Recent Update to Cosmos, a lot of fixes :)

[Flisher]

1. The so-called Sky issue (not Sky's fault, but Blizzard poor coding) - Fixed

As we all know, Blizzard broke a function used in many addons that did stuff with channel lists, this affected Sky, as well as many non-cosmos addons, causing the dreaded #132 error.

The Cosmos Team deployed a workaround called CrashBlocker, which is no longer required as of the 1.5.1 patch.

AnduinLothar and Legorol worked very hard to find a workaround for this Blizzard bug.


2. PartyQuest Causing disconnection - Fixed!
This was fixed on June 22th. After many hours of testing with users on IRC and discussion with most of the cosmos dev team the bug was finaly found. Blizzard prevents "enter" (line breaks) from being passed in chat messages by disconnecting the user. PQ used to send quest text that contained some.

Thanks AnduinLothar for all the work.

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There are no current "major" issues causing problems in Cosmos, but there is always room for improvement.

As always, if you find bug, post them in the Bugs section.

I'll try providing more feedback on "real" issues.
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Also note that the team will try to make more "release" versions in the future.

[KarlKFI]

In case you missed it on the main page a new Release version was pushed last night and can be downloaded via the exe. The last Release was about a month ago so there are tons of changes. We plan on pushing release versions a lot more rapidly in the upcoming weeks.

Semi-Comprehensive Change List by Addon:

New Addons:
Atlas - Maps for many Instances
AutoBindOnPickup - Bypass the BoP popup box when not in a group.
CharactersViewer - View your equipment from any character.
CooldownCount - Adds numbered cooldown displays to action bars.
CooldownCountCosmos - CooldownCount functionality for BarOptions and PopBar
DamageMeters - Totals player's damage and shows as bars on the screen and can send in chat format.
EquipCompare - Compare items with the ones you are wearing.
FreeBagSlots - Display the number of free slots on your bags.
MobHealth - Target Health estimation based on damage done.
QuestLogLevelPatch - Adds quest level to the default log.
sct (Scrolling Combat Text) - adds damage, heals, and events scrolling text above your character model, much like what already happens above your target.

Upgraded Addons:
Archaeologist - Class icons, MobHealth integration, buffs above portrait.
BarOptions - Correctly saves side bar location.
ChatScroll - Added visibility options for hiding the scroll buttons.
ChatTimeStamps - New Format
CombatCaller - Added pet shouts.
ImprovedErrorFrame - Adds a minimap button when errors are present, no more windows popping up every time you get an error. Click the button to view the errors.
MapNotes - Upgraded to implement Sky if available.
MobileFrames - Fixed Buff repositioning, Made Mobile: CastingBarFrame, GroupLootFrame, BattlefieldFrame, MiniMapBattlefieldFrame, WorldStateScoreFrame, GroupLootFrame stacking down or up.
PartyQuests - Added Optional Auto-Join SkyParty, Quest share requesting and abandoning now work correctly, no longer causes disconnects when sending quest details.
QuickLoot - Fix for CloseLoot()
RaidMinion - Uses new raid id functions so all raid members are always viewable. No longer requires Sky. Buffs available for all raid members.
TackleBox - Improved fishing pole detection, hat and glove equipping, right-click lag fixed
Thottbot - Fixes and performance improvements.

Library Upgrades:
Chronos - Tons of bug fixes including invalid key for 'next' error fixed, /in, /pause, and /delay commands will now function both with and without Sky.
Cosmos - No longer requires Sky, but will have advanced slash command functionality when present. Moved feature button page to Earth as well as the mobile minimap button.
Earth - ScrollBar fix, Mobile EarthFeatureButton template (minimap button), EarthTree template upgrades.
Sea - Improved Sea.util.hook efficiency. made table compression more concise.
Sky - Fix for Sky channel case issue.

Removed Addons:
PetMonitor - Obsolete with 1.5 features.

Overall Improvements:
Most addons have now become garbage collection friendly which lowers the amount of pauses experienced during game play.
Many addons now have Khaos support in preparation for Cosmos2 testing.
TONS of localization for French and German all over.

Suggestions:
Disable SideBar and use BarOptions.