New Features:
- Native macOS app with Cocoa windowing, OpenGL view, improved input, clipboard and cursor handling.
- Platform-aware keyboard and shortcut behavior with clearer primary/meta/control semantics and normalized key combos.
Bug Fixes:
- Expanded detection for "connection refused" network errors.
Chores:
- macOS build/bundle and packaging improvements; new dependency overlay added; CI now runs macOS build when relevant.
Tests:
- AddressSanitizer support added for test builds.
New Features:
• OTML variable/alias support for styles, including nested, node-scoped, and global aliases for consistent theming.
Documentation:
• Added a detailed guide and example demonstrating alias declarations, scoping, resolution order, literal handling, and best practices.
Bug Fixes:
• UI loading now ignores variable-only nodes and better handles literal color tokens and invalid or circular alias references.
Tests:
• Added tests covering alias resolution, scoping, error cases, and export behavior.
Changelog
• New changelog entry documenting OTML alias resolution and related note about an include path update.
Update string encoding implementation to use utf8cpp
This change updates the string encoding implementation to use the utf8cpp library for improved robustness and consistency across platforms. It refactors the encoding functions in src/framework/stdext/string.cpp, adds comprehensive unit tests, updates build configurations to include utf8cpp, and documents the new encoding policy and behavior.
String encoding improvements
Refactored all string encoding functions in src/framework/stdext/string.cpp to use the utf8cpp library, providing strict UTF-8 validation, robust conversions between UTF-8, Latin-1, and UTF-16, and consistent error handling.
Added a new documentation file docs/string-encoding-policy.md detailing the updated encoding policy, error handling, dependencies, and testing strategy.
Testing enhancements
Added a new unit test suite in tests/stdext/string_encoding_test.cpp covering UTF-8 validation, conversions, roundtrip consistency, control character handling, and platform-specific UTF-16 conversions.
Updated the test build configuration to include the new test directory and sources.
Build system updates
Updated src/CMakeLists.txt to require and link the utf8cpp library for all platforms, ensuring proper integration.
Added utf8cpp as a dependency in vcpkg.json for package management.
Refactors the build system by introducing the static library otclient_core, separating core client code from platform-specific entry points. Centralizes compiler flags, precompiled headers, unity build, and sanitizer configuration to ensure consistent behavior across all platforms. Updates include paths and dependencies, ensuring that every platform links correctly against the new core target. Simplifies Discord RPC support by using a dedicated CMake option.
Modernizes C++ code by making type-checking methods const and adding new silent state-update methods to Creature, along with a const getter for retrieving the previous position. Updates Lua bindings to expose overloaded const and non-const methods, preventing ambiguity correctly.
Improves code hygiene in Map by reorganizing includes, adding a helper function to clean duplicated spectators, and optimizing spectator retrieval with memory reservations and more efficient data structures.
Adds Google Test support and introduces a CMake option to enable or disable building unit tests.
