Changelog

All notable changes to Alpha will be documented here. The format follows Keep a Changelog.

[0.1.0] - 2026-04-26

Added

• SuppressPurrNetNullRef config ([Logging], default: true) - suppresses the spammy PurrNet.NetworkReflection NullReferenceException lines from the disk log and console. This is a known PurrNet bug; the option makes logs readable.

Fixed

• TimestampLogListener now captures the DiskLogListener's writer and log level before removing it, preventing a NullReferenceException when the listener is disposed during swap. All log-event exceptions are caught and written to a diagnostic file instead of propagating.

[0.0.14] - 2026-04-18

Added

• Timestamped disk log - each line in LogOutput.log is now prefixed with [HH:mm:ss]. Controlled by the [Logging] TimestampLog config entry (default: true).

[0.0.13] - 2026-04-15

Added

• /alphaunloadunusedassets (/auua) — Calls UnityEngine.Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets() to free GPU VRAM and RAM accumulated during an On-Together session.

[0.0.12] - 2026-04-15

Fixed

• PlayerUtils.QueryMatchesPlayer passed the caller-supplied query string directly to Regex.IsMatch as a pattern. Queries containing regex metacharacters (e.g. [, (, +, .) threw ArgumentException and crashed the calling code. The literal Contains check is now performed first (unchanged behaviour); Regex.IsMatch is called only as a fallback and is wrapped in a try-catch so an invalid pattern is silently skipped rather than thrown.

[0.0.11] - 2026-04-12

Changed

• Compliance with Thunderstore policy regarding blacklisting (allowed in specialized mod)

[0.0.10] - 2026-04-12

Changed

• Compliance with Thunderstore policy regarding obfuscation

[0.0.9] - 2026-04-11

Added

• Increment minor ver due to thunderstore anomaly

[0.0.8] - 2026-04-11

Added

• /alphaquit (/aq) - hidden command that immediately quits the game via Application.Quit().
• Embedded Blacklist - mod cannot be used by blacklisted persons.

[0.0.7] - 2026-04-11

Added

• Added convenience admin check
• SteamUtils.IsSteamID(string) - validates that a string is a Steam ID64 (17-digit ulong). Shared utility used by Hush relay resolution.

Changed

• Updated gamelib to 2.0.0.
• Cleaned up internal comments.

[0.0.6] - 2026-03-29

Added

• TimeUtils — TryParseDuration(string, out TimeSpan) parses ISO 8601 duration strings (1h30m, 15s, PT1H30M) and hh:mm:ss / TimeSpan formats. Extracted from Remind.ScheduledTaskManager so any mod can share the same duration-parsing logic without a dependency on Remind.

• In-game commands registered under the alpha namespace:

  • /alphaserverinfo (/asi) — show lobby name, code, player count, and host.
  • /alphawhois [player] (/awi) — show info about a player (name, Steam ID, position).
  • /alphamyposition (/amp) — show your current world position.
  • /alphaaddnotification <message> (/aan) — post a local notification to your own chat.
  • /alphahelp (/ah) — list all Alpha commands.

[0.0.2] - 2026-03-18

Added

• PlayerUtils querying for other players
• SteamUtils for getting steam informations
• PlayerDetail that contains everything known about a player

[0.0.1] - 2026-03-18

Added

• AlphaPlugin — BepInEx plugin entry point providing shared static state for consuming mods:

  • Static CommandManager (ChatCommandManager) for cross-mod slash command registration.
  • RunOnMainThread(Action) for scheduling Unity main-thread work from background threads.
  • BepInEx config entries: EnableFeature, ShowCommand, CleanChatSinkTags, GlobalMessageLimitCount, LocalMessageLimitCount, ChatLogLocalRange.

• IChatCommand — Interface for implementing in-game slash commands with Name, ShortName, Description, Namespace, and Execute(string[]).

• ChatCommandManager — Registers and dispatches IChatCommand implementations; auto-creates a /{namespace}help (and short-form /{ns[0]}h) command the first time any command for a new namespace is registered.

• ChatCommandArgs — Parses /command arg1 arg2 … chat input into a structured Name + Args record with TryParse.

• NamespaceHelpCommand — Auto-generated help command per namespace; supports plain listing, verbose (with descriptions), and single-command lookup.

• ChatUtils:

  • AddGlobalNotification — posts a notification to the in-game chat.
  • SendMessageAsync — sends a chat message (capped at 250 characters).
  • SendChunkedMessageAsync — splits long messages into ≤250-char chunks using a pluggable chunking strategy.
  • CleanTMPTags — strips TextMeshPro formatting tags from strings.
  • CleanCommand — hides processed slash commands from the chat input field.
  • UISendMessage — programmatically injects and submits text via the UI input field.

• IStringChunker — Interface for splitting text into bounded-length segments.

  • WordBoundaryChunker — splits on whitespace, preserving whole words.
  • HardCutChunker — hard-cuts at the character limit.

• PlayerUtils:

  • GetUserName / GetUserNameNoFormat — local player display name (raw and TMP-stripped).

• TextChannelManagerPatch — Harmony patches on TextChannelManager:

  • OnEnterPressed prefix — intercepts slash commands and routes them through CommandManager.
  • AddNotification postfix — strips TMP tags for notification sinks.
  • SendMessageAsync postfix — strips TMP tags from outgoing messages when CleanChatSinkTags is enabled.
  • OnChannelMessageReceived postfix — relays incoming messages to sinks, filtered by ban/mute list, self-filter, and local-range distance.