v0.43.4 Development Release

v0.43.4 (2017-10-01 11:00 UTC)

• Issue #573: Jumping through buildings.
• Issue #414[MekHQ] - Longinus (WoB) not showing in Hanger
• Fixing issues with sprite names in the mechset.
• Fixing some quirks to be inline with the new BMM
• Plasma weapons should have the energy weapon tag.
• New Sprites and Maps(Thanks arekP64)
• Bug: gyro hits require PSR for tracked mechs and QuadVees in vee mode instead of the other way around.
• Issue #542: Megamek can't exit attack phase using fighter squadrons 0.43.1
• Enhancement #581: Implement Log4J
• Made the resetLogFile method public so that it can be used by MML and MHQ.
• Issue #587: Squadron disband damage is not applied correctly
• Issue #588: Split equipment on Super heavies
• Issue #593: Wrong destroyed unit icon for Centurion aerospace fighter
• Feature #479: Added BV listing to unit tooltip.
• New Sprites and mechset fixes.
• Updated GUIPreferences for BV Matching and changing default splash screen.
• Feature: LAMs and glider Protomechs.
• Feature: TacOps VTOL bombing and strafing option (per pending errata, VTOL strafing is a separate unofficial option).
• Issue #539 - Enable Princess to rotate turrets and use "extended torso twist" quirk.
• Data - LRM Infantry date fixes. Also Clan LRM infantry become unofficial since LRM Infantry is a IS weapon.
• Issue #598: Terrain Impassable to ASFs? Airborne Units?
• Issue #606: Aerodyne DSs Dropping Units on Ground Map Have Issues.
• Data: New Sprites and GE/BA Sprite Clean up
• Issue #603: New Data: Wars of the Republic Era RATs
• Updates to Skins
• Issue #604 - Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 unable to carry 1 ton of troops
• Issue #596 - Bandit (C) Invalid units
• Issue #620: Image Atlasing breaks tilesets that flip images
• TileMapImageLoader now fails if the file it's trying to load doesn't exist
• Issue #609: Ice not working with unit displacement correctly
• Added Random Skills dialog button to Random Army Dialog (helps if using to reinforce mid-game)
• Issue #624: Mechs with destroyed gyros can't eject
• Issue #579: Reflective armor takes strange damage from physicals
• Issue #625: Initial BV in Entity tooltip can be wrong
• Issue #626: Reinforced units don't count against a players total BV
• Issue #623, #627: Missing mech icon crashes UnitSelectorDialog
• Issue #628: Gained BV On Round Two (LAMS, Tripods, & QuadVees)
• Issue #582: Crash when spotting for LRM indirect fire
• Issue #582: LRM/SRM smoke munitions now use current TO rules, fixes rare NPE
• Fixed a bug where some ancillary images weren't working, along with the largeTextures tileset
• PR #613: Aero partial repairs
• Issue #645: Princess continues to stop at one point.
• PR #635: Terrain Master SPA (Forest Ranger, Frogman, Mountaineer, and Swamp Beast)
• PR #640: Improved Princess turret placement (including preventing illegal turret deployments)
• PR #642: Feature: Configure starting fuel points in lobby
• PR #642: Feature: Damage KF Boom, Cargo/Transport Bays and Bay Doors in lobby
• PR #642: Save the above to/load from MUL files
• PR #642: Feature: Add functionality to KFBoom critical hit
• PR #642: Feature: Strategic Fuel use calculations
• PR #642: Feature: Implement Superheavy Vehicle Bays
• PR #642: Feature: Prep work for adding all of the above as MHQ parts
• PR #642: Feature: Add docking collar and KFBoom damage display to Aero/SpheroidMapSet Critical Hits list
• PR #642: Bug: Fix right thruster hits, which were displaying left thruster hits
• PR #642: Bug #597: Fix NPE when recovering aeros within visual range of the enemy
• PR #642: Bug: Fix recovery slot update on Small Craft Bays
• PR #642: Bug: Change recovery code to always put ASFs in an available ASF bay first if one is present
• PR #642: Bug: Remove landing gear crit checkbox from unit editor for Jumpships, warships and stations
• PR #655: Popup mines (fixed loading and validation problems, added modes for squads larger than 4 troopers.
• PR #650: IO Tech
  o Updates all tech intro dates to the Universal Technology Advancement Table in Interstellar Operations.
  o New era-based play option to vary unit tech level according to year.
  o Numerous unit validation fixes.
• PR #656: BA Quad turrets (displays equipment location correctly; no change in function)
• Issue #657: Right click -> Set all MGs to burst fire doesn't work [also hotload and searchlight].
• Issue #646: NPE in Compute canMoveOnPavement.
• Data: New Sprites and some unit file fixes.
• Issue #664: Weird punching behavior [Nightly Build 363]
• Set GUIPreferences.java to use correct BW skin.
• Data: New Sprites/Quirk Fixes/RAT fixes.
• Fixed some quirks that where assigned to units they shouldn't be.