Release 4.18.0-ALPHA2

changelogs/4.18-alpha.md

@@ -43,3 +43,49 @@ Released 16th March 2023.
 - `StandardPacketBroadcaster` is now locked to a single `PacketSerializer` context, reducing complexity.
 - Introduced `NetworkBroadcastUtils::broadcastPackets()`, replacing `Server->broadcastPackets()`.
 - `Server->broadcastPackets()` has been deprecated. It will be removed in a future version.
+
+# 4.18.0-ALPHA2
+Released 21st March 2023.
+
+## General
+- Included more sections of the network system in Player Network Send timings.
+- Changed the names of some timings to make them more user-friendly.
+- Removed packet IDs from `receivePacket` and `sendPacket` timings, as they were not very useful.
+- Added new specialized timers for the following:
+  - Item entity base ticking (merging)
+  - Player movement processing
+  - Entity movement processing (collision checking section)
+  - Projectile movement (all)
+  - Projectile movement processing (ray tracing section)
+
+## API
+### `pocketmine\crafting`
+- The following new API methods have been added:
+  - `CraftingManager->getCraftingRecipeIndex() : array<int, CraftingRecipe>` - returns a list of all crafting recipes
+  - `CraftingManager->getCraftingRecipeFromIndex(int $index) : ?CraftingRecipe` - returns the crafting recipe at the given index, or null if it doesn't exist
+
+### `pocketmine\inventory\transaction`
+- The following API methods have changed signatures:
+  - `CraftingTransaction->__construct()` now accepts additional arguments `?CraftingRecipe $recipe = null, ?int $repetitions = null`
+- The following new API methods have been added:
+  - `TransactionBuilderInventory->getActualInventory() : Inventory` - returns the actual inventory that this inventory is a proxy for
+
+## Internals
+### Network
+- Introduced support for the `ItemStackRequest` Minecraft: Bedrock network protocol.
+  - This fixes a large number of inventory- and crafting-related bugs.
+  - This also improves server security by closing off many code pathways that might have been used for exploits. `TypeConverter->netItemStackToCore()` is no longer used in server code, and remains for tool usage only.
+  - This system is also significantly more bandwidth-efficient and has lower overhead than the legacy system.
+  - This now opens the gateway to easily implement lots of gameplay features which have been missing for a long time, such as enchanting, anvils, looms, and more.
+  - Significant changes have been made to `pocketmine\network\mcpe\InventoryManager` internals. These shouldn't affect plugins, but may affect plugins which use internal network API.
+  - **No changes have been made to the plugin `InventoryTransaction` API**.
+    - This system has been implemented as a shim for the existing PocketMine-MP transaction system to preserve plugin compatibility. Plugins using `InventoryTransactionEvent` should continue to work seamlessly.
+    - The `InventoryTransaction` API will be redesigned in a future major version to make use of the new information provided by the `ItemStackRequest` system.
+  - `InventoryTransactionPacket` is no longer sent by the client for "regular" inventory actions. However, it is still sent when dropping items, interacting with blocks, and using items.
+- Inventory slot and content syncing is now buffered until the end of the tick. This reduces outbound network usage when the client performs multiple transactions in a single tick (e.g. crafting a stack of items).
+- Renamed some `InventoryManager` internal properties to make them easier to understand.
+- `TypeConverter->createInventoryAction()` has been removed.
+- Packet batch limit has been lowered to `100` packets. With the introduction of `ItemStackRequest`, this is more than sufficient for normal gameplay.
+
+### Other
+- Use `Vector3::zero()` instead of `new Vector3()` in some places.

src/VersionInfo.php

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use function str_repeat;
 final class VersionInfo{
 	public const NAME = "PocketMine-MP";
 	public const BASE_VERSION = "4.18.0-ALPHA2";
-	public const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = true;
+	public const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = false;
 	public const BUILD_CHANNEL = "alpha";
 
 	private function __construct(){