Module:Changelog
Overview
Generates lines of changes for all data pages. See [[Category:Changelog Dates]] for the dates of all changelogs, and Changelogs for list of all the data pages that contain a Changelog.
Functions
All of these functions are callable by wikitext, i.e. {{#invoke|Changelog|invokable_name|param1|paramN}}
write_changelog_by_tag
The main invokable that will be used. Given a specific tag, it outputs all relevant changelogs from all dates in a Template:Update history table.
Parameters
- tag - Tag to search relevant changelogs for. Should be localized, i.e. Abrams for hero_atlas in english.
- num_dates - (OPTIONAL) Number of dates to add, recommend 3 for articles. If unprovided, defaults to all.
Examples
For use on Pocket/Update history:
{{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_tag|Pocket}}
Outputs
Update | Changes |
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For use on Pocket#Update history:
{{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_tag|Pocket|3}}
Outputs
Update | Changes |
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write_changelog_by_date_id
Write's a specific date's changelog, as opposed to a specific tag's changelog.
Parameters
- date_id_to_write - Date-id to write, format yyyy-mm-dd, view all at [[Category:Changelog Dates]]
Examples
For a non-herolab patch page
{{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_date_id|2024-05-03}}
Updates | ||
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← N/A | May 3, 2024 | May 10, 2024 → |
Patch notes
General Changes
- Added a Recommend A Friend button to the dashboard that you can use to send us requests for people to include in our playtesting
- Added a Resources page to the dashboard which contains a browsable item shop
- Added overhead text display when another hero uses active items
- The hotkeys F1-F5 to change cameras to allied heroes now maps directly to the order of heroes on the top bar left to right
- Added the Patron to the spectate-when-dead cycle if the enemy is in your base or everyone on your team is dead
- Added support for Flex Items in the Hero Sandbox
- Increased the range of the mouse sensitivity slider from 0.5→4.0 to 0.05→8.0
- Increased the default framerate cap from 120 to 400
- Improved UI display when endgame objectives are being attacked
- Added music for when the base is under attack
- Changed the local player icon on the the minimap to always be on top of enemy icons
- Shop music will now only play for shops players can access
- Postgame graphs now default to team stats rather than individual
- Added borders around hero icons on the minimap when watching replays/spectating
- Top bar now shows incoming players before they are fully connected
- Added console command to hide the bar at the bottom in replays ('
citadel_hide_replay_hud 1
' to hide it, 'citadel_hide_replay_hud 0
' to bring it back) - Various VOIP improvements
- Fixed open mic threshold
- Fixed various consistency issues with the presentation of Souls terminology, icons, etc
- Fixed Flying Cloak teleporting players into geometry or out of the world
- Fixed Warp Stone teleporting you through geometry
- Fixed Fixation decimal point display
- Fixed Parry animation not playing
- Fixed various issues with the spectate UI display
- Removed the slow climbing vertical recoil on Yamato's alt fire
- Fixed AP count not showing if you are dead, spectating a team mate or when holding alt/tab to upgrade your abilities
Gameplay Changes
- Troopers DPS vs Lane Guardians reduced from 44 to 36
- Objectives now have 80% damage reduction anti-backdoor defense when there haven't been creeps nearby in a while
- The uncapturable zipline nodes near your base now extend out 2 more nodes (this means attackers can't capture ziplines quite as close to the enemy base)
- You are now silenced while carrying the Urn
- Urn bounty increased from 900 + 160/minute to 900 + 200/minute
- Vaults base bounty increased from 150 to 200
- Abrams: Base Health increased from 550 to 600
- Abrams: Siphon DPS increased from 24 to 35
- Bebop: Weapon no longer has horizontal/vertical recoil
- Dynamo: Singularity DPS increased from 48 to 60
- Dynamo: Singularity T3 Max HP DPS increased from 3.2% to 3.8%
- Grey Talon: Charge Shot damage increased from 95 to 105
- Grey Talon: Charge Shot T2 damage reduced from 80 to 70
- Grey Talon: Guided Owl damage increased from 200 to 300
- Haze: Bullet Dance bonus Fire Rate reduced from +30 to +20
- Haze: Smoke Bomb duration scaling from Spirit improved from 0.2 to 0.3
- Infernus: Catalyst no longer slows Infernus to 1.3 m/s during the cast delay
- Infernus: Concussive Combustion damage increased from 130 to 160
- Kelvin: Frost Grenade T3 bonus damage increased from +100 to +175
- Lady Geist: Blood Bomb damage increased from 80 to 100
- Lady Geist: Blood Bomb T2 damage increased from +65 to +70
- Lady Geist: Blood Bomb tooltip fixed to reference the correct self damage type and that it can be reduced with armor
- Lady Geist: Malice damage amp per shard increased from 10% to 15%
- Lash: Grapple cooldown reduced from 55 to 45
- Lash: Flog Damage increased from 55 to 65
- Lash: Flog lifesteal from heroes increased from 70% to 80% of damage dealt
- Lash: Flog lifesteal from non-heroes reduced from 35% to 30% of damage dealt
- Lash: Death Slam T1 from +3m to +5m
- Lash: Fixed Death Slam's targeting cone not finding enemies near the edges
- Lash: Fixed Death Slam to only target enemies who stay in the targeting cone
- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage now reduces your speed rather than setting it to a low cap (by itself this change isn't a buff or a nerf, but it allows you to buy items to move faster during the ultimate)
- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage camera interaction with Fleetfoot Boots has been fixed
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast range increased from 25m to 30m
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast width increased from 3m to 5m
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast is now permissive with small obstructions in the way
- Mo & Krill: Burrow no longer loses its state as you change elevations
- Mo & Krill: Burrow now knocks enemies up when you come up
- Mo & Krill: Combo DPS increased from 50 to 60
- Mo & Krill: No longer listed as a recommended new player hero
- Vindicta: Base Bullet Damage reduced from 15 to 14
- Vindicta: Bullet Damage gained per boon reduced from 0.88 to 0.7 (these are gained occasionally as you earn souls, up to 11 times)
- Vindicta: Stake T1 bonus duration reduced from +1.5s to +1.0s
- Vindicta: Is now a recommended hero for new players
- Yamato: Crimson Slash radius increased from 11m to 12m
- Yamato: Crimson Slash fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
- Yamato: Crimson Slash T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
- Yamato: Crimson Slash T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown"
- Yamato: Power Slash T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60%
- Yamato: Flying Strike cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
- Yamato: Flying Strike T2 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+20 Cast Range"
- Yamato: Flying Strike range no longer scales with Spirit
- Yamato Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15
- Yamato: Shadow Explosion bonus Fire Rate per victim increased from 5 to 10
- Yamato: Shadow Explosion buff duration increased from 8s to 15s
For a herolab patch page
{{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_date_id|2024-12-06_HeroLab}}
date id 2024-12-06_HeroLab not found
write_data_pages_list
Writes list of all changelog data pages using the list of patches at Data:ChangelogConfigs.json. Used on [[Category:Changelog Dates]].
Parameters
None
Examples
{{#invoke:Changelog|write_data_pages_list}}
Outputs
Data:Changelog 2024-05-03.json
Data:Changelog 2024-05-10.json
Data:Changelog 2024-05-13.json
Data:Changelog 2024-05-16.json
Data:Changelog 2024-05-19.json
Data:Changelog 2024-05-23.json
Data:Changelog 2024-05-24.json
Data:Changelog 2024-05-30.json
Data:Changelog 2024-06-01.json
Data:Changelog 2024-06-06.json
Data:Changelog 2024-06-07.json
Data:Changelog 2024-06-13.json
Data:Changelog 2024-06-14.json
Data:Changelog 2024-06-16.json
Data:Changelog 2024-06-20.json
get_last_updated
Retrieve the last (or first) date that a tag was updated on. Planned to be used on a given tag's page, i.e. Abrams's infobox could mention that it was last updated on 2024-05-03, or that Mirage was released on 2024-05-03, etc.
Parameters
- tag - Tag to search
- last_or_first - Named optional - Must be last or first - defaults to last - Retrieves last or first date
Examples
Example using last
{{#invoke:Changelog|get_last_updated|Basic Magazine}}
Outputs
Example using first
{{#invoke:Changelog|get_last_updated|Basic Magazine|last_or_first=first}}
Outputs
local p = {};
local date_module = require('Module:Date')
local changelog_configs = mw.loadJsonData("Data:ChangelogConfigs.json")
local tag_tree = mw.loadJsonData("Data:ChangelogTagTree.json")
local dictionary_module = require('Module:Dictionary')
-- Takes in changelog_configs
-- Returns [oldest_id, next_oldest_id, ..., newest_id]
local function get_ordered_ids(data)
-- Collect the keys into a table
local keys = {}
for key in pairs(data) do
table.insert(keys, key)
end
-- Sort the keys (ascending order)
table.sort(keys)
-- Build an ordered array
local ordered_array = {}
for _, key in ipairs(keys) do
table.insert(ordered_array, key)
end
return ordered_array
end
--Global scope
local ordered_ids = get_ordered_ids(changelog_configs)
--Only Data:Changelog_05-03-2024.json is loaded right now, as it still needs work and for now it was uploaded manually, need an uploader script to handle it
--Returns all lines of a given date that has that tag
local function write_changelog_lines(id, config, tag_to_filter)
-- Get the data for the respective line
local page_name = id_to_changelog_data_page(id)
local title = mw.title.new(page_name)
if not (title and title.exists) then
return ""
end
local changelog_data = mw.loadJsonData(page_name)
local lines = ""
for index, line in ipairs(changelog_data) do
description = line["Description"]
if tag_to_filter == 'All' then
lines = lines .. description .. "\n"
else
for index2, tag in ipairs(line["Tags"]) do
if tag == tag_to_filter then
lines = lines .. description .. "\n"
end
end
end
end
return lines
end
-- Write changelogs table
p.write_changelog_by_tag = function(frame)
tag = frame.args[1]
num_dates_str = frame.args[2]
local num_dates
if (tag == nil) then return "tag parameter must be provided" end
if (num_dates_str ~= nil) then
num_dates = tonumber(num_dates_str)
if (num_dates == nil) then return "num_dates parameter must be numerical" end
end
local template_title = "Update history table"
local template_args = {}
local content = "\n"
-- Write changelog for each date
for index, id in ipairs(ordered_ids) do
config = changelog_configs[id]
if (num_dates_str ~= nil and index > num_dates) then
break
else
local date = config["date"]
local frontfacing_date_id = config["frontfacing_date_id"]
local template_title_row = "Update history table/row"
local template_args_row = {}
local changes
--05-03-2024 to May 3, 2024
template_args_row["update"] = frontfacing_date_id
template_args_row["changes"] = write_changelog_lines(id, config, tag)
if (template_args_row["changes"] ~= "") then
changes = mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{ title = template_title_row, args = template_args_row }
else
changes = ""
end
content = content .. mw.getCurrentFrame():preprocess(changes) .. "\n"
end
index = index+1
end
template_args["contents"] = content
return mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{ title = template_title, args = template_args }
end
function id_to_changelog_data_page(id)
return "Data:Changelog " .. id .. ".json"
end
--Shows all changelog date data pages as a list of pages
p.write_data_pages_list = function(frame)
local str = ""
for i, id in ipairs(ordered_ids) do
str = str .. "[[" .. id_to_changelog_data_page(id) .. "]]<br>"
end
return str
end
p.write_changelog_by_date_id = function(frame)
local req_date_id = frame.args[1]
--req = requested, as this is the requested changelog
local config = changelog_configs[req_date_id]
if config == nil then return "date id " .. req_date_id .. " not found" end
local frontfacing_req_date_id = config["frontfacing_date_id"]
local req_is_herolab = config["is_hero_lab"]
-- Determine the previous and next update
-- Find the index in dates list
--ordered_ids defined at global scope
local previous_ff_id = ''
local the_ff_id = ''
local next_ff_id = ''
local id_found = false
local frontfacing_date_id
local is_herolab
for i, id in ipairs(ordered_ids) do
frontfacing_date_id = changelog_configs[id]["frontfacing_date_id"]
is_herolab = changelog_configs[id]["is_hero_lab"]
if is_herolab == req_is_herolab then --only look at herolab or non-herolab patches, not mix and match
if frontfacing_date_id == frontfacing_req_date_id then
--id found
the_ff_id = frontfacing_date_id
the_id = id
id_found = true
elseif id_found and next_ff_id == '' then --on next iteration, save the next id
next_ff_id = frontfacing_date_id
break
end
if not id_found then
previous_ff_id = frontfacing_date_id -- only update previous if the_id isnt found
end
end
end
if not id_found then
return "date_id " .. req_date_id .. " not found"
end
local template_title = 'Update layout'
local template_args = {
['prev_update'] = prev_ff_id,
['current_update'] = the_ff_id,
['next_update'] = next_ff_id,
['source'] = config[link],
['source_title'] = the_ff_id .. ' Update',
['is_herolab'] = req_is_herolab,
['notes'] = mw.getCurrentFrame():preprocess(write_changelog_lines(the_id, config, 'All'))
}
return mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{title = template_title, args = template_args}
end
p.get_last_updated = function(frame)
local tag_to_search = frame.args[1]
local last_or_first = frame.args["last_or_first"]
if last_or_first == nil or last_or_first == 'last' then
last_or_first = 'last'
else
last_or_first = 'first'
end
local list = {}
if last_or_first == 'last' then
list = ordered_ids
else
-- Create the list in reverse
for i = #ordered_ids, 1, -1 do
table.insert(list, ordered_ids[i])
end
end
-- Iterate changelog dates
local frontfacing_date_id
for i, id in ipairs(list) do
-- Get frontfacing date from id
frontfacing_date_id = changelog_configs[id]["frontfacing_date_id"]
-- If next changelog data page doesn't yet exist, return latest page that exists
local page_name = id_to_changelog_data_page(id)
local title = mw.title.new(page_name)
if not (title and title.exists) then
return '[[Update:' .. frontfacing_date_id .. '|' .. frontfacing_date_id .. ']]'
end
local changelog_data = mw.loadJsonData(page_name)
-- Iterate lines
for _, line in ipairs(changelog_data) do
local tags = line['Tags']
-- Iterate tags
for _, tag in ipairs(tags) do
if tag_to_search == tag then
return '[[Update:' .. frontfacing_date_id .. '|' .. frontfacing_date_id .. ']]'
end
end
end
end
return dictionary_module.translate('N/A')
end
function p.write_tag_tree(frame)
return p.write_branch(tag_tree, 1)
end
function p.write_branch(branch, depth)
local list_str = ""
if branch == nil then return "" end
for parent, children in pairs(branch) do
-- If parent starts with < or ends with >, its referencing individual page
-- the link won't work, so instead we just display the parent raw
local parent_str
if string.sub(parent, 1, 1) == '<' or string.sub(parent, -1) == '>' then
parent_str = parent
else
parent_str = string.format("[[%s#Update history|%s]]", parent, parent)
end
list_str = list_str .. string.rep("*", depth) .. parent_str .. "\n"
if children ~= nil then
list_str = list_str .. p.write_branch(children, depth+1)
end
end
return list_str
end
return p