v5.0.0

Add support for alternate subcategories (#134, #243). This release also moved "math" to an alternate_subcategory under "Other Science" instead of its own subcategory.

Frontend

• Update modal to accomodate alternate subcategories
• On the database page, scroll to top of results after a pagination event
• Add frequency list to navbar
• Add /api/query ignoreWordOrder param to docs
• Images are now located at root of client folder instead of an images folder inside /client

Backend

• Update qb-answer-checker version number to 1.0.3
• Add support for alternate subcategories in getQuery, getRandomBonuses, and getRandomTossups functions in database/qbreader

Miscellaneous

• Super huge, critical priority pull request. by @Captain-Quack in #239

Full Changelog: v4.6.0...v5.0.0

v4.6.0

Add frequency lists for each subcategory.

• Create /api/frequency-list endpoint

Full Changelog: v4.5.0...v4.6.0

v4.5.0

Creates geoword category stats (#205).

• Add a new endpoint at /api/geoword/category-stats
• Creates corresponding views for geoword admin
• escapeHTML now checks if input is undefined
• Bump qb-answer-checker version number to 1.0.2

Full Changelog: v4.4.4...v4.5.0

v4.4.4

Finishes database organization (started in v4.4.3) and endpoint organization (started in 55c0b70 in v4.1.1), plus a plethora of small changes and fixes.

Frontend

• Add keyboard shortcut to star most recent question (#223)
• Increasing the font size in settings page increases the size for the database results (#228)
• Add option to include "standard format only" on all question reading pages (/singleplayer/tossups, /singleplayer/bonuses, /multiplayer/:roomName) (#160)
  • Can view the list of sets designated as non-standard on the packet list spreadsheet

Backend

• Publish qb-answer-checker as its own npm package (#235)
• Add MODAQ option/flag on /api/packet endpoint (#232)
• Mark all sets as either standard or non-standard (also see #160)
• Validate/restrict usernames (#170)
• Reorganize database/account-info and database/geoword, splitting methods into their own files (finishes work done for database/qbreader)
• Reorganize /auth/stats and /auth/user-stats endpoint code, splitting routes into their own files

Note: /admin/geoword and /api/admin/geoword still need to be reorganized (i.e. routes split into individual files), but all other endpoints should have their own file.

Full Changelog: v4.4.3...v4.4.4

v4.4.3

A major database update, plus some minor multiplayer bug fixes.

Database

• Move math subcategory under other science (#233)
  • Makes math into an alternate_subcategory
• Add "ignore word order" option (#236)
• Improve database code organization, splitting individual methods into individual files
• Improve how query options are validated

Multiplayer

• Correctly display existing players' online status when you join a room
• clearStats now properly clears stats

Full Changelog: v4.4.2...v4.4.3

v4.4.2

A major multiplayer update, adding both a new player UI and a series of small bug fixes and features.

Frontend

• Add singleplayer landing page
  • This page will eventually house a few features, such as a new "game" mode, the ability to play against an AI, and the ability to play questions locally
• Fix missing /script.js file on settings page

Multiplayer

• Revamp multiplayer user display using popovers
  • This makes it more compact and expandable, e.g. to add team functionality or allow players to be kicked
• Show online status of players
• Add ability to lock a private room from other players from joining
• Permanent rooms now have locked settings and categories
• Fix bug where you couldn't pause a tossup after the first buzz
• Fix bug where players with parentheses in their username couldn't join a room

Full Changelog: v4.4.1...v4.4.2

v4.4.1

Create a settings page, and some improvements to how the gameplay pages are rendered. Also improves the answer-checking code.

Frontend

• Optimize how singleplayer settings are loaded
  • The website now loads settings before doing anything else, which should mitigate the screen flashing as the user settings (e.g. select by set name) are loaded in
• Create a settings page
  • Add a site-wide audio effect option in this page (#221, #140)
• Change default to type to answer for bonuses
• Increase options width on devices between L and XL (based on the Bootstrap grid system)
• If redirected to login page, logging in redirects you back to previous page
• Skip numbering for inactive geoword buzzes (in admin view)

Backend

• Move all routing to routes/ folder

Answer Checking

• Reorganize the answer checking code to make it easier for others to contribute
• Add a specification.md document to describe what kind of answerlines to expect
• Fix same token being matched multiple times in stringMatchesReference (for evaluating answers) (#132)
• Fix given and expected fields being flipped in answerline testing output

Full Changelog: v4.4.0...v4.4.1

v4.4.0

More multiplayer improvements, and two new endpoints to retrieve a question by its _id.

Multiplayer

• Highlight user score by @JeliHacker in #216
• Add option to make room private upon creation by @JeliHacker in #220

Frontend

• Make arrow icons also dropdown by @JeliHacker in #218

Backend

• API route /api/tossup-by-id to find a tossup by ID by @tildezero in #225
• Also adds an api route /api/bonus-by-id to find a bonus by ID

New Contributors

• @tildezero made their first contribution in #225

Full Changelog: v4.3.2...v4.4.0

v4.3.2

Better file structure to help other contributors contribute. Also, the set list is not retrieved dynamically.

• Reorganize /api/admin and /api/geoword into separate folders.
• Dynamically get the set list instead of caching on server startup
  • Sets that are uploaded to the database will now instantly appear, instead of having to wait for the next server restart
  • May have a small, but so far unnoticeable, hit on performance.
• Add instructions for how to set up .env file.
• Fix an issue where invalid ObjectID would crash the server.

Full Changelog: v4.3.1...v4.3.2

v4.3.1

Adds a timer to multiplayer and create types.js.

• Add timer by @JeliHacker in #215
• Created types.js (see #206)
• Fixes a bug where getQuestionCount would return 0
• Move geoword audio into client/

Full Changelog: v4.3.0...v4.3.1