2.1.1 - February 27, 2023
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- Improved compatibility with ASAN
- Improved compatibility with Clang++
- Suppressed creation of .LIB files with Clang even for patches with stripped /EXPORT directives
- Fixed automatic deletion of patch files upon Agent exit
- Fixed Bridge exiting too early for hot-restart
2.1.0 - February 17, 2023
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- Deprecated dedicated FASTBuild API EnableFASTBuildModule()
- Deprecated support for external agents
- Added support for MITM proxies when connecting to the license server
- Added logging of SSL errors when failing to connect to the license server
- Refactored API to no longer rely on <Windows.h> being included
- Fixed variables in thread-local storage being initialized twice in the Live++ receiver thread when linking against older versions of the MSVC CRT
- Fixed rare out-of-bounds read for compiler response files whose size is a multiple of the OS page size
- Fixed extremely rare write-after-free in task scheduler in Broker, potentially leading to a hang or crash when enabling modules
2.0.5 - February 8, 2023
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- Updated examples and documentation with checks for invalid agents
- Added ScheduleRestart() API for manually scheduling hot-restarts
- Added compiler and linker log output in Visual Studio even when a process is halted
- Added project preferences opt-in to having hooks called even when a process is halted
- Added protection against PDBs containing invalid type indices in parts of the build info record
- Added support for correctly patching COFF label symbols, making C++20 coroutines work
- Added cancelable hot-reload operations via the Broker status bar and main menu
- Added toggling optimizations for whole modules
- Added PDB build information for incomplete compilands where available
- Added dumping of both mini dumps and full dumps in exception handlers
- Added bringing Broker window to front when activating via the tray icon
- Added "Contact support" to help menu
- Removed UI log "Compiland was not compiled for CPU type x64" for .obj files built using Microsoft's internal "aliasobj" tool
- Improved compatibility with Clang when using __declspec(selectany) symbols
- Improved exception handler in Bridge and Broker
- Improved interaction with the Visual Studio debugger when hot-reloading at a breakpoint
- Improved support for static libraries linked from arbitrary working directories
- Fixed crash on shutdown when hot-reloading modules that link against the static runtime library
- Fixed rare crash during symbol reconstruction for symbols without any contribution
- Fixed rare crash for very short-lived processes
- Fixed handling of global read-only data with relocations for code that assumes constant addresses
- Fixed hang during hot-reload when an exception is thrown while calling the patch entry point
- Fixed possible hang in Agent in case initialization of Bridge process fails
- Fixed Bridge processes being left over in rare cases
- Fixed bug in COFF reader for translation units compiled without /bigobj having more than 32767 sections
- Fixed interaction with Visual Studio debugger in cases where threads are frozen when initiating a hot-reload
- Fixed wrong /OPT:REF and /OPT:ICF error messages for projects using default /DEBUG settings
2.0.4 - October 7, 2022
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- Changed location of global_preferences.json from %LocalAppData% to Broker directory for easier distribution
- Moved exception handler settings from global preferences to project preferences
- Added support for configurable timeouts for hot-reload and hot-restart
- Added support for configurable UI log verbosity
- Added support for pre-compile and post-compile hooks
- Added support for pre-build steps via project preferences
- Implemented cancellation of hot-reload operations
- Improved logs before and during compilation
- Fixed rare crash when trying to load modules into already exited processes in multi-process scenarios
- Fixed handling of interleaved EnableModule()/DisableModule() calls in quick succession
- Fixed handling of static thread-local variables when splitting unity files
- Fixed determining which files need to be recompiled or linked into a patch when splitting of unity files previously failed
2.0.3 - September 7, 2022
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- Added function name to hook symbol names for disambiguation of hook symbols declared on the same line or with a macro
- Added ANSI versions of all APIs
- Improved Broker startup time
- Implemented support for LPP_FORCE_UNITY_SPLITTING preprocessor define for fine-grained control over unity splitting
- Implemented automatic log file retirement
- Fixed patching of incremental linking thunks with unity splitting enabled
2.0.2 - September 1, 2022
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- Added link to GitHub issues under "Help -> Report a bug"
- Added safety net for PDBs containing malformed build info record type indices
- Added API to validate agents after initialization
- Added dedicated API to set shortcut preferences
- Added support for copying multiple lines from list widgets in detail views, callstack window, etc.
- Split LppCreateDefaultAgent and LppCreateSynchronizedAgent APIs into several functions
- Project preferences can now be passed when creating an agent, reducing the room for errors due to calling APIs in the wrong order
- Extended documentation and FAQ with known issues for bug reports acknowledged by Microsoft
- Improved support for PDB files with completely empty DBI or IPI streams
- Improved performance of Visual Studio COM automation
- Improved performance of setting up agent APIs
- Improved synchronization with the Visual Studio debugger after a hot-reload operation
- Improved hot key handling
- Improved documentation
- Fixed handling of control-flow guard enabled modules
- Fixed internal synchronization for SynchronizedAgents when hot-reloading while debugging
2.0.1 - August 24, 2022
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- Added support for splitting unity files where single .cpp files are included into several unity files
- Improved Visual Studio interoperability when performing hot-reloads during debugging
- Improved documentation
- Fixed possible deadlock when interleaving EnableModule() and DisableModule() calls
- Fixed crash when linking with the static run-time library
- Fixed patching of RVA32 relocations
- Fixed stripping of virtual function tables
- Plugin versions are now shown in the "About" window
2.0.0 - August 16, 2022
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- New plugin-based Agent/Bridge/Broker architecture
- New Hot-Deoptimize functionality
- New networked multi-process editing
- New modern user interface with high-DPI support
- New automatic handling of dynamically loaded modules
- New examples
- Improved Hot-Restart functionality
- Improved Hot-Fix functionality
- Improved Clang compatibility
- Improved Visual Studio interoperability
- Improved Unity splitting
- Improved hooks
- Greatly reduced loading times
- Greatly reduced hot-reload overhead
- Deprecated 32-bit support
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Bugfix: workaround for very rare Windows 10 bug that can hang the system by reserving too much address space
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Bugfix: possible crash when using inline functions in templated structs of a certain name
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Bugfix: possible crash in dynamic initializer code when using Clang
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Bugfix: detecting changes to files while hot-reload is in progress
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Bugfix: hot-restart no longer needs environment variables which caused problems with processes spawning child processes
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Bugfix: virtual memory page reservations weren't freed correctly when manually restarting one process in a multi-process scenario
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Bugfix: improved parsing and removing of linker directives when compiling with Clang
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Feature: support for relative paths in continuous compilation
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Bugfix: potential crash in user application when using global symbols that emit two dynamic atexit destructors due to throwing destructors
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Bugfix: improved situation where modules could "steal" ±2GB virtual memory range from other registered modules
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Bugfix: regression introduced in 1.6.1 that would wrongly identify source compilands as library compilands, leading to unpatched functions in user code
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Bugfix: crash in user application when linking against the static runtime and calling lpp::lppShutdown in newer versions of Visual Studio 2019
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Feature: improved handling of ±2GB virtual memory range surrounding enabled modules, reducing chances of patches that cannot be activated
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Feature: removed obsolete handling of weak symbols
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Bugfix: changes applied to source files before loading the corresponding module in Live++ were not tracked correctly
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Bugfix: certain relocations to symbols in anonymous namespace were not patched correctly
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Bugfix: potential crash in external build system mode when adding new compilands
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Bugfix: potential crash due to null pointer access
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Bugfix: forcing local file when both local and remote files are stored in compiland dependencies when using Clang
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Feature: dedicated FASTBuild support, i.e. compilation databases and dependencies can be directly read from FASTBuild .fdb database files
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Feature: changed naming of Live++ patches in order to help external tools such as Superluminal Profiler find symbols for patches
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Feature: improved logs when automating the Visual Studio debugger
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Feature: added timeout setting for prewarming the compiler and linker environments
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Roadmap feature: support for Clang (needs patches D43002 and D80833)
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Bugfix: recompiling files that manually set a different entry point using #pragma comment
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Bugfix: forcing DIA interfaces to be created using the msdia140.dll that ships with Live++
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Bugfix: public API header now compiles cleanly under Clang with -Wall
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Bugfix: potential out-of-bounds access when gathering dynamic initializers
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Bugfix: improved handling of symbols containing filename hashes when amalgamation splitting is used
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Feature: extra error handling and safety nets when automating Visual Studio using COM
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Feature: GUI item that allows to trigger recompiles in cases where the keyboard shortcut isn't recognized (e.g. when connecting via OS X remotely)
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Feature: optimized enumeration of files
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Feature: upgraded to xxhash version 0.7.3
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Feature: added versioning information inside of version.txt to deployments
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Feature: ignoring JustMyCode symbols and sections during reconstruction and when patching relocations
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Bugfix: potential error when reading modules in foreign process
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Bugfix: stripping of associated COMDAT sections in object files compiled with /bigobj
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Bugfix: very rare case that caused slowdowns of several seconds when reconstructing symbols
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Bugfix: rare case that pulls in unnecessary object files as 'libraries'
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Feature: improved performance when reconstructing symbols from COFF files
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Feature: safeguard against PDB files that don't store a PDB path
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Feature: fetching the compiler and linker environment no longer needs a temporary file
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Feature: improved development and telemetry logging when timestamps are enabled
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Feature: support for NatVis visualizers in patches in pre-4.22 versions of Unreal Engine 4
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Bugfix: potential hang when prewarming compiler/linker environment
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Feature: lppStartup and lppShutdown APIs for cleaner startup and shutdown
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Feature: lppRestart API for manually initiating restarts
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Feature: menu option to show license file in Windows Explorer
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Feature: Visual Studio 2019 support in Trial Sample and static runtime headers
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Feature: Restart functionality
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Feature: improved Visual Studio debugging experience for halted processes
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Feature: improved debugging of managed C# code that calls into recompiled C++ code
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Feature: improved startup times when prewarming compiler/linker environment
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Feature: explanatory text regarding User ID used for license activation
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Feature: moved log files to "%LocalAppData%\Live++" path
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Bugfix: possible stall in consecutive *Async API calls
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Bugfix: redundant global symbols in rare cases when compiling with exception handling turned on
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Bugfix: rare crash during startup leading to stall in client
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Bugfix: rare hang when re-compiling while being held in the debugger
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Feature: reduced inter-process communication
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Feature: debugging symbols for jump-to-self in code cave
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Feature: improved log messages in a few cases
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Feature: safeguard check ignoring compilands which are newer than the corresponding module
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Feature: LPP_COMPILER_ERROR_MESSAGE_HOOK hook for compile error notifications
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Feature: API for enabling and disabling multiple modules at once
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Feature: API for logging to the Live++ UI
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Feature: UI setting to show timestamps in log messages
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Feature: digitally signed binaries with EV code signing certificate
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Bugfix: licensing problems for some users of 32-bit builds, caused by a bug in the 3rd-party licensing software
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Bugfix: cryptic "Initialization error 4" in 32-bit builds
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Bugfix: possible crash when changing certain UI settings
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Bugfix: potential buffer overrun in Live++ API
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Bugfix: potential crash when enumerating thread instruction pointers
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Bugfix: out-of-bounds read for malformed environment blocks
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Bugfix: license activation status sometimes not showing correctly
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Bugfix: window position not being saved correctly when docking to the desktop borders
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Bugfix: potential slowdown caused by accessing optical drives
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Feature: new API for applying UI settings
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Feature: new API for building patches directly
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Feature: new UI setting for C++ file extensions used when splitting amalgamated/unity files
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Feature: support for relative compiler and linker paths in UI settings
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Feature: support for adding completely new object files when using an external build system
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Feature: support for .o object files
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Feature: writing of callstack dump upon fatal errors
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Bugfix: possible crash when registering modules using relative paths
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Bugfix: increased CPU usage when opening and closing applications belonging to the same Live++ instance
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Bugfix: hashing of module headers for identifying identical modules
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Feature: added compiler command-line to development log
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Feature: optimized logging performance
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Bugfix: improved information in About dialog in case hardware ID doesn't match
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Bugfix: updated documentation regarding continuous compilation
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Feature: UI setting for keeping Live++ in the system tray
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Feature: updated documentation regarding natvis debug visualizers
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Bugfix: improved behaviour and error reporting when launching Live++ executable directly
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Bugfix: fixed possible unresponsiveness when re-compiling while process is halted in debugger
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Feature: updated documentation regarding license activation
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Bugfix: workaround for incremental Windows API slowdown when enumerating thread instruction pointers
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Bugfix: over-subscription of threads when re-compiling multiple files
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Feature: support for project and user setting files
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Feature: improved error reporting when detecting API vs. DLL version mismatch
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Feature: improved logging when patching multiple processes
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Feature: improved logging when detecting partial PDBs with missing linker environment
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Feature: automatic identification of binary identical modules when editing multiple processes, supports copied executables in different directories
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Feature: updated documentation and FAQ regarding FASTBuild and IncrediBuild setup
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Bugfix: mis-identification of dynamic initializers for COMDAT symbols in named namespaces
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Bugfix: same compiland being added more than once caused by missing normalization of .obj paths
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Feature: digitally signed binaries to remedy false positives generated by certain anti-virus and malware scanners
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Feature: workaround for compile error C2858 experienced when using Incredibuild with remote agents and precompiled header files
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Feature: improved documentation for command-line tools
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Bugfix: linker symbol clashes when linking against the static runtime library using _ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL 0
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Bugfix: crash caused by race condition between client and server signals when client is held in the debugger
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Bugfix: crash caused by not updating directory cache for new dependencies
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Bugfix: 'LNK1143: invalid or corrupt file: no symbol for COMDAT section' when stripping symbols in discardable 'pick any' COMDAT sections
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Bugfix: source files on virtual drives could lead to '#pragma once' being ignored in certain headers
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Bugfix: breakpoints in source files on virtual drives being ignored by the debugger
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Bugfix: loading same modules more than once in multi-process editing scenarios
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Feature: removed obsolete UI setting superseded by additional linker options
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Feature: UI setting for passing additional compiler options used when creating a patch
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Feature: UI setting for letting Live++ minimize into the system tray when being closed
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Feature: UI settings for using compiler and linker override paths as fallback only
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Feature: warning message when changing UI settings related to splitting of amalgamated/unity files
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Feature: improved loading times
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Feature: improved telemetry logs
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Feature: removed message box when no activated license can be found, window title will show 'not activated' instead
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Bugfix: corrupt COFF symbol table when stripping object files compiled with /bigobj containing more than 65535 sections
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Bugfix: missing relocation when stripping object files with overflown relocations
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Bugfix: potential crash when PDB contains no linker symbol
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Bugfix: error 87 when trying to spawn compiler or linker, caused by multi-line environment variables
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Feature: installing compiled patches when editing multiple processes that already have patches applied
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Feature: improved performance when applying patches to multiple processes
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Bugfix: potential hang when querying terminated process for page protection
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Bugfix: crash bug when throwing exceptions in 64-bit applications
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Bugfix: system tray misbehaving in certain combinations of notifications and focus events
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Bugfix: compiling to .obj files that contain UTF-8 characters, compiler response file needs ANSI
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Feature: multi-processor compilation when re-compiling multiple files
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Feature: terminated processes/clients are automatically detected and disconnected from the server
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Feature: Live++ instance stays open until the last process terminates or disconnects
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Feature: process group names are automatically fixed should they contain illegal characters
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Feature: global COFF stripping when re-compiling multiple files
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Feature: system tray icon is removed when last process disconnects
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Bugfix: potential hang due to an endless loop when stripping COFFs
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Bugfix: potential crash due to out-of-bounds read when reading and reconstructing COFFs
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Feature: added support for virtual drives
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Feature: added support for playing sounds on successful and failed re-compiles
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Feature: minimizing Live++ now sends it into the system tray, where progress is shown via animated icons
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Feature: added continuous compilation mode
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Feature: optimized finding of changed files, leading to much shorter iteration times, especially on large projects with lots of files
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Bugfix: when linking fails, it will now be retried without having to modify a file first
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Feature: added support for files built remotely using FASTBuild
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Feature: added UI setting for overriding linker paths
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Feature: added UI setting for clearing logs on recompiles
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Feature: added UI settings for disabling the use of compiler and linker environments
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Feature: workaround for WriteProcessMemory slowdown in Windows 10 SDK
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Bugfix: pre- and post-patch hooks would sometimes be discarded by the compiler (VS2015 and newer)
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Feature: added free sample application included in trial version