CHANGELOG.md
## Version 2.0.0 / Unreleased
* [FEATURE] Support for game statistics via Web API
* [FEATURE] Provide an API to get users' Steam levels
* [FEATURE] Use the Web API to get games
* [ENHANCEMENT] Use proper namespacing throughout the library
* [ENHANCEMENT] Logging using Ruby's Logger class
* [ENHANCEMENT] Provide a simple way to get parsed JSON from Web API
* [ENHANCEMENT] Removed old hackish master server functionality
* [ENHANCEMENT] Removed deprecated aliases from SteamId
* [ENHANCEMENT] Drop support for Ruby 1.9
## Version 1.3.10 / 2015-01-04
* [BUGFIX] Fixed problems with game inventories
* [PERFORMANCE] Optimized GoldSrc RCON requests
* [ENHANCEMENT] Specify minimum Ruby version in gem specification
## Version 1.3.9 / 2014-07-22
* [IMPROVEMENT] Simplified and improved socket error handling
## Version 1.3.8.1 / 2013-12-31
* [IMPROVEMENT] Relaxed runtime dependencies
## Version 1.3.8 / 2013-10-27
* [ENHANCEMENT] Add support for additional group information
* [IMPROVEMENT] Improve handling of UTF-8 characters in server replies
* [IMPROVEMENT] Other improvements
## Version 1.3.7 / 2013-09-02
* [IMPROVEMENT] Improved handling of empty RCON responses
* [BUGFIX] Fixed Web API calls without a key
## Version 1.3.6 / 2013-07-23
* [SECURITY] Use HTTPS for Web API by default
* [ENHANCEMENT] bzip2-ruby is optional again for compatibility with Ruby 2.0.0
and JRuby
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved code style in various places
* [BUGFIX] Changed to the correct GoldSrc master server port
* [BUGFIX] Fixed SourceSocket not failing when it should
* [BUGFIX] Fixed creating SteamId instances with `U_` IDs
## Version 1.3.5 / 2013-03-29
* [ENHANCEMENT] Adapted game item parsing to *DotA 2* API changes
* [SECURITY] Strip Wep API keys from debug output
* [BUGFIX] Fixed creating SteamId instances with `STEAM_` IDs
## Version 1.3.4.1 / 2013-02-13
* [BUGFIX] Corrected gem build for version 1.3.4
## Version 1.3.4 / 2013-02-13
* [BUGFIX] Fixed a regression in community error handling
## Version 1.3.3 / 2013-02-12
* [FEATURE] Added support for game ID in server info
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved error handling for XML data
* [ENHANCEMENT] Simplified server info packets
## Version 1.3.2 / 2013-02-04
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved detection of RCON bans
## Version 1.3.1 / 2013-01-20
* [ENHANCEMENT] Added support for preliminary inventory items
* [ENHANCEMENT] Further improved RCON connection handling
* [BUGFIX] Do not cache failed user groups and friends
* [BUGFIX] Fixed errors when creating cacheable classes
## Version 1.3.0 / 2012-12-29
* [FEATURE] Added support for new Web API interfaces
* [FEATURE] Added support for new Steam ID format ("[U:#:#####]")
* [ENHANCEMENT] Vastly improved inventories
* [ENHANCEMENT] Better handling of RCON edge cases
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved connection handling for RCON edge cases
* [BUGFIX] Fixed several community parsing issues
## Version 1.2.1 / 2012-07-21
* [FEATURE] Support for *DotA 2* (beta) inventories
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved behavior of cacheable classes
* [ENHANCEMENT] Workaround for game URLs with duplicate slashes
## Version 1.2.0 / 2012-04-24
* [FEATURE] Support for game version checks
* [FEATURE] Support query for all Web API interfaces
* [FEATURE] Check game versions using its `steam.inf` file
* [FEATURE] Support for new Steam profile attributes
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved fetching of community groups
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved unit tests
* [ENHANCEMENT] Cleaned up community-related code
* [ENHANCEMENT] Use multi_xml for parsing XML
* [BUGFIX] Use `A2S_PLAYER` packet to challenge game servers
* [BUGFIX] Fixed several URL related problems
* [BUGFIX] Fixed Web API not working without an API key
* [PERFORMANCE] Optimized fetching of Steam group members
## Version 1.1.0 / 2011-12-13
* [FEATURE] Support for leaderboards
* [FEATURE] Support for *Team Fortress 2* beta stats
* [ENHANCEMENT] Allow use of service names instead of port numbers
* [BUGFIX] Fixed sending master server heartbeats
* [BUGFIX] Fixed check for profile links
## Version 1.0.2 / 2011-10-24
* [ENHANCEMENT] Added API name and description to achievements
* [BUGFIX] Fixed handling of empty RCON responses
* [BUGFIX] Fixed `SourceServer.master`
* [BUGFIX] Fixed parsing rules with empty values
* [BUGFIX] Fixed server info for some Source servers
* [BUGFIX] Fixed Rakefile encoding for Ruby 1.9
## Version 1.0.1 / 2011-08-23
* [BUGFIX] Fixed several packaging problems
## Version 1.0.0 / 2011-08-18
* [ENHANCEMENT] Added intuitive way to get master servers
* [ENHANCEMENT] Added a shortcut to get stats for a SteamGame
* [ENHANCEMENT] Added a way to bypass master server problems
* [ENHANCEMENT] Updated documentation
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved code style
* [ENHANCEMENT] Updated achievement Web API to version 2
* [ENHANCEMENT] Updated application news Web API to version 2
* [ENHANCEMENT] Use Bundler instead of Ore
* [ENHANCEMENT] Use multi_json instead of json
* [BUGFIX] Fixed author field for application news
## Version 0.14.0 / 2011-06-01
* [FEATURE] Support for *Portal 2* stats
* [ENHANCEMENT] Updated documentation
* [ENHANCEMENT] Use `IEconItems` Web API interfaces for inventories
* [BUGFIX] Fixed consecutive Source RCON requests
* [BUGFIX] Fixed inventory caching
## Version 0.13.1 / 2011-04-15
* [BUGFIX] Fixed several problems when parsing RCON `status` output
## Version 0.13.0 / 2011-04-12
* [FEATURE] Support for Steam's Web API
* [FEATURE] Support for Steam application news
* [FEATURE] Support for *Team Fortress 2* inventories, golden wrenches
* [FEATURE] Support for master server heartbeating
* [FEATURE] Dynamic name resolution and automatic failover for master servers
* [ENHANCEMENT] Improved parsing of RCON `status` output
* [BUGFIX] Fixed pinging game servers
* [BUGFIX] Fixed `A2S_PLAYER` and `A2S_RULES` packet creation
* [BUGFIX] Fixed regular expression for game links
* [PERFORMANCE] Optimized RCON queries
* [PERFORMANCE] Fixed timeout calculation in `SteamSocket`
* [PERFORMANCE] Lazy load zlib for compressed packets
## Version 0.12.0 / 2010-12-29
* [FEATURE] Support for *Alien Swarm* stats
* [FEATURE] Allow customization of socket timeouts
* [ENHANCEMENT] Moved from Jeweler to Ore
* [BUGFIX] Fixed stats for games without a specific implementation
## Version 0.11.4 / 2010-11-07
* [BUGFIX] Fixed split packet handling
* [BUGFIX] Fixed compatibility with Ruby 1.9
* [BUGFIX] Fix for a change in *CS:S*' stats XML data
## Version 0.11.3 / 2010-10-05
* [BUGFIX] Fix for `SteamId#game_stats`
## Version 0.11.2 / 2010-09-08
* [ENHANCEMENT] Provide the unlock date of achievements if available
* [BUGFIX] Removed workaround for GoldSrc master servers
* [BUGFIX] Compatibility fix for `StringIO` additions
## Version 0.11.1 / 2010-07-05
* [BUGFIX] Fixed parsing of RCON replies
## Version 0.11.0 / 2010-07-02
* [FEATURE] Support for *Counter-Strike: Source* stats
* [ENHANCEMENT] Adapt to common Ruby code conventions
* [BUGFIX] Fixed timouts for unresponsive master servers
* [BUGFIX] Fixed querying GoldSrc master servers
## Version 0.10.1 / 2010-04-05
* [FEATURE] Load servers' Steam IDs from `S2A_INFO2` replies
* [BUGFIX] Fixed fetching group members
* [BUGFIX] Fixed cacheable community data
* [BUGFIX] Fixed check for EDF in `S2A_INFO2` replies
## Version 0.10.0 / 2010-02-24
* [FEATURE] Support for *Left4Dead 2* stats
* [FEATURE] Added conversion from 64bit to `STEAM_` IDs
* [ENHANCEMENT] Parse XML data to get a user's games
* [BUGFIX] Fixed parsing of deactivated community profiles
* [BUGFIX] Fixed loading additional player information for Source servers
## Version 0.9.0 / 2009-09-16
* [FEATURE] Support loading community groups of a user
* [FEATURE] Support for *Defense Grid: The Awakening* stats
* [ENHANCEMENT] Workaround for corrupt `S2A_RULES` replies
* [ENHANCEMENT] Supply a `VERSION` constant
* [BUGFIX] Fixed gem packaging
* [BUGFIX] Fixed handling of really long RCON replies
* [BUGFIX] Improved parsing of `S2A_RULES` packets
* [BUGFIX] Fixed compatibility with Ruby 1.9
* [PERFORMANCE] Added caching to `SteamGroup` and `SteamId`
## Version 0.8.0 / 2009-06-15
* [FEATURE] Load additional player information via RCON
* [FEATURE] Support for *Day of Defeat: Source* stats
* [FEATURE] Support for *Left4Dead* stats
* [FEATURE] Support loading games of a user
* [ENHANCEMENT] Let `SteamCondenserError` inherit from `StandardError`
* [ENHANCEMENT] Several improvements to Steam Community features
* [ENHANCEMENT] Several improvements to server queries
* [ENHANCEMENT] Use Jeweler for packaging
* [BUGFIX] Fixed problems with compressed packets
* [BUGFIX] Fixed parsing profiles without favorite or most played games
* [PERFORMANCE] Optimized server queries
## Version 0.7.0 / 2009-03-02
* [FEATURE] Support for *Team Fortress 2* stats and achievements
* [FEATURE] Support for split RCON replies
* [FEATURE] Support for compressed query replies
* [ENHANCEMENT] Better support for HLTV servers
* [ENHANCEMENT] XML cache for `GameStats`
* [ENHANCEMENT] Use correct packet names
* [BUGFIX] Fixed fetching of `SteamId` data
* [BUGFIX] Fixed several GoldSrc RCON problems
## Version 0.6.0 / 2008-10-23
* [FEATURE] Support for Steam Community profiles
* [FEATURE] Support for game statistics
* [FEATURE] Support for RCON
## Version 0.5.0 / 2008-08-10
* [FEATURE] Support for GoldSrc and Source server queries
* [FEATURE] Support for master server queries