Author: Thomas

I had to release another version (3.2.1.0) of the DSHelper right away, because it wouldn't start on Windows 10.

Changelog:
Fixed crash on startup on Windows 10 (issue with language detection).

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Changelog: Update for Improved Performance & Stability

Bug Fixes

• Task-Start: Fixed a crash that could occur when starting a flight plan if no task was pre-selected internally. The program now automatically selects the first task in the list by default.
• Background Monitoring: Fixed rare crashes ("Collection was modified") that occurred while the program was monitoring servers or windows in the background by implementing improved safety mechanisms.

Stability & Data Security

• File Access: Settings files now use "Atomic Save" for secure saving.
• Collision Protection: The app no longer crashes when trying to read a settings or log file that is being accessed by another program (e.g., Condor) in the exact same millisecond.
• Database Handling: Database write errors (e.g., due to a full hard drive) are now handled gracefully instead of causing the app to shut down completely.

Performance & System Optimizations

• Background Processes: General optimization of the app's background processes for better efficiency.
• Responsive GUI: Process execution has been moved to a separate thread, keeping the graphical user interface (GUI) responsive and smooth.
• Safer Downloads: Active internet downloads will no longer abort if the user accidentally clicks on the incomplete file in Windows Explorer.
• Email Sending: Optimized performance, improved BCC validation, and protection against app crashes caused by blocked attachments.
• Multilingual UI: Improved performance through efficient caching, asynchronous thread safety, and fixed resource release issues.
• Updater: Overhauled the updater with bug fixes, protection against race conditions, and faster update installations.
• Logging: Significantly improved the performance of the internal logging system.

Task Scheduling (Scheduler)

• Timing Synchronization: Fixed a very rare issue where the system timer triggered a fraction of a second too early, causing pending tasks to be skipped and pushed to their next scheduled date.
• Configuration Saves: Saving application settings at the exact moment a task is due to start will no longer cause the pending task to be pushed to its next occurrence prematurely.
• Application Restarts: Fixed an issue where restarting the application right around a task's scheduled start time would sometimes reset that specific task to the next cycle without executing it.

Database

• Parameters: Added the missing parameter FixedMass to the database.
• Search Speed: Added necessary indices to the database to significantly speed up search queries.
• Program Start: Implemented database optimizations that execute directly upon program startup.
  
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Bugfix

Fixed an issue with email dispatch. The system now correctly accesses the intended library (DLL), resolving previous restrictions when sending emails.

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Improvements & Changes

• Task Info: Added display for "Max Start Groundspeed".
• Performance: Optimized the parallelization of database functions.
• Configuration: Optimized INI file handling.

Bug Fixes

• Server Communication: Fixed a critical issue where DSH (Dedicated Server Helper) lost connection to the Dedicated Server 10 seconds after startup when a local file was started on the event server. This caused the join time to freeze and prevented the server from closing properly.
• User Interface: Changed the font.
• E-Mail: Made adjustments to the mail functions.
• Task Scheduler: Corrected the calculation of "Nextstart" values.
• Layout: Fixed a bug where text shifted to the right when changing languages.
• Log Files: Fixed a bug regarding language selection for log files.
• User Interface: The CDS window is now completely hidden (previously remained partially visible).
• Localization: Cleaned up the old German language file.

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What's new:

- changed the default alternative server list URL (from HTTP to HTTPS)
- added text and automatic messages for entering and leaving airspace
- Scheduler: Added the option to close all servers and optionally shut down the PC
- implemented additional database checks
- performed many optimizations and bug fixes
- implemented parallelization for email functions
- fixed IP detection, which sometimes returned the IPv6 address instead of the IPv4 address
- fixed a rare exception that could occur when closing DSHelper
- DSHelper regains focus after starting a dedicated server
- added automatic startup (after 10 seconds) of DSHelper and previously running servers after a PC reboot (Settings)
- switched from GET to POST for uploading race results to CondorClub

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• Condor Dedicated Server Auto-Update is working again
• Added check for invalid directory names in the program settings
• Fixed index error in task planning with Condor versions < Version 3
• Fixed bug with email sending
• Checked CondorClub communication
• Updated libraries

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Changes:
Problem mit MaxSpectators parameter behoben
Fixed problem with the detection the serverlist crawler

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Changes:
Fixed AATTime number format

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Changes:
Fixed the problem with WZ_MoveSpeed
Added new settings for the defaul landscape directory
Fixed the problem with starting Condor 2 servers

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