Changes

The content of a single base.scs pack from which was in 1.49 was separated into base.scs, base_map.scs, base_share.scs and base_vehicle.scs packs to reduce amount of copying in case patch updates only files from a single group. This has no direct effect on behavior of the mods, they all those packs are still considered part of as one "base" set.

The version 1.50 introduces of new version of our hashfs HashFS pack archive so you need to download new version of [[Documentation/Tools/Game Archive Extractor|scs_extractor]] to extract it.

The game now also officially supports hashfs HashFS based packs in mods. This provides faster load of the mod. While the zip and standalone file formats are still supported, the 1.50 depends on quick availability of some metadata. The hashfs HashFS format keeps them in memory while they have to be reconstructed from on-disk data for other formats. This could lead to stalls when the data are accessed so using the hashfs HashFS format is prefered. The format can be created or extracted using the new [[Documentation/Tools/Game Archive Packer|scs_packer]] tool.