Add a news panel to each mod

OpenRA.Game/FieldLoader.cs

@@ -356,6 +356,14 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				return fieldType.GetConstructor(new[] { innerType }).Invoke(new[] { innerValue });
 			}
 
+			else if (fieldType == typeof(DateTime))
+			{
+				DateTime dt;
+				if (DateTime.TryParseExact(value, "yyyy-MM-dd HH-mm-ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal, out dt))
+					return dt;
+				return InvalidValueAction(value, fieldType, fieldName);
+			}
+
 			UnknownFieldAction("[Type] {0}".F(value), fieldType);
 			return null;
 		}

OpenRA.Game/FieldSaver.cs

@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				return elems.JoinWith(",");
 			}
 
+			if (t == typeof(DateTime))
+				return ((DateTime)v).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH-mm-ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
 			return v.ToString();
 		}
 

OpenRA.Game/Manifest.cs

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public readonly MiniYaml LobbyDefaults;
 		public readonly Dictionary<string, Pair<string, int>> Fonts;
 		public readonly Size TileSize = new Size(24, 24);
+		public readonly string NewsUrl;
 
 		public Manifest(string mod)
 		{
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 					compat.Add(c.Trim());
 
 			MapCompatibility = compat.ToArray();
+
+			if (yaml.ContainsKey("NewsUrl"))
+				NewsUrl = yaml["NewsUrl"].Value;
 		}
 
 		static string[] YamlList(Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> yaml, string key)

OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs

@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		public bool AllowDownloading = true;
 		public string MapRepository = "http://resource.openra.net/map/";
+
+		public bool FetchNews = true;
+		public DateTime NewsFetchedDate;
 	}
 
 	public class KeySettings