Version/2.34.x
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2.34.4
Release: (2022-02-26)
General changes
- Increased all voice line sound attenuation distance by about 1000 units.
- Removed unnecessary binary files from server packages. (Some client files were being shipped to server packages unnecessarily.)
- Added server commands to limit bunny hopping velocity gain and to enable auto bunny hopping, both are disabled by default. sv_enablebunnyhopping & sv_autobunnyhopping
Bug fixes
- Fixed a server crash relating to mines not being removed correctly.
- Fixed a few minor issues with the squad aura indicator sometimes showing incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue causing prop_physics_multiplayer entities being non-solid to players.
- Fixed player spawn points being able to be blocked by other players.
Script/Game Balance
- Scout hide is now removed from players who are reviving or being revived.
- Added functionality for explosions to be blocked by multiple entities.
- This allows damage to be applied with a system where multiple entities reduce the damage toward 0, instead of everything behind an explosion ray being blocked by the same thing. This should be more dynamic and it does fix some instances where people could potentially abuse flaws in the old system. (Like throwing concussion grenades at your feet, blocking the ray and causing the damage to pass through the walls and deal damage to turrets hidden behind them...)
- Large explosions no longer lose damage if player body parts are blocked, this feature was added in version 2.33.1
- This means that some weapons will always maintain their damage if the player is in radius and in line of sight to the explosion. (Currently this affects all artillery shells and nuclear missiles.)
Buildings
- Vehicle Factory
- Increased Health from 250 to 350
- Increased Cost from 400 to 500
- Radar
- Increased Health from 200 to 250
Infantry Weapons
- Concussion Grenades
- Increased Max Ammo from 3 to 6.
- Northern Faction Assault Rifle
- Reduced Rate of Fire from 660 RPM to 565 RPM
- Changes have been made to the Assault Rifle's accuracy
- The NFAR is most effective while being still and firing short bursts
- Northern Faction SMG2
- Changes have been made to the SMG2's accuracy
- SMG2 is most effective while being mobile and in close quarters "spraying and praying"
- Changes have been made to the SMG2's accuracy
- Northern Faction SMG1
- Changes have been made to the SMG1
- SMG1 is effective for short to medium range engagement in any situation
- Changes have been made to the SMG1
- Brenodi Empire Heavy Rifle
- Reduced Rate of Fire from 660 RPM to 565 RPM
- Changes have been made to the Assault Rifle's accuracy
- The BEHR is most effective while being still and firing short bursts
- Brenodi Empire SMG2
- Changes have been made to the SMG2's accuracy
- SMG2 is most effective while being mobile and in close quarters "spraying and praying"
- Changes have been made to the SMG2's accuracy
- Brenodi Empire SMG1
- Changes have been made to the SMG1
- SMG1 is effective for short to medium range engagement in any situation
- Changes have been made to the SMG1
- Brendo Empire Pistol 2
- The Brenodi Empire Pistol 2's accuracy has been improved
- A few of the weapons have been rebalanced, see the changes here https://git.empiresmod.com/empires_public/empires_scripts/-/merge_requests/231/diffs?commit_id=506bca8eac8be7900d5c799fce0e9c88e9ff66dd
2.34.3
Release: (2022/01/28)
Features
- Added a squad member ID to both the mini-map and the Squad HUD. This can be used to locate specific players.
- Added player requests to the squad HUD. (Ammo/Health/Repairs)
- Added an indicator in the Squad HUD for players receiving the squad aura effect. (Green box next to player health when the player is receiving the benefit of the squad aura.)
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Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue causing explosion damage to break completely on vehicles. This was caused by a previous version, some of the explosion code was rewritten to fix a bug involving a tank's turret entity transferring damage to the tank entity. There was an oversight which was causing the damage to be prevented entirely; it should now be fixed.
Script/Game Balance
Infantry Resistances
- Reduced Explosive Missile Resistance (Nuclear Warhead) for all classes
- Grenadier with Health Upgrade can no longer survive a direct nuclear missile hit
- Reduced Artillery resistance for all classes
- Grenadier with Health Upgrade can no longer survive a direct high-explosive artillery shell hit.
Research
- Plasma Heavy Machine Gun
- Reduced Time from 90 to 60
- Reduced Cost from 360 to 240
2.34.2
Release: (2022/01/23)
Bug fixes
- Fixed a code typo which was causing a bug with explosion damage, meaning double damage could occur to vehicles.
- Fixed a few issues relating to checking a player's team for displaying icons on the minimap. Sometimes player icons wouldn't display even though they should.
- Fixed building smoke not calling StopEmission if the particle system is in a sleep state. (IE not being rendered but inside the player's potential visible set)
- What this essentially means is that building smoke will continue to change state and even when you're not looking at the building. Previously you could look away from the building, turn around and notice smoke is still there for a few frames; despite the building being repaired while you weren't looking.
- Fixed a typo in vehicle_armor script for BulletExplosiveResist value.
Script/Game Balance
- Lowered Plasma Heavy Machine gun's minimum damage from 10 -> 8 (It previously had no damage falloff.)
2.34.1
Release: (2022/01/16)
Features
- Added cvar "emp_sv_drop_cooked_grenades", this is disabled by default until some gameplay testing can be conducted and feedback gathered.
- Causes grenades to drop when players die if they had already pulled the pin out. (Excluding mines)
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue with e-repair preventing mines from being defused inside a damaged friendly building.
- Fixed an issue that was preventing wall gibs from spawning when destroyed. This was caused by a bug fix last patch.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the commander wall limit from functioning correctly.
- Fixed an bug relating to removal of attack targets on a player entering command view or a player entering scout hide. Both actions now remove targets instantly.
- Fixed some issues with how mines are triggered/detonated. Previous to this change, mines would detonate if a vehicle's "absbox" overlapped the mine bounding box. The problem with this is that the "absbox" is calculated every frame and doesn't rotate, it grows in size to encapsulate it's target. This lead to situations where a vehicle that wasn't perfectly aligned to the world origin would have a greater chance of triggering surrounding mines. The new system should be a lot more accurate and result in less frustration/guess work when trying to avoid mines.
- Fixed some issues relating to tanks receiving damage:
- Physics impact damage on tanks no longer prevents repair stations from repairing your tank. It would often be the case that a small bump when trying to enter the repair station would trigger the repair delay, this damage type is now filtered out of this feature. (For reference the delay is 10 seconds, so this can be quite frustrating for the driver.)
- Tanks no longer trigger the repair delay if they didn't actually take any damage from the entity trying to damage it. Previous to this change you could use a weapon that doesn't deal damage to delay a tank from repairing. This has long been an issue and the feature should now work as intended. (As an example, bullets can no longer delay a tank trying to use a repair station.)
- Fixed some issues where damage was being mis-attributed to players with regards to calculating assists/critical assists.
- Fixed an issue with tank turrets not transferring damage to the hull appropriately.
- Fixed an issue with tanks taking explosion damage from the turret first, despite the hull being closer; resulting in a damage reduction. This will mostly impact gameplay when explosions occur on the top surface of tanks, they will now deal the expected amount of damage without a drop in damage. Explosions now prioritise dealing maximum possible damage in this situation, in terms of possible falloff reductions etc. This is likely going to have a bigger impact on chassis where the turret is often in the line of sight of explosions; for example NF light tanks, where the turret is easier to hit because it's shorter.
- Removed some code which was trying to prevent two sets of the same damage applying to vehicles per frame, this was added to prevent a vehicle's turret from transferring duplicate damage. This was crudely implemented and was preventing damage from occurring in certain situations.
Script/Game Balance
Command Vehicle
- Reduced the Heat to Damage Absorbed on the Command Vehicle's armor by half.
- Increased Max Speed from 25 to 30 mph.
General Balance Changes
- Removed the hard-coded variable damage on mines.
- It was previously written in code that mines would deal double damage if triggered by a vehicle. This has been removed because the damage resistance system should have been utilized to ensure that everything in the explosion radius was receiving the expected amount of damage. With the old method, it meant that everything in the explosion radius would receive double damage if the mine had been detonated by a vehicle.
- Removed the hard-coded variable damage on explosive sticky grenades.
- It was previously written in code that sticky grenades would deal double damage to all vehicles except the command vehicle. Again, this has been removed because the damage resistance system should have been utilized to ensure that everything in the explosion radius was receiving the expected amount of damage. With the old method, it meant that everything in the explosion radius would receive double damage if the grenade had been attached to a vehicle (Excluding CV).
- Damage resistances have been adjusted to compensate in the scripts.
- Added a new script variable for use with vehicle armors "Flat Damage Reduction". This change is to give reactive more of a unique identity, being quite resistant early game but being less effective as the game progresses and the enemy unlocks stronger weapons.
- Reactive now has a flat damage reduction of 5. (Resistances have been adjusted to ensure all anti-vehicle machine guns deal damage.)
- Reactive now has 120 HP per plate instead of 135.
- Composite now has a flat damage reduction of 1.