Version/2.15.x

Version 2.15.1

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Features

• Improved weapon descriptions
• Update to research item descriptions
• Artillery now uses lag predicted shells
• Packed files into vpks for faster disk access
• Changed falloff system to be easier to tweak
• Added research item translation strings (name and descriptions, this means the following are now translatable)
  • Plasma-Resistant Shell Coating
  • Dedicated Plasma Cannon
  • Projectile Physics
  • Aerodynamic Shells
  • Heavy-Duty Ranged Cannon
  • Thermobaric Shells
  • Thermobaric Cannon
  • Expanded Missile Launcher
  • Heavy-Duty Missile Warhead
  • Enhanced Grenadier Missiles
  • Mobile Industrial Electromagnets
  • Overcharged Railgun
  • Enhanced Homing AI
  • Upgraded Homing Missiles
  • Guiding Signal Boosters
  • TOW GUided Missiles
  • Incubator Missiles
  • Virulent Warhead
  • Biological Cannon
  • Incubator Tanks
  • Virulent Shells

• Updated names and descriptions of some existing strings (This brings them up to date with what is in the scripts)
  • Research Index
  • Superheated Material Physics
  • Nuclear Fission
  • Fission Reactor
  • Deflective Armor
  • High Explosive Grenades
  • High Explosive Shells
  • Improved Warhead Compounds
  • Upgraded Missile Warhead
  • Absorbant Armor
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Upgraded Chassis
  • Advanced Chassis
  • Advanced Machining
  • Composite Armor
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Advanced Magnet Research
  • 3 Phase Electric Motor
  • Capacitive Armor
  • Reactive Armor
  • Tracking Systems
  • Upgraded Turrets Lvl 2
  • Upgraded Turrets Lvl 3
  • Regenerative Armor
  • Biological Weaponry
  • Biological Projectile
• Added emp_ungrief command

Bugfixes

• Corrected camera model selection in hammer
• Fixed crash on exit
• Fixed shells no longer highlighting when using artillery feedback

Map Changes

• Cyclopean:
  • Adjusted displacements around NW
    • This removes a visual 'leak' under the southern NW refinery
    • This makes it slightly easier to get up on the hill in the southeastern corner of NW
  • Adjusted displacements in city
    • This prevents climbing an unintuitively climbable area in the southeastern corner
  • Fixed skybox fog density
    • It's no longer a wall of grey until you get very close to a map border
  • Fixed displacement sticking through terrain in BE main
    • Kudos to anyone else who noticed that one
  • Fixed displacements sticking through terrain in NF main
  • Fixed an exploit where you could climb a hill into the NF main
  • Fixed (some) textures being needlessly rendered in northwest
    • If you find any others, post on the forums and they will be fixed
  • Adjusted displacements around the southern bridge to prevent seeing under the map
  • New 2D skybox
  • New lighting
    • Please report any lighting issues you notice
  • New fog

• District402:
  • Preparing the map for AI players:
    • Broadened staircase to BE 4th flag
    • Slightly tweaked detail crates near BE 1st and 3rd flag
    • Moved BE resupply boxes at BE 3rd flag
    • Slightly moved poles near NF 1st and 4th flag
    • Added [disabled] bot spawners
  • Behind the scenes optimisation efforts
  • Fixed exploit where BE 2nd flag could be captured from outside its building
  • Added automatic attack/move targets that indicate the current objective

• Mvalley:
  • Added a border grid akin to duststorm to better visualise the edge of the map
  • Added a missing commander restrict brush on BE's dam ramp

• Urbanchaos:
  • Decompiled to get editable source files.
  • Fix for 1st BE flag dimensions
    • It is no longer capturable from the western side of the barricades

Script Changes

• Normalized melee damage
• Fixed engine inconsistencies