3.xx Full Changelog

NeoMatrixj2 · December 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Everything is in post may change.</div> Everything in this changelog is subject to change, this is not an official changelog so there may be one or two errors.
Until 3.0 is released things will change.

NS v3.xx Changelog -- Created and updated by NeoMatrix99
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v3.0c & v3.0d Beta Testing Patch
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Bug Fixes:
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O Fixed sighting through transparent surfaces (sighting for siege behaves very oddly in certain locations. most importantly, it seems to fail through any kind of glass, such as the hera glass tube, bug #361).
O Fixed mouse focus problems with commander minimap and alert buttons (bugs #357 and #335).
O Fix for mouse pointer disappearing sometimes when switching between programs using the taskbar (bug #363).
O Fixed problem where players cannot join any team if difference between teams is mp_limitteams (bug #302).
O Fixed bug where alien structures within observatory range are not decloaked (bug #272).

Changes:
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O Reduced skulk armor from 20 to 10. Explanation - Now that the skulk hitbox is fixed, it's half the height that it used to be, making skulks much harder to hit.
O Encourage marines to move out by adding slow alien XP gain over time (currently 1 XP every three seconds).
O Made respawn times scaleable for small games. If x is the number of players on your team, respawn waves happen every x seconds.
O Removed minimum spawn time because it felt like a bug. Generally spawning is faster now.
O Moved the skulk model so that it rotates around its center rather than its hind legs. This should look more natural when wall walking and the make the skulk's head stick out less when hiding (Thanks Mojo!).
O Took out "special", "_special" and "wait" commands to prevent abusive scripts from being written (especially bunny-hopping scripts).
O If both Vet and Constellation access, show Constellation (new order of preference: Custom, Developer, Playtester, Guide (unused), Constellation member, Beta server op, Veteran, Cheating Death)
O Reduced web potency by reducing min/max ensnare times from 4/10 to 2/5.
O Lowered stomp stun duration from 2 seconds to 1 second.
O Armory now occasionally gives health back when used.
O Uncloaking now always takes 1/2 a second for all players and structures.
O New version of ns_tanith:
-- o waste hive more accessable for aliens/onos.
-- o new unweldable vent to waste.
-- o onos no longer has to crouch anywhere.
-- o added weld for top vent in reactor room.
-- o removed water vent weld in reactor room.

Everything in this changelog is subject to change, this is not an official changelog so there may be one or two errors.
Until 3.0 is released things will change.

v2.01-3.0
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Bug Fixes:
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O Fixed pre-game jittering (I think).
O Mines now give credit to owner on kill, give res, and show correct death icon.
O Player collision fixes (thanks Max!).
O Recycling is now much faster with cheats on (bug #2).
O Fixed devour aiming problems and possibility for exploitation (thanks Revenge).
O Fixed bug where welding progress bar overlapped other screen elements.
O Fixed mine/owner bug that allows mines to hang in mid-air.
O Don't allow sayings to be spammed (bug #8).
O Fixed live particle editing (bug #39). Also fixed annoying problem where toggling the edit PS screen jarred your view.
O Fixed siege targetting, and turrets targetting structures.
O Fixed bug where observatory couldn't be used to target for siege (and in fact blocked siege).
O Fixed problem where mines are doing damage to friendly players and structures (bug #26).
O Showing enemy names shouldn't work on cloaked players (bug #32).
O Fixed recycling TF/Siege problems (recycling a TF while nearby turrets were recycling prevents turrets from ever finishing recycle).
O Turrets now animate smoothly (bug #41).
O Fixed recycling TF/Siege problems (bug #36).
O Turrets and siege turrets now play their "power-down" animation when they recycle, instead of their attack animation.
O Fixed spectator settings, so you don't have to keep changing them every time you die.
O Fixed problem where light damage showed blinking "O" on HUD, and spit showed a HL icon.
O Made lots of progess on font corruption, though it may not look like it. VALVE knows about the problem, and is expected to patch Steam soon. Pop-up menus are still corrupted, but a lot of other text is fixed.
O Fixed all hitbox issues (Max, you da man!). This should fix the problems where players crouching behind structures could become harder to hit ("Crouching Skulk, Hidden Damage"). Bug #84.
O HLTV/model problems, where sometimes the wrong model would be drawn.
O Fixed bug where typing "kill" as commander meant you were unkillable even after killing CC. Bug #74.
O Fixed: Siege cannons no longer fire on "detected" targets, only on visible targets
O Added missing sound for aliens getting resources.
O Fixed tech tree dependency problems (bug #37).
O Fixed bug where players were uncloaking without fading in smoothly.
O Don't allow mines to be placed func_doors, func_door_rotatings, or 3rd-party entities (bug #64).
O Fixed "cannot click 'need' icons in commander mode" (bug #73).
O Fixed bile bomb / acid rocket / stomp can be fired through thin walls (bug #67).
O Fixed players gestating "through" things (bug #33).
O Fixed bug where armory and phase gates useable while being recycled (bug #65).
O Fixed problem where mines could be stacked (bug #34). They are now solid, with the following ramifications:
-- o They can be stacked on each other, but it is immediately obvious. A stack of mines now looks like a stack of mines.
-- o Mines can be stood upon.
-- o Mines can be killed by regular projectiles, including parasites and friendly fire (in tourney mode). Mines have 30 health.
O Fixed bug #77: When a player hits ESC to get to the root menu, the text "#Menu_ReadyRoom" appears instead of "Ready Room".
O Fixed "Gestating while leaping causes crash" (bug #102) (thanks Alpha & the whole GaB-Clan!).
O Restore default menu after recycling a structure (bug #86).
O "Transient" entities (ammo, health, weapons, scans) no longer show up on commander minimap (bug #92).
O Fixed shotgun reloading problems (Bug #27).
O Fixed font rendering (thanks Max!).
O Fixed bug where hive construction could be sped with +use (bug# 139)
O Fixed bug where gorges could construct chambers in Combat using impulses (bug# 145)
O Fixed bug where aliens didn't always respawn with full health (bug# 143)
O Gamma is now reset when hitting ESC to Steam menu from in-game, or when hitting alt-tab!
O Fixed skulk wallwalking on entities (it was accidentally broken at some point).
O New player/entity collision system so that entities can use more accurate, oriented bounding boxes (bug #35).
O Fixed bug where +popupmenu gets stuck if active while changing modes.
O Nodes sometimes stay visible when much lag is present (300+ ms). Bug #168.
O Fixed jetpack energy emptied when exiting command console (bug #46).
O Fixed chat for non-US keyboard layouts.
O Fixed gamma correction on HUD text.
O Fixed ability to jam doors with mines by having them explode whenever a door runs into them. Doors now blow up mines when they are jammed by them. Allow mines to be closer to invalid targets like conveyor belts and lifts now (bug #88).
O Fixed bug where using the kill command and then jumping into the comm chair did Bad Things (bug #74).
O Disabled "kill" command in Combat (as there's no way you can get stuck, it can only be abused).
O Fixed bug where semicolons would truncate chat messages (bug #176).
O Fixed gestation overlay not being drawn while in Steam UI (bug #45).
O Fixed popup menu stealing crosshair.
O Fixed view jog when releasing the popup menu or returning from the Steam UI.
O Fixed bug where marine structures played a bad-looking animation when they take damage.
O Fix for lerk flying animation going into the ceiling (bug #152) (Thanks def_one!).
O Improved the chat visuals (changed the font and colors and moved it so that it doesn't overlap other HUD elements) (bug #174).
O Fixed right clicking not properly canceling a building in commander mode (bug #197).
O Locked cl_rate to 9999 to prevent exploits.
O Fixed the bug where phase gates can be blocked by alien chambers. Now any structures on the phase gate (except a hive) will be killed when someone goes through. (bug #190).
O Fix for keys not being released properly while the chat window was open.
O Fixed bug where lerk bite was doing damage of skulk bite (75 instead of 50). However, the bite will do 60 currently, until balance indicates otherwise. Bug #344.
O Fixed bug where cloaked structures other than SC weren't uncloaking properly which touched (bug #134).
O Fixed bug where you couldn't +use (switches, phasegates) anything when reloading, or use sayings (Bug #116).
O Refactor "set commander" message, fixing problem where current commander couldn't always be seen by late-joiners and HLTV spectators (bug #195).
O Fixed sprite/font rendering artifacts in Direct3D mode (bug #234).
O Stop-gap collision fixes (fixes resource towers for now).
O Fixed bug where you couldn't talk or +use while you were reloading (finally!).
O Fixed bug where aliens can see some "health received" and "ammo received" messages (bug #61).
O Fixed bug where "phase tech" research option not disabled after research completed (bug #75).
O Fixed bug where recycling unbuilt structures doesn't return full amount (now it returns 80%) (bug #204).
O Fixed "hive is under attack" sound not played soon/often enough (fixes other important alerts too) (bug #48).
O Fixed bug where "hive is complete" sound rarely plays (bug #43).
O Fixed "alien 'use' sound played during failed attempt to use marine radio command (bug #159).
O Fixed bug where loss of arms lab upgrades if armory is recycled (bug #185).
O Items, weapons and structures will no longer fall through sloped surfaces or stairs!
O Fixed the bug where items and buildings would drop through the floor if they were placed on railings (bug #125) (!!)
O Fixed structures sinking when placed in vents (bug #148) (!!)
O Fixed airspeed cap problems (back to 2.1o).
O Fixed issues with blinking while on the ground (bug #221).
O Fixed bug where HA footsteps didn't play when armor 3 was researched (bug #49).
O Fixed bug where aliens sometimes appear as a marine player and then turn into a skulk. when dying, sometimes an alien player will briefly appear as a marine (bug #193).
O Fixed lurching skulk movement on func_seethroughs, in water, on ladders, and more! (bug #140, bug #103, bug #313) (Thanks Mouse and Khaim!). THIS IS HUGE.
O Server CPU work (blasted turrets). This should fix all the lagginess and bad server performance we've been experiencing in NS mode (bug #278). THIS IS ALSO HUGE.
O Fixed bug where hive is gimped if killed and rebuilt (bug #292). You will not be forgotten, Surface Access Hive.
O Fixed bug where structures could be knocked around by a melee attack (bug #4).
O Included agibs.mdl and hgibs.mdl with install so mp_consistency always works (bug #297).
O Added missing xsmoke1.spr sprite.
O Fixed some structure bounding boxes where parts of them couldn't be hit (bug #247).
O Removed walking dependence on cl_forwardspeed.
O Fixed bug where "impulse 1" does not cycle through slot 4 marine weapons (bug #178).
O Fixed the bug where items (medpacks, ammo, weapons, etc.) couldn't be dropped directly on players.

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Changes:
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O Health pack staying at 2 res, ammo down to 1.
O Fade cost up to 60 res.
O TF reduced from 15 to 10.
O Armory reduced from 15 to 10.
O Increased sentry health from 1200 to 1300.
O Reduced motion-tracking cost from 45 to 35.
O mapcycle.txt now specifies number of players for each map type, so servers automatically switch between Combat and NS (14 max for Combat, 12 player min for NS).
O Added min/max player defaults to mapcycle.txt. When the timelimit is hit, the map/gamemode chosen next will depend on the # of players on the server.
O Number of webs allowed in an area reduced from 16 to 8 in both NS and NS:Combat. Max webs on your team lowered from 60 to 30.
O Show health on HUD while gestating.
O Added alert for marines when their CC is under attack (this change takes effect NS: Combat as well).
O Selectall button in commander mode now selects dead players too.
O Added hive health percentage to status bar (when you look at it, aliens only).
O New scoring system (get score for building structures, or for killing players or structures).
-- o 5 for CC or hive, 3 for RT, 2 for other structures.
-- o 1 for base Marine or Skulk, 2 for Gorge, 3 for Lerk, 4 for Fade, 5 for Onos, 3 for marine with Jetpack, 4 for marine with HA.
-- o Draw changes on scoreboard, so players can see how many points they get for actions.
O Disable/remove auto-director checkbox when not in HLTV mode (Max).
O Removed hive locations and hives not under attack from hive sight (now that they are on map).
O Added polish to first-person spectating, including highlight on mouseover, next/prev player buttons, and the ability to click players on the overview to switch to their view.
O New spectator UI (overview mode is borked right now, fixed soon). Thanks Max!
O Removed entity "detection" when near players and moving. While originally used to allow the commander to detect threats before players can see them, it no longer works with the minimap (basically if you were near an alien/alien object and werent looking at it the commander could still see it/seige could still fire at it).
O Moved both mines and the welder to slot 4. This means you can hold your pistol along with one of them. However, you still can't have both mines and a welder.
O Put back in knockback for bite, claws, gore and swipe (it affects balance too much to remove without careful testing).
O Removed display of a lot of non-essential error tooltips with autohelp off.
O Resupply doesn't help out as much at the higher levels.
O Replaced Pheramones with "focus". Each level of focus slows your weapon/ability rate of fire and increases effectiveness (damage, duration). Only effects slot 1 weapons.
O Motion returned to showing circles on the screen.
O Distress beacon now respawns friendly alive players back at base as well.
O Added ability for servers to add custom icons for members (mp_customicon of "AAAARGB" where the custom icon is gfx/vgui/640_AAAA.tga, using color components RGB (each are 0-9). Use player authentication mask is 512.).
O Added view interpolation while gestating (!) (if you evolve from skulk to onos your fov will slowly change from skulk wider fov to onos narrower fov, fov = field of view)(egg will also grow).
O Increased Onos Armor to 400.
O Increased Fade Armor to 150.
O Reduced HMG damage from 20 to 18.
O Distress beacon now removes webbed and stomp effect (bug #58).
O Now marine structures play their deploy animation backwards when they are recycled (bug #53).
O Recycling strucures now show rings.
O Allow recycling of non-occupied CCs.
O When a structure is successfully recycled, draw a rising indicator showing the number of resources received.
O mp_friendlyfire variable is now used in non-tournament mode (though tournament mode ignores it, and acts the way it always has). Bug #44.
O Re-added lerk bite in place of spikes!.
O Webbed players can now be unwebbed by welding them.
O Added "catalysts" to marine tech tree!
-- o Research at arms lab, allows dropping of "cat-packs".
-- o A marine that touches pack, gives +25% movmement speed and +25% rate of fire for 8 seconds. The marine also takes damage equal to 25% of his max health, but it will never kill him.
O Increased hive health from 6000 to 7000.
-- o Reduced blink power by 25% (less force is applied when you blink).
O "Disabled" software rendering mode to prevent exploits (bug #208).
O Changed chat so that it does not go between the ready room and observers.
O Lerk Flight v2.0! Has both Flying (tap jump) and Gliding (hold jump). We have more work to do here, but I think you'll see that Max made him MUCH more maneuverable. Make sure to press in the direction you want to fly while flapping.
O Removed "active node count" messages. I think I'd like to test it without. This was originally a tool for finding big balance problems, and as we got closer to the 2.0 ship date, it was too risky to remove. Now is the time to remove it, to see how it plays without it (bug #231).
O Increased jetpack energy cost by around 30% to make it more close to 2.01 levels.
O Charge damage increased from 240/second to 320/second.
O Leap damage increased from 60/second to 80/second.
O Refactored shotgun into AvHBaseReloadableWeapon, in preparation of extending grenade launcher off this (as soon as the artwork is done)(basically gl will be able to fire mid reload like hte shotgun).
O Scoreboard v2.0:
-- o Don't show enemy scores (bug #28).
-- o Add kills column (so both kills and score are shown).
-- o Sort players by score, which is non-combat points + kills - deaths (bug #224).
-- o Free up room to display tracker icon.
-- o Gamma-corrected scoreboard labels.
-- o Don't draw +/- score when going to ready room.
O Added alien resource overflow. So any res over 100 that is received by players will go into the pool (bug #87).
O Reduced time to wait before reusing the command station from 12 seconds to 5 seconds (if we start seeing overflow issues, I'm going to change this back).
O Increased electricity range, to encourage alternate defense, and in anticipation of new structure spacing (also fixes problems where tricky aliens could sometimes munch electrified targets without taking damage).
O Added votemap system (especially for vet program) that works just like in CS. Type votemap for a list of maps and their current votes. Type votemap # to cast your vote for a map. Servers can disable by setting mp_mapvoteratio to -1, or can set the percentage of players needed for a vote to succeed by setting mp_mapvoteratio from 0-1.
-- o Added "player voted for x" message on votemap.
O Changed the mouse input to invert the horizontal axis if the camera is upside down (this is neat if you are flying and you set cl_pitchup and cl_pitchdown to 1000)
O Added catalyst-pack artwork.
O Tweaked lerk flight energy cost, physics and ground speed (to not feel quite so heavy, and to be able to really soar). For Lerk flight you look in the direction you want to fly alot like in 2.01. You can still glide and strafe as well.
O New siege deploy animation and "inactive" state (thank Mojo!).
O Added new hive flinch anims for when hive is building (thanks Mojo!).
O Updated infantry portal artwork to get rid of z-buffering issues (thanks Mojo!).
O Removed spawn invulnerable time by default in Combat (as a test).
O Now players get XP for hurting enemy structures.
O Scan is now more effective in Combat (cloaked player no longer has to be in sight, only in range).
O Mine kills no longer share experience to players that happen to be nearby to the mine owner when they detonate.
O Resupplying at the armory is now at the correct speed (faster then it was in 2.0x).
O Added hand-grenades (thanks BrigadierWolf!).
-- o Grenades don't detonate on contact, only after 4 seconds.
-- o Available in Combat as regular upgrade (1 per life).
-- o Available in regular NS as upgrade at armory. After researched, all marines spawn with a single grenade.
O Lowered lerk flap energy cost slightly.
O Increased Onos health/armor from 500/400 to 900/400 to compensate for new 4x hitbox.
O New ns_veil:
-- o Removed Monitoring Pods.
-- o Fixed floating clip brush o' doom.
-- o Fixed doorways with Onos movement issues.
-- o Small lighting tweaks.

O Added Steam Support:
-- o Added "ready room" option on menu.
-- o New artwork for button in lower left.
-- o Ingame menu/fonts are fixed.
-- o Steam Auto-Updating is planned as well as VAC support.
-- o To be added:
---- o Official Steam Support (patches can be auto-downloaded from steam content servers when an update from Flayra is sent out).
---- o VAC Support (Valve Anti-Cheat Support).
O Added Combat Play Mode:
-- o Combat mode is active on co_ maps.
-- o In this mode commander is not present and gorges may not build structures.
-- o Level-up tooltip message now goes away after a short time.
-- o Changed mapping protocals to allow mappers to put in pre-built cc & one or more armories.
-- o Increased hive healing rate in Combat mode.
-- o Sped up evolve time of alien upgrades in Combat mode.
-- o Reworked resupply, scan and distress beacon to be automatic. They are cued by the "commander" when you're low in health or ammo, when there's a cloaked alien is nearby, or when a large portion of your team is dead.
-- o Changed resupply to only give one health or ammo pack at a time (gives out health first, then ammo).
-- o New level up sound (thanks MadMaxx).
-- o Draw unspent levels on HUD, so you always know what you can spend. Shown in the form of +number in center of HUD.
-- o Keep experience and purchased upgrades even after dropping off server.
-- o Combat timelimit is disabled by default.
-- o Added "Iron-man" variation (mp_ironman 1).
---- o Set mp_ironmantime to minutes after which, aliens win.
---- o Don't let players rejoin after they've been killed, before latejoin elapses.
---- o Lose all levels and upgrades on death.
---- o Experience comes in faster (currently 2x).
---- o Get full health back on level up.
---- o A team now wins in "iron man" mode when all players on the other team are dead. Aliens win after two minutes if the hive isn't destroyed and they are still alive.
-- o Aliens only have 1 hive and if killed aliens automatically lose. Marines lose when the Command Console gets destroyed or the round timelimit expires. The default time is off.
-- o You earn exp by killing or being near a teammate who gets a kill. Your exp status and your rank are displayed in a status bar located in the bottom center area of your screen.
-- o Respawn is designed to send waves of fighters into the battle. You must wait a minimum of 8 seconds before respawning, if 8 seconds is not done before the wave spawn activates you have to wait 8 more seconds.
-- o Any upgrades/evolves you have when you die you will have again when you spawn.
-- o To get health or ammo you must use the upgrade resupply, this work by automatically feeding you ammo and meds when you need them. This is throttled so your not invulnerable but it helps.
-- o Alien upgrades consist of all chamber upgrades and all evolves. Also there are the upgrades to unlock #3 ability and #4 ability. The only restrictions now are that you can't lerk before gorging, you cant onos before fading, and you cant unlock #4 ability before #3.
-- o Marine Upgrades consist of GL, HMG, Shotty, HA, JP, motion, scan, beacon, welder, mines, lv1-lv3 weapons, lv1-lv3 armor, and resupply. The only restrictions are you cant have HA + JP ;-), you must choose to upgrade to lv1 and then lv2 armor before getting HA or JP or lv3 armor, you must choose to upgrade to lv1 weapons before getting shotty or lv2 weapons, you must get shotty before hmg or GL, and you must get lv2 weapons before lv3 weapons.
-- o Upgrade Menu now uses the old pop-up menu for simplicity.
-- o Extra experience is now given out when there are more players in range of a kill.
---- o Now each player gets: ((55 + target experience level)*15/number friendlies nearby) + 10
---- o Result: same XP for soloing, but some extra experience given out to offset slower leveling for groups.
---- o Radius for friendly players increased from 400 to 500
-- o All guns get two clips of ammo on spawn.
-- o Aliens gestate after evolving 2nd/3rd hive ability.
-- o Increased amount of experience needed to go up each level from 40% to 50% (so players level up slightly slower, and higher levels significantly harder to get).
-- o Removed minimap from Combat.
-- o Players now get experience for damaging hive or CC.
-- o Sped up gestations for ugprades in Combat.
-- o New level up sound for marines, added different sound for alien level up as well.
-- o Removed Full health/armor on level up (Combat).
-- o Removed distress beacon.
-- o Removed gorges.
-- o Removed experience for welding (didn't want to remove welding totally).
-- o Added cat-packs to Combat (players are catalysted a short time after they make a kill, if they aren't currently catalysted).
-- o Mines are no longer give you 5 mines once, but give you one mine per life (can't suicide in Combat so it shouldn't be abusable).
-- o Marine Ranks/Levels:
---- o 1. Private
---- o 2. Private First Class
---- o 3. Corporal
---- o 4. Sergeant
---- o 5. Lieutenant
---- o 6. Captain
---- o 7. Commander
---- o 8. Major
---- o 9. Field Marshal
---- o 10. General
-- o Alien Ranks/Levels:
---- o 1. Hatchling
---- o 2. Xenoform
---- o 3. Minion
---- o 4. Ambusher
---- o 5. Attacker
---- o 6. Rampager
---- o 7. Slaughterer
---- o 8. Eliminator
---- o 9. Nightmare
---- o 10. Behemoth
-- o Maps Added:
---- o co_angst
---- o co_core
---- o co_daimos
---- o co_kestrel
---- o co_pulse
---- o co_tasium
---- o co_ulysses
---- o ns_agora
---- o ns_ayumi
---- o ns_delta
---- o ns_metal
---- o ns_mystic

Official Maps from previous version:
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O ns_bast
O ns_caged
O ns_hera
O ns_eclipse
O Removed ns_nancy (because of Onos stuck issues that can't be fixed without the map source. Sad to see you go, it was great)
O ns_nothing
O ns_tanith
O ns_lost
O ns_veil
O ns_origin
O ns_mineshaft

DragonMech · December 2003

Thanks!

NeoMatrixj2 · December 2003

Jesus I haven't even updated it and someones replied... oi

Santa_Claws · December 2003

we all loves ya neomatrix

MaDMaxX · December 2003

hmm, yeah, they did get here a bit quick, i mean, damn thats long.

MrMojo · December 2003

Smoooth. Just wait for 3.0b, kids.

NeoMatrixj2 · December 2003

There we go I think I sorted out some conflicting info. I'll take a look at it again later and hopefully be able to add 3.0b changelog to it. Also note that I edited the list of maps added into 3.0.

KungFuDiscoMonkey · December 2003

Nice.

Quantum_Duck · December 2003

Thanks much Neo.

Xiile · December 2003

Neo be sure to add the 3.0b changelog <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> :
<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Hey guys,

OK, here's the changelog! The build will be posted here shortly. The patch is 16 megs.

v3.0b
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O Fixed some structure bounding boxes where parts of them couldn't be hit (bug #247)
O Removed walking dependence on cl_forwardspeed
O Fixed "shooting-the-egg" crash
O Fixed the bug where items (medpacks, ammo, weapons, etc.) couldn't be dropped directly on players.
O Removed health/armor on level up (Combat)
O Removed distress beacon (Combat)
O Removed gorges (Combat)
O Removed experience for welding (didn't want to remove welding totally)
O Added cat-packs to Combat (players are catalysted a short time after they make a kill, if they aren't currently catalysted)
O Mines are no longer give you 5 mines once, but give you one mine per life (can't suicide in Combat so it shouldn't be abusable) (Combat)
O Added hand-grenades (thanks BrigadierWolf!)
-> Grenades don't detonate on contact, only after 4 seconds.
-> Available in Combat as regular upgrade (1 per life).
-> Available in regular NS as upgrade at armory. After researched, all marines spawn with a single grenade.
O Lowered lerk flap energy cost slightly
O Removed new hitbox code to see if it lessens server crashing
O Fixed bug where "impulse 1" does not cycle through slot 4 marine weapons (bug #178)
O Increased Onos health/armor from 500/400 to 900/500 to compensate for new 4x hitbox
O New co_kestrel
-> I removed the "roof" over the CC and brought it out just a touch away from the wall (its still down in the elevator). This should solve the virtual invicibility that skulks have hiding behind it in which marines have to jump down in and often die to protect the CC. Marines should be able to now just look down and shoot.
-> Generate new minimap sprite
O Playtesting new map: co_rebirth </td></tr></table>

Gliss · December 2003

Looks awesome, I can't wait!
When's it to come out at most, next week/month?

Greven · December 2003

NO MORE SPIKES NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! so just to clarify spikes are gone whats the lerk attacks then
bite
spore
umbra
primal scream

Quantum_Duck · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Greven @ Dec 6 2003, 12:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> NO MORE SPIKES NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! so just to clarify spikes are gone whats the lerk attacks then
bite
spore
umbra
primal scream  </td></tr></table> 
That is correct. A lot of people were highly skeptical of that change when happened, but it's working very well so far. Most of the testers seem to like it now, me among them. With the new flight model, bite is VERY good. And you still have spore for ranged harassment. The only thing you can't do is slowly ping down heavies and buildings with spikes, which isn't necessarily the intended role of lerks anyway.

Greven · December 2003

Ahh well if u guys like it i guess i'll have to try it.... did they add some sorta dive for the new lerk flight model?

343_guilty_spark · December 2003

Can't wait to try out the new Hand Grenades <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Quantum_Duck · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Greven @ Dec 6 2003, 01:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Ahh well if u guys like it i guess i'll have to try it.... did they add some sorta dive for the new lerk flight model?  </td></tr></table> 
Hehe... Did they add some sort of dive... Hehe... Yeah, you'll have to try it. Basicly, now you press jump to flap, and when you flap you gain speed toward wherever your crosshairs are facing(if you had a crosshairs that is). So yes, get above a marine, face down and flap and you dive bomb them. You can also fly loops with the right settings. Lerks are a lot of fun now. I've gotten a lot of kills as a silence lerk swooping in, biting heads, and disappearing around a corner before the marines get off more than a couple bullets. I know a lot of people will miss spike, but honestly I don't any more. Lerk is just too much fun as it is now.

Namron · December 2003

Hand grenades? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'>

Sucky_Ducky · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Quantum_Duck @ Dec 6 2003, 06:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Greven @ Dec 6 2003, 01:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Ahh well if u guys like it i guess i'll have to try it.... did they add some sorta dive for the new lerk flight model? </td></tr></table>
Hehe... Did they add some sort of dive... Hehe... Yeah, you'll have to try it. Basicly, now you press jump to flap, and when you flap you gain speed toward wherever your crosshairs are facing(if you had a crosshairs that is). So yes, get above a marine, face down and flap and you dive bomb them. You can also fly loops with the right settings. Lerks are a lot of fun now. I've gotten a lot of kills as a silence lerk swooping in, biting heads, and disappearing around a corner before the marines get off more than a couple bullets. I know a lot of people will miss spike, but honestly I don't any more. Lerk is just too much fun as it is now.  </td></tr></table> 
Heh I sorta "discovered" my lerking powah the other day... I can't wait to try it... *drools*, and the Onos has alot more hp (+ hitbox) this is good... He was too weak anyway, and the hitbox doesnt matter because the marines will hit you anyway <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Toschy · December 2003

so rines got lmg(/sg/hmg/gl), pistol, knife, grenade and welder(/mines)... how many stuff they got n their back ^^

Sewlek · December 2003

hmm, i never tried to carry mines + welder. But i guess they r both in slot 4 and u can switch between em.

MrMojo · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Toschy @ Dec 7 2003, 06:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> so rines got lmg(/sg/hmg/gl), pistol, knife, grenade and welder(/mines)... how many stuff they got n their back ^^  </td></tr></table> 
LMG\HMG\SG\GL, Pistol, Knife, Welder, Mines, Grenade.

UNF

Toschy · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MrMojo @ Dec 7 2003, 09:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> LMG\HMG\SG\GL, Pistol, Knife, Welder, Mines, Grenade.  </td></tr></table> 
6 slots?

RabidWeasel · December 2003

You get 1 primary weapon, a pistol, and a knife, and everything else cycles in slot 4, I believe.

Dread · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RabidWeasel @ Dec 7 2003, 05:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> You get 1 primary weapon, a pistol, and a knife, and everything else cycles in slot 4, I believe.  </td></tr></table> 
I don't like that. People hoarding welders, mines and grenades and then they use only one of them. And it reduces the team aspect(one welds, one mines etc)

We'll see what happens.

MrMojo · December 2003

Yes, mines\welder\grenade are all in slot 4.

Anonymous_Coward · December 2003

Edit: Ok, well...

Is that thing accurate? Anyway, it sorta suggests that you can have 1 grenade + welder, or 1 grenade + mines, but not all 3.

Is the grenade replenished by using the Armory, can the comm drop it for a marine, or is there no way to get another one?

Besides the Onos boost, yet again aliens are weakened according to change-log. Can't wait to try it out for 2 weeks and then whine.

Kidding, no whining. I just hope it will still be fun on both sides.

The re-removal of the Gorges from combat kinda sucks though. :/

Final edit: Ok, no more.

Jmmsbnd007 · December 2003

Onos change sounds pretty serious.
I guess this is my cue to start playing again once 3.0 is released <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Sewlek · December 2003

u can carry welder + mines + grenade together. They are all in slot 4 and u have to switch between em.

Quantum_Duck · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Toschy @ Dec 7 2003, 03:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> so rines got lmg(/sg/hmg/gl), pistol, knife, grenade and welder(/mines)... how many stuff they got n their back ^^  </td></tr></table> 
Since the welder is small, you only get one grenade, and the mines come in a small compact pack of some kind, I assume all this stuff fits neatly across the right side of the belt, with the pistol and the knife on the left side. Then the big gun(lmg/shottie/etc) goes across the back and there you go.

Juchel_Zero · December 2003

Onos with 900/500 + better hitbox, now were talking!! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> 1.04 he was like 500/250 or 500/350 with cara and he was so powerfull. How is the armor with lvl 3 cara and how much hmg shots does he take to kill with/without it? How much does regen heals per tick ? Will marines finally begin to fear onos ? fades ?
Does the lerk accelerates faster than before with the new flight model (in straight line, I don't want to hit the ceiling again)?

I think new lerks will own even more in refinery hive hehe <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> .
Oh and the hand grenades will be a welcome addition to marine play. Sometimes comming back from a raven shield game I though:

*gets near a vent*
-Oh! there's a lerk in there.
-Were are my frags?
-Wait I have no frags, darn.
*waits near the vent*

so many questions ...

Winter · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Schimmel @ Dec 7 2003, 02:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> u can carry welder + mines + grenade together. They are all in slot 4 and u have to switch between em.  </td></tr></table> 
Hmph, I thought I read recently (when they announced opening slot four) that you still can't carry both mines and welder. So I assume this recently changed.

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