Changelog, if you want to read it before downloading:
[shock] Onslaught related:
- Added bSmoothKarmaStateUpdates to Actor to control whether Karma interpolates between states
- Added bRepulseWater to KRepulsors and enabled this for Hovercraft
- Added bFlyingKarma to Pawn to indicate PHYS_Karma is active but pawn rotation should still be handled like PHYS_Flying
- SVehicleFactories now store a reference to their marker as MyMarker
- Added bCanHover to Vehicle to indicate a vehicle that can use HoverPathNodes to fly over water.
- Added water damage support to Vehicle so that vehicles will take damage when under water.
- Karma now collides correctly with inverted terrain - courtesy James Golding
- Increased the extra linear dampening for Karma in water from 0.8 to 2.5 and angular dampening from 0.1 to 0.4
- Moved RepulsorsShouldHit function to ONSVehicle where it should be.
- Added support for PowerCores and PowerNodes triggering events when created and destroyed.
- Cleaned up PowerCore energy beam effect when PowerCores are not present in the map.
- Added bDriverCannotLeaveVehicle flag in ONSVehicle for vehicles you can't get out of but instead will try to flip you upright when you press USE if the vehicle is flipped.
- Added bNeverActivate to ONSVehicleFactory that can be set by mods that want to use Onslaught maps but not factories.
- Fixed a bug in ONSWeapon that used the primary fire projectile class for alt-fire instead of the alt-fire version.
- Moved daredevil code server-side to avoid horrible cheating and the ability to mod/mutate features based on daredevil tricks.
- Reversable vehicle factories will work correctly when sides are swapped.
- Fixed midgame menu popping up when watching an Onslaught demo if the viewed player dies
- Fixed camera rotation being changed when switching between first and third person view in a manta
- Fixed target/ion painter ammo issues
- Fixed bug in stunt mutator where vehicles would be accelerated in their local downward Z when holding the jump warmup while in air.
- Onslaught turrets cannot damage PowerCores or PowerNodes
- Onslaught vehicles take a very small amount of damage over time when on fire and there is no driver
- Fixed players always spawning at own PowerCore after sides are swapped.
- Fixed problem where bots weren't spawning at the nodes they are defending.
General Game play:
- More script warning fixes
- Fixed armor loop in GameInfo.ReduceDamage() properly handling armor getting destroyed while absorbing damage
- Invasion monsters never use default character mesh
- Fixed CTFSquadAI.FindHidePathFor()
- Make sure always add armor using Pawn.AddShieldStrength()
- Fixed ShieldAbsorb() armor damage absorption to produce consistent results in all situations
- Fixed spawning of physicsvolume entry and exit actors, as well as splash sounds, and made them client side.
- Added WaterSplash, used for projectiles and pawns
- Added SplashEffect property and CheckForSplash() function to WeaponAttachment, so instant hit weapons can cause splashes
- Added BulletSplash, used for trace weapons
- Landing sounds no longer stomp on splash sounds
- Added WaterRing - spawned while pawn is walking in water, or center of pawn enters water (new PawnEntryActor property in PhysicsVolume)
- Fixed pawn visible rotation lagging too far behind actual rotation (because of head/torso twist support)
- Fixed bots going after nearby dropped inventory that they couldn't pick up
- Fixed some dynamic uploads (which could cause occasional hitching during gameplay)
- Fixed getting proper ammo count when picking up dropped weapon and already have ammo but no weapon of that type
- Fixed SquadLeader getting set to none if everyone in squad is in a turret
- HUD weapon bar bShowMissingWeaponInfo now config, so is properly saved
- Fixed CTFSquadAI finding flagholder when holder is in vehicle
- Fixed "Use Map Defaults" for bots can result in uneven teams in some maps
- [USE] will only bring up the mid-game menu in ONS games
- Fix for custom models crashing the single player game.
- Fixed TracerProjectile location setting after near miss sound effect
- Fixed BR bomb trail position in multiplayer
- Added Instagib CTF as standalone gametype
- Allow chatting when the game is paused.
- No longer catch own weapon when thrown while running forward
- Fixed weapons checking if they were out of ammo when they weren't the active weapon (which was causing undesired switching to best weapon)
Menus:
- Server browser filters have been reworked to be easier to use.
- Localized "New News" message
- Added localized IRC channels for French and German.
- Added a flashing messages when there is new community news.
- Movie Panel.
Networking Related:
- Various Web Admin style fixes
- Don't load non-default voicepacks on dedicated server
- Fixed server enforcement of maxresponsetime, and make sure clients don't trip it accidentally
- Fixed speedhack detection false positives
- Increased NetPriority of controlled ONSWeaponPawns
- Fixed client-side game time getting screwed up
- Improved jumping/dodging/etc. not getting lost when there's significant packet loss
- Fixed Cheat protect to view most voicepacks as ok
- Fixed *hopefully* the ServerBrowser locking packages and tripping cheat protection.
- Don't spawn votinghandler and votingreplicationinfos for servers which don't have voting enabled (slight performance improvement for those servers)
- TeamInfo and SquadAI have lower netupdatefrequency (for server performance). Set NetUpdateTime whenever a replicated property is updated to get it replicated immediately.
- Make sure that mutators are properly reported to master server
- Made ServerShortTimeout() replicated function reliable
- MasterServerUplink now caches calls to GetServerInfo and GetServerDetails.
- Onslaught server performance improvements:
- vehicle packed state struct updates don't set bNetDirty
- don't update vehicle SoundPitch on dedicated servers
- improved WebProjectile net performance
- added bIsAwake and bHasBeenAwake flags to ONSVehicle, used for packed state replication
- Fixed replication conditions for a bunch of vehicle/projectile properties, changed from bNetDirty to bNetInitial
- Fixed NetworkStatusMessages once and for all
- Reenabled temp. MD5 database generation for loaded packages on a server
- Fixed "flying player" exploit.
- Fixed keeping high translocator trajectory persistent across online level changes.
Mod Author Related:
- Fix for the UCL not exporting bug.
- Fix for .INT files in mod hierarchy, Removed Temp MD5 Warning Message.
- Call PostRender2D() on own pawn as well (mod authors can decide not to render custom beacon)
- Added LevelInfo native function GetPhysicsVolume() - returns the physics volume at a specified location
- Added actor property bTraceWater. If true, trace() by this actor returns collisions with water volumes
- Added support for strafing while on ladders, if the LadderVolume property bAllowLadderStrafing is set true (still false by default)
- Fix for log files and -MOD= switch
- Fix for cache manager exporting ucl files when it shouldn't
- Fixed LoadDecoText
- Use CrouchedPct instead of WalkingPct for crouched pawns
- Vehicle function NumPassengers() now simulated so it can be called on clients
- Made Destroy() function call in ONSVehicle state code indirect (for debugger)
- Fixed localization for mod support
- Now support multiple music directories
- Save Games fixed, with the following limitations:
- ragdolls aren't serialized
- animations aren't serialized (but uses simanim to save channel 0)
- must run UT2004 with -makenames option, or set bSupportSaveGames true in LevelInfo
- added Actor events PreSaveGame() and PostLoadSavedGame()
- Render hud overlays[] on DM_Low clients also
Editor:
3D Buzz Editor Enhancements (Thanks to our friends at
www.3dbuzz.com ! Check out their UT2004 mod author video tutorials at
http://sv3.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/unr_main.php )
- Maximize Viewports fixed
- Static Mesh Create From Selected added
- Splitter bar between Viewport and props in SM viewer fixed.
- Button to snap view to frame the current mesh added
- Option to auto-snap view on mesh change
- Added realtime preview to the SM browser.
- New Array tool for quickly adding actors.
Engine/General:
- Fogging is based on camera position rather than pawn head position (important for third person camera while pawn is submerged)
- Removed D3D9Drv.dll and default.ini from patch
- Fixed bug reporting address for Italian, Spanish, and French localized versions.
- Fixed "Intersect Function" crash from first patch.
- Fixed mousewheel input on Win64.
- Removed some pre-release debugging that was still enabled[/shock]