4 de agosto

7.4 "Mega Content Patch" update is here!

7.4 was just made available to all players. It has a ton of new content, improvements, and fixes.

• You can now choose the team setting 'Random', which will shuffle between 2 Team and FFA modes.
  
• You can now choose the mode setting 'Random + Expert', which will select a random mode including the more complex Expert modes. A good way to add some variety to your rooms if you've been playing for a while and are comfortable with advanced rule sets.

• Allow Time Limit Options (makes default time limit options appear in match settings)
  
• Score Limit Option (displays specified score limit option in match settings)
  
• Round Victory Limit Option (same, with round victories)
  
• Time Limit Option (same, with time limits)
  
• DefaultRoundVictoryLimit2P...12P (specifies default round victory limit based on number of players if mode is rotated to via Random mode settings)
  
• UseCumulativeScore (makes match victory dependent on sum of round scores, useful when making elimination hybrid modes like Headhunter

• Attrition and Headhunter are now part of the Classic modes, so they'll pop up during default random mode rotation
  
• Grand Prix removed from Classic modes, is now part of Expert modes
  
• Headhunter is now FFA only
  
• Nerfed homing ball strength
  
• Homing on friendly target is much stronger
  
• Increased aim proximity requirement for selecting friendy player as homing target
  
• Pooled some 3D score text objects and Kill Log items to prevent frame hiccups
  
• Added new cylinder mesh to Capture Point to increase visibility (especially when particles are turned off in video settings)
  
• Removed lock-on that prevents homing target from changing after reaching certain charge threshold
  
• Checkpoints new cylinder mesh, and do a better job of fading in and out
  
• Removed extraneous ‘First to 1’ header text in Hunter v Hunted and Hoop Defense modes
  
• Fixed random Elimination FFA matches not using the correct round victory limit (3)
  
• Fixed Kart Race summing all participants’ scores instead of using leader score
  
• Match Settings will load default score limit when changing game mode even if that new mode has a score limit option that matches the currently loaded limit (prevening things like inadvertently setting a Hoops match to 100 if switching from a Super Ball match with limit 100)
  
• Fixed switching teams making you ineligible to vote on match settings
  
• Bots can prioritize the Super Ball if a KO with it is worth more points
  
• Fixed admin Kick function kicking all players in room
  
• Team / FFA rule is incorporated into main score subtitle (e.g. “Team Deathmatch”)
  
• Headhunter has match score limit (via useCumulativeScore), not a set number of rounds
  
• Added hard limit of 18 for maxTeamPlayers custom rule
  
• Announcer Says ‘round won’ when you complete an arcade level
  
• Fixed bot lighting in Chasm
  
• Fixed jetpack particles on Bots not synching to clients
  
• Fixed error in sometimes initializing perk progress items before stats were downloaded, resulting in extraneous progress notifications
  
• Fixed VO clips sometimes overlapping
  
• Better prioritization of VO clips - multiKill > rare trick shots > rampage > on Fire > extinguish > 4+ streak > random taunt > common trick shots > 2+ streak
  
• Easy Bots speed restriction is now overridden by Behavior Zones, allowing them to jump across gaps
  
• Fixed inventory display counts not updating when returning to inventory after crafting
  
• Fixed hyphens being disallowed in player names

2 de agosto

First Announcer Pack available from workshop!

A short time ago I added support for custom announcer packs. Now, the first one has been completed and is a highly recommended (and free) download! It's by Videogre and here's the preview video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURBUbrEP8M

It's very simple to add to your game - just go to its workshop item page (below), click Subscribe, then next time you launch the game you'll have it available to select within Options / Audio / Announcer:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=730417152

If you want to submit your own pack, it's straightforward and the instructions are in this guide:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=425217999

(Friendly reminder that copyrighted material is prohibited)

I'm also very close to releasing version 7.4 which is a huge content patch including many new game modes & two new levels. Will post another announcement when that's ready!

Erik