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Altitude Updated

Product Update - Valve

Jul 21, 2011

Gameplay:

Reverse Thrust - reduced energy consumption from 110% recharge rate to 83% recharge rate (planes now recover energy while reversing)
Rubberized Hull - reduced energy loss and turning debuff from EMP by 20%
Biplane (All Forms) - reduced energy loss and turning debuff from EMP by 20%
Biplane (Recoilless) - afterburner effectiveness increased by 14%
Biplane (Recoilless) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 2%
Biplane (Dogfighter) - afterburner effectiveness for stall breaking significantly increased [effectiveness drops linearly from +60% at slow speeds to +0% near cruise speed]
Biplane (Dogfighter) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 2%
Biplane (Heavy Cannon) - primary weapon added piercing third hit (100%, 75%, 45%)
Biplane (Heavy Cannon) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 10%
Miranda (Trickster) - primary weapon (fully charged shot only) reduced damage lost on bounces by 15% (122/98/74 -> 122/102/81)
Miranda (Time Anchor) - (only when carrying big bomb or ball) anchor energy usage increased by 25%

New Beginner Maps - special server configuration tag |beginner| (includes ball_football):

New Midlevel Maps - special server configuration tag |midlevel| (includes beginner maps):

New Expert Maps:

New Plane Skins:

Interface:

Added Map, Time (round duration), and Next Map to award screen
Added "Bomb Camera" spectate option to TBD mode -- press C to toggle Free/Chase/Bomb spectate modes
Added "Chase Specific Player" spectate option -- you can lock the camera to a single player via the score screen (hold TAB to show scores, right click player, choose 'Spectate...')
Added "[Warning] You have been idle for 4 minutes." message (with beep) to help spectators avoid idle kicks
Increased the visibility of the Mouse crosshair and the Keyboard+Mouse orientation cone
New title screen background
Replaced welcome screen buttons with changelog
Friend list: increased visibility of current server and last online time; added buttons for "Join Server" and "Message"; increased max friend count to 200
Friend chat windows (Menu -> Friends) no longer consume the escape key allowing easy toggling between gameplay and chat
If a tournament is in progress, the score screen (TAB) will render the names of participants that are currently spectating with the color of the team they are assigned to
If a tournament is started with even teams and teams become uneven at any point during the tournament a red warning will appear in the top right (Teams: X vs Y)
Spectators can now visually determine which team an acid cloud belongs to (left team's acid is light green, right team's acid is dark green)
Hangar Deck -> Stats has a new row, "Total"

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