Natural Selection 2 - UWE.Strayan (NS2HD)


Hit targets harder, and join games faster. The Aim to Please update has been released! This update includes great new hit-detection, better play-now options, and a host of other improvements to Natural Selection 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfa5hmTWDNs

Find out more on the Aim to Please update page and find a full change-log on the Natural Selection 2 blog!
Natural Selection 2 - Hugh


Hit targets harder, and join games faster. The Aim to Please update has been released! This update includes great new hit-detection, better play-now options, and a host of other improvements to Natural Selection 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfa5hmTWDNs

Find out more on the Aim to Please update page and find a full change-log on the Natural Selection 2 blog!
Natural Selection 2 - Ghoul


Hi everyone.

One of the things we're actively trying to improve is the way we communicate with the community. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to reach us and each other.

As well as continuing to use Trello, we've started up a new Trello Board for our activities to allow you to follow our development progress. We will continue to use the UWE forum and the UWE development blog to post announcements and interact, but we think there is now a new faster, more fluid way we can communicate in the future.

Discord is a relatively new chat & voice service. It's a combination of Slack, Skype & Teamspeak all in one. We've been testing if for a few months as Subnautica use it for playtesting, and now we think it's reach the stage where we can open up the new official Natural Selection 2 Discord server to everyone.

If you want to have a direct chat with us or other members of the community, join up at https://discord.gg/0TKQwZWu7JDk5Lm8 - don't forget to claim your account. There are great Desktop & Mobile apps available if you don't want to use a web browser tab. It's all free.

We recently started a new NS2 feedback forum. This feedback forum will help us to gather your ideas and bug reports.

So far we received 64 ideas and 6 bug reports! We would never thought about some of those ideas and are very thankful that you decided to share them with us.

At the moment we are looking into implementing 9 of the most popular ideas while we already work on one idea. Of the 6 reported bugs 1 was fixed, 4 were known internally and 1 was added to our bug tracker.

We hope that these new communication channels allow more people to get involved in Natural Selection 2 development. Thanks!
Natural Selection 2 - Ghoul


Hi everyone.

One of the things we're actively trying to improve is the way we communicate with the community. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to reach us and each other.

As well as continuing to use Trello, we've started up a new Trello Board for our activities to allow you to follow our development progress. We will continue to use the UWE forum and the UWE development blog to post announcements and interact, but we think there is now a new faster, more fluid way we can communicate in the future.

Discord is a relatively new chat & voice service. It's a combination of Slack, Skype & Teamspeak all in one. We've been testing if for a few months as Subnautica use it for playtesting, and now we think it's reach the stage where we can open up the new official Natural Selection 2 Discord server to everyone.

If you want to have a direct chat with us or other members of the community, join up at https://discord.gg/0TKQwZWu7JDk5Lm8 - don't forget to claim your account. There are great Desktop & Mobile apps available if you don't want to use a web browser tab. It's all free.

We recently started a new NS2 feedback forum. This feedback forum will help us to gather your ideas and bug reports.

So far we received 64 ideas and 6 bug reports! We would never thought about some of those ideas and are very thankful that you decided to share them with us.

At the moment we are looking into implementing 9 of the most popular ideas while we already work on one idea. Of the 6 reported bugs 1 was fixed, 4 were known internally and 1 was added to our bug tracker.

We hope that these new communication channels allow more people to get involved in Natural Selection 2 development. Thanks!
Dec 8, 2015
Natural Selection 2 - UWE.Strayan (NS2HD)


Here's a cool little feature for all the clever modders and mappers out there: The Trim Tool. This tool allows you to create complex map details, fast. Trevor has put together a great video that explains what it does, and how it works:

https://youtu.be/qIxRkvdYQ6w

Read more about the Trim Tool, and Trevor's other ideas for future Spark features, on the NS2 blog.

This tiny little update has been produced by a brand new NS2 'build' system, called Sky Marshal. There's a small chance it will not work properly. If we have broken the game, please Tweet at us or make a fuss on the forums. We can and will revert the update very quickly if something has gone wrong.
Dec 8, 2015
Natural Selection 2 - Hugh


Here's a cool little feature for all the clever modders and mappers out there: The Trim Tool. This tool allows you to create complex map details, fast. Trevor has put together a great video that explains what it does, and how it works:

https://youtu.be/qIxRkvdYQ6w

Read more about the Trim Tool, and Trevor's other ideas for future Spark features, on the NS2 blog.

This tiny little update has been produced by a brand new NS2 'build' system, called Sky Marshal. There's a small chance it will not work properly. If we have broken the game, please Tweet at us or make a fuss on the forums. We can and will revert the update very quickly if something has gone wrong.
Oct 15, 2015
Natural Selection 2 - UWE.Strayan (NS2HD)


One of the biggest complaints we read in the forums and steam reviews has always been “why are my load times so long?”. For some it was infuriating to load the game and wait 4+ minutes to load a level, especially when staring at a loading-screen. It can sometimes feel like an eternity. Build 276 is a great leap forward towards resolving this issue.

By taking precompiled data and shipping it with the build, it allows your machine to not have to work through each of the individual files like before and so saves time getting you into the game. Prior to Build 276, a fresh install of NS2 could take over 4.5min or longer to load into a map for the very first time on traditional HDDs. This is now reduced significantly to around 2.5min. While this is still not perfect, it makes huge strides towards solving the issue for good. Where you will notice the most change is in load time after the initial loading process. On average all traditional HDDs should see a map load time of around 46sec, down from 1.5min or more, with SSDs being even faster again. Remember that everyone’s experience may be different, but you will notice a decrease in load times none the less.

Despite it’s small download footprint there is a lot more under the hood of this patch included in the changelog below, and there is still more to come! With the anniversary of Natural Selection fast approaching, we will be releasing one more patch to get into the spirit of the season and introduce some minor balance tweaks and more updates/fixes to our editor tools!

– Dillon (“WasabiOne”)

See the full update changelog on the Natural Selection 2 blog.
Oct 15, 2015
Natural Selection 2 - Hugh


One of the biggest complaints we read in the forums and steam reviews has always been “why are my load times so long?”. For some it was infuriating to load the game and wait 4+ minutes to load a level, especially when staring at a loading-screen. It can sometimes feel like an eternity. Build 276 is a great leap forward towards resolving this issue.

By taking precompiled data and shipping it with the build, it allows your machine to not have to work through each of the individual files like before and so saves time getting you into the game. Prior to Build 276, a fresh install of NS2 could take over 4.5min or longer to load into a map for the very first time on traditional HDDs. This is now reduced significantly to around 2.5min. While this is still not perfect, it makes huge strides towards solving the issue for good. Where you will notice the most change is in load time after the initial loading process. On average all traditional HDDs should see a map load time of around 46sec, down from 1.5min or more, with SSDs being even faster again. Remember that everyone’s experience may be different, but you will notice a decrease in load times none the less.

Despite it’s small download footprint there is a lot more under the hood of this patch included in the changelog below, and there is still more to come! With the anniversary of Natural Selection fast approaching, we will be releasing one more patch to get into the spirit of the season and introduce some minor balance tweaks and more updates/fixes to our editor tools!

– Dillon (“WasabiOne”)

See the full update changelog on the Natural Selection 2 blog.
Aug 25, 2015
Natural Selection 2 - UWE.Strayan (NS2HD)


The Natural Selection League (NSL) has opened signups for two new NS events: A Newcomer Tournament, and NSL Season 7. These events cater to a wide range of skill levels, and will provide a more organised play experience than public games can deliver.

Natural Selection 2 comes alive when played in an organised environment. Teamwork, voice-communications, and the pressure of playing for a title all come to the fore.



The Newcomer Tournament is aimed at those with less competitive NS2 experience, who are looking to try a more organised play style. Matches will take place on September 19th and 20th. Anyone that does not play in the NSL or AusNS2 leagues is welcome to join up.

It’s not necessary to have a team to play. The NSL will organise everyone into teams (how’s that for service?). That means it is possible to sign up to the Newcomer Tournament as a single player. Sign up to the Newcomer Tournament using the signup form. Detailed information about how the competition will work is also available in the NSL’s help document.



The Natural Selection League has a hallowed history, having operated since the early days of Natural Selection 1 in the early 2000’s. Now, season 7 is here. This is the defining competitive NS2 event – The best players and the best teams come together across multiple, skill-ranked divisions.

Signing up for the NSL requires having an account on the http://www.ensl.org/ website. Once you have an account, there are instructions for team-creation in the NSL announcement post.

As with the Newcomer Tournament, the NSL will handle organisation and skill-ranking. It’s time to play in some organised 6v6s, sign up now!
Aug 25, 2015
Natural Selection 2 - Hugh


The Natural Selection League (NSL) has opened signups for two new NS events: A Newcomer Tournament, and NSL Season 7. These events cater to a wide range of skill levels, and will provide a more organised play experience than public games can deliver.

Natural Selection 2 comes alive when played in an organised environment. Teamwork, voice-communications, and the pressure of playing for a title all come to the fore.



The Newcomer Tournament is aimed at those with less competitive NS2 experience, who are looking to try a more organised play style. Matches will take place on September 19th and 20th. Anyone that does not play in the NSL or AusNS2 leagues is welcome to join up.

It’s not necessary to have a team to play. The NSL will organise everyone into teams (how’s that for service?). That means it is possible to sign up to the Newcomer Tournament as a single player. Sign up to the Newcomer Tournament using the signup form. Detailed information about how the competition will work is also available in the NSL’s help document.



The Natural Selection League has a hallowed history, having operated since the early days of Natural Selection 1 in the early 2000’s. Now, season 7 is here. This is the defining competitive NS2 event – The best players and the best teams come together across multiple, skill-ranked divisions.

Signing up for the NSL requires having an account on the http://www.ensl.org/ website. Once you have an account, there are instructions for team-creation in the NSL announcement post.

As with the Newcomer Tournament, the NSL will handle organisation and skill-ranking. It’s time to play in some organised 6v6s, sign up now!
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