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Huge thanks to Piercer™ & Citizenkane for starting the group!

• You should now be able to change between "close to you" and "top players" leaderboards in the main menu.
  
• Server filtering is now working.

• You should now be able to change between "close to you" and "top players" leaderboards in the main menu.
  
• Server filtering is now working.

Added

• Single-player mode: Orbital Trials

General fixes

• Kill streaks will not count team kills.
  
• Fixed Volt Bringer, Quantum Pusher and Explosives Expert so they can be achieved again.
  
• Kills made by turrets shows up properly in the frag scroll.
  
• Fixed hitbox for shredder. Changed from a sphere with radius 0.5 to Capsule with radius 0.1 and height 4.8.
  
• Default score limit for Deathmatch is now 300, up from 100.
  
• Players will no longer drop down in weird angles when running over edges.

Level fixes

• Fixed zero gravity spot under right platform in Orange skies.
  
• Orbital Warfare level Horizons have new platform layout to reduce base camping.
  
• Aurora got a faded background so it is easier to focus on the game without being confused by the background.

Weapon balancing

• Phase Orb starts ammo decreased to 1, down from 2.
  
• Phase Orb max ammo decreased to 2, down from 4.
  
• Pulse explosion damage decreased to 34, down from 44.
  
• Hornets ammo refill from energy cores increased to 7, up from 4.
  
• Hornets ammo refill from reload increased to 18, up from 12.

Weapon visuals

• Discharger hit effect updated.
  
• Pulse hit players effect updated.
  
• Flak hit building effect updated.
  
• Pulse hit building effect updated.
  
• Shredder hit building effect updated.
  
• Shredder shot enter planet updated.
  
• Shredder shot exit planet updated.
  
• Nail hit planet effect updated.

Added

• Single-player mode: Orbital Trials

General fixes

• Kill streaks will not count team kills.
  
• Fixed Volt Bringer, Quantum Pusher and Explosives Expert so they can be achieved again.
  
• Kills made by turrets shows up properly in the frag scroll.
  
• Fixed hitbox for shredder. Changed from a sphere with radius 0.5 to Capsule with radius 0.1 and height 4.8.
  
• Default score limit for Deathmatch is now 300, up from 100.
  
• Players will no longer drop down in weird angles when running over edges.

Level fixes

• Fixed zero gravity spot under right platform in Orange skies.
  
• Orbital Warfare level Horizons have new platform layout to reduce base camping.
  
• Aurora got a faded background so it is easier to focus on the game without being confused by the background.

Weapon balancing

• Phase Orb starts ammo decreased to 1, down from 2.
  
• Phase Orb max ammo decreased to 2, down from 4.
  
• Pulse explosion damage decreased to 34, down from 44.
  
• Hornets ammo refill from energy cores increased to 7, up from 4.
  
• Hornets ammo refill from reload increased to 18, up from 12.

Weapon visuals

• Discharger hit effect updated.
  
• Pulse hit players effect updated.
  
• Flak hit building effect updated.
  
• Pulse hit building effect updated.
  
• Shredder hit building effect updated.
  
• Shredder shot enter planet updated.
  
• Shredder shot exit planet updated.
  
• Nail hit planet effect updated.

Added:

• Shield now has a fading animation when spawning and dying.
  
• Shield now has an visual effect playing when it's being hit.
  
• Quick Play buttons are now more visible and has new graphics.
  
• Discharger has a new graphics at the end of the Lightning Line.
  
• Basic support for dedicated servers has been added, a complete guide will be posted in another thread.
  
• Steam Cloud support has been added for the Options file, it should no longer be reset whenever we patch.

Changes:

• Euthanasia now requires you to deal damage within 3 seconds before the out-of-bounds death.

Fixes:

• Issues with player health desync should be resolved, this means that you should always get points for a kill, never encounter invisible players etc.
  
• Added error popup when trying to join a full server.
  
• Satellite Turrets will now always fire at enemies.
  
• Utility ammo will now update on non-server clients.
  
• Shield should now properly block all blockable projectiles.
  
• When joining a server which has been running for a while there should no longer be loads non-interactable Energy Cores scattered all over the map.
  
• Font size in the score screen reduces to facilitate more populated servers.
  
• Obliterator achievement should now work in all game modes.
  
• Fixed issue with Mac fullscreen.
  
• Nailgun will shoot down other projectiles again
  
• Issues with the Euthanasia achievement has been resolved so it should once again be earnable.
  
• An engine-related memory leak has been resolved.

Balance

• Discharger cooldown decreased to 0.9, down from 1
  
• Shredder shots lifetime decreased to 0.2, down from 0.5
  
• Shredder shots knockback decreased to 0.8, down from 2
  
• Phase orb now has stronger pull
  
• Phase orb DPS increased to 220, up from 200

Added:

• Shield now has a fading animation when spawning and dying.
  
• Shield now has an visual effect playing when it's being hit.
  
• Quick Play buttons are now more visible and has new graphics.
  
• Discharger has a new graphics at the end of the Lightning Line.
  
• Basic support for dedicated servers has been added, a complete guide will be posted in another thread.
  
• Steam Cloud support has been added for the Options file, it should no longer be reset whenever we patch.

Changes:

• Euthanasia now requires you to deal damage within 3 seconds before the out-of-bounds death.

Fixes:

• Issues with player health desync should be resolved, this means that you should always get points for a kill, never encounter invisible players etc.
  
• Added error popup when trying to join a full server.
  
• Satellite Turrets will now always fire at enemies.
  
• Utility ammo will now update on non-server clients.
  
• Shield should now properly block all blockable projectiles.
  
• When joining a server which has been running for a while there should no longer be loads non-interactable Energy Cores scattered all over the map.
  
• Font size in the score screen reduces to facilitate more populated servers.
  
• Obliterator achievement should now work in all game modes.
  
• Fixed issue with Mac fullscreen.
  
• Nailgun will shoot down other projectiles again
  
• Issues with the Euthanasia achievement has been resolved so it should once again be earnable.
  
• An engine-related memory leak has been resolved.

Balance

• Discharger cooldown decreased to 0.9, down from 1
  
• Shredder shots lifetime decreased to 0.2, down from 0.5
  
• Shredder shots knockback decreased to 0.8, down from 2
  
• Phase orb now has stronger pull
  
• Phase orb DPS increased to 220, up from 200

Fixes:

• More frequent network updates which should result in smoother movement of players and projectiles.
  
• New Booster effect.
  
• New Jump effect.
  
• The Kasainami wave should now use way less bandwidth and will look smoother when it travels along planets.
  
• Added a version number display in the upper left corner in the main menu.
  
• Corrected some level names.
  
• Destroying projectiles with other projectiles or shields should now again be functional.
  
• Utility ammo should now work for clients as well.
  
• Suicides are now properly counted.
  
• The "Horizons" map had one of its building names corrected.
  
• "Edge of Viod" map name corrected to "Edge of Void"
  
• Edge of Void Cube spawn points fixed.

Fixes:

• More frequent network updates which should result in smoother movement of players and projectiles.
  
• New Booster effect.
  
• New Jump effect.
  
• The Kasainami wave should now use way less bandwidth and will look smoother when it travels along planets.
  
• Added a version number display in the upper left corner in the main menu.
  
• Corrected some level names.
  
• Destroying projectiles with other projectiles or shields should now again be functional.
  
• Utility ammo should now work for clients as well.
  
• Suicides are now properly counted.
  
• The "Horizons" map had one of its building names corrected.
  
• "Edge of Viod" map name corrected to "Edge of Void"
  
• Edge of Void Cube spawn points fixed.