FF 1.1 Changelog WIP

DrEvil · 10-09-2007, 03:55 PM

Just to keep the community updated on what's going on, and so nobody thinks we aren't working hard towards the patch, I wanted to post to everyone what we've hit on so far in terms of fixes/changes for the upcoming 1.1 patch.

Keep in mind this is a work in progress and is subject to change prior to patch release. I'll do my best to keep it updated as things are done.

Fixed buildable_ondamage and player_ondamage script callbacks.
Fixed kPlayers flag for lua entity collection.
Fixed normal explosion sound being played on top of buildable explosion sound.
Fixed player_spawn callback getting called every time a player executes /kill.
Fixed suicide logic from running when player is already dead.
Fixed score overflow at 32k by increasing size of networked score variable.
Fixed missing voice hud icons.
Fixed player:AddHealth function so it returns expected value. This fixes bug where you can pick up all ammo and armor bags if you weren't full health.
Fixed display is + negative fort points(ie + -100)
Fixed voice column to show chat on/off icons for other teams.
Fixed # leaving off the rest of the string in chat messages if not matched to a localized string.
Fixed disguise "enemy" to choose a random enemy team.
Fixed infection/heal sound to play at appropriate times.
Fixed kill/death messages not showing/tracking.
Fixed tickrate 66 clamp.
Fixed death view slant.
Fixed %l displaying wrong team.
Fixed medkit hit/infection sounds to play properly.
Fixed sentrygun not being able to retarget closer targets
Fixed sentrygun to favor all visible players over buildables(if they got a player as a target they will not target a buildable, regardless of distance)
Added lua callbacks for player_connected & player_disconnected
Added lua SetDamageForce for damageinfo
Added DamageInfo:ScaleDamage function, exposed to lua
Added player_onkill callback for player suicide so scripts can reject it(implemented in ff_hunted)
Added DropToFloor() lua function that takes a base entity.
Added client side spawn weapon cvars to control what weapon you equip on spawn.
Added small spinup to AC so it no longer shoots immediately(and no heat buildup during spinup)
Added buildable & grenade flags to the base trigger class & .fgd
Added a progress bar to spy disguising.
Changed to no blood shooting disguised teammates when ff is off.
Changed AC to reduce HW speed when firing(and not dependent on charge level).
Changed grenade and pipe damage radius up a bit
Changed water exiting push force up a bit.
Changed decals not to draw on players & buildables. Pretty certain this accounted for a majority of client crashes.
Changed a bunch cvars people were using as cheats to cheat.
Changed backpacks to non solid to fix them from blocking doors/elevators.
Changed messagemode and messagemode2 binding to support auto starting the chat message. Ie, bind p "messagemode ^2" will begin the chat mode with ^2 already in the chat box.

Spawn Weapon Cvars

cl_spawnweapon_scout - default nailgun
cl_spawnweapon_sniper - default sniperrifle
cl_spawnweapon_soldier - default rpg
cl_spawnweapon_demoman - default grenadelauncher
cl_spawnweapon_medic - default supernailgun
cl_spawnweapon_hwguy - default assaultcannon
cl_spawnweapon_pyro - default flamethrower
cl_spawnweapon_engineer - default railgun
cl_spawnweapon_spy - default tranq
cl_spawnweapon_civilian - default tommygun

Valid options are: crowbar, medkit, knife, spanner, shotgun, supershotgun, nailgun, supernailgun, grenadelauncher, rpg, sniperrifle, railgun, flamethrower, assaultcannon, autorifle, tranq, pipelauncher, ic, tommygun, deploysentrygun, deploydispenser, deploydetpack, tommygun, umbrella

New chat macros
%d - disguise team and class
%i - name of last person in crosshairs

%sh - sentry health
%sa - sentry ammo
%sv - sentry level
%sl - sentry location

%dh - dispenser health
%da - dispenser ammo
%dl - dispenser location

%pf - detpack fuse time
%pl - detpack location

Added ^# color markup for chat messages.
^0 - ORANGE
^1 - BLUE
^2 - RED
^3 - YELLOW
^4 - GREEN
^5 - WHITE
^6 - BLACK
^7 - GREY
^8 - MAGENTA
^9 - CYAN
^ - terminates last color

^1blue^2red^3yellow^4green^5white^6black^7grey^8ma genta^9cyan^0orange

Nested shiz

^1t^2a^3s^4t^5e ^7t^8h^9e^ r^a^i^n^b^o^w

disable with cl_chat_colorize 0

cl_chat_color_default sets default chat message color(defaults to current orange). it's a string, and takes an RGB, so

cl_chat_color_default "255 170 0"

public_slots_free · 10-09-2007, 05:20 PM

cool. thanks for update

Mikael · 10-09-2007, 05:24 PM

# Added a progress bar to spy disguising.

Awesome

Ihmhi · 10-09-2007, 05:31 PM

The new additions are reflected in The FRA Thread. Blue are confirmed implemented ideas, and red are partially implemented ideas.

I will be trying to keep up to date with the patch changelog so I can keep the FRA Thread up to date in kind.

Stephen · 10-09-2007, 05:45 PM

Thanks for the info

<3 FF

hlstriker · 10-09-2007, 05:49 PM

Nice update list.

The color chat could get really annoying for some people seeing a bunch of rainbow on their screen. Maybe add a cvar to use the color chat or not?

DrEvil · 10-09-2007, 05:52 PM

Yea I'm adding a cvar to disable the chat color stuff. It's unfortunate that with anything useful people are going to abuse it. At least colors won't be usable in your names, like the Q3 engine where you can make your name look like a skittles orgy on the scoreboard.

shadow · 10-09-2007, 06:00 PM

Will it still be possible to abuse the overheat mechanism by holding your gun just under the overheat threshold? (I hope not...)

barronofhellion · 10-09-2007, 06:00 PM

Dospac · 10-09-2007, 06:01 PM

Err, have another think on that one, shadow.

C-Aim · 10-09-2007, 06:05 PM

Sweet! I'm really glad that you are going to add in spawn weapon cvars. Also those new chat macros are cool; especially the spy disguise one.

shadow · 10-09-2007, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dospac

Err, have another think on that one, shadow.

While I do like the bit of skill introduced by the overheat system, it seems to me that the sweet spot right before complete overheat outputs way too much damage (whether from RoF or actual damage). It is not difficult to maintain this level on the overheat mechanism, and any competent HW should be able to do so. It was my belief that the overheat would force HWs to stop shooting every once and a while, and so far it seems to be failing in that regard.

This increased damage makes the HW more powerful than his TFC counterpart, leading more than a few games of ff_dustbowl ruined on the first point when a few HWs form an insurmountable defense
(Often I play the role of the HW here... and by the way the bags around offensive spawn at CP1 are rediculous, full health/armor with near instant respawn? Do I even need to stop shooting at all?

).

mistermojo · 10-09-2007, 07:33 PM

any added maps? like dropdown or congestus

Stephen · 10-09-2007, 07:37 PM

I find that if i'm hitting the sweet spot just before the AC overheats i'm out of ammo in a few seconds anyway.

Alastair · 10-09-2007, 07:45 PM

Great bug fixes and no major gameplay changes. :cheers:

-Alastair

Dospac · 10-09-2007, 07:49 PM

Let's wait for after the patch to talk about it, shadow. The hw and his ac are being rebalanced quite significantly.

barronofhellion · 10-09-2007, 08:39 PM

is there a anti grenade spawn area / nobuild tools yet ????

tu! · 10-09-2007, 08:40 PM

what about the sg locking in midair, is that gonna be tweaked at all?

punkrockrocks · 10-09-2007, 08:50 PM

are the animations for everything done?
like the medkit and the weak shotgun.

barronofhellion · 10-09-2007, 08:52 PM

hehe its not a auto-pump shotgun ? j/k

10-09-2007, 03:55 PM	#1
DrEvil Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	FF 1.1 Changelog WIP Just to keep the community updated on what's going on, and so nobody thinks we aren't working hard towards the patch, I wanted to post to everyone what we've hit on so far in terms of fixes/changes for the upcoming 1.1 patch. Keep in mind this is a work in progress and is subject to change prior to patch release. I'll do my best to keep it updated as things are done. Fixed buildable_ondamage and player_ondamage script callbacks. Fixed kPlayers flag for lua entity collection. Fixed normal explosion sound being played on top of buildable explosion sound. Fixed player_spawn callback getting called every time a player executes /kill. Fixed suicide logic from running when player is already dead. Fixed score overflow at 32k by increasing size of networked score variable. Fixed missing voice hud icons. Fixed player:AddHealth function so it returns expected value. This fixes bug where you can pick up all ammo and armor bags if you weren't full health. Fixed display is + negative fort points(ie + -100) Fixed voice column to show chat on/off icons for other teams. Fixed # leaving off the rest of the string in chat messages if not matched to a localized string. Fixed disguise "enemy" to choose a random enemy team. Fixed infection/heal sound to play at appropriate times. Fixed kill/death messages not showing/tracking. Fixed tickrate 66 clamp. Fixed death view slant. Fixed %l displaying wrong team. Fixed medkit hit/infection sounds to play properly. Fixed sentrygun not being able to retarget closer targets Fixed sentrygun to favor all visible players over buildables(if they got a player as a target they will not target a buildable, regardless of distance) Added lua callbacks for player_connected & player_disconnected Added lua SetDamageForce for damageinfo Added DamageInfo:ScaleDamage function, exposed to lua Added player_onkill callback for player suicide so scripts can reject it(implemented in ff_hunted) Added DropToFloor() lua function that takes a base entity. Added client side spawn weapon cvars to control what weapon you equip on spawn. Added small spinup to AC so it no longer shoots immediately(and no heat buildup during spinup) Added buildable & grenade flags to the base trigger class & .fgd Added a progress bar to spy disguising. Changed to no blood shooting disguised teammates when ff is off. Changed AC to reduce HW speed when firing(and not dependent on charge level). Changed grenade and pipe damage radius up a bit Changed water exiting push force up a bit. Changed decals not to draw on players & buildables. Pretty certain this accounted for a majority of client crashes. Changed a bunch cvars people were using as cheats to cheat. Changed backpacks to non solid to fix them from blocking doors/elevators. Changed messagemode and messagemode2 binding to support auto starting the chat message. Ie, bind p "messagemode ^2" will begin the chat mode with ^2 already in the chat box. Spawn Weapon Cvars cl_spawnweapon_scout - default nailgun cl_spawnweapon_sniper - default sniperrifle cl_spawnweapon_soldier - default rpg cl_spawnweapon_demoman - default grenadelauncher cl_spawnweapon_medic - default supernailgun cl_spawnweapon_hwguy - default assaultcannon cl_spawnweapon_pyro - default flamethrower cl_spawnweapon_engineer - default railgun cl_spawnweapon_spy - default tranq cl_spawnweapon_civilian - default tommygun Valid options are: crowbar, medkit, knife, spanner, shotgun, supershotgun, nailgun, supernailgun, grenadelauncher, rpg, sniperrifle, railgun, flamethrower, assaultcannon, autorifle, tranq, pipelauncher, ic, tommygun, deploysentrygun, deploydispenser, deploydetpack, tommygun, umbrella New chat macros %d - disguise team and class %i - name of last person in crosshairs %sh - sentry health %sa - sentry ammo %sv - sentry level %sl - sentry location %dh - dispenser health %da - dispenser ammo %dl - dispenser location %pf - detpack fuse time %pl - detpack location Added ^# color markup for chat messages. ^0 - ORANGE ^1 - BLUE ^2 - RED ^3 - YELLOW ^4 - GREEN ^5 - WHITE ^6 - BLACK ^7 - GREY ^8 - MAGENTA ^9 - CYAN ^ - terminates last color ^1blue^2red^3yellow^4green^5white^6black^7grey^8ma genta^9cyan^0orange Nested shiz ^1t^2a^3s^4t^5e ^7t^8h^9e^ r^a^i^n^b^o^w disable with cl_chat_colorize 0 cl_chat_color_default sets default chat message color(defaults to current orange). it's a string, and takes an RGB, so cl_chat_color_default "255 170 0" Last edited by DrEvil; 10-19-2007 at 06:21 AM.

10-09-2007, 05:31 PM	#4
Ihmhi [AE] 0112 Ihmhi SJB Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newark, NJ, United States Class/Position: A little bit o' everythin' Gametype: Also a little bit o' everythin' Affiliations: [AE] Asseater, SJB Straight Jacket Brigade Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	The new additions are reflected in The FRA Thread. Blue are confirmed implemented ideas, and red are partially implemented ideas. I will be trying to keep up to date with the patch changelog so I can keep the FRA Thread up to date in kind. __________________ Support FF: Anime: The Thread: Reloaded The one and only anime thread on these here forums. Select the pistol, and then, select your horse. Last edited by Ihmhi; 10-09-2007 at 05:36 PM.

10-09-2007, 08:50 PM	#19
punkrockrocks When patch will out? Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	are the animations for everything done? like the medkit and the weak shotgun. __________________ MAKE MORE ESCAPE MAPS Ingame: punkrock Idle and support #nozoom, #ff.pickup

10-09-2007, 05:20 PM	#2
public_slots_free Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	cool. thanks for update

10-09-2007, 05:24 PM	#3
Mikael Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	# Added a progress bar to spy disguising. Awesome

10-09-2007, 05:45 PM	#5
Stephen Sniper hater. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Thanks for the info <3 FF

10-09-2007, 05:49 PM	#6
hlstriker QUAD ROCKET Server Owner Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Jul 2007 Class/Position: Soldier Gametype: Rocket Jumping Affiliations: -g1 ]qS[ -eC- :e0: [ESAD] Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	Nice update list. The color chat could get really annoying for some people seeing a bunch of rainbow on their screen. Maybe add a cvar to use the color chat or not?

10-09-2007, 05:52 PM	#7
DrEvil Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	Yea I'm adding a cvar to disable the chat color stuff. It's unfortunate that with anything useful people are going to abuse it. At least colors won't be usable in your names, like the Q3 engine where you can make your name look like a skittles orgy on the scoreboard.

10-09-2007, 06:00 PM	#8
shadow Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Will it still be possible to abuse the overheat mechanism by holding your gun just under the overheat threshold? (I hope not...)

10-09-2007, 06:00 PM	#9
barronofhellion Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times

10-09-2007, 06:01 PM	#10
Dospac Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Err, have another think on that one, shadow.

10-09-2007, 06:05 PM	#11
C-Aim Better than Never Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NYC Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Sweet! I'm really glad that you are going to add in spawn weapon cvars. Also those new chat macros are cool; especially the spy disguise one.

10-09-2007, 07:33 PM	#13
mistermojo the pumps dont work Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	any added maps? like dropdown or congestus

10-09-2007, 07:37 PM	#14
Stephen Sniper hater. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I find that if i'm hitting the sweet spot just before the AC overheats i'm out of ammo in a few seconds anyway.

10-09-2007, 07:45 PM	#15
Alastair Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Great bug fixes and no major gameplay changes. :cheers: -Alastair

10-09-2007, 07:49 PM	#16
Dospac Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Let's wait for after the patch to talk about it, shadow. The hw and his ac are being rebalanced quite significantly.

10-09-2007, 08:39 PM	#17
barronofhellion Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	is there a anti grenade spawn area / nobuild tools yet ????

10-09-2007, 08:40 PM	#18
tu! Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	what about the sg locking in midair, is that gonna be tweaked at all?

10-09-2007, 08:52 PM	#20
barronofhellion Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	hehe its not a auto-pump shotgun ? j/k

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