La liste complète des changements se trouve dans la suite de la nouvelle.
The beta 1.3 will be released during today
Main changes:
-Storm Elite Exp title with experimental gameplay (more info below)
-Modes and script libraries updates and features (more info below)
-Performance optimization with many players
-Netcode optimization for snapshot delta time
-Avoid newly introduced lags when a new player connected
-Laser bug on the sky removed (*)
-New blocs like pillars on water, more diverse rempart bridges and dirt paths
-Ladder points at first match if player stay until the end of the match
-Opponent and ally colors in options (colorblind friendly)
-Free camera in spectator (double tap key 7)
Other changes
Gameplay:
-Most changes are made in Elite Exp title
-Beacon fade when behind a wall, and size depends on the distance. New icon, but have to be improved.
-Hit boxes are a little smaller
-fixed the castle bloc using wrong gameplay surface
-faster swimming acceleration
Visual:
-More bullet marks at same rendering cost
-Little improve on Nucleus vs wall rendering
Audio:
-music stopped shortly after loading a new map
-improved water splashes, rocket trail positioning, footsteps
Network:
-reduction of the bandwidth used for sending the inputs
-improvement of the bandwidth used by the server
p2p:
-better preloading of forcedmods and musics
-cache the server map more often to avoid redownloading
Titles:
-make included replays and maps appear in the lists.
-better housecleaning when switching from title to title
Script:
-Can now use autoswitch when default weapon is not Rocket
Dedicated server:
-fix planet transactions in SM
-fixed SetForcedMusic() and SetForcedMods()
-fixed ForceSpector(), forcespectatortargett() and ForceTeam()
-Added GetCurrentWinnerTeam(), and added it to the ManiaPlanet.EndMatch() callback.
Editor:
-New macroblock save system. The hierarchy of macroblocks now depends on the paths of files.
-Various crash fixes and improvements (delete and backspace keys in copy-paste mode, grid helper, offzone copy...)
-For plugins: new Layer interface, similar to the one used in game modes
Various:
-Restart no longer needed at download of a new title by the updater
-Screenshots (F10) & Videos output to 'ScreenShots' folder
-Fix graphic driver crash recovery
-Other crash fixes (during loading, painter, ...)
-Optims: for script network replication, for server manialink pages, when players had many different skins ...
-Fix jittering of animations (clouds, grass, tree leaves) on old server
-Performance improved on players/cars shadows
-Fixed: the 'Ok' button of the dialog box for the firewall check at Start of the game
Elite Exp
Title
-Dedicated title to test Elite evolutions.
-Automatically pushed to beta testers.
-beginning of icons system to display info in the game (instead of texts)
-players made maps to help discover player made stuff (note: they already have newer/better versions or will have)
script
-optional: Add checkpoints to define the pole capture time with "nb checkpoints" seconds. Each checkpoint took reduce the pole capture time.
-3 rockets for defense instead of 4
-More stamina for defense
-New toss system (see below for more info)
-Some fixes under test (see below for more info)
Gameplay
- Ability to destroy rockets with laser
- Laser jump (on tech material like powerpath)
- Variable Jump (depending on how long you keep jump input down)
- Wall jumps (on castle walls)
- Changes in inertia tunings (keep more speed and lose less while turning)
- Time under witch you re-jump decrease (less unwated re-jump)
Modes
General:
-Creation of a basic game mode (BasicMode.Script.txt) from wich other modes can easely extend
All modes:
-Use the correct sound for messages
-Use the new Rules library to display the rules
Joust:
- Code cleaning
- The player's poles are reset if he falls in an offzone or respawns
Heroes/Elite Exp:
-New toss system.
-At the beginning of the match a team is drawn. Then this team choose if she wants to defend or attack first on the first map.
-On the second map it's the turn of the other team to decide.
-It's the team with the best goal average who decides how to start on the last map. Third on a best of 3 for example, if played.
Battle:
-The server goes to next map instead of keeping to throw an error if the map played doesn't have the same number of poles for each team
-Fixed: The scores table doesn't pop up automatically at the end of the rounds and matches
-Fixed: The intro of the map is not played
Time Attack:
- Fixed: no ladder points awarded at the end of the map
- Extends from the new ModeBase script
- Use the Layers library to handle the UI
- Use the Chrono library to handle the timer
- Code cleaning
- Show the ranking of the first three players on the spawn screen
Melee:
- Use the Layers library to handle the UI
- Show the ranking of the first three players on the spawn screen
Royal:
- Extends from the new ModeBase script
- Show the ranking of the first three players on the spawn screen
Siege:
- Extends from the new ModeBase script
- Autobalance team added to the options
- Fixed: Use the spectator mode to respawn during the attack phase even after loosing all its armors.
Heroes/Elite Exp:
- Fixed: can't take a slot in the line up for no apparent reason
- Fixed: Attacker eliminated and pole captured at the same time
- Fixed: A player can't take the place of a ready player in the line up
- Fixed: The next map vote now behave correctly (but a restart map vote
still restart the match)
- Display the name of the player who elimated the attacker in Elite
Library:
- (Rules) New library to display the rules in the spawn screen
- (Toss) New library for the toss system (see heroes/elite)
- (Chrono) New library to create timers
- (Achievements) New library to manage achievements during a game
- (Layers) The library is now compatible with Spectators
- (WarmUp) The library now include the line-up management module (as in Elite and Heroes)
- (WaitingList) Performances optimization
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