Inhoud eerste patch Unreal Tournament III bekend gemaakt

[Mr. BlueZone]

Unreal Tournament 3 is nog maar net een dag uit en er is al nieuws over een patch. Gameplayperikelen, AI-storingen, server browser, interface etc.: alles moet er aan geloven.

Gameplay:

• - Fixed scaling of certain player meshes (increased in size some human and
• robot meshes). *Addresses meshes being smaller than collision box, as well as
• eyeheight issues.
• - Fixed feigning death into/through ForcedDirVolumes.
• - Fixed grenade effects in water.
• - Increased hellbender rear turret damage.
• - Reduced Goliath machine gun spread, plus slight damage increase.
• - Fixed warfare scoring for locking down a prime node not called "prime
• node".
• - Slightly increased momentum taken for damage by mantas and vipers.
• - Flak, Rocket, and Shock do slightly more damage to manta and viper.
• - Made sure Hellfire SPMA cannon can't fire through walls.
• - Increased incoming SPMA fire sound radius.
• - Fixed impact jumping with hoverboard.
• - Fixed bot Pawns losing their PRI at the end of the match, causing them to,
• among other things, be invisible
• - Fixed being able to switch away from the rocket launcher in the delay
• between the third rocket being loaded and the weapon autofiring.

AI:

• - Improved bot AI with darkwalker.
• - Tweaked bot voice message frequencies.
• - Bot aiming tweaks.
• - Fixed bots attacking friendly player in rare cases when that player recently
• stole an enemy vehicle.
• - Fixed bots not handling the "Hold This Position" order correctly when the
• player giving the order is in a multi-person vehicle.

Demo playback:

• - Fixed demo playback not ending/looping correctly when the demo ends due to
• the DemoRecSpectator being destroyed before the end of the file is reached.
• - Demos can now be paused.
• - By default, demo playback now runs at full speed and interpolates in between
• demo frames using the normal client simulation code. The old frame-locked
• method is still available by passing ?disallowinterp. Timedemos are unaffected
• by this change.
• - Fixed demoplay URL parsing counting the options as part of the filename
• unless an extension was specified in the demo name
• - Added a "Delete Demo" button to the demo playback menu.
• - Demo playback now properly handles rotation when viewing a Pawn in first
• person.
• - Fixed looking around while spectating a vehicle.

Server Browser:

• - Implemented "Server History" tab page in server browser, with ability to
• "lock" favorites on that page.
• - Added 'Join as spectator' feature.
• - Server browser uses smaller font to display more servers.
• - Fixed custom mutators not appearing in server browser.
• - Fixed custom gametypes not displayed in server browser's window.
• - Fixed server browser's listed MaxPlayers being incorrect.
• - Added filter option for dedicated servers.
• - Fixed server browser showing an incorrect goal score and time limit when the
• .ini values were used.

User Interface:

• - Can now save settings/progress even if have never created a profile.
• - Added ping and connect time to scoreboard.
• - Removed annoying confirmation menu when starting a game.
• - Removed unnecessary top settings page (can use tabs at the top of the
• settings to navigate).
• - Added a Messages tab to the mid game menu.
• - Friends messages now saved until explicitly deleted.
• - Finer control over mouse sensitivity, using an edit box instead of a
• slider.
• - Added framerate smoothing and FOV options to the advanced video menu.
• - Increased max players/bots in menus to 32.
• - Fixed auto switching to vote menu at end of match.
• - Improved mid game menu performance (don't render world behind it).
• - Added version number to main menu.
• - Fixed binding gamepad/joystick keys (you must set AllowJoystickInput=1 in
• the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] of your UTEngine.ini to enable
• gamepads/joysticks).

HUD:

• - Added the killer weapon to victim messages.
• - Fixed flag and orb scaling in minimap at high resolutions.
• - Fixed node teleporter not showing "You can't teleport with orb" message on
• clients.
• - Fixed situations where "get in vehicle" pictograph wouldn't work correctly.
• - Still draw the clock on the scoreboard after the game is over.
• - Fixed Duel HUD issues.

Networking:

• - Implemented STUN support (Simple Traversal of UDP Through Network Address
• Translators) to enable clients and servers to connect from behind a NAT.
• - Fixed team scores very rarely not updating for a client.
• - Fixed bot faction option when running a listen server.
• - Fixed link setup not reset correctly when going from a map with a custom
• link setup to one using the default.
• - Fixed a case where Duel would place an incoming player on the wrong team
• when some players were still travelling.
• - Bullseye stats are now properly recorded.
• - Fixed clients not travelling to downloaded maps correctly.
• - Fixed the client and server getting into a loop sending each other close
• messages in some situations.
• - Quick match incorporates player rating into search decision.
• - Fixed issue where Vista clients would not receive all servers from a server
• browser search.
• - Applied proper fix to suppressing voice on dedicated servers.
• - Fixed issues with players not getting on right team in Duel and
• Duel+Survival if a player leaves in certain timing windows during map
• transitions.
• - Fixed previous level PRIs showing up on the scoreboard/leaderboard after the
• client travels (making it look like players have already scored lots of points
• when those clients are in fact still loading)
• - Fixed losing your custom character mesh after changing teams during a
• match.

Server Administration:

• - Reduced tick rate for dedicated servers with no clients (saves CPU on idle
• servers).
• - Dedicated servers do not require CD keys.
• - Added -configsubdir= command line option to cause .ini files to be
• loaded/saved from the specified subdirectory of Game\Config\
• - Added QueryPort configuration and command line option.
• - Added an "AdminChangeOption [option] [value]" console command for server
• admins. This allows changing most simple .ini values (e.g. GoalScore) from the
• client. This command will not override URL options. The change will take
• effect after the next map change.
• - Added an "AdminPublishMapList" console command for server admins. This
• overrides the server's map list for the current game type with the one on the
• client that used the command.
• - Uses GameReplicationInfo.ServerName if set for the name of the server on the
• server browser.
• - Added "AdminForceVoiceMute" and "AdminForceVoiceUnMute": Stops/Starts a
• player from sending voip to others
• - Added "AdminForceTextMut" and "AdminForceTextUnMute": Stops/Starts a player
• from send text messages to others
• - Updated AdminPlayerList to show the PlayerID of the players on the server.
• - Updated Kick/Ban to allow for using either the player name or the id

Map Specific

• - Fixed WAR-Avalanche terrain LOD popping issue on high end PCs.
• - Fixed bots rarely getting stuck in mid air in DM-Gateway in the city
• section.
• - Fixed some VCTF-Suspense pathing issues.
• - Fixed issues with circular lift on DM-Deimos.
• - Fixed translucent mesh sorting issues in DM-Gateway.

Campaign/Co-op:

• - Fixed a bug that could cause too many bots to be added to co-op matches in
• some cases.
• - Added support for seamless travel interrupting a travel to start another
• travel. This fixes single player breaking if the host selects the next mission
• before the clients have finished travelling to the mission selection level
• - Fixed extra copy of a character when a human player leaves a co-op game at
• the right time.
• - Changed network loss during single player to result in player signed in
• locally.

Modding:

• - Added a SupportedGameTypes field to UTUIDataProvider_Mutator. If some
• entries are in this array, the mutator will only be visible in the menus if
• the selected gametype is found in the array.
• - Fixed custom gametype midgame menus not being used correctly.
• - Shipping script compiler now allows localized/config defaultproperties
• because otherwise autodownloaded mods have no way for their localized/config
• variables to work.
• - Added Get/SetSpecialValue() stubs to Object to allow mods to expose values
• that can be modified without creating a dependancy.

Bron: Blue News

[micronick10]

En wanneer komt ie dan wel niet uit?