BATTLEZONE

Version 1.5.2.11

Released 2013-05-03

Downloads

Testing Executable and Symbols

Updated Asset Pack (unpack into addon)

What's New

AI and Pathing

• Units don't evade (invisible) sniper shots
• Improved quality of ordnance evasion
  • Units take their own velocity into account
  • Units take ordnance radius into account (e.g. seismic wave)
• Units avoid ordnance during "goto"-based actions
  • This was previously implemented but broken
• Pilots going to an empty vehicle don't get stuck when the vehicle dies
• Units ignore enemies being carried by a Tug

Stability

• Fixed the Font_Get_String_Dimensions crash seen in MPI
• Fixed potential floating-point exception in per-polygon collision
• Fixed uninitialized values in strategic AI building types

Collision and Physics

• Made deploying and undeploying units immovable
  - Restores expected collision behavior - This got messed up by the big collision system change
• PathSpawn "reconnects" with spawned items after load
  • Prevents it from spawning multiple copies of the item
  • It still loses track of spawn delays, though

Gameplay

• Turrets and Gun Towers update terrain ownership properly on team change
  • MAS Grenade revealed a flaw in the previous implementation
• SAV weapons aim up and down properly
  • This got broken earlier in the development of 1.5

Multiplayer

• Added shell support for Multiplayer Instant Action map types
• DM-based "Action" MPI with new [A] icon; use A in netmis.txt
• ST-based "Mission" MPI with new [M] icon; use M in netmis.txt
• New icons will need the new bzone152 asset pack
• Will fall back to [D] and [S] icons respectively if not found
• Organized map filters by base type
  • DM-based: Death Match, KOTH, and Action
  • ST-based: Strategy, 2 Player, 3 Player, 4 Player, and Mission
• Run simulation during a D3D device reset to prevent lag-out
• Disabled "death cam" view until I come up with something better

Editor

• Turn off player vehicle effects in ctrl-A edit mode
• Time-stopped dust and smoke would accumulate indefinitely
• Build menu can read the name of a weapon powerup from the weapon it gives
  • This is how the weapon powerups themselves get their names

Debug

• Added debug display showing hardpoint types and locations
  • Toggle with "showguns" cheat code
  • Color indicates slot: 1=red, 2=yellow, 3=green, 4=cyan, 5=blue
  • Letter indicates type: C=cannon, R=rocket, M=mortar, S=special

Assets

• Expanded build menu ODFs (based on work by Dx)
  • Quick access to Repair and Ammo
  • Weapon powerups
  • Dispensed items
  • Hadean buildings
  • Olympian buildings
• Various unit sound fixes (submitted by Dx)
  • Affects units imported from The Red Odyssey
• Improved Turrets (based on work by Sporkinator)
  • Increased turret rotation speed while deployed
  • American, Soviet, and Black Dog have dual weapons standard
  • Chinese still have quad weapons like before
• Adjusted Turret hardpoints to match visible weapons
  • Affects American, Soviet, and Black Dog versions
  • Makes them work better with dual weapons