BATTLEZONE

Version 1.5.2.1

Released 2013-02-28
15th Anniversary Build!

Unfortunately, this build crashes on mission start in multiplayer. Use the hotfix version 1.5.2.2 instead.

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What's New

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Use a better collision sound for CLASS_ID_STRUCTURE2 buildings (submitted by Dx)
• Various shell improvements (submitted by Dx)
• Return focus back to the MapList for host selection
• Updated Save/Load Shell
• Updated Pop Up Shell window buttons
• Properly redraw name edit box and save game description edit box
• Mission fixes
• Misn09Mission: CCA base turret setup is reliable (submitted by Dx)
• Misn08Mission: fixed CCA APC and second NSDF gun tower assignments

Editor Improvements

• Made the selected paths a bit easier to read in the editor. (submitted by Dx)
• Improved game object selection
• Uses the larger of bounding radius and collision radius
• These correspond to the circles drawn around objects
• Picks the object closest to the cursor
• Applies screen-space padding so small objects are easier to pick
• Enhanced Edit Object mode
• Show labels above objects that appear as an oriented box with circles
• Highlight the object under the mouse cursor (rollover)
• Reduced unintentional movement when clicking game objects
• Use the point clicked on the game object as a "handle" when moving it
• Holding the right mouse button makes the selected object face the cursor
• Placing a game object makes it the selected object so it's easy to rotate
• Enhanced Edit Path mode
• Show the path label over the first node (also with Show Paths)
• Reduced unintentional movement when clicking path nodes
• Use the point clicked on the path node as a "handle" when moving it
• Visual improvements
• Show menu item keys with sprites instead of [text]
• Show item keys only for currently-selectable items
• Show menu selection state using color
• Use translucent backgrounds for unselected labels
• This works in software rendering too!

Scripting Improvements

• Support getting team players
• Assign remote players to TEAM_SLOT_PLAYER
• Added GetPlayerHandle variant that takes a team
• Back-ported ScriptUtils from BZ2
• SetTeamNum
• DefaultAllies, Ally, UnAlly, IsTeamAllied, IsAlly
• GetCurHealth, SetCurHealth, GetMaxHealth, SetMaxHealth
• GetCurAmmo, SetCurAmmo, GetMaxAmmo, SetMaxAmmo, GetAmmo, AddAmmo
• GetWhoShotMe, GetLastEnemyShot, GetLastFriendShot
• GiveWeapon
• IsDeployed, Deploy
• IsSelected
• Additional ScriptUtils functionality
• Most functions taking a path name also take an optional point index
• Added path variants of GetNearestObject, GetNearestBuilding, and GetNearestEnemy
• Made HasCargo safe to use with non-Tug units
• Returns false in that case

Lua 5.1 Mission Scripting

• Preliminary implementation of LuaMission
• Framework for user-created mission scripts
• Reads the .lua script named after the mission (e.g. example.bzn reads example.lua)
• CAVEAT: script name is actually based on the msn_filename saved in the .bzn
• Supported script functions: Load, PostLoad, Save, AddObject, Update
• Mission file picks LuaMission:
• If its name starts with "lua"
• If it has a matching .lua script
• This only applies when creating the mission in the first place
• Basic Lua type serialization and deserialization
• Lua Load function receives whatever the Lua Save function returns
• Supports nil, boolean, lightuserdata (handles), string, and table
• Does not preserve complex reference structures like shared tables
• Breaks when confronted with cyclical reference structures

Network Improvements

• Improved DistributedObject bandwidth throttling
• Take reliable packets into account
• Take UDP packet header overhead (40 bytes) into account

AIP Improvements

• SetAIP takes a team number argument
• It defaults to 2 for backwards compatibility
• AIPs can control any team, not just team 2
• This has not been thoroughly tested yet...
• Controlling a player team will have unknown effects