BATTLEZONE

Version 1.5.2.27

Released 2014-12-16
Updated 2014-12-17

I fixed some more things, and (I hope) broke fewer things than last time.

Downloads

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Check the main 1.5.2 page for other downloads.

What's New

Stability

• LuaMission Command() and Receive() don't crash when no script is loaded
• AiMission Fail and Succeed don't crash if the filename is too long
  • They now truncate the filename and print an error message

Gameplay

• Buildings and Gun Towers create scrap properly on destruction
  • They unblock the terrain before generating scrap
• Rolled back the change to strategic AI setup from the previous version
  • That change broke a bunch of missions
• Unlimited armor cheat (bzbody) protects against snipe

Editor

• Exit terrain edit mode when switching to any other view
• PathDisplay Find Path mode shows more info
  • Time: path planning time in milliseconds
  • Dist: straight-line distance between path endpoints
  • Len: total length of the path

Engine

• Updated libvorbis to 1.3.4
• Updated libogg to 1.3.2
• Lua library no longer uses link-time code generation
  • Internal and Release builds no longer crash when Decoda connects
• Fixed file system warning/error messages for 16-character filenames
  • 16-character filenames are not null-terminated

Modding/Scripting

• Improved how strategic AI setup reads from builder ODFs
  • Allow an arbitrarily large number of buildItem entries
  • Allow buildItem entries to refer to builder ODFs (e.g. "b_amcmbt")
  • IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP: don't let the builder ODFs form a loop!
• Made the path version of BuildAt work like other BuildAt functions
  • Fixes the Armory launching powerups to infinity and beyond