BATTLEZONE

Version 1.5.2.6

Released 2013-03-22

This build makes major revisions to the network system to make it handle non-player teams properly. It should fix the missing scrap problem introduced in 1.5.2.5, among other things.

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What's New

Campaign Missions

• Fixed mistyped objective file name in misns1 (submitted by Dx)
• Removed AudioMessage for nonexistent sound in misns4 (submitted by Dx)

Editor

• Always show a label over the user object
  • This makes it easy to find, especially when zoomed out
• Added a slight rollover effect for game objects

Network

• Backed out mission script setting objects as global
• GlobalSetLocal/GlobalSetRemote don't work well at runtime
• It didn't solve the ownership problem for remote players
• Track team ownership based on team number instead of network player id
• This works because each player is on their own team...
• Disambiguates MPI AI teams from the host player
• Non-player teams should migrate properly during host migration
• Destroying units on a non-player team counts as a kill
• Non-player teams display kill and death messages like player teams

Gameplay

• Don't show a health bar for indestructible objects
• This fixes geysers showing a health bar when targeted
• They now look like they did in 1.4
• Scavengers don't go after scrap in unreachable regions
• Don't drop scrap pieces in bad locations
• Try to make player-controlled APCs less exploitable
• Only deploy when within 75m of a (potential) target
• MultSTMission and Inst04XMission now support path spawning

Stability

• Remove the oldest scrap piece when out of game object slots
• This is a last-ditch recovery attempt to avoid a crash