changelog.md

Changelog

CTC v.04:

• added 3rd person animation for:
  • bayonet slashing
  • grenade pin pulling
• added SVT bayonet code
• improved turret code:
  • player can use turret with arty command
  • player's view lines up with tip of gun for better aiming
  • should be less laggy
  • mapper sets tank 1, player disappears inside tank
  • mapper sets stance to force player to particular stance: set stance to 1,2 or 4 (NOT 3) for stand, duck, crawl
  • crosshair added
• binoculars are now aimed with "true sight" bind and fired with fire button instead of using arty key
• fixed binoculars shaking
• func_trains can now be objectives. Mapper adds obj_gain obj_loss obj_name fields to use. Set style 1 for animated,style 2 for animated fast.
• correct objective sound played when objective destroyed. Axis and Allies were switched before
• added deathtarget field for func_explosive_objective, entity targeted when destroyed
• player is translucent when invulnerable from spawning
• "thrown back" message for grenades
• sabre death message
• hitboxes fixed when changing stances
• fixed annoying limp swaying
• player doesnt face enemy when killed
• mapper can set class limits
• sv_maplist command added from quake2 v3.21
• next map to be played printed when level ends
• some server defaults changed
• "+" added next to medic in scoreboard (accidently left out in shaef 1.0)
• Potato Masher spins better
• brain gib spins
• style 1 makes misc_md2's translucent
• improved USM shotgun reload code
• shotgunner starts with 20 spare shells
• added Thompson to USM dll for officer
• improved underwater code:
  • players can change stance underwater
  • players can go prone underwater to swim faster
  • shooting underwater exploit fixed
• added Molotov Cocktail to Russian dll
• Player can hold Molotov after lighting it by holding in fire button
• moved GBR,ITA,POL,RUS & USM firing functions into game dll to help with stability
• new SP_airstrike entity & spawn_toggle for toggling info_reinforcements_start between teams
• map spawned weapons now come with ammo fully loaded and no extra clips

v1.0 3/20/04

• removed check_dodge calls

v.21b 2/29/04

• removed ent file code
• turret fixes
• added blood sprays into max_gib count limit

v.21

• added user controlled turrets for mappers
• work on chase mode/observer mode
• jump meter no longer dependent on player's framerate
• mappers can set misc_md2's to be toggled on and off. Just add a targetname value and trigger it.
• mapper can set a different "model" for misc_viper
• fix for ceiling doors not opening from below
• [REMOVED]mapper can set class limits for individual classes. For each class info_sniper_start etc. set a "count" value to the number you want or to "-1" to disable the class.[REMOVED]
• airstrike planes fly faster when going over long distances so the sound effect is timed better.
• fixed hip firing anim not playing
• 3rd person player model brings binoculars up to eyes when aiming
• fixed airstrike countdown message saying "0 seconds to go"
• removed knife sparks appearing at 0,0,0 when thrown
• player can switch to observer after joining team
• mapper can target events with objective_touch
• mapper can make explodable func_trains by setting a health value

v.20

• enabled toggled lights in deathmatch for mappers.
• added random teleporters. Mapper puts more than 1 teleporter destination to use it.
• menu is removed when going into observer mode
• added chase mode when observing. Observer presses fire button to chase nearest player. And [ and ] keys to jump between players.
• players can pick up extra clips from the ground when they already have some (had to have 0 before).
• changed gamemap to map on map change.
• class bugs should be fixed.

v.19c

• small adjustment to firing code to stop linux errors
• stopped stray footstep sounds that dont match ground texture
• mappers can set obj_owner to 2 (allies) or 3 (axis) to prevent that team from triggering trigger_multiple or trigger_once. (for situations like the doors on simserhof, flags on invade1).

v.19b

-removed old maplist fix to prepare for windows server testing

v.19

• better fix for fast swimming exploit
• fix for double airstrike bug/exploit
• fixed bug with fast stance changing showing standing player in crouch
• fixed demos crashing

v.18b 12/16/03

• trying to fix bugs with v.18

v.18 12/13/03

• corpse can now be shot when player is still in body waiting to respawn(removed v.18b)
• fixed objectives not working on outpost
• worked on extra animations: prone to stand and hip firing, when extra_anims 1 is set with new models.
• fix for duds giving infinite grenades
• objects get pushed out of the way instead of exploding when blocking doors
• fixed erratic knife slashing bug

v.17 12/02/03

• new entity for mappers spawn_protect. Put this in a team's base, attach it to a brush and set the obj_owner to the team number (0 or 1). Other team's players going into the area can't fire and are killed if they dont leave in 5 seconds. Also any nades thrown in will be duds.
• added thud sound when tnt hits wall.
• fixed minor helmet bug
• brain now comes out of head with headshot (was coming out of stomach/chest)
• worked on blood sprays
• bombs now come out of middle of airstrike plane instead from in front of the nose.
• added code in for airstrike plane models and stuka sound (requires new models and sounds)
• added code in for mauser model to fix shaking (requires new model)

v.16

• removed "Killbox" from teleporter code.
• fixed minor airstrike bugs
• airstrike planes now tilt when dropping bombs
• fixed bug with announcing winner incorrectly
• New cvar objective_protect. Set this to 1 and players can not destroy or damage their own team's objectives. The default setting is 1.
• fixed doors causing players to spin around (needs testing for side effects)
• worked on knife code. Throw animation now plays correctly and the knife spins through the air better.
• helmets spin in random direction when thrown
• fixed intermission view being in floor sometimes

v.15 11/24/03

• removed ability to fire hmg when standing and facing downward
• added parachute code for airborne class (will require new model so disabled for now)
• improved hitboxes on corpses (still needs work or can't be fixed entirely)
• rewrote most of the arty/airstrike code. Airstrikes are now brought in and dropped by plane (the p51 model). USA sound changed to faf/p51f.wav
• player view can no longer go outside the map when changing stances or crouched
• fixed drop weapons spinning infinitely (weapons land nicer now too)
• temporary fix to decrease mauser shaking

v.14 11/16/03

• helmets no longer stick to walls, dont disappear when hitting objectives or other players
• knives dont disappear when hitting objectives or other players
• better fix for stopping blood spray with drop_shot
• players cause damage to things they fall on from heights (including other players)
• fix for bleeding message coming up at wrong time
• rewrote game ending code to announce tie games correctly
• players frozen properly when in limbo mode

v.13 11/08/03

• items and weapons are thrown in somewhat random direction when dropped.
• added code to fix binocular view being off center sometimes. This requires a pak file change so disabled for now.
• flamethrower tank can be shot and blown up. When the tank is hit, flames shoot out that can catch teammates on fire.
• wave animation shown for player when throwing nades
• added wobble when bullet hits off helmet
• stopped blood spraying with drop_shot
• knife no longer floats in the air when dropped

v.12 10/18/03

• sniper scope now dependent on the weapon, not player's team
• made weapons more accurate in truesight
• fixed inaccurate sniping bug
• added fix for arty crashing from bayonet code
• sniper scope fades in faster
• added fix for standing dead bug underwater
• drowning sounds when level is over should be stopped

v.11 9/18/03

• you can now use the arty key to use the bayonet on the enfield for the gbr dll. Or bind a key to attack2 (they can replace each other).
• final fix for nades disappearing (hopefully)
• sniper changes:
  • added fade in effect when looking into scope
  • worked on gun animations so the gun is shown being lowered from the eye correctly
  • made the kick smoother when firing
  • model shaking during idle animations should be fixed
  • bullet trajectory now affected by explosions and scope wobble
  • faint blue tint on screen when scoped (also for binoculars)
  • fixed not being able to switch to pistol quickly
• rocket launcher changes:
  • firing animations now play correctly for bazooka and panzershrek
  • rocket trails added
• smoother kick added to pistols, sniper & rifles.
• firing animation now plays fully for last bullet shots for all guns.

v.10 9/13/03

• animation tweaks:
  • added second wave animation to player model when finishing reloading
  • added wave animation to player model for sniper/mauser bolting
  • shortened strafe-aim-walk animation to 5 frames
  • player model animations now 'limp' when running after leg wounds.
• flamethrower changes:
  • stopped flaming through walls
  • reduced smoke particles/sparks from flamers by 70% to reduce lag
  • added sound effect to small flames on ground (sound/inland/fire.wav)
  • white diamond bug fixed from last version
• players only bleed when moving (awaiting feedback)
• shots now line up with gun sights better, taking view bob/pitch and explosions into account
• mappers can now use custom player skins with their maps. Add a skin variable into the info_team_start for the team you want to add the skin for ie skin snowcamo. snowcamo_medic.pcx will be the medic skin for that team. snowcamo.pcx will be the skin for all other classes.
• no knockback when punching teammates
• final fixes for grenades on slopes bug. Disappearing/stuck nades should be fixed.
• pings dont go above 999 on menu now
• put hitbox width back to old size because of getting stuck on doors. Will work on it later. The height is still the same.

v.09 9/07/03

• standing dead bug problem with extra_anims fixed
• fix for custom gbr flamethrower pack not appearing
• changes to drop_shot
  • fixed player dropping 2 weapons
  • player doesnt lose health when weapon is shot out of hands
  • hitbox changed from stomach to chest.
• fixed bug with arms disappearing when picking up helmet.
• jump animation only plays when player jumps now, not when going down slopes.
• other tweaks for Parts' new anims.
• speed restriction added to rocket launchers in TS
• fixed fast moving underwater exploit (last fix only worked on autos)
• added dll_version cvar back in
• tweaked hitboxes so they match the player model better.

v.08e (4.2s) 6/06/03

• fix added for cmd_scope crash bug

v.08d (4.2s) 6/04/03

• re-added unused items to code from v.08 (was causing a crash in Windows)

v.08c (4.2s)

• removed extra models from team dlls
• attempted fix for nade crash
• victory pic re-added (was left out of scoreboard code by mistake)
• changed DEVVERSION to 4.2s
• removed dll_version serverinfo cvar

v.08b

• more work for Parts' animations (this wont work until new models are done/released)
• removed quake2 maps thing
• removed not being able to change weapons while reloading

v.08 5/30/03

• stopped multiple copies of same v_ weapon being used for each team (might have to be removed later for new animations)
• removed mauser tweak (should be a model change later instead)
• added jump motion to 1st person view weapon when jumping
• updated code to stop passworded server crash
• fixed slowdown when coming out of truesight on mauser
• player cant change weapons when reloading
• new commands for selecting weapons (Works for all teams.)
  • use sniper
  • use pistol
  • use rifle
  • use smg
  • use lmg
  • use hmg
  • use rocket
  • use flamer
• fix for class menu coming up at wrong time (menu problems should be fixed)
• increased range on medics when healing to make it easier to heal
• non dday maps no longer crash quake 2 when loading
• removed non dday and unused items from code
• fixed last wounded death message crash

v.07 5/25/03

• fix for scoreboard not coming up at beginning
• player can press fire button to bring up team or class menu when they need it when dead
• worked on footstep code. Footsteps play correctly for slower classes now
• new option for passwording teams: allied_password, axis_password for open squad practices. For example if the servers sets axis_password "abcd", the player has to set password "abcd" to be able to join axis. axis_password "none"/allied_password "none" turns it off.
• worked on auto select. Team kill count now considered when selecting team.
• crash from last version fixed

v.06 5/18/03 (Unstable version)

• sniper not unzooming when jumping fixed
• bug with player having nade shot out of hand fixed
• grenade slope bug and quirks that arose from trying to fix it should be fixed
• throwing grenade through floor when prone fixed
• kills should appear on server browsers/gamespy now if player_scores 1 is set
• fixed server crashing on passworded servers
• removed view offset from last version
• worked on scoreboard
• disabled shouting when dead
• fixed %C to work correctly
• players can only shout once every 1/2 second
• fixed target_explosions reporting deaths incorrectly in death message
• stopped nades exploding after map ends
• force_auto_select cvar. player can only use auto select to join when set.
• bug with airborne landing in water and jumping high fixed

v.05 5/13/03

• raised volume on victory song
• support for animated misc_md2's added. Mapper adds a setting for "frames" to the misc_md2 entity for the number of frames in the model. Also works for sprites.
• fix for maplist crashing
• players can join teams and pick classes at countdown at start of map
• fixed random respawn intervals and added respawn timer
• Fixed flamethrower making sound under water
• new command "objectives" for player to use to bring up objective pic
• standing corpse when changing teams bug fixed
• fixed delay on player model going into truesight frame
• fixed delay on player model going from prone to standing
• work on Parts' new animations
• players can use variables in chat messages to print various info:
  • %L prints nearest objective or map location (map location requires mapper to add map_location entity to their map with message field filled out)
  • %T prints the name of any nearby teammates
  • %M prints the name of nearest team medic example : say_team "%M, I need a medic near the %L! = "Wade, I need a medic near the Right Pillbox!"
  • %C prints the name of the player's class
• Added horizontal view offset to players (awaiting feedback)
• fixed 2 death sounds playing on falling death

v.04 5/09/03

• raised fist/helmet damage
• death messages indicate who last wounded a player when he suicides/falls to death/gets himself killed.
• victory song blasting fixed
• all level sounds turned off when victory song plays.
• pistol no ammo animation bug fixed
• flame sound playing on flamethrower with no fuel fixed
• alternate fix for nade on slope bug (still bugged though, needs work)
• fixed mauser not playing bolt animation when changing truesight
• fixed fast swimming exploit
• changed truesight frame for player model to frame1 so firing looks better
• attempted fix for dead usa player models appearing on gbr/rus maps
• attempted fix for gbr map crashes
• new cvar "extra_anims" for Parts' new animations (will be disabled on public server)
• flamethrower slowed down when firing
• 1 second delay put on player id so name stays on screen longer

v.03 5/03/03

• fixed 2nd menu crashing bug
• helmet death message added
• punching causes knockback
• nade on slope bug fixed (needs testing to make sure there's no adverse effects)
• fixed popping out of true-sight on slopes, replaced with better anti-dive code
• put hmg bullets back to normal from last version
• new cvar max_gibs sets the amount of gibs & debris to be on server at once. This will stop lockups from a lot of players dying in an explosion at once and cut down on lag in general. Default setting is max_gibs 20.
• team icons now appear in the corner correctly in software mode
• removed pulsing light from dropped items
• quake 2 3.21 password code implemented
• artillery changes
  • death messages added
  • stopped horizontal artillery bug -artillery can be cancelled without having to look through binoculars
• team kill messages announced as "(Friendly fire)"
• standing hmg code implemented

v.02b 4/28/03

• menu crashing fix from last version
• getting stuck in teleporter fix

v.02 4/27/03

• fix for counting players per team. Should fix auto-joining and scoreboard showing players count per team incorrectly.
• new hmg firing code. Regular bullets come out slow like the tracers. Raised hmg tracer/bullet speed (awaiting feedback)
• stamina meter bug fix. Non-jumps no longer lower stamina.
• tweaked player stance_view heights to line up with player models' eyes better
• tweaked timing on grenade pin pull noises to line up with the animation correctly
• tweaked weapon bolt/reload sounds timing
• allied hmg first bullet fix
• campaign_mode cvar added. Set campaign_mode 0 to have maps always move forward. Default is campaign_mode 1
• dday5 goes to dday1 when allies win
• tweaked where sniper bullets & rockets originate to match with player's eye better

v.01 4/20/03

• changed hyper3 references in code workspace to usa
• Mauser raised sights to line up better
• aim bug fix implemented.
• scoreboard changes implemented.
• player_scores 1 enables individual player scores (disabled by default)
• explosions screwing up smg kick fixed.
• added "dll" to serverinfo to show version number (.01).