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Natural Selection 2 Update Released
Change
? Shotgun uses now a symmetrical bullet spread pattern.
? reduced grenade launcher damage radius from 8 down to 6.
? reduced spit projectile speed by 12%
? arc menu will now always show both deploy and undeploy button.
? Removed celerity sound and screen effects.
? reduced Gorge spit damage from 40 to 30.
? It is no longer possible to damage anything during the pre-game.
Optimization
? Fixed bug where some objects would be unnecessarily rendered using material techniques that had no effect.
? Reduced the memory usage from keeping level data in memory.
? Reduced the memory usage pathing information.
? Improved Infestation performance on the client (thanks Matso!)
? Improved loading times when vsync is enabled by limiting the loading screen frame rate to 30 FPS.
Feature
? In-game audio device selection.
Fix
? Damage arrows are now more accurate when multiple players are attacked by a Whip at the same time (Thanks to Joop for pointing this out!)
? Fixed bug where request menu was not opening when your team has no Commander.
? Fixed bug where grenades were not dealing full damage on direct hits.
? fixed Whips being able to whack grenades through walls.
? Fixed issue were client side and server side selection status are sometimes out of sync.
? Drifters now uncloak when an enemy unit touch them.
? Fixed bug causing Celerity effects to remain on when the Skulk was walking or standing still in some cases.
? Fixed random number generator issue that caused inconsistencies in the bullet spread between the client and server.
? Fixed “Couldn’t open ”” error messages appearing in the log.
? Fixed Gorge build menu not getting immediately cleaned up upon death.
? Fixed bug which allowed more than 3 Sentries to be built next to a Sentry Battery in some cases.
? fixed melee attacks not triggering effects when hitting world geometry.
? Fixed bug where the main menu music would play over the tutorial videos.
? The server will now reload the map if 10 hours have passed and no game is currently being played (Thanks Mats!)
? Fixed bug preventing the MAC from attacking Hives.
? Fixed crash on exit if the rendering thread was still processing a frame during the shutdown process.
? Gorge Bile Bomb will no longer interrupt the Gorge’s Celerity speed boost after shooting the bomb.
? Fixed the “speed” console command not affecting player movement.
? Aliens may now evolve new traits if an existing trait is lost due to the upgrade structure being destroyed.
? Fixed bug where alt-tabbing out of the game would cause the Exosuit to become opaque.
? Chat will now display correctly in the dedicated server web interface (Thanks Sherman!)
Improvement
? cyst min range check will now pass when the vertical distance between cysts is too high, to prevent situations were Commanders could sometimes not infest resource nodes.
? selection and hotgroup creation works now without any delays.
? Commanders can now select enemy units.
? increased number of allowed hotgroup to 9.
? hot key icons blink up red if a unit in this group is under attack.
? added shift+click for manipulating selection (add/remove units)
? Cysts now “redeploy” instead of enforcing a minimum placement distance between existing Cysts.
? phase gates now show a connection line between each other on the minimap.
? phase gates show now the destination in their name.
Sdk
? Added support for distortion effects (like refraction) in surface shaders.
? Added Client.GetMusicVolume.
Veil
? Blocked small vents in Topographical
? Added cover to vents in Nanogrid
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? Shotgun uses now a symmetrical bullet spread pattern.
? reduced grenade launcher damage radius from 8 down to 6.
? reduced spit projectile speed by 12%
? arc menu will now always show both deploy and undeploy button.
? Removed celerity sound and screen effects.
? reduced Gorge spit damage from 40 to 30.
? It is no longer possible to damage anything during the pre-game.
Optimization
? Fixed bug where some objects would be unnecessarily rendered using material techniques that had no effect.
? Reduced the memory usage from keeping level data in memory.
? Reduced the memory usage pathing information.
? Improved Infestation performance on the client (thanks Matso!)
? Improved loading times when vsync is enabled by limiting the loading screen frame rate to 30 FPS.
Feature
? In-game audio device selection.
Fix
? Damage arrows are now more accurate when multiple players are attacked by a Whip at the same time (Thanks to Joop for pointing this out!)
? Fixed bug where request menu was not opening when your team has no Commander.
? Fixed bug where grenades were not dealing full damage on direct hits.
? fixed Whips being able to whack grenades through walls.
? Fixed issue were client side and server side selection status are sometimes out of sync.
? Drifters now uncloak when an enemy unit touch them.
? Fixed bug causing Celerity effects to remain on when the Skulk was walking or standing still in some cases.
? Fixed random number generator issue that caused inconsistencies in the bullet spread between the client and server.
? Fixed “Couldn’t open ”” error messages appearing in the log.
? Fixed Gorge build menu not getting immediately cleaned up upon death.
? Fixed bug which allowed more than 3 Sentries to be built next to a Sentry Battery in some cases.
? fixed melee attacks not triggering effects when hitting world geometry.
? Fixed bug where the main menu music would play over the tutorial videos.
? The server will now reload the map if 10 hours have passed and no game is currently being played (Thanks Mats!)
? Fixed bug preventing the MAC from attacking Hives.
? Fixed crash on exit if the rendering thread was still processing a frame during the shutdown process.
? Gorge Bile Bomb will no longer interrupt the Gorge’s Celerity speed boost after shooting the bomb.
? Fixed the “speed” console command not affecting player movement.
? Aliens may now evolve new traits if an existing trait is lost due to the upgrade structure being destroyed.
? Fixed bug where alt-tabbing out of the game would cause the Exosuit to become opaque.
? Chat will now display correctly in the dedicated server web interface (Thanks Sherman!)
Improvement
? cyst min range check will now pass when the vertical distance between cysts is too high, to prevent situations were Commanders could sometimes not infest resource nodes.
? selection and hotgroup creation works now without any delays.
? Commanders can now select enemy units.
? increased number of allowed hotgroup to 9.
? hot key icons blink up red if a unit in this group is under attack.
? added shift+click for manipulating selection (add/remove units)
? Cysts now “redeploy” instead of enforcing a minimum placement distance between existing Cysts.
? phase gates now show a connection line between each other on the minimap.
? phase gates show now the destination in their name.
Sdk
? Added support for distortion effects (like refraction) in surface shaders.
? Added Client.GetMusicVolume.
Veil
? Blocked small vents in Topographical
? Added cover to vents in Nanogrid
More...
