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  • v3.2 - March 1st, 2007
  • v3.2 Beta 2 - January 8th, 2006
  • v3.2 Public Beta - November 21st, 2006
  • v3.1.3 - April 10th, 2006
  • v3.1.2 - December 2nd, 2005
  • v3.1.1 - November 20th, 2005
  • v3.1 - November 10th, 2005
  • v3.05 beta 2 - June 10th, 2005
  • v3.05 beta 1 - June 5th, 2005
  • v3.04 - June 1st, 2005
  • v3.03 - April 27th, 2005
  • v3.02 - April 4th, 2005
  • v3.01 - March 11th, 2005
  • v3.0 (otherwise known as beta6) - March 5th, 2005
  • v3.0 beta 6 build 5 - February 25th, 2005
  • v3.0 beta 6 build 4 - February 21st, 2005
  • v3.0 beta 6 build 3 - February 12th, 2005
  • v3.0 beta 6 build 2 - January 31st, 2005
  • v3.0 beta 6 build 1 - January 9th, 2005
  • v3.0 beta 5 - September 4th, 2004
  • v3.0 beta 4a - May 2nd, 2004
  • v3.0 beta 4 - April 23rd, 2004
  • v3.0 beta 3 - February 11th, 2004
  • v3.0 beta 2 - January 31, 2004
  • v3.0 - (previously referred to as v2.1)
     
  • v2.01 - September 19th, 2003
  • v2.01e Beta Changes
  • v2.01d Beta Changes
  • v2.01c Beta Changes
  • v2.01b Beta Changes
  • v2.01a Beta Changes
  • v2.0 - July 31st, 2003 (previously referred to as v1.1)
     
  • v1.04 - January 24th, 2003
  • v1.03 - November 27th, 2002
  • v1.02 - November 16th, 2002
  • v1.01 - November 6th, 2002
  • v1.0 - October 31st, 2002
     
  • Release Candidate 10
  • Release Candidate 9a
  • Release Candidate 9
  • Release Candidate 8
  • Before..

    v3.2 - March 1st, 2007
     
    New Features

    • Bind-able alien movement abilities (blink, leap, charge)
      • Movement abilities can be bound directly using +movement.
      • Movement abilities can still be selected as a "weapon" and fired (no change).
      • Movement abilities can be used in the readyroom but play at a much lower volume.
      • Set "r" to default +movement in the keyboard bindings.
      • Changed description for "Reload" to "Reload/alien movement" in the keyboard bindings.
    • Added teleport feature to hives
      • Players may now use anactive hive to be teleported to the next hive with an 0.8 second cool-down per player.
      • If a player uses a growing hive, it triggers 'The Enemy Approaches' Alert and makes it available for both hive and movement chamber teleportation.
      • Gorge spit can also be used to trigger 'The Enemy Approaches' on a growing hive.
      • Normal friendly fire no longer makes a hive available for teleportation.
      • Hive teleport order is determined by the top-to-bottom order shown on the alien HUD.
      • If a player can't reach a hive to use it, standing directly under the hive while pressing use will also work.
    • "Ghost" placement model for marine structures
      • When a marine structure is first placed by the commander, it will be a ghost structure.
      • A ghost structure is partially transparent (but still solid) and will be immediately recycled for 80% of the resource cost if touched by an alien player.
      • A ghost structure can be attacked and damaged without triggering an immediate recycle.
      • The commander can choose to recycle a ghost structure in the same manner as an unbuilt structure.
      • When a marine player starts to build a ghost structure, it will turn into a normal unbuilt structure.
    • NS on HLTV
      • NS now sends minimap updates to a connected HLTV server.
      • NS now sends particle system templates to a connected HLTV server.  Spores, Welder sparks etc. should display when spectating via HLTV.
      • NS now sends hive information to HLTV.
      • Every 30 seconds, the HLTV server rebuilds the information so recently connected players get the data too.
      • Various bug-fixes to improve the HLTV experience ( detailed later in the changelog ).
    New map ns_lucid ( by Mouse )
    ns_lucid is a map with a distinctive visual style and frantic gameplay. Its flowing architecture and well connected layout means that teammates as well as enemies are never far away. The map's high ceilings and winding corridors give the advantage to whoever can get the first hit in and victory to whoever can hit the hardest.
    New map ns_machina ( by Merkaba )
    Machina is set on a mining ship designed and owned by a reclusive set of human colonists, of whom nothing much is known owing to their societies apparent disdain for any cultural exchange. After intelligence reports came in detailing sightings of this derelict behemoth, the TSA council leapt on the opportunity to send in a team to investigate and discover more about this mysterious colony and their intruiging technology. Of course, the alien threat which rendered the ship helpless would have to be dealt with first...

    New map co_umbra ( by Kalessin )
    co_umbra is a large combat map which features long, wide corridors with moderate cover and high ceilings. Despite the apparent advantage the marines may have, the aliens can utilise the extensive ventilation network and the many concealed ambush points to hamper the marine's progress. There are three routes linking the alien half of the map to the marine side, each route converges in the centre of the map where most of the action takes place. Because of the size of the map, it is important that the marines play aggressively to be able to secure a victory.
     
    Gameplay changes:

    • Reworked the Alien hive-based armor bonus.
      • No armor bonus for the second hive.
      • For the third hive aliens get an armor bonus equivalent to two hive armor in previous versions.
    • Modified lerk flight
      • Increased the base lerk speed to 650.
      • Reduced the effect of celerity on lerk flight from 25 to 20 ( per chamber ).
      • Lerks now lose more speed when they climb, but still dive quickly.
    • Onos Changes
      • Increased Health from 700 to 950.
      • Added knock-back effect to charge so that the Onos may not be blocked by aliens or marines.
      • Charge causes damage at a rate of 80 health per second, as long as charge contact is maintained.
      • When using charge, the Onos will be propelled forward as long as +attack/+movement is activated and the Onos has enough energy.
    • Lowered blink fire rate so energy drain is reduced.
      • Blink maximum speed unchanged.
      • Blink requires you to press your +attack or +movement key for double the time, but energy is drained at half the rate.
    • Changed cloak behavior to be more consistent and intuitive.
      • Cloaking takes 1 second to begin.
      • It takes 12, 8 and 4 seconds to cloak depending on the number of sensories.
      • When near a sensory chamber, an alien player always cloaks as if under the effect of 3 sensory chambers.
      • Teleporting via a movement chamber or hive cause the player to uncloak.
    • Modified defense chamber healing effect:
      • A player or structure is only healed by a single defense chamber at a time.
      • A target is now healed for the usual 10 health points and an additional + 3% of its maximum health (per DC healing tick).
    • Web changes
      • Webs now harden 1.5 seconds after being formed.
      • Unhardened webs can be destroyed by marines walking through them without causing the player to get entangled.
      • Web sounds updated to reflect the new behavior.
      • Changed web rendering so they are consistent and easily visible in all render modes ( i.e. visible with the alien flashlight on ).
    • Reduced Marine Resource Tower Health from 6000 to 5500.
    • Increase the points awarded for killing an RT from 3 to 5.
    • Leap no longer does Friendly Fire damage.
    • When redemption chooses a destination hive, it will not choose a hive under attack unless no other active hive is available.
    • If the current hive is under attack, the player will not be teleported to it (assuming that there is another valid destination hive available).
    • Reduced bilebomb velocity from 750 to 650.
    • Changed ladder functionality for fades.
      • The fade will never stick to a ladder when actively blinking.
      • The fade can only climb ladders when its vertical speed is low ( between -175 and 175).
    • Removed telefragging by adding pushback to infantry portals and phasegates.
    • Reduced phase gate cooldown from 0.5 seconds to 0.4 seconds.
    • Jetpack cost tweaks (to make the JPs less risky as a strategy).
      • Increased JP research cost by 10 res.
      • Increased JP research time by 15 seconds.
      • Reduced JP cost from 15 to 10.
      • Players who touch the ground with a jetpack active no longer stick to it.

     
    Gameplay interface:

    • Improved scoreboard
      • The scoreboard now shows the player's team first.
      • Added resource counts for each alien player.
      • Added icons to display the weapons a player has picked up.
      • This column shows the player's level when playing combat.
      • Added map name and round timer to scoreboard.
      • Fixed a bug where team score was being displayed in the kills column.
      • Allow muting of players on the other team.
    • Minimap improvements
      • Can now be viewed before the round starts.
      • Structures under attack flash red on the minimap.
      • New colour scheme for minimap sprites.
      • Show the full minimap sprites for the commander on +showmap.
      • Added cl_hudmapzoom 0|1|2|3 to control the level of zoom on the marine in-hud minimap.
    • Added transparent minimaps with cl_labelmaps
      • 0: unlabelled minimap.
      • 1: labelled minimap.
      • 2: transparent, unlabelled minimap.
      • 3: transparent, labelled minimap.
    • Added new inventory indicators to marine HUD:r>
      • welder.
      • mines.
      • hand grenades.
    • UUUpdated HUD icons to more clearly indicate the level of marine upgrades.
    • Added a cloaking indicator to the alien HUD. li>
    • Modified the alien upgrade HUD icons.
      • Reduced size to make them less obtrusive.
      • AdAdded indicator for available upgrade level.
    • Updated sprite for generic progress bar.
    • Added custom crosshairs
      • Five crosshairs types for every weapon. li>
      • The crosshair choices are available in the advanced multiplayer options.
      • CaCan also be selected with cl_customcrosshair 0|1|2|3|4.
      • Type one and two include spread indicators, while type three and four stay the same for all weapons.
      • Type zero selects the crosshairs from 3.1.
      • Crosshairs are available at these resolutions: 640/800/1024/1280.
    • Hive sight HUD text
      • Added transparency effect: the farther from the center of the screen the HUD text is, the more transparent it will be.
      • Added cl_labelhivesight cvar (default 1) to allow players to disable hive sight labels on the alien HUD.
     
    Various fixes:

  • Minor server performance improvements in the way frequently used cvars are accessed.
  • Gorges under attack flash red on the minimap.
  • Webs can not be destroyed by friendly fire.
  • Fixed a demo playback lockup.
  • Fixed a bug where targetondeath was not firing when hives died. ( Thanks Kouji_San )
  • Fixed: Losing all upgrade levels when at least 1 active chamber remains.
  • Fixed a bug where a player had to click "Readyroom" twice.
  • Fixed: flashlight sound is affected by silence
  • Fixed: Votemap was not adjusting the required votes when a player left the server.
  • The advanced alien sight ( flashlight ) will not be automatically switched off when a player dies.
  • Death sprites now determined by the weapon doing the damage instead of the current weapon selected (e.g. no more "stomp" kills).
  • Players always see the health indicator for the other team's structures, not the unbuilt status.
  • Reverted the animation of a jumping skulk to 3.0 behavior. This is an animation changed only.
  • Fixed a problem where sieges automatically sighted structures in range that are on slopes.
  • Fixed a problem where players could not sight structures on slopes.
  • Fixed commander keyboard scrolling ( +scrollleft, +scrollright, +scrollup and +scrolldown ).
  • Heavy armour and jetpack are now visible in the readyroom.
  • Fixed cl_autohelp in options window.
  • Added player list to game menu for steam friends. ( Thanks anakin )
  • Improved playback of HUD alert messages ( base under attack, enemy approaches, hive under attack etc. )
  • Added support for +commandmenu.
  • Fixed: "building under attack" will play on friendly structures after an enemy structure dies in the same location.
  • Fixed commander view of alien health rings.
  • Fixed server crash related to large numbers of chambers (entities)
    • aadded server variable sv_structurelimit, which restricts the number of structures that can be built on the map at once (excluding hives, RTs, and CCs).
    • default value is 300. /li>
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    Maps Updates:



    v3.2 Beta 2 - January 8th, 2006
     
    Balance Changes

     
    Bugfixes

     
    Other changes


  • Updated ns_caged
    • -Re-added the weldable between Purification and Vent (Central to Vent is still just a breakable).
    -Removed the Upper Sewer Opening to the Vent into Marine Start.
    -Adjusted the location of the Sewer Hive Res Node.

  • Updated ns_lucid
    • -Fixed several clipping issues.
    -Filled in the alcove behind Nemesis Hive.
    -Fixed HOM near Void hive.
    -Fixed minimap for cl_lablemaps 0.

  • Updated ns_machina
    • -Fixed readyroom bug.
    -Fixed sunlight in Tau Ceti
    -Fixed dropping problems for commander in Tau Ceti.
    -Fixed sinking behind hive in Mausoleum, by making it unbuildable on the transparent infestation.
    -Fixed some commander view irregularities.
    -Fixed not being able to leap from The Pit floor.
    -Fixed various stuck points.
    -Fixed being able to walk/jump along the edge of Circumn.
    -Added vent from Mausoleum hive to Turning Point, to Otherside.
    -Added ledges to the base of two 'chutes' - one from Maus, one from Turning Point.
    -Added ledges along the edge of the chasm in Crater to act as a safety net for fades & jetpackers.
    -Added a very minor vent system to Marine Start.
    -Added infestation to Mausoleum hive, intended to provide camoflauge/cover for aliens.
    -Added a ladder to The Pit from which players can jump into the vent there, allowing them to cross to Southern Shell over the chasm.
    -Added a large grating across the chasm in Crater, from one chute exit to a vent entrance to The Pit. Essentially is a vent from Southern Shell to The Pit, but can also be considered a path in its own right (if a very precarious one).
    -Added weld to The Pit. Marines can now make the two pillars descend into the floor for better room coverage.
    -Many ladders introduced allowing floor-bound aliens to access the vents in hives.
    -Added some blocking architecture to the marine start in an effort to reduce fade/lerk dominance.
    -Removed pit beneath Imine Falls, replaced with water.
    -Removed a path in The Pit area, to simplify.
    -Removed lift in Crater, and cut off the walkway before reaching the Destroyer.
    -Replaced lift to The Pit (from Snakes Body) with a large slope.
    -Made cosmetic changes to Crater South - Destroyer.
    -Detailed Turning Point, The Approach, Southern Shell, and Otherside.
    -Slight visual addition to Circumn.
    -Made some cosmetic changes to Angels Grave.
    -The two-part bar door will now kill anyone who blocks it.
    -Enlarged minimap (thanks JazzX).
    -Rotating lift has been replaced with a more stable train-lift.
    -Northern Shell's lighting has been somewhat redone for better visibility. Still a WIP.
    -Redirected vent from Ceti Noon to The Pit - now goes from Ceti Noon to Barren.
    -Expanded Tau Ceti.
    -Opened up a wall between Snakes Tail and Central Node Descent.


    v3.2 Public Beta - November 21st, 2006
     
    New Features



    New map ns_lucid ( by Mouse )
    ns_lucid is a map with a distinctive visual style and frantic gameplay. Its flowing architecture and well connected layout means that teammates as well as enemies are never far away. The map's high ceilings and winding corridors give the advantage to whoever can get the first hit in and victory to whoever can hit the hardest.


    New map ns_machina ( by Merkaba )

    New map ns_prometheus ( by Pithlit )
    The Prometheus relais station was abandoned when the technology it used was outdated and updates were no longer feasible. Five Years later it was brought back on duty to serve as an advanced materials lab for special compounds that were discovered by a mining operation in the surrounding asteroids in the rings of the gas giant prometheus. Operations ran smoothly for several years. On a fateful day the station was infected by the Kharaa during mining incident. The nearby supply cruiser on route to the station now sends over its marines to seize research data and rescue any possible survivors.

    New map co_umbra ( by kalessin )
    co_umbra is a large combat which features long, wide corridors with moderate cover and high ceilings. Despite the apparent advantage the marines may have, the aliens can utilise the extensive ventilation network and the many concealed ambush points to hamper the marine's progress. There are three routes linking the alien half of the map to the marine side, each route converges in the centre of the map where most of the action takes place. Because of the size of the map, it is important that the marines play aggressively to be able to secure a victory.
     
    Gameplay changes:

     
    Gameplay interface:

     
    Various fixes:

     
    Maps Updates:



    v3.1.3 - April 10th, 2006
  • Gorges only get 50% health regeneration from their own healing spray
  • The alien resource tower "hull" has been increased in height to reduce the effectiveness of players hiding inside the model
  • The message printed when a player joins a team will not be displayed during the warmup. After the round has started, the message is not displayed more than five times a second to prevent client disconnects


    • v3.1.2 - December 2nd, 2005
  • Hand grenade damage reduced from 100 to 80.
  • Hand grenade damage reduced from 2x vs. structures to 1x.
  • Gorge healspray now heals Gorge that triggers it as well.
  • Increased Gorge armor from 50 to 70.
  • The shotgun pellets now distribute more evenly.
  • Shotgun has a range of 700.


    • v3.1.1 - November 20th, 2005
  • Fixed a crash related that some servers were experiencing ("Host_Error: PF_MessageEnd_I", BlipList message no longer exceeds maximum transmission size of 20 friendly, 25 alien blip limits)
  • Fixed an issue where under certain conditions the wrong sound files were being played when a player requested another player to weld them
  • ssay82 and ssay83 are now checked when mp_consistency is 1


    • v3.1 - November 10th, 2005
     
    New features

  • Skulk wallwalk has been improved:
    - Skulks can now vault from walls. When attached to a wall, pressing jump will make the skulk jump in the direction the player is facing.
    - Precision wallwalking: While holding +speed (aka walk) the skulk will stick to walls much more rigorously then before. This makes it possible to navigate difficult architecture.
    - Wallwalk is now disabled when walking on the floor.

  • Implemented teammate query icons:
    - Invoking a query from the popupmenu ("Follow me", "Covering you", "Weld/Heal me") displays an icon over the player issuing the query. This lasts for 6 seconds.
    - The invoking player may look at another player to issue that order directly to their target. The query will pop up in the upper middle of the target player's HUD.
  • Added new map: ns_shiva (Thanks Moultano!)
  • Added Fade eye icon next to NS in the Steam games list

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    Gameplay changes

  • Hand Grenades significantly reworked:
    - Reduced their research cost: 20 res -> 10 res (Classic Mode only)
    - Reduced the time between throw and detonation: 2.0s -> 0.75s
    - Hand Grenades can now be thrown before the prime grenade animation has finished, allowing faster throws.
    - Number of Hand Grenades equipped upon spawn has been increased: 1 -> 2

  • Changed Alien gestation times (times are given for Classic Mode and are in seconds, they are scaled down in Combat):
    - Skulk 7 -> 3
    - Gorge 17 -> 10
    - Lerk 20 -> 15
    - Fade 23 -> 25
    - Onos 38 -> 35

  • Shotgun pellets now spread randomly: five pellets in an outside 20 degree cone, and five pellets within a 7 degree cone

  • Duck toggle implemented:
    - Bind "toggleduck" to a key to use
    - While duck is toggled, pressing +duck will unduck and releasing will revert the player to a ducked state
    - This also allows reverse wallwalk; where pressing duck enables wallwalk and releasing it drops you from the wall

  • Set Alien base Cloaking opacity from 10 to 0 (aka 100% Cloaking)
  • Armory now consistently supplies 10 health with every use (once per 0.9 seconds)
  • Added some client-side consistency checks for sprites (e.g. muzzleflash)
  • Mines can no longer be placed on players or structures
  • Mines can't be placed within 15 units of each other (to avoid exploits)
  • Commander created structures now dropped from 4 units above the floor (should help with some sinking structure issues)

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    Game mechanics

  • Added support for labelled minimaps:
    - Added new setting to advanced multiplayer options: "Draw Location Names"
    - cvar is cl_labelmaps
    - default value is 'on' (1)
    - Map dynamically switches in both HUD and map view
    - When turned on, the game displays ns_"map"_labelled.spr in place of ns_"map".spr, if no labelled minimap exists the default one is displayed.

  • Added the ability to toggle off NS's gamma ramp:
    - Added setting to the advanced options menu: "Enable gamma ramp"
    - cvar is cl_gammaramp
    - default is 'on' (1)
    - Turning this to off will disable the forced gamma ramp. This should allow players on 64-bit systems and others who recieve "downloadable gamma not supported" errors to bypass the problem and set their gamma and color options via their video drivers.

  • The commander can now see the health for all buildings and marines, even when not selected, as transparent health circles. Health circles for selected buildings and marines are rendered as normal.

  • Mines and Hand Grenades moved to weapon slot 5
  • All sayings from the popupmenu now have a cool down time of 3 seconds, to prevent them from being spammed.
  • Changed the popupmenu to better reflect the new teammate orders.
  • Commander waypoints and orders now pop up in the receiving player's HUD.
  • Placing a structure does no longer automatically give selected marines a waypoint to it.
    O Structure health is now always visible to maintenance players (players having a welder or healspray set as their active weapon).
  • Hive sight range increased: 1500 -> 3000 units
  • Players now have to press f4 twice within two seconds to go to the readyroom as a safety measure.

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    Cosmetic changes:

  • Weapon upgrade level is now ignored when determining how much to shake the screen while firing - it is now constant for Pistol, LMG, HMG, and Shotgun.
  • Heavy Armor Player model fixed; now stands on floor correctly
  • Buildings produce less smoke and more sparks when recycled
  • Updated light and heavy HMG model with new sound calls, including new reload sounds (thanks CoolCookieCooks!)
  • Cleanup of titles.txt
  • Slight change to the LMG draw sound timing
  • End game notifications now display in the center of the screen for 10 seconds with a 2 second fadeout.
  • Moved alien resource label down
  • Moved the chat text panel down so long lines of text won't conceal the crosshair
  • Moved left side help text a bit up to prevent overlapping with the chat panel

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    Map changes:

  • Updated co_sava: (Thanks Mendasp!)
    - The vents in the hive are now covered (can't shoot the hive unless you're inside the room)
    - Add a broken resource tower in Cargo room in order to provide a line of sight block (thanks CoolCookieCooks!)
    - Reworked vent system (Lerks can fly in them, shorter travel times, new entrances/exits)
    - Removed railings from the Auxiliar monitoring room
    - Added more clip brushes to help with the skulk wallwalk in some areas
    - Blocked line of sight from the lower entrance to the hive

  • Updated ns_altair: (Thanks KungFuDiscoMonkey!)
    - Rebuilt Omega Hive
    - Rebuilt Consistency Hive
    - Rebuilt Marine Start
    - Rebuilt Station Monitoring Main
    - New Life Support Hive
    - New Sub Bay
    - Modified the layout of the center of the map
    - Changed the P-Corridor to Station Monitoring Main path into a vent
    - Added a new path to connect Access Corridor Zeta to Station Monitoring Annex
    - Moved the Station Monitoring Stabilty res node to Station Monitoring Annex
    - New Readyroom
    - Reworked much of the lighting on the map

  • Updated ns_bast: (Thanks Mendasp!)
    - Fixed Onos spawn issues (redemption / movement chamber) in Feedwater
    - Added vent from Feedwater to Atmospheric processing
    - Extended path between Engine and Water Treatment
    - Fixed stuck point behind the Observe match ladder in the ReadyRoom
    - Fixed invisible wall in Refinery Hive above copper pipes
    - Lowered ceiling in the corridor between the Marine Spawn and Main Aft Junction

  • Updated ns_eon: (Thanks Olmy!)
    - Significantly reworked the Node Layout
    - Extended Core Monitoring closer towards Core, so that the joining corridor is shorter, and so sieging is easier
    - Renamed Coolant Maintenance to Coolant Transfer
    - Shifted Coolant Transfer south, to put it closer to core, so that the joining corridor is shorter, and so that sieging is easier
    - Widened Cooland Transfer
    - Fixed all vis errors
    - Opened up the Repair Bay/Maintenance Corridors area a bit
    - Opened up Sleeping Area considerably (no more dead ends), and made navigation easier (flat ceiling etc)
    - Improved Sleeping Area visually slightly
    - Rerouted Life Support vent from Sleeping Area to N-Turn
    - Added a new room (with vent access) on the Eastern end of Engine Walkway to house a res node
    - Sbend reworked visually
    - Vent exit in Sbend changed to exit out of a small room off of Sbend
    - Added alot more infestation in the hives
    - Added crate at East exit of Marine Start, and moved MS RT slightly East
    - Fixed all the sinking structures problems associated with metal grates (apart from the ones in The Hub, as the structures are easily accessible anyway)
    - Fixed the bug where you could build structures on the antenae (spikes) outside the Communications window
    - Removed the water in Engineering Hall hive, and raised the broken floor so that you can step up it easily
    - Added a shielded area on the central structure in Core hive, and also lowered the hive
    - Widened the North and South corridor coming off of Core Monitoring
    - Made the 'donut' east of Gunpods more spacious (the central structure is considerably smaller now)
    - Deleted the Core Power -> Core Monitoring vent
    - Made the corridor entering Living Area from Life Support less convoluted and deleted the door so it is less confusing
    - Some minor r_speed optimisations here and there

  • Updated ns_hera: (Thanks Merkaba!)
    - More MS tweaks - the glass walkway is now wider, and the entrance into the MS from this direction is now wide open.
    - Added a small window overlooking the corridor from Cargo, allowing marines to attack incoming aliens without fear of melee attacks. This has potential to make it hell for aliens, or just mildly annoying.
    - Extremely bright light in Northern Corridor is now a lot easier on the eyes.
    - Hopefully fixed the problem with wallwalking through the vent into Data Core hive.
    - Sticky light fixtures from MS -> Fog Corridor fixed.
    - Redesigned MS -> Cargo route to remove the marine-sized door bottleneck.
    - Added a weldable underneath the lift between MS-Cargo - welding brings the lift up and seals off that entrance.
    - Put in hint brushes in MS in an attempt (read: attempt!) to bring r-speeds down. It's better in general now, but still goes over 700 in spots.
    - Hopefully fixed the stuck-problems in ventilation. All the tunnels now have smooth surfaces allowing for Sasier skulk movement too.
    - Tweaked Ventilation Hive, main change being that skulks/lerks/gorges can walk across the area under the hive without having to jump over the...er...struts, or whatever they are.
    - Added a hole in the weldable grate in northern corridor, allowing skulks/lerks/jetpackers/fades through, and gorges + marines from one side only.
    - Extended vent from Archiving Hive to Northern Corridor so it has another exit above the RT in same corridor
    - Fixed the most minor of graphical artifacts in Reception (this was my fault and nothing to do with the wires texture or anything else)
    - Fixed HOM in Northern Corridor (Like I need to say that...)
    - Added a ladder in Holoroom leading up onto the balcony to cargo
    - Retextured Ventilation to an extent
    - Modified RT room in Processing so the RT is no longer blocked from view until you run around the centre computer console
    - More minor changes

  • Updated ns_metal: (Thanks Quazilin!)
    - Made Marine start smaller
    - Fixed 2 location names
    - Added cover in the hallways near Storage D

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    Bugfixes:

  • Players can now climb up ladders without having to face up or jump on to them (thanks Soylent Green!)
  • Fixed loss of lastweapon information when user makes a redundant weapon selection
  • Updated Light marine model, removes phantom shotgun cocking sound present in the models' sound calls
  • Fixed a bug where a crouching player on an IP would not be killed
  • Structures can no longer be dropped in vents in which they would sink
  • Fixed bug where the Onos would not properly uncloak while charging
  • Fixed bug where some items in the marine popupmenu ("Start", "Weapon", "Orders", "Comms", etc) would be disabled after exiting the command chair
  • The shotgun now properly fires an empty click sound when under water and emptied
  • Fixed bug where a dead player would not respawn while a key bound to a +command was depressed
  • Releasing duck quickly after pressing it will no longer make the player bounce
  • Improved client side alien attack animations.
  • The installer no longer checks whether Steam is running or not, as it does no real harm if it is.


    • v3.05 beta 2 - June 10th, 2005
  • Fixes the spectator related hitreg bug.
  • Removed shotgun falloff. Shotgun damage falloff is bugged in 3.0.4 and even if it were fixed, it would impair an evaluation of the new hitbox code.

    v3.05 beta 1 - June 5th, 2005
  • This fix correctly rotates the models of the player so that the rendered model matches the hitbox. For example, in 3.0.4 a skulk on the wall will be difficult to hit because his model will be rotated on the marine's client but the hitboxes will not be rotated on the server.

    v3.04 - June 1st, 2005
  • Increased alien upgrade gestation time from two to three seconds.
  • Doubled the marine's Light MachineGun starting reserve ammo to 100. (Classic Only)
  • Doubled the marine's Pistol starting reserve ammo to 20. (Classic Only)
  • Reduced time needed to research to adavanced armory from 180 to 160 seconds.
  • Increased HeavyArmor research time from 100 to 110 seconds.
  • Increased Jetpack research time from 50 to 60 seconds.
  • Increased siege damage from 380 to 400.

    v3.03 - April 27th, 2005
  • +5 armor (each armour level is now +5) for LA and JP marines.
  • 380 siege damage. (+50 siege damage from 3.0f)

    v3.02 - April 4th, 2005
  • Reduced observatory cost from 20 to 15.
  • Increased observatory starting energy to 40.
  • Reduced Armslab cost from 25 to 20.
  • Reduced Phase Gate transportation throttle rate from 0.8 to 0.5 seconds per player.

    v3.01 - March 11th, 2005
  • Fixed choke issues experienced by the operators of larger servers. On our test servers, we saw performance improvements of more than 20%.
  • Removed an exploit of the updated mapvote system
  • Fixed a bug that hindered the commander from dropping structures on a specific occasion.

    v3.0 (otherwise known as beta6) - March 5th, 2005
     
    Gameplay changes

  • Aliens have innate regeneration at a rate of 2% per second, this regeneration will always heal at least 1 point of health or armor and adds to healing from Defense Chambers or Hives, but doesn't 'stack' with Regeneration.
  • Alien upgrades no longer cost resources.
  • Gestating to skulk cost no resource points anymore.
  • Sieges no longer damage players (damage against structures has been adjusted to stay consistent with previous versions).
  • Turrets now priorise players over structures.
  • Offense Chambers now priorise players over structures.
  • Parasite now takes precedence over Scent of Fear on Hive Sight (allows players to see that their Parasite hit when using SOF to help teammates track enemies).
  • Bile Bomb's range has been increased by 15%.
  • Cat-pack cost has been reduced from 4 to 3 resource points.
  • Marines near Sensory chambers show up as if detected by Scent of Fear.
  • Acid rocket now does double damage to armor.
  • Fades can now blink off ladders.
  • Major changes to the alien cloaking upgrade:
    - Players moving faster than walking pace will gradually become more visible the faster they move, but only to a max visibility of 30%.
    - Players using Cloaking upgrade will no longer be fully visible at any time unless attacking or being attacked.
    - You have to wait 3 seconds after uncloaking before you begin to cloak again.
    - Turrets will not fire at slow moving aliens (-> players with less than 10% visibility).
    - Increased visibility for aliens moving at greater than normal moving speed (bunnyhopping, gliding, etc.).
  • Changed Scan cost from 25 to 20 energy units.
  • Changed default combat game time to 15 minutes.
  • Combat scan is now triggered by partially cloaked aliens. Note: Scan 'fires' every 3 seconds, so there is a window in which a fast alien can still close the distance.
  • Combat scan deploy time halved to 0.25 seconds.
  • Alien flashlight tweaks: marines in the alien's field of view are now lit up just like friendly structures and players.
  • Shotgun range begins to fall off at 500 units, and is then reduced by 1% for every 2 further units, resulting in no damage after 700 units, to stop shotgun sniping.
  • Alien respawn time reduced for teams larger than 6. As the number of hives increase, this time is increased, so at 3 hives there is no difference from respawn rate at 6 players.
  • Combat wavespawn now takes a 5 seconds plus 2 seconds for every dead player, up to a maximum of 13 seconds.

    Game mechanics

  • Fixed a bug that would lead to valid weapons being 'redded out' (showing up as disabled).
  • Waypoint system changes:
    - Group waypoints will now act like personal waypoints for each player (so when you reach the waypoint, it disappears for you, while remaining for all other players).
    - Reduced the size of the waypoint icons slightly.
    - Added 'weld target at waypoint' support for players and structures.
    - Added 'defend target' support for players and structures.
  • If you are within 600 units of a marine spawn location, you will not be transported in by Distress Beacon.
  • Added 'notready' command to reverse ready status in tournament mode.
  • Equipment, med-packs, ammo-packs, etc. can again be dropped directly on players.
  • Allowed item placement near resource towers.
  • Made scanner sweeps deployable everywhere.
  • Added a build restriction radius of 16,50 units around marines.
  • Fixed a bug where a hive could not be dropped over a chamber.
  • Changed player minimum build distance to the structure from 20 to 30 units.
  • Knife knockback has been removed.
  • Knockback from attacks reduced to 1/3 for ducking players on the ground.
  • Tweaked xenocide/gore pushback behavior to eliminate weird flying marines and deaths by worldspawn.
  • Limited how fast a player can re-join a team from readyroom. 3 seconds must pass before re-joining the game.
  • Players no longer join a team in the 'dead' state.
  • Recycling IP now triggers change of marine status in queue.
  • A Phase Gate bug that allowed for the fast transportation of numerous marines has been fixed.
  • Each Phase Gate now throttles the rate at which marines depart from it - One marine every 0.8 seconds.
  • 'Pancake' prevention code. Limit on vertical component of lerk flight velocity to maximally 1000 units per tick upwards and 1200 down.
  • Mines now do damage when the player who planted them leaves the team.
  • You can no longer scan for free using hotgroups on observatories.
  • Fixed bug where resupply wasn't effective for HMG or pistol. A resupplied weapon will never reload to less than a full clip.
  • Changed the health bar around structures to more acurately reflect its health. Full bar is now exactly 100% health, empty bar is 0%.
  • Reset room_type to 0 after being digested to avoid sound issue.
  • Fixed bug that makes dead marines show up with a red health segment in the healthbar.
  • Commander hints will not play if cl_autohelp is set to 0.
  • Recycling observatories will no longer uncloak aliens.
  • Set minimum time for alien gestations to one second to avoid instant gestation in combat.
  • Fixed the 'research transfer' exploit.
  • Fixed the 'late join timer' exploit.
  • Fixed exploit where structures could be dropped near marines in water to avoid building restrictions.
  • Hive Sight no longer draws the player we are spectating.

    Cosmetic changes:

  • New medpack (thanks Brigadierwolf!).
  • New ammo clips (thanks Brigadierwolf!).
  • New hand grenade (thanks Brigadierwolf!).
  • Added Heavy Armor falling sound.
  • Gave each alien a unique landing sound.
  • Updated Jetpack sound.
  • Updated LMG clip out and clip in sounds.
  • Updated Pistol reload sounds.
  • Reverted LMG firing sound back to sound from beta 4.
  • Updated welder idle sound to be more obvious when not welding anything.
  • Replaced raindrop sprites.
  • Added a "player joined team" messages to HUD.
  • Team join sounds now only play for the team joined.
  • Increased volume of welder hiss when target is not being welded.
  • Updated cat-pack commander menu icons to provide a consistent interface.
  • Friendly parasited players no longer show up in hive sight, and are no longer notified that they are parasited (Parasite still does FF damage though).
  • Added a separate sprite for parasited enemy structures (thanks gazz0zz!).
  • Hive locations now always appears on Hive Sight.
  • Unbuilt hives use a different sprite for easy detection.
  • Commander Station always shows as closed in combat maps.
  • Changed Hive Sight sprites to be better discernable for color-blind players (thanks JazzX!).
  • Implemented third person reload animations.
  • Added slightly tweaked xenocide charge and explosion sounds.
  • Animations for the egg model now play, they were broken.
  • New medpack skin and icons (thanks Supernorn!)
  • Added all-new hivehealth indicators for the alien HUD.
  • alien_hivedying2.wav now plays.
  • Recycling Phase Gates are no longer visually active.
  • Phase Gates don't light up until they have a valid destination.
  • Included cool colored minimaps (thanks JazzX!).
  • Updated tooltips.
  • Jetpacked marines now show up as 'JETPACK' on the scoreboard.
  • Unavailable alien upgrades are now grayed out in the pop-up menu.
  • Voice comms can now be used during game start.
  • Added a new, sanely-sized bilebomb model.

    Map changes:

  • Added co_niveus by drath

  • Added ns_eon by Olmy

  • co_angst
    - Completely reworked center area of map
    - Increased brightness in landing gear zone
    - Fixed several onos stuck issues
    - Various other changes around the map

  • co_core (updates by Merkaba)
    - New ready room
    - New light in hive
    - New vent between hive area and upper marine start exit

  • co_daimos
    - Full visual rework

  • co_faceoff
    - Widened vents near marine start
    - Changed geometry behind comm chair to be more accessible
    - Hive can no longer be shot by jetpackers sitting in the side vents
    - Fixed performance issues

  • co_pulse
    - Added a ramp to the hive room

  • co_sava
    - Increased brightness level
    - Added cover in most rooms
    - Added more vents
    - Reworked the hive room
    - Tweaked some areas to allow easier Onos movement

  • ns_altair
    - Added vent from Omega to Zeta with two exits into Phi
    - Massive Optimizations
    - New Surface Umbilical
    - Redid Upper MS
    - New Monitor Textures by Samejima
    - Covered up pit in Omega
    - Custom minimap with vents marked in red
    - Removed Diving Tanks
    - Connected Nanite Regulation to Settling Tanks
    - Connected Settling Tanks to Communications
    - Retextured Vents to be easier to distinguish
    - Removed door weldable
    - Added new vent weldables
    - Moved Parts Room rt to Sigma Test Site
    - Added new info_locations to help with navigation
    - Played with HLRAD settings to increase brightness
    - Added more light into sewer
    - Combined Station Monitoring and Sub Bay nodes into one
    - Divided sub bay into two rooms, Sub Bay and Sub Refueling
    - Removed upper hallway between Life Support and Parts Room
    - Reopened route between Lower Sub Bay and Parts room

  • ns_bast
    - The broken door in MS is now closed
    - Marines have to go through Main Aft again to get to Engine
    - Added infestation in Refinery to block the line of sight to the hive from the ramp entrance
    - Added some cover in Refinery
    - Reworked and renamed Docking Storage (it's called Reactor Core Regulation now)
    - Removed one node from Atmospheric Processing
    - Moved column in Atmospheric Processing more to the center
    - Added vent from Engine to Water Treatment
    - Added vent between Feedwater and Steam Generation
    - Widened the corridor outside feedwater

  • ns_eclipse
    - Redesigned marine spawn to a 1.0 / 3.0 mix
    - Moved horseshoe RT to T-junction
    - Added new vents to KeyHole
    - Moved maintenance RT
    - Added pillars to eclipse hive to prevent spawn camping
    - Made it easier to get on top of eclipse hive
    - Added vent from eclipse -> triad
    - Redesigned power sub junction

  • ns_hera
    - Moved data core delta node into hive room
    - General bug fixes/cosmetic improvements
    - Onos can now leave through back door of delta hive (oops!).
    - Outside now has proper light level
    - Restricted movement outside even more so gorges can't build on tube
    - Skulks cannot climb the cliff walls or sky anymore. (might be slightly unaccurate
    - skulks are still able to stick to the ceiling but only if they manage to get through a trigger_push pushing them away with a force of 2000 units.)
    - Hanger bay doors now openable/closable (again). Added a twist whereby for a short moment (3 secs) when opening/closing, onoses aren't able to pass through.
    - A few general clipnode improvements
    - Minimap Sprite updated (sorry for not including that before)
    - Removed Systems and Fog Corridor nodes.
    - Fog Corridor now has a weld to turn on lights
    - Made the CC area more open/acessible to help alien attacks.
    - Minor bug fixes
    - Lighting returned to previous states
    - Fixed marine start door

  • ns_metal
    - General updates

  • ns_nothing
    - Sped up and fixed all elevators
    - Elevators can no longer be permanently blocked by players or structures
    - Widened most vents
    - Fixed several ladders to improve Onos navigability
    - Fixed railings in Ominous Kismet and improved general navigability of the area
    - Several trivial bug fixes

  • ns_tanith
    - Fixed ramp in Central Access tunnels
    - Added structures to Waste and Satcom hives to reduce spawncamping
    - Added a vent between Satcom and Acidic Solution resource node
    - Fixed bugs with ceiling architecture in Fusion Reactor hive

  • ns_veil
    - Fixed cargo -> double res vent
    - Added cover to outside of cargo
    - Changes to vent from dome/pipeline -> cargo
    - Redesigned pipeline hive
    - c12 connections changed
    - Redesigned areas directly surrounding pipeline
    - Visual changes to marine spawn
    - Vent from pipeline -> c12

    v3.0 beta 6 build 5 - February 25th, 2005

  • Added a cooldown for cloak. You have to wait 3 seconds after uncloaking before you begin to cloak again.
  • Fixed bug that makes dead marines show up with 1 red health segment in the healthbar.
  • Tweaked xenocide/gore pushback behavior to eliminate weird flying marines and cratering (WIP).
  • Limits how fast a player can re-join a team from readyroom. 3 seconds must pass before re-joining the game.
  • Included cool coloured minimaps from JazzX.
  • Fixed bug where a dead IP would not reset its respawn queue
  • Commander hints will not play if cl_autohelp is set to 0
  • ns_metal
    - General updates

  • ns_veil
    - Reverted to the earliest version without clipping issues.

  • co_daimos
    - Full visual rework

  • ns_eon
    - Made some minor aesthetic improvements.

  • co_core
    - made the new vent wider

  • ns_hera
    - minor bug fixes
    - lighting returned to previous states
    - fixed ms door

  • ns_altair
    - extended rim around water in Submarine Bay to connect the doorway in the northeast corner with the eastern platform
    - combined two nodes to one in the center of the map
    - moved node in Settling Tanks closer to MS (back to its former location)
    - re-opened wall near Settling Tanks to allow faster travel between MS and the southern hive

  • co_sava
    - General Updates

    v3.0 beta 6 build 4 - February 21st, 2005

  • Combat scan deploy time halved to 0.25
  • Combat scan is now triggered by partially cloaked aliens. Note: Scan 'fires' every 3 seconds, so there is a window in which a fast alien can still close the distance.
  • Alien flashlight tweaks: Marines in the alien's field of view are now lit up just like friendly structures and players.
  • Hive drop check fix redux.
  • Changed the health bar around structures to more acurately reflect its health. Full bar is now exactly 100% health, empty bar is 0%.
  • Reset room_type to 0 after being digested to avoid sound issue.
  • Recycling phasegates are no longer visually active.
  • Fixed small bug from last revision where recycling wouldn't show on the health bar.
  • Recycling IP now triggers change of marine status in queue.
  • Knockback reduced to 1/3 for ducking players on the ground.
  • Modified hive health sprite to indicate damaged hive at 99% health.
  • Alien_hivedying2.wav now plays.
     
  • Updated ns_eclipse
  • Updated ns_veil
  • Updated ns_nothing
     
  • Changes to bast:
    - Fixed horrible stuck issues in Refinery (two of them)
    - Fixed not being able to wall-run on Feedwater-Tram tunnel vents
    - Sped up MS door (that one that leads to atmos)
    - Added vent from engine to water treatment
    - Fixed LoS issue in Engine hive
    Known issues:
    - New stuck issue in refinery in the pipe near the Water Treatment entrance
    - Minimap isn't fully shown (the new vent gets cut off)
    - The new vent out of engine is VERY dark at some points

  • co_sava Aesthetical fixes

  • ns_altair v7d (2/14/05)
    - Played with HLRAD compile settings a bit
    - Added a few new lights to sewer
    - Misc detail to parts room and Station Monitoring
    - Small tweek to fix minimap glitch till I have time to do a full sprite again
    - Added new vent weldables

  • Changes to hera
    - Outside now has proper light level
    - Restricted movement outside even more so gorges can't build on tube
    - Skulks cannot climb the cliff walls or sky anymore. (might be slightly unaccurate
    - skulks are still able to stick to the ceiling but only if they manage to get through a trigger_push pushing them away with a force of 2000 units.)
    - Hanger bay doors now openable/closable (again). Added a twist whereby for a short moment (3 secs) when opening/closing, onoses aren't able to pass through.
    - A few general clipnode improvements
    - Minimap Sprite updated (sorry for not including that before)
    - Removed Systems and Fog Corridor nodes.
    - Fog Corridor now has a weld to turn on lights
    - Made the CC area more open/acessible to help alien attacks.

  • co_core changes
    - New light in hive
    - Widened new vent

    v3.0 beta 6 build 3 - February 12th, 2005

  • Changed structure build restriction radius from 60 to 30 units (Means that you can now drop multiple structures within viewing range of each other.).
  • Changed player build restriction radius from 25 to 16.50 units (Should reduce the amount of marines-standing-in-the-way to the bare minimum, makes medpack
    - and ammodropping easier.).
  • Changed Scan cost from 25 to 20 energy units.
  • Scan exploit fix improved.
  • Fixed a bug where a hive could not be dropped over a chamber.
  • Team join sounds now only play for the team joined.
  • Fixed bug where resupply wasn't effective for HMG or pistol. A resupplied weapon will never reload to less than a full clip.
  • Added all-new hivehealth indicators for the alien HUD. We had a so far unduplicable issue with this in an early test, please report irregularities in the forums.
  • Replaced the old parasited structure sprite (thanks, gazz0zz!).
  • Changed default combat game time to 15 minutes.
  • Updated co_core. It now actually has a RR.

  • Updated ns_eon
    - Lowered Marine Start roof considerably, and added a cc alcove.
    - Small aesthetic changes to N-Turn.
    - Centre console in Core Monitoring to reduce line of sight.
    - Vents rearranged in Core Monitoring to help aliens and a new vent added.
    - Vent in Core Power moved as part of the vent rearrangement.
    - New space added to Engineering Hive to increase space for spawn points and add more cover, and just make it cooler.
    - Other minor adjustments to Engineering Hive.
    - Removed vent doors from Bridge Hive, while blocking line of sight to hive created by their removal.
    - Increased usefulness of bridge vents (one exits from the cieling, the other is higher), and removed stickiness on one vent exit.
    - Decreased Bridge Hive vent weld time from 60 seconds to 20 seconds.
    - Increased lift speed from 70 to 90.
    - Fixed onos stuck issue at Core Monitoring.

  • Updated ns_altair
    - Moved Parts Room RT to Sigma Test Site
    - Added new info_locations to help navigation and direction
    - Split up Life Support info_location
    - Split up Sub Bay info_location
    - Removed weldable door
    - Reopened path between Sub Bay and Parts Room
    - Moved some alien spawns into Life Support instead of being a bit outside the hive room.

    v3.0 beta 6 build 2 - January 31st, 2005

  • Fades can blink off ladders.
  • Recycling observatories won't uncloak aliens.
  • Players only beacon in if they are more than 600 units away from all spawn points.
  • Reverted to beta5 hitboxes to get a lead on the hitbox issues.
  • Fixed cloaking bugs (lerks no longer cloak when gliding quickly, etc.).
  • Increased visibility for aliens moving at greater than normal moving speed (bunnyhopping, gliding, etc.).
  • Mines now damage normally when the player leaves the team.
  • More tweaks to pancake capping.
  • New medpack skin and icons from Supernorn (thanks!).
  • Updated ns_eon
  • Updated ns_bast
  • Updated co_sava

  • Updated ns_altair - build 7
    - Added vent from Omega to Zeta with two exits into Phi
    - Added vent from Muck Pump to Parts Room RT
    - Rspeed optimizations
    - Adjustments to Surface Umbilical to reduce LOS
    - Adjustments to MS top entrance
    - New monitor textures by Samejima
    - Covered up pit in Omega
    - More details
    - Removed Diving tanks and connected Nanite Regulation and Settling tanks
    - Rerouted path from Settling tanks into Communications
    - Moved weldable to Muck Pump
    - Optimized Sub Bay
    - Moved node from outside Parts room into parts room

    v3.0 beta 6 build 1 - January 9th, 2005
     
    Gameplay changes

  • Aliens have innate regeneration at a rate of 2% per second, this regeneration will always heal at least 1 point of health or armor and stacks with DC or hive healing, but doesn't 'stack' with Regeneration.
  • Alien upgrades cost 0 resources.
  • Gestating to skulk costs 0 resources.
  • Sieges no longer damage players.
  • Siege now does 330 Damage.
  • Turrets now prioritize players over structures.
  • Offense Chambers now priorities players over structures.
  • Parasite now takes precedence over Scent of Fear image (allows players to see that their Parasite hit when using SOF to help teammates track enemies).
  • Bile Bomb's range has been increased by 15%.
  • Cat-pack cost has been reduced from 4 to 3.
  • Marines near Sensory chambers show up as if detected by Scent of Fear.
  • Acid rocket now does double damage to armor.

    Game mechanics

  • Hitbox code has been much improved, so shooting through the legs of an Onos will miss, while shots on edges of models will now hit.
  • Players using Cloaking upgrade will no longer be fully visible at any time unless attacking or being attacked.
  • Players moving faster than walking pace will gradually become more visible the faster they move, but only to a max visibility of 30%.
  • Turrets will not fire at aliens with less than 10% visibility.
  • Clicking on an enemy structure (visible, non-visible and cloaked) gives a 'move to' waypoint.
  • Shotgun range begins to fall off at 500 units, and is then reduced by 1% for every 2 further units, resulting in 0 damage after 700 units, to stop shotgun sniping.
  • If you are within 600 units of marine start, you will not be transported in by Distress Beacon.
  • Group waypoints will now act like personal waypoints for each player (so when you reach the waypoint, it disappears for you, while remaining for all other players).
  • Alien respawn time reduced for teams larger than 6. As the number of hives increase, this time is increased, so at 3 hives there is no difference from respawn rate at 6 players.
  • Combat wavespawn now takes a 5 seconds plus 2 seconds for every dead player, up to a maximum of 13 seconds.
  • Added 'notready' command to reverse ready status in tournament mode.
  • Fixed exploit where structures could be dropped near marines in water to avoid building restrictions.
  • Equipment, med-packs, ammo-packs, etc. can again be dropped directly on players.
  • Knife knockback has been removed.
  • Players no longer join a team in the 'dead' state.
  • Phasegate bug that allowed for the fast transportation of numerous marines has been fixed.
  • Changed player min build distance from 20 to 30.
  • Pancake prevention code. Flapping no longer adds lift after speed exceeds about 900 ( or 1000 with celerity ). This seems to work well, forward movement is as normal, and diving is as normal.> o Pancake prevention code. Flapping no longer adds lift after speed exceeds about 900 ( or 1000 with celerity ). This seems to work well, forward movement is as normal, and diving is as normal.

    Cosmetic changes:

  • Added Heavy Armor falling sound.
  • Gave each Alien a unique landing sound.
  • Updated Jetpack sound.
  • Updated LMG clip out and clip in sounds.
  • Updated Pistol reload sounds.
  • Reverted LMG firing sound back to sound from beta 4.
  • Updated welder idle sound to be more obvious when not welding anything.
  • Replaced raindrop sprites.
  • Added a "player joined team" messages to HUD.
  • Updated cat-pack commander menu icons to provide a consistent interface.
  • Friendly parasited players no longer show up in hive sight, and are no longer notified that they are parasited (Parasite still does FF damage though).
  • Added a seperate sprite for parasited enemy structures (placeholder graphics).
  • Hive locations always appears on Hive Sight.
  • Unbuilt hives use a different sprite for easy detection.
  • Commander Station always shows as closed in combat maps.
  • Changed Hivesight sprites to be better discernable for colorblind players (Thanks Jazz!).
  • Partly implemented third person reload animations.
  • Added slightly tweaked xenocide charge and explosion sounds.
  • Animations for egg now play, they were broken

    Map changes:

  • co_faceoff
    - Widened vents near marine start
    - Changed geometry behind comm chair to be more accessible
    - Hive can no longer be shot by jetpackers sitting in the side vents

  • co_pulse
    - Added a ramp to the hive room

  • co_sava
    - Increased brightness
    - Added cover in various rooms
    - Reworked hive room to increase alien-friendliness
    - Added several vents
    - Increased brightness level
    - Added more cover for aliens
    - Tweaked some areas to allow easier Onos movement

  • co_angst
    - Completely reworked center area of map
    - Increased brightness in landing gear zone
    - Fixed several onos stuck issues
    - Various other changes around the map

  • Added co_niveus

  • Added co_ether

  • ns_tanith
    - Fixed ramp in Central Access tunnels
    - Added structures to Waste and Satcom hives to reduce spawncamping
    - Added a vent between Satcom and Acidic Solution resource node
    - Fixed bugs with cieling architecture in Fusion Reactor hive

  • ns_ayumi
    - Gorge's Hideout and Oxygen resource towers removed
    - Windows in Cold Turn and Hamasaki Hive are now breakable
    - Fixed some snag spots in Eastern Entrance
    - Change entrance to AE35 so Onos can fit
    - Fixed spelling mistakes and invisible ledges

  • ns_altair
    - Increased lighting variation and brightened up overly dark rooms
    - Various texturing fixes and improvements
    - Reworked geometry slightly in various rooms
    - Added vent between Omega Site, Phi Test Site, and Zeta Corridor

  • ns_eclipse
    - Recreated Marine Start as a mixture between 1.0x and 2.0x versions and removed doors
    - Moved Power Subjunction, Horseshoe, and Maintenance resource nodes
    - Redesigned some hallways
    - Vent from Horseshoe to Marine Start removed
    - Various bug fixes

  • ns_veil
    - Moved Emergency Nozzle C-12
    - Redesigned Pipeline hive
    - Added cover to east exit from Cargo hive
    - Fixed vents from Cargo to Nanogrid monitoring
    - Various bug fixes

  • ns_bast
    - The broken door in MS is now closed
    - Marines have to go through Main Aft again to get to Engine (fixes the 15 second run)
    - Added infestation in Refinery to block the massive line of sight to the hive
    - Added cover in Refinery in a desperate attempt to make the hive more alien-friendly (and someone somehow convinced me to do it)
    - Reworked and renamed Docking Storage (it's called Reactor Core Regulation now)

  • ns_nothing
    - Sped up and fixed all elevators
    - Elevators can no longer be permanently blocked by players or structures
    - Widened most vents
    - Fixed several ladders to improve Onos navigability
    - Fixed railings in Ominous Kismet and improved general navigability of the area
    - Several trivial bug fixes

  • Added ns_eon

  • Added ns_mineshaft

    v3.0 beta 5 - September 4th, 2004
     
    Gameplay changes:

  • Players who issue the 'kill' command in console cannot restart the timer by issuing 'kill' again
  • Commander can now click on switches to activate a door or elevator.
  • "slowresearch" cheat now slows down recycling of buildings.
  • Alien attacks apply a reduced knock-back effect. If a player is in the air and receives knockback damage the effect is 50% of what it was in beta 4a, if the player is in Heavy Armor (HA) the knockback is reduced an additional 50%.
  • Changed knockback of Skulk Bite from 300 to 225.
  • Increased jetpack maneuverability, jetpackers are now immune to stomp, and carried items/ammo affect lift less
  • Knockback never affects friendly players.
  • Parasite and Xenocide now get damage boosts from primal scream.
  • Weapons reload exploit fixed.
  • Marines are prevented from putting anything but Resource Towers on Resource nozzles.
  • Reduced time it takes to throw hand-grenades (thanks BrigadierWolf!)
  • Changed hand grenade so it is thrown gently when crouched.
  • Movement chamber range increased from 400 to 500.
  • Alien resource nodes don't play gurgling sounds until a minute into the game. (prevents commander from listening for starting hive)
  • Movement chamber energy bonus increased from 10% to 25%.
  • Changed healing spray effectiveness vs. players: changed from 16 to 13 + 4% of target max health. (both for healing friendly players and attacking enemy players)
  • Increased Gorge armor from 40 to 50.
  • Increased Onos carapace armor bonus from 150 to 350. (makes it closer 50% like all the other aliens)
  • Changed hand grenade physics to make them more effective at attacking indirectly.
  • Increased redemption chance from 35% per second to 45% per second. (still happens when at or below 40% health)
  • Increased spit damage from 25 to 30.
  • Grenade launcher cost lowered from 20 to 15.
  • Ammo packs now drop when a weapons is dropped (intentionally or upon death)

    Combat Specific Gameplay changes:

  • Aliens always respawn as skulk, even if they were previously a higher lifeform.
  • Dying with a larger lifeform gives you back the points spent on it.
  • Unchained alien lifeforms, like regular NS:
    - Gorge costs 1 level
    - Lerk costs 2 levels
    - Fade costs 3 levels
    - Onos costs 4 levels
  • Lifeform evolution times set to a smaller percentage of those in regular NS.
  • Aliens can now only choose a lifeform once per life in Combat.
  • Players spawn in waves, with a maximum wave size of 5 players
  • A wave starts when there is no wave in progress and a player dies
  • The wave finishes when 5 seconds + (number of dead players - 1)*4.5 seconds have elapsed.

    Game mechanics changes:

  • In NS:Combat, all weapon and armor upgrades will now be correctly assigned to the user who upgraded for them.
  • When devolving from a higher alien lifeform to a lower lifeform it was possible to have 0 health but still be "alive". This has been corrected so you start with the correct health/armor for that class .
  • Aliens no longer take negative damage (gain the damage back as health) when they have 4 or more hives.
  • Parasite flag is now removed from players when they die instead of when they spawn.
  • Aliens who are healing while evolving will emerge healed to the correct percentage. (Also goes for damage while evolving)
  • Fixed flashlight so it’s no longer possible to run out of energy.
  • Players can no longer enter a Comm Chair while it's recycling.
  • Aliens can now evolve on slopes without having to jump.
  • Fixed problem with alien regeneration, where aliens could sometimes get more health than they were supposed to.
  • Alien players should now be able to always evolve provided there is enough room.
  • Blast effect from Onos gore and Xenocide no longer affect teammates.
  • Build circle restrictions no longer remain for mapper placed buildings that are destroyed.
  • Fixed the bug with the ‘startbuilt’ flag for mapper placed offense chambers, they will now be fully functional when the round starts.
  • Motion tracking blips no longer show on minimap when there are no more observatories.
  • Fixed bug where players dropping straight into water are invulnerable.
  • Turrets now track and fire at underwater aliens.
  • OCs will no longer fire at digesting players.
  • Walking aliens no longer uncloak while strafing or if they have upgraded to celerity.
  • Resolved issues with the Phase Gate headroom checking routine.
  • Multiple buildings can no longer be placed on the same physical ground-level location.
  • All non-standard weapons (including LMG) dropped upon death.
  • Tweaked the way gestation space checking works.
  • Improved the way deployment of Phase Gates is handled (code-side).
  • Issue with grenades being selected when you drop your other weapons resolved.

    Cosmetic changes:

  • The sound when an alien building is placed only plays if the building is successfully placed.
  • Visual reference of a parasite will now be removed when a mapper placed building is destroyed.
  • Known issue resolved where 'needs health' message was being spammed due to variable inconsistencies.
  • Added new shotshell.mdl for shotgun ejection
  • Aliens will no longer show up on motion tracking if they are dead.
  • Use key has been disabled for commanders. (prevents phantom use sounds playing)
  • Added new jetpack sounds
  • Fixed bug where the hive take-damage animation interrupted itself
  • Added new NSGuide icon (from amarc)
  • lastinv no longer plays sound when used.
  • Welder redone, its now possible to tell when you're not welding, welding or finished welding, just by listening to the sound.
  • Alerts now play when a 'friendly' gorge attacks a building with FF on.
  • Silence upgrade now prevents the primal scream response from players if they have silence.
  • Added an offset shotgun crosshair, which correctly represents the center of the damage field for the current shotgun.
  • Digesting sounds are now affected by the silence upgrades.
  • It is no longer possible to place/keep a waypoint on a cloaked alien.
  • Fixed a bug that stopped the sound that normally plays when an aliens spends points from playing.
  • Hand Grenade no longer plays the same sound for different actions.
  • Tweaked hand grenade sounds from MaDMaXX.
  • New hand grenade model from BrigadierWolf.
  • Motion tracking blips no longer appear on aliens that you can directly see.
  • Digesting players no longer show up on SoF or Parasite.
  • Digesting a jetpacker removes their ability to “fly” so trails won’t be seen.
  • Phantom Phase Gate sounds will no longer play.
  • Long server names will be truncated gracefully as opposed to abruptly on the scoreboard.
  • Correct arm models will now be displayed when exiting the command chair as HA.
  • Improved animation for hand grenade, including synching up grenade creation with throw.
  • Aliens now display the correct amount of res they actually have. It was being shown (24/99) even though you had 25/100.
  • Score is now calculated correctly for weighted kills.
  • Lowered chat text visually on-screen.
  • New ammo pack models

    Server Changes:

  • Game directory changed from "nsp" back to "ns", now that nearly everyone has moved to the beta
  • STEAMIDs now appear on all applicable log messages.
  • Updated method of locking cvars to be more efficient.
  • Added missing newline character in log message.
  • Fixed log messages for "Game reset started" and "Game reset complete" from sometimes having weird characters.
  • Locked r_detailedtextures to 0 to prevent exploits.
  • Changed mp_limitteams default from 2 to 1 (in server.cfg and listenserver.cfg)
  • Added some sprites to mp_consistency precache.
  • Numents and entityinfo commands now work with sv_cheats set to 1.
  • Changed Linux development platform to gcc-3.2.

    Client Changes (non-gameplay related):

  • Removed ex_interp from cvar locks.
  • Added lightgamma to locked cvars. Value cannot be set below 2.0.

    Changes for those who Mod NS:

  • Code for Chat box now sends strings as a single argument rather than multiple arguments.

    Spectator changes:

  • Spectators should be able to see cloaked alien buildings when spectating in first person.

    Map Changes:

  • Added ns_altair by KungFuDiscoMonkey

  • Added co_sava by Mendasp

  • Updated ns_nancy from Lazer
    - New route to Mother Interface. It's experimental right now and will probably changed around later.
    - Some corridor spacing issues resolved (example: Onos can not leave Mother without ducking)
    - Double door bug FIXED

  • Updated ns_metal
    - More infestation/Tweaks
    - Optimized surface access
    - Fixed 3 build exploits
    - Removed weldable pipe (shortcut)
    - Added bulges in vents to allow passing
    - Lowered cieling in MS
    - Ladder weldable moved to Storage D promenade
    - Added resource node to Surface Access
    - Moved heating room resource to north end of room

  • Updated ns_agora
    - Added two missing sounds

  • Updated ns_bast
    - Reduced size of the vent on top of feedwater so marines have to crouch
    - Fixed button on the Engine Door
    - Fixed a lot of areas where the comm shouldn't build (this includes all the weird feedwater spots)
    - Raised Feedwater hive to avoid exploits and making the access to the vent easier
    - Moved the Feedwater resource a bit so you can get behind it
    - Moved engine and added a second exit to the hive
    - Moved the res outside of Refinery to Water treatment
    - Made the revolving door unusable (like the one on the other side)
    - Lowered Marine Spawn closer to the cargo level and removed the elevator
    - Added new area between the Marine Spawn and the Engine corridor
    - Moved the new res on the bottom of the main aft lift closer to Tram Tunnel.
    - Reduced excessive brightness in some areas (lights over the nodes, feedwater, marine spawn)
    - Added vent between Feedwater and Tram Tunnel
    - Tweaked the Tram so the Onos can fit without crouching
    - Fixed strange clipping holes and errors (this includes some stuck issues too)
    - Added lights to the underwater tunnel
    - Added vent in Refinery

  • Updated ns_hera
    - Added missing titles
    - Added a resource node in north-west corner of the map, by the weld to the rock cavity.
    - Removed a node from Holoroom
    - Removed ground path from Cargo to Holoroom
    - Added in a balcony overlooking the Holoroom, accessible from the upper level of Cargo.
    - Moved the node in Cargo back to it's original place - down in the pit beneath the door.
    - Re-routed Maintenance Access' Cargo exit to beside the cargo life next to MS. (Just so the exit doesn't come out at the resource node)
    - Enlarged the general area around the CC, as well as fixed the getting stuck problem around it.
    - Fixed being able to see into the vent hive as commander with no marines around.
    - Added a vent between Archiving hive and North Corridor (heralocation_ncorridor).
    - Added a vent from broken security door to Cargo lift.

  • Updated co_core
    - Enlarged marine start
    - Fixed small clipping\clipnode errors
    - Decreased water in hive room
    - Reduced overall elevation changes
    - Broke up line of sight in south hive exit
    - Enlarged hive room slightly
    - Decreased line-of-sight to hive from northeast hallway
    - Several minor geometry changes and fixes

  • Updated co_ulysses
    - Fixed bug in Hive ramp
    - Changed and added detail at Cargo Bay, Marine Spawn and Hive.
    - Added a new window to space at Cargo Hive.
    - Modified some lights along the map to make it more atmospheric

  • Updated co_daimos
    - fixed stuck issue in Lower Sewer (bug #0000590)
    - grates can now be shot through (bug #0000692)
    - added a vent from Hive Area to Upper Tram to allow Alien to fall into the Marines' back there.
    - added a vent from Hive Area to Exactly above the PG welding point.

  • Updated ns_lost
    - Fixed crashing problems
    - Marine start redesigned to eliminate the CC pit
    - "Closet" resource node removed
    - Several weldable vents added
    - Window to siege room in Equilibrium now breakable
    - Los Paranoias resource node removed
    - Added a resource node on Beta Deck
    - Reworked weldable into Alpha Continuum hive
    - Fixed anomalous flooring outside Eternal Requiem
    - Fixed several exploit build areas

    v3.0 beta 4a - May 2nd, 2004
  • Combat changes:
    - Aliens no longer grow in experience over time (we didn't have time to test this properly last week)
    - There is now a time limit (like old Combat builds!), which by default is 10 minutes. Aliens automatically win after time expires, or if they take out the CC. Marines win by taking out the hive.
    - This time limit can be adjusted using mp_combattime
    - Moved game timer off of scoreboard and onto HUD
    - When there is less then a minute left, the game time readout blinks (both Combat and NS/tournament mode)
    - Focus cost increased from 1 to 2 levels
    - Because marines lose if timelimit is reached, sped marine spawning by 1 second to compensate

  • Fixed demo recording crash
  • Improved server performance (for programmers: we built using a debug version of STLport by accident). There may still be a problem with escalating pings we're still looking into.
  • Reduced umbra power so it now blocks 1 out of 2 bullets (down from 2 out of 3)
  • Grenades no longer teleport into the void before exploding when they are shot into vents (bug #530)
  • Abbreviated "Natural Selection" in Steam server list so it's easier to filter by version
  • Removed mp_gametime server variable as it is no longer needed
  • Fixed gamma problems on map change for maps that didn't specify an env_gamma (usually custom maps)
  • Fixed exploit where weapons can be nearly instantly reloaded (bug #334)
  • Fixed bug where death messages overlapped spectator UI
  • Rewritten structure collision detection from XP-Cagey should mean many less sinking items!
  • Lerk flight costs energy again (1/2 the energy cost of beta 3)
  • Fixed missing textures in beta 4 (goodbye random pink-checkerboards)
  • Removed consistency checking of unnecessary files (mp_consistency 1) (thanks mahnsawce!) (bug #297)

  • Updated ns_nancy (helpful for CAL)
    - You should no longer be able to siege Port/Subspace without spotting it.
    - In an attempt to add a little more balance to the map the vent outside of Port has been turned into a hallway and the stairs to Mother Interface from Messhall were removed.
    - Added a couple crates in the Mother Interface area for cover.
    - Removed unnecessary side room in the Marine Start area. All it did was add a chance of the commander spawning way too far from the CC and had no game purpose.
    - Misc. other smaller changes

  • sv_restart now works with cheats on (so you can execute it via rcon by setting cheats first)
  • Equipment is now easier to drop on players, buildings can no longer be dropped on players.
  • Fixed bug where multiple res towers were allowed to be dropped on the same node (appeared in early versions of 4a)

  • Rewrote EntityInfo and NumEnts printout formats to make them more useful to mappers. - EntityInfo was reporting the first N entity slots of information instead of the first N valid entities. - Marked several types of entities (player slots, bodyque, weapons) as "dynamic" - - for now at least, they don't count towards the mapping limit.

    v3.0 beta 4 - April 23rd, 2004
  • Combat changes
  • Removed wave spawn to shorten game length (only one person spawning at a time).
  • Increased unlock hive ability 3 cost from 1 to 2

  • Bast is back!! Completely-remade ns_bast, with much better server performance/pings (thanks Mendasp and the entire crew!)

  • ns_metal update from Quazilin (update 10)
    - New "Supply way"
    - Smaller "Storage D"
    - New res
    - More infestation/Tweaks
    - Added steam bursts with sfx

  • Lerk gestation time lowered from 28 to 20 seconds
  • Fixed bug where player angles weren't set properly on spawn (bug # 559, thanks XP-Cagey!)
  • Phase 1 of the Big Unannounced System
  • Fixed bug where joysticks weren't able to rotate the player view (thanks XP-Cagey!)
  • Fixed voice comm labels so they can be read more easily (always black text).
  • Changed commander voice comm label to white to differentiate him (soldiers are blue).
  • Reduced number of entities in ns_tanith from 394 to 264 for improved server performance (thanks tommyd!)
  • No longer play client-side sparks or bullet impact particles on client when shotgun pellets hit a player or water (graphical bug only)
  • Fixed bug where lone marines tended to spawn at some spawns more then others (Combat)
  • Fixed bug where pop-up menu costs weren't visible for alien players (NS mode, bug #471)
  • Removed unneeded HL commands (third-person camera exploit, timerefresh, gl_monolights, gl_overbright, gl_clear, cl_nosmooth, cl_smoothtime). Bug #101.
  • Fixed bug where marines could phase to a recycling phase gate (bug #554)

  • Final version of ns_agora (thanks Kawak!)
    - Added more covers in Tunnel and Cargo
    - Added new vents
    - New Sewer Hive and New "Main Generator" (so there is some changes in the layout for this side of the map)
    - Added a ladder near "Freight Elevator Access" , but Marines need to weld a door to acces it.
    - The vent leading to "The Wedge" from tunnel is now weldable.
    - Fixed "Onos getting stuck" in "The Pit"
    - Added/modified lots of little things here and there..

  • Removed energy cost for lerk flight (to encourage flight while using abilities)
  • Lag no longer allows exploit where research is done on wrong building / current comm chair can no longer be recycled (bug# 199)
  • New welder, machine gun, pistol, hmg, metabolize and shotty sounds from MadMaxx
    - Tweak welder ROF for variety
    - Hand grenade sounds

  • Improved HLTV support. Blips still aren't drawing on the overview map, and some of the UI controls don't work very well, but it should be useable. More to come.

  • Updated ns_eclipse (thanks KungFuSquirrel!)
    - New vent added between South Loop/Maintenance Vent and Keyhole
    - New vent added between South Loop and Computer Core
    - New weldable added on South Loop/Computer Core vent
    - Old Triad pits/effects restored
    - Old skylights near marine spawn restored
    - Restored ns_eclipse.wad
    - Various texture usage optimizations
    - Adjusted Triad layout to allow better res defense (experimental)
    - Restored doors in marine spawn
    - restructured active side of Marine Spawn
    - Moved Marine spawns closer to CC
    - CC moved out of alcove
    - Atmospheric adjustments to hives

  • Updated ns_veil (thanks KungFuSquirrel!)
    - Expanded Marine Spawn
    - Lowered "Pink Monster" in Marine Spawn
    - Fixed embarrassing "Eclipse Logo Backwards in my Own Map" problem... Doh.
    - Removed North Loop
    - Texture usage optimizations
    - Repaired remaining Onos stick points (I hope!)
    - Removed all chairs in front of computer panels
    - New vents (find/learn them yourselves )
    - Some added infestation in hive areas
    - Layout/architecture tweaks near Pipeline
    - Weldables added to Nanogrid Status

  • Updated ns_nothing (thanks KungFuSquirrel!)
  • Elevators changed to func_doors
  • Upgrading a turret factory no longer restores all its hit points (bug #539)
  • Items no longer sink through the world when placed against slopes, items can now be placed at up to 45 degrees, on stairs, etc. (bug #291, bug #527)

    v3.0 beta 3 - February 11th, 2004
  • Combat respawning change: only 1/4 of the team can respawn at a time (waves last 5-11 seconds, depending on team size). This reduces Combat game length significantly, and gives much more importants to player death.