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#1 2007-11-23 2:46 pm

Bat
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Upcoming UT3 beta patch details

Just a few issues in the shipping game...

Gameplay:

- Fixed scaling of certain player meshes (increased in size some human and
robot meshes). *Addresses meshes being smaller than collision box, as well as
eyeheight issues.
- Fixed feigning death into/through ForcedDirVolumes.
- Fixed grenade effects in water.
- Increased hellbender rear turret damage.
- Reduced Goliath machine gun spread, plus slight damage increase.
- Fixed warfare scoring for locking down a prime node not called "prime
node".
- Slightly increased momentum taken for damage by mantas and vipers.
- Flak, Rocket, and Shock do slightly more damage to manta and viper.
- Made sure Hellfire SPMA cannon can't fire through walls.
- Increased incoming SPMA fire sound radius.
- Fixed impact jumping with hoverboard.
- Fixed bot Pawns losing their PRI at the end of the match, causing them to,
among other things, be invisible
- Fixed being able to switch away from the rocket launcher in the delay
between the third rocket being loaded and the weapon autofiring.

AI:

- Improved bot AI with darkwalker.
- Tweaked bot voice message frequencies.
- Bot aiming tweaks.
- Fixed bots attacking friendly player in rare cases when that player recently
stole an enemy vehicle.
- Fixed bots not handling the "Hold This Position" order correctly when the
player giving the order is in a multi-person vehicle.

Demo playback:

- Fixed demo playback not ending/looping correctly when the demo ends due to
the DemoRecSpectator being destroyed before the end of the file is reached.
- Demos can now be paused.
- By default, demo playback now runs at full speed and interpolates in between
demo frames using the normal client simulation code. The old frame-locked
method is still available by passing ?disallowinterp. Timedemos are unaffected
by this change.
- Fixed demoplay URL parsing counting the options as part of the filename
unless an extension was specified in the demo name
- Added a "Delete Demo" button to the demo playback menu.
- Demo playback now properly handles rotation when viewing a Pawn in first
person.
- Fixed looking around while spectating a vehicle.

Server Browser:

- Implemented "Server History" tab page in server browser, with ability to
"lock" favorites on that page.
- Added 'Join as spectator' feature.
- Server browser uses smaller font to display more servers.
- Fixed custom mutators not appearing in server browser.
- Fixed custom gametypes not displayed in server browser's window.
- Fixed server browser's listed MaxPlayers being incorrect.
- Added filter option for dedicated servers.
- Fixed server browser showing an incorrect goal score and time limit when the
.ini values were used.

User Interface:

- Can now save settings/progress even if have never created a profile.
- Added ping and connect time to scoreboard.
- Removed annoying confirmation menu when starting a game.
- Removed unnecessary top settings page (can use tabs at the top of the
settings to navigate).
- Added a Messages tab to the mid game menu.
- Friends messages now saved until explicitly deleted.
- Finer control over mouse sensitivity, using an edit box instead of a
slider.
- Added framerate smoothing and FOV options to the advanced video menu.
- Increased max players/bots in menus to 32.
- Fixed auto switching to vote menu at end of match.
- Improved mid game menu performance (don't render world behind it).
- Added version number to main menu.
- Fixed binding gamepad/joystick keys (you must set AllowJoystickInput=1 in
the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] of your UTEngine.ini to enable
gamepads/joysticks).

HUD:

- Added the killer weapon to victim messages.
- Fixed flag and orb scaling in minimap at high resolutions.
- Fixed node teleporter not showing "You can't teleport with orb" message on
clients.
- Fixed situations where "get in vehicle" pictograph wouldn't work correctly.
- Still draw the clock on the scoreboard after the game is over.
- Fixed Duel HUD issues.

Networking:

- Implemented STUN support (Simple Traversal of UDP Through Network Address
Translators) to enable clients and servers to connect from behind a NAT.
- Fixed team scores very rarely not updating for a client.
- Fixed bot faction option when running a listen server.
- Fixed link setup not reset correctly when going from a map with a custom
link setup to one using the default.
- Fixed a case where Duel would place an incoming player on the wrong team
when some players were still travelling.
- Bullseye stats are now properly recorded.
- Fixed clients not travelling to downloaded maps correctly.
- Fixed the client and server getting into a loop sending each other close
messages in some situations.
- Quick match incorporates player rating into search decision.
- Fixed issue where Vista clients would not receive all servers from a server
browser search.
- Applied proper fix to suppressing voice on dedicated servers.
- Fixed issues with players not getting on right team in Duel and
Duel+Survival if a player leaves in certain timing windows during map
transitions.
- Fixed previous level PRIs showing up on the scoreboard/leaderboard after the
client travels (making it look like players have already scored lots of points
when those clients are in fact still loading)
- Fixed losing your custom character mesh after changing teams during a
match.

Server Administration:

- Reduced tick rate for dedicated servers with no clients (saves CPU on idle
servers).
- Dedicated servers do not require CD keys.
- Added -configsubdir= command line option to cause .ini files to be
loaded/saved from the specified subdirectory of Game\Config\
- Added QueryPort configuration and command line option.
- Added an "AdminChangeOption [option] [value]" console command for server
admins. This allows changing most simple .ini values (e.g. GoalScore) from the
client. This command will not override URL options. The change will take
effect after the next map change.
- Added an "AdminPublishMapList" console command for server admins. This
overrides the server's map list for the current game type with the one on the
client that used the command.
- Uses GameReplicationInfo.ServerName if set for the name of the server on the
server browser.
- Added "AdminForceVoiceMute" and "AdminForceVoiceUnMute": Stops/Starts a
player from sending voip to others
- Added "AdminForceTextMut" and "AdminForceTextUnMute": Stops/Starts a player
from send text messages to others
- Updated AdminPlayerList to show the PlayerID of the players on the server.
- Updated Kick/Ban to allow for using either the player name or the id

Map Specific:

- Fixed WAR-Avalanche terrain LOD popping issue on high end PCs.
- Fixed bots rarely getting stuck in mid air in DM-Gateway in the city
section.
- Fixed some VCTF-Suspense pathing issues.
- Fixed issues with circular lift on DM-Deimos.
- Fixed translucent mesh sorting issues in DM-Gateway.

Campaign/Co-op:

- Fixed a bug that could cause too many bots to be added to co-op matches in
some cases.
- Added support for seamless travel interrupting a travel to start another
travel. This fixes single player breaking if the host selects the next mission
before the clients have finished travelling to the mission selection level
- Fixed extra copy of a character when a human player leaves a co-op game at
the right time.
- Changed network loss during single player to result in player signed in
locally.

Modding:

- Added a SupportedGameTypes field to UTUIDataProvider_Mutator. If some
entries are in this array, the mutator will only be visible in the menus if
the selected gametype is found in the array.
- Fixed custom gametype midgame menus not being used correctly.
- Shipping script compiler now allows localized/config defaultproperties
because otherwise autodownloaded mods have no way for their localized/config
variables to work.
- Added Get/SetSpecialValue() stubs to Object to allow mods to expose values
that can be modified without creating a dependancy.

http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthre … ost2394220

Makes one wonder about the recently-Gold PS3 edition. hmm


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#2 2007-11-26 11:33 am

LLEVIATHANN
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Re: Upcoming UT3 beta patch details

Bat wrote:

Just a few issues in the shipping game.... hmm

lol Yeah just a few but it's not horribly broken.

Biggest things I noticed while playing.

Xhair & aiming in vehicles. The projectiles seem to hit a little low and right.

Dumb AI. Watching your orb carriers dance around the node really sucks. In all the Campain play not one of the AI made a CTF score on either side.

Gun fire doesn't come out of the gun but your forehead. (might be this height issue they talk about)

Can't customize xhairs. Well not yet might be an ini hack out there.


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#3 2007-11-27 9:19 pm

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Re: Upcoming UT3 beta patch details

Well I hope it fixes being dropped from a server every 20 min.eek


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#4 2007-11-27 11:45 pm

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Re: Upcoming UT3 beta patch details

Pretty standard amount of fixes for an Epic UT update.


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#5 2007-11-28 2:54 am

Bat
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From: Björk, Björk
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Re: Upcoming UT3 beta patch details

Unfortunately.

Gunfire from the forehead is a new one, tho.

Except for me. http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/evolve.gif


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#6 2008-06-03 8:44 pm

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Re: Upcoming UT3 beta patch details

No word on a release date. The usual few fixes.

UT3 Patch 1.3 Changes
9:39 PST | RaptoR |

From the UT3 server admins mailing list comes news that Epic is testing candidates for the third Unreal Tournament 3 patch (version 1.3). Changes in patch 1.3 so far include:

Gameplay:
- Fixed overlay mesh showing up on hidden sniper rifle when un-zoomed.
- UTGame.bNoCustomCharacters is now globalconfig.
- Now hear own auto-taunts.
- Fix for Liandri bots riding high in vehicles.
- Fixed mutators disappearing between matches.
- Fixed up PC DLC screenshots and player counts.
- Vipers can no longer be driven around underwater if entered while underwater - they pop up out of the water, even if deep in it.
- Fixed announcements not playing properly in WAR-MarketDistrict during the campaign.
- Fixed manta crouch exploit.
- Fixed loaded RL switching away before releasing load on net clients.
- Fixed occasionally getting stuck when getting up from ragdoll.
- Fixed ending zoom when go into feign death.
- Fixed giving proper stats credit for translocator telefrags.
- Fixed giving proper suicide stat credit for certain environmental suicides.
- Fixed Hoverboard foot placement when watching other client get on.
- Improved the turret controls on the rail turret with analog controller.
- Fixed friendly fire mutator showing up as option for Duel.
- Fixed bug where second enforcer wouldn't show up if picked up while switching to enforcer.
- Fixed shock/instagib beams which were grabbed from emitter pool sometimes incorrectly having DPG_Foreground set.
- Fixed "missing required file for demo playback" error message.
- Fixed redeemer explosion on client when shot down.
- Fixed big head mutator head scaling popping out at distance.
- End the match right away in duel if a player leaves.
- Fixed not getting kismet node destroyed event when node captured by orb.
- Fixed effect showing up for disabled weapon lockers.
- Don't modify power core damage caused by kismet.
- Fixed scavenger legs disappearing in kill volumes.
- Deployables can no longer be deployed onto hover/flying vehicles.
- Fixed Hoverboard script warnings and possible crash if hoverboard fails to spawn.
- Fixed impact hammer impact camera shake for low gore clients.

Engine/Rendering:
- Added motion blur menu option for PC (defaults to off).
- Fixed zero extent collision bug in octree code (finding nodes in Z axis).
- LOD Hysteresis / LOD Decision making bug fix.
- Fixed default mesh not having proper LOD settings.
- Fixed rare darkwalker physics crash.

User Interface:
- Added player name list to server browser.
- Added midgame map voting, with serverside config options in UTGame.ini:
- bMidGameMapVoting: Enables/Disables midgame map voting
- MapVotePercentage: The percentage of votes required to initiate a map switch, counts down based upon VoteDuration;
- NOTE: When VoteDuration=0, votes for a single map must exceed this percentage, but when VoteDuration is not 0, the number of players voting must exceed this percentage
- MinMapVotes: The minimum number of players that must vote in order to initiate a map switch.
- InitialVoteDelay: Delays the enabling of map voting for this many seconds
- Fixed History being saved for servers joined via cmdline and console.
- Fixed leading vote count indicator when map voting underway.
- Don’t show muted talking player portraits on HUD.
- Simple crosshair tweaks.
- Added the number of files left to download to the package downloading message.
- Fixed Krall portrait.
- Fixed clipping vehicle HUD beacon when not visible.
- Fixed endgame timer so that it isn't affected by changes in game speed (also fixes vote timer)
- Fixed SPMA deploy icon offset.

Networking:
- Always sort relevant actors by priority. Should fix the weird actors/properties never getting replicated issues.
- Fixed gibs not showing for clients of listen server if the gibbed player wasn't visible to the server player.
- Fixed gibs not showing for clients of low-gore listen server.
- New dynamic netspeed adjustment system for listen servers. Improves network performance for listen servers which typically have limited upstream bandwidth by dividing available bandwidth between clients. Configurable through new properties in UTGame.ini:
- TotalNetBandwidth=32000 (total upstream bandwidth to be apportioned)
- MaxDynamicBandwidth=7000
- MinDynamicBandwidth=4000
- Fixed "you have lost the match" messages to spectators at end of duel match.
- Fixed cases where GameSettings cache in the GameInfo wasn't properly getting NULL'd out on DestroyOnlineGame().
- HTTP redirect with compression now falls back to the uncompressed case if the compressed file could not be found.
- Fixed erroneous "connection failed" error when performing non-seamless travelling.
- Fixed hoverboard link failure sound playing in the world and being replicated.
- Fixed low gore clients seeing gibbed players as headless if playing on full gore server.
- Increased tracked turret net priority.
- Fixed Hoverboard networking replication issues (hoverboard now smoother in net games).

Server administration:
- UWeb fixes for WebAdmin.
- Fixed downloaded cooked maps not being loaded correctly in some cases when requested by the server at initial connect time.
- Fixed net object count problem when using the conformed/cooked audio packages in PS3ModTools. Fixes some networking issues for custom maps.
- Final fix for packagemap problem with going from DLC -> RTM maps.
- Fixed properly showing number of players needed for match to start when minplayers is set and bots are enabled on the server.
- Fixed bug with PlayerID being reused for bots after a seamless travel.

Mod support:
- Added support for Interactions to have a PostRender call (to render to canvas).
- Added support for Interactions to have exec functions be called on them.
- Added cut/copy/paste support to the console.
- Added Deproject() to canvas.
- Fixed base InventoryManager implementation of GetWeaponRatingFor().
- Fixed crash when placing a new UINumericEditBox in UI editor.
- Fix for custom factions in the UI.
- Added optional flag for ScriptedTextures to skip next clear so that a ScriptedTexture client doesn't need to draw every texel of the ST every update.
- Added support for -mod commandline option so that a TC mod can have a .ini file "sandbox" - where they can have new content paths, new startup maps, etc..
- Improved system for getting camera death effect.
- Implemented fix from Aegia for an NxFluid crash.
- Fixed beams not rendering in Cascade.
- Fixed crash when updating a UIPrefab.

Map specific:
- Fixed CTF-Searchlight black boxes before match starts.
- Fixed CTF-Searchlight search lights.
- Fixed CTF-Hydrosis collision issues.
- Fixed DM-Morbias collision issues.
- Fixed collision issue in DM-Deck.

AI improvements:
- Fixed bots not using link gun beam on enemies.
- Better bot celebration management.
- Fixed bots doing multiple end of match celebration taunts.
- Improved impact hammer AI.
- Improved darkwalker AI support for crouching under obstacles.
- Improved bot hoverboard AI.
- Fixed bots sometimes not picking up flags/orbs they dropped.
- Fixed bots never spawning in if initially not enough playerstarts.

http://planetunreal.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=151389


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Last edited by Bat (2008-06-03 8:46 pm)


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#7 2008-08-03 1:03 pm

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Re: Upcoming UT3 beta patch details

Nice to see the voting options being implemented.  People have become rather dependent on them.


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