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bahl
21.01.2005 06:30:21
It is about time to release a new version of Rival Species! Our intended release date before the New Year slipped through our fingers. But today, after seemingly endless bug hunting, we finally made it!<br /> <br /> You surely want to know what exactly we made. So without further ado, I shall go ahead right away with the list of new things in this version:<br /> <br /> Apart from hunting new bugs, we also fixed some old ones:<br /> -fixed that the bots laserguns have red beams<br /> -fixed the messed up bodyqueue<br /> -fixed that vehicles fall into too small areas<br /> -fixed that vehicles dont block doors<br /> -checked the weapon origins of missile weapons<br /> -stopped deploying on weaponswitch<br /> -stopped switch during grenade pullout<br /> -fixed that the player eldar laser tracers are red<br /> -fixed that there are no corpses for dead players<br /> <br /> While it is always nice, to get rid of an annoying bug, we still more importantly added heaps of new stuff:<br /> -make energy and stamina recharge very slowly during running<br /> -added distinct class health<br /> -made the cheapest melee and the cheapest ranged weapon auto applied if they arent selected<br /> -added spawnpoint information to the scoreboard<br /> -added class member counts to the class menu<br /> -added team member counts to the team menu<br /> -added a special melee damage type<br /> -added radar functionality<br /> -added area control, capture location and artefact sprites to the radar<br /> -allowed the mapper to place a map sprite for the radar<br /> -added a progress bar for the areas<br /> -added a firemode display<br /> -added a respawns display<br /> -added an armor display<br /> -made the radar a drop down part<br /> -added an allied team property for the mission modifier<br /> -built a set of class-specific white shoulderpads<br /> -compiled and include the first ork weapons<br /> -compiled and include the world eater demonsword<br /> -compiled and include the world eater plasmapistol and demonaxe<br /> -did new class bloodletter for WE<br /> -added regeneration on damage for bloodletters<br /> -added in the orkish horde<br /> -gave vehicles seperate health<br /> -includeed the new stikkbomb<br /> -let the player takeover the followbot after death<br /> <br /> And to round this up, I shall list our changes to the gameplay:<br /> -removed freeze from grenades<br /> -removed the weapon switch from freeze<br /> -moved the bikers to the driver class<br /> -made farseer healing an area effect<br /> -made flag taking over an area effect<br /> -disabled friendly fire in close combat<br /> -made close combat slow down running away<br /> -made close combat undeploy weapons<br /> -made close combat cause double spread to weapons<br /> -created fitting sprites for the firemode<br /> -added client variables to disable autoreload, automelee and the upper hud<br /> -slowed deployed movement<br /> -hidden enemy lives display<br /> <br /> So this is the list of all the small and big changes and additions to the game. But where to get it? Right here:<br /> <br /> If you did already have the old version,<br /> then you can download the patch for it from one of the listed locations:<br /> <br /> <a href="
http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=273">
http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=273</a><br />provided by <a href="
http://www.gamessource.de">
http://www.gamessource.de</a><br /> <a href=
http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1166_to_1200_patch.zip >
http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1166_to_1200_patch.zip</a><br /> provided by <a href=
http://www.world-eaters.info >
http://www.world-eaters.info</a><br /> <a href=
http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1166_to_1200.zip >
http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1166_to_1200.zip</a><br /> provided by <a href=
http://www.whgames.de >
http://www.whgames.de</a><br /> <a href=
http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1166_to_1200.zip >
http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1166_to_1200.zip</a><br /> provided by <a href=
http://www.banntal.de >
http://www.banntal.de</a><br /> <br /> Otherwise, you can also get the full version:<br /> <a href="
http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=274">
http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=274</a><br />provided by <a href="
http://www.gamessource.de">
http://www.gamessource.de</a><br /> <a href=
http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1200_full.exee >
http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1200_full.exe</a><br /> provided by <a href=
http://www.world-eaters.info >
http://www.world-eaters.info</a><br /> <a href=
http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1200_full.exe >
http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1200_full.exe</a><br /> provided by <a href=
http://www.whgames.de >
http://www.whgames.de</a><br /> <a href=
http://www.1st-catachan.de/Downloads/rspecies_1200.exe >
http://www.1st-catachan.de/Downloads/rspecies_1200.exe</a><br /> provided by <a href=
http://www.1st-catachan.de >
http://www.1st-catachan.de</a><br /> <br /> And should you want to host a linux server, then you will need this file:<br /> <a href="
http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=275">
http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=275</a><br />provided by <a href="
http://www.gamessource.de">
http://www.gamessource.de</a><br /> <a href=
http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1200_linux.zip >
http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1200_linux.zip</a><br /> provided by <a href=
http://www.banntal.de >
http://www.banntal.de</a><br /> <br /> So what is left to say? Go ahead, download, install and join the fray
. WAAAAAGH! ( orkish battle scream ).
