Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3

Maps

• Mayhem
  
  • Restored missing explosion effect
  
  
• Party Zone
  
  • Health and armor rechargers can no longer be used in SvT, SvM, and Bonedemic
    
  • Fixed game mode specific sprites visible in other modes
    
  • Reduced volume output from microphone stand
    
  • Main area performance optimizations

User Interface

• Player color randomization can now be enabled or disabled at the customization menu page
  
• Search box at the end map voting screen will now clear on context change

Effects

• Added first person view effects for Displacer and Scientist Shotgun
  
• Various tweaks to muzzleflash, bullet tracer, and bullet impact effects
  
• Resolved various error messages related to effects
  
• Fixed ragdolls flying off at the end of death animations
  
• Minor tweaks related to bullet tracers and muzzle flashes

VScript

• Added GetTeamName, SetTeamName, GetTeamScore, SetTeamScore, AddTeamScore, and ResetScores methods for team_manager

Miscellaneous

• Fixed client crash triggered if Phonon library initialization fails (regression since patch 171)
  
• Fixed client crash on close if the player list dialog was ever opened
  
• Fixed server crash caused by entities being parented to themselves (regression since patch 171)
  
• Fixed server crash related to CTF flags with initial capture point set (regression since patch 171)
  
• Fixed env_microphone amplyfing sounds played by VCDs (choreo scenes) based on player count
  
• Reworked PAS (potentially audible set) filtering when playing sounds at the server side
  
• Optimized memory usage when using flex animations
  
• Lifted the 2 megabytes file size limit for config files
  
• Removed mat_configcurrent in favor of mat_info
  
• Unmarked legacy jb_cl_color_* convars as archived/saved (values will be stored in the jb_cl_playercolor convar)

SDK tools

• Added VolumeScale and PitchScale fields to env_mnicrophone
  
• Added SetTeamName, SetTeamScore, AddTeamScore, and ResetScores inputs to team_manager
  
• Added SetTeamColor input to jb_team

Maps

• Added Party Zone and Vertigo
  
• Biohazard
  
  • Fixed silent notification sound on flag capture
  
  
• Complex
  
  • Fixed some missing textures
  
  
• CS Havana
  
  • Fixed skybox rotation
  
  
• CS Militia
  
  • Fixed skybox rotation
  
  
• Demise
  
  • Improved lighting
    
  • Fixed frozen teleporter sprite
    
  • Fixed vehicles not being able to drive through opened doors
  
  
• DoD Avalanche
  
  • Sealed holes next the Blue team's spawn area allowing players to go out of bounds
    
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Control Points) game mode support
  
  
• DoD Argentan
  
  • Sealed holes next to the Red Team's second capture point allowing players to go out of bounds
    
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Control Points) game mode support
  
  
• DoD Colmar
  
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Demolition) game mode support
  
  
• DoD Jagd
  
  • Sealed holes next to the Red team's spawn area allowing players to go out of bounds
    
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Demolition) game mode support
    
  • Removed barricades placed next to a tank in all game modes except Team Mission
  
  
• Harvest
  
  • Fixed Team Mission specific objects remain present in other game modes
  
  
• Industries
  
  • Fixed missing ambient music
  
  
• Mini Royale
  
  • Disabled Battle Royale mutators to avoid conflicts with minigames' logic
    
  • Removed bad teleportation point trapping players using Displacers
  
  
• Two2Forts
  
  • Fixed random colored grass
    
  • Reduced respawn time by 4 seconds
  
  
• Prop Build
  
  • Fixed team filters

Game Modes

• Bonedemic
  
  • Target ID panels displayed over fellow survivors will no longer show through walls
  
  
• Shidden
  
  • Disabled wavy animation effect on Shidden's camo to help with hiding while holding still
    
  • Smelters will no longer turn their heads towards camouflaged Dealters and vice versa
  
  
• Sneak vs M...
  
  • Added new subtypes: Melters and Mushrooms
  
  
• Sneak vs Terrorists
  
  • Fixed camera not switching to destroyed model when broken
    
  • Fixed tripmines breaking frog-touch collisions
  
  
• Team Battle Royale
  
  • All players of the winning team will now be awarded with points
  
  
• Team Mission
  
  • Implemented Demolition sub mode

Player Models

• Added zombie arms and applied to relevant player models

NPCs

• Restored HL2 Combine Dropship
  
• Improved Revolver and Obrez handling for bot players

Weapons

• Fixed Scientist Shotgun projectiles not detonating sometimes
  
• Fixed Bird Poo not dealing damage when set to (regression since patch 115)
  
• Fixed tripmines couldn't be placed on doors set to ignore debris
  
• Fixed Displacer couldn't teleport objects to generic spawn points when jb_wep_displacer_tp_generic_spawns convar is enabled
  
• Fixed Displacer could teleport objects to disabled extra teleportation points (info_displacer_target)
  
• Updated Displacer not to teleport big aircrafts
  
• Fixed draw sound on Cat Mine cutting off constantly
  
• Updated Dubstep Gun to support raw sound files

User Interface

• Updated weapon selection selection to display slot numbers
  
• Updated weapon selection to display infinite ammo when needed
  
• Team Battle Royale objectives will now display at the top left corner like in normal Battle Royale
  
• Objectives will now flash when updating for certain game modes
  
• Added new Gameplay settings page featuring options controlling special team selection (Sneak, Shidden, or VIP teams)
  
• Updated the scoreboard for certain game modes to display levels (Gun Game), progress (Rat Race), and skulls saved (Head Hunt)
  
• Fixed missing death notifications for HL1 Apache or HL2 Combine Helicopter

Effects

• Fixed bullet spread patterns appear to be the same at the client side (regression since patch 161)
  
• Fixed sky textures turning bright/dim when switching between maps using same sky textures, but different HDR modes (regression since patch 164)
  
• Updated CSM shadows to use angles of the first found environmental light source
  
• Weapons carried by camouflaged players will no longer cast shadows
  
• Restored Plasma legacy effects for env_fire
  
• Updated spectate monster spawn points to blink, to help them stand out more

VScript

• Fixed scripts couldn't be loaded from addons and map files
  
• Fixed the world entity not running scripts on spawn (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed CBaseEntity's GetScriptId method returning the think function's name instead of the script ID
  
• Added SystemTime(), SystemTimeUTC(), and GetTimeDiff( time1, time2 ) functions

Miscellaneous

• Fixed crash on attempt to run mat_info command (regression since patch 168)
  
• Fixed client crash caused by textures containing sprite sheets with too many frames
  
• Fixed server crash caused by game_ui entity deactivation with no valid player set
  
• Fixed server crash caused by a deleted path_track link
  
• Fixed an occasional server crash on attempt to generate a nav mesh
  
• Updated the engine to support maps with no lighting data
  
• Fixed teammates standing inside of each other (when team collisions are disabled) getting crushed by moving objects (elevators, doors, etc)
  
• Fixed team barriers blocking navigation routes for bots
  
• Updated puppet bots to support Capture the Flag game mode
  
• Fixed seduced players not aiming at porn magazines when observed by others
  
• Updated all conveyor belts (func_conveyor) to also affect vphysics objects
  
• Game time scale will now affect mouse sensitivity
  
• Increased net_chan_limit_msec convar's default value from 50 to 250 for dedicated servers
  
• Updated dumpstringtables command to support -name argument
  
• Files packed into maps will now remain available till level change
  
• Server owners can now make players download custom assets (e.g. extra dubstep tracks) by listing them in the cfg/downloadlist.res file
  
• Increased max supported command line length from 2048 to 4096
  
• Improved multithreading on Linux
  
• Various internal optimizations

SDK tools

• Implemented 'Teleport All Targets' flag for point_teleport
  
• Fixed OnNext output for the func_tracktrain's FGD entry
  
• Changed "Displacer cannot teleport to" flag value used by JB spawn points to avoid conflicts with info_player_start's "Master" flag
  
• Added jb_obj_breakable FGD entry
  
• Added support for mappers to define max health of They Hunger zombies
  
• Added koth_sound field, SetForcedMutator input, OnNormalRoundStart, OnSpecialRoundStart, OnKothStart outputs to jb_gamerules_br and jb_gamerules_tbr FGD entries
  
• Added OnTeamWin output to jb_gamerules FGD entry
  
• Updated jb_gamerules FGD entry's OnRoundEnd to pass win reason number
  
• bspzip
  
  • Fixed inverted logic when processing file lists
  
  
• Hammer
  
  • Fixed parsing of map compilation commands containing spaces
  
  
• vbsp
  
  • Multi-threading related optimizations
  
  
• vrad
  
  • Multi-threading related optimizations
  
  
• vvis
  
  • Multi-threading related optimizations

Maps

• c1a0d
  
  • Fixed Barney guarding the airlock becoming hostile if any of nearby scientists are killed by a player

User Interface

• Fixed videos and DSP effects not being affected by the snd_mute_losefocus convar
  
• Fixed videos playing at full volume regarding of the in-game master volume setting value
  
• Fixed Team Battle Royale game mode not being listed at the voting screen in some cases

Miscellaneous

• Fixed memory leak when rendering still ropes during Christmas
  
• Fixed client crash on attempt to shoot breakable debris

Maps

• Airship
  
  • Fixed frogs showing outside of Team Mission
  
  
• Farmhouse
  
  • Added new seasonal content
    
  • Added L4D music
    
  • Fixed corn treesway
  
  
• Two2Forts
  
  • Fixed armor pickups being different values between teams
  
  
• They Hunger - Hospital
  
  • Fixed helicopter and x-ray scanner being too loud
  
  
• They Hunger - Station
  
  • Fixed bulls missing certain sounds

Game Modes

• Added Team Battle Royale
  
• Fart Cops
  
  • Fixed fart cop status not resetting when a player dies at the moment of becoming a fart cop
  
  
• (Team) Deathmatch
  
  • Added Fog and Truce mutators

NPCs

• Fixed Scientist Snarks thrown by players not being colored accordingly
  
• Fixed thrown Cats losing their team colors after bouncing off walls

User Interface

• A pop-up message box will now be displayed if the game runs out of memory

Miscellaneous

• Fixed missing libpng12 dependency on Linux
  
• Updated help strings for modified convars to print their default values
  
• Renamed rate convar to cl_rate, resetting the network data exchange rate to the default values
  
• Fixed server crash on level change if both the current and the next maps have the same number of brushes, but the next map has more displacements
  
• Fixed server logs cutting off on crash
  
• Fixed movement speed for spectators when sv_specnoclip convar is disabled
  
• Fixed demo_fov_override convar value not being applied properly
  
• Implemented speed boosting by pressing the dive key in demo playbacks, controlled with the new jb_cl_specspeedboostmult convar
  
• Fixed the server switching to the same map when jb_sv_voting_fallback is set to 0 even if it doesn't support the chosen game mode
  
• Added jb_ent_fire_output_order convar controlling the firing order of entity outputs
  
• Fixed SvT Cameras not making any sound

SDK tools

• studiomdl
  
  • Fixed $keyvalues section processing
    
  • Stability fixes
  
  
• vbspinfo
  
  • Fixed lumps extraction not working

Maps

• Added They Hunger Hospital
  
• Re-added Lunacy
  

• FoF Tijuana

  
  
  • Increased accesibility by adding more ladders
  
  

• TH Church

  
  
  • Improved clipping
    
  • Added new NPCs
    
  • Updated models used for health pickups
    
  • Updated the car to be able to ram things
    
  • Tweaks to coffin's rat velocities
    
  • Detailing
  
  

• TH Station

  
  
  • Improved clipping
    
  • Added new NPCs
    
  • Updated models used for health pickups
    
  • Various minor tweaks

Game modes

• Tweaked player selection in Sneak vs. Terrorists, Sneak vs. M..., Shidden, Hunted, and Giant Slayer game modes
  

• Giant Slayer

  
  
  • Added jb_cl_skip_juggernaut_queue convar for the players that do not wish to play as juggernauts
  
  

• Sneak vs M...

  
  
  • Added 'Monsters' round type

Player models

• Added Dr. Franklin, Sheriff Rockwood, and Zombie Cop from They Hunger
  
• Added Giblets from Left 4 Dead 2
  
• Added pumpkin head variant for Scarecrow
  
• Updated first person view arms when using Umbrella

NPCs

• Added more NPCs from They Hunger
  
• Increased cooldown between attacks for Snarks

Weapons

• Food Fight will now also shoot pumpkins during Halloween
  
• Fixed Handgun voice lines often cutting off on servers with high ping

Graphics

• Fixed CSM light brightness applying incorrectly (regression since patch 157)
  
• Fixed fog being culled on maps with no 3D skybox
  
• Fallback to the default environment map texture on maps with cubemaps

User Interface

• Added 'typing' overhead icon diplayed for players with either text chat or pause menu opened
  
• Implemented navigation by typing in VGUI based file opening/saving dialogs

Miscellaneous

• Fixed corruption of certain fields containing names of template entities (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed cheat commands not reverting when connecting to another server (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed players couldn't be unmuted in demos (regression since patch 119)
  
• Implemented jb_sv_voting_cooldown_gamemode and jb_sv_voting_cooldown_map convars to allow server owners to exclude recently played game modes and maps for a specified number of level changes
  
• Implemented sv_log_filenaming convar to let server operators choose the naming pattern for log files - with or without an IP address (set to the latter by default)
  
• Implemented sv_log_rotatefile convar to let server operator choose whenever new log files should be created with every level change, or once per day (set to the latter by default)
  
• Dropped support for per-map log folders (-uselogdir startup param)
  
• Updated fruits models

SDK tools

• Fixed working directory detections for various tools
  
• bspzip
  
  • Various tweaks and stability fixes
  
  
• Faceposer
  
  • Fixed the tool not starting when launched outside of the root game directory
  
  
• HLMV
  
  • Fixed the tool not starting when launched outside of the root game directory
  
  
• studiomdl
  
  • Fixed loading of files from the working directory
    
  • Increased max number of textures from 32 to 100
    
  • Various minor tweaks
  
  
• vlocalize
  
  • Track changes of the English lines in other language files
  
  
• vpk
  
  • Re-implemented signing

Maps

Jabroni Town



• Fixed broken jump pad

Weapons

• Fixed instagib weapons playing firing sounds twice

SDK tools

• Fixed several tools stopped launching since patch 166

Maps

Added Waldengard

NPCs

• Fixed Nextbot NPCs couldn't be spawned with NPC makers
  
• Fixed Fast Headcrab's model not being precached
  
• Fixed HL2 Combine Mines couldn't rest and hook to the ground
  
• Fixed missing sounds for HL2 Combine Mines

Weapons

• Fixed Foul Language playing firing sounds twice
  
• Fixed Rocket Crowbar not playing metal impact sounds

Effects

• Fixed sprites not animating (regression since patch 164)

Miscellaneous

• Implemented support for Quake 1's packs (.pak), Garry's Mod's addons (.gma), Fairy Tale Busters' packs (.apk), Tactical Intervention's packs (.fpk)
  
• Implemented support for Tactical Intervention's BSP format (retail version)
  
• Fixed player's collision box not always resetting on respawn (regression since patch 154)
  
• Fixed player landing sound overlapping the fall damage sound
  
• Fixed custom footstep sounds not always playing
  
• Made player footstep sounds client side again (can be disabled with jb_sv_footsteps_serverside convar )
  
• Fixed more crashes caused by bad PVS data
  
• Fixed asynchronous loading of VTF files
  
• Fixed DirectSound device configuration always auto-detecting as headphones
  
• Unmarked vphysics contraint entities as server only to fix parenting to them
  
• Dropped support for logic_playerproxy entity

SDK tools

• Hammer
  
  • Soundscape names will now be loaded from the manifest
    
  • Texture browser can now be used to select skybox textures
  
  
• Faceposer
  
  • Fixed VCD files in subfolders being ignored when rebuilding the scenes file (regression since patch 162)

Maps

• FoF Fistful
  
  • Fixed screen fading to black for some players

NPCs

• Fixed HL2 Fast Headcrabs using wrong model

Weapons

• Fixed Rear Gas grenades changing sides when damaged in Shidden game mode (for real)

User Interface

• Fixed duplicate team change message
  
• Updated admin activity notifications

Effects

• Fixed the far Z clip plane turning black regardless of the current fog color when using RTT shadows
  
• Fixed missing effects when hitting mud

Miscellaneous

• Fixed client crash on attempt to join a server with resized players (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed velocity of HL1 grenades dropping significantly when not in water (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed area portals not opening correctly (regression since patch 164)
  
• Stability fixes related to area portals (regression since patch 117)
  
• Fixed lightmapped surfaces not updating when dynamic lights change their pattern (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed lightmapped materials not loading $baseTexture2, $detail, and $envmap textures (regression since patch 164)
  
• Surfaces visualized with r_drawclipbrushes convar will now be drawn fully textured
  
• Fixed areas where point_camera entities are at not being added to the player's PVS

SDK tools

• Xwad
  
  • Implemented support for Quake 1 sprites, TYP_PALETTE and TYP_QFONT WAD entries
    
  • Implemented special handling of gfx.wad and Quake 1 skies
    
  • Removed hard max texture resolution limits

Maps

• Added HL:DM Pool Party, FoF Fistful, and FoF Tijuana
  
• Canal Zone
  
  • Fixed missing announcement when red team's command center is destroyed when the team controls Point 3 only (regression since patch 110)
  
  
• Cloisters
  
  • Visual and detailing upgrades
  
  
• Crossfire
  
  • Fixed grates attached to moving platforms disappearing forever after the first round start
  
  
• FoF Depot
  
  • Added new western-themed models
    
  • Improved clipping on various stairs
  
  
• G-force
  
  • Fixed missing speed boost effect (regression since patch 130)
  
  
• Meat World
  
  • Added more Postal 2 assets
    
  • Fixed clipping issues
    
  • Meat grinder tweaks
  
  
• Mission Gun
  
  • Fixed blurry map textures
  
  
• Pool Party
  
  • Fixed fall death triggers not working
  
  
• System Shock 2 - Ops
  
  • Detailing
  
  
• c3a2e
  
  • Fixed the elevator's move sound keep playing after stopping

Game Modes

• Battle Royale
  
  • New Quiet Mounds and Gun Roulette mutators
    
  • Added Landmines to the standard weapon pool
  
  
• Shidden
  
  • Rear Gas grenades will no longer change its owner when damaged by another player

Weapons

• Updated Charge Rifle's firing mode to switch when the Reload key is pressed instead of release
  
• Increased max. ammo for Landmines from 3 to 6
  
• Buffed hornet gun with stronger hornet breed...
  
• Added proper world models for Nailgun and Super Nailgun
  
• Fixed Quad Rocket Launcher firing queued burst fire mode rockets after re-equipping
  
• Fixed texture issues on Golden Guns and added gold sheen and sights glow
  
• Fixed missing reload sounds for CMP-2A and Plasma Rifle
  
• Tweaked sound scripts for various weapons

Player models

• Added HL:DM Alpha Barney, Bowling Pin, Postal 2 Krotchy, Postal 2 Easter Bunny, and Sven Coop Skelepuncher
  
• Reworked info_player_start_wireframe player model with detailing upgrades and teammode skins
  
• Updated Mr Valve with rigging fixes and valve placement bodygroups
  
• Updated first person view arms for Nihilanth, Pitworm, HL1 Zombie, and Postal player models
  
• Updated footsteps for Postal Dude
  
• Fixed console spam from missing attachment points on LilSneakNut and Purple Dank Man
  
• Fixed hit boxes on Cheaple

User Interface

• Added 56 new emojis
  
• Added kill icons for Raptor, Small Raptor, and Headcrab
  
• Fixed crash on attempt to copy/cut text
  
• Fixed crash on attempt to send a message containing an ampersand followed by an emote
  
• Fixed missing borderless windowed mode on Linux
  
• Fixed missing scope overlay when spectating after other players in the first persion view
  
• Tweaked GameUI initialization and client disconnect behavior
  
• Updated the connect retry console message to also display the number of attempts
  
• Updated the end map voting's random result message to display the chosen option
  
• Updated several system error message boxes containing URLs to open those URLs after pressing OK
  
• Fixed the Numpad Enter key not working with Panorama panels
  
• Fixed "Take the screenshot" action could not be rebound at the game settings
  
• Implemented cursor clipping on Windows (can be disabled with -nomousegrab startup param)
  
• Implemented text coloring for the dedicated server's console
  
• Improved Unicode support for the dedicated server's console on Linux
  
• Implemented pasting from the clipboard for dedicated servers on Windows (with Control+V and Shift+Insert hotkeys)
  
• Updated localization files

Effects

• Updated and optimized bullet impacts
  
• Added new fire effects
  
• Fixed non-static entities having dynamic shadows disabled (regression since patch 163)
  
• Fixed RTT shadows always use second last LOD instead of the distance based one when r_shadowlod is set to -1

VScript

• Fixed malformed engine commands generated by CCVarAccessor::SetValue
  
• Lua
  
  • Fixed various memory leaks

Miscellaneous

• Refactored the game launcher
  
• Updated Steam API to version 1.60
  
• Fixed server crash caused by the deletion of fluids containing floating objects
  
• Fixed server crash related to vphysics constraint entities
  
• Fixed server crash caused by spawning an Airboat without a model or a vehicle script specified
  
• Fixed possible server crash on attempt to load a map with no worldspawn entity defined
  
• Fixed possible memory corruption caused by malformed PAK entries in BSP files
  
• Fixed a hang where NPC pathfinding could stall forever
  
• Fixed various errors in first person weapon animations
  
• Fixed first person view arms not turning golden when needed
  
• Fixed Xen web spawning error models when destroyed
  
• Updated env_entity_maker entities to look for the first non point sized template entity when ckecking for obstacles
  
• Fixed func_door_rotating not falling back to the default value when the locked sound is set to 0
  
• Marked various entities as server only
  
• Implemented support for Tactical Intervention's FPX archives and BSP format (Steam version only)
  
• Implemented various sanity checks when loading maps
  
• Skybox materials will now be loaded after the world model is loaded
  
• Increased the max number of BSP submodels from 1024 to 4096
  
• Added protected field to the server_cvar game event
  
• Dropped support for the game.cfg
  
• Dropped support for the legacy movie recording feature
  
• Dropped support for the pre SM 2.0b shaders
  
• Implemented $pointsamplemagfilter parameter for the LightmappedGeneric shader
  
• Added jb_admin_gag and jb_admin_ungag commands to block/unblock both text and voice communications with one command
  
• Fixed jb_admin_slap command always leaving targets with 1 HP left

SDK tools

• Hammer
  
  • Fixed malformed range values produced by the sphere helper
  
  
• Xwad
  
  • Various stability fixes and cleanups
    
  • Implemented support for larger images (up to 8192x8192 pixels)
    
  • Implemented support for WAD2 files (uses Quake's color palette by default, can be changed with -palfile startup param)
    
  • Implemented support for Linux

Weapons

• Fixed first person view weapon animations playing only once between sequences