Nuclear Dawn
Nuclear Dawn Update 6.01
Balance changes
* Each ammopack can now only supply each player up to one of each grenade type and one hypospray.
* EMP blasts now destroy nano skin effect on enemies.
* Hypospray / nano skin damage reduction lowered to 70%.
* Poison damage is no longer reduced by nano skin.
* Increased damage for all turret types.
* Reduced X01 effective range.
Fixes
* Fixed server browser player count being incorrect if bots were in game.
* Fixed opposing team's default spawn showing in purple.
* Fixed missing structure health indicator on repair tool.
* Fixed some inconsistencies with nano skin duration bar, especially when hypospraying other players.
* Artillery radio calls are now rate-limited.
* Made icon above players with nano skin clearer.
* Class ability key now always goes to repair tool on Support Engineer, rather than cycling tools.
* Repair tool is now first, before ammo pack, when cycling tools as Support Engineer.
Nuclear Dawn Update 6.0 Released!
Other than the impressive version upgrade, this is the first major content update for 2012, in our continued effort to support and develop the game our community wants to play.
In list form, the major changes in this patch include:
- New tool – Nanoskin Hypospray. As a Support Medic, this new tool allows you to grant yourself or a team mate a (non-stackable) temporary damage resistance bonus.
- New tool – Ammo Kit. As a Support Engineer, you’ll be able to carry a limited amount of ammunition, to dispense in times of need, when that Supply Station is too far away to win that important fight. Re-stocked at the Supply Station.
- New ability – Call Artillery Strike. Commanders can now designate artilleries to receive player-issued requests for artillery strikes. Call for a strike as a soldier on the ground, and if there is an available artillery within range, it will automatically fire at your target (where you are looking).
- New feature – Default Spawn. Commanders can now designate a spawn gate as the default they’d like players to spawn at. This can easily be over-ruled by the players themselves, but the Commander’s designated spawn will always be highlighted, so you can see where you’re needed the most, on the ground.
- Changed – Medpacks are now in unlimited supply.
- Changed – Frag grenades will now automatically destroy all other frag grenades within their explosion radius
- Changed – RED moved to grenade slot
- Fixed – Squad selection no longer persists after team changes
- Fixed – Medkits no longer heal enemies
- Fixed – Player exploit to spawn with Advanced Kits at round start
- Fixed MOTD support
And many, many more changes. Head over to the full change log for Patch 6.0 for a full list.
Along with all the improvements and fixes, Nuclear Dawn now fully supports and is supported by Pinion.gg. This revolutionary new service allows server operators to run premium advertisements on their servers (in the MOTD window), allowing them to more easily monetize traffic, making everyone happier (and richer) all around.
It’s time to join the fray once more, with this great update, and check out the new sights and wonders of the updated Oilfield Beta!
The InterWave Team
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Upcoming Update Features - February 2012
As our team is working around the clock to bring you even more awesome features to Nuclear Dawn, Im glad to let you all know we are getting close to finishing the next update that should be out before the end of this month.
So, the next update for ND is around the corner and apart from lots of bug fixes, this update will also bring:
- Fix for all turret types keeping lock on out-of-range enemies.
- Fix for the grenade spam :)
- Default Spawn Selection (set by the commander) for players (purple indication!) , and yes if a player sets their own spawn that will override the commanders default spawn.
- Change hud indicator icon color on default spawns from team color to purple.
- Ammokit for the Support class (engineer) that will give out ammunition to players.
- Hypospray for the medic that will temporarily (8 seconds) make a player (or yourself) invulnerable.
- Deployable Radar Probe: lift the fog of war in sensitive areas by deploying one of these radar probes
and more to be announced when we get closer to release (before end of this month!).
For some screenshots (and a sneak peak of our upcoming Forest map) checkout this forum topic.
Stay tuned!