Autumn Recap

Update

Moddb is throwing its annual Mod of the Year competition for 2016!

For the first time in human history, our Steam Community will decide the nominees for the prestigious Steam Awards. This November you will get to choose nominees for 8 different categories as well as have the opportunity to create your very own award category.

COMPLETE THESE TASKS
Nominate at least 1 game
Nominate a game in each category
Play a game you've nominated
Review (or update your review) for a game you've nominated

Code:

• Fixed KeyValues error if add-on title has control characters
  
• Improved load order controls
  
• New method for "Last Modified" in info panel, gets date and time from OS
  
• Fixed local add-ons not having "Last Modified" field in info panel
  
• Fixed incorrect time in info panel "Last Modified" field for loose files add-ons
  
• Increased info panel size
  
• Disabled VPK in-game packing for now
  

• Fixed map add-ons being given a wrong type on existing update
  

• Fixed Character Info and Credits panels not closing when pressing Enter
  
• Fixed "random parrot name" button in Character Info being chosen by default on Enter press
  

Maps:

• bt_island
  
• te_sandstorm
  
• dm_fort
  
• tw_fort
  

Miscellaneous:

• VBSP no longer creates default cubemaps (fixes the "black cubemaps bug")
  
• Heavy Knight no longer has "goofy" eyeballs
  

Happy Halloween everyone!

Screenshots, featuring add-ons:

PVKII 3.5: The Workshop Update Changelog

Main Features

• Discover and share new content for PVKII! With Steam Workshop support, you can easily download add-ons for your game. Creators have already filled the Workshop with content, so browse away!
  

• An entirely reworked custom content system. Simply put, Add-on Manager is a tool for managing both local and Workshop content. It also helps mod authors to prepare their add-ons for Workshop.
  

• The Publisher is an in-game tool which allows authors to upload their add-on to Workshop in few clicks. No need for external tools or command line.
  

Code Fixes and Updates

• Added server tag for disable special
  
• Added option for player color correction effects
  
• Added multiplayer “color_correction_volume” entity
  
• Added hurt delays for “trigger_hurt”
  
• Added option for “trigger_hurt” to ignore health
  
• Added CVAR for FF teammate damage message
  
• Fixed mp_moveduringsuicide for dedicated servers
  
• Fixed potential ragdoll related crash
  
• Fixed FF team damage message cooldown affecting HUD “Team Damage!” message
  
• Fixed certain server tags being broken
  
• Increased Blood Pass Lifetime
  
• Made cvar “debug_blood_pass_shader” not dev only
  

Map Updates

• Small visual changes including new desert date palms by LATTEH
  

• Island updated with a fixed clipping brush
  

Character Class Updates

• BenRoach's Cutlass added!
  
• Has an optimized world-model, big thanks to JuicyFruit for that.
  

Character Class Texture Changes

Material updates by El Negro detailed below:

• Small RTNL adjustments to make his coat look more dirty and dusty, but not way too much
  

• Improved the RTNL shading on Sharpshooter's clothing, should shine like it was real leather.
  
• Replaced the "gold" seen on Sharpshooter with a more obvious colour, also gave its proper RTNL shading.
  

• Made the RTNL shading on his armour be less "prominent", it looked too bright. Changed how the helmet's RTNL works, it now shines like real steel instead of a semi-blob.
  

• Fixed "blob of light" on Gestir's Helmet, should now shine like real steel.
  
• Fixed the RTNL shading on the clothing, should now have visible but very subtle dust particles, similar to Captain's.
  

• Changed how RTNL acts on Heavy Knight so it's now more like real steel than "shiny steel"
  
• Changed gold's colour so it looks similar to the Lord's.
  

• Changed cubemaps' intensity so it's now very, very subtle.
  
• Normal map and RTNL on Scalemail has been changed, it should be VERY obvious now.
  

• Improved yet again the RTNL shading, this makes his leather look more prominent and realistic.
  
• MAA's gloves had no RTNL, that has been fixed.
  

Character Weapon Texture Changes

• RTNL and Texture itself improved to make sure Cutlass somehow fits the "lightness" of PVKII (blade is no longer dark, instead, bright gray)
  
• Blunderbuss now has better RTNL shading on the wood.
  

• Skirmisher's Cutlass' gold got a different colour, making it look like real dark gold while having its own shine to it.
  
• Slightly improved the shading on the wood
  
• Heavily improved the shading on the metal, will not look like a strange shiny blob around.
  
• Skirmisher's Flintlock now has better metal and wood shading.
  
• Keg has been revamped (textures not by me, credits to the original author).
  
• Wood is now more prominent (less white) and has its own proper shine to it
  
• Metal is no longer rusty as hell, only a very bit so and has better "dust"
  

• Dagger has been heavily improved, making it look very, very shiny. This is especially so on the Rubies and the gold itself.
  
• Fancy Flintlock's shader has been revamped, it won't look like a blob of shine goes around it, instead, it looks like a fancy-but-used flintlock.
  
• Rifle/Musket's RTNL has been revamped, it should have its wood and metal shine like real wood and metal, looking like it was somewhat used during its day. No longer an incredibly ugly blob around.
  

• Big Axe has been heavily improved, it now has a more "stonish iron" look to the metal and the wood is shaded
  
• Sword & Small Axe improved, having proper shadings on leather/wood and a better shine on their metals.
  

• Two-Handed Axe has been revamped.
  
• Made the "gold" on two-handed axe be more prominent than the rest of the axe.
  
• The "black" metal now has a better true shine while still looking relatively dark to the rest of the axe.
  
• Added proper and better gold shine.
  
• Wood now has its own shading
  
• Sword has a better RTNL shading now.
  
• Revamped the shield. Now has its own proper RTNL shading, making it so it has visible dust, dirt and "blood leftover" particles, as it should actually.
  
• Throwing Axe has been improved, having a better shine to the metal and its own shading on the wood.
  

• Spear has been revamped yet again, should have a better shade on the metal and proper shading on the wood.
  
• Langseax should look a lot more like a rock-iron weapon.
  
• Javelin revamped. Better normal maps, easily seen on the head. RTNL shading improved, should no longer be a shiny blob. Added proper wood shading.
  

• Archer's Shortsword has a new better RTNL. Metal now shines like real used steel. Shine on gold has been HEAVILY improved. Added proper wood shading, it didn't have before. Small change to the Normal Map to make those two metal circles on the handle look less pounded and less flatter.
  
• Archer's Crossbow has a new RTNL, giving it better metal shine and proper wood shading.
  
• Archer's Bow has a new RTNL, giving it a better shine to the metal and even leather.
  

• Halberd has been revamped. Should no longer have a slightly blobby shine to the halberd's metal, instead, it's real steel. Added proper wood shading
  
• Mace & Shield have been revamped as well. Shield now looks like a complete iron-steel shine. Mace has better metal shading. Mace's leather now has its own proper shading. Mace's wood now has its own proper shading. Mace now has some "dark gold" to it, seen especially see on the leather and the top, the circle of the spike.
  
• Crossbow has been improved a little, should have the gold be very shiny, metal shine only slightly worse than gold and have proper wood shading.
  

• Improved Crosshairs, as seen on El Negro’s dev journal, have been added to 3.5
  
• Better water splashes (these actually do still need more work)
  
• Made some weapons be compatible to first-person textures, in this case they are named "w_[theiroriginalfirstpersonname]" and eases the modders' (specifically potential texturers) work A LOT. In a more technical manner, I changed their UVs to match those in first-person.
  
• All bloodpass textures have been changed, making them look less shiny and more "brutal". Also changed the normal map and position of some blood.
  

Misc Additions/Fixes

• Added option for advanced model shaders in advanced graphics options
  

New Features:

• Added cvar mp_disablespecial, enable/disable specials on the server
  
• Added cvar mp_attackdirindicator, enable/disable the use of HUD attack
  dir indicator
  

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed team changes affecting existing death notices
  
• Fixed issues with achievement "The Promised Land"
  
• Fixed group ID cvars not working with certain higher values
  
• Pickup particles now disappear when mp_disablepickups is set to 1
  

HUD/UI:

• Increased the size of advanced options menu
  
• Modified the default font for menu GUI
  
• Added frame for local player LTS avatar
  
• Added loading image for avatar while Steam is fetching it
  
• Removed old spray import button
  

Miscellaneous:

• Updated Steamworks API, in preparation for upcoming updates
  
• Added reason for team killing auto kicks
  
• Kicks no longer make you bleed
  
• Development CVARs on Windows are now hidden like they should be
  

Sunday September 18, 2016 1:30 EST / 5:30 GMT

• sv_airaccelerate and sv_accelerate are now accessible again. These are primarily used for surf maps. This will allow surf maps to function properly again.
  
• ambient_fmod sounds now use a linear square rolloff model. Simply put, this means that maps that use the ambient_fmod entity to replace ambient_generic should sound much more alike. This allows mappers to switch from using ambient_generics with a lot less tweaking.
  
• Fixed crash caused by spawning items (such as parrots) that can kill you. A bug had made it so if you were to spawn parrots with console commands, and they were to kill you, you would crash. This is now fixed.
  
• Shield will now block explosive projectile damage properly. A bug had been created that caused shields to block explosive projectile damage completely. (Sharpshooter special and Captain special) They are now blocked properly and only reduce damage, not completely block it.
  

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