TOXIKK 1.0.99 has landed and it's the last release of the Vanilla build generation, preparing the road for the upcoming "Detroit" generation of builds, starting with build 1.1.
The Detroit generation will bring many changes, mostly for the Free Edition players and 1.0.99 is paving the way to it, bringing the following changes today:
01 - Change: Free Edition Players (FEPs) can now vote for the next map in the the post match menu. However, this is limited to the maps that are included in the Free Edition. 1.1 will bring more changes to this system.
02 - Feature - Everyone can now host ranked dedicated servers (MXP, SC, ELO support).
03 - Feature - Every newly hosted server will automatically be ranked, if it uses default official maps, gamemodes, mutators. It will no longer be ranked, if it diverts from that.
04 - Feature - Admins can manually disable the server from being ranked by using the "?Ranked=false" launch parameter.
05 - Feature - Quickjoin has a new gametype filter system which supports searching for games per game mode.
06 - Feature - Launching the game with Quickmatch (in the steam launcher) is now using your quickjoin settings
07 - Feature - Login XP rewards - Every new login to Toxikk will be rewarded with at least 500 MXP per day. Every subsequent login will receive 10 MXP more per day.
08 - Change - Free Edition players can now directly access QuickJoin and the Tutorial from the main menu.
09 - Change - Free players CAN'T play Boot Camp and Contract offiline matches anymore (except for the Tutorial mission of course).
10 - Change - New rotating mainmenu hint messages which also display your item unlocking progress
11 - Change - Free Edition players are now notified that customization options are not available in the customization menu upon entering the menu. (They were only informed when they tried to apply customizations before)
12 - Feature - The Scoreboard now displays the active SC setup of the server you're on (important for players who join "any" server via QuickJoin and didn't know what kind of SC setup was valid for the server they were playing on).
13 - Feature - From the pause menu (the menu that opens up when you press ESC during a match), you'll now be able to directly be able to open the Steam friends invite.
14 - Change - A bunch of changes were applied to the tutorial, to make it a bit easier for people new to the genre. E.g. the final dodge ramp now has an alternative path, where you can reach the exit via double-jump, the Phantom vehicle has a faster respawn if it gets destroyed...
15 - Tweaks - Equip and put down times were shortened: All weapons but the Hellraiser now have 0.2s put down time. All weapons but the Hellraiser now have .33s equip time
16 - Cerberus (rocket launcher) changes: The damage radius was reduced from 190 to 180. Travelspeed was increased from 1800 to 1900
That's it for the last patch of the Vanilla generation (which was active since the game's initial release in last year's September). The Detroit generation will bring a lot of changes and will be available shortly.
QUESTIONS?
Questions about the update?
Hop over to http://chat.toxikk.com (our chat Discord server) to meet the comunity.
BUILD 1.0.9 HAS LANDED
V1.0.9 brings a bunch of fixes to some nerve killing glitches, as well as some minor changes. Let's take a look at what we did in detail:
01 - FIX: In some rare cases, the armor and health packs were still displayed if someone picked it up while it was about to spawn (now REALLY fixed!) ... *fingerscrossed*
02 - FIX: if you have the "next and previous weapon" keys bound to character keys, those letters weren't available to chat. This was fixed. However, this is still not a good idea for "Fire", "Alt-Fire", "Back" (default on ESC key) and "F-Key functions", as these core functions shouldn't be disabled while you type. So keep these away from character keys.
03 - FIX: Continious resorting of spectators in the player list in Arch Rivals game mode. This was fixed.
04 - CHANGE: ArchRivals server setup now always provides the official ESL setup and lets you switch between max 2 players and max 8 players (next rivals).
05 - FIX: Players weren't able to join via steam invite if the server was already filled up with spectators. Note: Steam server browser now displays maxplayer+maxspectators (e.g. 12 instead of 8)
06 - FIX: Achievement related kills (like e.g. Multi Kills or Killing Sprees) sometimes caused FPS hickups. This was fixed.
07 - FIX; Some sound effects weren't played for spectators, like e.g. landing sounds, effects, camera bob etc. This was fixed.
08 - FEATURE: AllowBorderless now is "Borderless" in the video options. If you are in window'd mode, it will set the window borderless and will force the fullscreen resolution of the current monitor (resolution settings get overwritten).
09 - FEATURE: You can now toggle borderless with F11 (F11 was toggle Fullscreenmode but fullscreentoggle can still be used with Alt-Enter) note: input settings will be reset because of that.
10 - FIX: Less mouse lag in window'd mode.
11 - FIX: Mega Health spawn delay was too short. This was fixed.
QUESTIONS?
Questions about the update?
Hop over to http://chat.toxikk.com (our chat Discord server) to meet the comunity.
TODAY: ESL EU CUP #03
The 3rd TOXIKK ESL EU Community Cup will take off later today (16h CET). With 20 contestants already signed-up, this is going to be a thrilling event.
Meet the community on our live Discord server at:
http://chat.toxikk.com
EU CUP #02 RESULTS
The 2nd TOXIKK ESL EU CUP had yet again some awesome matches, with a special focus on the duels between HardyRah and Yatja: Both contestants met in the winner bracket finals, where Yatja was victorious. HardyRah then fought his way through the loser bracket, only to meet Yatja once again in the final which was played "best of 3".
Now, before you simply take a look at the final results, we recommend watching the final here with a great live commentary by WinD which really adds to the dense action of the finals. Some truly awesome fights. If you have a heart for Arena FPS, especially the first duel will suck you right in.
CUP FINALS WITH LIVE COMMENTARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaBdPgCi1Yw
If you just want to take a look at the brackets without watching the video before (NOT recommended), you will find the final results HERE
QUESTIONS?
Meet the community at our live Discord server at:
http://chat.toxikk.com
BUILD 1.0.8 HAS LANDED
Yay... another patch with fresh features & fixes:
01 - Borderless window display mode: "Allow borderless window" feature which switches to borderless mode if a fullscreen resolution is used. (thanks to PredatH0r and Chatouille)
02 - Since the last patch admins weren't able to use the addbots and killbots commands anymore...fixed
03 - Spectator got kicked from the server during travel if there were no players left on that server..fixed
04 - Pickup action netcode fixes: If pickups spawned while someone sits on it, it did not play the pickupsounds...occasionally the item did not disappear (phantom powerups) - This should be fixed
05 - Main-Menu news feed to keep you updated: We can now stream news messages (upcoming events, hints etc.) to the main menu from an external text file
06 - people with special characters like "/:?,=# in their Steam nick occasionally had issues joining matches. Those characters are now getting stripped automatically.
07 - fixed zombie and empty steam player slots which prevent joining/inviting games (should have been fixed last patch already...hopefully now)
08 - 3 player ArchRivals bug: Happened if a third person joined right in the moment the match begun - Should be fixed now
09 - If Toxikk was exited while the global chat was still connecting, the Toxikk process was kept alive (could only get killed in the taskmanager). - Fixed
10 - Server details now display spectators and next rivals (ArchRivals) separately from active players.
11 - Goal score and time limit wasn't correctly advertised by the game so it was wrong displayed by external serverbrowsers..fixed
12 - BuddyKill mutator (friendly fire) was not working...fixed
13 - if only those videoptions (maxfps, gamma, Fov) were changed, the "apply" button did not appear... Was broken since 1.0.7 ... fixed
14 - New feature: "unfocused audio" option which lets the game keep playing the sound if the game is not focused (default on) - audiooptions are now in a sepperate ini file and reverted (thanks to PredatH0r and Chatouille)
QUESTIONS?
Questions about the update?
Hop over to http://chat.toxikk.com (our chat Discord server) to meet the comunity.
ESL EURO CUP #2
The first ESL Euro Cup was a thrilling experience with super close duels and adrenaline boosts for everyone.
We've now opened the sign-up for TOXIKK - ESL Euro Cup #2:
TOXIKK - ESL EURO CUP #2
Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 16:00 CET
Sign up now on the official ESL Euro Cup page:
https://play.eslgaming.com/toxikk/europe/toxikk/open/1on1-community-cup-2-europe/
LOOKING FOR STREAMERS
We're looking for people who're interested in officially streaming some cup duels. If you feel like streaming a few matches, we'll promote your site or channel through our official pages (Facebook, Twitter, Discord).
Interested? Let us know where to find your channel here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/324810/discussions/0/141136086933854513/
Looking forward to another awesome Cup!
NOTE: If you're waiting for the ESL US Cup... we have some exciting news for you coming up soon.
QUESTIONS?
Meet us and the community at our live Discord server:
http://chat.toxikk.com
FRIDAY FRAG FEST
F3 IS MAKING A COMEBACK
Yea, that's right: the infamous TOXIKK F3 is back! After more people asking for a recurring shootout night, we shall revive ye good ol' FRIDAY FRAG FEST, starting THIS Friday, January 20.
Last time we did this (during Early Access), we kinda over-complicated things a bit by setting exact launch times for EU and US... This time we simply say that F3 launches twice EVERY FRIDAY: Once during EU early evening hours and again at US evening hours. So, no matter where you live, you can't miss it.
WHEN: Every Friday, starting Jan. 20.
Evening hours EU and US (starts twice)
QUESTIONS?
Questions about the event? Want to check who'll be there?
Hop over to http://chat.toxikk.com (our chat Discord server) to meet the comunity.
For event specific questions, feel free to get on Equim's nerves, who helps organizing the event.
EURO CUP #1 RESULTS
Our first EU Community Cup started a bit bumpy with some mis-configured servers (wrong goal scores... *meh*), but turned out to be great fun.
Winner and loser brackets played a total of 51 matches over a little more than five hours.
The matches were dominated by PredatH0r, Anub1ss, Archon0003, chortas, Dr. Hazard, Emmemad, Spartan195 and our French friend Chatouille who crushed the cup with an impressive no-lose series. He also made France great again with a flawless victory in the finals against South-Africa based Archon0003 (wait, this was supposed to be an EU Cup?).
Congratulations to Chatouille for the outstanding performance!
With this being our first cup, we totally forgot to take care of proper streaming of the matches. So, thanks to PredatH0r for helping out and streaming a lot of the matches.
Enough talk... here come the brackets:
WINNER BRACKET
LOSER BRACKET
US COMMUNITY CUP
Coming up next is the TOXIKK ESL US Community Cup in early February. We don't have the exact date nailed yet, but will announce it as soon as it's set (We consider sending Chatouille from France to the US to totally take over that event too).
QUESTIONS?
Meet us and the community at our live Discord server:
http://chat.toxikk.com
More info about TOXKK & the ESL:
https://play.eslgaming.com/toxikk/europe
...in other news: Where's Equim?
BUILD 1.0.7 AVAILABLE
Another "Quality of Life" patch for TOXIKK, before we start our first ESL community cups next Sunday (All details about the UPCOMING ESL COMMUNITY CUP HERE). Also many thanks to Chatouille and PredatH0r for the help.
Let's take a look at what build 1.0.7 brings in detail:
01 - FEATURE: EASY MATCH HOST
Full Game Owners now can VERY easily host own matches to play with Steam friends. It requires no more complicated port forwarding shiznit on your router. Simply click "HOST GAME" in the multiplayer menu, select map and game mode and your match will become visible to all your friends in the in-game server browser.
This should be extremely helpful if you want to play against friends in your region, where you otherwise don't get good pings to official servers. Please note that it does not work with Quick Join, as Quick Join only support official servers. Your friends can join your match through the in-game server browser, via Steam friends list, Steam invite etc. (i.e. also Free Edition players can join your match).
02 - FEATURE: EASY SERVER JOIN URL
You can now share URLs in the following format: "steam://connect/:/" for embedding it on websites etc. Your Steam client will connect you with the server right away.
03 - FEATURE: END GAME VOTING INTERMISSION
The End Game Voting Intermission now end immediately after all people alleged to vote for the next map have voted. This will reduce the post-match intermission.
04 - FEATURE: QUICK JOIN / BLOODLUST ONLY FILTER
If you use QuickJoin to find a match, you can now set a "BLOODLUST ONLY" filter, which will then put you on a server with only Bloodlust (DM) maps and matches.
05 - FEATURE: HINTS AND TIPS IN MAIN MENU
The main menu now displays random hints and tips in the top right corner.
06 - FEATURE: LINKS TO LEADERBOARD
The GlobalPos and MXP indicators on the top of the main menu can now be clicked to take you directly to the display of the global leaderboard tables.
07 - FEATURE: JET PACK ACTIVATION
The Jet Pack is now triggered by a special key (default: Left CTRL), while WALK is now on LEFT-ALT key.
08 - FEATURE: ARCH RIVAL GAME SETTINGS
Combatants setting now allows you to select 1 or 2 combatants. (2 allows you to play against a bot while hosting an own match)
09 - FEATURE: SET AMOUNT OF VERSUS BOTS
You can now define the amount of hostile bots as opposed to simply setting the amount of total combatants.
10 - CHANGE: SERVER BROWSER
The ingame server browser no longer displays official servers at the top of the list by default.
11 - CHANGE: JET PACK MODIFICATIONS
The following rules apply to the handling of the jet pack: You can activate the jet pack once, before you land. You can activate it on the ground and add a mid-air jump while in the air. You can activate it after a regular jump (while in mid-air) and add another jump or you can do a double-jump and then activate the jet pack.
12 - CHANGE: SERVER BROWSER IN LAN MODE
All server browser filters are now disabled if the general connection type is set to LAN.
13 - FIX: JET-PACK CHARGES (SPECTATOR MODE)
The remaining jet-pack charges are now visible in the HUD of the spectator mode.
14 - FIX: IMPROVED HUD UPDATES (SPECTATOR MODE)
The ammo indicator in the HUD was delayed, when a spectator switched between players. This should no longer happen.
15 - FIX: RHINO CANNON (SPECTATOR MODE)
The turret on the Rhino works now as expected in spectator mode. Also, drone view fixed for players who were killed by a vehicle turret.
16 - FIX: RHINO TURRET CANNONEER BUG
The "cannoneer" of the Rhino turret often got kicked out or even killed when a team-mate driver entered an empty driver seat. This should no longer happen.
17 - FIX: CONTRACTS VIEW
In some cases, the "Contracts" menu wasn't loaded when returning from a contract mission. This was fixed.
18 - FIX: VIDEO OPTIONS PRESET DISPLAY
The video options preset slider sometimes displayed "undefined" isntead of the proper definition. This was fixed.
19 - FIX: CONTRACTS VIEW
In some cases, the "Contracts" menu wasn't loaded when returning from a contract mission. This was fixed.
20 - FIX: FALSE "SERVER FULL" STEAM NOTICE
It sometimes happened that servers were indicating "FULL" when they were in fact not. This prevented some players from joining these servers via QuickJoin. This should no longer happen.
21 - FIX: JOIN "LISTEN HOST" NO LONGER REQUIRES RESTART
People were only able to join a private listen host once per session. Next join required a restart of the game. This should no longer happen.
22 - FIX: STEAM SOCKETS ISSUE
A Steam socket issue that occasionally caused black screens during map travels was fixed.
23 - FIX: LAN LISTEN SERVER CRASH
LAN listen servers could crash if another local PC was searching for LAN matches. This should no longer happen.
That's it for TOXIKK build 1.0.7. If you want to discuss the patch details, meet the game's community at: http://chat.toxikk.com (our live discord server).
