Nexuiz Changelog

What's new in Nexuiz 2.5.2

Oct 8, 2009

The major changes are:
New gamemode: CTS (get from A to B). With map "CyberParcour01" by sev, and a nexrun map "Piece o' cake" by FruitieX
Aggressor and stormkeep retextured by FruitieX
Tutorial map by FruitieX
TraK4-mit and TraK5 texturepacks by TraK
New HUD by FruitieX and -z-
New Scoreboard style by terencehill
Weapon accuracy statistics by Dib (ALT key by default)
Rocket guidance by holding down the primary fire button (seeker removed)
Level Of Detail on all playermodels
Video settings only show the allowed resolutions reported by your OS (not availible in AGL)
Motion blur and damage blur by Samual
Species gibs
New ctf and ons bot AI
And much more!

New in Nexuiz 2.5.1 (May 4, 2009)

New in Nexuiz 2.5 (Apr 5, 2009)

New features include:
Completely redone HUD and user adjustable scoreboard
Totally rewritten Client/Server communication to cut the bandwidth usage in half
New gamemode "Race". Try to get from start to end of a level as fast as possible.
Available as free-for-all and team variant. Further allows to play with or without a qualification period.
Added several new weapons (on-hand Grappling Hook, Port-O-Launch, T.A.G. Seeker, Heavy Laser Assault Cannon, Rifle)
Map editor NetRadiant included
Improved all effects for eye candy and tweakability
All maps recompiled with external lightmaps which allow for much crisper shadows
Added maps desertfactory (DM, TDM, MinstaGib), racetrack (Race) and made aggressor support Key Hunt
New player sounds, announcer sounds/voices, textures, crosshairs, weapon models, effects and menu skins
Added support for video capture to OggTheora
Integrated the Havoc mod into the menu! Havoc servers use quite different physics and weapons, give it a try!
Fixed a crash with ATI drivers on shutdown or vid_restart
Fixed several problems with lagging gameplay/crashes/wrong display of effects
Improved bots (teamworking, bunnyhopping, swimming, better way finding, support for ladders, less CPU usage, faster map loading)
Better visual display of carried items (Strength, Shield, flags and keys)
Better parental guidance support with cl_gentle and cl_nogibs
Lots of tourney-related features (timeout/in, spectator-slots, allready, warmup mode, lockteams, unlockteams, movetoteam_red/blue/..., nospectators, records, cointoss)
Added some effects customization options like cl_casings, cl_weaponpriority
Many more map entities allowing for more dynamic maps
Restructured and improved menu: demos menu and multiple campaigns are back, also added an advanced menu containing ALL settings of the game
Changes:
CHANGES from 2.4.2 to 2.5:
compat-q3a: switch crylink/hagar, as crylink is closer to BFG and hagar is closer to Plasmagun
engine: add a half-baked "commandmode" (currently it has, like messagemode, no history, no line editing)
engine: added blend and orientation commands for effectinfo.txt (overrides the defaults chosen by the particle type)
engine: added cvar sv_gameplayfix_gravityunaffectedbyticrate - off by default
engine: added shader keywords dpshadow and dpnoshadow (no parameters), these modify the shadowing properties of a mesh, regardless of its other properties
engine: allow cl_maxfps and cl_maxidlefps to be 0, meaning unlimited (like in many QW clients)
engine: Blub's "deflate" extension to the download system. Currently only provides csprogs.dat in deflated form. Compatible in both directions, compression is only done if both client and server use this new code.
engine: capturing to ogg/theora video (cl_capturevideo_ogg; requires theora and vorbisenc dlls), ogg and avi capturing are now modules in the engine
engine: cl_demo_mousegrab
engine: csqc can get bone infos
engine: cvarlist now accepts wildcards
engine: demo recording: stuff csprogs.dat files into .dem files so demos can always be played back
engine: disable DGA mouse by default
engine: effectinfo: add "stretchfactor"
engine: fix a possible bug with zym model animation (this looks like a typo, and fixing it makes the shotgun anim in nexuiz appear more consistent)
engine: fix bugs with q1bsp/hlbsp rotating submodels
engine: fixed crash with ATI drivers on shutdown or vid_restart
engine: fixed pointsound in csqc
engine: fixed several collision bug regarding non solid players
engine: fix memory corruption when using trailparticles with an effect that has a dlight
engine: get rid of skinframe loading spam on dedicated servers
engine: if in menu, make con_closeontoggleconsole.integer also enable the toggleconsole key
engine: implemented occlusion query support on corona rendering, this enables coronas to fade according to the percentage of occluded pixels around the light origin, giving a more realistic corona behavior
engine: implemented zpass shadowing, not used yet
engine: model_brush: use the same tesselation number for patches in the same LOD group (q3map2 writes the same mins/maxs for any patch inside a LOD group, and this fact is used for identifying LOD groups)
engine: mod_q3bsp_nolightmaps: do not load lightmaps, use the bad q3map2-written vertex lighting instead (you have been warned). Mostly useful for maps with HUUUUGE lightmaps on low-end systems.
engine: new command by terrencehill: "status 1" and "status 2" as alternate, more readable status displays. "status" unchanged.
engine: new tcmod: "tcmod page ", as poor man's animmap alternative (stores all frames in ONE image in a x grid, and switches to the next frame every seconds)
engine: open client sockets before video starts, so that the Windows Firewall prompt will occur before video starts (it tends to screw up graphics contexts otherwise)
engine: Q3BSP: only generate the shadow mesh if on a client. Skip that part on the dedicated server. Reduces load time and memory usage on a dedicated server.
engine: Q3's EF_TELEPORT_BIT added, to skip interpolation for a frame
engine: r_shadows 2: cast shadows always DOWN, ignore level lighting
engine: r_showsurfaces 3 "eeepc mode"
engine: showtopspeed variable added
engine: snd_spatialization_control: earphone friendly mode, reduces spatialization for distant objects
engine: sv_status_privacy", "0", "do not show IP addresses in 'status' replies to clients
engine: vid_netwmfullscreen, optional fullscreen mode for linux/glx allowing to alt-tab away from the game
game: airshot announcer for midair hits with the mortar
game: all projectiles and their effects are clientside now, massive bandwidth reduction
game: alternate HUD is now default
game: antilag improved
game: assault bugfixed
game: ballistics for bullets (but antilagged by default), that is all bullet guns (shotgun, machinegun, campingrifle) are affected by gravity and can pierce walls and players up to a certain thickness depending on gun)
game: better visual hint for unbalanced teams
game: bots can do bunnyhopping now
game: carrying strength and shield has less of a performance impact now
game: cl_gentle, clientside gib replacement for general audiences
game: cmd maplist improved
game: colors improved (TODO credit sev in nexuiz-credits.txt!)
game: command allready
game: command "cmd records"
game: command lockteams, unlockteams
game: command movetoteam_red, ...
game: command nospectators
game: command records
game: command vlogin must be used instead of vdo login now
game: command weapbest
game: crylink tweaked (bounce does half damage, damage lowered, primary consumes 2 cells)
game: ctf capture records now can only be made on an otherwise empty server, prevents "assisted" records
game: ctf flag touching when dead bug fixed
game: ctf scoring now uses flags, not frags (added several scoring options and configs)
game: custom weapon priorities for bots
game: cvar cl_casings
game: cvar cl_showpressedkeys
game: cvar cl_weaponpriority* (up to 10 custom weapon orders can be bound to a key)
game: cvar cl_weaponpriority_useforcycling (uses the menu set weapon priority for the normal next/prev commands)
game: cvar g_balance_ctf_damageforcescale
game: cvar g_balance_electro_combo_speed (secondary balls explode delayed, in a kind of chain reaction)
game: cvar g_bloodloss - a new pointless mutator ;)
game: cvar g_bugrigs*
game: cvar g_ctf_allow_drop
game: cvar g_ctf_fullbrightflags
game: cvar g_ctf_ignore_frags
game: cvar g_domination_point_fullbright
game: cvar g_instagib REMOVED (use arena mutator with minstanex)
game: cvar g_jump_grunt
game: cvar g_maxplayers (allows to create spectator slots)
game: cvar g_pickup_respawntime*
game: cvar g_pinata
game: cvar g_showweaponspawns (shows the location of guns on the maps if trying to switch to a gun that is not carried)
game: cvar g_spawn_furthest
game: cvar g_spawnpoints_auto_move_out_of_solid
game: cvar g_spawnshield_time automatically disables itself when shooting
game: cvar g_start_delay
game: cvar g_touchexplode
game: cvar g_warmup
game: cvar g_weaponreplace_*
game: cvar sv_clones
game: cvar sv_gentle
game: cvar sv_maxidle
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_after_countdown
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_nag
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_repeatable
game: cvar sv_vote_stop, the amount of time till one can vote again after stopping ones own vote
game: cvar teamplay_lockonrestart
game: cvar timelimit_overtime, timelimit_overtimes, timelimit_suddendeath (timelimit_maxovertime removed)
game: fix a server crash exploit
game: fix flag falling through bunker
game: fix q3skoredm1
game: fix some memory leaks
game: free camera for demo playback
game: friendly fire slightly added now
game: handle sv_foginterval on the client now
game: headshot announcer for the camping rifle
game: hook attaches to moving objects
game: hook can pull players (but detaches when that player shoots you)
game: hook detaches when teleporting
game: hook is no longer "seta"
game: hook jitter-less (full client side drawing)
game: hook sky-attach bug fixed
game: hook weapon consumes cell ammo
game: improved bot ai: teamworking, items rating, weapon combos, swimming, basic handling of ladders, better handling of jumpads, better detection of dangers, recognition of doors
game: improved weapon system, new weapons Port-O-Launch, MinstaNex, On-hand hook, TAG Seeker, HLAC, Camping Rifle; now up to 24 weapons supported
game: IP ban syncing support (servers can share a ban list, can be used as a kind of global IP ban system)
game: item respawn: 20s for 50health and 25armor
game: jetpack (g_jetpack, or entities item_jetpack, item_fuel, item_fuel_regen)
game: kick banned players also when they try to talk
game: lemmings countdown ('kill' and switching teams is no longer instant)
game: log can get :time: events
game: lots of weapon content changes, new models, new animations etc.. (shot origins)
game: map voting: map preview images to help identify the maps
game: map voting: nodetail 1 as default (does not show what others voted for)
game: more crosshairs added
game: more different death types
game: new dom points by ai
game: new music track by meoblast001 (TODO nexuiz-credits.txt)
game: new particle effects
game: new tokenizer fixing weirdly split kick reasons/vote commands
game: new weapon and player sounds
game: optimize bot waypoint loading
game: performance improved (fteqcc -O3)
game: race game type (see Docs/basics.html for more details)
game: ready now toggles the ready state
game: ready status shown in the scoreboard
game: rocket launcher detonation fixed when button was pressed only for a very short time
game: scoreboard much improved
game: scores per-team
game: show the WelcomeMessage only on join for welcome_message_time seconds or when +show_info is pressed because many people did not know you can make this msg disappear with +zoom. add a line telling specs and observers about +show_info in the upper right
game: some voice command samples are used along with team messages
game: sounds: model specific player sounds
game: sv_foginterval
game: teamkill and typekill complaints and sounds
game: team radar (sv_cmd bbox, sv_cmd radarmap commands to create/debug it!)
game: texturecompression for lightmaps off (workaround for OS X bug)
game: timeout/in feature
game: turrets
game: vote call is now possible for server admins too
game: weapons rebalanced according to frag statistics
game: zoom unlagged, detect zoom scripts (for spectating/demos)
map: aggressor supports keyhunt
map: all maps recompiled, now with external lightmaps which look way better
map: new maps accident, desertfactory, racetrack
mapping: added egyptsoc textures
mapping: allow mins/maxs specification for brush entities instead of models (as alternative)
mapping: armor_big (50 armor)
mapping: automatic shader generator script
mapping: entities.def updated
mapping: entity func_breakable
mapping: entity func_door: make DOOR_NOT_LINK work
mapping: entity func_door_rotating
mapping: entity func_pointparticles
mapping: entity func_sparks
mapping: entity func_train now supports -1 wait on path_corner, making it NOT wait
mapping: entity info_null now removes itself (as it should); this DOES break some maps that need fixing now
mapping: entity info_player_start now triggers other entities when someone spawns
mapping: entity misc_follow
mapping: entity misc_gamemodel, func_illusionary replacing misc_models
mapping: entity misc_laser changed and improved
mapping: entity target_spawn (BEWARE OF THE)
mapping: entity trigger_flipflop, trigger_monoflip, trigger_multivibrator
mapping: entity trigger_heal
mapping: entity trigger_hurt now can set a message2 as death message for push-kills
mapping: entity trigger_items
mapping: field nottargeted overrides targetname checks in e.g. func_door (so it can be used for misc_follow without needing an extra trigger)
mapping: field team on items, and cnt as weight
mapping: filtering by gametype: "gametypefilter" "+ctf,kh"
mapping: LOD for misc_models and similar entities
mapping: mapname.cfg is deprecated. Use clientsettemp_for_type and cdtrack in mapname.mapinfo
mapping: randomizing origin, angle or angles fields: "originjitter", "anglejitter", "anglesjitter" fields
mapping: target2, target3, target4 as extra target fields
mapping: team field in trigger_teleport and trigger_push
mapping: triggers now MUST be common/trigger; their exact shape now works (no longer their bbox)
mapping: turrets
mapping: zeroradiant support, bugfix patchset updated
map: reslimed: less distracting fog
map: some more TDM map settings
map: starship and silvercity: no CTF
media: new weapon system (see cl_weaponsystem.qc comment about model formats)
menu: blueplastic skin
menu: channel mixer
menu: cvar list editor
menu: demo browser
menu: game type in server browser
menu: input box margin now in chars, not percent
menu: more settings
menu: mouse fixed in -game pro (now havoc)
menu: multicampaign is back
menu: new playermodel previews (sev)
menu: play button in map info
menu: server favorites
menu: server info
menuskins: big buttons as extra graphics
menuskins: COLOR_SCROLLBAR_C
menu: skin selector
menuskins: HEIGHT_DIALOGBORDER
menu: weapon priority dialog
menu: wicked skins (7 different)
misc: +exec benchmark.cfg
misc: new color codes ^xRGB
models: new flag model
models: specop now knows that she is female
rcon2irc: disconnect fix
rcon2irc: irc_trigger

New in Nexuiz 2.4.2 (May 12, 2008)

Bad 'Lag' that a lot of people seem to have had in 2.4 (though in fact it was not lag but screwed up movement interpolation depending on frames per second and net-connection thats why it worked for most people in 2.4)
sometimes when joining a game particles did not show till a mapchange (like explosions, rockettrails)
Sound problems/crashes on mac and maybe windows. There were reports that cl_capturevideo on windows has no sound.
pk3 files build on mac now loads correctly (see the problems map arboria caused)
new announcer sounds, made by torus
new game mode onslaught and a map for it (ons-reborn by morphed)
crylink primary firemode got reworked
implemented uint16 element array support, this hopefully improves performance on Radeon 9500-X300 cards and GeForce1/2 cards
fixed the Mac OSX rotating hud problem with r_glsl 1
on some custom maps items were positioned wrong.. (well those items still are BADLY placed so mappers should fix the maps but at least now they show up as in 2.3 again)
shownames / hidewaypoints is updated correctly when changed via the menu while playing
bot were sometimes not joining the smaller team
instagib was not always insta :)
bots crashing in keyhunt which made campaign 15 and keyhunt with bots in general unusable
some nexuiz map had a missing tdm mapinfo and thus did not display in the tdm menu
further improvements of the 'lag/movement' fix, even smoother now and less problems with slow connections too. should be as good as it can be now
less problems with quake 1/3 items (some item names conflicted)
minor menu changes
docu updates
fixed more sound problems ?
fix segfault with long aliases
changed some 25 armors to 100 armors on dieselpower
added bloodprionsctf to maplist
turned all the KP_ binds into userbinds so people can finally see those chat binds in the menu AND have some examples on how to use userbinds. (will have to start with a new config.cfg to see them)
raised userbinds from 16 to 32
onslaught ready reset code
new RL weapon icon
centerprint command
crosshair 11, a multicolor version of crosshair 8 (works best with crosshair_color white)
texturecompression parameteres changed
small menu changes
compiles in freebsd again
fixed some map/model bugs
work around some q3map2 bugs
fixed final_rage were some lava did not yield damage
fixed some Nexuiz maps showing wrong items after the q1/q3 compatibility changes
seems the crash at Nexuiz start on windows/nexuiz.exe is fixed
the problems on debian etch and hopefully some 64bit linux systems are gone by using different build machines
added server tools for rcon and a irc gateway
TRUEAIM � had a bug with invisible clips
nexuiz.exe can be used with option -dedicated without problems now
variable r_drawfog
dom game mode now can change spawn points according to captured dom points
several projectiles can now hit yourself
engine should load on windows 95/98/me again
ping display was wrong with cl_movement 0
hud numbers and icons are now closer to each other to make clear which belong together
reload effectsinfo.txt at level start
Extend rcon_restricted_commands to contain more complex patterns
added gl_vbo modes 2 and 3 and add them to the menu
fixed compiling on opensolaris
fixed wrong ping time display with cl_movement 0
g_maplist_check_waypoints: when 1 and the server is not full enough to play bot-less, maps without waypoints will be skipped
make func_snow and func_rain also work when no submodel is used, but origin/mins/maxs specified in the entity parameters. Makes it possible to add snow/rain to a map without recompiling (to create a submodel).

Nexuiz Changelog

What's new in Nexuiz 2.5.2

New in Nexuiz 2.5.1 (May 4, 2009)

New in Nexuiz 2.5 (Apr 5, 2009)

New in Nexuiz 2.4.2 (May 12, 2008)

New in Nexuiz 2.4 (Mar 1, 2008)