Diabotical Dev Tracker

Also on Reddit Most of this update has been available for a bit but there were some more fixes after in smaller updates, still, patch notes have been taking too long to come out, apologies for that

Masterserver and matches

• Brawl Instagib FFA is now an option in Quickplay’s Arcade modes. Similar to Brawl FFA this is a mode with 8 players where the objective is to get the highest score by fragging players. The mode is played in the Wipeout/Brawl maps (no pickups), players spawn with PnCR and Knoc...

Also on Reddit Combined March 18 and March 19 patch notes

Masterserver and matches

• Fixed issue with clan arena and wipe-out games sometimes getting stuck not progressing when people leave at the end
• Fixed issue with duel placement being incorrectly recorded when a winning player leaves the game
• Fixed crash that happened sometimes after being denied access to a game due to having an outdated map version
• There are now rank up animations
• Security improvements

Interface...

Also on Reddit Masterserver and matches

• Wipeout is no longer ranked
• Wipeout now has backfill (new players join if someone leaves) and is continuous (at the end of the match there is a map vote and a new match will start in a few seconds)
• An issue with rank points being awarded to someone that had left the match has been fixed
• Security improvements

Interface

• The translations have been updated
• For the moment while we haven’t been able to fix the “stuck on map vote” issue yet...

Also on Reddit #Pre-weekend 3

Masterserver and matches

• Wipeout has been changed from 5v5 to 4v4 
• Enabled ranking system for rocket arena Arena 1v1 2v2 and Wipeout 4v4 these models are no longer backfilled or continuous when a match ends players requeue to play again (to see the ranks you can go to Quickplay and click the rank icon to the right of Arena - The Ranking system is work in progress, you may experience some issues, details about the system are not being made available at this moment
• ...

Unreported changes before Weekend 2:

• The Implosion Weeball’s ground pull (negative knockback) has been increased from -250 to -300
• The Implosion Weeball’s splash radius has been increased form 260 units to 280 units

During Weekend 2 at the start of Day 2 CET, there were some unreported changes with the Shaft that we decided to not reveal until after the weekend:

• The Shaft’s rate of fire has increased from 55ms to 46ms (fires faster now)
• The Shaft’s damage has been reduced from 7 to 6 damage
• The Shaft’s air knockback has been reduced from 9.8 to 9.6

Additionally:

• On Day 2 the Melee’s damage was been reduced from 100 to 75 damage
• On Day 3 the changes to Outpost Dunia were reverted on Sunday
• On Day 3 the Melee’s animation was made faster to better match the instant hit when attacking with it

A Russian translation provided by ne pikharov: https://vk.com/@diaboticalrus-patch-notes-06-03-2020

Masterserver and matches

• Improved Masterserver stability
• Reintroduced continuous matches in Quickplay
• Reintroduced match refills in Quickplay

Interface

• There is a new Map Vote screen which indicates the mode that you’re playing
• Your Party members are now also shown in the Quickplay menu, not just at the top of your friends list
• Alphabetical binds now have priority over numeric ones in controls menu
• There is a new Select and a Fly/noclip keybind option in the editing controls
• Fixed the issue with the terrain tools’ binds not being displayed
• Updated translations
• Press Fire to respawn is now displayed in Arena to ...

Masterserver and matches

• There are now conditions that keep the warmup happening for unlimited time until there is a sufficient amount of players to start the game with, which depends on the mode, player count and custom game settings, then the warmup time limit starts and players can ready up to start the match or the match will start once the warmup time limit ends (if a player leaves after the warmup time limit starts and there aren’t enough players yet, the warmup time will go back to infinite until more join)
• The masterserver is now faster to detect changes and situations where an extra player would be brought in and create a 6v5 are now rarer (still needs a complete fix)

Interface

• Fixed the Dubai server name in the map intro screen appearing for servers that weren’t Dubai
• Fixed the flag next to the Dallas server being the UAE
• Removed incoming/outgoing friends from ...

Masterserver and matches

• Disabled continuous matches due to an issue with players loading the next map
• Disabled match refill (when a player left) due to an issue with multiple players taking up the same slot
• Minimized the occurrences of the Map Vote screen locking the game
• Improved the stability of masterserver connections
• Fixed party queues not working
• Fixed an issue with variables set in edit mode staying in a match

Interface

• Disabled the ability to join an already full team
• Made the yaw and pitch preset transfer to the custom weapon settings
• Added some new Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Russian translations
• Fixed the final scoreboard not working in Custom Game matches when there were teams without a player at the start
• Changed the default values Custom Games to match the ...

Interface

• Fixed an issue that was causing an incorrect map to be loaded in a Custom Game
• Added some new translations

Visual changes

• Fixed the eggbot’s body in 3rd person swiveling to the sides when a player was looking up and down instead of the eggbot looking up and down
• Fixed the invisible holograms of the Blue, Yellow and Red armors
• The terrain’s grass texture has been updated and the terrain grass model has been updated

Performance

• Performance fixes after an issue caused by the new light clipping feature
• Several lightning micro-optimizations

Maps

• Some adjustments related to prop changes on ctf_cathedral_wip and a_barrows_gate

Editor

• Some Medina theme props have been added, several curved walls, stone blocks, wood ...

Interface

• The play menu cards have new artwork
• An html mockup of the Leaderboards menu has been added
• In the controls there is now an Emote: Taunt and an Emote: Greet bind (these aren’t working yet, except for a console message indicating that it was pressed)
• Some translations have been added

HUD

• There is now a System Clock HUD element
• By default the G-Meter now displays speed instead of throttle (both are toggleable options), its colors are dependent on the success of your acceleration
• The pickup notices now have icons that match the new look of the armors

Sounds

• The floaty eggbot sounds have been modified (available in Settings->Mods)

Visual changes

• The issue with the Super Shotgun and the Blasters that caused their stage to switch when certain animatio...

Interface

• A non-functional html mockup of the Create menu has been added - this will be a way to access the map editor in the future
• a_enclosure_wip_003 is now available in the Custom Games’ Arena map list

HUD

• It is now possible to resize HUD elements with width and height fields in the HUD editor by selecting them, holding Shift+an arrow key to resize them in 1 unit increments, and holding Shift+Control+an arrow key to resize them in 0.1 unit increments
• Restored aspect ratio functionality
• The default font of the G-Meter’s throttle option has changed to Roboto-Bold

Visual changes

• The size of Yellow and Red armors has been reduced and they now have holes which make the armor core visible from the front, in order to make them more distinguishable from eggbots - there is an issue at the moment with the Blue armor shell not bei...

Interface

• In Play->Custom Games there is now a non-functional server browser mockup
• The CTF, TDM, Brawl, Wipeout, Instagib and Time Trials map thumbnails have been updated

HUD

• Fixed a crash involving certain characters set as the border radius value
• The number of hud_definition characters allowed has increased
• In the Advanced CSS there’s now support for the different border- properties
• The Weapons list and the Current Ammo elements now have an advanced button
• The Weapons list and the Powerup element now have a shadow option
• The animation of the Dodge, Item and Powerup elements has been improved

Sounds

• Some adjustments to the Weebles’ weeeeeeeee sounds

Visual changes

• Decals on the environment are no longer projected on top of the shield, weebles...

Interface

• In Ranked: fixed the Arena 1v1 card being called Arcade
• The Custom Game’s more settings submenu now has options for: ready percentage, warmup time, minimum players and maximum clients
• The map thumbnails of the duel maps have been updated
• Some translations have been added

HUD

• The hud_definition’s element and property names have been shortened to allow for more elements and/or properties to be used at the same time, however as a consequence of this you will need to Reset your HUD in Settings->HUD->Reset HUD or recreate your custom HUD
• Fixed the Armor and HP bar’s skew option not working correctly when the left fill option was selected

Sounds

• After Weebles are thrown they now say “weeeeeeee!” while flying

Visual changes

• When launching the game the Menu eggbot...

Interface

• The Quick Play menu now includes FFA in the arcade modes
• The Competitive menu has been renamed to Ranked
• The Ranked menu now has modes separated into different cards

HUD

• The Current Weapon and Static Icon HUD elements now have a shadow option

Sounds

• Added support for projectiles to have multiple loop sounds

Visual changes

• The melee shield has been updated

Maps

• wo_prb_04_wip has been updated
• duel_facility_wip_col has been updated
• The example map (/edit example) now has a few monster rooms with bots that follow you

Servers

• Added Ready percentage support (for a match to start when a certain percentage of players have pressed the Ready button)

Interface

• There is now a Warmup button in the Quickplay and Competitive menus which isn’t functional yet
• An issue where an incorrect map is loaded in a custom game will now be logged, if you encounter it please save the current Documents/Diabotical/Logs/Log.txt file

HUD

• The Accent box HUD element now supports borders, including width and color options

Sounds

• The default PnCR firing sounds have been updated

Visual changes

• Some gunfire particle effects now appear earlier
• The Melee shield has been updated
• The bots that move towards you now have a fuse on top of them
• When going back to the menu while playing, it triggers the menu eggbot to do an animation

Maps

• wo_prb_04_wip has been updated

Sounds

• The Dodge ready sound has been removed - it was thought to be annoying over time
• The default PnCR firing sounds have been altered to better fit the firing-recharge animation
• The Crossbow’s firing sounds have been updated

Visual changes

• The first person Dodge animations of your current weapon are back and now behave differently for each of the 8 Dodge directions
• The Grenade Launcher ammo pickup now has a working hologram after being picked up
• The texture of the Machine Gun ammo and Grenade Launcher ammo has been modified

Maps

• duel_facility_wip_col has been added (version of duel_facility_wip with updated collision)
• ctf_waterworks_wip_col has been updated

Editor

• Editpad category colors are back for decals, materials, gameplay entities, props and dyna...

Gameplay

• Fixed a crash in Wipeout when automatically switching to the previous weapon after using the Healing Weeble

Maps

• duel_pr_07 has been updated based on duel_pr_07_wip and with some changes to that, the Megahealth moved to the previous position of the Shaft and that rooms has been modified; the bottom Yellow Armor changed to Blue which was placed on the floor and the room has been modified, it now includes a jumppad on the bottom floor to make it less of a dead-end; the Supa Blaster has changed to a Machinegun; weebles and ammo pickups were added
• wo_prb_04_wip has been updated, work has been done on the tavern area

Editor

• The med_brick_wall props now all have textures
• Added thumbnails for recently added medieval props

Other

• The crash report window now has the username field filled ...

Interface

• In the Competitive menu Wipeout 3v3 has changed back to Wipeout 5v5
• There are now UI notifications for certain events such as being disconnected from the server (recent unreported change)

HUD

• The Powerup icon is now showing up correctly
• The Powerup countdown now works correctly
• The HP and Armor bars are now updated with more precision
• The HP and Armor options of the Icon HUD element have been resized for better stroke support

Sounds

• When selected the heel enemy footsteps option in the Mods menu, no longer occasionally causes your own footsteps to sound like enemy footsteps (recent unreported change)

Maps

• tdm_chateau has been updated, the Vanguard was removed (only one powerup now), the PnCR was moved to where the Vanguard was, a Shotgun to where the PnCR w...

_ _ Interface

• In text fields: added support for ctrl+shift+arrows and ctrl+arrows caret navigation shortcuts
• In Custom Game: the visibility selector is now working correctly again and the selection is being saved across game restarts
• Fixed an issue where utility commands /homedir, /gamedir, /log would cause a crash

Sounds

• The recharge sound (part of the firing sound after the shot itself) of the PnCR alpha mod has been modified
• The mixing of the PnCR alpha mod has been modified
• The Dodge ready sound has been reenabled

Visual changes

• In preparation for some new animations the Dodge animation that lowers the weapon is not currently working

Gameplay

• By default the Dodge now works by holding down the button when coming into contact...

Interface

• In the Competitive menu Wipeout 5v5 has changed to Wipeout 3v3

HUD

• There’s a new default HUD if you click the Reset HUD button
• The Ally and Enemy score elements now have a separate score font size option
• The colored border of the Item HUD element’s default styling has been made thicker
• Fixed the Weapons list’s spacing when the keybind option isn’t selected

Maps

• duel_pr_07_wip’s health landmine has been removed
• duel_facility_wip’s Mega room has been updated with a new center platform made of gears
• tdm_chateau has been added which reduces the area that was dedicated to the Red Armor room in b_chateau, Red is now where the lava jumppad below Red used to be

Editor

• Thumbnails for some medieval props have been added