Mehrere Neuigkeiten.
Seit gestern gibts eine neue Version des Mods, Release 687.
Ausserdem ist die verlinkte Page im ersten Posting schon länger down.
Infos gibts jetzt hier:
http://khelle.de/news.php
und hier:
http://ja2v113.schtuff.com/
Hier mal die Änderungen in längerer Form die seit August gemacht wurden. Unter anderem gibt es jetzt auch alles in übersetzter Form. Ich setz es wegen der Länge mal in Spoilerdingens... ;)
January 2007 (Build: 687)
New
- Items and Weapons
- Sam sites externalization (TableData\Map\SamSites.xml)
- Added notification when you try to create a new I.M.P and you already have the maximum number of mercs (18) in your team
- Tooltips on the enemies are only displayed, if the enemy can be seen by the selected merc. This only takes effect if tooltip detail level = 1 (limited) or 2 (basic)
- Army externalizations (TableData\Army)
- Added ability to use ogg-files in speech and sound files
- Added armour filter buttons (helm, vest, legging, plate) to Bobby Rays
- Added misc filter buttons to Bobby Rays
- Slow progress for enemy items choice added in the Ja2_Options.ini
- Enemies and militia can have ambidextrous skill and a second gun (only elites and regular troops / militia)
- Added new menu option: Silent Skyrider
- Cleared I.M.P activation text box after a new I.M.P was created
- Queen tries to get the cities back after they were liberated, just like the Sam's
- Added possibility to dismiss a vehicle without passengers
Changed
- Updated TableData\Map\Cities.xml, so player can choose if militia can be trained in town or not (Ja2_Options.ini)
- Translated tooltip strings for German Version
- Changed APs for stealing from 10 to 14
- You cannot steal items from head, body, leg or face until the enemy is collapsed (lying on the ground)
- Set max number of towns (50), town sectors (260) and sam sites (50) on strategic map
- Reworked some Items and weapons
- AP costs for reloading a Grenade Launcher or a Rocket Launcher by attaching an item are taken now from TableData\Weapons.xml
- Updated German Items and Ammo description text
Fixed
- Misplaced I.M.P email three days after I.M.P was created
- Inventory scroll buttons on personal web site
- Enemy landmine bug
- CTD in Drassen Mine battle
- CTD when trying to recruit John & Mary and there is only one free place left in the team
- Issue with visibility of enemies after raising scoped gun
- CTD after you have placed your mercs before the attacking occurs
- Wrong APs deduction from stealing
- Sometimes you get Nada objects from stealing
- CTD when trying to add 13th town in TableData\Maps\Cities.xml
- CTD after talking to Darren in San Mona (in the boxing club)
- Endless clock after stealing
- Improper sam site marking for Strategic AI
- Secrets on strategic map and other externalized stuff are not properly initialized, if user loads a saved game before he creates a new game
- Reinforcement problems
- Wrong text placement in the florist gallery website
- Mary & John cannot be escorted if you have 16 mercs in your team
- Memory leaks
- Tracer bullets animation starts some tiles away of where the shooter is
- Gabby did not show up in Sci-Fi mode
- Invisible Ira bug in rebel basement
- Militia, came as reinforcements, tend to stop at a halfway, if main battle is at the opposite side of map, they are coming from.
- When merging an item to a stack of items all of them were converted to a new item
- Militia always has equipment one level lower than enemy when slow progress is on (slight re-balance of militia involved battles)
- Invalid APs deduction when shooting - player saves one AP, if he raises weapon first and then shoots
- CTD when tooltiping on militia and no merc is in that sector
- If queen retakes mine sector, player still gets income (money) from the mine although the "Daily Income" string on Strategic Screen is shown correctly
- No explosion if the rocket launcher was reloaded manually (with attaching a rocket / grenade)
- German “Umlaute” are not always displayed correct for item names
October 2006 (Build: 602)
New
- Auto save feature
- Load I.M.Ps with multiple spaces in the nickname
- New optional armour coverage mod
- Added EDITOR_SCREEN_RESOLUTION setting to Ja2.ini
- Strategic movement costs externalisation (TableData\Map\MovementCosts.xml)
- Added INI Setting and ability to manually train mobile militia at a cost
- Added INI setting and ability to train veteran militia
- Added sector variation (TableData\Map\AltSectors.xml)
- Added INI settings to remove mercenary on-assignment deaths, and also set the number of deaths per difficulty level
- Added INI settings for delaying veteran militia training and mobile militia training
- Added INI settings cost modifiers to promoting green militia to regular and promoting regular to veteran
- Added INI setting to stop thunderstorms and still allow rain
- Added options to remove mercenary on-assignment deaths, and also set the number of deaths per difficulty level
- Added options for delaying veteran militia training and mobile militia training.
- Added cost modifiers to promoting green militia to regular and promoting regular to veteran.
- sound manager now logs driver capabilities
- enabled town names in cities.xml
- reworked cities.xml handling section, added new fields
- fix that allows game to accept both capital and small letters as a y-coordinate of a sector in MovementCosts.xml
- updated most of the editor screens to the high resolution. Editor should now work with high resolution.
- updated some editor files for the high resolution
Changed
- Ammo weight calculation
- Reorganized structure of xml files
- Enabled town names (TableData\Map\Cities.xml)
Fixed
- Jeep & Eldorado share the same animation like the Hummer
- Enemies do not wear NVGs at night
- Gas mask was always worn in low-level tooltips
- CTD when bullets hit door
- Enemy tooltip fixes
- CTD bug when stealing
- CTDs with multiple IMPs
- I.M.P emails show profile of Barry Unger
- Wrong chance to hit calculation on RPG rocket launchers
- CTD in German version when using auto fire
- Intense save/reload fix
- CTDs with tanks
- Average column in laptop profiles was not correct calculated
- German.Items.xml can now use "Umlaute"
September 2006 (Build: 502)
New
-Added <scifi> tag in Items.xml
-Added auto-aim to spread fire to make it actually useful
-Added Bobby Ray’s filter buttons to guns, ammo und used items
-Added ENABLE_CREPITUS flag to Ja2_options.ini. This flag will allow you to enable/disable crepitus in Sci-Fi mode, but you can take advantage of the items that only appear in Sci-Fi mode
-Added ENABLE_ALL_WEAPON_CACHES and ENABLE_ALL_TERRORIST flags to Ja2_Options.ini (Requires new game)
-Externalized assignment (repair, doctor, training) constants to Ja2_Options.ini and added a few for good measure
-Added new items
-Proper loading of map versions 5.0, 5.25 and 6.0
-Vehicle inventory
-Additional enemy/militia drop item system, which uses new XML-files (EnemyWeaponDrops.xml, …)
-Ability to variate sector maps between common and alternative during generation of a new game. This feature can be switched off for individual sectors.
-Put a stop to enemies and NPCs running into gas and fire
-Externalized AP costs for attachments or an attachment-by-attachment basis
-Added <APCost> tag to Attachments.xml
-Made mercs say quote when blinded by flashbang
-Enable enemies to fire underslung GLs
-Allow view of sector with no soldier in it
-Toggle on/off rain sounds in the option screen
-Added missing brightness level text string to the German version. Press “F” in tactical screen
-Added flashbangs, which only work indoors or at night
-Added STRATEGIC_EVENT_SEND_TROOPS_TO_DRASSEN flag to Ja2_Options.ini
-Added ALLOW_SOLDIER_TOOL_TIPS flag to Ja2_Options.ini (Hold “ALT” and move mouse cursor over enemies)
-Silencer burst sounds
-Dynamic ammo weight option
-Different camo kits (wood, urban, desert, …)
-Toggle on/off craws in the option screen
-Localized item and ammo string for German and Russian version (German.Items.xml, …)
Changed
-Increased chance of damage from gas by 5%
-Some items status and graphic tweaks
-Fire always damages
-Changed <bipod> tag in Items.xml from a boolean to an integer. It is now the to-hit bonus for the bipod
-Random GL grenades chosen by enemies now limited by player progress
-Removed MAXIMUM_MILITIA_SQUAD_SIZE_BATTLE from Ja2_Options.ini
Fixed
-Display cover
-CTD when new merc arrive in Omerta
-Airstrikes still occurring
-Auto resolve is not working with big enemy groups
-Bobby Ray’s not stocking things later in game if they were illegal when game started. (Requires new game)
-Bobby Ray’s item display error
-Negative ammo prices
-Integral bipods not working properly
-Breaklights not working in Drassen Mine sector
-Dying soldiers don't fallback into obstacles anymore, but they still fallback through walls
-Vehicles sharing same animation
-Freeze after loading any saved game at a second time
-Attachments not costing APs
-No militias are present in the sector for the battle, even though they do appear on the strategy map.
-Wrong laptop zooming animation
-Enemies turn around in tactical (turn-based-mode) between the players turn
-Grenade through window bug
-CTD in strategy screen, when enemies try to retake a city sector
-Freeze in Grumm sectors after ending a players turn
-Crash during enemy turns in Tixa sector
-Misplaced merc screen position in high resolutions
-CTD in I.M.P screen
-90210 not working properly in I.M.P screen
-Mercs complaining about really good equipment
-Smoke grenades have the same effect than mustard gas grenades
-Invisible enemies
-Manuel reload for two one handed weapon
-Barrel extender falls off while none is attached
-Wrong ammo colors, if you remove the ammo from the weapon
-Enemies wear sun goggles at night
-Curious CTDs, if Windows 98 is the operating system