Aimbeast News

In this patch we are completely changing how the player movement works in Arena, increasing the size of the ArenaV2 map and improving the map editor.

Arena Changes:

• Changed how movement works when changing direction, now will grant a movement speed boost when turning, depending on the turning angle and mouse movement. (You can change the speed boost multiplier in a custom game).
  
• Disabled Blink by default. (You can still enable it in custom games).
  
• Increased size of the platform in the map ArenaV2 and changed the shape from an hexagon to an octagon.
  
• Added "Speed Meter", this will be part of the UI and will display your direction and speed, it can be turned off in the Graphics settings.
  
• This patch will also reset all Arena ranks.
• Changed rounds limit from 50 to 100.
  

Map Editor:

• Added new button to the toolbar that lets you open the "Customize" tab directly from the Map Editor.
  

Other Changes:

• Fixed a bug that prevented Grandmaster from loading in normal scenarios.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused all textures to be in low quality.
  
• Fixed Bots moving faster than players in Arena.
  

In this patch we are updating the routine progress manager while playing a routine and adding a new feature to report leaderboard scores.

Routine Progress Changes:

• You will now be able to directly skip to a selected scenario.
  
• Added a button to navigate to the previous scenario.
  
• Added yellow highlight to current scenario.
  
• If a scenario has any modifier, it will show a list of all changed values.
  

Report Score:

• You will now be able to report a score in a leaderboard if you think it was cheated or exploited.
• To do that simply hover on a leaderboard entry and press the red button on the left (Example below).
  

Added 5 New Sounds:

ARENA FIRE
ARENA HIT
ARENA HS
ARENA KILL
ARENA SPAWN

Other Changes:

• Added Spawn Delay (Min / Max) to scenario settings.
  
• Fixed Bots "Jump" event not working correctly.
  
• Added Verified icon to scenarios and routines in Pause Menu and End Session screens.
  
• When adding a bot profile to a scenario, it will now default to the last selected bot profile instead of the first one in the list.
  

In this patch we are introducing a brand new map for Arena, this map will be played by default in all Ranked Servers, you can still play the old map in Custom games.

Map Preview:



Map Features:

• Close to mid range map.
  
• Lava surrounding the platform which deals damage over time.
  
• Adjustable lava height and damage in custom games.
  

Other Changes:

• Fixed statistics over time not showing correctly on scenarios like cisA AIR Intermediate.
  
• Fixed #score-logs in the Aimbeast discord server showing 00.0% accuracy instead of 100%.
  

In this patch we are introducing many new features to the bots, a few new blocks for the map editor, a revamped routine upload tab and customizable light colors for Arena!

Bots Changes:

• Added 4 new event triggers:
  
  
  • On Collision -> Fires when the bot collides with a wall or the player.
  • On Landed -> Fires when the bot lands on the ground after a jump.
  • On Blink -> Fires when the bot blinks.
  • On Leap -> Fires when the bot leaps.
• Added 2 new event triggered:
  
  
  
  • Switch Direction (L/R) -> Switches movement direction between Left and Right.
  • Switch Direction (F/B) -> Switches movement direction between Forward and Backwards.
• Added new settings to Blink and Leap:
  
  
  
  • Blink Towards Movement Direction -> Blink towards current movement direction instead of using weights.
  • Leap Towards Movement Direction -> Leap towards current movement direction instead of using weights.

Map Editor Changes:

• Added "Terrain 4x4 A" to blocks library.
  
• Added "Terrain 4x4 B" to blocks library.
  
• Added "Terrain 4x4 C" to blocks library.
  

Routine Upload Tab Changes:

• Added new settings:
  
  
  • Routine Duration (Minutes) -> This value will automatically change to match the routine duration upon opening the upload tab.
  • Custom Thumbnail? -> If True, you will be able to import a custom JPG file as the thumbnail.
• Routine tab preview:
  
  

Arena Changes:

• Added new setting to Graphics tab: "Arena Map Lights Color" -> This will change the surrounding lights and barrier color.
• Decreased footsteps overall volume.
  

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed "Projectile Show Trail" not working on Projectile weapons.
  
• Fixed Bullet Impacts not showing on Projectile weapons.
  
• Fixed Bots Projectile trajectory not working properly.
  
• Fixed Bots "Predict Player Location (Projectile) not working correctly on Project Weapons.
  

In this patch we are introducing a new feature for Arena:

Auto Join:

• With this feature you will be able to select empty Arena servers and join a queue, as soon as a player connects you will connect to one of the selected servers.
  
• The Servers list will also show how many players are currently in Auto Join on each Server.
  
• Play any Scenario / Routine while waiting.
  

Arena Auto Join tab preview (Access from Arena tab):



Other Changes:

• Arena servers will now refresh players amount and ping every 5 seconds automatically.
  
• Removed "Enable Metronome" setting from the Settings, the metronome will now activate only by pressing the keybind. (Default is "M").
  
• Changed Spectate icon in the Arena tab.
  
• The "New Routine" button in the Routine tab will now be always visible.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused an infinite loading screen when trying to host a custom arena game.
  
• Changed values limit for Third Person Camera Offset to be 500 instead of 250.
  
• Added Steam Rich Presence when playing Arena.