Lambda Wars News

We've been hard at work on patch 3.14a. The most notable change is the rework of the Combine Spec Ops Model, we feel like it oozes the Combine menacing design. Maps such as city16, skyfight and uzvara have seen some changes and optimizations. And lastly this patch introduces a heap of rebalances and bugfixes. Feel free to check out the Full patchnotes below.


The New Combine Spec Ops Model

(Made by Spok)



hlw_city16:
- Added Combine and Rebel roadblocks
- Added cover points
hlw_skyfight:
- Optimizations
hlw_uzvara.



- Updated combine garrison model.
- New combine model with animations for special ops. building (Made by Spok).



Control points:
- Level 1 now gives you 2 requisition again instead 1.

Upgrades:
AR2 Upgrade:
- Research time reduced from 82 to 72.
Medic healrate upgrade:
- Research time reduced from 80 sec. to 35.
- Price reduced from 50/0 to 25/10.
Medic regenerate upgrade:
- Research time reduced from 80 sec. to 35.
- Price reduced from 50/0 to 25/10.
Medic maxenergy upgrade:
- Research time reduced from 80 sec. to 35.
- Price reduced from 50/0 to 25/10.
New Medic upgrade: - Rebel Medic SMG1 upgrade.

Combine Pop. Upgrade:
- Level 1 price reduced from 50 to 40.
- Level 1 now will take 10 seconds to be researched.
- Level 2 price reduced from 100 to 70.
- Level 2 now will take 12 seconds to be researched.
- Level 3 price reduced from 200 to 125.
- Level 3 now will take 15 seconds to be researched.
- Level 4 price reduced from 200 to 125.
- Level 4 now will take 19 seconds to be researched.

Attributes:
metal(dog, rollermines): removed bonus damage against light units.
plasma(snipers, veterans): reduced damage against meduim unitsfrom 35 to 20; reduced damage against heavy units from 25 to 20.



Units with SG:
- Damage increased from 40 to 50.
Units with AR2:
- Attack speed reduced from 0.1 to 0.11.
- Units with ar2 make now 3 shots.

Rebels:

Partisans:
- Health reduced from 70 to 50.
Partisan with SMG:
- Price changed from 12/3 to 12/0.
Partisan with molotov:
- Price changed from 10/2 to 10/0.
Medic:
- Unit build time increased from 23 sec. to 24.
- Unit view distance reduced from 896 to 768.
- Can now research an SMG1 in Triage Center.
Veteran:
- Pop. cap. reduced from 3 to 2.
- Health increased from 150 to 180.
- Preparation time before unit can attack reduced from 3.51 sec. to 1.8 sec.
- Doesn't now require triage center.
- Explosive Bolt price reduced from 6 scrap to 5.
- Explosive bolt damage reduced from 240 to 200.
- Explosive bolt now requires to be researched in munition depot.
RPG:
- Unit price reduced from 40/40 to 40/30.
Dog:
- Moved from Vort. den to junkyard.
- Requires now Vort. den.
- Price reduced from 80/100 to 80/80
- Damage insreased from 35 to 45.
- Removed bonus damage against light units.

Combine:

Metropolice with SMG:
- Deploy manhack ability: reduced recharge time from 120 sec. to 30.
- Prica changed from 25/5 to 20/0.
- Build time reduced from 20 sec. to 17.
- Health reduced from 160 to 140
Metropolice with pistol:
- Price changed from 18/1 to 15/0.
- View distance reduced from 832 to 768.
- Build time reduced from 20 sec. to 17.
- Health reduced from 160 to 140
Hopper mine:
- Health reduced from 100 to 90.
Roller mine:
- Health reduced from 135 to 115.
Manhack:
- Health increased from 30 to 35.
ClawScanner:
- View distance increased from 1152 to 1280.
Elite combine:
- Cost reduced from 60/20 to 50/20.
- Doesn't require now SG unlock.
- Weapon switch time reduced from 2 sec. to 1 sec.
- Energy sphere now requires to be researched in munition depot.
Sniper:
- Preparation time before unit can attack reduced from 4.98 sec. to 3.51 sec.
- Attack speed increased from 2.75 sec. to 2.63 sec.
Strider:
- Unit price reduced from 100/100 to 100/80.



Rebels:
Junkyard:
- Scrap generation interval increased from 5 sec. to 8.
Munition Depot:
- Added new ability upgrade: explosive bolt for veterans. It takes 44 seconds to be researched; 30/20 upgrade price.
Radio Tower:
- Auto-detection range increased from 192 to 256.
Rebel barracks:
- Now requires junkyard.
Barrel Trap Tower:
- Range increased from 1152 to 1408.
Triage Center:
- New research ability - equip SMG1.

Combine:
Combine armory:
- Added new ability upgrade: energy sphere for elite soldiers. It takes 38 seconds to be researched; 30/15 upgrade price.
- Energy ball requires special ops to be researched.
Mortar:
- Damage against light units increased from 150 to 180.
- Damage against medium units increased from 180 to 240.
- Damage against heavy units increased from 200 to 280.



- Fixed junkyard hp difference in annihilation and destroyHQ modes.
- Fixed model collisions for some buildings.
- Fixed population check for deploying manhacks by the metropolice.
- Fixed c4explosive ability not placing at target entity position when targeting an unit.
- Fixed population check for deploying manhacks by the metropolice.
- When a player loses, they can no longer abuse the reconnection issue that allowed them to continue playing in DestroyHQ/Competitive mode
- When a player loses, their buildings no longer become neutral.
- Some units didn't die after player loss. This has been fixed.
- The units now respond more actively to the game mechanic that could be abused with units by running around other units. The reaction speed was increased from 1/10 to 1/20.
- Stunned units won't be able to use their abilities.

Localization:
- Updated Czech translations. Provided by Lukyn150.
- Added Latin America Spanish support Provided by Vorticiano and Senor Erns.

We are very excited by the recent growth in playerbase which has more than doubled the past week (Thank you STALKEROS). In order to share our excitement with the community we’d like to take a moment to update you on the game’s upcoming content.



Some of our original models are over 6 years old and we found that they could use some touch ups. The Garrison was the first to get a makeover and has been usable since update 3.13c, the Spec Ops is next in line for a remodel. Pouchyboy and Spok have been hard at work on both of these models.

[h2]Garrison[/h2]

Model by PouchyBoi (Jason Havens) and Textured by Spok.



Throughout the game’s lifecycle we have continued designing and building a varied portfolio of maps. The vast majority have been multiplayer focussed, but we know many of you would like to see more focus on singleplayer. We’re happy to share that we have multiple singleplayer maps in production.


[h2]Eradicate[/h2]
Intel has shown that the rebels are hiding somewhere in this sector. It's time for the Combine forces to find better intel on the rebel base location and eradicate them. This will be the game's first mission with the Combine as the playable faction.


Being made by Pandango


[h2]Episodes of the Truth[/h2]
Young Alice is on a very important mission: What has happened to the Rebel headquarters? The truth might be worse than she imagined. As the title suggests this will be the game's first multi level mini-campaign.


Being made by BarraBarraTiger


There are currently numerous community loading screen background images being used. We'd like to expand that collection of images. Please contact us through Discord if you want to help extend the collection.



The team is looking at organizing another tournament. It’s a perfect opportunity for the best players to show their true potential, plus we get more data on balance at high level play. You can expect another post that goes into more detail about this in the future.



One thing that will always change and shift is the balance. A very specific process where one minor change here impacts the effectiveness elsewhere. Bugs are another thing that can have a heavy impact on the gameplay. In order to make the game as enjoyable and fair as possible we will continue to fix bugs and tweak the balance.



Are you a motivated developer looking for an environment where you can develop your skills while receiving feedback from a dedicated playerbase? We’re currently looking for the following positions:
- 3D Modelers
- 3D Animators
- 2D Texture Artists
- Concept Artists
- Level Designer (Hammer)
Don’t hesitate to contact us via the official Discord! If your profession isn't listed and think you can help the project feel free to still contact us.



Be sure to give us your feedback on the new models, maps and the rest! We learn a lot from reading your thoughts.

This patch features a new Garrison model and balance tweaks for Radio Towers, RPG, shotguns, mortars and Rollermines. You can find detailed patchnotes below.


After many years of use the garrison has received a remodel.

Model by PouchyBoi (Jason Havens) and Textured by Spok.


Colors:
- Replaced skyblue with cyan.

Radio Tower:
- Added auto-detection with 192 range.

Combine and Rebel shotgun:
- Damage reduced from 50 to 40.
- Amount of bullets reduced from 10 to 8.

Rebel RPG:
- Increased damage from 20 to 35.
- Min. attack range reduced from 228 to 128.
- Attack range reduced from 1088 to 1024.
- Removed bonus damage against "creature" units(vort, zombies, antlions).
- Reduced bonus damage against heavy units(flamer, elits) from 60 to 35.
- Reduced bonus damage against synth units from 100 to 90.

Rollermine:
- Increased population cost from 1 to 2.
- Increased stun duration from 0.89 to 1.34

Mortar:
- Increased damage against light units from 100 to 150.
- Increased damage against medium units from 150 to 180.
- Increased damage against heavy units from 180 to 200.

Garrison:
- New model by PouchyBoi (Jason Havens) and textures by Spok

As the time passes, it becomes harded to work on the mod as it used to be. We have our own lives to take care of, and sadly it's not so easy to work so actively on this. I hope you guys can understand!

None the less though, to me, personally, Half-Life: Alyx was like a breath of fresh air, perhaps I'll work on Lambda Wars again once I have the proper hardware and time. Besides, we still have Mr. Lazy who's actively trying to change the game. This and some previous updates were published thanks to him. Here's the changelog:

Fixed:
- Veteran could not attack property.
- Combine mine's attribute didn't work property.
- Mines didn't take resources on its use.

Updated team colors.
- Updated hl2 orange, purple colors.
- Dark cyan replaced with teal.
- Red color replaced with dark red.
- Violet replaced with brown.
- Orange replaced with sky blue/white.

Other improvements:
- Removed unit avatar window from the hud.

Maps:

- Added new maps: or_village.
- Fixed hlw_fortress: players couldn't build strutures at one part of the map.
- hlw_city16, hlw_outland: added ambient sounds.
- hlw_canals: updated map clipping.

hlw_breakout:
- Updated map boundary.

hlw_antartica, hlw_city16:
- Fixed scrap areas.

hlw_bridge:
- Optimization.

or_bridge:
- Optimization.
- Changed map center.



Flags:
- Imporved abilities to upgrade flag, now you see only one, price depends on you race.
- 1st level:
* Cost reduced from 30/30 for rebels to 30/20.
* Cost reduced from 30/25 for combine to 30/15.
* Amount of req. reduced from 2 to 1.

Attibutes:
Pulse(AR2):
- Bonus damage against light units is now 4.
- Bonus damage against medium units increased from 4 to 5.

Metal units:
- Bonus damage against medium units reduced from 15 to 8.

Fast zombie:
- Added creature attribute.
- Removed slash attribute.

Zombie Boss:
- Added creature attribute.
- Removed slash attribute.

Frag grenade:
- Damage radius reduced from 350 to 320.
- Damage reduced from 200 to 100.
- Bonus damage against light units increased from 30 to 100.
- Bonus damage against medium units increased from 15 to 130.
- Added bonus damage against heavy units: 100.

[h3]Rebels:[/h3]

Partisan with SMG:
- Health reduced from 75 to 70.

Partisan with molotov:
- Health reduced from 75 to 70.
- Increased unit price from 10/1 to 10/2.
- Stink bomb effect duration increased from 1.0 sec. to 1.32.
- Stink bomb cooldown increased from 0.5 sec to 1.82.

Vortigaunt:
- Antlion recall time increased from 1 sec. to 22.
- Bugbait cooldown increased from 1 sec. to 6.
- Unit speed reduced from 248 to 216.
- Dispel damage reduced from 200 to 125.
- Damage reduced from 30 to 26.
- Price reduced from 70/55 to 60/55.
- Health reduced from 320 to 280.
- Fixed attack range.

Rebel Flamer:
- Damage increased from 2 to 3.
- Will not die when shoting his back.
- Damage against light, medium, heavy units is now +11.
- Added bonus damage against creature units (vort, zombies, antlions): +6.

Dog:
- Removed bonus damage from mortar.

Saboteur:
- Time to sabotage building increased from 12 sec. to 14.
- C4 cost reduced from 15 scrap to 10.
- C4 damage reduced from 400 to 190.
- C4 cooldown reduced from 10 sec. to 7.

RPG:
- Bonus damage against synth units increased from 90 to 100.
- Added bonus damage against vort: 80.

[h3]Combine:[/h3]

Combine elite:
- Removed 'pulse_elite' as it doesn't work.

Metropolice:
- Health reduced from 180 to 160.
Metro riot:
- Health reduced from 210 to 200.

Combine mine:
- View distance reduced from 415.5 to 384.
- Detonation radius changed from 100 to 96.
- Warn radius changed from 200 to 192.
- Damage reduced from 150 to 100.
- Removed scale damage against buildings, now it deals full damage.

Hunter:
- If jump range is too large then hunter will go to closest position to jump.
- Health reduced from 450 to 400.

Rollermine:
- Stun chance is now 100%.
- Stun effect duration changed from 4.0 sec. to 0.89.

Manhack:
- Bonus damage against medium reduced from 7 to 5.
- Bonus damage against light units increased from 18 to 19.

[h2]Buildings:[/h2]

[h3]Rebels:[/h3]

Reb. barricade:
- Health reduced from 200 to 125.
Reb. mountable turret:
- Health reduced from 400 to 175.

Reb. Bunker:
- Units inside bunkers will get +192 attack range.
- Health reduced from 1900 to 800.
- Build time reduced from 60 sec. to 46.
- Sense distance reduced from 1500 to 1280.

Barrel trap:
- Ability recharge changed from 5 sec. to 8
- Attack range reduced from 2176 to 1152.
- View distance reduced from 1024 to 896.

[h3]Combine:[/h3]

Mortar:
- Bonus damage replaced with scale damage.
- Attack range reduced from 2176 to 1280.
- Damage reduced from 500 to 100.
- Added bonus damage against light units: 100.
- Added bonus damage against medium units: 150.
- Added bonus damage against heavy units: 180.
- Added bonus damage against metal units: 250.
- Added bonus damage against synth units : 250.
- Removed scale damage against buildings, now it will deal full damage.

Comb. shield gen:
- Price changed from 30/15 to 15/15.
- Damage on touch increased from 1 to 12.
- View distance reduced from 1024 to 640.
- Overrun: view distance reduced from 1024 to 896.

Comb. barricade:
- Health changed from 400 to 150.
Comb. mountable turret:
- Health changed from 400 to 200.

Comb. Bunker:
- Units inside bunkers will get +192 attack range.
- Health changed from 1800 to 1000.
- Build time reduced from 60 sec. to 46.
- Sense distance changed from 1500 to 1280.

Power generator:
- Power range increased from 720 to 768.

Headcrab canister:
- Building price changed from 40/50 to 40/65.
- Headcrab canister range reduced from 4500 to 4480.
- Fast headcrab canister range reduced from 4500 to 4480.
- Poison headcrab canister range increased from 6500 to 6528.
- Price for canister with headcrabs changed from 25/35 to 30/25.
- Price for canister with fast headcrabs changed from 40/40 to 40/25.
- Price for canister with posion headcrabs changed from 25/35 to 25/25.
- Empty canister recharge increased from 8 sec. to 12.



[h3]Combine:[/h3]
Sniper:
- Price reduced from 5 req. to 4.

Balance:

Attributes:
Slash:
- Damage against medium units reduced from 10 to 7.

Units:

Rebels:

Engineer:
- Salvage now takes 8.25(11 sec. before) seconds and returns 2(3 before) scrap per collection.

Scout:
- Max energy reduced from 50 to 30.
- Start energy increased from 0 to 5.
- Infiltrate ability cost changed from 20 to 10.

Vortigaunt:
- Antlion cost reduced from 40 energy to 30.
- Max energy changed from 200 to 160.
- Start energy changed from 100 to 80.
- Attack cost reduced from 5 energy to 4.
- Energy regeneration changed from 4 to 3.
- Energy regeneration in battle changed from 2 to 1.
- "Dispel" will stun units with 100% chance and effect will last 2.1 sec.(3 before)
- "Dispel" ability cost changed from 30 energy to 80.
- "Dispel" ability radius reduced from 900 to 448.

Small Antlion:
- HP reduced from 90 to 70.

Combine:

Metro Riot:
- Changed price from 20/0 to 15/0.
- Build time reduced from 20 sec. to 15.

Manhack:
- Build time changed from 8 sec. to 12.
- Price increased from 10/2 to 12/3.

Floor turret:
- Health changed from 85 to 100.
- Reduced research time from 40 sec. to 30.
- Attack range reduced from 832 to 704.
- View distance reduced from 896 to 768.
- Removed "pulse" attribute.

Sniper:
- Infiltrate ability cost changed from 20 to 25.

Buildings:

Vort. den:
- Build time increased from 50 sec. to 54.

Mech. factory:
- Doesn't require garrison.
- Buld time reduced from 38 sec. to 28.