Retro Commander News Campaign Chapter 05, Balancing & Misc. Including Bugfixes Campaign Chapter 05, Balancing & Misc. Including Bugfixes
Campaign Chapter 05: the latest story campaign chapter with the cartoon. Follow Agent Johnson on his missions. Battle Map 03: now available for download and play. Has a few regular scenarios and also a randomly generated map. Tactical Napalm: ballistic missile carrying napalm added. Sniper Graphics: updated to better suited graphics. Dialogue Character: Logon Johnson added as character. End Screen for Campaign: slightly different end screen for a campaign when a mission succeeded or failed (less intrusive). Audio: Sound FX for robo deaths updated (non-human now). Balancing: slightly increased the cost of shielded tanks (Ancient Tech). Balancing: regular ballistic missile (non-nuke, "Tactical Missile") inflicts + 50% more damage. Build Queues: reset to default values when the owner changes (e.g. for towns that were taken over). Cancelling Upgrades: pressing the [Stop] button now cancels upgrades (e.g. for T-Collectors). The full amount of assets is always returned. Website: Rankings now available on the website at http://www.retrocommander.com/ranking.html Website: Release history now available on the website at http://www.retrocommander.com/history.html Website: Server status now available on the website http://www.retrocommander.com/status.html API Addition: .../arr/[,] can be used to query a list with given IDs (e.g. for querying users). See API documentation for details. API Addition: option to query standings table and ratings of users. See API documentation for details. API Addition: profile query now also returns links (if available). API: profile pictures are now served cached for 30 minutes. Markup: the markdown code for strikethrough has been changed from '--' to '~~'. Markup: italic text can now be marked using "*|italic|*". UI: Info popup panels now span the whole window height. Modding Guide: updated with additional links to the modding tutorial videos. Modding Guide: slightly updated with further information regarding image formats and other technical stuff. SSL: All websites now switched to secure http, i.e. "https://...". SSL: Redirect to secure site at https://... automatically (.htaccess). SSL: Error reporter, if chosen to be used, now also uses SSL when sending a report (mail.php). Audio: asynchronous audio library now on Droid to improve performance. Sync. Errors: wrote a simulation program that tries to find synchronization errors by running & verifying the game update loop and AI. Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D Language: some of the supported localizations now also listed for the app store (iOS). Language: to prevent abuse, the translation system is now only available to accounts that are 3 days or older (not new accounts). Maintenance: main server moved to Hetzner. Maintenance: migrated the map download server to a new provider due to cost & misc. (Hetzner). Maintenance: Jetty server updated to 9.4.49. Maintenance: Multiplayer socket-server logging updated/fixed. Bugfix: games would not properly synchronize anymore, if e.g. a transformer tank was transformed on a transport ship (recon grid went out of sync.). Bugfix: The [Stop] button would be selectable for T-Collectors, whereas stopping was not possible (auto-job). Bugfix: removal of models from maps didn't properly work (errors fixed). Bugfix: Server doesn't store initial username as "Contact Name" anymore (wasn't really intended). Bugfix: generating explosions/etc. via trigger will not start them in the air (but ground). Bugfix Crashes: for old maps with missing assets! Bugfix Crashes: for 32bit/64bit mismatch for DLLs (e.g. Discord). Bugfix Crashes: when showing movement info panel for troops when the object has been destroyed. Bugfix Crashes: when checking if an temporary object belongs to the same team. Bugfix Crashes: when joining a LAN game, the application would crash if the required map was not installed, i.e. the required assets could not be loaded. Bugfix Crashes: while saving unknown file extensions. News AlertsPosted 12/10/2022, 10:10:25 AM Fetched 12/16/2022, 2:39:11 PM Last Checked 2/24/2024, 10:48:32 PM Revisions 1 - Show Changes Rendering Show Raw Source Tags None Feed Community Announcements Author noblemaster Original Article View Original