Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades News

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Howdy folks!

We've got what is HOPEFULLY the last Alpha of this cycle, and we'll be ready for Update 99 to go main-line branch next Friday. Until then I hope you enjoy the new Locomotion toys with their availability in Take & Hold!

TO PLAY THE NEW ALPHA:
Right click H3 in Steam
Go to Properties
Click Betas
Click The Dropdown
Select Alpha1!

Hope y’all enjoy and have a WONDERFUL weekend.

Peace,
Anton

[h2]Full Changelog - Update 99 - Alpha 6[/h2]
[h3]Additions:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Added 10 more Progressions to the Northest Dakota level
  
• Added New Melee Weapon: Climbing Axe (Uses original prototype climbing approach which requires trigger held)
  
• Added New Locomotion Utility Tool: Plunger Launcher [Climbable Plunger Shells]
  
• Added New Locomotion Utility Tool: Grapple Gun
  
• Added New Firearm: Famas F1 [5.56x45mm Proprietary Magazine]
  
• Added New Firearm: Famas G2 [5.56x45mm Stanag-Compatible]
  
• Added New Attachment: Famas Picatinny Top-rail
  
• Added New Magazine for FiveSeven (30rnds 5.7x28mm)
  

[h3]Changes:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Two new categories of Equipment have been added to the store: Storage and Locomotion. Most characters will see these appear now, and are for the backpack/locomotion tools respectively
  
• [Take&Hold] Token costs for many high capacity weapons have been reduced to bring them in line with Mag upgrade cost changes.
  
• [Take&Hold] Token costs for secondary equipment (Grenade Launchers, Grenades, etc.) have been DEEPLY reduced to encourage their use.
  
• [Take&Hold] Token costs for mag duplication and size update are now 2 and 3 respectively.
  
• [Take&Hold] Hold Phases in No Targets Mode have been shortened by 60 seconds.
  
• Sosig AI perception of sound is no longer positionally perfect. Sonic event perceptual position is now noised progressively with distance.
  
• Sosig AI perception of visual entities (like the player), now uses an extra ‘buffer’. This means that recognition of new visual entities is no longer instant, and occurs based on distance, the visibility of the entity, the state of the Sosig, and the perception ability of the Sosig. However when Sosigs lose sight of the player, they will still ‘remember’ targets for a period afterward in that location, and be able to quickly reacquire them if they are in a similar place.
  
• Sosig AI will not acquire new visual targets while suppressed (though they will remain aware of targets they have already seen).
  
• Sosig aim stability is now influenced by the type of weapon they’re firing
  
• Sosig suppression has more of an effect on body pose now.
  
• Make the Quickbelt sizes more consistent (by making them larger) for: Makarov Drum, Mp5 Drum, AA12 Drum, CAWS Drum, American 90/180 mags, Evo3 Drum, AK74 Drum, G36 Drum, M1600 Drum, Stanag Drum, Stanag 60/100 mags, D60 Drum, Hecate2 Mag, NTW20 Mag, DP28 Pan, STENOF Drum
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Fixed assorted holes, glitches and pathing issues in Northest Dakota map
  
• Custom Quality Setting MSAA setting is now properly saved
  
• Stoner63 LMG can now be loaded again
  
• Fixed Dardick Revolver errantly ejecting rounds inertially
  
• Fixed Mosin bolt being breakable in streamlined control mode
  

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Howdy Folks!

Time for yet another Alpha! I’ll let the video speak for me this week. Hope y’all have a wonderful weekend!

PLEASE NOTE. This is not on the ‘normal’ Alpha branch. There is a new branch called TakeAndHoldAlpha.

[h3]TO PLAY THE NEW ALPHA:[/h3]

• Right click H3 in Steam
  
• Go to Properties
  
• Click Betas
  
• Click The Dropdown
  
• Select TakeAndHoldAlpha!
  

Hope y’all enjoy and have a WONDERFUL weekend.

Peace,
Anton

[h3]Full Changelog - Update 99 - Alpha 5[/h3]
[h3]Additions:[/h3]

• Added New Firearm Set: Dardick Revolver & Carbine (.38 Tround)
  
• Added New Firearm: OTS-38 (7.62 x 42mm)
  
• Added New Firearm: Webley Fosbery (.455 Webley)
  
• Added New Ammunition: .38 Tround
  
• Added New Gadget: Rangefinder (7x25)
  
• Added New Gadget: Telescopescope
  

[h3]Changes:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Ammo Station now produces free Speedloaders and Clips for compatible guns
  
• [Take&Hold] Mag Duplication Station Duplication Cost changed to 1 credit
  
• [Take&Hold] Mag Duplication Station now has Magazine Upgrade button (for 2 credits)
  
• [Take&Hold] Mag Duplication Station now appears in Spawnlocked Equipment mode
  
• Lengthened Initial sosig aiming time at range. Note further changes in this area are still needed.
  
• Rebuilt Double Action Revolver trigger system
  
• Rebuilt Double Action Revolver cylinder arm locking logic
  
• Unica6 now visually reciprocates
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Fixed some token display oddities in Item Shop Station
  
• EM2 Now properly drops bolt when new magazine is inserted
  

[h3]API Changes:[/h3]

• FirearmMagazineType Magazine field added to FVRObject. ALL CUSTOM MAGAZINES must have this field correctly populated to function with game modes which spawn magazines.
  
• CompatMags static Dictionary added which is populated at startup. Any custom guns being added to the game need to populate this dictionary with their magazines using the MagazineType field on FVRObject
  
• FVR.GetRandomAmmoObject(....) now does a check into CompatMags if no predefined CompatibleMags are found populated in referenced FVRObject. This should allow custom guns which reference pre-existing FirearmMagazineTypes to load magazines in game modes which spawn magazines.
  

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[h2]Howdy Folks![/h2]

Have another small Alpha for you this week. Mostly fixes and tweaks to existing systems, a whole bunch of tuning for the new Take & Hold level, and a new toy :-)

Hope y'all enjoy it!

PLEASE NOTE. This is not on the ‘normal’ Alpha branch. There is a new branch called TakeAndHoldAlpha.

[h3]TO PLAY THE NEW ALPHA:[/h3]

• Right click H3 in Steam
  
• Go to Properties
  
• Click Betas
  
• Click The Dropdown
  
• Select TakeAndHoldAlpha!
  

Hope y’all enjoy and have a WONDERFUL weekend.

Peace,
Anton

[h3]Full Changelog - Update 99 - Alpha 4[/h2]
[h3]Additions:[/h3]

• Added New Firearm: MP412 REX (.357 Magnum)
  
• Added New System: Rope Sliding (Hold Touchpad or B Button(streamlined) to slide on rope)
  

[h3]Changes:[/h3]

• Rebuild Grabbable pose system to allow for multiple poses to be held at once (averaged)
  
• Changed Ice Axe climbing to use raw velocity instead of trigger. Yes this made it a bit harder. They can be released in something now though
  
• [Take&Hold] Created new ‘Noncombat’ internal metadata flag and moved 40mm practice grenades and novelty 12 gauge shells to it, preventing them from spawning in anything except Ricky Dicky Random
  
• [Take&Hold] Changed the attack paths on a few holds
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Fixed Score Submission (we think)
  
• [Take&Hold] Fixed many… many holes in the level geo (thanks so much testing group)
  
• [Take&Hold] Removed Jeff (he’ll be back tho, lol)
  

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[h2]Howdy Folks![/h2]

It’s been a while since we’ve done a new Alpha release, but we’re hopin’ everything this one is jammed full of will have made the wait worth it! Grappling Hooks, Climbing Axes, the first testing version of the new Take & Hold level called Northest Dakota. It’s a biggun’ for sure.

PLEASE NOTE. This is not on the ‘normal’ Alpha branch. There is a new branch called TakeAndHoldAlpha.

[h3]TO PLAY THE NEW ALPHA:[/h3]

• Right click H3 in Steam
  
• Go to Properties
  
• Click Betas
  
• Click The Dropdown
  
• Select TakeAndHoldAlpha!
  

Hope y’all enjoy and have a WONDERFUL weekend.

Peace,
Anton

[h2]Full Changelog - Update 99 - Alpha 3[/h2]
[h3]Additions:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Added New Take & Hold Level: Northest Dakota (WIP)
  
• [Take&Hold] Added System for loading various maps for Take & Hold
  
• Added New Firearm: M320 (40x46mm. Replaces old model, has new functionality)
  
• Added New Utility Object: Grappling Hook (In Arizona Range Only This Week)
  
• Added New Utility Object: Climbing Axe (In Arizona Range Only This Week)
  

[h3]Changes:[/h3]

• [Take&Hold] Added New Mode: 3 Hold short
  
• [Take&Hold] Added New Option: Target Mode (All Targets, Simple, No Targets)
  
• [Take&Hold] Altered scoring metrics for using various options
  
• [Take&Hold] Lowered costs on some attachments
  
• [Take&Hold] When guns that spawn at the beginning of a run have bespoke attachments, one attachment ALWAYS spawns
  
• Changed Sosig Aiming such that they can better lead their targets when their targets are moving, especially at range
  
• Changed Meat Fortress Media Heal Pulse system to not charge to uber as fast
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed several bugs in Sosig aiming system
  

[h3]API Notes (for mod makers):[/h3]

• Added IsBigLevel bool param (defaulted to False) to TNH_Manager. Modders should enable this if they want big-level mode for their map
  
• Added UsesClassicPatrols bool param (defaulted to True) to TNH_Manager. Modders who wish to use MANUALLY AUTHOR sentry patrol points can set this to false, which will cause a new system called Sentry Patrols to be used.
  
• Added New Class: TNH_SentryPatrolPointGroup, which is a container for a group of points.
  
• Added New State information to Sosig class for future use (shouldn’t change anything atm)
  
• IsBigLevel flag adds 30 seconds to initial ‘analyzing’ step for all Hold Phases
  

[h3]Known Issues:[/h3]

• Red Dot Zeroing distance cannot be changed in Streamlined control mode
  
• Red Dot luminance changes are DISABLED at the moment
  

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Howdy Folks!

We’re starting off a fresh Alpha Cycle this week for Update 99. First up is some optimizations to Handgun systems, as well as a long-needed refresh of the M9 series of pistols. The M9A1 and M9A3 that were in game were both quite old models, and neither was dimensionally accurate, especially with each other, so we had Sergey, the artist behind the beautiful M93R in game remake the whole series, and add a couple to it. All M9 magazines should now be visually compatible with all M9 pistols, and the quality of the new models is absolutely top notch.

To access the Alpha, right click the game in Steam, go to Properties, Betas, click the drop-down, and select ‘alpha1’. Do note that over the course of this Alpha certain breaking changes may occur with mods and other user content, so it is highly recommended that you backup your User data in appdata/locallow/rustltd/hotdogs…. If you have any of that content loaded, and/or use an unmodded install.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Peace,
Anton

Full Changelog - Update 99 - Alpha 1

Additions:
Added new Gun: M9 (9x19mm)
Added new Gun: M92fs (9x19mm)
Added New Option Page: Platform Specific Options
Added New Option: Oculus Trigger Override

Changes:
Replaced Model for M9A1 & Magazine
Replaced Model for M9A3 & Magazine
Replaced Model for M9 Cleric
Trigger bars and mag release buttons all move on M9 series
[Take & Hold] M9A1 moved to ‘Modern’ era pool
Clean Guns & Melee button now also clears attachments (that are not attached to anything)
SA/DA pistols now have correct trigger movement in relation to hammer being cocked
Optimized component animation across all handguns.
Stinger Station in Sampler Platter moved to be down near other heavy weapons
Did some back-end changes to object force/inertia for future experiments

Fixes:
Fixed control edgecase that could brick the Mosin
Mp9 foregrip pose fixed
Tuned cartridge ejection to try to fix intercollision during fast locomotion movement
Fixed some collision oddities in object bays in the Sampler Platter
Rock-in reloading for AK experiment reverted (new mag ejection catch behavior retained tho)
Magazine Release buttons removed from any MP5 variants that accidentally had them. Magazine must be removed with other hand as MP5 magazines do not drop free in RL.