Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades News

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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.

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Howdy Folks!

Have ANOTHER big Patch Update for ya this week, along with an EVEN BIGGER new toy.

Enjoy!

-Anton

Full Changelog - Update 98 - Big Patch 2

Additions:

• Added New Firearm: Aerial Denier (Meat Fortress, 18x50mm Packawhallop)
  
• Added New Thrown Weapon: Bear Trap
  

Changes:

• [Item Spawner] Item spawner, when loading Vault files from disc, will now reject (and not register/display) any vault file that contains guns or attachments which cannot be found in the current Static object database. This means that vaulted guns for modded content that is later removed by the user will not longer break the Item Spawner.
  
• Regenerative Encryption Tendril search is now blocked by Navblock forcefields.
  
• 3 gauge shotgun shell can now be palmed to hold multiple
  

Fixes:

• [Take&Hold] Fixed Welldone Freemeat using old version of CyberGrenade
  
• [Take&Hold] Overlapping encryption spawn point fixed in red room
  
• [Take&Hold] Fixed issue where casting to tnh_char enum failed for users that previously played a custom character and then removed that character or had its index change. When invalid indices are loaded now, the current and saved ‘last character played’ will now default to Classic Loadout Louis. Note that this involved changing the name of a saved variable so everyone’s ‘last played character’ has been reset.
  
• [Item Spawner] Fixed cases where Vault page SHOULD have hidden sprites due to missing ItemSpawnerID files, but instead just errored and tried to harden against future unknown combinations of missing or misconfigured user-injected content
  
• Fixed color of F1 Russian Grenade
  
• Fixed Big Boomer not playing firing sound when only right barrel is fired
  
• Fixed geo hole in EM2 front sight
  
• Fixed RPK mag latch not visually moving
  
• Fixed missing health bar in Mini Arena
  
• Fixed color of Mk2 grenade
  
• Fixed broken help screens in Sampler Platter Scene
  

Known Issues:

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