Soldat 2 News

A bunch of longstanding bug fixes and spectator mode fixes.

[30.06.2022] 0.8.42a
updated: ctf_Tyrus, ctf_Campsite
fixed spectator kicked after a minute
fixed new player joining Red when teams equal and Red is winning
fixed missing AutoShutdownAfterMatches in autoconfig.ini
fixed janky Start and Randomize button in Lobby
fixed spectator can start vote
fixed spectator messing up map votes
fixed votemap window not hiding if F* keys used
fixed votemap fails if player joins during vote
fixed spectators messing up FillBotsCount
flag pickup box has a bit more horizontal size
reverted to old mouse cursor behaviour on OSX/Linux
server greet window can be closed with jets key (RMB) or Esc

Hi folks,

We'd like to thank all the dedicated ranked players so far! At the time of writing, we're just a few matches off a 1000 full matches and 2500 rounds played. The in-game ranked matchmaking system is a first for Soldat and we're very happy with the reception it has got! Do you remember #soldat.gather on IRC?

Obviously there are kinks and bugs to work out when such a system gets introduced. This is why besides the regular bug fixes, we've changed the ranking algorithm a bit to make your wins and losses have a bit more impact, and this works retroactively: all 1000 matches have been re-analysed and ranks have shifted already. So keep in mind next time you run the game your rank may have changed already, for better or for worse!

A summary of the changes (by Norbo):

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Summary of technical changes for those who are interested:
- Previously, the "Tiers" (Bronze I to Champion III) used to be a simple mapping of TrueSkill's mu across all available tiers. Uncertainty was not taken into account when putting a player in a tier (only when choosing how to balance teams).
- Now, the two numbers (mu=skill, sigma=uncertainty) are combined to give a lower bound on player skill (skill - 3 * uncertainty) and this is mapped over the Tiers instead. This allows Tiers to better reflect what TrueSkill believes a player's skill to be and how they affect the team balancer.
- The system used to re-rate people at the end of every round, which meant that winning 2-0 resulted in more ranked points than winning 2-1. This was completely equivalent to a single-game format and thus defeated the point of a best-out-of-three format designed to encourage players to make comebacks. Now, winning a single round no longer guarantees any points until your team secures the whole game. The additional side-effect is that ratings now better reflect a player's W-T-L game record, rather than their round record.
- In addition to this, the Tau parameter (which controls the magnitude of adjustments in a single re-rating) was increased 10x, to allow for faster progression (and offset the fact that we now re-rate 2x-3x less frequently).
- The Beta parameter (which controls how far apart in rating teams must be to identify an 80% win probability) was halved, to reflect the fact that Soldat is a high-skilled game. The effect of this is that it will be harder to see a 50% win probability in a given game, thus amplifying the effects that imbalanced teams have on rating. Those who over-perform will be rewarded more, those who under-perform will be punished more.
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We hope you continue enjoying ranked, and feel like your match outcomes are a little more impactful than before, as with these changes the emphasis lies on match results rather than round results, combined with faster rank "movement".

Last but not least, another EU server has been added to minimize the waiting time between servers restarting.

Have fun!

Soldat 2 is now available at 50% OFF!
Join in on the fun: classic Soldat gameplay, modifiers ranging from realistic with fog of war to the arcade-y agar, and competitive ranked await you!



See you on the battlefield, and remember

Have FUN!

Flag pickup/return radius is fixed.





fixed flag pickup bounds
fixed bots not spawning if player not spawned
fixed specator cam losing target after target death
fixed ranked window popping up when in different part of main menu
ranked: fixed maxplayers reached when joining as spectator
ranked: disabled specator menu button
ranked: more eu servers
better readability in welcome screen

A new patch with spectator mode, Agar teamup against giants, new flag kill log info and more quality of life improvements.



An improvement upon the Agar mode which should make it even more fun. If a giant gets too big the match goes into "TeamUp mode" which means: everyone against the giant! So damage is only dealt to the giant and by the giant... until he's dead.



The most requested feature is here - Spectator mode!
Works in free cam (ASDW) and follow player (LMB/RMB).

Please note: spectator chat is invisible to players.




If you're waiting in a ranked queue and a game starts the Soldat 2 icon on the Windows taskbar will now start blinking (additionally to playing a start game sound).


The current player queues list is clickable, so you can join a non-empty queue right away!


The ongoing ranked games list is joinable as spectator!




More info showing who returned, took and scored the flag in the "kill log".

Kill Log length is also adjustable in settings now.



0.8.34a - 0.8.39a
(changes include all test versions up to current version)

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[17.06.2022] 0.8.39a
ranked matches are joinable as spectator
spectators can only talk to other spectators
new early access notes welcome screen

[15.06.2022] 0.8.38t
Zone: fixed respawns
Zone: larger minimum space
Zone: added variables to modifier
fixed side menu staying when level changes
fixed side menu staying when lobby shows
announcer doesn't say "has the flag" when flags reversed
Deathmatch time limit 5 mins

[14.06.2022] 0.8.37t
ranked: added clickable queues list
ranked: added current games list joinable as spectator
ranked: current games and queues update periodically
player indicator scales better with giant
better giant visual indicator
fixed charge/health bars wrongly scaled on giant
fixed spectator cam jumping to bottom left corner on free cam
TeamDeathmatch base limit increased 30->50
tweaked flag logs in kill log

[13.06.2022] 0.8.36t
added Agar TeamUp Against Giant mode! (Deathmatch only)
added max Kill Log Lines game settings
removed show kill log (can set Kill Log Lines to 0)
fixed kill log flag icons proportions
added follow player in spectator
added spectator info text
added AgarMassScale variable to GostekMovement

[10.06.2022] 0.8.35t
added spectator mode
fixed superman dash in deathmatch
kill log: added flag lost, flag taken icons and flag returned icons
kill log: added outline to icons
kill log: new dash kill icon
lobby: start button vanishes after clicking
ctf_limbo improved (less verticality)
dm_monument lighter background
ranked: taskbar will blink if match is about to start (Windows only)
fixed issues with Vote buttons not clickable
fixed weapons menu and lobby mouse sensitivity different than in-game mouse
fixed discrepancies between menu cursor position and in-game position
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Grenade and rocket desyncs are on my current ToDo list. Also I will fix nade boosts working semi-randomly!

And I will just tease about upcoming Steam Achievements and Trading Cards..

Have fun!
MM