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Patch 1.0.1:120919

Patch 1.0.1:120919


Anti Cheating
  • All known cheats no longer work on Beasts of Bermuda.
  • Players who were caught cheating via the use of third-party software have been permanently banned from all multiplayer aspects of the game.

    • Family Sharing no longer works as a method to bypass the ban
    • About 50 accounts were permanently banned for cheating on Beasts of Bermuda via the use of third
    • party softwares to gain unfair advantages over others while playing the game.



Server Administration
  • The config variable "bDisplayIntroMessage" now does something

    • Server owners can add a message of the day for their server.
    • See https://wiki.beastsofbermuda.com/Message_of_the_day for details.


  • Added the Announce command, allowing to announce something server wide.

    • This command uses the same formatting rules as "Message of the day".
    • Added a new command rules entry: EAdminCommands::Announce to control this command.
    • This can be updated on demand without rebooting the server


  • Player deaths are now recorded on the server's log, by the text PLAYER DEATH::

    • This includes their creature type, steam ID, growth level, name, and the creature type, steam ID, growth level, and name of the player that killed them


  • Score no longer displays on the player list while playing Life Cycle

    • On Life Cycle, players are now sorted by player name


  • The BanPlayer command now, by default, automatically bans the owner of a family shared game as well as the steam account being punished., given the banned player is currently online when it happens.

    • You can change this behavior by passing "false" at the end of the BanPlayer command, after the reason.


  • Added Family sharing checks for banned players.

    • This is checked on the local user when they want to access the server list as well as on the server's side when they log in.



Mechanics Adjustments
  • When logging back in a server, player will always spawn at ground level or underwater as a swimmer.
  • If non swimmer and not flyer, players will always spawn at most at the surface of water, in case a flooding is going on.

  • Added a "swap" icon on the chat box, to inform that using [Tab] allows cycling between each chat mode without entering any command.
  • Made storm surge max height higher
  • Fog will go back down after rain 4 times faster than before.

    • Also lowered the max fog gain from rain by 30%


  • Renamed "dino customization" "creature customization"
  • The Camera no longer goes under your character when you're trying to look up

    • The camera code has been reworked, and all creature max view distances are now computed in a different manner


  • Carcasses dropped from players now last four times longer



Balance Adjustments velociraptor
  • Increased velociraptor sprint turn rate from 135°/s to 180°/s
  • Increased velociraptor walk turn rate from 200°/s to 235°/s
  • Increased velociraptor air turn turn rate from 180°/s to 290°/s
  • Velo can now sniff while climbing


Pachycephalosaurus
  • Increased Pachycephalosaurus eating hitbox size
  • Lowered pachy footstep by 65%
  • Lowered pachy sleep sound by 70%
  • Pachycephalosaurus can now eat a wider variety of ferns on Ancestral Plains



Optimization
  • Made Player count sorting code significantly faster
  • Optimized how player activity is relied to the server, removing weight from the server.


Map Work
  • Miscellaneous works and fixes on DM_Caldera and Ancestral Plains.


Bug Fixes general
  • Fixed: Camera not working properly the first time you log in on a server.
  • Fixed: Player getting stuck after failing to connect to a server
  • Fixed: The double error that a user will get if they fail to load into a server, the second error causing the game to jam and require alt f4.
  • Fixed: Players who have 3 or more points in Weather Resistance are now immune to lightning strike
  • Fixed: Performing an attack now restarts your logout timer
  • Fixed: Creatures now spawn on the ground, rather than dropping from above the ground and falling on the dinosaur selection screen
  • Fixed: The calculation of shelter state no longer behaves poorly for certain animals or growth sizes
  • Fixed: Default keybinds should now properly be WSAD.
  • Fixed: The camera no longer goes lower when you move through foliage
  • Fixed: Pteranodon should no longer fail to spawn and attach to the camera properly while in the dino selection screen under certain circumstances
  • Fixed: Rocks and other terrain objects now properly apply shelter
  • Fixed: An unfinished area of Ancestral Plains was being accessed by a teleporter by accident
  • Fixed: Rare server side crash when using the stuck command


creatures
  • Fixed: Simulated Pawn (A player seeing an other) falling bug with Velociraptor.
  • Fixed: Occasional state jamming as velociraptor after climbing
  • Fixed: A remote velociraptor that was first met climbing and found on ground after re
  • entering net
  • relevance no longer appears in the climbing stance on other clients and shows as walking properly.
  • Fixed: A remote raptor will not be stuck in the walking stance while walking if found climbing while entering net relevance range.
  • Fixed: You need to be in the air and above ground as velociraptor in order to begin climbing.
  • Fixed: Taking off while holding the use key no longer allows a player to grab other players while in flight
  • Fixed: Pressing the use key while stomping no longer causes a state jam, preventing the player from being able to move
  • Fixed: Pteranodons now spawn properly at all spawn points, rather than entering flight mode and hovering
  • Fixed: Shelter state now behaves properly while in flight or while swimming
  • Fixed: Pressing the use keybind and holding it while playing a vocal or attack animation no longer causes a state jam
  • Fixed: The Stoic talent no longer significantly increases the amount of knockback you receive from Pachy charge, and now properly mitigates it


UI
  • Fixed: Server list properly sorts the server by player count by default, and all servers are properly listed on it.
  • Fixed: The server list no longer occasionally not shows servers when using "Sort by player count", allowing all servers to be seen properly, but sorted from most populated to less populated.
  • Fixed: Servers having the same player count as others not showing up on the player list.
  • Fixed: typo with the "Version Mismatch" error window.
  • Fixed: The "Quit Game" button now works properly.
  • Fixed: Creature Selection camera now works properly
  • Fixed: Various UI issues associated with the main menu. Kick / Ban reason should now properly show.


creature skins
  • Fixed: bad Dino customization UI behavior such as lower buttons now showing properly on screen, or changing colors for a creature not applying on the animal.
  • Fixed: Issues with customization such as skin never applying after having been selected the second time or not loading properly.
  • Fixed: Skin should no longer occasionally disappear after opening the character menu.
  • Fixed: acro eyes coloring solid on a few skins.