AQ2 Early History Changelog
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:54 pm
Courtesy of our AQ2 vet Imrik:
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Timeline
This section contains an outline of events and release of AQ, and what changes where made in those releases.
For quick reference use the links listed below.
4/3/98 - .82
4/3/98 - .82a
4/5/98 - .85
4/5/98 - .86
4/6/98 - .87
-/-/-- - .88
4/16/98 - .89
-/-/-- - .90
5/17/98 - .91
5/27/98 - .92
5/31/98 - .92a
6/22/98 - .93
6/27/98 - .93 Linux
6/29/98 - Mention of the first two AQ2 clans formed, names unspecified.
7/3/98 - Q2 3.17 released
7/7/98 - Mention of Solaris/SPARC AQ2, probably .93
7/19/98 - .94
7/20/98 - Solaris/SPARC version of .94
7/25/98 - Linux version of .94
7/30/98 - CIH virus destroys Cail and Vain's systems, most/all AQ2 work lost
8/15/98 - .95
9/16/98 - 1.0
9/29/98 - 1.0c (DLL fixed to work on NT)
10/20/98 - 1.01b2 (Siris working on it)
2/13/99 - 1.5 (GENO's code)
3/14/99 - 1.51 (GENO's code)
7/20/99 - 1.52(GENO's code, final release)
4/3/98 - .82
4/3/98 - .82a (?) (fixed a bug)
4/5/98 - .85
New in v.85
o Short falls do not cause fall damage (although long falls still cause the same amount of damage)
o The handcannon now shoots 35 pellets each 3 times as powerful as each of the 100(!) pellets it used to shoot. The result: the handcannon still works the same, except it might be more random at long distances (which is good) We did this to fix the multiple overflow errors the handcannon had caused.
o Items (kevlar vest, silencer, lasersight) now spawn even if you decide to play more than one game!
o Lava now deals damage normally.
o The clips and magazines are now fullbright, and much easier to see.
o Bandaging is now independent of reloading (ie you shouldnt be healed when you reload the shotgun)
4/5/98 - .86
4/6/98 - .87
New in v.87
o Servers no longer crash because of windows (we removed windows - if id tells you that you shouldn't have something in deathmatch, they mean it!)
o Gibbing should no longer occur, even with telefragging and the handcannon.
- .88 (not released)
New in v.88
o You can no longer drop grenades if you are using them.
o If someone shoots his enemy off a ledge, out a window etc. causing them to die from fall damage, the attacker recieves a frag and the target does not lose one.
o One or two new death messages.
4/16/98 - .89
New in v..89
o You cannot fire accurately while running.
- .90
New in v.90
o Shooting while walking makes you less accurate than while standing still, but more accurate than running.
o Shooting while crouching makes you more accurate than while standing still.
o The lasersight now makes you as accurate as you would be if you were crouching no matter what you are doing.
o Jumping into someone kicks them (a jumpkick)- it does 20 damage, knocks the target back pretty darn far, and disarms the person (forces him to drop his unique weapon)
5/17/98 - .91
New in v.91
o The "drop weapon" command will drop your unique weapon, even if you are using it.
o The "sniper" command allows you to toggle whether or not you are looking through the lens of the rifle (so you can put at your hip and walk around)
o The sniper rifle reloads more quickly.
o The server setting "actionmaps 1" or the cmd line "+set actionmaps 1" will rotate between the three action quake maps we have so far.
o The machinegun "rides up" like in singleplayer quake2.
o The handcannon is now less powerful.
5/27/98 - .92
New in v.92
o The sniper rifle is now much, much more accurate!
o The two grenades bug (would fire two grenades when you die sometimes) is now fixed.
o Dropping the sniper rifle while using it no longer causes "problems"
o The jump kick has been tweaked. You will no longer be "kicked back" by stationary targets.
5/31/98 - .92a (fixed bug caused by Q2 3.15 release)
6/22/98 - .93
New in v.93
o The new models from Gooseman have been implemented!
- New names for most of the weapons.
- The weapons act a mite differently. You must reload now when you run out of ammo, and are able to reload the shotgun one shell at a time. Also, the ammo counts for the weapons have been changed to reflect real life (!) guns.
- The weapons eject shells now - The server may turn this off by typing "shelloff 1" into the console if this hinders net play.
- The sniper rifle has a model now that is in view when not looking in the scope. Also, it should be more accurate - about as accurate as v.91 and a half before we mucked it up.
o You are now limited to holding one grenade - which is a mite less powerful than before. (it still packs a wopper though)
o The version logs will now contain many instances of the word "mite."
6/27/98 - .93for Linux released, first mention of Linux I saw...
6/29/98 - Mention of the first two AQ2 clans formed, names unspecified.
7/3/98 - Q2 3.17 released, doesn't break AQ2 this time.
7/7/98 - Mention of Solaris/SPARC AQ2, probably .93
7/19/98 - .94
7/20/98 - Solaris/SPARC version of .94
7/25/98 - Linux version of .94 (?)
7/30/98 - CIH virus destroys Cail and Vain's systems, most/all AQ2 work lost
8/15/98 - .95 Cail worked on it
New in v.95
o Sniper rifle changes:
o No more 'sniper command' instead, there is 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, where 1x is normal view this means that the sniper rifle is really innaccurate when you 'hipshot it' (1x)
o The sniper rifle ammo system: it now hold 10 rounds in the chamber, and you can have 20 rounds outside of that
o fire time is much lower, but you now have to reload in between shots (just like the shotgun)
o It's absoultely perfectly accurate if zoomed in.
o Opponents death/pain noises are much quieter, for stealth reasons
o Instead of 'lens' it is now 'weapon'. Weapon is a general command for each weapon, but only works onthe sniper and pistol
o Handcannon changes:
o Tweaked for power a tad.
o New model by suislide
o You have to manually reload between shots. It's better this way, trust us.
o Combat Knife:
o Model by suislide
o Hits 5 times over the period of 1/2 second
o 5 hits = damage of pistol (total damage I mean)
o Locational damage, and can go right thru a vest
o Opponents death/pain noises are much quieter, for stealth reasons
o Everyone gets one
o Akimbo Pistols:
o Model by gooseman
o Comes with 12 rounds plus however much was left in your single pistol
o Needs 2 clips to reload, and reloads to 24 rounds (12 in each)
o "Movie Magic" will often even the # of rounds between the two guns
o Damage = pistol
o Spread = less than mp5 (or so)
o Person drops it when they die (instead of pistol clip)
o Counts as a pistol clip if you already have akimbo
o Rocks.
o Grenades:
o Model by abraxis, skin by suislide
o Damage to self is no longer halved (just as likely to die by own grenade as opponents now)
o Damage to anyone can be halved by ducking when it explodes (drop to the floor foo!!!)
o Animations actually show pin-ness
o Can't bandage while holding pin (doh!)
o No stupid ass bugs
o Colt M4 Assault Rifle:
o Model by gooseman
o Bullets shoot thru people and do pistol round damage (about)
o Makes sparks when it hits a wall
o Fire rate = fast as mp5
o Spread slightly greater than pistol
o Best weapon in game bar none
o Comes with 20 rounds per clip
o Max of 1 extra clip (we HAVE to balance it somewhere =P )
o MP5/10 Submachinegun:
o Accuracy increased substantially to make up for M4
o Pistol:
o Range modifiers. At 600 texels the damage becomes 2/3. At 1400 texels, the damage becomes 1/2.
o You won't notice unless you snipe with it. Range modifiers also apply to akimbo
o Hit 'weapon' to switch between semi-auto and auto fire. Semi auto is 75% the spread (more accurate)
o Jump kick
o New "Bruce Lee-like" sound..
o Graphics changes:
o Bullet holes caused by all gun weapons except shotgun/handcannon (lag reasons)
o When you get shot, blood shoots out the back of you. Wherever this 'blood' hits, it leaves a blood stain (as in, brains on the wall)
o When you are bleeding, every other second you bleed from the last point you were hit. Where the blood hits = blood stain (blood trail!)
o Guns now lie on the ground and stay still (in contrast to floating rotating weapons)
o When you drop an item/gun (from death, or other) it spins thru the air (looks cool) =P
o New icons/.pcxs/etc. by snigglet
o Server changes:
o External choice map rotation is in. Say what? If you put an action.ini file in your action directory, it will rotate the maps you choose.
o The format of this is: (begin sample action.ini)
[Maplist]
office3
hostage
prison76
###
(end sample action.ini)
o a sample will be included with the client
o You MUST SET actionmaps TO 1.. ie:
actionmaps 1 (at console) or +set actionmaps 1 (at prompt)
o If it doesn't work, it will tell you what went wrong
o BIG THANKS to Geist([email protected]) for his tutorial at Qdevels (www.planetquake.com/qdevels) I used it as the basis for my ideas, and snippets of his code
o Will display map list to user when they join a server or go to new map
o Various new options including:
o bholelimit # (where # = the # of bullet holes max.. they will disappear after 1 minute no matter what tho - defaults to 0)
o splatlimit # (same as bholelimit, but for blood splats. defaults to 0 as well)
o shelloff # (where # = 0 or 1. 0 means shells are on, 1 means shells are off. Defaults to 1)
o Gameplay changes:
o New Item: Silent Slippers. Take away all feet noises. You're as quiet as you wanna be, and can still run.
o New Item: Bandolier. Doubles or increases ammo count on all weapons. Not for in gun, but extra clips... etc.
o Can now pickup an item you drop
o Lasersight/silencer no longer drop your gun (gameplay over realism)
o Jumping no longer makes that stupid-ass grunt (IMO), but there's still a landing noise
- .98
New in v.98
o Made shotgun reload faster like sniper rifle, if you keep hitting reload.
o Can't pick up a 2nd pistol if you already have akimbo and 2 pistol clips.
o Fixed all grenade/bandaging bugs (DOH!)
o Kill count resets when you respawn, instead of when you die.
o You don't 'limp' in midair anymore =P
o Knife changes:
o Knife damage increased signifigantly
o You can now throw knives! Do this by hitting 'weapon'.. a thrown knife does as much damage as a sniper bullet
o 3 round burst for both the Mp5 and M4 (use 'weapon'). This decreases the spread by a factor of .7 (makes more accurate)
o Grenades can be thrown much further using the 'weapon' command...
o Teamplay added!
o Use 'set teamplay 1' to turn teamplay on..
o Once you die in teamplay, you stay dead until the round is over. The round ends when one team is completely dead.
o Use 'team 1' or 'team 2' to change teams, this resets your score..
o The weapon and item you select will stick with you until you change them by using 'inven' (usually tab)
o New command 'use special'.. switches to your special weapon..
o Various play tweaking all around..
o Changes to action.ini:
add a section for each team name and skin in this format:
[team1]
TEAM1NAME
TEAM1SKIN (eg. "male/resdog") without the quotes..
###
[team2]
TEAM2NAME
TEAM2SKIN
###
o This way you can choose the name and skin of the two teams and have your own form of 'role playing' teams! (cops n robbers, drug lords vs. chow, etc.)
o A lot of little things (bug fixes, etc.)
- .99
New in v.99
o Fixed the respawn in walls bugs (tho I'm not 100% sure about this, we'll see) -note: DOH!
o Added a 'floodprot' cvar, defaults to 1 (on).. set it to 0 to turn off flood protection
o Made it so if you are dead you can see obituaries (like "X Killed Y")
o I took out the 'can't talk while dead message' and made it so that there's a [DEAD] in front of your name when you are dead and talk
o Fixed map rotation problems...
o Use special key works now, and doesn't crash if you don't have a special weapon
o Added an 'id' command (like in ctf). It defaults to on. You can only identify teammates, unless you are dead, in which case you can identify everyone. This is so that you can't find enemies in the dark...
o Fixed a bunch of little things..
9/16/98 - 1.0
New in v1.0 (!)
o Added a new communication device for teamplay, the radio! There is a detailed explanation in radio.txt
o Added vwep support, tho no models yet. These are coming soon people!
o Changed scoreboard for teamplay, there are now two. The first only lists the names and from which team they are from, and can fit 16 people (8 per team). The 2nd lists up to 20 people, and includes their ping, score, time, and name.
o If you are dead, the scoreboard shows who is still alive (they're names are in green) on the team scoreboard.
o Took out the "The" in the teamplay name text, so you may wanna add it to your action.ini if appropriate
o In teamplay the bandolier also comes with 1 grenade in additon to the extra ammo
o You can now choose akimbo as your starting weapon in teamplay
o The command 'say_partner' works just like say_team, but only to your partner... (partners explained in radio.txt)
o Added Trackcam and eyecam from Rocket Arena 2! Big thanks go out to David Wright from RA2! Mad props! Works just like RA2. Fire changes modes (Freeflying, trackcam, or eyecam), while moveup (jump) changes person.
o Changed spawn code (Mad props go out to Mike Gummelt of Raven software for lots of help on this one), now everyone spawns inside one point, and can run thru eachother. If you get stuck, just try jumping. Should be rare if you are careful.
o Fixed 'use jump to get around fast with leg damage' exploit. Now you can't jump with leg damage. (duh)
o You can sometimes get stuck in another person, fix this by typing 'unstick'
o Made everything prettier. =)
9/29/98 - 1.0c (DLL fixed to work on NT)
New in v1.0c (!)
o 2 brand new player models. Actionmale and SAS
o Version 1.0c server update (read bugfixes.txt for more details) thanx to Siris for this
o The Highly anticipated vwep support for all models except sydney
o Sydney model does not have vwep because of time restraints, but it will be available for download from guild.telefragged.com soon (with a newly animated sydney and some new skins)
o Skin name and icon changes for some skins for legal reasons, as well as new skins for most models (I can't remember all of the new skins)
o Music and texture changes to the credits to remove the copyrighted material for legal reasons (we are still the ateam, but we don't want trouble for using their theme and logo)
o all changes encompassed withing the v1.0a and 1.0b server updates (I am in a rush or I would find the text files. Sorry, but it is good stuff only of course, so if you want to run a server cheack out action.telefragged.com to make sure you know everything you need)
o this is the version that will be on the extremities pack, so if this is how you obtained this file, make sure you go to action.telefragged.com for any updates that may have been released.
o Other stuff I am sure I am forgetting, but hopefully nothing too important.
10/20/98 - 1.01b2 (Siris working on it)
... 1.1 unreleased? ...
2/13/99 - 1.5 (GENO's code)
CHANGES FROM ACTION 1.1b2 TO ACTION 1.5
General Weapon Changes
o Ducking alone (without lasersight) now improves aim. Previously, it only
helped if you had a lasersight too (we believe this was a bug). See "Spread
Modifiers" heading for more specific information.
o Guns now center their fire around your crosshair, rather than an invisible
spot down/right of your crosshair.
o Players have smaller head regions. Any shot that would have hit the head in
the old system that doesn't now will instead hit the chest.
o Added support for Akimbo and Sniper Rifle bullet shell ejection, and support
for left handed usage with shell ejection turned on.
Specific Weapon Changes
o M4 Assault Rifle is now less accurate, the original accuracy was due to a bug
in the selection of which random function to call that determined spread. The
same bug caused it to fire way to the right, and is also gone.
o M3 Super 90 Assault Shotgun now does slightly more damage. Reloads slightly
faster.
o Sniper Rifle doesn't do the re-chambering sequence when leaving 6X
magnification mode. Reloads slightly faster. Lens-changing and firing
behavior improved slightly in some ways.
o Combat Knife remembers what mode it was last in (throwing/stabbing). Also has
improved animation sequence for putting away a knife prepared for throwing.
Doesn't have the old bug where knife becomes unusable for several seconds while
playing random animation frames. Your last knife now isn't stopped by vests
incorrectly. Knife slashing damage has been changed.
o M26 Fragmentation Grenade now drops to the ground at your feet if the pin is
pulled and user switches to another weapon or begins bandaging. Slight
improvement in animation sequence for it dropping from view.
o In teamplay, you now start with a full pistol plus one extra clip
(previously you got no extra clips).
Spread Modifiers:
This section gives the specific details on all the spread modifiers in the
game. These only apply to the weapons that fire bullets.
(without lasersight)
Standing: base
Walking: 2x as much spread
Running: 6x as much spread
Crouching: 35% reduction in spread over standing.
(laser, compared to standing from above)
Standing: 30% reduction in spread over standing w/o laser.
Walking: base (standing from above)
Running: base
Crouching: same as crouching w/o the laser
Burst mode (or semi-auto mode with the pistol) gives an additional 30% spread
reduction to any of the above.
The Sniper Rifle when zoomed (any magnification) is always 100% accurate,
regardless of any of the above.
Item Changes
o Lasersight improves accuracy while standing still and not ducking (makes you
almost as accurate as crouching). Lasersight provides no benefit to a user who
is also ducking. (See "Spread Modifiers".) Lasersight's red dot is
translucent and follows your crosshair more closely.
o Silencer no longer suppresses flashes from Akimbo pistols.
o Bandolier correctly cleans up after itself when dropped. If server
operator sets "ir" to 1 then the new command "irvision" is available which
toggles on/off infra-red vision while wearing the bandolier. The new
"tgren" variable can be set by the server operator to a number, and that
many grenades will be given to each player who selects the bandolier in
teamplay (default is 0). The bandolier now allows you to carry one extra
weapon in teamplay (the normal max carry is now 1 in teamplay, the
previous behavior was a bug).
Existing Command Changes
o "use special" now loops through all available special weapons, ie: if you
have two it will toggle between them.
o "drop special" will discard only one special weapon at a time. It defaults
to the one you are currently using and then goes through your inventory in this
order: Sniper Rifle, Handcannon, M3 Super 90 Assault Shotgun, MP5/10
Submachinegun, and finally M4 Assault Rifle. Switches to single pistol if
currently using Akimbo pistols, this is also the way it worked previously.
o "weapon": Knives now remember their last mode correctly. Live players no
longer hear a "click" when a nearby observer changes their weapon mode.
o "team": Players can now use the "team none" to leave the teams and become a
spectator again in teamplay.
Other Changes/Improvements/New Features
o After dying in teamplay, you remain at the spot you died as an observer,
instead of being moved to a spawn point.
o When a player enters a server, the default team to join is the one that
currently has less players.
o "sv_roundtimelimit" server variable is now "roundtimelimit", for consistency
with other server variable names. The "roundtimelimit" feature now uses this
method for determining who won: which team has the most players, if the same,
then which team has the most total health.
o All items (such as ammo) can be dropped, see the README file for exact item
names.
o The new code appears to use a somewhat less CPU when running a server than
1.1b2 did.
o Jumpkick code improved, jumpkicks are more predictable and reliable,
less randomness.
o Location of grenade and item in right-side HUD reversed for a more logical
arrangement.
o New "id" command allows a player to turn off player identification if he
doesn't want it.
o Players can become observers in DM using the standard Q2 "spectator" variable
(spectator 0 or spectator 1).
o Messages from dead players are now visible inbetween end-of-round and the
start of the next round, for end of round chatting.
o MOTD: Server operator can now control how long the MOTD stays up by using the
"motd_time" variable (see README for more info). Much more info about the
server is now in the MOTD. If a "motd.txt" file is present in your action
directory, it will be appended to the standard MOTD. The new "motd" command
allows a player to bring up the MOTD at any time.
o Teams-by-skin and teams-by-model now work in DM (other teamplay features also
work in conjunction with DM teams: radios, partners, etc...)
o New "unpartner" command allows you to break a partnership.
o New unstick system. The new system is unobtrusive, there is no "unstick"
command and you do not get moved around in any way. Players remain in the
"transparent" state where they are able to walk through fellow "transparent"
players. After the "lights, camera" sequence finishes, players are removed
from the "transparent" state as soon as they are free of other team members.
Players can be shot and affected normally by all weapons/items regardless of
"transparent" state.
o When in center-handed mode, you now get an icon at the bottom middle of the
screen of which weapon you are currently using.
o Server operator can use the new "radiolog" variable to turn on logging
of all radio messages to the console.
o Dead bodies are now removed at the beginning of each teamplay round, this
should allow for more strategy (you can tell who's down) and also remove some
lag (less entities lying around).
o New server variables: "weapons" and "items". These control the maximum
number of special weapons and items that each player can carry. "items" always
defaults to 1. "weapons" defaults to 2 in teamplay, 1 in DM. Special-weapon
carrying is handled more cleanly in teamplay now, a player will always be able
to carry up to 2 special weapons in teamplay, not just his main weapon plus the
first other one he picks up.
o New server variable "knifelimit" allows the server operator to control how
many thrown knives can be lying around on the map at any given time. Default is
40. This should be lowered if you are having overflow or lag problems when
players are using lots of knives.
o The "allweapon" and "allitem" server variables can be set to 1 in DM or
teamplay to give all weapons and all items to each player at spawn. If used in
teamplay, normal weapon/item menus etc will not be presented. Defaults on both
are of course 0.
o The new "choose" command allows you to select your special weapon or item in
teamplay, without going through the menus.
o IP banning and flood protection are now supported (see README).
o The "give" (cheats) command has been improved to work better in the Action
environment.
o New "noscore" server variable allows a server operator to disable
individual scores in teamplay.
o New "nohud" server variable allows a server operator to disable the
standard HUD on his server to record better-looking special demos.
o New variable substitutions allow you to tell your teammates your current
weapon, item, ammo, and health, as well as which teammates are near you
(see README for a list).
Other Bugs Gone
o Various death message typos and grammar errors corrected.
o Long model/skin names work in action.ini.
o "###" lines are not required at the end-of-sections in action.ini.
o Scoreboards: The main scoreboard now looks decent in 320x240. Scoreboard no
longer gets stuck on your screen when chase-camming. Players' names are no
longer truncated unnecessarily. More items on the scoreboard are updated in
realtime than before.
o The list of maps in the MOTD is no longer overwritten by the "Hit tab for
team selection menu" message.
o M4/sniper rifle can no longer crash the server when shooting two players that
overlap.
o Random crashes on certain maps (ie cliff, teamjungle, ...) gone.
o Your frags no longer appear as the frags of the person you're observing to
GameSpy, CLQ, etc.
o The item selection screen now always goes away properly after choosing your
item.
o Players hanging in midair at the spawn points, unkillable, will no longer
occur.
o Backdoor commands (testshow, forceend) gone.
o Picking up a gun in teamplay when you start with dual pistols no longer
lowers your total ammo.
o You can establish a new radio partnership when your old partner dies now.
o Dropping and picking back up a handcannon or shotgun no longer results in
ammo loss.
Features No Longer Present
o "noguns" is not currently supported, we have plans for more flexible "weapons
banning" support in the future.
3/14/99 - 1.51 (GENO's code)
CHANGES FROM ACTION 1.5 TO ACTION 1.51
o Now remembers how many times reload key was pressed.
o Shotgun reduced to Action Quake 1.0c levels beyond distance of 450.
o Bandolier/weapon-dropping bug fixed.
o Empty pistols animation setup improved.
o Firing sequence for dual pistols fixed (firing was simultaneously
before).
o Various grenade-related fixes.
o Knife slashing damage changed (should be more damaging now).
o You can now switch weapons while bandaging again.
o Leg damage (from falling) no longer taken while in god mode.
o Spelling of "trepanned" fixed.
o Item spawning problem that affected some old/odd maps fixed.
o Reloading sound/speed issues fixed.
o Point-blank knife-throwing bug fixed.
o Blood trail fixes.
o Death sound fixes.
o Negative value for "tgren" server variable is treated as 0 now.
o New server variable "skipmotd" allows you to leave out the standard
Action MOTD contents (except the two lines at the top), for people who
want really big local motd.txt files.
o Many server variables that didn't need to be SERVERINFO (ie: appearing
in GameSpy, etc) are no longer SERVERINFO.
o New server command "sv reloadmotd" allows you to reload the MOTD from
disk. Also, the MOTD is always reloaded at the end of each level.
o The "playerlist" and "players" commands no longer contain frags when
"noscore" is turned on.
o New "ininame" variable lets you change the name of your Action INI file
from "action.ini" to something else. Useful for people who run multiple
servers from the same directory tree.
o Deathmatch mode is now forced on always, as in previous versions of
Action. This was the cause of the "failed to find special item spawn
point" error when starting a game locally on your computer.
o Delayed kill attribution for falling damage fixes.
o Lasersight properly follows M4 during ride-up.
o Scoreboard cosmetic fixes.
o Players entering the game in a teamplay game no longer generate the "enter
game" teleport effect (green flash, etc) at a spawn point.
o Bug fixed that could cause crash when certain weird combinations of dmflags
were used (ie teams-by-skin with teamplay turned on).
o Players can now select "classic" style firing where shots land slightly
right or left (depending on your handedness) and down from the crosshair
(see the "hand" command in the README for info).
o The [DEAD] flag on a dead chatter's name previously didn't get tacked on
starting at the right time, so sometimes you'd see someone who appeared to
be alive (due to no [DEAD] on their name) say something but %-variables
(ie %W, %H, etc) didn't get expanded. This also caused dead people's
messages to be able to reach teammates sometimes in the moments after
dying.
o After a team round has ended, all players (including players who
survived) can now see the scoreboard as if they were dead, to see who else
survived the round.
o The join-a-team menu now, if both teams have the same number of players,
defaults to the team that's losing (instead of defaulting to the first
team).
o Optimization in SetIDView and DetermineViewedTeammate suggested by
hal[9k].
7/20/99 - 1.52 (GENO's code, final release)
CHANGES FROM ACTION 1.51 to ACTION 1.52
o Support for friendly-fire in teamplay added. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY USING THE "NO FRIENDLY FIRE" FLAG IN YOUR DMFLAGS, YOU NEED TO ADD IT NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE FRIENDLY FIRE. The value for "no friendly fire" is 256. For a normal AQ teamplay game, you should set your dmflags to 256 in your server.cfg ("set dmflags 256"). I believe the only other dmflag that would have a worthwhile effect on AQ teamplay is the "spawn farthest" flag (512), no others should be set unless you want the spawn farthest behavior. So...if you want FF in teamplay, set your dmflags to 0. If you don't, set it to 256. No friendly fire is the "normal" style of play, so the default/standard dmflags for AQ teamplay should be considered to be 256. When FF is in effect, notification of it will be on the standard MOTD. Temporary banning for people who kill too many team members is available. The "maxteamkills" server cvar can be used to control the maximum number of teamkills that a player can make on a given map before he is kicked and temporarily banned, the default is 0 which means never temporarily ban. The "tkbanrounds" and "twbanrounds" variables affect ban time, see the README file for complete info. Players lose one frag for killing a teammate. Thanks go to Eek and Azerov for providing the patch which we used as a basis for this feature.
o Shot placement on crouching players is much improved and should basically be consistent with standing players now. Also, the view height of crouching players has been modified somewhat so it's more consistent with the actual amount of height loss that occurs. (thanks go to Mikael Lindh from AQ:Gangsters for lots of help in this area.)
o The shotgun and handcannon now inform you who you're hitting, when you hit someone, much like all the other weapons already did.
o New server variable "limchasecam" now available for clan match usage. See info in the README. When the chase cam limits are in effect, a line will be added to the MOTD stating it. (thanks to Black Cross for submitting the patch for this feature.)
o Breakable glass now added. Two new server variables for this: "breakableglass" and "glassfragmentlimit". This is not recommended for Internet games (much like the ejecting shells, blood splats, and bullet holes). This was contributed by William van der Sterren of the CGF project. It requires maps that are designed with breakable glass. For more info on how to make breakable glass in maps, see http://www.botepidemic.com/aid/cgf/exp_glass.shtml. For more info on the server variables, see the README.
o Door kicking added. You can now jump-kick a door open when it opens in the opposite direction. If there is a player sitting on the other side of the door, that player will be kicked along with the door. This was contributed by AQDT (written by Hal, sent to us by Homer).
o Vertical component of kicking has returned. You can kick people upwards or downwards by looking in that direction before kicking them.
o New commands "use throwing combat knife" and "use slashing combat knife" allow you to pull out the knife in whichever mode you want, instead of pulling out your knife then switching modes.
o A new item has been added to the secondary teamplay scoreboard: damage dealt. This number is the amount of damage the given player has inflicted upon other players on the current map. Note this is total damage, not just damage required to kill someone. For example, a point blank handcannon blast can count for a lot more than 100 health, even though it only takes 100 to kill someone. This isn't in the scoreboard if you have turned on the "noscore" option.
o New "sv nextmap" command allows a server operator to skip to the next map in the rotation (thanks go to Black Cross for submitting the patch for this command).
o The "spawn farthest" dmflag now works on teamplay games. The second team will spawn as far away from the first team as possible (unlike the normal behavior, where the farthest 1-4 spawn candidates are considered, depending on the total number of candidates).
o The "needpass" variable is now provided. This allows things like GameSpy to prompt you for a password when you try to connect to a passworded server.
o Players can no longer use say_team when not on a team, or say_partner when they have no partner.
o Delayed-death attribution bug fixed (you wouldn't get credit for a kill when someone bled for a while).
o Various reloading changes: switching from a reloading weapon to a new weapon will not cause the new weapon to be reloaded any longer. The reloading "queue" will immediately empty now whenever a player tries to shoot (assuming he has any ammo left in the gun to shoot) or bandage. Your pistol will no longer begin to reload after you get a sniper rifle or shotgun kicked from your hands while reloading it. The "reload" command no longer does anything during the "lights, camera, action" countdown in a teamplay game. You can no longer reload the pistols, M4's, or MP5's when you've already got a full magazine (to be consistent with the way the other weapons work).
o Switching between slashing and throwing for knives now gives a message.
o Increased knife slashing damage.
o Repeating "Out of ammo" message bug fixed.
o Lasersight now falls in the correct place if you're using one of the "classic" hand modes.
o Problem with sniper rifle's "weapon" command/bolt animation fixed (you could fire faster than normal using the right aliases).
o Dropped grenades now do the same amount of damage as thrown grenades.
o Green flash when players enter the game in a teamplay game removed (for real this time), as well as the red flash when a player exits the game in a teamplay game.
o The through-eyes chasecam now properly tracks weapon kick (ie with the M4), and also now gives you IR vision if the person you're viewing through the eyes of is using IR.
o A few bugs fixed in the way bodies fly after death. Floating bodies and bouncing bodies should be gone.
o Spectators can no longer drop a knife upon entering a teamplay game.
o Dead bodies no longer appear red when using IR vision.
o %-vars (ie %W, %H, and the others) are no longer parsed within players' names (ie a player named %W won't appear as his weapon when he says something).
o Minor bug in bleeding from grenades fixed.
o Bug where sniper rifle icon would be stuck on your screen if you were zoomed in when the other team all quit and you got "Not enough players to play!" is fixed.
o Adjusted spacing in MOTD so certain combinations don't cause lines to go off the edge of the screen.
o Shotgun shell ejection animation (when using "shelloff 0") improved.
o Fixed crash that occurred when a server ran a huge amount of maps in the rotation (around 100 or more).
o ReadConfigFile() now closes its file and SelectFarTeamplaySpawnPoint() frees its memory.
o Updated Action web page URL in MOTD.
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Timeline
This section contains an outline of events and release of AQ, and what changes where made in those releases.
For quick reference use the links listed below.
4/3/98 - .82
4/3/98 - .82a
4/5/98 - .85
4/5/98 - .86
4/6/98 - .87
-/-/-- - .88
4/16/98 - .89
-/-/-- - .90
5/17/98 - .91
5/27/98 - .92
5/31/98 - .92a
6/22/98 - .93
6/27/98 - .93 Linux
6/29/98 - Mention of the first two AQ2 clans formed, names unspecified.
7/3/98 - Q2 3.17 released
7/7/98 - Mention of Solaris/SPARC AQ2, probably .93
7/19/98 - .94
7/20/98 - Solaris/SPARC version of .94
7/25/98 - Linux version of .94
7/30/98 - CIH virus destroys Cail and Vain's systems, most/all AQ2 work lost
8/15/98 - .95
9/16/98 - 1.0
9/29/98 - 1.0c (DLL fixed to work on NT)
10/20/98 - 1.01b2 (Siris working on it)
2/13/99 - 1.5 (GENO's code)
3/14/99 - 1.51 (GENO's code)
7/20/99 - 1.52(GENO's code, final release)
4/3/98 - .82
4/3/98 - .82a (?) (fixed a bug)
4/5/98 - .85
New in v.85
o Short falls do not cause fall damage (although long falls still cause the same amount of damage)
o The handcannon now shoots 35 pellets each 3 times as powerful as each of the 100(!) pellets it used to shoot. The result: the handcannon still works the same, except it might be more random at long distances (which is good) We did this to fix the multiple overflow errors the handcannon had caused.
o Items (kevlar vest, silencer, lasersight) now spawn even if you decide to play more than one game!
o Lava now deals damage normally.
o The clips and magazines are now fullbright, and much easier to see.
o Bandaging is now independent of reloading (ie you shouldnt be healed when you reload the shotgun)
4/5/98 - .86
4/6/98 - .87
New in v.87
o Servers no longer crash because of windows (we removed windows - if id tells you that you shouldn't have something in deathmatch, they mean it!)
o Gibbing should no longer occur, even with telefragging and the handcannon.
- .88 (not released)
New in v.88
o You can no longer drop grenades if you are using them.
o If someone shoots his enemy off a ledge, out a window etc. causing them to die from fall damage, the attacker recieves a frag and the target does not lose one.
o One or two new death messages.
4/16/98 - .89
New in v..89
o You cannot fire accurately while running.
- .90
New in v.90
o Shooting while walking makes you less accurate than while standing still, but more accurate than running.
o Shooting while crouching makes you more accurate than while standing still.
o The lasersight now makes you as accurate as you would be if you were crouching no matter what you are doing.
o Jumping into someone kicks them (a jumpkick)- it does 20 damage, knocks the target back pretty darn far, and disarms the person (forces him to drop his unique weapon)
5/17/98 - .91
New in v.91
o The "drop weapon" command will drop your unique weapon, even if you are using it.
o The "sniper" command allows you to toggle whether or not you are looking through the lens of the rifle (so you can put at your hip and walk around)
o The sniper rifle reloads more quickly.
o The server setting "actionmaps 1" or the cmd line "+set actionmaps 1" will rotate between the three action quake maps we have so far.
o The machinegun "rides up" like in singleplayer quake2.
o The handcannon is now less powerful.
5/27/98 - .92
New in v.92
o The sniper rifle is now much, much more accurate!
o The two grenades bug (would fire two grenades when you die sometimes) is now fixed.
o Dropping the sniper rifle while using it no longer causes "problems"
o The jump kick has been tweaked. You will no longer be "kicked back" by stationary targets.
5/31/98 - .92a (fixed bug caused by Q2 3.15 release)
6/22/98 - .93
New in v.93
o The new models from Gooseman have been implemented!
- New names for most of the weapons.
- The weapons act a mite differently. You must reload now when you run out of ammo, and are able to reload the shotgun one shell at a time. Also, the ammo counts for the weapons have been changed to reflect real life (!) guns.
- The weapons eject shells now - The server may turn this off by typing "shelloff 1" into the console if this hinders net play.
- The sniper rifle has a model now that is in view when not looking in the scope. Also, it should be more accurate - about as accurate as v.91 and a half before we mucked it up.
o You are now limited to holding one grenade - which is a mite less powerful than before. (it still packs a wopper though)
o The version logs will now contain many instances of the word "mite."
6/27/98 - .93for Linux released, first mention of Linux I saw...
6/29/98 - Mention of the first two AQ2 clans formed, names unspecified.
7/3/98 - Q2 3.17 released, doesn't break AQ2 this time.
7/7/98 - Mention of Solaris/SPARC AQ2, probably .93
7/19/98 - .94
7/20/98 - Solaris/SPARC version of .94
7/25/98 - Linux version of .94 (?)
7/30/98 - CIH virus destroys Cail and Vain's systems, most/all AQ2 work lost
8/15/98 - .95 Cail worked on it
New in v.95
o Sniper rifle changes:
o No more 'sniper command' instead, there is 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, where 1x is normal view this means that the sniper rifle is really innaccurate when you 'hipshot it' (1x)
o The sniper rifle ammo system: it now hold 10 rounds in the chamber, and you can have 20 rounds outside of that
o fire time is much lower, but you now have to reload in between shots (just like the shotgun)
o It's absoultely perfectly accurate if zoomed in.
o Opponents death/pain noises are much quieter, for stealth reasons
o Instead of 'lens' it is now 'weapon'. Weapon is a general command for each weapon, but only works onthe sniper and pistol
o Handcannon changes:
o Tweaked for power a tad.
o New model by suislide
o You have to manually reload between shots. It's better this way, trust us.
o Combat Knife:
o Model by suislide
o Hits 5 times over the period of 1/2 second
o 5 hits = damage of pistol (total damage I mean)
o Locational damage, and can go right thru a vest
o Opponents death/pain noises are much quieter, for stealth reasons
o Everyone gets one
o Akimbo Pistols:
o Model by gooseman
o Comes with 12 rounds plus however much was left in your single pistol
o Needs 2 clips to reload, and reloads to 24 rounds (12 in each)
o "Movie Magic" will often even the # of rounds between the two guns
o Damage = pistol
o Spread = less than mp5 (or so)
o Person drops it when they die (instead of pistol clip)
o Counts as a pistol clip if you already have akimbo
o Rocks.
o Grenades:
o Model by abraxis, skin by suislide
o Damage to self is no longer halved (just as likely to die by own grenade as opponents now)
o Damage to anyone can be halved by ducking when it explodes (drop to the floor foo!!!)
o Animations actually show pin-ness
o Can't bandage while holding pin (doh!)
o No stupid ass bugs
o Colt M4 Assault Rifle:
o Model by gooseman
o Bullets shoot thru people and do pistol round damage (about)
o Makes sparks when it hits a wall
o Fire rate = fast as mp5
o Spread slightly greater than pistol
o Best weapon in game bar none
o Comes with 20 rounds per clip
o Max of 1 extra clip (we HAVE to balance it somewhere =P )
o MP5/10 Submachinegun:
o Accuracy increased substantially to make up for M4
o Pistol:
o Range modifiers. At 600 texels the damage becomes 2/3. At 1400 texels, the damage becomes 1/2.
o You won't notice unless you snipe with it. Range modifiers also apply to akimbo
o Hit 'weapon' to switch between semi-auto and auto fire. Semi auto is 75% the spread (more accurate)
o Jump kick
o New "Bruce Lee-like" sound..
o Graphics changes:
o Bullet holes caused by all gun weapons except shotgun/handcannon (lag reasons)
o When you get shot, blood shoots out the back of you. Wherever this 'blood' hits, it leaves a blood stain (as in, brains on the wall)
o When you are bleeding, every other second you bleed from the last point you were hit. Where the blood hits = blood stain (blood trail!)
o Guns now lie on the ground and stay still (in contrast to floating rotating weapons)
o When you drop an item/gun (from death, or other) it spins thru the air (looks cool) =P
o New icons/.pcxs/etc. by snigglet
o Server changes:
o External choice map rotation is in. Say what? If you put an action.ini file in your action directory, it will rotate the maps you choose.
o The format of this is: (begin sample action.ini)
[Maplist]
office3
hostage
prison76
###
(end sample action.ini)
o a sample will be included with the client
o You MUST SET actionmaps TO 1.. ie:
actionmaps 1 (at console) or +set actionmaps 1 (at prompt)
o If it doesn't work, it will tell you what went wrong
o BIG THANKS to Geist([email protected]) for his tutorial at Qdevels (www.planetquake.com/qdevels) I used it as the basis for my ideas, and snippets of his code
o Will display map list to user when they join a server or go to new map
o Various new options including:
o bholelimit # (where # = the # of bullet holes max.. they will disappear after 1 minute no matter what tho - defaults to 0)
o splatlimit # (same as bholelimit, but for blood splats. defaults to 0 as well)
o shelloff # (where # = 0 or 1. 0 means shells are on, 1 means shells are off. Defaults to 1)
o Gameplay changes:
o New Item: Silent Slippers. Take away all feet noises. You're as quiet as you wanna be, and can still run.
o New Item: Bandolier. Doubles or increases ammo count on all weapons. Not for in gun, but extra clips... etc.
o Can now pickup an item you drop
o Lasersight/silencer no longer drop your gun (gameplay over realism)
o Jumping no longer makes that stupid-ass grunt (IMO), but there's still a landing noise
- .98
New in v.98
o Made shotgun reload faster like sniper rifle, if you keep hitting reload.
o Can't pick up a 2nd pistol if you already have akimbo and 2 pistol clips.
o Fixed all grenade/bandaging bugs (DOH!)
o Kill count resets when you respawn, instead of when you die.
o You don't 'limp' in midair anymore =P
o Knife changes:
o Knife damage increased signifigantly
o You can now throw knives! Do this by hitting 'weapon'.. a thrown knife does as much damage as a sniper bullet
o 3 round burst for both the Mp5 and M4 (use 'weapon'). This decreases the spread by a factor of .7 (makes more accurate)
o Grenades can be thrown much further using the 'weapon' command...
o Teamplay added!
o Use 'set teamplay 1' to turn teamplay on..
o Once you die in teamplay, you stay dead until the round is over. The round ends when one team is completely dead.
o Use 'team 1' or 'team 2' to change teams, this resets your score..
o The weapon and item you select will stick with you until you change them by using 'inven' (usually tab)
o New command 'use special'.. switches to your special weapon..
o Various play tweaking all around..
o Changes to action.ini:
add a section for each team name and skin in this format:
[team1]
TEAM1NAME
TEAM1SKIN (eg. "male/resdog") without the quotes..
###
[team2]
TEAM2NAME
TEAM2SKIN
###
o This way you can choose the name and skin of the two teams and have your own form of 'role playing' teams! (cops n robbers, drug lords vs. chow, etc.)
o A lot of little things (bug fixes, etc.)
- .99
New in v.99
o Fixed the respawn in walls bugs (tho I'm not 100% sure about this, we'll see) -note: DOH!
o Added a 'floodprot' cvar, defaults to 1 (on).. set it to 0 to turn off flood protection
o Made it so if you are dead you can see obituaries (like "X Killed Y")
o I took out the 'can't talk while dead message' and made it so that there's a [DEAD] in front of your name when you are dead and talk
o Fixed map rotation problems...
o Use special key works now, and doesn't crash if you don't have a special weapon
o Added an 'id' command (like in ctf). It defaults to on. You can only identify teammates, unless you are dead, in which case you can identify everyone. This is so that you can't find enemies in the dark...
o Fixed a bunch of little things..
9/16/98 - 1.0
New in v1.0 (!)
o Added a new communication device for teamplay, the radio! There is a detailed explanation in radio.txt
o Added vwep support, tho no models yet. These are coming soon people!
o Changed scoreboard for teamplay, there are now two. The first only lists the names and from which team they are from, and can fit 16 people (8 per team). The 2nd lists up to 20 people, and includes their ping, score, time, and name.
o If you are dead, the scoreboard shows who is still alive (they're names are in green) on the team scoreboard.
o Took out the "The" in the teamplay name text, so you may wanna add it to your action.ini if appropriate
o In teamplay the bandolier also comes with 1 grenade in additon to the extra ammo
o You can now choose akimbo as your starting weapon in teamplay
o The command 'say_partner' works just like say_team, but only to your partner... (partners explained in radio.txt)
o Added Trackcam and eyecam from Rocket Arena 2! Big thanks go out to David Wright from RA2! Mad props! Works just like RA2. Fire changes modes (Freeflying, trackcam, or eyecam), while moveup (jump) changes person.
o Changed spawn code (Mad props go out to Mike Gummelt of Raven software for lots of help on this one), now everyone spawns inside one point, and can run thru eachother. If you get stuck, just try jumping. Should be rare if you are careful.
o Fixed 'use jump to get around fast with leg damage' exploit. Now you can't jump with leg damage. (duh)
o You can sometimes get stuck in another person, fix this by typing 'unstick'
o Made everything prettier. =)
9/29/98 - 1.0c (DLL fixed to work on NT)
New in v1.0c (!)
o 2 brand new player models. Actionmale and SAS
o Version 1.0c server update (read bugfixes.txt for more details) thanx to Siris for this
o The Highly anticipated vwep support for all models except sydney
o Sydney model does not have vwep because of time restraints, but it will be available for download from guild.telefragged.com soon (with a newly animated sydney and some new skins)
o Skin name and icon changes for some skins for legal reasons, as well as new skins for most models (I can't remember all of the new skins)
o Music and texture changes to the credits to remove the copyrighted material for legal reasons (we are still the ateam, but we don't want trouble for using their theme and logo)
o all changes encompassed withing the v1.0a and 1.0b server updates (I am in a rush or I would find the text files. Sorry, but it is good stuff only of course, so if you want to run a server cheack out action.telefragged.com to make sure you know everything you need)
o this is the version that will be on the extremities pack, so if this is how you obtained this file, make sure you go to action.telefragged.com for any updates that may have been released.
o Other stuff I am sure I am forgetting, but hopefully nothing too important.
10/20/98 - 1.01b2 (Siris working on it)
... 1.1 unreleased? ...
2/13/99 - 1.5 (GENO's code)
CHANGES FROM ACTION 1.1b2 TO ACTION 1.5
General Weapon Changes
o Ducking alone (without lasersight) now improves aim. Previously, it only
helped if you had a lasersight too (we believe this was a bug). See "Spread
Modifiers" heading for more specific information.
o Guns now center their fire around your crosshair, rather than an invisible
spot down/right of your crosshair.
o Players have smaller head regions. Any shot that would have hit the head in
the old system that doesn't now will instead hit the chest.
o Added support for Akimbo and Sniper Rifle bullet shell ejection, and support
for left handed usage with shell ejection turned on.
Specific Weapon Changes
o M4 Assault Rifle is now less accurate, the original accuracy was due to a bug
in the selection of which random function to call that determined spread. The
same bug caused it to fire way to the right, and is also gone.
o M3 Super 90 Assault Shotgun now does slightly more damage. Reloads slightly
faster.
o Sniper Rifle doesn't do the re-chambering sequence when leaving 6X
magnification mode. Reloads slightly faster. Lens-changing and firing
behavior improved slightly in some ways.
o Combat Knife remembers what mode it was last in (throwing/stabbing). Also has
improved animation sequence for putting away a knife prepared for throwing.
Doesn't have the old bug where knife becomes unusable for several seconds while
playing random animation frames. Your last knife now isn't stopped by vests
incorrectly. Knife slashing damage has been changed.
o M26 Fragmentation Grenade now drops to the ground at your feet if the pin is
pulled and user switches to another weapon or begins bandaging. Slight
improvement in animation sequence for it dropping from view.
o In teamplay, you now start with a full pistol plus one extra clip
(previously you got no extra clips).
Spread Modifiers:
This section gives the specific details on all the spread modifiers in the
game. These only apply to the weapons that fire bullets.
(without lasersight)
Standing: base
Walking: 2x as much spread
Running: 6x as much spread
Crouching: 35% reduction in spread over standing.
(laser, compared to standing from above)
Standing: 30% reduction in spread over standing w/o laser.
Walking: base (standing from above)
Running: base
Crouching: same as crouching w/o the laser
Burst mode (or semi-auto mode with the pistol) gives an additional 30% spread
reduction to any of the above.
The Sniper Rifle when zoomed (any magnification) is always 100% accurate,
regardless of any of the above.
Item Changes
o Lasersight improves accuracy while standing still and not ducking (makes you
almost as accurate as crouching). Lasersight provides no benefit to a user who
is also ducking. (See "Spread Modifiers".) Lasersight's red dot is
translucent and follows your crosshair more closely.
o Silencer no longer suppresses flashes from Akimbo pistols.
o Bandolier correctly cleans up after itself when dropped. If server
operator sets "ir" to 1 then the new command "irvision" is available which
toggles on/off infra-red vision while wearing the bandolier. The new
"tgren" variable can be set by the server operator to a number, and that
many grenades will be given to each player who selects the bandolier in
teamplay (default is 0). The bandolier now allows you to carry one extra
weapon in teamplay (the normal max carry is now 1 in teamplay, the
previous behavior was a bug).
Existing Command Changes
o "use special" now loops through all available special weapons, ie: if you
have two it will toggle between them.
o "drop special" will discard only one special weapon at a time. It defaults
to the one you are currently using and then goes through your inventory in this
order: Sniper Rifle, Handcannon, M3 Super 90 Assault Shotgun, MP5/10
Submachinegun, and finally M4 Assault Rifle. Switches to single pistol if
currently using Akimbo pistols, this is also the way it worked previously.
o "weapon": Knives now remember their last mode correctly. Live players no
longer hear a "click" when a nearby observer changes their weapon mode.
o "team": Players can now use the "team none" to leave the teams and become a
spectator again in teamplay.
Other Changes/Improvements/New Features
o After dying in teamplay, you remain at the spot you died as an observer,
instead of being moved to a spawn point.
o When a player enters a server, the default team to join is the one that
currently has less players.
o "sv_roundtimelimit" server variable is now "roundtimelimit", for consistency
with other server variable names. The "roundtimelimit" feature now uses this
method for determining who won: which team has the most players, if the same,
then which team has the most total health.
o All items (such as ammo) can be dropped, see the README file for exact item
names.
o The new code appears to use a somewhat less CPU when running a server than
1.1b2 did.
o Jumpkick code improved, jumpkicks are more predictable and reliable,
less randomness.
o Location of grenade and item in right-side HUD reversed for a more logical
arrangement.
o New "id" command allows a player to turn off player identification if he
doesn't want it.
o Players can become observers in DM using the standard Q2 "spectator" variable
(spectator 0 or spectator 1).
o Messages from dead players are now visible inbetween end-of-round and the
start of the next round, for end of round chatting.
o MOTD: Server operator can now control how long the MOTD stays up by using the
"motd_time" variable (see README for more info). Much more info about the
server is now in the MOTD. If a "motd.txt" file is present in your action
directory, it will be appended to the standard MOTD. The new "motd" command
allows a player to bring up the MOTD at any time.
o Teams-by-skin and teams-by-model now work in DM (other teamplay features also
work in conjunction with DM teams: radios, partners, etc...)
o New "unpartner" command allows you to break a partnership.
o New unstick system. The new system is unobtrusive, there is no "unstick"
command and you do not get moved around in any way. Players remain in the
"transparent" state where they are able to walk through fellow "transparent"
players. After the "lights, camera" sequence finishes, players are removed
from the "transparent" state as soon as they are free of other team members.
Players can be shot and affected normally by all weapons/items regardless of
"transparent" state.
o When in center-handed mode, you now get an icon at the bottom middle of the
screen of which weapon you are currently using.
o Server operator can use the new "radiolog" variable to turn on logging
of all radio messages to the console.
o Dead bodies are now removed at the beginning of each teamplay round, this
should allow for more strategy (you can tell who's down) and also remove some
lag (less entities lying around).
o New server variables: "weapons" and "items". These control the maximum
number of special weapons and items that each player can carry. "items" always
defaults to 1. "weapons" defaults to 2 in teamplay, 1 in DM. Special-weapon
carrying is handled more cleanly in teamplay now, a player will always be able
to carry up to 2 special weapons in teamplay, not just his main weapon plus the
first other one he picks up.
o New server variable "knifelimit" allows the server operator to control how
many thrown knives can be lying around on the map at any given time. Default is
40. This should be lowered if you are having overflow or lag problems when
players are using lots of knives.
o The "allweapon" and "allitem" server variables can be set to 1 in DM or
teamplay to give all weapons and all items to each player at spawn. If used in
teamplay, normal weapon/item menus etc will not be presented. Defaults on both
are of course 0.
o The new "choose" command allows you to select your special weapon or item in
teamplay, without going through the menus.
o IP banning and flood protection are now supported (see README).
o The "give" (cheats) command has been improved to work better in the Action
environment.
o New "noscore" server variable allows a server operator to disable
individual scores in teamplay.
o New "nohud" server variable allows a server operator to disable the
standard HUD on his server to record better-looking special demos.
o New variable substitutions allow you to tell your teammates your current
weapon, item, ammo, and health, as well as which teammates are near you
(see README for a list).
Other Bugs Gone
o Various death message typos and grammar errors corrected.
o Long model/skin names work in action.ini.
o "###" lines are not required at the end-of-sections in action.ini.
o Scoreboards: The main scoreboard now looks decent in 320x240. Scoreboard no
longer gets stuck on your screen when chase-camming. Players' names are no
longer truncated unnecessarily. More items on the scoreboard are updated in
realtime than before.
o The list of maps in the MOTD is no longer overwritten by the "Hit tab for
team selection menu" message.
o M4/sniper rifle can no longer crash the server when shooting two players that
overlap.
o Random crashes on certain maps (ie cliff, teamjungle, ...) gone.
o Your frags no longer appear as the frags of the person you're observing to
GameSpy, CLQ, etc.
o The item selection screen now always goes away properly after choosing your
item.
o Players hanging in midair at the spawn points, unkillable, will no longer
occur.
o Backdoor commands (testshow, forceend) gone.
o Picking up a gun in teamplay when you start with dual pistols no longer
lowers your total ammo.
o You can establish a new radio partnership when your old partner dies now.
o Dropping and picking back up a handcannon or shotgun no longer results in
ammo loss.
Features No Longer Present
o "noguns" is not currently supported, we have plans for more flexible "weapons
banning" support in the future.
3/14/99 - 1.51 (GENO's code)
CHANGES FROM ACTION 1.5 TO ACTION 1.51
o Now remembers how many times reload key was pressed.
o Shotgun reduced to Action Quake 1.0c levels beyond distance of 450.
o Bandolier/weapon-dropping bug fixed.
o Empty pistols animation setup improved.
o Firing sequence for dual pistols fixed (firing was simultaneously
before).
o Various grenade-related fixes.
o Knife slashing damage changed (should be more damaging now).
o You can now switch weapons while bandaging again.
o Leg damage (from falling) no longer taken while in god mode.
o Spelling of "trepanned" fixed.
o Item spawning problem that affected some old/odd maps fixed.
o Reloading sound/speed issues fixed.
o Point-blank knife-throwing bug fixed.
o Blood trail fixes.
o Death sound fixes.
o Negative value for "tgren" server variable is treated as 0 now.
o New server variable "skipmotd" allows you to leave out the standard
Action MOTD contents (except the two lines at the top), for people who
want really big local motd.txt files.
o Many server variables that didn't need to be SERVERINFO (ie: appearing
in GameSpy, etc) are no longer SERVERINFO.
o New server command "sv reloadmotd" allows you to reload the MOTD from
disk. Also, the MOTD is always reloaded at the end of each level.
o The "playerlist" and "players" commands no longer contain frags when
"noscore" is turned on.
o New "ininame" variable lets you change the name of your Action INI file
from "action.ini" to something else. Useful for people who run multiple
servers from the same directory tree.
o Deathmatch mode is now forced on always, as in previous versions of
Action. This was the cause of the "failed to find special item spawn
point" error when starting a game locally on your computer.
o Delayed kill attribution for falling damage fixes.
o Lasersight properly follows M4 during ride-up.
o Scoreboard cosmetic fixes.
o Players entering the game in a teamplay game no longer generate the "enter
game" teleport effect (green flash, etc) at a spawn point.
o Bug fixed that could cause crash when certain weird combinations of dmflags
were used (ie teams-by-skin with teamplay turned on).
o Players can now select "classic" style firing where shots land slightly
right or left (depending on your handedness) and down from the crosshair
(see the "hand" command in the README for info).
o The [DEAD] flag on a dead chatter's name previously didn't get tacked on
starting at the right time, so sometimes you'd see someone who appeared to
be alive (due to no [DEAD] on their name) say something but %-variables
(ie %W, %H, etc) didn't get expanded. This also caused dead people's
messages to be able to reach teammates sometimes in the moments after
dying.
o After a team round has ended, all players (including players who
survived) can now see the scoreboard as if they were dead, to see who else
survived the round.
o The join-a-team menu now, if both teams have the same number of players,
defaults to the team that's losing (instead of defaulting to the first
team).
o Optimization in SetIDView and DetermineViewedTeammate suggested by
hal[9k].
7/20/99 - 1.52 (GENO's code, final release)
CHANGES FROM ACTION 1.51 to ACTION 1.52
o Support for friendly-fire in teamplay added. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY USING THE "NO FRIENDLY FIRE" FLAG IN YOUR DMFLAGS, YOU NEED TO ADD IT NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE FRIENDLY FIRE. The value for "no friendly fire" is 256. For a normal AQ teamplay game, you should set your dmflags to 256 in your server.cfg ("set dmflags 256"). I believe the only other dmflag that would have a worthwhile effect on AQ teamplay is the "spawn farthest" flag (512), no others should be set unless you want the spawn farthest behavior. So...if you want FF in teamplay, set your dmflags to 0. If you don't, set it to 256. No friendly fire is the "normal" style of play, so the default/standard dmflags for AQ teamplay should be considered to be 256. When FF is in effect, notification of it will be on the standard MOTD. Temporary banning for people who kill too many team members is available. The "maxteamkills" server cvar can be used to control the maximum number of teamkills that a player can make on a given map before he is kicked and temporarily banned, the default is 0 which means never temporarily ban. The "tkbanrounds" and "twbanrounds" variables affect ban time, see the README file for complete info. Players lose one frag for killing a teammate. Thanks go to Eek and Azerov for providing the patch which we used as a basis for this feature.
o Shot placement on crouching players is much improved and should basically be consistent with standing players now. Also, the view height of crouching players has been modified somewhat so it's more consistent with the actual amount of height loss that occurs. (thanks go to Mikael Lindh from AQ:Gangsters for lots of help in this area.)
o The shotgun and handcannon now inform you who you're hitting, when you hit someone, much like all the other weapons already did.
o New server variable "limchasecam" now available for clan match usage. See info in the README. When the chase cam limits are in effect, a line will be added to the MOTD stating it. (thanks to Black Cross for submitting the patch for this feature.)
o Breakable glass now added. Two new server variables for this: "breakableglass" and "glassfragmentlimit". This is not recommended for Internet games (much like the ejecting shells, blood splats, and bullet holes). This was contributed by William van der Sterren of the CGF project. It requires maps that are designed with breakable glass. For more info on how to make breakable glass in maps, see http://www.botepidemic.com/aid/cgf/exp_glass.shtml. For more info on the server variables, see the README.
o Door kicking added. You can now jump-kick a door open when it opens in the opposite direction. If there is a player sitting on the other side of the door, that player will be kicked along with the door. This was contributed by AQDT (written by Hal, sent to us by Homer).
o Vertical component of kicking has returned. You can kick people upwards or downwards by looking in that direction before kicking them.
o New commands "use throwing combat knife" and "use slashing combat knife" allow you to pull out the knife in whichever mode you want, instead of pulling out your knife then switching modes.
o A new item has been added to the secondary teamplay scoreboard: damage dealt. This number is the amount of damage the given player has inflicted upon other players on the current map. Note this is total damage, not just damage required to kill someone. For example, a point blank handcannon blast can count for a lot more than 100 health, even though it only takes 100 to kill someone. This isn't in the scoreboard if you have turned on the "noscore" option.
o New "sv nextmap" command allows a server operator to skip to the next map in the rotation (thanks go to Black Cross for submitting the patch for this command).
o The "spawn farthest" dmflag now works on teamplay games. The second team will spawn as far away from the first team as possible (unlike the normal behavior, where the farthest 1-4 spawn candidates are considered, depending on the total number of candidates).
o The "needpass" variable is now provided. This allows things like GameSpy to prompt you for a password when you try to connect to a passworded server.
o Players can no longer use say_team when not on a team, or say_partner when they have no partner.
o Delayed-death attribution bug fixed (you wouldn't get credit for a kill when someone bled for a while).
o Various reloading changes: switching from a reloading weapon to a new weapon will not cause the new weapon to be reloaded any longer. The reloading "queue" will immediately empty now whenever a player tries to shoot (assuming he has any ammo left in the gun to shoot) or bandage. Your pistol will no longer begin to reload after you get a sniper rifle or shotgun kicked from your hands while reloading it. The "reload" command no longer does anything during the "lights, camera, action" countdown in a teamplay game. You can no longer reload the pistols, M4's, or MP5's when you've already got a full magazine (to be consistent with the way the other weapons work).
o Switching between slashing and throwing for knives now gives a message.
o Increased knife slashing damage.
o Repeating "Out of ammo" message bug fixed.
o Lasersight now falls in the correct place if you're using one of the "classic" hand modes.
o Problem with sniper rifle's "weapon" command/bolt animation fixed (you could fire faster than normal using the right aliases).
o Dropped grenades now do the same amount of damage as thrown grenades.
o Green flash when players enter the game in a teamplay game removed (for real this time), as well as the red flash when a player exits the game in a teamplay game.
o The through-eyes chasecam now properly tracks weapon kick (ie with the M4), and also now gives you IR vision if the person you're viewing through the eyes of is using IR.
o A few bugs fixed in the way bodies fly after death. Floating bodies and bouncing bodies should be gone.
o Spectators can no longer drop a knife upon entering a teamplay game.
o Dead bodies no longer appear red when using IR vision.
o %-vars (ie %W, %H, and the others) are no longer parsed within players' names (ie a player named %W won't appear as his weapon when he says something).
o Minor bug in bleeding from grenades fixed.
o Bug where sniper rifle icon would be stuck on your screen if you were zoomed in when the other team all quit and you got "Not enough players to play!" is fixed.
o Adjusted spacing in MOTD so certain combinations don't cause lines to go off the edge of the screen.
o Shotgun shell ejection animation (when using "shelloff 0") improved.
o Fixed crash that occurred when a server ran a huge amount of maps in the rotation (around 100 or more).
o ReadConfigFile() now closes its file and SelectFarTeamplaySpawnPoint() frees its memory.
o Updated Action web page URL in MOTD.
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