Devlog KAG Build 2046 - Calm Before the Storm

Hey Folks,

This build is a small round of engine changes and tweaks before we take on replacing the API Client code.

The existing API Client has long been a thorn in the side of server hosts, with intermittent crashes and cryptic error messages. As such, it's been largely rewritten (thank @cameron1010!) and we're getting it ready for production now.

The changes in this build are all fairly small (though I'm sure everyone will have their own opinion on that) except for the physics engine change. The resolution against terrain has changed a little and "might" fix the bugs causing clipping into the terrain with lag, and should improve the resolution of that when it happens. Please test it as much as you can and provide feedback on anything that needs improvement.

Other changes that more than 5 people will care about include:

• Player markers not visible in darkness - so you can't mark someone to see when they're tunnelling.
• Mines can no longer be "stolen" by players on the same team as the owner for free kills. Kills will be paid to the owner unless the mine changes teams.
• Slower drowning/faster air regen to make water cause fewer stalemates.
• Admins can freeze kegs and people on siege engines
• Picking up placed components no longer possible
• Chat private messages - I'll let @norill explain how this works in detail on the official forums, but the short version is if you tab-complete someone's username the message will go directly to them and be shown in a different colour (currently orange).
• Map name shown in chat at the start of the round.
• Clantags up to length 10 can be used. This feature is in testing and needs feedback - particularly if it's vulnerable to abuse.
• Man the Oars achievement bug fixed.

The rest of the changes can be found in the changelog.

Have Fun!
Max

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Full Changelog:

Game Changes:

[modified] corpse hp to 3 from 6
[fixed] player markers visible underground
[fixed] player markers not working when dead/spectator
[modified] better clanmate auto marking
[added] reason strings when votekicked
[removed] bombs colliding with hearts, burgers and other food
[added] fish now die of old age
[added] dead fish rot away after a minute
[modified] fish should now be less likely to cluster
[added] scoreboard team playercounts
[fixed] spectators having their names dimmed on scoreboard
[modified] decreased "teams imba" spam (20s -> 1m)
[updated] KickAFK.as rewritten to work more reliably and only on client
[fixed] cant use grapple while standing at map egde
[modified] un-overlapped resource-counts over 1000 on the hud
[modified] slower drowning (5s -> 6s)
[modified] oxygen meter replenishing twice as fast, 1st gasp refills more
[added] halls pick up scrolls
[added] admin afk kick immunity
[removed] team mine stealing
[added] admin keg freezing
[modified] no siege firing while knocked/frozen
[added] match time synced from server (prevents time starting from when you joined the server)
[fixed] picking up placed components
[added] runners drop all held objects while they're dead
		(instead of just when they die)
		(possible fix for "floating item when pick up corpse")

Engine Changes:

[added] mitigation for one type of DOS attack on servers (tcpr connection spamming)
[fixed] stars not covering whole sky
[modified] more realistic stars
[modified] better star twinkling
[modified] same sky on all maps/resolutions unless explicitly provided custom starmap seed
[added] function parameter names in angelscript autodocs
[added] chat private messages (works with tab-completed usernames, shows different colour)
[modified] max clantag length to 10 (testing)
[fixed] incorrect months in blacklist entry timestamps
[added] map name in chat
[added] resetting CControls.lastKeyPressTime on join
[fixed] platform collisions being ignored by certain objects/asymmetrical collision rules
		(fixes "flag collides with platforms")
[added] new "stuck in terrain" resolution
		(might fix fall through terrain bugs)
		(definitely fixes stuff flying around unpredictably when in terrain)
[fixed] crash on syncing uninitialised properties
[changed] [Player muted on this server] spam toned down from 1min to 1h
[fixed] man the oars achievement not always properly unlocked

 

They can be marked through the scoreboard?!

--- Double Post Merged, Nov 23, 2016, Original Post Date: Nov 23, 2016 ---

omg finally this is fixed! This has annoyed me for ages!

 

Boulders don't give kill credit :[

But this is a pretty sweet update, the scoreboard is lookin good

 

Issues:
- Item count float text still increases while throwing and catching regular and water bombs
- Numbers in inventory bar are a bit off centre (especially single digit)

- Re-spawn countdown timer text size becomes larger while viewing scoreboard (can see between red and blue teams in scoreboard when server is full or very quickly if you spam tab)

Suggestions:
- Map name should be displayed underneath match time above scoreboard instead of in chat (it's unnecessary for it to be displayed in chat)
- Private messages should start with a slash (/[player name] [message]) so you're still able to start a public/team message with a player's name
- Move username section of scoreboard over to fit longer usernames names. I'm pretty sure there would be enough space for this even on smaller resolutions

Spoiler: Username issue

- When you put a lit keg in a catapult and another teammate launches it and kills an enemy it gives them the kill instead of you. This should be changed so you get the kill since you lit the keg, similar to the changes to mines in a way

 

Wooooo updates

 

Start typing someones name and click tab to auto complete. For example, my name is epsilon so you would type 'eps' and click tab. Then you continue to type your message.

Ugh that's gonna be annoying coz it's a habit for me to always tab complete names. Oh well.

 

i believe these two issues are linked. client thinks you are on ground. server thinks you are floating above the ground and it doesn't work. i remember when kittycity couldn't make a workshop, he was floating on my screen. so i guess that is what is happening. @norill @Geti