Patch: April 2nd, end of round map votes, misc improvements

[lamster]

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April 2nd, 2011

New server config option "End of round map vote": call a map selection vote (choose from 3 maps) at the end of every round (enabled by default for servers with 3 or more maps in rotation)
1st map is based on a standard cycle through the entire map rotation list
2nd map is a top 50% map based on previous end of round map votes
3rd map is chosen at random

New server config option "Disallow demo users": prevent demo users from joining this server

Updated JSON entry for "clientAdd" -- now includes a "demo":true/false attribute to identify demo users

New console command for custom server hosts: "logPlanePositions" -- writes a JSON entry to ~Altitude/servers/log.txt of type "logPlanePositions" with current positions of all planes

New console command "testWindowedFullscreen" - improves program-switching (Alt+Tab) for many graphics drivers

If a tournament is in progress, the score screen (TAB) will render the names of participants that are currently spectating with the color of the team they are assigned to

Adjusted landing on TBD bases using mouse control to more closely match keyboard behavior

Removed hours played from the facebook post

Improved friends list retrieval - should resolve problem of not receiving all friends at login

Updated official maps:
ball_arcade - Changed background color to be darker (RGB=26,54,75). This only effects users with parallax turned off. Changed usernames to white.
ball_hardcourt - Added side walls at ends of map, Darkened Background, Removed powerups right next to spawns.
tbd_chess - Updated to latest version.

Removed a few official maps pending further adjustments:
ball_sewer.altx - Spawn points put you straight into a wall.
ball_pulse.altx - Background is very busy and blends with the foreground making it difficult to see collidable objects (unfair advantage for parallax off players).
ball_swarm.altx - Map is very cramped thus giving certain planes an unfair advantage. Some spawn points are too close to a wall.
tbd_hills - Too easy to bomb. Bad graphics.
tbd_chamber - Bases are too far apart creating never ending games.
tbd_poseidon.altx - Removed by author request. Work in progress.

[Pieface]

Originally Posted by lamster

Removed a few official maps:
tbd_hills - Too easy to bomb. Bad graphics.

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME

Good stuff, thanks!

[Demuyt]

Colored specs sounds great ! thanks

[Evan20000]

"Removed hours played from the facebook post"

Lulz. People are ashamed to show how much time they've sunk into alty? :P

[Mortva]

Just installed the newest patch and since then my friends list is empty ((((((( Please fix. *begs*

[VipMattMan]

Originally Posted by lamster

Adjusted landing on TBD bases using mouse control to more closely match keyboard behavior

Thanks for this fix.

[Demuyt]

Originally Posted by Evan20000

"Removed hours played from the facebook post"

Lulz. People are ashamed to show how much time they've sunk into alty? :P

Yep. I once got to school and a friend of mine slapped me yelling "582 HOURS?"

[elxir]

tbd_hills - Too easy to bomb. Bad graphics.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO

[darknietzsche]

Originally Posted by Mortva

Just installed the newest patch and since then my friends list is empty ((((((( Please fix. *begs*

Yeah I had this same problem when I updated to the newest patch.

[A Nipple]

Originally Posted by Evan20000

"Removed hours played from the facebook post"

Lulz. People are ashamed to show how much time they've sunk into alty? :P

rofl!!! I would never have suggested this but its a great idea lewl! I am not gna lie I dont realllyyy want my friends to see i have played over 2600 hours.... i feel shame wrighting it on here an i havnt met anyone on here irl lewl!

nipnip =D

[lamster]

Originally Posted by Mortva

Just installed the newest patch and since then my friends list is empty ((((((( Please fix. *begs*

Sorry, we missed an error case for large friend lists: we're working on a fix right now.

[banana]

Originally Posted by A Nipple

rofl!!! I would never have suggested this but its a great idea lewl! I am not gna lie I dont realllyyy want my friends to see i have played over 2600 hours.... i feel shame wrighting it on here an i havnt met anyone on here irl lewl!

nipnip =D

meetup in the summer gogogo

[Stormich]

Wow, awesome update! Removing hills made me very happy

[trendy11one]

tbd_hills still on rotation. Maybe not rotation, but it was on choice list(vote 1 or vote 2 for tbd_hills, dont remember)

Awesome patch and fix for mouse users, tytyty.

[lamster]

Large friend list fix has been deployed. Please post if you experience any problems with friend lists.

[wolf'j'max]

great, great patch, the new map rotation feature is awesome

[Flexio]

If someone changes hill's layout and improves the graphics, would it be considered for official status?

[Ribilla]

Karlam, still the best Dev team in the world.

[MajorPayne257]

Nice update. The voting feature seems like a cool idea.

Any chance for that 'rematch' voting system to get implemented...? some games are just so awesome you want to repeat them.

http://altitudegame.com/forums/showt...hlight=rematch

[leggomyeggo]

Sounds like an amazing patch, Karlam! Thanks

[Smushface]

If a tournament is in progress, the score screen (TAB) will render the names of participants that are currently spectating with the color of the team they are assigned to.

This is cool.

[Aero_Beast]

Removed a few official maps pending further adjustments:
tbd_hills - Too easy to bomb. Bad graphics.

dude man cmon that was my bomber stat padding map why you gotta do that

[Demuyt]

Originally Posted by Aero_Beast

dude man cmon that was my bomber stat padding map why you gotta do that

protip: play on football servers

[Winters Ark]

Loving the patch. <3

[mikesol]

I <3 you guys. Thanks so much for this - especially the requested player location ^__^

[tgleaf]

Originally Posted by lamster

Removed a few official maps pending further adjustments:
ball_pulse.altx - Background is very busy and blends with the foreground making it difficult to see collidable objects (unfair advantage for parallax off players).

Good. While I was pleased to see one of my maps make the Official list, it really doesn't deserve it. Old brighter background was better, but the map is far from perfect either way.

Originally Posted by lamster

If a tournament is in progress, the score screen (TAB) will render the names of participants that are currently spectating with the color of the team they are assigned to

Good idea.

[Premier Stalin]

karlam, could u plz code minecraft instead of notch. k.

[Ribilla]

Originally Posted by tgleaf

Good. While I was pleased to see one of my maps make the Official list, it really doesn't deserve it. Old brighter background was better, but the map is far from perfect either way.

I think the map plays well. If you just changed the background image, then I would vote for it to get official status back.

[silent skies]

tbd_chess - Updated to latest version.

Excellent.

[Kuja900]

Originally Posted by Demuyt

Yep. I once got to school and a friend of mine slapped me yelling "582 HOURS?"

Heh thats actually kind of funny.

[Inofaith]

tbd_chamber removed yay
"bases too far apart" shouldn't be the only reason. too much empty space in bottom, too much turrets in top. (ugly skinz :P)

[Inofaith]

test windowed fullscreen mode true:


:P can't see myself on screen

[Kennedy]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for changing base landing with mouse control.

[carstairs]

This might actually be my favorite patch in terms of convenience. Changing maps is nice, the colored names are a godsend, and I can safely reenable the Facebook app. Nice!

[Rainmaker]

Hills has not been removed from Official 4 TBD - maxping=400 (i think thats the svr name)

[Ribilla]

What is the actual change to mouse landing, I'm not noticing much difference (but I might be doing it wrong)

[Jrathje]

All you people cheering Hills being removed, was it really hurting anyone? Hills has always been one of my favorite maps because it was bright, sunny, and cheerful. There are NO other maps that take place in such a pleasant sunny day as Hills does. I wish it would be updated or something made to take its place.

What is the purpose of the logPlanePositions command? I understand what it does but what is its purpose?

[lamster]

By continuously invoking logPlanePositions custom servers can track the positions of players as the game progresses.

Hopefully plane positions will be used for a variety of neat stuff, but one straightforward application is to create "heat maps" for common routes and camp locations on ladder maps, for example here are some heat maps from Counter-Strike: http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=615847

[VipMattMan]

Originally Posted by Ribilla

What is the actual change to mouse landing, I'm not noticing much difference (but I might be doing it wrong)

If you aim your mouse slightly higher than the angle of the base, your plane will nose down to adjust to the base.

[zackzingki]

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tbd_hills - Too easy to bomb. Bad graphics.

But you had this map since Altitude began!!! Me and some other noobs will miss this man, this is messed up, you can delete a lot of maps, but not this one. It's a memory.