JA2 1.13 New Release April 28th 2008 v2085 news

April 2008 (Build: 2085)

New
- New Inventory
- A lot of new shortcut
- Items and Weapons
- Full German and Russian translation
- Allowed militia to wear camo
- Enabled music in windowed mode
- New options in ja2.ini
- New options in ja2_options.ini
- Added missing description texts for IMP skill rooftop sniping and camouflage

Changed

- INS key for overhead map is back
- Max distance visible is more consistent in being calculated based on the soldier and direction rather than a fixed number
- Removed breath reduction for soldiers that are not in loaded sector
- Added A* path finding
- JA2 window now refuses to move to negative cords
- Most of the Sir-tech credit names were displayed in dark blue color. Now all credits name are set in "dark-white" color
- Enabled enemy / militia ammo choosing to be limited by coolness
- "Professional Sniper" skill and changes made to aiming and scopes in the CTH calculation functions
- Adjusted the scope vision bonus so that it plays on range with a minimum attainable reduction equal to the scopes minimum range value
- Replaced wrong text for ironman in German version in the start new game screen- Updated 1.13 credits

Fixed
- Fixed some variables not being initialized
- Fixed memory leak in new inventory
- Fixed some variables not being initialized
- Fix for slow bullets and other slow animations
- Fixed problem with items with default attachments not comparing to base items correctly
- Fixed inventory memory leak
- Removed an inconsistency between quickload and regular load
- Fixed sticky keys due to loading screens
- Fixed infinite loop/hang after an assertion failure
- Fixed problems with missing tile effect in places such as Alma and Tixa underground
- Fixed potential problem with buffer overruns
- Phantom militia fix
- Fix for incorrect, sometimes negative, values of items sold to locals
- Editor: Fix for use of uninitialized variable in undo
- Editor: Fix for clipping bounds that are offscreen (causes crash)
- Fix for AP bonus reading from ja2_options.ini
- Fixed mine indexes when looking for creature infestation of mines
- Fix for militia reinforcements. Also a change: If you refuse reinforcements, none will come for the entirety of the battle
- Increase size of cover and LOS grids to fit max radius
- Change the way Alt-L handles reloading
- Fix for freeze when AI killed by mines or other self-inflicted wounds
- Fixed breath APs
- Fix for mouse movement when clicking on mercs. In windowed mode would move the cursor to odd places on screen
- Enemy group invasion tactics fixed. Now reinforcements come from all directions, same as from surrounding stationary reinforcements
- Removed shuriken check
- Fix for uninitialized group in reinforcements
- Fixed AI deadlock when multiple soldiers occupy the same tile
- Fix to reset Pablo so that future thefts can also be punished
- Fix for missing enemies in mobile group when player invades
- Sometimes if you press with the right mouse button on the radarmap, the overhead map view was not displayed
- Fix for enemy invasions and reinforcements
- Fixed HE Ammo Bug
- Fix for the "CONT" that won't go away
- Fix for AI seeking climb point in toxic gas
- Fix for civilians trying to climb the roof to seek noise
- Fixed punching and stabbing
- Fix for militia transported to NOWHERE during autoresolve in a different than current sector
- Weapon CTH at extreme range now calculated with soldier's real sight max
- Fix for 1% chance to hit target when distance is > 52
- Many memory leaks plugged
- Fix CTD in mouse regions
- Infant/Young creatures use restored spit instead of molotov
- Suppression should no longer work on mercs in medium water
- Prevent mercs from falling and flying back through obstacles
- Throwing a grenade at the tail of the plane in Drassen should not result in a CTD
- Editor: Fixed CTD in editor when changing detailed civ placement from wheelchair to jeep
- Sam sites with index >=5 lacks ability to train militia
- Some fixes on soldier direction calculations
- Fixed night combat chance to hit
- For expert difficulty level, that leads to adding INSANE_ELITE_BONUS after applying of EXPERT_ELITE_BONUS
- Editor: Fixed memory leak and CTD with editor summary info
- Fixed print-screen for full-screen mode
- Fixed update of items for which auto/burst does not apply when swapped into the hand- Moved helicopter in Estoni so that it is unblocked by a weed and can therefore appear completely
- Fixed conditions where the game should remain paused but doesn't, and where it should unpause but doesn't
- Fixed appearance of save game corruption when a game with different inventory set is loaded. Note that such games can still cause odd behavior and CTD's
- Fixed soldiers unable to fire if an error happened while firing the off-hand weapon
- Fix animation system problems with soldiers interrupted while changing stance, such as twitching and not being able to navigate around obstacles
- Prevent splitting money while an item is in the hand, which would result in losing the original item
- Fix reverse of X, Y when checking visibility through a roof, which could make soldiers falsely visible/invisible
- Prevent militia from simply waiting on the border when enemies are known to be in the sector
- Fix stack overflow for soldier inventory debug display
- AI can now use all climb points for climbable buildings, not just a random few
- Fix to not allow flat roof butted against slanted roof to be identified as a climb point
- Prevent soldiers who cause an interrupt from a special action from continuing on their path after being interrupted
- Prevent soldiers who enter or leave deep water from moving a space too far and turning back- Fix AI units to reload/rechamber off-hand when necessary
- Fix to prevent soldiers from climbing the wrong building while moving toward a disturbance
- Fix to prevent soldiers from doing nothing when a climb point is not nearby
- Fix to prevent rain and storm from happening at once
- Fix memory leaks in strategic pathing
- Fix AI soldiers losing ready stance while deciding next move
- Fix for clock problem when dual wield or auto-fire causes a soldier to turn on the first shot but knocks him down on a successive shot
- Fix for medics in autobandage trying to open locked or trapped doors and causing UI lockup due to door open menu popup
- Prevent attempts to turn or climb roof when soldier collapsed
- Fix problems when mortar or RPG randomly assigned to a soldier but cannot be added for whatever reason
- Pathing favors beginning path on orthogonal and using as few turns as possible (mostly old behavior)
- Prevent interruptions when soldier climbs up, which can cause fall into building just below the target roof position
- Fix pauses due to soldiers hurt in previous turn
- Fix soldier path not reaching destination when thrown by explosion damage or heavy gunfire
- Restore pathing to cave and underground exits
- Fix too many AI ending up on the roofs
- Fix infinite recursion for tank sighting. This could have a side effect of causing sight glitches, but that's much better than a stack overflow/CTD
- Fixed bug when merc cannot automaticly leave the ring after boxing
- Fixed bug, appearing as overlapping text in insurance web-site on high screen resolutions
- Added support for Russian city names and Items
- Fixed contract length exploit (hire merc for 2 weeks for the price of 1 day)
- Fixed insurance emails repeating when you choose "delete" but then say no
- Fix overflow when combining two items with high counts (such as 200-round boxes of ammo)
- Path AI fixes
- Fixed issues with non-interruptable animations causing infinite clock
- Fixed some issues with soldiers not reaching their plotted destination
- Fixed escorted players who were cowering, being unable to move after joining party
- Only allow militia to climb roofs if their orders allow them to move
- Fix bug where AI might climb the wrong roof on the way to the destination roof
- Allow AI who have gone outside their patrol grid, to return to the grid
- Filter buttons under used category in Bobby Rays
- Hand to hand combat (knifes, claws, ...) was disabled in auto battle.
- Creatures are gone if you compress time in strategic and select auto battle
- Speck sends wrong mail if any of the 4 new guys (Text, Stogie, Biggens, Gaston) level up
- Item duplication bug
- If the merc arrives with the helicopter at night (defined in the ja2_options.ini) it was daytime in tactical
- Fixed a problem with Nails so he always starts with his leather jacket, even if you don't buy his gear
- Fixed an exploit where no enemies are present in starting sector
- Fixed an item duplication bug related to the item description window and unloading a weapon
- MadLab fix related to handing him a weapon with attachments
- Editor: Bugfix to resolve a Map Editor problem where you would constantly receive a "Major Version Update" message
- Fixed a bug in the "sell all" strategic inventory screen options. Money now gets sold without modification and unreachable items can't accidentally be sold
- Bugfix to stop a CTD that could occur if the system inadvertently tries to stack two money objects that have a 0 uiMoneyAmount amount
- Fixed a CTD that occured when reloading a weapon from the sector inventory panel- Fixed the sector inventory panel so that you could reload weapons that could be stacked