Movie Battles II mod for Star Wars: Jedi Academy

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The next version of MovieBattles II has been released! We've made a lot of exciting revisions including new and improved weaponry, new environments, and a whole host of bug fixes.

Death Star Map Preview

Changes from Release Candidate 1

General Changes

• New start-up mod screen
• Game Type in server menu and create server now displays different game types in Mb2.
• Achievements added
• Save points config
• New over the shoulder camera
• Classes and points can be selected for the next round without killing you.
• Kill assists
• New TK system added
• New Anti-Cheat System
• Smart Entities logic added to improve FPS.
• Trueview's configuration revamped to be more flexible. (Model/Skin-specific trueview.cfg, no more monolithic trueview.cfg.)
• Helmetview's configuration revamped to be more flexible. (Model/Skin-specific helmetview.cfg.)

Maps

• New Mygeeto map
• Significant changes to Comm Tower
• New Death Star map
• New Kamino map
• New Mustafar map
• New Mustafar duel map.
• New Yavin duel map
• New music track for Duel_office!
• New Tradefed map
• Visual Improvements to Revan Duel, Ravager Duel and Utapau Duel.
• Gameplay changes to RC Bridge Duel
• Gameplay changes for Star Destroyer
• Enchanced EFX added for Revan Duel, Ravager Duel, Carbon Chamber Duel, to give better FPS to low-end systems.
• Lunarbase FA updated.
• Korriban FA updated.
• Duel Jedi Temple FA updated.
• Various FA config vs description inconsistencies bugfixed in all FAs.
• DOTF FA updated.

Additions for mappers

• Can now setup custom water splash effects in Worldspawn.
• Can now customize the colour of the screen tints when submerged in their maps.
• fx_weather entity added for more control over JK3's weather systems than allowed previously.
• trigger_hurt entity can now light players on fire if desired.
• fx_runner entity has enhanced effect support added.

Skins/Models

• New clone model, new Vader and Anakin models.

Visual/Sound Changes

• New Screen efx added for flame
• New screen efx for poison
• New effects (new saber sparks, wall hits)
• Blood (or oil) effects added to all player models, NPCs, and vehicles ingame. (gore.cfg)
• Projectile Rifle now causes dismemberment.
• Non-lightsaber-caused dismemberments utilize blood now.
• New effects for different weather.
• Special effect for Disruptor-deflections.
• Minor HUD code optimizations.
• Lightsabers cause rain to spark and evaporate now.
• Lightsabers boil water/slime/lava when immersed now.
• Disruptor boils water/slime/lava when liquid is shot.
• Updated Credits
• New animations for SuperPush, Mind Trick, and Blind.

Gameplay Additions/Changes

• Secondary disruptor shots can now kill more than three people in a row
• Forceblind reworked
• Poisons now stop dodge
• Hero's and Bounty Hunters now roll to the sides when getting up
• No longer slide on peoples heads.
• New drowning system, you now regenerate hp after you surface from drowning.
• Domino effect now added in.
• Global damage randomization of 25% reduced to 5%.
• Global weapon ROF randomization(0.8x-1.2x) removed entirely and normalized to 1.0x ROF
• Electrical weapons now "conduct" through water and deal increased damage.
• All player models are able to "breathe" when submersed(bubbles) or in cold weather(fog). (breath.cfg)
• Halved projectile velocity on Thermal Rockets.
• Edited RC1 deflect, acts like Deflect 1 if running or jumping.
• Groundstab reimplemented
• Auto-Taunt when you gain ACM, kill with a saberthrow, or kill with a deflected shot.
• Duals AP increased
• Sense 1 now costs 20FP and works radar only
• All levels of Seeing now indicate enemy positions on a player's radar.
• Speed Longjump added
• Lightsabers now able to strike multiple targets per slash.
• Superpush changed, knocked down players moving at high speed will suffer damage when slamming into walls or other players.
• Tavion style given new blocking stance animations.
• Flamethrower, Lightning & Drain no longer miss targets at point blank range.
• ghoul2 saber hit detection reimplemented(Saber dueling remains bbox detection until BP exhausted or during backwhacks.).
• Staff and Duals' roles returned to their original concepts: Staff is defensively oriented, Duals are offensively oriented.
• Attack Chain Multiplier minimums adjusted. (Staff: 3->6, Duals: 3->5)
• Special saber moves can have different effects when blocked, including knockbacks and knockdowns.
• Jedi/Sith can no longer block sabers using BP while hacking.
• "Slow Blue" stance removed. "Fast(Normal)" Blue given with Saber Offense 1. Blue stance's damage nerfed.
• Droidekas are now Mindtrickable unless Advanced Logic is purchased.
• Droideka Shield level 3 now costs 20 points, instead of 25 previously.
• Elitetrooper is now renamed Commander
• Rally ability added to Commander. (Act as a rallypoint for respawning Assemble users.)
• Assemble ability added to Soldier. (Respawn nearby a Rally user.)
• New Westar M5 added for Arcs (zoom rifle or sticky pulse grenade launcher options)
• Pulse Rockets now usable at any level of PLX-1.
• PLX-1 level 2 now gives 2 rockets, not just 1.
• PLX-1 level 3 now gives 3 rockets, not 4.
• Remote Detonation rockets can be detonated after being Force Pushed.
• Cortosis 2, Advanced Targetting, Advanced Radar added to SBD's & point schemes changed.
• Flamethrowers adjusted to be slightly lower initial damage, but much higher "on fire" damage.
• Players can now catch on fire and must roll to smother the flames.

Bug Fixes

• Deka taunt bug causing dekas to become unable to fire now removed.
• Clones can no longer sprint and fire at the same time
• Extensive Droideka and vehicle radar bugfixes.
• Remote detonation rockets can no longer be double-detonated.
• Remote detonation rockets should assign kills properly now.
• Droidekas and vehicles are now properly team-coloured using Force Seeing.
• Flybug is fixed.
• Many fixes for lightsaber blocking functionality.
• Obituary fixes for vehicles, SBDs, and Wrist Laser.
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements on Revan, Ravager, RC Bridge,
  Carbon Chamber, and Kamino Duels as well as Star Forge and Utapau
  duels.
• General Bug Fixes on Duel of the Fates.
• Corrected a bug that allowed Staff/Duals to be purchased with Attack 2.

FA Additions/Changes

• Dismemberment fragility classflag(CFL_DISMEMBERFRAGILE)
• Acid Blood classflag(CFL_ACIDBLOOD)
• Bloody Melee classflag(CFL_BLOODYMELEE)
• Most weapons can be converted to Hitscan versions of themselves, if desired.
• High-damage weapon version of Flamethrower.
• Seeker Drone item(HI_SEEKER) made available.
• Healing(MB_ATT_HEALING) now supports HP amounts above 100. (Shield recharge does too.)
• Instagib provided for Disruptor. (CFL_INSTAGIB)
• Cloak no longer breaks after 4.5 hours of server uptime