Sven Co-op v3.5 Change Log news

Finished Item Change Log

• Fixed FGD bug that caused an error in Worldcraft/Hammer if loaded for the first time.
• Fixed bug that allowed players to gain an unlimited amount of ammo after dropping specific weapons.
• Fixed missing name for the Nihilanth boss monster.
• Increased Alien Grunt Armor protection.
• Decreased rappeling speed with the barnacle grapple.
• Increased allowable server name length, server names no longer appear "corrupted".
• Clamped suit volume to 1 to prevent any "SV_StartSound: volume = X" crashes.
• Fixed animation popping for the Sniper Rifle when doing a full ammo reload.
• Fixed various name declarations for monsters.
• Fixed mp_respawndelay not being set when defined in a map cfg file.
• Fixed bug that froze monsters in place if their follow-target died.
• Alien Grunts can now turn their heads.
• scripted_sentence feature: When adding a "+" in front of a wav file path under
  • "Sentence Name" in Hammer, the monster will be able to say the given wav file without the need for a sentences.txt entry. (Sounds are automatically precached)
• Big Mommas will now run after and attack anything that happens to kill one of their children.
• If in an alert state, monsters will run to help any nearby friends by looking for their enemies (if ally is engaged in combat). Result is a more active group of monsters that are better aware of their surroundings.
• Monsters now run over to dead bodies of their allies, rather than stare off into space.
• Changed priority of following monsters to keep following their player-owner more often.
• Grunts now regard Big Mommas as their Nemesis if being pursued by them.
• Squad leaders can now communicate with other visible squad leaders.
• Upon encounters with new enemies while being attacked, Big Mommas will attempt to shield themselves from incoming attacks.
• Hud now properly outputs a weapon's clip count, weapons can have over 100 rounds in a clip.
• Increased view height of nodes from 8 units to 32 units in order to greatly improve navigation around obstacles like stairs, the top and bottom of hills etc.
  • [Note: 'Maximum visible nodes' level design error was removed.]
• Fixed a serious node-graph linking glitch, node graphs allow monsters to navigate areas 100% better.
• Fixed bug that would allow monsters to damage/break objects with their melee attacks even if "Trigger Only" was set on func_breakables.
• New entity: monster_handgrenade
  • Can have custom model and health option sets the delay before explosion when spawned.
• Changed "monster_satchelcharge" in FGD file to "monster_satchel" since there is no "monster_satchelcharge" entity in Half-Life.
• Small CPU optimization/fix added for the Bullsquid when it fails to find a path to its enemy.
• Idle sounds added for the Voltigore.
• Fixed problem with the Squadmaker entity not transferring free-roaming options to its created monsters.
• Cleaned up Squadmaker and Monstermaker code.
• Female assassins can now run away from dangerous zombie-like creatures as all other human classes do. (And they're quite good at it, too!)
• Monsters now recognize Big Momma's mortar as a dangerous thing and attempt to run away from it.
• Melee-only Male Assassins will now flee if they're being pursued by an attacker, and come back to fight when their enemy has its back turned.
• Fixed problem with the Apache (when killed) constantly exploding and throwing metal if it fell on top of another monster.
• Monsters will make an attempt to get away from Apaches/Ospreys when the helicopters are falling to the ground.
• Female Assassins no longer make running sounds when walking.
• New trigger_push spawnflags: "No Clients" and "No Monsters"
  • Will cause the trigger_push to ignore either entity type.
• "Disable Respawn" spawnflag added in for items (healthkits, batteries, etc.)
• Added a "Health Cap" option for item_healthkits.
  • Allows for bonus-health, or to disallow players to use the kits after a specified health level.
  • NOTE: 1 unit of health will drain from the player every 2 seconds if over the maximum health amount.
• Health kits can be set to give a specific amount of health to the player, individually from other health kits.
• Increased grapple entity tongue size to make it easier for players to grapple onto things.
• Osprey Helicopters now fall and slide onto the ground a bit once they crash, and explode after a second or so. Any grunts riding inside of the craft are jettisoned out when it explodes (and killed)
• Tweaked func_pushables. Stop moving and +use one to "pick it up", move into it to push, or move into it and +use while aiming slightly downward to push with more control. Pick up and start moving to throw a short distance.
• When attacked, Barnacles will flinch in place making them easier to notice.
• Cleaned up sound effects, client-side effects, AI glitches, and a crash bug for the Shock Trooper monster.
• Tweaked/Reduced Shock Trooper damage resistance.
• Revamped trigger_hurt damage function, players get correct levels of damage regardless of lag level (E.g. no more instant deaths from trigger_hurts that give 20 damage)
• Re-worked ammo-dropping system to only drop as much ammo from the player as can be picked up by the standard ammo_entities.
• Medkit healing rate increased
• Added "item_generic" to the Sven Co-op FGD (Accidentally left out)
• Alien Grunt Hornets have 50% reduced sight range, and only tracking-hornets will be fired if the Monster can not see his enemy.
  • If enemy is visible, the alien grunt will fire hornets in a similar manner to the player hornetgun's secondary fire.
• Shell casings and gib models now properly bounce and react to the ground.
• Increased shell casing life time from 2.5 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Changed tongue orientation for the barnacle grapple.
• Screen now shakes when in proximity of grenades or other dangerous explosive devices, intensity of screen-shake based on damage.
• Tweaked shell-casing ejection points for a few weapons
• Crossbow zoom-toggle delay decreased
• Minor change: Monsters make a pain sound when they're injected with a needle from the Medic Grunt. Sorry, we had to do this :)
• Fixed schedule bug that affected monster attack animations.
• Monsters will immediately start following a new player when they're +used, instead of just stopping and clearing their old follow-target.
• New weapon: M249 Squad Automatic Weapon
• Pitdrones now hide from their enemies when reloading their spikes.
• Monsters now make various sounds to coincide with the NPC commands.
• Fixed a few issues with the "Create" command for mappers. Adding a "1" at the end of the input will toggle friendly/enemy monster spawning.
• Mandatory delay of 2 seconds added for teleports, to prevent impatient players from telefragging their team mates.
• Increased the turning/facing speed for Male Assassins
• Fixed rare crashbug related to humans running away from dangerous monsters
• Updated HWGrunt attacking behaviors and fixed tracking bugs
• Player Health column added to the scoreboard.
• Decreased accuracy for Otis and Medics that use the Desert Eagle handgun.
• Fixed some issues with monsters walking off of ledges.
• Re-worked Gargantua flame-mechanics for brush-based enemy support.
• Gargantuas now respond to bullets when shot from behind.
• Added light-based muzzle flashes to weapons
• New fair and balanced scoring system. The more health a monster has, the more points you receive for taking them out.
• Changed around head-bob mechanics for falling/landing. (Requested)
• Male Assassins now take more opportunities to use their grenade attack.
• Fixed problem with secondary attack not calling the dry-fire animation on the Glock 9mm.
• Scientists can now be set to "fear" players and other friendly monsters.
• Fixed various reloading glitches for the Glock and 357.
• Door improvement: Check added to make sure linked doors remain in-sync with eachother.
  • Can be disabled with flag.
• Set gl_round_down to default to 0, offers greater image quality.
• New Entity: Trigger_change_class
  • Changes a monster's classification when triggered.
• Changed some display errors in the sven-coop.fgd file.
• Fixed a friendly fire problem that caused monsters to shoot their partner's backs by mistake
• Falling into water is no longer a safeguard against fall-damage. The deeper the water, the lesser the impact.
  • Can be disabled in map CFG with "mp_water_falldamage 0"
• Light entities now have a flag to remove them from the world. As a result, they no longer [need] to add onto the entity count limit (Regardless of if you do specify a targetname for them)
• Global light control entity added. Mappers now have the ability to toggle all texture lights in a level on or off, or give them a specific pattern (e.g. flicker)
• Streaming audio support and *.pls playlist file support added for the Sven Co-op MP3 player.
• New Entity: trigger_track_goal
  • triggers a func_track_train to start moving toward a specific path_track path entity. Acts like a "call" button for elevators, and can be used to direct trains to specific destinations.
• Fixed akimbo uzi hud ammo visibility bug.
• Changed scoring system points per-monster.
• Weapon models can now have custom weapon muzzle sprites specified by the weapon.QC file. Use: { event 5005 "sprites/spritename.spr" } -
  • NOTE: Ensure sprite model is precached.
• Fixed various "freezing" problems with the Voltigore AI
• Fixed ancient bug which prevented "running through shallow water" sounds from playing
• Players no longer make "bubble" sounds when standing in water, sound effect now plays when fully submerged in water.
• Redundant server-side footstep sounds no longer play.
• Particle system created for water splashes and hit effects, etc.
• Mysterious "second bullet" decal mark is no longer drawn when the 357 and Sniper rifle fires.
• Mapper placed weaponboxes now automatically respawn.
• Fixed a series of third person player animation bugs.
• Tweaked Wrench secondary damage.
  • Takes about 5 seconds to charge up secondary fire, to give a maximum damage bonus of 85 damage points, in addition to the weapon's standard damage.
• Scientist now plays fear animation for gunshot fire (Bug existed since Half-Life)
• Fixed monster yaw speed handling.
• Players can now retrieve their own detpacks by +using them.
• Things like shell casings now float in the water.
• Offloaded FMOD DLL to svencoop cl_dlls folder to prevent any further 3rd party mod incompatibilities.
• Fixed several crashes with the mp3 player code.