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Track changes made to Nexuiz since its original version.

Version 2.5.2
Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:39 pm by hivltg

Bug #15: Strength bbox issue after using the lift on reslimed
Bug #19: Flood-Protection not suitable while timeout is active
Bug #21: SDL engine crash, related to sound module
Bug #206: Bots often stand around, particularly in eggandbacon
Bug #210: Onslaught: Generator explosion is just a rapid sound
Bug #211: Onslaught: Generator health is too high
Bug #214: Intermission music change causes hitching
Bug #243: ONS - Blue cannot start the game
Bug #257: Wrong kanji used on either HUD icon or pickup model (or both :P) of "shield"
Bug #258: gfx/colors/vga-#.tga broken
Bug #262: Vote not allowed after team change at round end
Bug #287: Pressed keys with cl_showpressedkeys should be more visible
Bug #296: DP: Properly check for core (non-extension) OpenGL features
Bug #307: Bots are broken when using g_weapon_stay
Bug #312: tiny z-fighting on Soylent
Bug #320: Onslaught changes need to be added to compat pack
Bug #337: Score limit slider adjusts Points when they aren't the scoring type
Bug #338: scoreboard disappears and is not able to be recalled
Bug #350: Teleport effects + patch cylinder = low performance
Bug #352: onslaught links are broken sometimes
Bug #359: Bots refuse to use certain jump pads
Bug #365: Black maps
Bug #390: Centre misprints
Bug #394: can't select >2 teams in TDM
Bug #400: Stats oddness
Bug #410: Bots try to make combos with the riffle
Bug #411: Error/crash starting dm when bots hold a flag
Bug #416: warning and 2 typos fixes
Bug #418: unstuck entity and low fps shooting the generator
Bug #419: Can join match after it ended
Bug #423: HUD Timer
Bug #425: Impossible to start a race in racetrack
Bug #433: Projectile Early Explode
Bug #441: turrets malfunction: they will shoot endlessly at a func_button
Bug #455: Toxic out of map glitch
Bug #456: Bot routing failures
Bug #461: Bot selection is a little too random
Bug #467: ons_reborn player spawn point in solid
Bug #468: Major problem with racetrack (Or the accelerator)
Bug #469: Single Player Bots dont activate if you join with F5 instead of space
Bug #470: Small problems with the waypoints
Bug #472: Announcer doesn't repeat "x mins remaining" after extendmatchtime
Bug #477: warmup never ends with g_warmup_limit 0
Bug #487: Weapon problems in minsta
Bug #501: Weapon accuracy stats tracked for some weapons in warmup mode
Bug #505: Turrets have wrong / out of place bboxes
Bug #509: Minor caulk bug on stormkeep2
Bug #511: Rocket projectiles stop moving and face down after being fired!!!
Bug #512: sbar_columns_help text not finished
Bug #517: Default menu background cropped with widescreen resolution
Bug #519: effectinfo corrupt?
Bug #520: jumping with cl_movement 0 looks buggy
Bug #521: Explosion sound is really low
Bug #522: Menu while in game has no darkened background
Bug #523: Ghosted items look bad at times
Bug #524: cullentities is slow at times
Bug #526: Very strange graphical glitch on playermodels
Bug #533: Sounds & weapon trails (all particle info entries perhaps?) sometimes disappear midgame
Bug #534: Tool tips
Bug #537: cl_showspeed numbers blurry in other gametypes than CTS/race
Bug #547: r_shadows
Feature #3: Stormkeep v2
Feature #20: cd cdaudio fixes and enhancements v1.0
Feature #104: Player mute command
Feature #152: name lenght check
Feature #220: Menu Tooltips / Flavor Text
Feature #224: Limit Bot Number Slider to Value of Player Slots Slider
Feature #253: dom_controlpoint tweaks
Feature #340: Motion Blur (And by extension, damage blur)
Feature #349: CTF Mercy Rule
Feature #397: CTF icon ping when status changes
Feature #402: HUD color
Feature #409: Rifle ammo counter around crosshair
Feature #438: Tutorial map
Feature #440: Fraggressor
Feature #457: Filter server list by server version
Feature #458: Aspect Ratio Slider
Feature #460: Cfg/alias hooks called from csqc (clientside hooks) and ssqc (serverside hooks)
Feature #463: Nexrun (CTS) map, "piece-o-cake"
Patches #17: Weapon Accuracy Patch
Patches #246: Console history on file v1.0
Patches #274: FruitieX's new HUD
Patches #288: console enhancements
Patches #292: DP: command interpreter should not interpret any text following the comment marker
Patches #295: Advanced Server Settings menu
Patches #297: cl_cmd help fix
Patches #299: Effect on item pickup
Patches #301: CTF - Flag Glow Trails
Patches #302: Custom bots team-overrider fix
Patches #303: rcon2irc improvements and additions
Patches #304: Expose isdemo() builtin to menuqc
Patches #309: ONS CP rotation fix
Patches #311: Tooltip graphic for Wickedz skin
Patches #313: advanced server settings - better layout
Patches #315: Better menu tooltips
Patches #318: New laser crosshair
Patches #319: New shotgun crosshair
Patches #321: More crosshairs (nex, RL)
Patches #322: some tooltips fixes
Patches #323: Flag pickup and capture effects
Patches #328: Crosshair size patch
Patches #329: Background image version generator script
Patches #335: Camp Rifle reload fix
Patches #336: Menu changes 12-06-2009
Patches #339: aggressor fix
Patches #342: Nicer waypointsprite font
Patches #351: Don't be avid!
Patches #355: "cd play" fix (SDL)
Patches #356: Showing Current Weapon Ammo on HUD
Patches #360: Fix the Sound "Airshot" and "Amazing" for mortar and electro
Patches #362: Score adjuster fix
Patches #367: Timer team background bugfix
Patches #372: Crosshair hitteam
Patches #375: New scoreboard style
Patches #388: Red complimentary textures for egypt
Patches #392: new map votation layout
Patches #395: 3in1 gameplay features patch
Patches #396: Doxygen support in dp
Patches #403: DrawQ_SetClipArea more precise
Patches #404: better cl_showspeed
Patches #407: SDL minimize-restore in windowed mode fix
Patches #408: color HUD and crosshair hit test fix
Patches #412: unknown command origin in effectinfo commented
Patches #413: different spectated player name position
Patches #414: Minstagib weapon recoil
Patches #417: HUD scores (in dm mode) fix
Patches #420: Don't spam users with "Shader ... already defined"
Patches #421: Race HUD improvements
Patches #424: unalias command
Patches #426: small scoreboard fixes
Patches #428: Correctly display all the scoreboard columns
Patches #429: sbar_showbinds better description
Patches #431: sbar.qc cleanups and optimizations
Patches #434: Some typos fixed
Patches #436: Last fixes to the scoreboard
Patches #439: Use elapsed time in warmup timer
Patches #447: New shaders into shaderlist
Patches #451: Better positioning for cl_showspeed and cl_showpressedkeys
Patches #459: CTS and Nexball in mapinfo dialog
Patches #464: New tooltips for the wicked themes
Patches #466: Record hitplots individually
Patches #471: generator under attack sound spam fix
Patches #474: Show correctly numbers with strokes
Patches #475: Toggle chat sounds
Patches #476: use of sbar_alpha_fg fixed
Patches #479: timeout cvars fixes
Patches #480: DOM teams fix
Patches #481: Small changes to the scoreboard
Patches #483: bot_vs_human fix
Patches #484: minsta sounds fix
Patches #486: Menu option for cl_gunalign
Patches #490: show only ammo needed (weaponarena and nixnex)
Patches #494: CTF speedrun fix
Patches #495: ultimate teams order fix
Patches #500: accuracy font problem fix
Patches #516: forced cl_netfps to match the server ticrate
Patches #525: mirror damage slider fix
Patches #531: g_waypointsprite_alpha

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Version 2.5.1
Wed May 20, 2009 6:26 pm by hivltg

2.5.1
* Memory leak fixed (important for dedicated servers)
* Muzzle flash bug fixed
* Six new music tracks by blkrbt
* Better loading screen. That fixed "this app does not respond" error on Vista.
* Better sounds by tenshihan
* Fixed choppy mouse movement with a custom 'cl_maxfps' value
* A few map fixes by terencehill
* Waypoint cache: Makes bots load much faster (the cache is created from normal waypoints when loading a map with bots for the first time)

Plus minor fixes found on our SourceForge Bug tracker.

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Version 2.5
Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:59 pm by hivltg

Almost a year of hard work, 3000 single changes, new developers and players, a few tourneys and lots of matches have passed since the last release.
Today the Alientrap team is proud to bring you a new and improved Nexuiz! Still trying to achieve this fine balance between fun and a challenge, you will notice lots of small additions that will make playing even more fun.
Some larger changes like the new guns and particle effects will make you want to dive into the great and friendly Nexuiz community, while the large additions including the race game mode, some new maps and improved netcode will take away lots of hours of your free time.
Do you dare to take a look and see for yourself what a totally free and open source game can be?

New features include:

* Completely redone HUD and user adjustable scoreboard
* Totally rewritten Client/Server communication to cut the bandwidth usage in half
* New gamemode "Race". Try to get from start to end of a level as fast as possible. Available as free-for-all and team variant. Further allows to play with or without a qualification period.
* Added several new weapons (on-hand Grappling Hook, Port-O-Launch, T.A.G. Seeker, Heavy Laser Assault Cannon, Rifle)
* Map editor NetRadiant included
* Improved all effects for eye candy and tweakability
* All maps recompiled with external lightmaps which allow for much crisper shadows
* Added maps desertfactory (DM, TDM, MinstaGib), racetrack (Race) and made aggressor support Key Hunt
* New player sounds, announcer sounds/voices, textures, crosshairs, weapon models, effects and menu skins
* Added support for video capture to OggTheora
* Integrated the Havoc mod into the menu! Havoc servers use quite different physics and weapons, give it a try!
* Fixed a crash with ATI drivers on shutdown or vid_restart
* Fixed several problems with lagging gameplay/crashes/wrong display of effects
* Improved bots (teamworking, bunnyhopping, swimming, better way finding, support for ladders, less CPU usage, faster map loading)
* Better visual display of carried items (Strength, Shield, flags and keys)
* Better parental guidance support with cl_gentle and cl_nogibs
* Lots of tourney-related features (timeout/in, spectator-slots, allready, warmup mode, lockteams, unlockteams, movetoteam_red/blue/..., nospectators, records, cointoss)
* Added some effects customization options like cl_casings, cl_weaponpriority
* Many more map entities allowing for more dynamic maps
* Restructured and improved menu: demos menu and multiple campaigns are back, also added an advanced menu containing ALL settings of the game

For a more complete list of changes see: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=672474&group_id=81584

As usual, you can download the newest release from our download page.
To see the changes in action check out our new video on the front page.
If you are providing a mirror of the release, please notify us so we can add it to the official mirror list. For any comments, suggestions or questions, please refer to our forum or the FAQ.

Because of many major changes there is NO PATCH available.
To make sure nothing breaks, you should use a new directory to unzip Nexuiz 2.5!

If you use 2.5 and see a server with no gametype it's an 2.4.2 server, don't play on those. :)

Alientrap is also currently looking for new coders, modellers, mappers and people experienced with creating sound effects.
If you feel like helping improve Nexuiz or Zymotic please contact the team via forum or IRC.

Changes:
CHANGES from 2.4.2 to 2.5:
compat-q3a: switch crylink/hagar, as crylink is closer to BFG and hagar is closer to Plasmagun
engine: add a half-baked "commandmode" (currently it has, like messagemode, no history, no line editing)
engine: added blend and orientation commands for effectinfo.txt (overrides the defaults chosen by the particle type)
engine: added cvar sv_gameplayfix_gravityunaffectedbyticrate - off by default
engine: added shader keywords dpshadow and dpnoshadow (no parameters), these modify the shadowing properties of a mesh, regardless of its other properties
engine: allow cl_maxfps and cl_maxidlefps to be 0, meaning unlimited (like in many QW clients)
engine: Blub's "deflate" extension to the download system. Currently only provides csprogs.dat in deflated form. Compatible in both directions, compression is only done if both client and server use this new code.
engine: capturing to ogg/theora video (cl_capturevideo_ogg; requires theora and vorbisenc dlls), ogg and avi capturing are now modules in the engine
engine: cl_demo_mousegrab
engine: csqc can get bone infos
engine: cvarlist now accepts wildcards
engine: demo recording: stuff csprogs.dat files into .dem files so demos can always be played back
engine: disable DGA mouse by default
engine: effectinfo: add "stretchfactor"
engine: fix a possible bug with zym model animation (this looks like a typo, and fixing it makes the shotgun anim in nexuiz appear more consistent)
engine: fix bugs with q1bsp/hlbsp rotating submodels
engine: fixed crash with ATI drivers on shutdown or vid_restart
engine: fixed pointsound in csqc
engine: fixed several collision bug regarding non solid players
engine: fix memory corruption when using trailparticles with an effect that has a dlight
engine: get rid of skinframe loading spam on dedicated servers
engine: if in menu, make con_closeontoggleconsole.integer also enable the toggleconsole key
engine: implemented occlusion query support on corona rendering, this enables coronas to fade according to the percentage of occluded pixels around the light origin, giving a more realistic corona behavior
engine: implemented zpass shadowing, not used yet
engine: model_brush: use the same tesselation number for patches in the same LOD group (q3map2 writes the same mins/maxs for any patch inside a LOD group, and this fact is used for identifying LOD groups)
engine: mod_q3bsp_nolightmaps: do not load lightmaps, use the bad q3map2-written vertex lighting instead (you have been warned). Mostly useful for maps with HUUUUGE lightmaps on low-end systems.
engine: new command by terrencehill: "status 1" and "status 2" as alternate, more readable status displays. "status" unchanged.
engine: new tcmod: "tcmod page ", as poor man's animmap alternative (stores all frames in ONE image in a x grid, and switches to the next frame every seconds)
engine: open client sockets before video starts, so that the Windows Firewall prompt will occur before video starts (it tends to screw up graphics contexts otherwise)
engine: Q3BSP: only generate the shadow mesh if on a client. Skip that part on the dedicated server. Reduces load time and memory usage on a dedicated server.
engine: Q3's EF_TELEPORT_BIT added, to skip interpolation for a frame
engine: r_shadows 2: cast shadows always DOWN, ignore level lighting
engine: r_showsurfaces 3 "eeepc mode"
engine: showtopspeed variable added
engine: snd_spatialization_control: earphone friendly mode, reduces spatialization for distant objects
engine: sv_status_privacy", "0", "do not show IP addresses in 'status' replies to clients
engine: vid_netwmfullscreen, optional fullscreen mode for linux/glx allowing to alt-tab away from the game
game: airshot announcer for midair hits with the mortar
game: all projectiles and their effects are clientside now, massive bandwidth reduction
game: alternate HUD is now default
game: antilag improved
game: assault bugfixed
game: ballistics for bullets (but antilagged by default), that is all bullet guns (shotgun, machinegun, campingrifle) are affected by gravity and can pierce walls and players up to a certain thickness depending on gun)
game: better visual hint for unbalanced teams
game: bots can do bunnyhopping now
game: carrying strength and shield has less of a performance impact now
game: cl_gentle, clientside gib replacement for general audiences
game: cmd maplist improved
game: colors improved (TODO credit sev in nexuiz-credits.txt!)
game: command allready
game: command "cmd records"
game: command lockteams, unlockteams
game: command movetoteam_red, ...
game: command nospectators
game: command records
game: command vlogin must be used instead of vdo login now
game: command weapbest
game: crylink tweaked (bounce does half damage, damage lowered, primary consumes 2 cells)
game: ctf capture records now can only be made on an otherwise empty server, prevents "assisted" records
game: ctf flag touching when dead bug fixed
game: ctf scoring now uses flags, not frags (added several scoring options and configs)
game: custom weapon priorities for bots
game: cvar cl_casings
game: cvar cl_showpressedkeys
game: cvar cl_weaponpriority* (up to 10 custom weapon orders can be bound to a key)
game: cvar cl_weaponpriority_useforcycling (uses the menu set weapon priority for the normal next/prev commands)
game: cvar g_balance_ctf_damageforcescale
game: cvar g_balance_electro_combo_speed (secondary balls explode delayed, in a kind of chain reaction)
game: cvar g_bloodloss - a new pointless mutator ;)
game: cvar g_bugrigs*
game: cvar g_ctf_allow_drop
game: cvar g_ctf_fullbrightflags
game: cvar g_ctf_ignore_frags
game: cvar g_domination_point_fullbright
game: cvar g_instagib REMOVED (use arena mutator with minstanex)
game: cvar g_jump_grunt
game: cvar g_maxplayers (allows to create spectator slots)
game: cvar g_pickup_respawntime*
game: cvar g_pinata
game: cvar g_showweaponspawns (shows the location of guns on the maps if trying to switch to a gun that is not carried)
game: cvar g_spawn_furthest
game: cvar g_spawnpoints_auto_move_out_of_solid
game: cvar g_spawnshield_time automatically disables itself when shooting
game: cvar g_start_delay
game: cvar g_touchexplode
game: cvar g_warmup
game: cvar g_weaponreplace_*
game: cvar sv_clones
game: cvar sv_gentle
game: cvar sv_maxidle
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_after_countdown
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_nag
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_repeatable
game: cvar sv_vote_stop, the amount of time till one can vote again after stopping ones own vote
game: cvar teamplay_lockonrestart
game: cvar timelimit_overtime, timelimit_overtimes, timelimit_suddendeath (timelimit_maxovertime removed)
game: fix a server crash exploit
game: fix flag falling through bunker
game: fix q3skoredm1
game: fix some memory leaks
game: free camera for demo playback
game: friendly fire slightly added now
game: handle sv_foginterval on the client now
game: headshot announcer for the camping rifle
game: hook attaches to moving objects
game: hook can pull players (but detaches when that player shoots you)
game: hook detaches when teleporting
game: hook is no longer "seta"
game: hook jitter-less (full client side drawing)
game: hook sky-attach bug fixed
game: hook weapon consumes cell ammo
game: improved bot ai: teamworking, items rating, weapon combos, swimming, basic handling of ladders, better handling of jumpads, better detection of dangers, recognition of doors
game: improved weapon system, new weapons Port-O-Launch, MinstaNex, On-hand hook, TAG Seeker, HLAC, Camping Rifle; now up to 24 weapons supported
game: IP ban syncing support (servers can share a ban list, can be used as a kind of global IP ban system)
game: item respawn: 20s for 50health and 25armor
game: jetpack (g_jetpack, or entities item_jetpack, item_fuel, item_fuel_regen)
game: kick banned players also when they try to talk
game: lemmings countdown ('kill' and switching teams is no longer instant)
game: log can get :time: events
game: lots of weapon content changes, new models, new animations etc.. (shot origins)
game: map voting: map preview images to help identify the maps
game: map voting: nodetail 1 as default (does not show what others voted for)
game: more crosshairs added
game: more different death types
game: new dom points by ai
game: new music track by meoblast001 (TODO nexuiz-credits.txt)
game: new particle effects
game: new tokenizer fixing weirdly split kick reasons/vote commands
game: new weapon and player sounds
game: optimize bot waypoint loading
game: performance improved (fteqcc -O3)
game: race game type (see Docs/basics.html for more details)
game: ready now toggles the ready state
game: ready status shown in the scoreboard
game: rocket launcher detonation fixed when button was pressed only for a very short time
game: scoreboard much improved
game: scores per-team
game: show the WelcomeMessage only on join for welcome_message_time seconds or when +show_info is pressed because many people did not know you can make this msg disappear with +zoom. add a line telling specs and observers about +show_info in the upper right
game: some voice command samples are used along with team messages
game: sounds: model specific player sounds
game: sv_foginterval
game: teamkill and typekill complaints and sounds
game: team radar (sv_cmd bbox, sv_cmd radarmap commands to create/debug it!)
game: texturecompression for lightmaps off (workaround for OS X bug)
game: timeout/in feature
game: turrets
game: vote call is now possible for server admins too
game: weapons rebalanced according to frag statistics
game: zoom unlagged, detect zoom scripts (for spectating/demos)
map: aggressor supports keyhunt
map: all maps recompiled, now with external lightmaps which look way better
map: new maps accident, desertfactory, racetrack
mapping: added egyptsoc textures
mapping: allow mins/maxs specification for brush entities instead of models (as alternative)
mapping: armor_big (50 armor)
mapping: automatic shader generator script
mapping: entities.def updated
mapping: entity func_breakable
mapping: entity func_door: make DOOR_NOT_LINK work
mapping: entity func_door_rotating
mapping: entity func_pointparticles
mapping: entity func_sparks
mapping: entity func_train now supports -1 wait on path_corner, making it NOT wait
mapping: entity info_null now removes itself (as it should); this DOES break some maps that need fixing now
mapping: entity info_player_start now triggers other entities when someone spawns
mapping: entity misc_follow
mapping: entity misc_gamemodel, func_illusionary replacing misc_models
mapping: entity misc_laser changed and improved
mapping: entity target_spawn (BEWARE OF THE)
mapping: entity trigger_flipflop, trigger_monoflip, trigger_multivibrator
mapping: entity trigger_heal
mapping: entity trigger_hurt now can set a message2 as death message for push-kills
mapping: entity trigger_items
mapping: field nottargeted overrides targetname checks in e.g. func_door (so it can be used for misc_follow without needing an extra trigger)
mapping: field team on items, and cnt as weight
mapping: filtering by gametype: "gametypefilter" "+ctf,kh"
mapping: LOD for misc_models and similar entities
mapping: mapname.cfg is deprecated. Use clientsettemp_for_type and cdtrack in mapname.mapinfo
mapping: randomizing origin, angle or angles fields: "originjitter", "anglejitter", "anglesjitter" fields
mapping: target2, target3, target4 as extra target fields
mapping: team field in trigger_teleport and trigger_push
mapping: triggers now MUST be common/trigger; their exact shape now works (no longer their bbox)
mapping: turrets
mapping: zeroradiant support, bugfix patchset updated
map: reslimed: less distracting fog
map: some more TDM map settings
map: starship and silvercity: no CTF
media: new weapon system (see cl_weaponsystem.qc comment about model formats)
menu: blueplastic skin
menu: channel mixer
menu: cvar list editor
menu: demo browser
menu: game type in server browser
menu: input box margin now in chars, not percent
menu: more settings
menu: mouse fixed in -game pro (now havoc)
menu: multicampaign is back
menu: new playermodel previews (sev)
menu: play button in map info
menu: server favorites
menu: server info
menuskins: big buttons as extra graphics
menuskins: COLOR_SCROLLBAR_C
menu: skin selector
menuskins: HEIGHT_DIALOGBORDER
menu: weapon priority dialog
menu: wicked skins (7 different)
misc: +exec benchmark.cfg
misc: new color codes ^xRGB
models: new flag model
models: specop now knows that she is female
rcon2irc: disconnect fix
rcon2irc: irc_trigger

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Version 2.4.2
Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:48 pm by hivltg

No changelog available