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Next 1.13 Release: Spring 2011[message #267824]

Sun, 05 December 2010 15:32

wanne (aka RoWa21)

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Registered:October 2005
Location: Austria

Hy guys,

long time passed after the last official 1.13 Release (April 2008, Build: 2085).
In spring (march/april) 2011 we are going to make the next 1.13 Release public.

Here is a short milestone planning:

- Include new features/improve existing features till 2010/12/31
- 2011/01/01: Function Close. No new features till the official release in spring 2011
- 2011/01: Build Beta SCI (English, German, Russian, Polish)
- 2011/01: Closed Beta Test till end of february 2011
- 2011/03: Bugfixing till end of march 2011
- 2011/04: New 1.13 Release

Anyone who wants to help on

- testing
- bugfixing
- wiki documentation
- etc.

please leave a short comment here. Thanks.

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JA2 1.13 Closed Beta History Log (2011-02-01)
Revision: 4117

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** Bugfixes: GameDir files **
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- Replaced multiplayer STI for Main Menu by singlelayer STI
- Updated MercEdt/176.edt
- Fixed broken sound scheme for all tilesets in "ja2set.dat"
- Updated "Items.xml" and "Weapons.xml"
- Added a ja2_options.ini setting (USE_NCTH_CURSOR) to turn off the aperture and crosshairs of the NCTH cursor. Other data on the cursor remains active.
- Fixed problem with loading GM-94
- Added a new "ubHandling" tag to take the place of ubReadyTime in the weapon handling portion of the NCTH code.
- German: Fixed spelling mistakes in German.SectorNames.xml
- Russian: Translated texts in "INIEditorJA2.xml" and "LanguageMercProfiles.xml"

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** Bugfixes: ja2.exe **
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- !! IMPORTANT: The current ja2.exe is a Release Build with additional Debug informations, which is very useful for the developers. I hope this does not decrease performance! !!
- NCTH: Fixed projection factor so NCTH cursor displays the actual projection factor a shot will include. This also corrects the shooting aperture so it includes the laser bonus correctly
- NCTH: Split the NCTH "gravity" into two external values: GRAVITY_COEFFECIENT controls how rapidly bullets fall once we pass max range and RANGE_COEFFECIENT is applied against a weapons range value to determine max range.
- NCTH: Updated some of the scope related functions to properly use the trait bonuses for determining scope effective ranges
- NCTH: Remove the "confirm" click that is currently required to take an autofire shot
- NCTH: Corrected problems with the NCTH Recoil code
- NCTH: Fixed "bug" that results from shooting at a target who's facing is perpendicular to the shooters
- NCTH: Fixed a math bug that was causing accuracy during the shooting phase of NCTH to be calculated higher then it should have
- NCTH: Altered the NCTH cursor colors to be based on the final aperture size instead of the "muzzle sway"
- Fixed inventory display so that the "A" flag, highlighting and hatching takes NAS properly into consideration.
- Fixed assertion error after intro ends (without the ESC keypress by the user)
- Corrected skill traits for th wildfire mercs
- Adjusted salary for wildfire mercs
- Activate single file PNG support for "loadscreens/notification.sti" and "interface/splash.sti" in non-english versions
- Removed erroneous AttachmentSystem tags from various items in Items.xml. The only items that should be set to AttachmentSystem=1 are items that are not valid in NAS but things like knives, grenades, canteens and first aid kits all seemed to have been listed as "OAS-only". This should resolve that.
- Fixed GridNumber in "ShippingDestinations.xml" for destination shipping tile (Converted from INT16 to INT32)
- Updated UDB (EDB) to have AimLevels account for skill traits, and to display MaxCounterForce and CounterForceAccuracy
- Squad did not report if a NPC was found in sector (eg: Skyrider)
- Fixed CTH when repairing Items with additional repair mode (ADDITIONAL_REPAIR_MODE = TRUE)
- Fixed HAM 4 - EDB graphical glitches
- Fixed HAM 4 - EDB graphical glitches in shopkeeper screen
- Fixed CTH when giving Madlab a weapon with attachments
- Fixed no additional M.E.R.C merc where showing up to hire
- Fixed CTH when moving via helicopter from museum sector
- Fixed a problem where swapping one attachment for another would bypass the IncompatibleAttachments list
- German: Fixed CTD when opening BSE (IMP) mail
- German: Fixed CTD when compressing time in strategy screen
- German: Fixed wrong traits in Personnel Screen. This bug only occurd in GERMAN version
- Russian: Translation for new description box
- Russian: Translation for Old Skill Traits
- Russian: Translated bonuses for new Traits

[Updated on: Tue, 01 February 2011 13:04] by Moderator