DOD SOURCE BETA UPDATE RELEASED

[madmax24]

Hi for any guests of the Alcove forum here is the latest news

Okay it looks like the Beta test of the Update has been released Friday per the forum link below


forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=685289


in this update:

from Fuzzdad on the DOD forums

Here's a more comprehensive changelist. There's clearly more in the update w/move to the Orange Box engine but those are the major changes for now. The reason the exploit-fixed maps are not yet in the update is because recompiled DoDS maps in the new engine have lighting issues they are still working to correct.


Quote:
Originally Posted by MattBoone
Welcome to the Day of Defeat: Source Beta forum. For the upcoming update, we'll be running a short beta test period, open to anyone that owns Day of Defeat: Source.

Changes in this update:

- added Dod_Palermo, updated map based on Dod_Salerno by Insta
- added Steamworks features, including achievements and player avatars
- added Nemesis and Revenge
- added Freeze Cam
- friendly players no longer collide with each other
- many particle systems have been improved
- changed the algorithm for bullet spread to be more like the original Day of Defeat
- reduced Garand recoil
- View position is now adjusted when zoomed with rifles and sniper rifles to help with player visibility around corners


Planned changes not in this update:

- Per-player stats linked to Steam Community
- many map exploit fixes

We welcome any bug reports in this forum, or by email to me at [e-mail].

To find the beta update and take part in it

I think it'll work like this...if you are a DoDS owner you'll be "invited" to participate in the Beta test via the Beta Test Participation link on the Steam->File->Settings->Account->Change. It will download a complete DoDS...so you *should* have both the original DoDS and the beta DoDS on your HD at the same time


Yours
Madmax

[ThirdSin]

omg lower garand recoil!!!! sweeeeet, its almost unfair to be a Nazi

[madmax24]

May 28, 2008, 5:00 pm

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source Beta

Fix for client crash in spectator gui

Fixed third person tracers not drawing properly

Reverting view position change when sniper zoomed

Added cvars dod_playrivalrysounds and dod_playachievementsound

Suicide no longer removes a kill

Fixed bullet decals being misaligned when iron sighted

Fixed being able to dominate a teammate if friendlyfire was on

sv_friction and sv_stopspeed are now accessible again

Reduced size of impact effects at distance

Fix for deployed bazooka and mg having full mouse sensitivity

Fix for iron sight deploy animation sometimes taking longer

Player avoidance now prevents stationary players from occupying the same space

Some particle systems updated

Fixes to the custom map achievement
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June 3rd update


Day of Defeat: Source Beta

Added Steamworks stats

New team identifier icons as rewards for completing

achievements - 1 per class achievement, and 1 for completing
all achievements

Added cvar dod_friendlyfiresafezone - units around the player where they will do no direct damage on FF on servers ( default 100 units )

Dropping a weapon in the spawn and changing class will now fizzle out the dropped weapon

Fixed unducking while jumping potentially getting you stuck in the roof

Player model fixes to address the 'left peek' issue

Fixed kb_act default binding for large map being broken

Marked r_screenfademinsize and r_screenfademaxsize as cheats

Players now respawn even if they have the class menu up - changing class will respawn them instantly now

Fixed "Don't Tread On Me" achievement triggering off of
bomb defuses

Fixed long range rocket achievement being awarded when
you kill an ironsight k98 or garand

Fixed picking up an mg42 with an empty clip playing the wrong
animation

Achievement progress now stored in steam

Added more default crosshairs

Adjusted scoreboard to make the local player a bit more readable

Well it appears that the Devs have been listening to the majority of players and have worked in some fixes for problems that have been around since the game first came out As it sure looks like a lot of stuff got fixed so looking good for the final gold new version of DO in the near future


Yours
Madmax

[madmax24]

New Update [6/10/08]

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New update coming out today.

The friendlyfire tag fix is partially done - won't go into effect until we update the engine, which will be sometime before the beta goes live.

dod
- achievements are now all stored locally as well for offline achievement dialog
- fixed view model lag being jittery
- fixed some viewmodels occasionally skipping their fire animations
- fixed quickswitch exploit
- fixed some overlays being too transparent
- fixed a case where an enemy player could be credited for an area capture
- playtime statistic now records time spent as class, not time alive as a particular class
- upload stats when we join spectator, change class and on changelevel
- fixed crash with ai_test_los console command
- adjusted global bloom scale
- new nemesis icon

Madmax

[madmax24]

New Update [6/18/08]

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Should be going live this evening. It's a bigger one as we're updating some of the official maps.

- Many updates to official maps to improve lighting and fix exploits ( go FD! )
- fixed 4 grenade kill achievement being awarded with less than 4 kills
- adjusted grenade trail particle effect
- fixed achievement particle effect
- changes to smoke grenade particle effect to increase performance
- increased screen fade radius of smoke grenade
- snipers can no longer sprint while zooming their sniper rifle
- steam community avatar image now includes friend status


Yours
Madmax

[madmax24]

Some extra info on some new changes to the next beta update or Final version.

Quoting FuzzDad on the DOD Forums

Ok. Map changes were locked for a final push (not sure if it's another beta run or first release). Not all the cosmetic changes on Anzio made it in time but I think most of the rest of the maps had their exploits and faults corrected (for the most part). I did not touch Jagd or Colomar (they remain as-is as far as I know).

FPS on Anzio beach went from 50 in current beta release to 101 in final beta release for me. Regular DoDS Anzio beach fps for me is 94. That's a 6% or so increase in fps from current DoDS to what will replace it. Note: The beach in Anzio has always been rough on fps so don't expect miracles...and since there's no fighting on the beach, fps issues there are basically irrelavent. I do not have final engine build so I cannot speak to smoke nade perf.

Most of the really dark models were brighter and there were no awful-bad black shadows. On HDR the maps were fairly bright.

So basically...most of the stuff I said I fixed made it to the final build expect for a few cosmetic deals w/Anzio and maybe one or two clips. IMO, lighting is better, I know perf is better in places, and I believe most major exploits are gone. Team walls are in, better clipping is in-place on most maps, and some maps had specific minor perf work done (adding areaportals and occluders for you mappers out there). Valve proper also worked on a few of the maps in-shop while I did some as an outside contractor.

Yours
Madmax