Open Beta 2

Open Beta 2
Release
Developer	Totem Arts
Game	Renegade X
Release date	March 21, 2014
Previous patch	Open Beta 1
Next patch	Open Beta 3

Open Beta 2 was the second major update for the standalone version of Renegade X, released on March 21, 2014.

Changes

Balance/gameplay fixes

• Airstrike Deploy time increased slightly
• Airstrike Beams are more visible
• Airstrike Reduced damage and splash damage
• Airstrike Price increased to 800 credits
• Fixed not losing Sidearms in MP
• Fixed hitting left Alt (walking mode) and releasing it while in ADS allowing you to go back to normal speed while staying in ADS
• Fixed Stealth Tank kicking up dirt after it has been shot once (till it fired and cloaked again)
• Gun/Rocket Emplacements now have the same health as an MRLS/Arty
• Gun/Rocket Emplacement now has a longer respawn time
• Gun/Rocket emplacement damage and range
• Fixed bolt action reload weapon fast firing bug
• Fixed bots being able to see cloaked units
• Fixed being able to lock onto cloaked units
• Artillery's projectile speed increased to counter arch's impact on difficulty
• Mammoth Tank speed reduced
• Stealth Tank missile range reduced
• MRLS Lock Tolerance reduced
• Machine Pistol has infinite ammo
• Machine Pistol damage reduce slightly
• Railgun / PIC have faster rate of fires
• All bullet firing vehicles have faster bullet projectiles
• Mammoth Missiles use a different particle effect
• Mammoth Missiles damage reduced
• A cloaked Stealth Tank can be seen from further away
• Guard Tower projectile travels faster
• Added a GDI/Nod version of the SMG/Machine Pistol so that GDI/Nod have colour coded bullets like AR
• Fixed C4 that destroyed a vehicle also damaged the ejected driver
• Reduced default deathcrate probability to 0%
• Grenade damage & splash radius reduced
• Grenade equip & reload times increased

User interface

• Fixed an issue where above medium texture settings would cause graphical lighting issues.
• Added bobbing intractable arrow over targeted units
• Changed "E to enter" to show over the interactable arrow
• Enemy nickname can hide behind dynamic objects
• Added proper localization strings for Rx_Game. Primarily, this shows "C&C Mode" on the loading screen instead of "Team Deathmatch"
• Added GameVersion, MapName to servers fetching for server list
• Now server list (in game) will only add servers that are same version as game
• Fixed PT not closing when in PT while the map ends
• Fixed one frame lag on targeting box
• Defenses controlled by AI no longer show enter-able arrow
• Enterable arrow, intractable message, and showing your own player name are all now toggle-able via ini
• Implement ping, and map name as well as mapImage in the server browser
• Fixed the issue on joining the wrong server in server browser ingame after sorting
• Reworked parsing the resolution list.
• Fixed ingame menu's "suicide"
• Added ability to target purchase terminals and MCTs
• Added tips when parachuting, or targeting Tech, or Enemy MCTs. These can be toggled
• Gave everything its own unique DamageType, so that the specific Weapon/Vehicle used can be identified
• Fixed up some death messages showing the wrong icon. (Does not fix Headshots or RunOvers)
• Fixed dying while in PT screen didn’t close the PT and then buying something spawned you at the middle of the map
• Chat message duration is now three times longer and chat line count is now twice as much
• Implement a dllbind to check which graphic card adapter the player use. This is be used for checking adapter specific settings such as FXAA and MLAA settings, APEX, etc
• Added a temporary column for scoreboard for ping values. Ping has been implemented ingame scoreboard
• Added a header for server name in scoreboard UI
• Video settings will now exit its settings window once it is successfully applied its settings
• Fixed the missing Tiberium Autorifle icons and Tiberium Flechette icons for previous and next weapons in HUD
• Fixed the GDI PT shortcut issue where using the Chinook hotkey purchased an Orca and the Orca hotkey did not work
• User messages (names and chat messages) displayed on the HUD can no longer be parsed as HTML
• Can now donate via console using name matches with "donate" command

Maps

• Fixed collision issue with Refinery which allowed you to place a beacon in a non-disarm-able place next to the silo
• Weapons Factory ramps now have a collision piece which prevents beacons to be placed in non-disarm-able location

Islands:

• GDI can no longer base to base from their vantage point
• GDI MRLS can no longer bombard Nod ref from their side of the field
• Added invisible barriers at both GDI/Nod vantage points
• Reduced screen dust effect

Walls:

• Fixed vehicle collision blockers which were deemed invalid.
• GDI base cannot be entered through use of exploit anymore
• Landscape LODs faster for increased performance.
• Slightly moved pyramids over for extra visibility
• Fixed GDI right side collision issue

Whiteout:

• Added tunnels (Work in Progress)

Field:

• Updated lighting
• Map made slightly brighter
• Reduced fog effect on field

Lakeside:

• Disabled blurry post process along the river.
• Removed all dynamic level events.
• Various fixes and updates.
• New rock textures.

Mesa:

• Disabled screen rain drop effect.
• Fixed super loud lightning sounds.
• Reduced fog values by 50% per emitter.

Goldrush:

• Moved GuardTowers to cover more ground.
• Added more armour to (sniper) watchtowers.
• GDI bridge is now a tighter chokepoint.
• Hand of Nod is now more easily accessible to GDI infantry.
• End of the Nod bridge has gained some cover for GDI / Nod to utilize to balance with GDI bridge.
• Nod can no longer bypass GDI bridge and go straight into the river.

Performance

• Disabled speed tree leaves and fronds on all graphics settings, as they seemed to be causing crashes for some users, and we don't use them at all.
• Doors no longer replicates open/close states. It's completely simulated locally now.
• Vehicle seats now replicate properly.

Others

• Crashing on map change reduced considerably if not removed entirely. (No internal test crash was reported)
• Fixed check for endgame announcement.
• Parachute, boink, and credit flow sounds now have proper sound classes and should have their volumes be adjusted when the appropriate volume setting is tweaked
• Added new Automatic Rifle animations and sounds
• Added ping functionality
• Reduced intro volume
• Fixed a critical bots bug where it was possible to crash the server
• Removed Building Repaired EVA sound for the time being
• Added bBotsDisabled server parameter and added it to the server settings info list
• Increased vote time to 30 seconds
• Changed voting system so it should be easier to pass/fail votes.
• Hacks that allowed entering the enemy PTs should not work anymore
• Removed the reward message stuff so there should be no UT3 announcer
• Added "recordDemo" command that lets you start a 2 minute long serverside demo without having to be logged in as admin
• Added the ability to see player IPs in Demos
• Added a ClientList command that displays Player ID, IP, SteamID, Team and Name of all connected clients
  • Can be used in-game by logging into admin/moderator then using "AdminClientList"
  • Can be used remotely by executing "LogClientList"
• Added the ability for us to globally ban IPs and IP masks aswell as Steam-IDs
• Changed MaxPlayers default to 40
• Added a random team swap option for use with clanwars until auto-league integration is up
• Added a delay between allowing name changes
• No two players can have the same name
• Added a server-customisable message filter
• Added log message for player name changes
• Temporarily removed Rcon Whitelist and Banning due to UDK bug giving the wrong IP
• '\n', '\t' and 'nbsp' in Chat Messages or Names now get replaced with a normal space
• Updated log messages to be nicer to parse, tokens are separated by nbsp

See also

• Upcoming game update on the Totem Arts Forums
• Open Beta 2 is now available! on the Totem Arts Forums