Empires 2.52.9 Released

Added

• Added keybindings for selecting buildings to be placed as comm.

Fixed

• Fixed vehicle MGs damaging the wrong side.
• Fixed a parsing error on the chassis script by removing all mentions of the extra chassis. Added a ".bak" version of the chassis script that can unlock the extra chassis.
• Fixed NF heavy turret collision mesh.
• Fixed NF CV getting stuck on single turrets.
• Fixed missing snow camo on BE APC turret.
• Fixed BE APC using AFV turret instead of APC turret.
• Fixed an issue with sudden death not triggering properly.
• Fixed the top-right info panel sometimes not appearing for players.
• Fixed players having no equipment if their initial spawn was from a squad revive.
• Fixed machine pistol missing a kill icon.

Changed

• Removed barbed wire from NF walls.
• Removed BioMG and Bio Cannon from emp_escort.
• Redid BE CV collision mesh.
• Added a flat 3s firing delay to all vehicles upon creation.
• Comm turrets now auto-upgrade with the appropriate research.
• Reflective now does a linear decrease in damage from 100% at 0 degrees to 50% at 45+ degrees (Previously, it was the cosine of the angle, so this is a buff.)
• Dead players now have a small X on the scoreboard and their row colored grey.
• Attempted to remove bullet pushback, again.

Script Changes

Vehicle Weapons

• Plasma Cannon
  • Weight 100 -> 80

• Bio Cannon
  • Weight 100 -> 80

• Salvo GML
  • Cost 85 -> 80
  • Weight 100 -> 80
  • Clip Size 5 -> 6
  • Reload Time 8.5 -> 8.4

• Salvo HML
  • Cost 70 -> 80
  • Weight 100 -> 80

• Small Artillery Cannon
  • Cost 50 -> 60

• Medium Artillery Cannon
  • Name -> Double Artillery Cannon
  • HUD Name -> Double AC
  • Description -> An artillery cannon that fires twice as often as Small Artillery Cannon.
  • Cost 60 -> 120
  • Damage 140 -> 115
  • Speed 1500 -> 1700
  • Gravity 0.6 -> 0.8
  • Weight 100 -> 120
  • Cycle Time 1.6 -> 0.5
  • Clip Size 10 -> 20
  • Total Ammo Clips 3 -> 4
  • Reload Time 8 -> 5
  • Explosion Radius 700 -> 550
  • Explosion Force 600 -> 500

• Grenade Launcher
  • Cost 50 -> 30
  • Weight 50 -> 30

• Nuke
  • Name -> Nuclear Missile
  • Speed 1000 -> 1200
  • Cycle Time 12 -> 10
  • Projectile Spread 1.25 -> 0.5

• Fast ML
  • Cost 50 -> 30
  • Weight 40 -> 30

Vehicle Armor

• Brittle Armor
  • Health 80 -> 100
  • KineticResist -0.2 -> -0.5

• Capacitive
  • Regeneration -0.01 -> -0.06

Vehicle Engines

• Heavy Tank Engines
  • Standard
    • Max Speed 25 -> 20
    • Max Reverse Speed 20 -> 18

  • Gas Turbine
    • Max Speed 38 -> 33
    • Max Reverse Speed 35 -> 30

  • 3 Phase
    • Max Speed 40 -> 35
    • Max Reverse Speed 31 -> 26

  • Fission
    • Max Speed 32 -> 27
    • Max Reverse Speed 28 -> 23

  • Biology
    • Max Speed 31 -> 26
    • Max Reverse Speed 25 -> 20

  • Coolant
    • Max Speed 29 -> 24
    • Max Reverse Speed 22 -> 20

  • Compact
    • Max Speed 31 -> 26
    • Max Reverse Speed 25 -> 20

  • NF Commander
    • Horsepower 4250 -> 2550

  
  

Vehicle Chassis

• APC (NF & BE)
  • Max Grenade Launchers 2 -> 1

• Arty Tank (NF & BE)
  • Max Artillery Cannons 2 -> 1

• Heavy Tank (NF & BE)
  • Max Machine Guns 2 -> 1
  • brakeSteeringRateFactor 6 -> 30

• NF Jeep
  • Reverted handling to that of 2.52.5.

• BE Jeep
  • Changed handling to roughly match the NF Jeep.

• NF LT
  • powerSlideAccel 0 -> -200

• NF CV
  • powerSlideAccel 0 -> -250

• BE CV
  • powerSlideAccel 0 -> -250

Buildings

• All 30s Recycle Times Changed to 20s.
• MG Turret (NF & BE)
  • cost 50 -> 75
  • turret rof level 2 0.07 -> 0.08
  • turret rof level 3 0.035 -> 0.04

• ML Turret (NF & BE)
  • turret rof level 2 2.5 -> 3
  • turret rof level 3 1.5 -> 2

Infantry Weapons

• Significantly Changed.

Infantry Classes

• Significantly Changed.