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0.98.8 update released!

Changelog:

  • ai: vehicle navigation tweaks
  • ai: no longer throws grenades at enemies in water
  • ai: fixed preventing throwing grenades at skydiving enemies
  • ai: entering a vehicle with a large squad with no slots for everyone, the guys to be left without seats do not hump the vehicle anymore while others are entering the vehicle
  • ai: fixed some corner humping
  • ai: potential fix for a medic bug, the one where an lmg medic decides to dive over the wounded instead of saving him
  • items: TOW resource added
  • items: items now collide more accurately with vehicle collision boxes
  • items: increased space margin for deployment building
  • minimodes: teddy hunt crate is automatically spotted for both factions when the crate spawns, making it visible in map
  • minimodes: no more double countdown when a playlist comes to an end
  • minimodes: substage logic now switches off when the substage ends, avoiding after match score notifications
  • minimodes: team deathmatch scores now feature a scaling factor based on player count
  • minimodes: initial Rattlesnake Crescent adaptation for minimodes
  • invasion: completing the last map loops back to first with a countdown timer again
  • campaign: enemy weapon delivery counts now live over map changes
  • campaign: final map set to start at night time
  • campaign: final battle extraction helicopter now attracts some AI near the extraction area
  • online: fixed leaking backpack visual
  • maps: Keepsake Bay ladder fixes
  • maps: Moorland Trenches Suburbs spawn points had vanished, now back again
  • maps: Vigil Island tweaks
  • maps: loot crates placed here and there in most maps
  • mapview: click to respawn -hint now shows only when respawn timer has expired
  • spotting: friendly territory enemy vehicle spotting enabled
  • controls: crosshair hit detection improved; objects (including walls) behind platforms no longer capture aim target when standing on platform
  • characters: dropping or swapping a weapon now updates the underlying pose/animation
  • weapons: deployed weapons offset AI sight origin a bit to see over obstacles
  • vehicles: unified winter vehicle stuff, easier maintenance
  • effects: improved surface effect performance
  • effects: surface effect is now saved at alt-tab before the texture render target is lost, and loaded when returning to game
  • UI: fixed some 4:3 video mode menu layout issues
  • radio: changed using radio when in jamming conditions to something more sensible
  • objects: added static_object specs, basically allows creating different sorts of destructible objects, like crates
  • rewards: healing a wounded unit now gives a RP reward on top of the already existing XP reward
  • HUD: Major and Lieutenant Colonel images exchanged
  • audio: soundtrack now starts when reaching an extraction point in campaign, predicting loading screen
  • audio: smoother soundtrack fading when game updates are not even
  • audio: weapon shot sounds tweaked
  • Steam: Join friend's game support added