Beta v1.06 Release

November 19th, 2012 by Xendrid

Where is Greenlight?!

Many of you have been wondering when our game will be available on Steam. We are working closely with Valve on making this a reality. We should be ready to launch on Steam with our next patch! We plan on making 1.07 our biggest patch yet. As development happens, we will throw up some videos on our YouTube channel.

Tired of Survival? Don't worry! nay0r, Lou Saffire, and thegregster are working on fresh objective maps. That doesn't mean we won't be giving you more Survival content though. Shirk is finalizing his map deemed Suburb Survival. In the next few weeks we will be showing you some screenshots and videos of those so keep a vigilant eye out.

As for the present, here is Beta 1.06 featuring two new weapons, a new blood tech, and saying goodbye to a lot of old Half-Life 2 content!

If you experience problems with the patch, try installing the full 1.06 client and see if that resolves any issues. If using the 'G' key for throwing weapons does not work, rebind the command in the console:

bind g +dropweapon

Beta 1.05 to 1.06 Patch

Beta 1.06 Client Full

Beta 1.06 Client Full - EU Mirror

Beta 1.06 Patch Notes

Code

Added option on character select dialog for ammo checks to be audio only, HUD only, or both
Added multiple voice sets for ammo checks, reloads, and voice commands; can be changed on character select dialog
Added weapon barrel smoke that appears after firing for an extended amount of time
Ammo checks, reloads, and voice commands now use temporary entities which should reduce network traffic
Backpedal speed no longer affected by stamina, and while ironsighted is about 3x previous speed
Blood tech on all weapons, when impacting or shoving flesh there is a 40% chance your weapon can become bloodied (stacks up to 4x)
Fixed infinite grenade bug
Fixed keypad getting stuck if up during a death or map change
Fixed possible crashes caused by zombie ragdolls
Fixed welder particles not appearing correctly
Increased player view height
Modified the way melee traces are done so that they should be a lot more accurate when aiming at the head
Re-added ammo counts to the ammo HUD
Supply helicopter is much more precise with its drop locations
Total stamina increased by 30%
Throwable weapons (hold down G with a melee weapon to throw)
Weapons and objective items can no longer be lost inside the clip for objects like body bags
Dropped weapons and ammo fall in a random direction so you can pick them up individually
Zombie spawning completely rebuilt for improved performance
Zombies catch each other on fire
Zombies will take different paths from each other, making navigation more realistic
Increased sound attenuation to facilitate more realistic player-player communications
Reduced overall zombie count for server performance and ping while increasing the density of zombies near players
Zombies spawn no less than twice the distance from players as in 1.05
Players will no longer spawn near zombies
Zombies will no longer respawn in small rooms once entered
Added spawn_density variable to mapper's overlord_zombie_helper entity to allow mappers to control the amount of zombies on their maps
Reduced stamina cost of shove to 50% if you hit your target
Increased blunt push back chance
Updated localization for Russian
Added Spanish localization
Added Italian localization
Added Japanese localization
Added initial Polish closed captions/subtitles
Changed default values of cl_cmdrate, cl_updaterate, rate to 60, 100, 60000
Zombies will spawn with 1 out of 3 possible collision groups, to stop the "super zombie" stacking
Weapon penetration is enabled for the Winchester 1892
Objective mode: func_zombie_spawn brushes no longer ignore the "start disabled flag". Be sure to use I/O to enable these zones when you want zombies in them.
mp_friendlyfire set to 0 by default (Server owners can re-enable friendly fire if they so choose)
If mp_friendlyfire is set to 0, players can now deal damage towards infected players
Improved map loading

Art

New particle textures
Brighter zombie flames
New welder sparks
New electrical trap particles
New grenade/gascan explosions
Reworked blood particles and textures
Finalized blood puddles
Updated muzzle flashes
Various environmental effects
Added 10 new blood decals and replaced various bullet impact art
Added kitchen knife melee weapon
Added Ruger MK III
Optimized various textures

Sound

Added new dynamic footstep playback system
Updated footstep sounds for various materials
Added clothes movement sounds for walking and running
Increased sample playback speed for running
Added new ambient fire sounds
Added new sounds for when a zombie's head explodes
Added new sounds for blood squirting out of the neck of decapitated zombies
Replaced all current melee swing sounds; sharp light, sharp heavy, blunt light, blunt heavy, fists.
Replaced flesh impact sounds; bullet impacts, blunt weapon impacts and sharp weapon impacts..
Replaced air vent sound on Northway
Decreased vending machine buzz volume on Northway
Decreased standing spot light buzz volume on Northway
Replaced weapon draw and holster sounds
Replaced shove sounds
Replaced ‘look-down-sights' sounds
Improved M16A4 hand tap sound
Improved Mac10 pull draw sound
Remastered the following gunshot sounds; Ruger, Mossberg, Remington and Winchester1892.
Added MK III fire and dry fire sounds
Replaced Revolver, MP5 and SV10 fire sounds
Replaced Heart beating sound
Updated breathing sounds

Maps

nms_northway
- Added a new parking area
- Welder can be found in underground level of the map
- Added barricade boards to safezones
- Added 5 random codes (found around the level on notes on walls) for the backroom-keypad of the warehouse area
- Added few more weapons and ammo around the map.
- Increased the amount of zombies spawning in the map
- Lowered runner-wave from 3 to 2, but in exchange, raised the child-wave from 4 to 5
- Finale should now happen at wave 9 instead of 13
- Reworked player spawns
- Added soundscapes for more atmospheric experience
- Optimizations
- Added playerclips to eliminate godspots
- Added 3D-skybox
- Added a third safezone, which is the "Security Room" behind the Market
- Added a third health crate

nmo_cabin
- Enhanced zombie spawning
- Increased weapon count and ammo count
- Added bandages/medkits
- Added barricade boards
- Polished some ares of the map

nms_favela
- Increased brightness
- Added soundscape
- Added winning scenario
- Changed final wave from 15 to 18

nmo_chinatown
- Replaced police lights with new particle effect
- Polished some ares of the map
- Added two new storage rooms in the map that contains extra supplies
- Further optimization

nmo_broadway
- Clipped all vehicles and godspots
- Tweaked weapon count
- Added bandages/medkits
- Added barricade boards
- Polished some areas of the map
- New spawn area with roof
- Added new particles
Custom Map Notice: In objective mode, func_zombie_spawn brushes no longer ignore the "start disabled flag". Be sure to use I/O to enable these zones manually if they are disabled.

Ammo Checking & Voice Sets

We added the ability to customize your character with different voice sets as well as tailoring the way you want your ammo checking to be.

You may have noticed from the changelog that we updated a lot of our sound effects, replacing some that were vanilla Half-Life audio. Last month we introduced Tom 'rezOnance' Wright to the team. He has been helping revamp a lot of the foley and sound effects within the game, and made a blog post about creating some of these sick sounds! Check it out here. Tom also put together a little video of the new sounds added to 1.06. Listen to some heads pop!

Stay alive!