Neocron Evolution - Update Notes

Created on 10/24/2013 3:23:57 PM

Reworked netcode (see known issues)
Window mode now supports very high resolutions as well (numbers must be multiples of two)
Fixed a number of exploits and critical security issues
Fixed a number of bad world data causes
Fixed an issue with the loginserver
Fixed a number of gameserver crashes
Fixed incorrect team money distribution
Team money distribution is now calculated at once instead of receiving all money first, then paying a share to teammates
Fixed a bug that caused NPCs to retreat from combat
NPCs now use a line of sight for targeting that is comparable to that of player characters
Fixed drones not launching in a number of situations
Reduced wait time between drone launches, in case a launch failed
Appartment passwords may now contain the ' char
Account passwords may now contain the chars . and #
Slightly tweaked/increased overall performance

Netcode/Clipping: The reworked netcode is much more accurate than any previous version. While this is great in many ways and will reward good movement in PvP, it also introduces a problem: With player movement not being the soft pulp it used to be, the uncapped Evol 2.2 runspeeds can now make it very difficult to keep lock on your target. We feel that it may be benefitial for PvP to tone down ultra fast runspeeds even before we get to the greater balancing. Of course, we appreciate constructive feedback regarding the matter and will continue to observe how things pan out on retail.
Server stability: The patch introduced a number of new issues of which we have contained many, but not all. Naturally, a fix for the known issues will be provided at the soonest possibility.

Created on 10/23/2013 12:50:40 PM

Patch R177

Fixed a number of exploits
Fixed a number of server and client crashes
Fixed a bug that could lead to damaged chardata
Interpolation (clipping) fix redone from the ground up
Fixed an issue preventing players from activating Gene Replicators inside appartments
Fixed the combat rank of droners being lower than expected in certain cases
Fixed the CR being too low when changing zones inside a vehicle
Fixed the respawn behaviour of several container types (containers spawning quest items, e.g. Grim's ID cube, as well as hacknet code fragments)
Fixed the buy/sell window covertly resetting the amount to a value of 1 when clicking buy/sell. Now it properly retains the previous value
Fixed item count not corresponding with the entered amount when moving stacks of items

Fixed drone AoE damage, LEd droners now damage themselves as well as their drones
Fixed CR being too high inside hacknet

Outzone Sewer Sec-1 now uses the correct world
Added Outzone and Pepper Park apartment key smuggler to Pepper Park Sec-1
Black Dragon contacts have been sighted outside of the Pussy Club
Fixed a number of gameworld bugs and missing objects in Via Rosso Sectors 1, 2 and 3.
Fixed a number of gameworld bugs and missing objects in Pepper Park Sectors 1, 2 and 3 including the Crahn Church
The Snack-A-Tack shop in Pepper Park Sec-3 went out of business
Removed OOC advertisment in Pepper Park Sec-1 and Via Rosso Sec-2
New vendors have moved into Battle Dome
Arrested the thief of the sign post in the newbie Area MC5 and returned the sign safely to its home
Overhaul of H14 and the H14 Command Unit
Replanted several trees in J 04
Fixed several floating objects in H 15 and fixed the hole in the fence near MC5

Female vendors now have the correct skin
Significantly increased rare part drop chances for Warbots and a number of related techmobs.
Fixed GenRep costs for Crahn, Black Dragon, Tsunami Syndicate, Fallen Angels and Twilight Guardian HQs to reflect their post-DoY locations.

Sometimes after zoning the screen becomes grey/blue/etc, to fix it press alt+e twice
Wildcard search inside citycom still not reenabled

Created on 10/24/2013 3:23:06 PM

Dropped support for DirectX 7
Changed FoV angle, therefore players seem to move slower
Fixed numerous exploits and vulnerabilities
Fixed several possible server crashes
Fixed a bug that stopped Neocron from launching when certain applications are open ("Chrome Bug")
Fixed a crash on alt+tab in wastelands in full screen mode
Fixed the main menu going black on alt+tab in full screen mode
Fixed a crash caused by neocron.ini not being writable
Changed the way interpolation is handled ("clipping fix")
Tweaked the net code to always include y updates and update more frequently
Fixed a bug that caused the HUD not being rendered on screenshots
Screenshots are now saved as .jpg
Fixed a bug that caused the HUD to reset to default state after a crash
Removed legacy elements from the HUD (e.g.: recover backpack)
Fixed misalignment of world map at widescreen resolutions (full screen mode)
Fixed culling problems with widescreen resolutions (full screen mode)
Fixed misaligned outpost signs
Added widescreen resolutions to the launcher configuration panel
Added Anisotropic Filtering, configurable via the launcher configuration panel
Fixed truncation of entries inside error.log
Added timestamps to the damage log

Fixed drop rate of fragment from Tacholytium Titan Warbot for Crahn Epic mission #4. Now always drops for those with the mission.
Fixed spawn of Malfunctioning Warbot Prototype in the MIRL-600 Warhammer Mission
Fixed spawn of Heff in TG Canyon.
Fixed a conflict between Reza's Calling & Regant's Faith Missions

Turned around the CopBot staring at the wall in Plaza Sector 1 (after 8 years, the wall wins)
Added permanent spawn for the Outzone Sector 2 High Tech Cannon Smuggler
Added permanent entrance to the Drone Racetrack in Tech Haven Sector 2
Fixed position and alignment for a large number of static objects and NPCs
Fixed a large number of wrong object types (e.g.: CityComs being tagged as chairs)
Fixed many more miscellaneous game world issues
Removed OOC advertisement from the Plaza area
Replaced Outzone Station ambient sound
Added RN Terminals to Crahn HQ

Entering wildcards in the player search does not work anymore
Sometimes after zoning the screen becomes grey/blue/etc, to fix it press alt+e twice