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09-02-2010, 01:04 AM
Updates to Altitude have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Updated Maps:
tbd_asteroidstbd_underpark
Balance:
Reverse Thrust - increased acceleration by 10% and reduced energy consumption
Miranda's Reverse no longer temporarily disables Repair Drone
Miranda's Reverse and Time Anchor now reduce Repair Drone's recharge rate by 50% (time between repairs is doubled for the 1.35 seconds following Reverse/TimeAnchor activation)
Biplane (All Forms) reduced afterburner energy usage by 5%
Biplane (Dogfighter) secondary weapon increased range from 80 to 90, added piercing (second hit deals 80%, third 50%), increased damage from 27 to 28
Biplane (Recoilless) secondary weapon increased range from 80 to 90, added piercing (second hit deals 70%, third 40%)Biplane (Heavy Cannon) primary weapon increased piercing second hit damage from 50% to 67%
Offline Mode:
Plane configurations are saved between sessions
All downloaded maps (not just official maps) are available for playFFA and TDM games end after 7 minutes
Misc:
Added "Lock Gamepad Config" to Options -> Controls: check this box to prevent reinitialization of default gamepad bindings when controllers are temporarily unplugged
Added friend count to friends list window
Added account creation date to Hangar Deck
Added "Local Time" and "Altitude Time (GMT)" to bottom of in-game scoreboard (hold TAB to view)
"Mouse Navigation: Turning and Throttle" - can now override the mouse-based throttle at any time by pressing the Throttle-Up/Down keys (allows mouse users to utilize the "Reverse Thrust" perk)
Adjusted "Mouse Navigation" trigger to prevent accidentally entering mouse mode when switching to Altitude from another application
Server Launcher now writes a PID file containing server_launcher's process identifier to ~Altitude/servers/server_launcher.pid upon startup and restart
Servers that are running an outdated version are automatically filtered from the server listBug Fixes
More... (http://store.steampowered.com/news/4285/)
Updated Maps:
tbd_asteroidstbd_underpark
Balance:
Reverse Thrust - increased acceleration by 10% and reduced energy consumption
Miranda's Reverse no longer temporarily disables Repair Drone
Miranda's Reverse and Time Anchor now reduce Repair Drone's recharge rate by 50% (time between repairs is doubled for the 1.35 seconds following Reverse/TimeAnchor activation)
Biplane (All Forms) reduced afterburner energy usage by 5%
Biplane (Dogfighter) secondary weapon increased range from 80 to 90, added piercing (second hit deals 80%, third 50%), increased damage from 27 to 28
Biplane (Recoilless) secondary weapon increased range from 80 to 90, added piercing (second hit deals 70%, third 40%)Biplane (Heavy Cannon) primary weapon increased piercing second hit damage from 50% to 67%
Offline Mode:
Plane configurations are saved between sessions
All downloaded maps (not just official maps) are available for playFFA and TDM games end after 7 minutes
Misc:
Added "Lock Gamepad Config" to Options -> Controls: check this box to prevent reinitialization of default gamepad bindings when controllers are temporarily unplugged
Added friend count to friends list window
Added account creation date to Hangar Deck
Added "Local Time" and "Altitude Time (GMT)" to bottom of in-game scoreboard (hold TAB to view)
"Mouse Navigation: Turning and Throttle" - can now override the mouse-based throttle at any time by pressing the Throttle-Up/Down keys (allows mouse users to utilize the "Reverse Thrust" perk)
Adjusted "Mouse Navigation" trigger to prevent accidentally entering mouse mode when switching to Altitude from another application
Server Launcher now writes a PID file containing server_launcher's process identifier to ~Altitude/servers/server_launcher.pid upon startup and restart
Servers that are running an outdated version are automatically filtered from the server listBug Fixes
More... (http://store.steampowered.com/news/4285/)