New option in CTHConstants.ini:
IRON_SIGHTS_MAX_APERTURE_USE_GRADIENT = FALSE/TRUE
When activated it will make iron sights more powerful over longer distances. This is an experimental switch. The formula might need to be tweaked.
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Fixes (by Buggler)
- Disabled calling reinforcements from patrol groups when queen wakes up as they will not be replenished (thanks anv)
- Fixed queen reinforcement pool being replenished on depletion when playing with limited enemy troops setting
- Alternative hotkey ~ (tilde) to toggle merc inventory in strategic screen like in tactical screen
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- Requires GameDir r2050.
- new background property: <dislikebackground> allows mercs to dislike specific backgrounds
- Fix: snitches did not correctly prevent misbehaviour
- Fix: morale event was not handled
- Fix: DropDowns did not refresh when using the arrow buttons
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- externalised vehicle seats (TableData\Vehicles.xml) influence position of passenger, field of view, ability to shoot and being hidden,
- seat can chosen by using ctrl+RMB on vehicle (ctrl + LMB just takes the first visible seat)
- seats can be changed or swapped while inside vehicle,
- remade JSD files for cars,
- vehicles aren't transparent anymore,
- vehicles are louder than people, depending how fast they move.
see: http://www.bears-pit.com/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/332790/5.html
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- Streamlined vehicle controls - no more selecting driver and vehicle separately, switching displayed APs and other esoteric activities. To move vehicle just select its driver and you're good to go. If you click on vehicle in tactical, also its driver will be selected automatically. Besides driving car, driver can perform other actions normally.
- Vehicle's APs, health and fuel are displayed on the steering wheel - thanks to Buggler for idea. Vehicle APs are treated as a resource (so if car changes driver mid-turn, it won't go any further than it would).
- Added option Tactical Interface Settings > ADD_PASSENGER_TO_ANY_SQUAD. If you order passenger to exit vehicle by clicking on the seat belt, he'll be added to new squad, so if you ordered six passengers to exit one by one, you'd end up with six new squads. With ADD_PASSENGER_TO_ANY_SQUAD = TRUE, passenger will be added to any existing squad with empty slot if possible.
- Added option Tactical Interface Settings > PASSENGER_LEAVING_SWITCH_TO_NEW_SQUAD. If you order passenger to exit vehicle by clicking on the seat belt, by default you get switched to his new squad. With PASSENGER_LEAVING_SWITCH_TO_NEW_SQUAD = FALSE you'll switch only if exiting passenger is the selected one.
- Cosmetic fix: changed display above vehicle from "*Merc's name* (VEHICLE)" to "*Merc's name* (*Vehicle's name*)" and colour from yellow to white (since mercs in vehicle are controllable and yellow is reserved for mercs on assignments).
- Fixed passengers rotation. Again.
- Fixed vehicles getting "tired" - lowered APs due to fuel below max. They can move the same as long as they have any fuel.
- Fixed unrelated bug: clicking on any empty slot in team panel would select merc with id 0.
- Fixed unrelated bug: switching to squad with less mercs would cause team panel to still show skill tooltips for mercs from previous squad on empty slots.
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- To control vehicle, click on it or on the steering wheel in team panel under driver's portrait.
- Vehicles have two gears - slow drive and fast drive, switchable just like walking and running ('S', 'R', double-click).
- Vehicles working: Ice Cream Van, Hummer, Jeep, El Dorado and, potentially, tanks.
- Passengers can be selected and ordered to open fire from the inside
- You can also open inventory screen for passengers, pass or throw items, etc.
Normally vehicle is treated as any other merc and has its own APs. It has obvious disadvantages - it's possible to drive in the middle of the enemy group using vehicle's 100AP,
and then use all your mercs inside vehicle with their still full APs to kill everything that moves at point blank range - with even the driver participating!
- To prevent that you can set Tactical Gameplay Settings > AP_SHARED_AMONG_PASSENGERS_AND_VEHICLE_MODE with following calculation methods
more infos: http://www.bears-pit.com/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/332208/1.html
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- Covert Ops: Bleeding is deemed suspicious only if COVERT_DETECTEDIFBLEEDING is set to TRUE.
- renamed special prisoners to officers.
- lowered the priority of enemy troops becoming medics
- prisoners in player-controlled prisons now use the prioner-colour scheme used by Shank and Dynamo
Requires GameDir >= r2028.
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- Flagmasks are unsigned, and should be called and treated as such
- Fix: experience gain from interrogation was too high
- Fix: chance of a prisoner becoming militia was calculated wrong
- default weight maximum for MOVE ITEM assignment increased from 30 to 40 kg
- Fix: snitches report the same event multiple times
- Fix: snitches treat vehicles as persons
- Fix: selection of launchables is inefficient, an does not take into account wether items are depending on day/night cycle
- new key combination: in strategic, pressing [CTRL] + [E] wile both a merc's inventory and the sector inventory are open will fill the merc's inventory with sector items
- trivial code cleanup
- if prisoners are taken in a sector that houses a prison, that prison can also be selected to house them
- Fix: distributing newly taken prisoners in a prison sector no longer redistributes all prisoners, only the new ones
- GetClosestFlaggedSoldierID can also be called without evaluation of sight
- Fix: Covert Ops: throwing/lobbing items or shooting rockets is deemed suspicious behaviour
- Fix: boxing was broken by loading a savegame
- Fix: campaign history rarely recorded kills in autoresolve
- There is no reason why the IDs that boxers are reset to before they are reinitialised would ever need to be altered by a modder. Required script change in stable GameDir r2024.
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Updates/Improvements (by Sevenfm)
1. Quick inventory items:
Press [ALT] + [1..0] for quick access to predefined items in tactical (ja2_options.ini: QUICK_ITEM_0 to QUICK_ITEM_9)
Press [ALT] + [`] (tilde key left to [1]) to put item back to inventory and switch hands.
The item will be put in the same slot it was taken from (unless it was stacked or game was reloaded).
2. Also a few quick hotkeys:
[ALT] + [q] - switch to sling (same as [SHIFT] + [k])
[CTRL] + [q] - switch hands
[SHIFT] + [q] - drop item from main hand to the ground
Additional info:
-some hotkeys do not work in cheat mode
-only NIV
-only one-handed items supported
-stacked items currently not supported
-remembered item slot is lost when you reload game
3. A few small fixes for dynamic tooltips and other things
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Updates/Fixes (by Sevenfm)
1. Added grenade throwing range modifier to item_settings.ini:
RANGE_GRENADE_MODIFIER = 1.0
This modifier is applied to grenades and regular thrown items.
2. Changed 100 to bBreathMax in throwing range penalty calculation. This should make grenades more useful.
3. Minor visual fixes (alt healthbar placement, 'roof' text placement when SHOW_ENEMY_WEAPON is true )
4. Added xml tags for merge type <13>: you can use u.knife on tripwire roll to get 2 tripwires. Status of tripwire roll will be reduced by 2 points.
Also lookup table for merges is updated for xml editor to work correctly.
5. Added several new loadscreenhints.
6. Press 'y' in tactical for quick transformation of item in hand - useful for switching flashlights on and off.
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Minor fixes/improvements for existing features (by Sevenfm)
1) Slightly reduced the size of merc's healthbar to fit general ja visual style.
2) Removed some unnecessary options for SHOW_HEALTHBARSOVERHEAD, SHOW_COVER_INDICATOR.
3) Several minor fixes.
4) New option: ENEMY_CLOCK_SPEED_PERCENT - set clock speed during enemy turns.
With this option, player can set default speed to comfortable value (100-120) and set increased speed for enemy turns (150-200).
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More visual enemy gear info (by Sevenfm)
- Show additional info in NCTH cursor (press ALT) (ADDITIONAL_NCTH_CURSOR_INFO = 2)
-> You can only use this feature at certain distance
- Updated 'show enemy weapon' feature (SHOW_ENEMY_WEAPON = TRUE, SHOW_ENEMY_EXTENDED_INFO = TRUE)
- Now it can show armour and face items, too. Useful for OCTH users (SHOW_ENEMY_AWARENESS = TRUE)
- Show total value of damage, absorbed by armour in last attack (SHOW_HIT_INFO = TRUE)
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Requires GameDir >= r1987.
- If an enemy is spawned with a radio set, he is more likely to become a radio operator.
- It is now possible to mount a gun on prone allies if you are facing them on the right angle.
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1) Improved cover indicator:
SHOW_COVER_INDICATOR
0 - nothing
1 - show as small square to the right of health bar
2 - show using color of merc's name
3 - same as 1, show only in stealth or when disguised
4 - same as 2, show only in stealth or when disguised
2) Enemy rank (exp. level) icons:
SHOW_ENEMY_RANK_ICON
0 - do not show
1 - show icon
2 - show icon from .sti (not yet implemented)
3) Enemy health bar:
SHOW_ENEMY_HEALTH
0 - do not show
1 - show health as text (default)
2 - show health bar
3 - show health + ap
4 - show health + ap + shock
5 - show health + ap + shock + morale
6 - show health + ap + shock + morale + bp
4) Minor improvements:
Enemy awareness sign now shows up only in stealth/disguised mode.
Turned on Extended Disarm Dialog for turnbased (it was implemented but turned off)
see: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/329674/Re:_Code_Snippets.html#Post329674
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Option SHOW_HEALTHBARSOVERHEAD is now integer:
0 - no bar
1 - default health bar
2 - small version of new bar
3 - large version of new bar
4 - small health bar + AP indicator
5 - large health bar + AP indicator
New health bar offers you:
- Suppression shock indicator (shock affects your CTH)
- Optional larger version (useful for hires playing)
- Cover indicator that will tell you if your cover is not perfect
- Target movement tile cover indicator (hold SHIFT)
- Sneaking indicator (sneaking is shown by brown border color)
- AP indicator (red if AP<10, dark grey if AP<MIN_APS_TO_INTERRUPT )
Note: cover indicators are enabled only in turnbased combat or when sneaking
see: http://www.bears-pit.com/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/172712/17.html
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New option SHOW_ENEMY_ADDITIONAL_INFO in ja2_options.ini
0 - nothing
1 - show awareness sign above enemy soldier (useful for sneaking and covert operations)
Eye sign means that enemy sees you.
Color shows enemy alert level (green, yellow, orange, red)
2 - show if enemy wears gas mask or nvg
3 - show if enemy has any armour (helmet, vest, leggings)
Note: additional info is shown only at limited range (based on current vision distance and merc's experience), similar to dynamic tooltips.
see: http://www.bears-pit.com/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/172712/17/Code_Snippets.html
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1) PLAYER_HIT_COUNT = 0
This works as ENEMY_HIT_COUNT option, but for player mercs.
Possible values: 0 - 4
2) SOLDIER_TOOLTIP_DISPLAY_SUPPRESSION_INFO = TRUE
Show additional info in tactical tooltip:
- APs lost due to suppression
- Suppression Tolerance
- Effective Shock Level ( Shock level modified by traits and backgrounds. This value is compared with current suppression tolerance to determine "cowering" effect )
- AI morale level
3) SHOW_ENEMY_WEAPON = TRUE
Show enemy weapon name above soldier - after health, name and rank.
You can see exact weapon name only on short distances, range calculation is similar to dynamic tooltips and based on soldiers actual viewing range and experience.
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When swapping merc faces in tactical the game will now rebuild the mercs squad.
Changed NCTH behaviour for lasers:
When USE_NEW_CTH_CALCULATION = TRUE in Ja2_Options.ini the game now uses the item property <BestLaserRange> now for a laser specific bonus instead of <ProjectionFactor>. This bonus is a percentage reduction of the base aperture in NCTH. This functionality will only be used if one of the following new parameters in CTHConstants.ini is NOT 0.
LASER_PERFORMANCE_BONUS_HIP
LASER_PERFORMANCE_BONUS_IRON
LASER_PERFORMANCE_BONUS_SCOPE
This functionality also affects the laser property that is displayed in UDB.
Changed NCTH behaviour for Iron Sights and other 1x sights:
Iron sights and other 1x sights can now receive a bonus in NCTH to make them more useful compared to scopes. This bonus is a percentage reduction of the base aperture just like lasers can do.
There is a new parameter in CTHConstants.ini for this:
IRON_SIGHT_PERFORMANCE_BONUS
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- If a name is available for the enemy, the name will be shown and if INDIVIDUAL_ENEMY_RANK = TRUE also the rank will be shown
- The name will be shown if INDIVIDUAL_ENEMY_NAMES = TRUE or SOLDIER_PROFILES_ENEMY = TRUE. If both are true, then the name will be taken from the enemies profiles
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o See: builddefines.h: #define ENABLE_ZOMBIES (then you can turn on/off Zombies in the ingame option screen)
o Poison system is still in the code and not combined with the option "Zombie MOD"
o Gamers reported on the Bears Pit, that an executable compiled WITH the Zombies mod enabled makes the game unplayable slow in tactical screen after a few minutes in turn based/realtime
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o if set to off, no zombies will spawn. This can also be changed in mid-game
o for more information on how this works and how to set it up, see http://www.bears-pit.com/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/295746/Zombies_WH40K_and_more.html#Post295746
o with the tag <PoisonPercentage>, you can now poison guns or ammo. This is the percentage of damage dealt that will be poisonous (see zombie thread for an explanation)
o The zombie option can only be enabled in a single player game
o AI fix: to prevent the endless clock problem, the AI now ends the turn if the same actor calls the decision routine over 100 times in a single turn.
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Development Trunk (now obsolete): https://ja2svn.dyndns.org/source/ja2/branches/Wanne/JA2%201.13%20MP
A detailed list of all the features (changes) is visible in the history log of the development trunk:
INFO: There will be no further development in the development source trunk, so is obsolete from now on!
This commit contains the following features (bugfixes are not listed):
- New Feature: Show merc ranks in Strategy Screen before merc name
o Toggle on/off in the ingame options screen
o For each experience level (0-10) there are defined rank names in the language specific text files
o Additional language text that is not translated yet is marked with // TODO.Translate
- New Feature: Faster Bobby Ray Shipments
o This feature is selectable in the ja2_options.ini
o When activated Bobby Ray shipments will be really fast
-> Overnight Express: 5 - 7 hours
-> Air Service: 10, 12 or 14 hours
-> Standard Service: 15, 18 or 21 hours
o In a multiplayer game, this feature is disabled (because shipment arrive immediately in the destination sector)
- New Feature: AP cost for manipulating the merc inventory
o This feature is selectable in the start new game screen
o For example, putting a weapon from hand in the backpack costs APs
o The AP costs are defined in the APBPConstants.ini
o In a multiplayer game, this feature is disabled
- New Feature: Added possibility to set individual Gear Kit names
o Set individual names in the optional new tag <mGearKitName> inside the <GEARKIT> root element (File: TableData\MercStartingGear.xml)
- New Feature: Externalized the maximum purchase amount (JA2 vanilla: 10) for Bobby Rays purchases per shipment
o Define the max. amount in the ja2_options.ini: BOBBY_RAY_MAX_PURCHASE_AMOUNT, Range: 10 - 100)
o Nice scrolling bars to scroll through all the purchases
- New Feature: Now it is possible to walk on "water" tiles or handle those tiles like "normal" tiles
o (instead of showing the swimming animation and counting the APs for swimming), when the soldier is located on the second level (level > 0)
- New Feature: Externalized AIM Veterans laptop site
o Add maximum of 4 pages
o Add new AIM to veterans page, and remove AIM from veterans page.
o New XML file: OldAIMArchive.xml (language specific XML files: *.OldAIMArchive.xml)
- New Feature: Added possibility to choose from 254 IMP faces
o Modified IMPPortraits.xml
o Added new GameDir folder "IMPFaces" which contains the IMP face portraits
o Moved IMP faces in the new "IMPFaces" folder
- New Feature: ARSP - All Resolution Support Project
o See here: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=298698&page=1
o Support any kind of screen resolution. This works by choosing the matching full supported resolution (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768) and then centering the graphics
o See ja2.ini for defining the screen resolution
- New Feature: AI Turn Speed Up (FF-MOD)
o see here: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=298699#Post298699
o When this feature is activated it allows fast enemy turns
o New entry in ja2.ini to enable this feature: HIGHSPEED_TIMER = TRUE
o Turn on/off auto fast turns in ingame options
o New ja2_options.ini settings for fine tuning: [Clock Settings] ini block
- New Feature: "Lock" / "Release" mouse cursor in tactical windowed mode, so the mouse can stay within window boundary
o This is very helpful for doing scrolling with the mouse (by moving the mouse to the window edge) in windowed mode
o You can toggle on/off the feature by pressing CTRL + Z. It is also possible to press CTRL + Y. So the user can decide which fits better :)
o Whenever you toggle on/off a screen message appears on the tactical log to notify the player
- New Feature: Weapon overheating
o Basically, every shot fired from a gun increases its temperature. On higher temperatures, the gun jams more frequently
o On/off toggle in the ingame options
o Graphical thermometer indication on the weapon picture
o New ja2_options.ini section with a few options, Section: [Tactical Weapon Overheating Settings]
o XML changes (New Tags)
--> AmmoTypes.xml: <temperatureModificator>
--> Items.xml: <barrel>, <usOverheatingCooldownFactor>
--> Weapons.xml: <usOverheatingJamThreshold>, <usOverheatingDamageThreshold>, <usOverheatingSingleShotTemperature>
o Added a few barells to Items.xml (end of the file)
o more infos: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301059&page=1
- New Feature: Resting weapons on a surfaces
o You can now rest your weapon on crates, low walls, rocks, debris, open windows etc. while you are crouched. Resting will give yu the superior gun handling modifiers from PRONE position.
o A little 'A' on your gun indicates if you are resting it or not.
o Both settings can be turned on and off in Ja2_Options.ini under 'Tactical Gameplay Settings'
- New Feature: Externalized option on whether mercs can exit sector using grid exit in turn based mode
o new ja2_options.ini property: GRID_EXIT_IN_TURNBASED
o This ini setting does not affect leaving sectors on map edges
- Rework/Update: Ammo boxes and Ammo crates
o Ammo crate items added for remaining calibers. Tweaked prices to correspond to magazines, tweaked capacities and weights to be reasonable (~800 or less).
o Shift-R reload now looks at both boxes and crates in sector items and merc's inventory to reload, and tops off magazines in inventory as well. Only possible outside of combat.
o Ctrl-Shift-A still creates crates as per usual, with some fixes to ensure all ammo is caught on the first press.
o Shift-A now creates ammo boxes in the same loop. They mostly behave like crates, but fit in mercs inventories.
o Ammo boxes are available to purchase at BR and tony, sam, etc. Individual magazines/drums/etc are no longer available.
o Removed ammo crate xml tag. Added ubMagType tag to Magazines array. This allows us to differentiate between magazines, bullets, boxes and crates.
o Changed ammo filtering in BR's to display boxes appropriately. Added back the "Mag:" display (changed text to "Size:")
o Added ja2set.dat.xml file (WF map version in WF maps folder) to be used instead of ja2set.dat file (ja2.ini setting added) For now, if you want to play vanilla instead, just change the setting in the ini (see comments in file).
o Added P4-P9Items image files (up to 5k images each) and tileslots. 1.13 core items will continue to use Guns and P1-P3Items for the foreseeable future. P4-P9 can be used by customizers/modders to avoid conflicts with Guns/P1-P3 items. TODO: Need to discuss a strategy for this in the forums.
o Added in Ambient/0.bad and 32.bad to avoid an exception in the code.
o Updated the XML Editor
o Standardized the text on all the ammo items.
- New Multiplayer Feature: Sharing same FOV (field of view) in a coop/team-dm (for friendly teams) game
o You will also see enemies, that your teammate sees
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A detailed list of all the features (changes) is visible in the history log of the development trunk:
INFO: The source code for the official 2011 release (4870) has been branched here:
https://ja2svn.dyndns.org/source/ja2/branches/JA2_rev.4870_2011
This commit contains the following features:
*** Externalized Vehicles ***
o Now with this feature we can add/remove vehicles
o New XML File: TableData\Vehicles.xml
o Added a new function parameter to lua file Scripts\Overhead lua to set up the helicopter in method: SetUpHelicopterForPlayer()
o Added example mini (Docs\Externalized Vehicles Example.zip) mod which adds 2 additional vehicles (hummer and ice-cream truck to sector A9)
*** Up to 255 save slots ***
- There is a "Next" and "Prev" button where you can scroll through the save slots
- It is now possible to load the automatic save (SAVE_EVERY_N_HOURS) from the load screen. This is the first slot after the quickload slot
- Added the 2 alternate players end turn saves (which can be enabled/disabled in option screen) to the save/load game form
*** New Feature: Externalized emails from Emails.edt to XML***
o This feature can be enabled/disabled in the Source:
--> See email.cpp: If "ReadXMLEmail" == FALSE, then normal way (read from Email.edt) otherwise read from XML files
o 2 new XML files: TableData\Email\EmailMercAvailable.xml and EmailMercLevelUp.xml
o Renamed SenderNamesList.xml to EmailSenderNamesList.xml and moved from TableData folder to TableData\Email folder
o Names for mercenaries are get from the file MercProfiles.xml and different names get from the file EmailSenderNamesList.xml
*** Externalized Hidden Towns (Tixa, Orta) ***
o Now it is possible to add new hidden towns (locations)
o See file: TableData/Map/Cities.xml
o New variable in TableData/Map/Cities.xml
- hiddenTown: 0 = show on strategy map, 1 = Hide on strategy map
- townIcon: 1 = on, 0 = off (This is the icon you see on the strategy map)
- szIconFile: The path to the sti icon file (eg: interface\prison.sti, interface\my_icon.sti)
- iconPosition: The x,y position of the icon on the strategy map
*** Encyclopedia and Briefing Room, reachable from the laptop ***
o 2 new ja2_options.ini properties: BRIEFING_ROOM, ENCYCLOPEDIA
o demonstration video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CIXdXWLrAo
o Added Example usage of the Briefing Room
- Extract it in your JA2 1.13 folder and use the latest development executable
- The briefing room can be reached from the laptop. Enter SN5631 for the code and then click the "Exit" button
- See "Info_BriefingRoom.txt" and "BriefingRoom_Mission1.png"
*** Improved interrupt system (IIS) ***
o This system changes the way interrupts work. See: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=290787#Post290787
o Option system (see ja2_options.ini: IMPROVED_INTERRUPT_SYSTEM)
o A few more settings for the interrupt system in ja2_options.ini
o INFO: Multiplayer games always use the "old" interrupt system, not matter what the user selects in the ja2_options.ini
*** Walking and sidestepping with weapon raised ***
o Enable/disable the walking/sidestepping with raised weapon in ja2_options.ini: ALLOW_WALKING_WITH_WEAPON_RAISED
o You can set an AP/BP modifier when walking/sidestepping with weapon raised in APBPConstants.ini: AP_MODIFIER_WEAPON_READY
o The following feature apply when you walk/sidestep with weapon raised:
-> limited angle of view, but you can see more farther when the weapon has a scope
-> better change for interrupts if you see an enemy
-> less APs and BPs when shooting, because the weapon is already raised
-> It should cost more APs when walking. Maybe you can export the additional AP and BP modifier to the APBPConstants.ini
*** Increase squad size to 8 (800x600) and 8 and 10 (1024x768) ***
o Squad sizes (dependend on the screen resolution) can be selected in the start new game screen
o In a multiplayer game, the squad size will always be 6, because it does not work with more soldiers/squad
*** Added UB-1.13 source code ***
o Merged the UB-1.13 source code (Revision: 4721) from svn: http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/ub-source113
o If you want to build UB-EXE or UB-MapEditor, just enable the 2 defines (JA2UB and JA2UBMAPS) in "builddefines.h"
o The UB-Verion reads from "ja2_UB.ini" instead of "ja2.ini"
o There are 2 new XML files
- Layout\LayoutMainMenu.xml
- MapAction\ActionItems.xml
o There are 2 new LUA-Script files
- Scripts\ExplosionControl.lua
- Scripts\InterfaceDialogue.lua
*** Hide enemy health text / enemy hit count ***
o ja2_options.ini: HIDE_ENEMY_HEALTH_TEXT, HIDE_ENEMY_HIT_COUNT
o both new settings only have effect in a singleplayer game
o see: http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=128840&page=1
git-svn-id: https://ja2svn.mooo.com/source/ja2/trunk/GameSource/ja2_v1.13/Build@4885 3b4a5df2-a311-0410-b5c6-a8a6f20db521
o MP: Fixed crash when hiring a merc with graphical face gear and then closing the laptop (the problem was, that an initializing function was not called in a MP game)
o Fixed init problem when starting a new single player game after playing a MP game
o Reducted message lines in a chinese game in strategic view
o Shortened german text
git-svn-id: https://ja2svn.mooo.com/source/ja2/trunk/GameSource/ja2_v1.13/Build@4861 3b4a5df2-a311-0410-b5c6-a8a6f20db521
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