TWM2/LEGACY CHANGELOG.md

Total Warfare Mod 2

Legacy (3.8 and below) Changelog

3.7 -> 3.8:

• Addressed a problem in the TCPQueryList that would cause some transfers to deadlock and never complete
• Did some prep work for some special zombie related missions.
• Did some serious balancing work on Mr. Trolololol Shade Lord
• Fixed some UE Problems related to Lord Vardison, General Vegenor, and Lord Insignia
• Gave Vardison (and his DA counterpart) a brand new evil hyper laser attack
• Gave The Final Vardison Form a missile spam attack
• Balanced out pretty much all of the weapons to a point that now seems reasonable
• Added extremely challenging Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Titan commendation challenges to every weapon that grant loads of EXP.
  • These will be for your players who are loyal to certain guns. :)
• Upgraded the Horde Spawning System to cause some less UE problems and added error checks to pretty much prevent Horde from causing UEs anymore.
• Added a few new Hellclasses to Helljump
• Removed the old Hellclasses that used the gravity weapons removed in V2.5
• Pretty much wrapped everything else up, official mod support at this point is dropped...

3.6 -> 3.7:

• Added a Phase One Vardison Boss - Dark Archmage Vardison
• We've hit the function limit, so I revitalized the chat command system and recovered ~500 functions
• Removed the AI Followers, they were being "abused" in PvP modes
• Updated a lot of old code from the mod
• Addressed the bug in the PGD Connect system that would only allow one player to use the system at a time
• At the request of players, I have added a damage to boss system that will give your boss xp award based on the amount of damage done to a boss
  • SCG Kills count as 0 exp to the admin using it
• Upgraded the Zombie AI a little bit to use less functions and overall be more balanced
• Zombie Lords now drop the Acid Cannon
• Added three new missions to the mission system, these are much harder than their previous counterparts
• Added mission completion medals to the game
• Updated the online rank transmit system - IE: Top 15 list.
• Lots of undocumented changes

3.5 -> 3.6:

• Completed the remaining perks in the mod
• Added the Napalm Airstrike killstreak
• Fixed a few bugs in some of the old killstreaks
• Fixed a part of the camera-lock problem in the turret streaks, unfortunately the way tribes 2 is coded, I don't think the entire bug will ever be fixable.
• Added weekly and monthy challenges to the challenge system
• Added some new Hellclass options to Helljump
• Added some new zombie options to TWM2 Infection
• Added a new endgame boss, The Shade Lord
  • This is a really challenging two phase boss with 80000 HP and one hit kill attacks, it will take A lot of players to bring him down

3.4 -> 3.5:

• Upgraded the rank storage container to be in a single container rather than 3.
  • The system will auto-convert old files to the new format
• Addressed a bug in the Daily Challenge System that would cause challenges to continue beyond expiration
• Balanced some weapons
• Addressed an exploitable method for implementing unfriendly code by means of the saving system
  • Thanks to Thyth for pointing this out.

3.3 -> 3.4:

• Daily Challenge System Implemented
• Reworked the entire rank system
  • Handled by a quicker and more efficient file system
  • PGD Connect updated to support new version
• Implemented Phantom Games Interaction System
  • Daily EXP Caps
  • Rank / Officer Level Caps
  • Other Services (News Panel, ect)

3.2 -> 3.3 (or 3.2 Revised):

• Updated all PGD Services to point to the new domain.

3.1 -> 3.2:

• Undocmented

3.0 -> 3.1:

• Added the Sandstorm MRLS Tank
• A Few undocmented fixes addressed

2.9 -> 3.0:

• Modified the PGD Connect Algorith to be a little less required, less conflicts should occur.
• Re added the TWM1 Nalcidic Armor
  • Enjoy!
• Horde 2 is now Horde 3
  • Added Scoring
  • Added The Wave Highlight System
  • Made it less challenging to get to wave 50.
• Added The Martyrdom Perk
• Fixed a bug that allowed naughty admins to get killstreaks with /giveGun
• Drastically increased the Centaur Artillery Strike Damage

2.8 -> 2.9:

• Fixed a console spam issue with "Commander Stormrider"
• Removed 2 un-used medals
• Added the From The Top challenge category for missions
• Added a few more missions for players to run
• Fixed sniper rifles showing in the inventory list when they are disabled
• Added 1 shot reload style weapons
  • Added the Model 1887 Shotgun (Requires Instructive Colonel)
  • See the new shotgun (Model 1887) or the SA2400 for examples
• Ion Progression removed in Sabotage, Domination, and Wartower game modes
• Redid the weapon reload bar
  • It is now math based :P
  • Weapons with longer than 1 second delays are no longer cut off
  • The reload bar halts if you use an invo while reloading.
• Weapon Balance Changes (A Large Amount)
  • Reduced the damage of the Plasma Torpedo Cannon to 1.5 from 2.2
  • Reduced the Range of the Flamethrower
  • Reduced the Reload Time of the M1700 Shotgun to 2 seconds from 3 seconds
  • Reduced the Reload Time of the SCD343 Shotgun to 4 seconds from 5 seconds
  • Increased the Reload Time of the WP400 Shotgun to 4 seconds from 3 seconds
  • Reduced the range of the Grapple hook to 50% of what it was
  • Removed the Centaur Dual Pistols Weapon
    • Made it an upgrade of the Colt Pistol (Excessive Duality)
  • Increased the damage of the R700 Sniper To 0.62 From 0.49
  • Increased the Damage of the MP26 SMG to 0.17 from 0.1
  • Increased the Damage of the Pg700 SMG to 0.09 from 0.07
  • Increased the Damage of the P90 SMG to 0.08 from 0.07
  • Increased the Damage of the Mini-Chaingun to 0.06 from 0.035, and the Fusion Mini-Chaingun to 0.07 from 0.05
  • Reduced the Reload Time of the MRXX ZC4 MG to 9 seconds from 12 seconds
  • Increased the Damage of the M1A4 to 0.09 from 0.07
  • Increased the Damage of the ALSWP Sniper to 0.5 from 0.3
• PGD Updates
  • Modified the hash of the PGD Authenticator.
  • Modified some of the PGD Errors.
• Horde 2 - You now gain XP for completing a wave, the amount is handled by a special formula

2.7 -> 2.8:

• Player Phrases, use /myPhrase to set it
  • Working on a parse script to allow them to be set in satellite servers
  • For now, they will only 'Stay' if set in a core server
• Patched a few issues with the universal ranks
• Added a few new commands
• Completed the "cool new feature" started in 2.6, Missions!
  • Missions are player-ordered, short-duration scenarios with objectives that must be completed over a time period
  • Completion awards XP, completing before the time limit awards a time bonus!
  • Added the "Surrounded" Mission to start us off
• Modified a few zombie spawn functions to support missions
• Modified the server assistant (chat bot)
  • Allows hosts to change it's name :P
  • Added a plothera of things to do with it
    • Curse Filter
    • "Get Weather by Zip Code", "Define Word (In development)", "Get Time"
    • Performs Administrative Functions
    • And much more!

2.6 -> 2.7:

• Ported in a plothera of TWM1 Commands
• Fixed the new chat command system that allowed hosts to disable certain commands
  • Logic errors caused the system to ignore the PGD Commands.
• Brought back the TWM Infection Game Mode
• Added Armor Flags (Unlocked at Officer Level 5)
  • These are just like the phantom armor flags of TWM1
  • Only they apply to all armors.
• PGD Updates (The brunt of 2.7)
  • Fixed additional HTML Errors
  • Provided By Signal360, the new and enhanced PGD Rank System
    • Sha1 security for rank uploads
    • Better processing of the rank data
    • Core/Satellite determined by a new Username/Password system provided by the servers.
    • Lifted all PGD Bans [For now]
• Started the framework of a new mission start menu (for Ordering Missions)
• Rank Tags (For Roleplay), hosts can use the /RankTags command to toggle rank tags
• Renamed the Rank "General Of The Army"[57] to "Commanding General".
• Patched an issue with new players Rank Files that would cause them to error out
  • Players with this issue in their file can join a 2.7 server, and rank up once to fix it.

2.5 -> 2.6:

• Added the MRXX ZC4 Machine Gun
• Prep-Work on a new system in the mod, coming soon!
• Added an instant notification system for attempted hacks
• Modified the anti-tamper system to be a little more sensative (this will not affect your gameplay)
• Re-Patched the rapid team crash
• Patched Players being able to change to team 0
• Modified the system to double check possible EXP super gain hack
• Added Banning from PGD Ranks
• Fixed a Glitch in the rank downloader with HTML Tags.
• Modified functioning with voting.
• Added the Mass EMP Killstreak (20 Kills)
• Added In-complete Upgrades on certain weapons
  • Please Note, that some do still remain
• Completed the "Team Gain" Perk
• Reformatted the Inventory list to go by Weapon Type/Rank
• Added a Center Print MOTD Function, check serverControl.cs
• Fixed the 'Endless' Bottom print bug for camera killstreaks
• Airstrikes are now directional based on the direction of the camera
• Air rapier zombies can now be targeted by missile weapons
• Added restrictions to the /VoteBoss Command
  • 1 Boss Vote per hour (even if it fails)
  • Hosts may disable the usage of the command
• BOSS: Lordranius Trevor's Official EXP Reward Cut in Half to 25000.
• Devs/Hosts can now disable chat commands
• Fixed some of the Spelling errors in the death messages.
• Top Ranks are now only downloaded from PGD
• Hosts can disable boss vote / change map votes

2.4 -> 2.5:

• Gravity Weapons Removed (Too many problems)
• Patched a few UE Causing aspects with Lord Vardison
• Added The Shadow Armor
• Added The M93 Pistol
• Added The ALSWP Sniper Rifle
• Added The Crimson Hawk Pistol
• Added The Stinger Missile Launcher
• Added The Proton(Plasma) Torpedo Cannon
• Added The P90 SMG
• Added The Satellite Strike Killstreak (8 Kills)
• Fixed the Harbinger HQ Map (It's Playable Now)
• Added More Non-Weapon Challenges
  • Officer Challenge Category Completed
  • Sabotage Challenge Category Completed
  • Domination Challenge Category Completed
  • Horde 2 Challenge Category Completed
• AC130 and Harbingers Wrath Streaks can now detect incoming missiles, they will fire off flares when missiles are detected.
• Added 4 More Officer Levels, bringing the total to 9.
  • [phantomdev.net] Removed the Second Officer Image, replaced 9 with the PGD Logo
• New Perks:
  • Bomb Shadower (Tier 3): In Sabotage, the WP that shows you holding the bomb will not show when this perk is active (Requires the 3 For 3 Sabotage Challenge)
  • Double Down (Tier 1): Gain double EXP for every non boss kill (Requires Officer Level 1)
  • Radar Phantom (Tier 2): Active Ability, Jams Sensors (Requires Commander Rank)
  • Second Chance (Tier 3): In Horde, you can spend one team revive to respawn (Requires the Army Of 50 Stopped Challenge)
• Modified The Following Vehicles:
  • Modified the AC130 and Harbinger Gunships to both have gunner seats, the pilot switches the turret weapons when there is no gunner.
  • Combat Helicopter: Added a gunner seat, the gunner controls the turret, otherwise the turret is auto fire.
  • Gunship Helicopter: See above, pilot can fire a missile pod with the mine key
  • Apache Helicopter: See above, pilot can fire a flare pod with the mine key
• Modified The Following Weapons:
  • Desert Eagle Pistol: Added a Spread
  • RP-342 Machine Gun: Damage increased to 0.035 from 0.02

2.35 -> 2.4:

• Added additional security measures to the universal system
• The All important reason you downloaded this version:
• FIXED THE RANK FILE GLITCH, HORRAH!
• Added the Fission Bomb Killstreak (only a few will find this.... :P)
• Additional system patches
• Patched the universal rank system to output all error codes, should the rank upload fail.
• Reduced the power on the RSA Laser Rifle: From 1.4 -> 0.6
• Banned Gravity Weapons and Ion Weapons From The War Tower Game Mode

2.3 -> 2.35:

• Patched serious security loopholes:
  • Univeral Saved Files will now be scanned on load for corruption
  • Key Download and scanning is now handled by PGD and not the Server
  • Officer will check for your rank upon attempting to do so.
  • Universal Ranks are now forced to provide the key when uploading
    • Added /SaveRank and /LoadRank in case the server fails to do so, or you want to
• Weapons can now have a required officer level
• Added 2 new weapons
  • Both require a officer level to test the new system updates.
• Started the harbinger soldier AI.

2.2 -> 2.3:

• modified the auto-patcher
• Added Officer Ranks
  • Reach Master Commander, then hit the reset button
• Added the AC-130
  • AC-130 Gunner Streak
• Signal360 Added the following:
  • /passVote
  • /VoteBoss
  • System Ammendments
• Brought back 2 Classic TWM Bosses
  • Stormrider
  • The Ghost Of Fire
• Fixed a glitch with weapon challenges.
• Delayed camera based superweapons to prevent the "Lock" Glitch (this can still occur though)
• And some various other unnoted changes

2.1 - 2.2:

• Super Release!
• Added the auto-patcher

2.0 -> 2.1:

• New Guns!
  • Javelin
  • M4A1
  • SCD343
• Universal Rank System Implementation
• More Non-Weapon Challenge Categories
  • Boss Challenges
  • Blacklist Challenges
• Additional Fixes

1.9 -> 2.0:

• Christmas Mall 2009 Map
  • Decent Sized Map, Good for close and long range battles
  • Sabotage, Domination
• Domination Enhancement:
  • Mappers can now name areas:
  • $Domination::Flag[Num(1, 2, or 3), "Map File Name without .mis"] = "Name"; (Thanks To DoL For This)
• 3 More Killstreaks:
  • Plasma Harrier Airstrike: 7 Kills: Airstrike with a remaining plasma harrier
  • Gunship Helicopter: 9 Kills: Call in a heavily armed helicopter
  • Z-Bomb: 100 Zombie Kills: Wipe out all zombies in a flashing blast
• Killstreak Upgrades:
  • Added Host Streak Settings:
    • 1: Current Method: 3 Streaks/Player
    • 2: Old Method: All Streaks Earneds if Unlocked
    • 3: New Method: X Streaks/Player, X Set by host.
    • 4: No Streaks: Simple enough...
  • Chopper Gunner: Renamed to Apache Gunner
    • Apache Helicopter has a more powerful chaingun than the Combat Helicopter, slower RoF, but larger splash damage
  • Apache Gunner and Harbingers wrath now count to your kills.
• Opened the Non-Weapon Challenges Up
  • Special Event Challenges: Challenges to do on "Special" Days.
  • Killstreak Challenges: Challenges completed for using killstreak rewards
• RPG-7 Enhanced
  • Now Randomly Moves While Fired
  • Requires Rank 50.
• Slingshot Zombie Added (Finally), Pilots Beware
• Explosive Weapons Now Can Count To Weapon Kills
• Helljump Updates
  • The Transport is now invincible (bug fix)
  • Players who jump too early out will be placed back in the transport

1.8 -> 1.9:

• Removed the old Killstreak methods.
• Implemented a brand new killstreak system
  • 3 Streaks Per Player
  • Unlocked via rank/medal
  • 4 New Killstreaks
    • Stealth Bomber: 8 Kills: Carpet bomb an area without notice.... until it's too late
    • Apache Gunner: 10 Kills: Control a combat Helicoper's turret for 1 minute
    • Centaur Bombardment: 15 Kills: Call in a massive proton collider bombardment.
    • Arrov IV Nuke Strike: 25 Kills: Boom... you should know what this is.
• Modified some weapons that were implemented in 1.8
• /setRot Added
• Full Scale and Nudge added to the MIST
• /SetNudge added
• Added the Hardline Perk
  • Killstreaks require one less kill

1.7 -> 1.8:

• Added the plasmasaber melee weapon.
• Added the UAMS Guided Missile Strike Kill Streak (6 Kills)
• Added the Harbinger's Wrath Kill Streak (10 Kills)
  • Hosts, to create a gunship that endlessly circles the map (Gunship support), type StartHarbingersWrath(your CID, 1, 1);
• Helljump: Players can no longer kill the transports.
• Fixed the helicopters on crack glitch.
  • If you don't know what this is... lol, start up helljump and call in a heli.
  • Hosts, if you have good eyes with script files, you can find the function to make you a chopper gunner (like harbinger's wrath, but with a helicopter)
• DarknessOfLight provided me with the SA2400 Shotgun (Rank 33).
• Added the Wartower game mode (FFA Tower Wars)
  • Tower 2009 Limited Edition Map
  • Century Maze Map
• Fixed the sabotage bomb explosion (it properly explodes now)
• Fixed the S3S Rifle Glitch (You could shoot yourself :p)
• Shotgun weapons (Excluding the LD06 Savager) now properly make their fire sound
• Added the Silencer Attachment to all guns that have them.
• Ported in TWM's Centaur Dual Pistols.
• Ported in TWM's Desert Eagle Pistol.
• Shotguns now display in the weapons challenge list, but do not have upgrades.
• Fixed a glitch with the RP-432 Machine gun, the sound is now correct, fixed a similar issue on the MG42.
• Signal360 has provided me with a new way of loading/saving universally, I will check it and possibly use it in 1.9.
• Kill triggers can now kill invincible players.
• Added a new trigger, Invincibility Disabler (used in the wartower game mode), to disable your invincibility when you leave the spawn area.
• Kill streaks can now be tracked via the player info page.
• some other things.

1.6 -> 1.7:

• PGD Connect Implemented
  • Universal Saving/Loading Added
• Fixes, Fixes, Fixes
• Start of Universal Ranks
• MP-26 CMDO Weapon Added For Helljump
• S3-S Rifle For Helljump

1.5 -> 1.6:

• 9 New Medals (Some are not obtainable yet)
• Hell-Class Selection (With Medal)
• Centaur Artillery Vehicle
• Gravity Axe Weapon
• PRTCLR-995 Weapon
• Weapon Challenge System Upgrade
• KillTrac System Updates
• BOSS: Lordranius Trevor Added
• Fix: Fixed Major Insignia Name, it would display General Vegenor instead of Major Insignia.
• Lobby Options such as kick and ban can now be perfomed on players that are loading
• Admin options now display the name of the admin instead of "The Admin" (Like in TWM 1)
• Some new chat commands

1.4 -> 1.5:

• Hell-Jump Game
• Additional Zombie Namers
• Fixed the Host Setup Glitch
• Fixes, Fixes Fixes
• Online Services now point to PGD.com (www.phantomgamesdevelopment.com)

1.3 rev -> 1.4:

• A various amount of fixes
• Volatile Ravenger Zombies
• Door Fixes
• Grapple Hook Added
• more?

1.3 -> 1.3 Revised:

• Fixed News Panel
• Modified the Score Menu Loadup
• Doors should now save and load properly, no matter the texture (needs testing)
• Fixed an Issue with object moving where inv. stations would not work
• Modified a few other things

1.2 -> 1.3:

• Weapons Challenge System Fixed
• Added a Plothera Of Upgrades
• added a gun or two
• harbinger HQ Tower Map Added
• a few bugs fixed
• bosses Renamed

1.1 -> 1.2 (F.P.R):

• FPR: First Public Release
• More Guns
• 4 new zombie types
• Horde 2 Game
• Improved Many Functioning

1.0 -> 1.1:

• Final 3 Bosses Added
• Added The Domination Game
• Added 3 New Maps (2 By DoL)
• Even more guns added
• Weapon Challenges System
• CSS Improved to 3.1
• Cleaned a few files of un-used functions
• added server logging

Alpha .02 -> 1.0:

• Cleaned over 120 Un-Used Datablocks from the mod
• Moar Guns :)
• More Bosses Added (4 now)
• Added the Perks System
• Added The Sabotage Game
• Fixed many glitches / bugs

Alpha .01 -> Alpha .02:

• Added many chat commands
• Added 10+ Weapons
• Improved the inventory Menu
• Modified the armors
• Added C4 Mines
• Added 2 Bosses
• Various Other Improvements

Cons .70a -> Alpha .01:

• Added CCM's Zombies
• Added CCM's F39 Fighter
• Implemented P-Con 1.7 Functions
• Implemented Clip System
• Implemented Rank System
• Improved / Added New Systems