Server Mod Updates

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !login/logout (password) - ALL
  Login/logout as a member
  Just in case
• !reboot (mode) - ADMINS
  "!reboot" reboots the mod
  "!reboot all" reboots the server
  This is already a command for 2 years, just wanted to mention it
• !mapvote and !gaussvote now can be used by all players
  After a voting there cannot be another voting of the same type for 15 minutes
• Merged !amp and !members to !members (group)
  Offline members are shown in gray color
  "!members" shows only online members
  "!members (group)" shows all members of a group
  "!members all" shows all members
• !member now sets members permanently (until you set another group for this player)
• !member now can also set the alias of a member
• !member now can also set members via their profile number (so you can also set offline members)
• !member now can also be used by moderators
  Moderators can set premiums and lower
  Admins can set moderators and lower
  Managers can set admins and lower
  Use the groups "guest", "premium", "moderator" and "admin"
• !obj and !cg now can spawn all editor prefabs
  For example furniture with decoration, buildings with interior, submarines, aircraft carriers and much more
  All prefabs can be shifted, rotated, scaled, physicalized and cloned like object groups
  Prefabs also respect archetype entity objects

Technics:

• New member system
• New XML parser
• Various improvements

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !itemvote (item) - ALL
  Start a voting to lock/unlock an item
  Replaces !gaussvote
• !hits now always shows the body part of a hit, not just for headshots
• !time now can also be used by moderators
• "!capture" now affects the nearest building instead of all buildings
• "!capture all" now affects all buildings
• !spawn now can also spawn scaled entities
• Removed !gs and !gsr (use !spawn instead)
• Admins now can see the path of random objects and effects in their consoles (!obj/eff 0)
• !objs now also shows matching prefabs and sets
• !obj now can also spawn prefabs and sets via index or name
• !cg now can also set mode and value via substrings (!e.g. "!cg phy", "!cg otat", "!cg add brary/archi")
• !cg Add now can browse all objects, prefabs and sets via their folder structure (like a file explorer)
  Press Ctrl+Q/E to cycle through a folder's elements
  Press T to switch to a parent folder
  Press Ctrl+T to switch to a child folder
• !cg Group now can group/ungroup objects (like in the editor)
  This way you can convert objects to object groups and back
  Shoot at objects/object groups while standing to select/deselect them
  Shoot at a position while crouched to group the currently selected objects/object groups using this position as reference point
  Shoot at object groups while crouched to ungroup one object (the one you hit, the others remain grouped)
  Shoot at object groups while lying to ungroup all objects

Gameplay:

• Players now cannot spectate or change the team for 15 seconds after they got hit by an enemy
• There are no more automatic Gauss votes (use "!itemvote gauss" instead)

Technics:

• Improved spawn system
  Prefabs now are spawned from the largest to the smallest object
  Prefabs now can also be modified before all parts are spawned

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !giver (name) (items) - ADMINS
  Remove the given items of a player
  Replaces !civil
• Renamed !cg to !gun
• !gun Add now can also select objects via index, similar to !obj (e.g. !gun add 32)
• !gun, !obj, !path, !level, !maze and their related commands now can also be used by builders
• !tod now can also be used by moderators
• !say now also shows the message in chat and console
• Merged !tp, !to, !me, !fw and !up to a single command called !tp, which can handle the following tasks:
  !tp (name) (forward) (up)
  !tp (name) (player)
  !tp (name) (class)
  !tp (name) (minimap coordinates)
  !tp (name) (map coordinates)
  If you skip the name, it teleports you
  If you skip the target, it teleports to the ground (as !up did before)
  If the target is a vehicle or a player inside a vehicle, it teleports into the vehicle
  If the player to be teleported is inside a vehicle, it teleports the vehicle with all passengers
• !logs now can also show logs with a given text in their names
• !log now marks the search term in the results
• !log now can skip a given number of results
• !reboot now resets all additional entities

Gameplay:

• Improved additional vehicles on Mesa and Beach
• Changed the stadium floor, ceiling and ball
• Players now have infinite energy inside the stadium
• Added a new member group called "Builder", which is higher than "Premium" but lower than "Moderator"
  This way you can unlock building commands without unlocking other admin and moderator commands
  Admins and moderators can set builders via !member

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Changes during the last 4 weeks:

Commands:

• !mapvote and !itemvote now require at least 2 votes for the winner
• !mapvote now randomly chooses one of the winners, if there are multiple ones
• !itemvote cannot lock nukes anymore
• !itemvote now resets the locked items when the server is empty
• !x (value) now sets the previous console variable
• !gun now allows you to enter forbidden areas
• !gun Move now uses the modes To/Right/Forward/Up instead of Jump/Pull/Push/Burst
  Ctrl+Shoot inverts the direction
• !gun Add now can also spawn random objects/prefabs from any selected folder

Gameplay:

• You can now buy speedboats and spawnboats in naval factories

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !clone - ALL
  Clone yourself to set a trap
  The clone stays for 5 minutes (or until it was killed)
  If you kill a clone, you get a hint instead of a reward
• !buys (group) - ALL
  Show the purchasable equipment
  Use the groups "weapon", "ammo", "equip", "vehicle" or "proto" to reduce the output
• !fps - ADMINS
  Show the server's current frames per second
• !commands now also shows the required prestige

Gameplay:

• New stadium design (using invisible walls and 75% less objects)
  The new shape makes it easier to control the ball with vehicles
• Spectator points now aren't selected randomly anymore (with tons of repetitions), but in a certain order
• When you enter a building, the equipment list now also shows the required alien energy
• Improved region detection
• Improved cheat detection

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !mods/paints (class) - ADMINS
  Show the available modifications and paints for a given vehicle (or for all vehicles, if no class is given)
• !mapvote now increases the remaining time of the current match by 30 minutes, if the current map wins the voting
  So you can also use !mapvote to vote for more time
• Replaced !obj (object) (distance) (height) (scale) (mass) (amount) with !obj (object) (distance) (height) (scale) (mass) (right) (forward) (up) (gap)
  So you can now specify the number of objects per axis and the gap between each object, when spawning an object group
  As always, you can use ?(command) to lookup parameters and most of them can be skipped
  For example, to spawn a large wall, write: !obj (anywall) 3 0 1 . 8 1 3

Gameplay:

• Increased the auto-destroy time of all default vehicles to 60 seconds
• Fixed bugged Asian_ltv on Mesa, Beach and Refinery

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Changes during the last 4 weeks:

Commands:

• !team and !fly now can also move dead players to spectator mode
• Improved dozens of prefabs (during the last 3 months)
• Improved prefab folder structure

Gameplay:

• Dead players now automatically become spectators, when they do not revive within 5 minutes

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !gun Add Effects now can place or shoot any temporary effect (similar to !eff)
  Use !gun Physicalize to switch between place and shoot mode
  Use !gun Scale to scale effects
  If you select a folder, it uses a random effect from this folder and shows its name in your console (similar to !gun Add Objects/Prefabs/Sets)
• !gun Show now can show the following information:
  model, class, position, direction, scale, mass, center and size of an entity
  position and distance of a hit
• A few !gun modes now can only be seen and used by certain member groups:
  Guests: Attack, Add, Remove, Group, Clone, Shift, Rotate, Scale
  Builders: Physicalize
  Admins: Teleport, Push, Add Effects, Show
• !buys now can also show purchasable items with a given name (e.g. !buys moar, !buys vtol, !buys grena)

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !register - ALL
  Get a permanent account
  You can now create your own permanent account in-game
  Just type "!register" and write down your new username and password for the multiplayer login
  The permanent account will be usable in a few days (after the next master server restart)
• !snow - ALL
  Let it snow for a few seconds
• !(findoutyourself) - ALL
  Unleash your mighty hax0r skills
  A hidden fun command that can be triggered by 5 different command names
• !stadium now resets the ball when a team scores a goal
• !stadium now resets the score and announces a winner when a team scores 10 goals
• !mortar now also damages armored vehicles
• reduced the maximum rewards for !level and !maze to 10.000 PP
• !gun now also disables explosive weapons, unless Attack is selected
• !gun Show Health now can show the health of creatures, vehicles, turrets and headquarters
• !gun (mode) (value) now doesn't reset the other modes anymore

Gameplay:

• Buying nuclear ammunition now also consumes alien energy

Technics:

• Various improvements

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Changes during the last 2 weeks:

Commands:

• !arenar (first/last/near/all) - BUILDERS
  Remove an arena
• !stadiumr (first/last/near/all) - BUILDERS
  Remove a stadium
• !arena (items) now adds an arena instead of entering it
  You can optionally set the available equipment, similar to !match (e.g. !arena pistol shotgun c4, !arena gauss tac)
• !stadium now adds a stadium instead of entering it
• !clear now also removes arenas and stadiums
• !cha (type) now can also bring players to the newest challenge of the given type (e.g. !cha maze, !cha arena)
• !pm now can also send multiple messages to the same player
  !pm (name) (message) sends a single message
  !pm (name) starts a conversation
  !pm stops a conversation
• !give and !spawn now also mark spawned nukes with the nuke-symbol (similar to buying them)

Gameplay:

• New arena design (using invisible walls and places to take cover)
• You can now kill team mates inside arenas
• You can now refill your ammunition inside arenas by killing players
• Arenas and stadiums now are challenges
  They can now be added multiple times and on any map
  Use !chas to see available challenges and !cha (id/type) to enter them (similar to !level and !maze)
• Players in different challenges (or one outside, one inside) cannot hurt each other anymore
• Players in challenges in forbidden areas now will be teleported back inside, when their challenge is removed
• Spawn vehicles now get locked automatically when you enter them the first time