BATTLEZONE

Version 1.5.1.18

Released 2013-04-14

This is a maintenance release that integrates some changes and fixes from 1.5.2.x.

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What's New

Gameplay

• Howitzers check the flight path of their projectiles to see if terrain gets in the way
• Don't show a health bar for indestructible objects
  • This fixes geysers showing a health bar when targeted
  • They now look like they did in 1.4
• Scavengers don't go after scrap in unreachable regions
• Don't drop scrap pieces in bad locations
• Try to make player-controlled APCs less exploitable
  • Only deploy when within 75m of a (potential) target

Stability

• Remove the oldest scrap piece when out of game object slots
• This is a last-ditch recovery attempt to avoid a crash
• Prevent terrain access from reading outside the world
• The world effectively "wraps around" at the edges
• Fixed ConstructionRigProcess class crash in misn09.bzn
  • Handle CMD_STOP more like other producers
• Terrain editor no longer crashes when returning from escape menu
  • The camera was getting reset with an abnormally large view distance
• GotoTask attempts to recover gracefully when it has no path
  • Still not sure why that happens sometimes...

Pathing

• Track team ownership of terrain cells
  • Replaces the previous "team hazard" mechanism
  • Works correctly for all non-neutral teams (1-15)
  • Pathing now takes team alliances into account
• Fixed AI terrain avoidance forces for teams 3-15
  • Affected player-controlled teams on 3-way and 4-way maps
  • Crippled high-numbered teams in IA