Tribes 3: Rivals/Patches/v0.1.8.2

TRIBES 3: Rivals Playtest #8 - Patch Notes^[1]

TRIBES 3: Rivals | 02.01.2024 | Prophecy Games

Active testing modes will rotate between 4v4 Honor Ball and 12v12 CTF.

Time Trials, Shooting Range, Training and Custom Lobbies will remain active.

Weapons
- Removed ADS shake from Bolt Launchers, Chain Guns, Sparrow and Thumper.
Belt Items and Ability Packs
- Phase Pack
  - Players can no longer pick up health nuggets while the pack is active.
Perks
- Sentinel (Light Defense)
  - Now also reduces self damage by 50% when the enemy has your flag.
  - Note: Additional changes to this perk are being worked on.

Honor Ball
- Added music to Ice Dome and Magma Dome.
- Added a bomb marker to the minimap.
CTF
- Players can now vote for which map they would like to play on between matches.
- Players can now pick up health nuggets while holding the flag.
Tutorial
- Updated the bomb in the Tutorial so it does not explode after two minutes.
General
- New players are now prompted if they would like to play the tutorial when they first load into the main lobby.
- Player health bars now scale over distance.

Fixed an issue where after 5 persistent matches, players would always get the same map.
Fixed an issue where players could use enemy bases to change loadouts.
Fixed an issue where the bomb could be picked up by recalling players.
Fixed an issue in Team Hunters where players would be able to recall with flags.
Fixed an issue where the Turret Pack would not reliably deploy.
Fixed an issue where the bomb goal VFX would loop indefinitely.
Fixed an issue where the loadout screen wouldn't scale properly at various aspect ratios
Fixed an issue where wall collisions were missing in Ice Dome.
Fixed an issue where players could get propelled at crazy speeds if they ski-landed on another player.

We are still investigating an issue where players can’t select a loadout in a match.
Tutorial text is still under construction and has some incorrect keybinds.
After finishing a custom match, players will encounter a "loading match" banner and be unable to cancel it. Custom Lobby owners will be unaffected and be able to move players and start matches.