Tribes 3: Rivals/Patches/v0.2.1.7

TRIBES 3: Rivals Playtest - Patch Notes

TRIBES 3: Rivals | 03.12.2024 | Prophecy Games

Loadout

• Updated name displays of Loadouts to show Perk name and class.
• Loadouts
  • Loadout ordering has been standardized between the classes, with different weapons selected by default
  • Weapons
    • All Chaingun falloff now begins and ends 20 meters further
    • Light Spinfusor and Spinfusor projectile sizes have been standardized with the Heavy Spinfusor

GAMEPLAY

• Achievements
  • Added new achievements and updated all temp art.
  • Some achievements now grant a weapon or suit crate.
• Custom Matches
  • Updated the bot fill in Custom Matches to be controlled by a mutator.
• General
  • Modified default values for settings.
    • Volume
    • FOV
  • Added a setting to clamp the flag icons to the side of the screen. This is enabled by default.
  • Player minimap icons will now be clamped to the edge of the minimap when they reach the edge of the minimap play area.
  • Recall delay timer extended to 1 second.
• Movement
  • Fixed an issue where players could get snagged on small edges on walls and ceilings.
  • JumpZ is now properly scaled with the higher gravity
  • Flag Drag has been reduced for all classes

MAPS

• Fixed flag stand collisions on Torment and DX.
• Zoomed in mini-map with clamping for DX, Hollow, Torment, and Raindance, to give better details around where most of the action is.
• Changed map boundary art in DX, Hollow, Torment, and Raindance to be more subtle. Made adjustments to landscape along the boundary as well.
• Fixed (removed) legacy stallz still present in Tutorial, Shooting Range, and Time Trials.

FIXES

• Fixed various issues with the End of Match summary when ranking up and down.
• Fixed an issue where selecting the Scoreboard tab at the End of Match summary screen would not visually deselect the summary tab.
• Fixed an issue where character name plates would not be visible in the “Waiting for Players” phase.
• Fixed an issue where Sentinel (Light Defense) perk would not be active upon respawning when the enemy has the flag.
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in Phase Shift.
• Fixed an issue where players would not get the correct kill notification.
• Fixed an issue where players would not get a Blue Plate Special when killing a player while they had a Shield Pack active.
• Fixed an issue where players would get caught on small ledges, walls, and ceilings.
• Fixed an issue where the Ground Targeter would still show if the player was in Stealth or dead.
• Fixed an issue where the flag would show the incorrect state for players that would backfill into matches.
• Fixed an issue where neutral Outpost Turrets were showing as enemy Turrets on the map.
• Fixed an issue where the flag carrier icons would not show on the minimap when the player respawned.
• Fixed an issue where the minimap player icons would be slightly offset from the player’s actual location.
• Fixed an issue where friendly flag’s minimap icon would be enemy colored.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s name was not highlighted on the scoreboard.
• Fixed an issue where Health Nuggets would not heal the player back to full HP when it should.
• Fixed an issue where base turrets would not alert players when they had been targeted.
• Fixed an issue where the Turret pack could be knocked back when fully deployed.
• Fixed an issue where the Thumper’s projectile SFX would persist for a short time after it exploded.
• Fixed an issue where the player HUD would be seen in the loading screen when entering Shooting Range, Time Trials and the Tutorial.
• Fixed an issue where the map was incorrectly rotated in the Shooting Range.
• Fixed an issue where the Hat Trick achievement was incorrectly displayed in the Achievement tab.
• Fixed an issue where the Frag Artist achievement was not tracking correctly.