Drecks
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Location: The Netherlands
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[MAP]TE-Coldsteel

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TE_Coldsteel_b3/final

Time for a last update. This update comes with an Territory and Firefight mode for the map.
And I did upload the uncooked mapfile and packages as a seperate download.

About Coldsteel:

Map is situated in an Industrial setting. Late september 1942
Attack defense. Axis have to attack a steel factory. It has 5 objectives.
The maps contains some models made by Shadowwill and Olivier Big thanks for that.



Objecive 1 Railarea



Objecive 2 Rolling hall




Objecive 3 Deathly Alley



Objecive 4 Strippinghall



Objecive 5 Storage area


Changelist and Fixes:

Fixt a wrongly compressed texure.
More rubble,detail and cover added. (less empty halls)
More mantle and climb options.
Pumped up the sunlightbrightness
Tweaked spawndistance better for Axis
Resized the last objective.

Files

As i have no clue how to make both modes use the same packages I release both modes with
their own packages.

For TE

Map name is TE_Coldsteel_b3 Map comes with 5 external packages for custom material and an INT file for the
objective names.

CookedPC

CookedServer

For FF

Mapname is FF_Coldsteel

CookedPC

CookedServer

Mapfile and Packages

Coldsteel files

Known Issues:


As known some servers have difficulties running custom maps. Spawncams and spawns won't work as supposed and artillery radios wont show for the commander role. They are narrowing doen that problem.
Server admins can contribute in this topic

Tested this local and all spawns, artillery and spawncams works as it should.

As I forgot to gave credit to people in the previous release I want to thank all people who I contacted
before this release. And off course I like to thank my wife.
Now again the only thing I really need is to play the map with humans. As I'm really doe with playing Bots.

Greets Drecks
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Week of April First Preliminary Changelog

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The following changelog is a WIP. Some of these items may not make the final list (and others may be added). This build of the game is currently in testing internally.

Currently there are also no (or few) tweaks to gameplay based on user feedback (those will be on their way a little later and are listed below the changelog).

General

•Added the ability to select a weapon upgrade in the class selection menu rather than always spawning with the highest unlocked version
•Walking up to a radio no longer forces your weapon out of ironsights
•Satchels are now easier to throw into small spaces
•Squad leaders now have their choice of sidearm in RO Classic
•Fixed cover having priority over mountable machine guns when using the 'Interaction' key
•Fixed a bug where Machine Gunners had a stuck camera when deployed in some areas. This was most prominent in Mamayev.
•Enemy spotted can no longer be used to spot enemies through walls
•Slight improvements to collision while prone (mostly in or near trenches)
•Significant performance improvements for client and server
UI

Server browser changes
•The lower left hand info box now contains more useful and reliable information about the server
•The number of bots is displayed in the server list
•RO Classic mode has been added to the server details and filters
•Fixed a problem causing some servers (random each refresh) to be missing from the list.
Addition UI Changes
•Modified the settings menu to display the proper aspect ratio adjusted FOV values for the FOV setting. Before the menu only listed the FOV values for 4:3 aspect ratio. This incorrectly led poeple to believe that the FOV was lower than it actually was in game. For example, if the FOV value in the menu was set to 70 (using the 4:3 FOV values), at a standard widescreen aspect ration of 16:9 the players in game FOV was beind adjusted to 86 degrees.
•Fixed several display problems in the in game achievements menu
•A few items on the HUD have been shifted to reduce overlapping (spawn queue, squad list)
•Double-clicking a class name will now quick select it with the default loadout
•When holding a voice chat key the HUD now shows what channel you are speaking in


Upcoming (NOT IN THE NEXT PATCH) changes to gameplay based on user feedback:

General (Applies to 2 or more game modes)

•Reducing overall machine gun recoil. We may go overboard and have to dial them back up a bit. We'll be looking for feedback on this.
•Changing sound attenuation for "hit sound" at a distance so it falls off to a much lower sound
•Balancing out focused controlled breathing sound so players hear the breathing out as well as the breathing in (to help players understand they are not holding their breath)
•Adding Classic weapon loadout option to server custom settings

Classic
•Machine guns in Classic will be getting focus (default shift) zoom at the level of the the current rifle iron sights zoom
•Change the sprinting system so that it behaves more like RO 2's default sprinting system (with the current classic max sprinting speed)


Several other items we are holding off on to see how these go (and we may be re polling on them as well).
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April 5th Beta Update

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General•Added the ability to select a weapon upgrade in the class selection menu rather than always spawning with the highest unlocked version. This change only applies to servers running normal, realism, or custom with bClassicWeaponLoadout=FALSE.
•Satchels are now easier to throw into small spaces
•Squad leaders now have their choice of sidearm in RO Classic
•Fixed cover having priority over mountable machine guns when using the 'Interaction' key
•Fixed a bug where Machine Gunners had a stuck camera when deployed in some areas. This was most prominent in Mamayev.
•Fixed weapons firing blanks after taking over a bot in Countdown
•Enemy spotted can no longer be used to spot enemies through walls
•Setting DepthOfField=False in the INI doesn't turn off other post process effects
•Slight improvements to collision while prone (mostly in or near trenches)
•Significant performance improvements for client and server

UI•(Work in Progress) Server browser changes◦Fixed a problem causing some servers (random each refresh) to be missing from the list.
◦Fixed the blank map name column

•Modified the settings menu to display the proper aspect ratio adjusted values for the FOV setting. Before the menu only listed the FOV values for 4:3 aspect ratio. This incorrectly led poeple to believe that the FOV was lower than it actually was in game. For example, if the FOV value in the menu was set to 70 (using the 4:3 FOV values), at a standard widescreen aspect ration of 16:9 the players in game FOV was beind adjusted to 86 degrees.
•A few items on the HUD have been shifted to reduce overlapping (spawn queue, squad list)
•Double-clicking a class name will now quick select it with the default loadout
•When holding a voice chat key the HUD now shows what channel you are speaking in

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What We Are Up To - Gearing Up For Release

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Welcome back to the latest installment of the What We Are Up To post. It continues to be a busy month here with many things in the works. With summer just around the corner, we are hard at work bringing updates to some of your favorite Tripwire titles. What can you expect you ask? Read on to find out. Topics include: Upcoming changes to the RO 2 beta, how the beta will be rolled out to everyone, and our future plans for RO 2.

We hope to push out two beta updates, one today and one later this week. You can find the WIP Changelog for today's update HERE. Included (but not turned on) in the latest beta builds will be Campaign mode as well as some experimental gameplay changes for the normal (relaxed realism) setting. More details can be found HERE and we will be once again looking for player feedback to these changes.

As the current RO 2 beta nears completion (system/gameplay refinements, additional modes, bug fixes and changes based on player feedback) we are looking to roll the patch out live sometime in the next few weeks. As we get closer to that date we will be continuing to make adjustments to the beta based off player feedback and finish several more refinements.

Moving forward, shortly after these changes go live we will be looking to do a free weekend. Be sure to spread the word and tell your friends that have been on the fence that this will be a great chance for them to see first hand how the game plays!

And while we've managed to update many aspects of Red Orchestra 2 through this beta we know there is more to be done. We have set our sights on the Squad and Tank systems next as well as additional UI refinements.


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WIP - April 18th Beta Patch

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Maps
•Spartanovka
Inceased spawn time for Allies by 5 seconds
Improved Axis spawn protection for their last spawn attacking the Town Hall
Gave Axis more reinforcements
Reduced Allies' artillery amounts slightly
•Station
Decreased Axis reinforcement times by 5 seconds
Increased Axis reinforcements
•Mamayev
Removed 'activated' chat box spam in Mamayev

Gameplay•Modified sprinting in RO Classic so that instead of stopping sprinting when you run out of stamina it blends down to the slow sprint speed when the player is close to exhausted (similar to regular RO2). The ability to force the player to stop sprinting can still be enabled by a server side setting if server admins wishes to have the game function exactly like RO1 sprinting
•Modified the encumbrance system so that players that spawn with MGs and Anti-tank rifles will get a bonus on carrying thier primary weapon which prevents them from spawning with heavy encumbrance effects (faster stamina use, slower sprinting, etc). If someone from a different class picks up thier dropped primary weapon, they will still have the heavy encumbrance from the weapon.
•Modified the encumbrance system so that engineer classes get a slight encumbrance bonus so they don't spawn with heavy encumbrance effects (faster stamina use, slower sprinting, etc)
•Characters should no longer pop up/down when running along trenches
•Fixed some instances of being able to 'see through' objects when viewing up close.
•Fixed a bug where server damage scaling settings were not working
•Fixed a bug where players could not take bleed damage under certain circumstances
•Fixed achievements: Marksman (Bronze/Silver/Gold), Unhatched (Bronze/SilverGold), Tracked (Bronze/Silver/Gold), Sharpshooter (Bronze/Silver/Gold), Firing Blind
Improved server performance
UI•After being shot the damage indicator is now displayed on the HUD regardless of whether tactical view is on
•Fixed HUD sorting issues with binocs
•Removed the ability to disable gameplay effecting rendering settings
•The realism setting on the server is now shown in the loading screen and scoreboard
•Joining a custom or classic server for the first time triggers a confirmation message window
•Marksman now appear properly as squad leaders on the tactical view squad list
•Fixed overlapping spawn queue text in the territory spawn menu
•Fixed inactive objectives showing as active on the minimap
•Fixed enemy spotted icon stuck on screen
•Fixed enemy spotted icon flickering on top of weapon
•Artillery selection is now more reliable. Added flashing icon to overhead map when artillery is falling


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Normal/Relaxed Realism Experiment

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Since the release of Red Orchestra 2 we have received invaluable feedback from the community. Some liked the game as it was but didn't like features X, Y and Z. We've listened and are working on refinements. Others felt that the gameplay was too different from what they were expecting from Red Orchestra 1. We've heard that as well and are introducing Classic mode into the game. Others still would like a mix of these two modes and that is why almost every change we've made will be available as a custom setting for server admins.

But we also realized that we had focused solely on the 'Hardcore' end of the player spectrum - so we are also taking the opportunity to experiment with some gameplay mechanics targeted at the less-hardcore players, which would get implemented in the 'Normal' relaxed realism mode, making the difference between 'Normal' and 'Realistic' more apparent. So, there are some new pieces in the latest Beta, specifically to test out the less-hardcore ideas:
•Addition of a crosshair
•Removal of free-aim
•Reduced player damage

Keep in mind that these changes are NOT for those who exclusively enjoy the Classic and/or Realism modes. With that in mind, we'll be looking for feedback from more casual players on the changes to Normal mode. If Normal mode isn't your thing then please give us feedback on Classic and Realism mode.

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