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Stability & quality of life patch

Hello dear community,

we’re happy to deliver a stability & quality of life patch for both open beta and stable today!

This patch aims to improve the overall stability of the mod, especially in space skirmish.
Most notably, a lot of sound file errors have been fixed which were suspected to crash the game occasionally.
Meanwhile ground skirmish in open beta gets fleshed out with new particle effects and a bunch of QoL updates.

Open beta changelog 2.3.9

This patch aims to improve the overall stability of the mod, especially in space skirmish.
Most notably, a lot of sound file errors have been fixed which were suspected to crash the game occasionally.
Meanwhile ground skirmish gets fleshed out with new particle effects and a bunch of QoL updates.

Art
Models:

  • Added new version of Map_Space_Building_AncientSensor.ALO with a build_00 animation and shadow
  • Fixed hangar shields on all ancient stations
  • Fixed shield mesh of Asuran_Space_Unit_Cruiser.ALO
  • Reduced size of the shield bubble of Tauri_Land_Building_Shield_Generator.ALOTextures:
  • Added Tok’ra ability icon for Selmak
  • Add missing map textures w_8 and w_8_b from 1.3.1, create normalmap w_rivrock00_b (resolves #3129)

Effects:

  • Added new Field Commander buff effects for all factions
  • Added new model and particle file for Wraith Queens Ghost ability
  • Added new Intimidation effect for Anubis
  • Scaled heavy Grace proj up and light proj down for better visual difference (issue #2906)
  • Reduced Screenflash for Tauri orbital strike

Code
General:

  • Updated FormationOrder for all ground units where it made sense
  • Updated shipname assignments to ships (resolves #3073)
  • Improved wraith and tauri fighter flight behavior/targeting (issue #2925)
  • Adjusted Secondary_Mining_Facility to stargate mine
  • Fixed crash introcued by the latest Steam versions if more units can be built than there are buttons in the command bar.
  • Fixed Barrage randomly stopping after a period of time
  • Fixed Ashen cruiser HP naming (issue #2906)
  • Fixed Grace ship select_box_scale
  • Fixed duplicate hero clash “ObiWan_BobaFett”
  • Fixed nonvalid abilities in GameConstants
  • Fixed nonvalid starting planet of the Wraith Queen
  • Fixed incorrect tags in Unit_Space_Tauri_O_Neill.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_BC_304.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_F_302.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_B_302.xml, Unit_Space_Goauld_Anubis_Hatak.xml, Unit_Space_Wraith__Hero_Michael.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_HB_302.xml
  • Fixed unknown model or particle “Teltak_L.ALO”
  • Fixed unknown model or particle “Goauld_Space_Projectile_Alkesh_Bomb.ALO”
  • Fixed unknown model or particle “Wraith_Land_Building_Command_Center.ALO.alo”
  • Removed unused text strings (#3126)
  • Removed unused icon and radar icon names (#3126)Goauld:
  • The Alkesh can now perform a proper barrage (Resolves #0002688, resolves #0002566)
  • Fixed code error in the Alkesh fileTauri:
  • Coded smoke greande ability for the Special Forces (Issue #0002911) (WIP)
  • Recoded all Tauri space units using the template (except for fighters)
  • Fixed CategoryMask for SG team and Sniper (resolves #3090)
  • Fixed too high Ranged_Target_Z_Adjust for Tauri shield
  • Fixed inhibitor having WEAPON behavior (assert error)Wraith:
  • Fixed wrong Garrison_Bone_Name for Wraith Shuttle (potential fix for issue #2857)

Scripting

  • Pegasus Prelude: Fixed a script crash in the Wraith Envoy script
  • Fix ground_turret script not tirggering abilities and adjust ability ranges (issue #2648)
  • Removed freestore requirement from PP story scripts

Sound

  • Added sounds for Tokra units (Selmaks special ability)
  • Transport rings can lo longer be heard over the whole map. Sound is also added to sfx anim txt instead of script. (Resolves #0003065)
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Defeat_Wraith_Superhive”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Defeat_Prometheus”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Barrage_Genii_Space_Destroyer”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Defeat_Envoy”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Barrage_Rebel_Space_Station”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Asgard_Beliskner\Asgard_Attack__ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Daedalus\Daedalus_Low_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\X304\X304_Critical_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\X304\X304_Low_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Michael\Michael_NoEngine_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Wraith_Zerstoerer\WZerstoerer_Critical_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Baal\Baal_Guard_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\General_Wraith\General_Critical_HP_ENG.wav”

Leveldesign

  • Add missing com_array markers to Juna skirmish map

Text

  • Added Selmak ability text and icon issue #2848
Stable changelog 1.6.10

This patch aims to improve the overall stability of the mod, especially in space skirmish.
Most notably, a lot of sound file errors have been fixed which were suspected to crash the game occasionally.

Art
Models:

  • Added new version of Map_Space_Building_AncientSensor.ALO with a build_00 animation and shadow
  • Fixed hangar shields on all ancient stations
  • Fixed shield mesh of Asuran_Space_Unit_Cruiser.ALO
  • Reduced size of the shield bubble of Tauri_Land_Building_Shield_Generator.ALOTextures:
  • Added Tok’ra ability icon for Selmak
  • Add missing map textures w_8 and w_8_b from 1.3.1, create normalmap w_rivrock00_b (resolves #3129)

Effects:

  • Scaled heavy Grace proj up and light proj down for better visual difference (issue #2906)
  • Reduced Screenflash for Tauri orbital strike

Code
General:

  • Updated shipname assignments to ships (resolves #3073)
  • Fixed crash introduced by the latest Steam versions if more units can be built than there are buttons in the command bar.
  • Fixed Barrage randomly stopping after a period of time
  • Fixed Ashen cruiser HP naming (issue #2906)
  • Fixed Grace ship select_box_scale
  • Fixed duplicate hero clash “ObiWan_BobaFett”
  • Fixed nonvalid abilities in GameConstants
  • Fixed nonvalid starting planet of the Wraith Queen
  • Fixed incorrect tags in Unit_Space_Tauri_O_Neill.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_BC_304.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_F_302.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_B_302.xml, Unit_Space_Goauld_Anubis_Hatak.xml, Unit_Space_Wraith__Hero_Michael.xml, Unit_Space_Tauri_HB_302.xml
  • Fixed unknown model or particle “Teltak_L.ALO”
  • Fixed unknown model or particle “Goauld_Space_Projectile_Alkesh_Bomb.ALO”
  • Removed unused text strings (#3126)
  • Removed unused icon and radar icon names (#3126)
    Goauld:
  • Fixed code error in the Alkesh file
    Tauri:
  • Recoded all Tauri space units using the template (except for fighters)
  • Fixed inhibitor having WEAPON behavior (assert error)

Scripting

  • Pegasus Prelude: Fixed a script crash in the Wraith Envoy script
  • Removed freestore requirement from PP story scripts

Sound

  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Defeat_Wraith_Superhive”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Defeat_Prometheus”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Barrage_Genii_Space_Destroyer”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Defeat_Envoy”
  • Fixed unknown SFX event “Unit_Barrage_Rebel_Space_Station”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Asgard_Beliskner\Asgard_Attack__ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Daedalus\Daedalus_Low_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\X304\X304_Critical_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\X304\X304_Low_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Michael\Michael_NoEngine_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Wraith_Zerstoerer\WZerstoerer_Critical_HP_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\Baal\Baal_Guard_ENG.wav”
  • Fixed unknown sound file “Data\Audio\Speech\General_Wraith\General_Critical_HP_ENG.wav”

Let us know what you think about the latest changes on our Discord!
https://discord.gg/vyMQ6Cq

Yours,
SGMG