MM8BDM V4A - V4B Roll Call!

[Messatsu]

Install v4a OVER v3b and that will carry over your saves and convert them to the new format.  It's all stored in your Zandronum-%username%.ini file anyway, so just don't delete that and you'll be good.

[Ivory]

I'm hoping to get a v4 release out within the week. This v4b release is less focused on doing anything big, but more so focused on fixing up bugs, oversights, etc from v4a.

So with that, I begin the v4b roll call.
If you have any more bugs/suggestions/oversights/etc then please let the dev team know immediately. What we're not focusing on is any more map updates or weapon changing unless it's absolutely necessary. The purpose of this update is more for stability than anything else.

Current v4b changelog (more or less)

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[Core/Misc]
Special v4b Surprise!
Player Class animations look smoother. (aka, that weird jerk is gone)
Cloud, Grenade and the Genesis Unit Bot chats updated.
The Toad Man comment in the skin selector has been corrected.
MM8AQU properly saves now.
Cold Man water terrain defined.
Weapon & Item pick up messages are located in the language lump.
MMBTEN Oni robots now animate online.
Turboman Baccones are no longer shootable.


[Skins]
Bright Man: Redone.
Drill Man: Redone.

[Weapons]
Super Arm  - Damage buffed to 60, hitbox buffed to 30x30
Atomic Fire - Level 1 charge ammo consumption reduced to 1 unit.
Noise Crush - Fixes an oversight where ammo would not be consumed on charged fire switch out.

[Assists]
- Eddie reworked: Eddie now scans player inventory using the weapon array + buster (and time stopper) array to generate a random weapon that the player does not have yet.
Eddie actors has been moved into utility.txt.
(Thank Smashbro for spawning this idea when he did that v4a trailer video and ripped on eddie for a minute or two)

[Maps]
All Water Maps feature new water scripts to deal with a possession bug.
Map load order slightly changed: Cossack, Dark, MrX and King are now grouped with the wily stages.

MM1CUT - Replace Thunder Claw with Napalm Bomb, replace Freeze Cracker with Flame Blast, replace Flame Blast with another Bubble Lead.
MM2AIR - Revamped (by Ivory)
MM2DW1 - Caves removed, battlefield revamped.
MM3HAR - New pathway to Power Stone added.
MM4DUS - Removed the one way path / flash stopper area, replaced Hard Knuckle area.
MM4RIN - Has a Yashichi, finally.
MM5CRY - Map revamped again(by Copy Robot)
MM5DAR - removed Bubble Leads, moved Water Wave spawns to Bubble Lead’s old position.
MM6PLA - Yashichi appears in gamemodes now.
MMBAST - Fixed a bug where spectating after activating a platform would keep it in the air for the rest of the match.
MMBCOL - Scaled down the map a bit.
MMBBUR - Lag issues should be fixed now, various map changes.
MMWTBRG - Window fixed
MMWTDW1 - Moved two spawn points stuck in the wall.

V4B Remaining Items (more or less)

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Will be done for v4b
Skull Barrier rework
Ring Boomerang nerf

On the eventual to do list, but I'm not holding back the release any longer waiting for it to happen
Leaf Shield rework

[Beed28]

That reminds me. I was thinking of refining the bot fixer script so that it doesn't turn the bot while the bot has a "flag item" instead of outright terminating if it detects the "boss weapons" from the Unknown map. Might be useful for bots in the classes mods since if they get frozen on the spot the bot fixer interferes and messes them up. I'll get to work on it during the weekend.

[Hallan Parva]

I'm hoping to get a v4 release out within the week. This v4b release is less focused on doing anything big, but more so focused on fixing up bugs, oversights, etc from v4a.

oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh bo--

On the eventual to do list, but I'm not holding back the release any longer waiting for it to happen
Leaf Shield rework

FUCK THIS I'M OUT


you literally had two versions to do the thing you promised to do FIVE MONTHS before v4a came out

[Ivory]

You also said you were going to do a new crystal, but that never happened.
 

[LlamaHombre]

clearly smash should compensate by coding new leaf shield

[Knux]

Regarding MM1CUT, please omit Atomic Fire from the map entirely. Everytime I have vanilla matches in the map, Atomic Fire becomes overwhelmingly centralizing to gameplay, causing most people to forego everything else in favor of spamming it. What I suggest is to place Cutter in the middle instead, and place an assist or shield where Cutter previously stood.

[Russel]

Atomic Fire in general is just ridiculous in my opinion, this isn't an issue that would exist here and here alone.
Not to mention I don't usually see people who spam 100% atomic fire in a deathmatch with 3 people or more actually winning easily, considering people will resort to less bursty weapons to counter the long warmup time of the Atomic Fire.

[Knux]

But the problem in MM1CUT is that it will almost never miss due to the small hallways, so it definitely shouldn't exist in that map.

[Rozark]

A weapon synergizes with the map?
Ohhhhhhhhh Noooooooooo

[ice]

BFG's are not supposed to Synergize, that's the issue

[Emmanuelf06]

Cool, v4b !

And yeah, Ring boomrang was a little too much effective in DM.... :/ Good to see It was nerfed.
Super Arm will do a lot of damage! It's not too much?
Need to see the Skull Barrier Rework. And cool to see a new version of the game..again! =3

[Zard1084]

oh nice! a update! too bad i don't have a computer.... DAMN YOU REALLIFE!!!!

[-Daiki-TheOni]

Wow, an update already? this is going fast....

I like the idea of the superarm wep of having more hitbox, but may the damage buff.... I don't know.

Anyway, keep working like that!

[Max]

Can MM4DIV and MM5WAV get overhauls pls
I know you guys are trying to release but nobody likes those maps