Seems like this will changes things a lot
Still need to play a bit to have a look
Never the less heres something for you all who don't have this
And Single Player Interactive Tutorial is IN so get some tutoring there
There will be loads of newbies comming in so jump on in and have a go with them
Re: Big big update
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:09 am
by Bronze Fox
Small excerpt from the update:
Added female Marine
Added the dual Railgun Exo
Added Contamination (place infestation anywhere on the map)
Added Catpacks (increases marines movement and reload speed)
Added Boneshield (onos stands still and blocks all bullet based damage)
Added a reserved player slot system
Added skill ranking
Added player levels
Added new Marine view models to match the armor type the Marine is using
Linux client and server
DirectX 11 and OpenGL are now supported
Added Gorge Webs (slows down enemies)
Added Commander tutorial
New “Training” menu to help new players learn the game
Interactive ground-troop tutorial for new players, covering marine and alien basics.
Added organized collection of 5-second “tip clip” videos (Thanks a ton, Kevin Ko!)
Sandbox mode for freely experimenting with weapons/lifeforms
Play vs. AI bots, either as a Commander or ground troop (Good for learning to command, or target practice)
When evolving, short video clips will pop up about the lifeform
Added rudimentary tournament mode (sv_tournament true/false) with chat commands “ready” / “unready”
Added follow order and a hotkey for “follow nearest Alien” to Drifters
Added TechMaps to both teams, accessible by pressing “J”
Added pulse grenades, which slow down the attack speed of aliens
Added gas grenades, which deal armor damage to all alien units in range
Added cluster grenades, which deal damage in a large radius
Increased lerk melee attack speed by 30%
Fixed research of catpack and nanoshield not showing up at insight progress bar
Fixed bilebomb sound playing over and over again when entering an area
