Yay, smoker is no longer useless! On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Chad Austin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow, I had my server up for less than 10 minutes and the update made it > die, saying update required... > > Nice update though, it really helps. > > > Jason Ruymen wrote: > > A required update for Left 4 Dead has been released. Please run > hldsupdatetool to receive the update. The specific changes include: > > > > General > > - Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected > only. > > - Fixed a class of SurvivorBot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players. > > - Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a > Tank punch. > > - Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will > no longer make chirping noises. > > - Improved loading time. > > - Fixed mini-gun physics exploit. > > - Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall > through elevators. > > - Fixed rare achievement bug issues. > > - Fixed several map exploits. > > - Fixed various match making issues. > > - Fixed NAT traversal issues. > > > > Versus Changes > > - Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players. > > - Changed color of infected player name in chat to red. > > - Fixed exploit where players could spawn infected bots > > - Fixed instance where a Survivor changing to the infected team would be > attacked by infected bots. > > - Normalized special infected melee damage. > > - Made the following client commands cheat protected: "Kill" and > "explode". > > - Fixed exploit where infected players could run away and teleport back > to gain health. > > - Players can only change teams once per map. > > - Players can't change teams while other players are still loading. > > - Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus > mode. > > - Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route. > > - Increased chance of getting the Tank or Witch. > > - Fixed team swap issue. > > > > Hunter > > - Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing. > > - Increased Minimum damage a Hunter pounce does. > > > > Smoker > > - Fixed Smoker tongue tolerance. > > - Smoker now has to be killed or the tongue destroyed for the tongue to > break. > > - Survivor's cannot bash someone off the tongue until the Survivor being > pulled is paralyzed or hanging > > - Tongue attacks that fail to paralyze or hang a Survivor will use the > shorter ability delay timer. > > - Fixed cases where the ability timer was not using the correct time. > > - Fixed case where you could point at a Survivor but not register a > tongue hit > > - Fixed Smoker tongue not targeting and landing properly through PZ > ghosts. > > - Smoker tongue does damage every second while dragging paralyzed > Survivors. > > > > Tank > > - Bashable objects now appear with a red glow. > > - Tanks hitting a car with an alarm disables the alarm permanently. > > - Tank frustration timer is only reset by hitting Survivors with rocks or > fists. > > - Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks. > > > > Witch > > - Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams. > > - Avoids spawning within a certain % of the tank. > > - Fixed an exploit where the Witch could be woken up and tricked into > attacking Survivors. > > > > Jason > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
