CCP Cmdr Wang
C C P
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2012.12.17 06:13:00 -
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Dear players,
Here's the patch notes to the long awaited for update, Chromosome. Coming soon to a PS3 near you!
CHROMOSOME PATCH NOTES. Version 0.7:
Weapons/movement:
- Improved Nova knife model
- New Caldari Supply depot model added
- Iron Sight for LAR added
- Improved projectile behavior in networks with high latency.
- Reduced the damage gap between Standard, Advanced, and Prototype tiers of all handheld weapons
- Fixed AV grenade 'pile' bug where AV grenades remain 'live' on the battlefield
- Overhauled grenade throwing 100%
*Consistent throwing angle
*Power of throw increases based on aim pitch (with a cap)
*Detonation x seconds after bounce if not cooked
- 'Cavity'Thukker moved down to Advanced tier and renamed to 'Cavity'M2 Contact Locus Grenade.
- Added an ISK version of the 'Thukker Contact Locus Grenade'
- Fixed a number of 'Empty hand'bugs relating to interaction whilst holding a grenade
- Lowered kick/shake in ADS on the SMG
- Added HMG 'Doom mode'- a new gun camera firing position
- Lowered HMG zoom FOV from 65 to 60 degrees
- Increased HMG zoom speed by 0.2 seconds
- Reduced Burst HMG fire interval
- Added Militia Forge Gun
- Increased magazine size for all Mass Drivers
- Updated the ADS position of the Mass Driver
- Increased the turn rate on swarm missiles to address short/long range targeting problems
- Increased the time before swarms start tracking a target to make them more accurate at short ranges
- Tuned kick values across all assault rifles
- Reduced Scrambler Pistol max range to 65m
- New ADS positioning on the Scrambler Pistol
- Updated the repair tool rewards to encourage players to act as 'Combat medics' and prevent them from being exploited
* Added Triage reward - an assist if you are repairing a friendly and that friendly gets a kill
* Added Guardian reward - you receive rewards when repairing a friendly who has damaged an enemy within x seconds
* Added a WP cap window - if a player scores more than X amount of WP within Y amount of time then there is a cool-down timer until they can score again
Aiming:
- Sensitivity is now equal in all directions when aiming down the sights with any weapon
- Added new aiming sensitivity settings in options for x and y
- The aim assists 'Off' option now works
Modules/Equipment:
- Added improved module descriptions
- Added active armor resistance modules
- Made adjustments to skill requirements and meta-levels for many vehicle modules
- Made adjustments to dropship death camera
- Fixed the vanishing remote explosive bug
- Removed Active Scanner from game until it is fixed
- Combined Cardiac Regulator and Cardiac Stimulant modules into one module type.
Vehicles:
- Added vehicle control tool tips for all vehicle configurations
- Added Collision damage for bottoming out suspension from high falls
- Vehicle Tuning
*Updated control physics for all vehicles
*Updated slot layouts for all vehicles
*Updated PG/CPU values for all vehicles
*Made damage pass on all turrets
*Lower threshold for fire effect and burn damage on vehicles
*Large Railgun spooling speed increased
*Updated most vehicle modules-short description to include key stat info
*Increased propulsion penalty for the armor plating module
*Reduced activation time for all armor and shield repairs as well as the remote repair modules
*Only one active heat sink can be used per fitting
*Increased active duration of active heat sink
*Increased the effectiveness of tracking enhancers and tracking computers
*Fixed the vehicle abandonment timer setting on hacked vehicles
Dropsuits:
- Added a new layout for the PlayStation-ĞMove sharp shooter infantry control configuration
- Added adjustments to input control for aiming (includes turrets)
- Overhauled control sensitivity settings
Maps:
- 4 ambush variation maps added, in which installations are activated and for player to use during battles.
- Improved current Skirmish and Ambush maps, such as adding variation to the maps; tightening objectives and spawn locations, to create better engagement lines and pace of battles, etc.
Orbital Strikes:
- Orbital strike audio range fix - no more silent strikes
- Orbital strike damage type fix for incorrect damage being dealt
ISK rewards:
- The baseline value for ISK rewards has been increased to guarantee higher income levels for participating in battles
Player Corporations:
- Players can now access the show info page on Corporations
Districts:
- The number of districts have been adjusted
Corp Battles:
- Fixed battle reward payout at the end of matches
Audio:
- New music added
- New Voice Over added
- Skipping audio issues resolved
- Extended attenuations for weapons added
- New LAV sounds added
UI:
- Fixed sever UI related bugs
- Moved various components to C++
- Reduced the frequency of stalls
- Key mapping enhancements added
- Improved the hints and legends in-game
- More spinnys added to indicate when the game is loading
- More active selections for the VFX/SFX settings
- List size enhancements added
- Keyboard and mouse polish added
- PlayStation-ĞMove controllers polish added
- Improved control consistency
- Character portrait and corp icon backend image display added during corporation creation
- Added new Entitlements popup
- Single click purchase and use for skillbooks
- Improved the count-down timer while players are waiting for battle
- Enhanced the Character Creation process
- Enhanced the Ask For Help UI
- Increased efficiency rating on font size
- Enhanced the hit indicator
- Added pulse on player in the overview map
- Improved the in-game chat feature
- Improved the in-game loading screen
- Added drop shadow on subtitles
- Added 'Show once' option when reading documents
- Added ability to restock fitting on spawn screen
Performance:
- Optimized non-battle related networking connections |