Readme 1.28

Version 1.28.0.255 (01-22-08)

Graphics Engine Update:

• Frame rate and stutter performance are dramatically improved in this release.
• Improved terrain loading
• Reduced memory footprint
• Improved collision code
• Improved OpenGL state handling
• Vehicle hulks now queue for loading

Vehicle Markings

• All ground and air vehicles now have historical looking markings
• These markings are per brigade
• Each player will also have an identifying mark based on their game name (these are not globally unique)
• For a complete list see the WWIIOL Wiki

Types of Marking:

• Unit markings are based on which brigade the vehicle is spawned from and will be the same for all vehicles from that brigade
• Support units, such as tanks in a navy brigade or planes in an army brigade will receive that countries support marking
• Individual markings are based on the player's handle and will be the same for that player whenever he spawns that vehicle class
• Personal markings are used for con badges, B1 badges, etc.

German Armor Marking:

• Unit marking * based on German divisional markings, hull front and rear
• Individual marking * based on German three digit tank numbers (red with white stroke), turret both sides
• Personal marking * located on the hull side

French Armor Marking:

• Unit marking * based on French regimental markings, hull sides.
• Individual marking * based on "Aces" company markings (clubs, spades, diamonds, hearts * red, white and blue version of each), turret sides
• Personal marking * located on the hull, front or side

British Armor Marking:

• Unit marking is based off of British brigade markings (red/green square with white number), hull front
• Individual marking is based off of British squadron markings, turret sides and front
• three colors (red, yellow, blue)
• three shapes (triangle, square, circle)
• number (1-4) inside
• Personal marking is located on the hull sides

Truck Marking:

• All Trucks/Pullers have the same markings as the armor for their country
• Markings are smaller and placed on bumpers/number plates where applicable

Gun Marking:

• ATG/AAA: (all countries will be the same)
• Personal marking only, located on the gun shield

German Plane Marking:

• Unit marking * based on German squadron emblems, nose both sides
• Individual marking * based on German flight numbers (numbers 1-14 in various colors), rear fuselage both sides
• Personal marking * under canopy both sides

French Plane Marking:

• Unit marking * based on French squadron emblems, rear fuselage both sides
• Individual marking * based on French flight numbers (numbers 1-14 in various colors), tail both sides
• Personal marking * nose both sides

British Plane Marking:

• Unit marking * based on British squadron lettering (two letters), left of fuselage roundel
• Individual marking * based on British flight lettering (single letter), right of fuselage roundel
• Personal marking * nose

Infantry and Navy markings:

• No changes from existing decals

Air Warning System (Radar):

• Added a new Air Warning System to the map
• AWS is designed to simulate the various forms of intelligence one might receive over the radio while in flight
• AWS primary goal is to increase the air players ability to find and engage the enemy
• There is a toggle on the map pane to turn on or off the AWS
• On the map you will see a grid
• The grid is labeled AA-DW horizontally and 0-60 vertically
• The grid size is 16km square
• The grid updates in cycles over 60 to 120 seconds
• The grid covers the whole theater
• Red grids indicate heavy enemy air presence reported
• Yellow grids indicate light enemy air presence reported
• These colors may be adjusted in settings
• EWS will still show bombers that have been reported as sighted near towns
• EWS does not show fighters
• AWS may not be interdicted, it is the culmination of several types of signals and intelligence
• AWS mat not be avoided though the system is not 100% accurate
• AWS does not differentiate between types of aircraft
• AWS only shows enemies

AWS Reporting:

• When an aircraft begins to accelerate it becomes AWS enabled
• AWS enabled aircraft that exceed taxi speeds will begin to trigger AWS
• Once AWS is triggered the plane has 90 seconds before its position may begin being reported
• Slowing down and landing will remove a plane from reporting

Show Friendlies:

• Friendlies on your mission are now indicated on your map
• Friendlies not on your mission are also now indicated on your map if they are closer than 1000m and on your visual update list

Airborne Infantry:

• Paratroopers now have several loadouts available to them
• These loadouts are similar to their regular infantry counterparts with some exceptions:
  • Airborne Rifleman: +1 Satchel, +1 Ammo can (total of two)
  • Airborne SMG: as existing "Paratrooper" unit.
  • Airborne LMG: +2 Smoke Grenades
  • Airborne Sniper: +20 rifle rounds, + Pistol with 24 rounds
  • Airborne ATR: +2 HE grenades
  • Airborne Mortar: +5 HE mortars, +10 Smoke mortars
• There are no Airborne counterparts for the Grenadier or Sapper units
• Paratroopers who get resupplied in the field may receive some grenades

Airborne Brigades:

• Paratroopers now spawn from missions that origin at airfields
• Transport planes will now be on the same mission as the paratroopers they are transporting
• Paratroopers may only create missions from airfields

New Hangar:

• Added a new hangar structure
• The hangar is invulnerable
• Planes now spawn in the hangar
• Paratroopers now spawn in the hangar

Depot Spawning:

• Trucks may now spawn from depots
• Limited guns may now spawn from depots
• The throttles for depot spawning have been adjusted to include more infantry
• Remember that depot spawning is time based and only so many of a vehicle will be available in a given window of time

Resupply:

• Naval units may be resupplied when stationary within 1000m of a friendly naval facility
• Air units may be resupplied when stationary within 500m of a friendly air field
• Planes will now fully resupply after several seconds

Ammo Request

• Added /ammo request functionality
• Any ground or troop vehicle type can now do a "/ammo" in chat to request ammo from nearby players
• units will now blink on the map if the map was open when ammo was requested
• The requesting players name tag will blink in the game world
• Infantry can also perform the "I need ammo" emote which can be assigned to a key
• Players can only request ammo every 30 seconds
• All vehicle types see the player icon blink on the map
• Relevant resupply vehicle types get additional notification about ammo requesters
• This additional notification is in the form of a game alert in the HUD with the ammo requester's name, along with a sound effect
• The player's game icon out in the world pulses from normal size to a little larger and they get a chat message saying the user needs ammo
• Trucks see this extra feedback if they are within 1000 meters of the requesting ground unit
• Rifleman see this extra feedback if they are within 200 meters of the requesting trooper
• Rifleman don't see extra feedback if its a ground vehicle since they can't do anything about it anyway

Infantry:

• Paratroopers now have correct uniform in first person

Vehicles:

• Fixed several Vehicle Shadows
• Renamed He111 in manuals
• Fixed TG effects sorting behind tail
• Fixed several external glass sorting errors
• Fixed oxygen gauge on the Hurricanes
• Ships now have a greater RTB range that to reflect their home waters
• All vehicles will have had LOD adjustments made for performance improvements
• Trucks and guns can now RTB at friendly depots
• Re-textured Shermans for mis-matched colors
• He111 now has side windows (we mean it this time)
• Fixed missing poly in the rear of the DB7 and Havoc

Sounds/Effects:

• Added new bomb bay sound
• Adjusted "slo-mo" HE explosion
• Canopy sounds no longer queue
• Fixed gear sound repeating
• Fixed smoke and other particle effects being invisible behind transparent objects
• Added several new sounds (thanks Mike and Georgh!)
• Added new engine sounds for Hawk 75
• Added new engine sounds for Stuart
• Added new engine sounds for Spitfires
• Added new engine sounds for 109
• Added new engine sounds for A13 and Matilda

Terrain:

• Added Frankfurt to German territory
• Relocated German Production Facility 9 to Frankfurt
• Added supply links along eastern edge of map to embed Frankfurt into supply network
• Remodeled Monchen-Gladbach
• Fixed a spawn point issue at Goersboek
• Fixed castle door that was impenetrable
• Fixed stairway in berm at Ardres-St.Omer Depot
• Fixed Dussen Bridge
• Fixed numerous FB spawn issues (collider problems with berms)
• Fixed numerous bush/tree line anomalies
• Fixed numerous forest tile anomalies
• Removed some bad AI
• Blended the eastern areas of the game world around Frankfurt
• Flattened all air fields for smooth hangar exiting

UI/HUD:

• The Bomber category of the spawn lists changed to Bomber/Transport
• Fixed an error message when a manual was not available
• ML colored icon now trumps squad color

Chat:

• Added simple obscenity filter
• Added lots of stuff to the filter (if you find something missing please don't try and report it on the forums, do a .report in game)
• Several internal performance improvements
• /rdp now includes more information

CSR:

• P39 now listed as fighter

Scoring:

• Capture assists will now be scored
• To assist in a capture you must be in the building at the time of the capture
• You can loose an assist if you are in a building that the enemy captures
• Several internal changes for scoring records
• Vehicles that are destroyed (KIA/MIA) but have not been hit by an enemy player will cycle back as rescued but the player will still be credited with destroying the vehicle

Global:

• Fixed a bug where you could spawn from a FB that was destroyed after you had selected a unit to spawn
• Air brigades can no longer be placed on front line towns

Memorial Additions:

• John "Aesis" Lee
• Alex "Medievil" Clark