Devlog update (2018-06-19) New visuals in the making, new WM & more

[darDar]

Hello everyone,

we have got a few news regarding the upcoming release of Soldat 1.8 (read more).

I'm happy to announce that Monsteri will join our team as an artist. He will continue working on the new art direction for Soldat 1.8.

Map changes:
We are going to remake Soldat's maps for the purpose of making the game more appealing for new players.
As Soldat currently has 97(!) default maps, we'will also 'drastically' reduce the official map pool for all gamemodes.

This will A) reduce the time it will take to redo the maps,
B) make it easier for us to keep maps up to date on a later date
and C) improve the user experience for new players (Quality > Quantity).

(preview)



Interface changes:
We will remove Soldat's default custom-interfaces and replace them with modern HD interfaces.
*Leave a message if you believe that your interface should be added to Soldat! ...
You may also browse the 'Modded Interfaces' board for potential inspirations.


Weapons mod changes:
There will be a new weapons mod for Soldat 1.8 to improve balancing. The changes were already tested on #Soldat Gather for several weeks.
There were 10 revisions made during our tests. I will post the full WM changelog with further details next week.

I'm summing up the most important changes below:

Desert Eagles: - Lower damage - Removed movement acc. (= more precise aim while moving)	HK-MP5: - Lower damage	AK-74: - Lower damage - Less SelfBink - Faster BulletSpeed
Steyr AUG: - Lower damage - Ammo: +5 (=30) - ReloadTime: +25 Ticks (+0.41 seconds seconds per clip)	Spas-12: - Lower damage	Ruger-77: - Slower FireInterval (0.65 seconds -> 0.85 seconds per bullet) - Slightly less movement acc. (= more precise aim while moving)
M79: - No changes	Barrett M82A1: - Faster FireInterval (3.75 seconds -> 3.5 seconds per bullet) - Ammo: -4 (=6) - ReloadTime: +180 ticks (1.2 seconds -> 4 seconds per clip)	FN Minimi: - Lower damage - ReloadTime: -10 ticks (0.16 seconds less per clip)
XM214 Minigun: - Lower damage - Slower FireInterval (3 -> 6) - Ammo: -20 (=80) - ReloadTime: -80 ticks (8 seconds -> 6.66 seconds per clip) - Reduced BulletSpeed - Removed StartupTime (25 -> 0) - Added Bink - Less movement acc. - Added recoil for a more realistic heavy machine gun behavior

PS: If someone is interested in updating the weapons mod for Realistic Mode: Send a PM.

Bot changes:
evh0 is currently remaking the bot appearances! We'll update the bot files once he finished.

Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez

(see more previews here)


On a sidenote:
You can get in touch with our devs on Discord (#development_team & #creative_team) and stay up to date with the latest progress.
Changes to Soldat's reposority will be published in the #commits channel.

Further news will be announced in time. ...

[Ratman]

Great job guys, keep it up

As long as we can see some progress like this, there is no need to rush a steam release. Any news on maintaining server stability (against DDOS attacks) or anticheat?

[|SSN|BlackOps]

This is freaking awesome!!! Thank you Monsteri!! It all amazing, cant wait to play on it!

[machina]

PS: If someone is interested in updating the weapons mod for Realistic Mode: Send a PM.

Could you please leave realistic wm alone? It's fine right now and many realistic players will agree.

[Irlandec]

Any news on maintaining server stability (against DDOS attacks) or anticheat?

So far we are using some beta server releases for the main populated servers. As far as I can see, this problem is partially solved and if some problems happen, we(server admins) react to it pretty much fast.

As for 1.8 version, this should be commented by devs, but I can assure you that we might get closer to the point we won't face this kind of event in 1.8.

Any info about anticheat is still open to discuss.

[duz]

Hell yeah. 

Take note of these subjects:
- Flag throw animation
- Remakes/replacements for TDM/DM maps
- Useless charlie/delta teams
- Warmup/countdown
- Font.ini anomalies

Plus the issues around the interfaces:
- Int alignment
- Spliting elements
- Interface scaling

[logintoo]

Whoa! That's a lot of news! Didn't expect that after previous years. Nice! And the game looks great on screens. Little steps and we'll get there. Keep up the good work

[nosejj]

All good news! x)

I hope that this font shown on the default interface in these photos will be the font for the interface in the future instead current default.

[McWise]

Weapons mod changes

lel wat

[firildak]

Great news there!


Please modify an easier map vote system?
It takes forever to select a map from list ::
90+ maps and only ASH is being vote on public servers.
And maybe remove Ash from the list ? :E

[duz]

Please modify an easier map vote system?
It takes forever to select a map from list ::
90+ maps and only ASH is being vote on public servers.
And maybe remove Ash from the list ? :E

I hate people using Ash on DM/TDM servers. Maps from other game modes shouldn't appear in the vote list.

[TrefluU]

Congratulations Monsteri 
It was a pleasure collaborating with you 7 years ago on a map. (damn.. time flies so fast)

[You Got Served!]

Well, well well... Here we are again.

It is still my strong belief that keeping the maps in the zip is in the best interests for Soldat.

Quality over quantity isn't always the most logical choice.
I'd rather have 1000 grimey pound coins than 100 shiny ones.

I'm pleased that Monsteri is back to finish his pallet swap.

I will accept that you wish to update some maps. I can simply upload the originals with capitalised names. Don't feel obliged to update them all.

You will annoy more people by removing the maps than you will please.

Yes, there are 97 maps <3 You want to download them all individually?

I hope that someone at the top will make the right decision.

Will the current default HUD still be supported?

I understand you're worried about potential Soldiers being scared off by dated looking maps. Don't be. They can handle it. They'll like it. That Soldat has roots. History.

Long Live Soldat!

[soldat-game]

Dar dar again atack me mute me and remove all post which are negating her work.

[GymPolice]

Dar dar again atack me mute me and remove all post which are negating her work.

Shit-posting 24/7 and then complaining about actions being taken against your negative behaviour, are you serious?

[%%%%%%%]

Go find another gym to police in
His posts are more beneficial than yours

[machina]

PS: If someone is interested in updating the weapons mod for Realistic Mode: Send a PM.

Could you please leave realistic wm alone? It's fine right now and many realistic players will agree.

Also, there were no changes done to realistic wm for last 5 years since release of 1.6.4 and I would call them minor. Why all of sudden without any actual motivation there's a call to make some updates?

Realistic:

Changes from 1.6.3 -> 1.6.4
Deagles      dmg +2, fireinterval +1
HK MP5       bink +15, recoil -1
Ak           bink +30, recoil +2
Steyr        bink +24, recoil +2
Spas         dmg +2, spread +6
Minimi       bink +41, recoil -2
Minigun      bink +8, spread -2
Socom        dmg +3, recoil -7
Chainsaw     ammo -254

[machina]

I will post the full WM changelog with further details next week.

Are we losing the pace so soon?

[soldat-game]

Realistic: tested different distances.
Example ruger: (See attach to see what be Blisko, Sredni, sredni dalszy and more) (note 2. Damage values, although the functions show in singles are rounded)
Blisko (Headshoot kill, 2xbody kill, Body+legs kill, 3xlegs kill)

HeadShoot	BodyShoot	LegsShoot
85.23	38.71	28.74

Sredni  (Headshoot kill, 2xbody kill, Body+legs kill, 3xlegs kill)

HeadShoot	BodyShoot	LegsShoot
82.67	37.55	27.88

Średni dalszy (Headshoot kill, 2xbody kill, 1xBody+2xlegs kill, 3xlegs kill)

HeadShoot	BodyShoot	LegsShoot
76.30	34.65	25.73

Daleki (Headshoot kill, 3xbody kill, 2x Body kill+legs kill, 3xlegs kill)

HeadShoot	BodyShoot	LegsShoot
64.87	29.46	21.87

Daleki dalszy (2xHeadshoot kill, 3xbody kill, 2xBody+legs kill, 3xlegs kill)

HeadShoot	BodyShoot	LegsShoot
64.28	29.19	21.67

That's how damage is presented by him. Note the example in "daleki" have 64.87 takes away 65 damages and in "daleki dalszy" 64.28 which gives already 64 so he does not kill.
[Ruger 77]
Damage=1.61
FireInterval=54
Ammo=4
ReloadTime=102
Speed=48
BulletStyle=1
StartUpTime=0
Bink=16
MovementAcc=0.03912
BulletSpread=0.00393
Recoil=38
Push=0.0096
InheritedVelocity=0.18
ModifierHead=1.103
ModifierChest=0.501
ModifierLegs=0.372

[Barret M82A1]
Damage=4.95
FireInterval=179
Ammo=10
ReloadTime=109
Speed=65
BulletStyle=1
StartUpTime=16
Bink=87
MovementAcc=0.0863
BulletSpread=0.012
Recoil=1
Push=0.0056
InheritedVelocity=0.13
ModifierHead=1.2
ModifierChest=0.2430
ModifierLegs=0.215

[Hubiq]

I will post the full WM changelog with further details next week.

Are we losing the pace so soon?

Nobody wants to spend time for a dead game