Code

Entities

• path_track and path_corner can now be set to write directly to the map metadata file, thus we save entity edicts. You can now basically have unlimited path nodes for your NPCs!
• Added func_night_scale, use this to adjust the night color correction when entering buildings, caves, etc.
• Added sky dome support.
• Added sky dome properties to env_night_cycle, the sky dome is automatically injected into the 3D skybox.
• Added func_detail_blocker.

NPCs

• Quest NPC interaction will affect everyone in your group.
• Static NPCs will now fade out and in during respawn cycles.
• Static NPCs will no longer have glow active if disabled.

Players

• Taunt is now a gesture, no more full body anim.
• Reloading crossbows will now slow you down by roughly 40%.
• Block & Attack timers will be properly cleared when you mount or unmount.
• Your name must now be at least 2 characters long in online mode.
• Added an auto run key, bind it in the options to use it!

GUI & HUD

• Updated the cooldown texture.
• Updated the quest reward selection texture.
• Items that you cannot buy from a merchant will have their price rendered in red.
• Quest markers and icons will be properly refreshed when retrieving local player data.

Balancing & Item Data

• Liberate the Slaves will progress for everyone in your group.
• Nerfed Moroes's Shadow Circle slightly.
• Buffed Arcane Bolt explosion radius by 15 units.
• Wolves at the gate II & III can now be picked up at any level - assuming you completed the first one in the chain.
• Adjusted Purge the Filth quest level range.
• Adjusted Vicious Rebels quest level range.
• Adjust Chicken Escape! quest level range.
• Adjusted Bandit Alpha LvL from 20 to 16.
• Adjusted Bandit Alpha Damage Scale from 3.25 to 2.50.
• Adjusted Bandit Ranger Damage Scale from 4.15 to 3.00.
• Adjusted Bandit Legionnaire LvL from 15 to 14.
• Adjusted Bandit Legionnaire Damage Scale from 2.50 to 2.00.
• Adjusted Creeping Lurker LvL from 16 to 14.
• Adjusted Creeping Matriarch LvL from 24 to 18.
• Adjusted Creeping Matriarch Damage.
• Adjusted Wolf Lite LvL from 15 to 10.
• Adjusted Wolf Alpha LvL from 18 to 14.

Map Compile Tools

• Propper bound brushes will be automatically compiled and injected by VBSP.
• Add support for compileNoShadows.
• Increased max thread count from 16 to 32.
• Increased max map entities from 8192 to 65536.
• Increased max map worldlights from 8192 to 65536.
• Increased max map overlays from 512 to 8192.

Misc

• Further networking and performance improvements!
• Reloading the game data will no longer respawn players, nor potentially bug NPCs state.
• Fixed helm01 and helm03 glitchy bonemerge.
• Added prop detail distance draw slider to the advanced options panel.
• Adjusted detail prop sway cvars.
• Updated Russian translations.