Crazy amount of new stuff added in just two weeks :). Mostly related to team communication and better battlefield situation awareness.

New announcer voice added

Announcer has a new voice + much more announcements including:

• flag cap/returned/lost
• minutes remaining
• kills/caps left
• triple/quad/... kills

and more! The announcer is now a very useful feature, because he informs you about what is happening with the flags etc. But of course, it can be turned off in the settings.

Team chat added

Press [T] and then [TAB] to switch between team/all channels. (also can be triggered with ^ eg. "^ffc low!")

New screen border icons

Added a new player icon, flag carrier icon and dead player icon. Also the farther the flag or player is the larger the icon is, so you can determine the distance.

Radio voice commands added

Press [G] + key shortcuts. The command will show for your team only - in chat, on top of your gostek + will be voiced with sound by a very famous Vietnam veteran :)
The default keys and radio messages can be customized in the game settings. Here is a useful cheat sheet of the default layout. (It's best to memorize it!)

New outlines + team colored outlines

I was skeptical at first but team outlines work great! Most importantly they remove restrictions for player colors (except other team color). I think this brings more character to the gosteks!
Also flag has a glow when safe in base. Grenade has an outline and team color in addition to the team colored bullets.

New map by proto

A great original map with emphasis on team-play has been added:

CHANGELOG

0.8.24a - 0.8.31a (changes from all the test versions up to this version) [expand type=details] [27.05.2022] 0.8.31a ranked match window show region + queue size (instead of gamemode) smaller distant screen icons auto emotes hide on weapons menu fixed side menu breaking lobbu optimizations smaller flag pick/cap radius fixed voting issue if player left mid-vote update ctf_limbo updated patrons list [26.05.2022] 0.8.30t fixed infinite spas new player screen icon added player dead screen icon new flag carrier icon radio icon shown on player when radio talking added glow on flag in base movement: airforce 8->7 flag throw force: 15->14 ragdolls remain as long as player is dead can radio/emote when dead radio/emotes don't show on muted player added switch chat channel key help text announcer: fixed overlaps announcer: fixed loops announcer: fixed too frequent same messages fixed radio messages overlaps fixed enourmous medkit in deathmatch fixed important sounds missing sometimes team outline on top of black outline fixed no respawn and no colors issue [25.05.2022] 0.8.29t added ctf_limbo (by proto) team outlines always on + lifted color restrictions (except other team color) grenade: slower throw + cook time increased 2.5s->3.5s added team colored grenades with outlines thicker grenade and knife trail added more detail on flag texture movement: airforce 6->8 weapon is ready fire after reloading screen icons size based on distance reversed new flag carrier screen icon menu: added button for external stats (stats.soldat2.com) fixed announcer/radio volumes [24.05.2022] 0.8.28t added better outlines for everything added TeamOutlines game setting dead player has no outline dead player has even more desaturated colors grenade has larger outline only free flag shows on screen border icon flag carrier added as screen border icon (placeholder icon) player screen icon changes to radio if radio command playing announcer volume down if radio command separated voice volume into announcer and radio volume announcer voice quiets down during radio command less priority for lead/left announcments [20.05.2022] 0.8.27t new radio command voice added HUD direction arrow when match starts fixed flag cant be picked or capped issue fixed HUD direction arrow when ReverseFlags modifier on fixed announcer saying flag lost too close to base added announcer/radio voices volume to sound settings removed double kill announcer fixed announcer saying teams tied in Domination fixed clicking on radio button double send command [19.05.2022] 0.8.26t added flag lost announcer sound announcer: "has the flag" instead of "captured the flag" game sounds are quieter when announcer speaks added ShowDirectionArrows HUD settings HUD: direction arrows won't show with HUDLevel lesser than 3 HUD: HUDLevel 0,1 hides ammo/health fixed grenade throw animation cancelled when hit chat: added Tab key for switching to team chat (instead of Y key) chat: input is transparent chat: added team/all chat indicator chat: fixed carret position when no text typed fixed coutndown sounds sync added radio commands, radio keys and emoticon keys to settings bots change path faster if too hard fixed bots sometimes irrational jumping [18.05.2022] 0.8.25t added team chat (Y key) added radio commands (G key) player names in chat are team colored if game window out of focus chat/away icon appears on player emoticons menu can be used by tapping V instead of holding fixed player moving while holding emotes key gostek doesn't stop movement when side menu open key pressed side menu doesn't disappear when weapons show added ctf_guardian to ranked map pool screen icons scale with distance added Announcer on/off to sound settings added CountdownPeeps on/off to sound settings added different end countdown peep sound fixed peep sounds sync with clock new announcer voice added time remaining announcer sounds added team leads/tie announcer sounds added win/tie announcer sounds added flags left announcer sound added flag cap/return/taken anouncer sounds added double/triple/...kill announcer sounds added taken/lost lead announcer sounds added shorter sounds when flag grabbed/returned outside base "flag captured" notification renamed to "team scores" "won" renamed to "wins" fixed "returned by" log message fixed Deathmatch showing win when tied for win fixed very large medkits [/expand]

WHAT'S NEXT?

Still some bugs in ranked and with nade/rocket sync. I have to tackle those. Other than that some big additions are coming, but I have to think about what comes first and I'll announce then. 3...2...1... FIGHT! :) MM