Patches (Natural Selection 2)/Build 302

Date: June 10, 2016

Highlights

New Pre-Game mode added: Warm-Up
- Active until 12 or more players joined the teams or each team has a commander
- All abilities, weapons and upgrades are available for free while Warm-Up mode is active (except for commanders)
- Bots will work in Warm-Up Mode
Marines
- Flamethrower
  - Increased base damage to 9 (was 8)
  - Increased on-fire damage bonus to 2x when directly damaging structures (was 0.5x)
  - Increased damage range to 9.5 (was 9)
- Marine maximum Sprint speed reduced by 0.25, now 6 (was 6.25 max)
Aliens
- Lerk Spores
  - Energy cost increased to 27 (was 15)
  - Increased range to 17 (was 12)
  - Increased Spore-Cloud radius to 4 (was 2.5)
  - Changed rate of fire to match attack animation, results in slower rate of fire for Spores.
  - Updated cinematic effects for Spores (Thanks Ironhorse!)
  - Marines see the same Spore effects as Aliens now, which obscure less.
  - Added world sound when Spores impact something
Bots
- Alien Bot Commander now researches Metabolize and Advanced Metabolize
- Improved the movement routine of Fades, Lerks and Oni. They will now use Blink and Metabolize, their wings or Sprint.
- More bots will now save up for Onus and Fades.
- Bots are more afraid of human players and will retreat faster with higher lifeforms.
Updated several Commander tooltips
Updated the fastload shader achieve to make sure loading time stays short even with the recent updates

Fixed Lerk Spores and Umbra having inconsistent trajectories compared to where a player is aiming.
Fixed Umbra cinematic cut-off due to length mismatch (Thanks Ironhorse!)
Fixed GetRandomPointsWithinRadius server log spam
Fixed Scoreboard not displaying number of connecting players when number of bots was at or above 12
Fixed that Cysts did not update their cyst chain parent correctly sometimes leading to various script errors. (Thanks Brute)

Fixed holes in ready room enabling players to escape into oblivion (Thanks Zavaro!)

Beautified Atrium, Flight Control, and Glass Hallway with actual glass and reflection probes instead of greasy-glass prop (Thanks Zavaro!)

==== ns2_caged ==== (Thanks Flaterectomy!) Added Low-Lights support

Fixed z-fighting DAT-1 vent
Fixed greybox between Ventilation and Airshaft on ground
Fixed holes at top of Airshaft
Fixed holes under catwalk Airvent (part of the catwalk geo)
Made the catwalk in Airshaft be supported
Fixed players getting under the Airshaft stairs leading into Ventilation
Fixed players getting behind diagonal ceiling pipe in Ventilation
Fixed stuck spot on the pipes in the corner opposite the northwest exit of Ventilation
Fixed players jumping behind crate near vent entrance under catwalk in Ventilation
Fixed players getting under stairs near RT in Ventilation
Fixed greybox textures behind the fans in Vent (at TP and Shipping exit)
Fixed z-fighting on pipes prop in Access -> Shipping vent
Fixed occlusion issues in Vent -> Life Support vent
Fixed small hole ceiling above TP in Ventilation
Fixed small hole middle of ceiling just under the 45 degree angle near TP on other side of airshaft
Deleted old red mockup geo that stuck through floor of elevator platform under diagonal Airshaft pipes in Vent
Fixed floating pipe west of TP on south wall in Ventilation
Fixed holes next to wall props in Vent -> Shipping vent
Added missing light prop east of Central
Fixed greybox bottom of pillar on higher floor near Marine entrance in Ready Room

New “Disable Hidden Lights” option in the Viewport menu allows mappers to completely hide the effects of lights that are in hidden layers. Useful for when making low-lights.

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