Alex's Patch !

[Alex]

Hey children!

I have decided (against all my better judgement ) to make a final patch for Killing Floor.

I'm calling this "Alex's patch" cuz a know that a fan patch was in the works as well, and I don't want to step on too many toes if I can help it.

That having been said, I view this as the official 2.2 patch, and it does contain a number of fixes that I had been working on following 2.1s release but which were lost in the tragic hard drive failure of September.

This list WILL be updated to reflect my progress. Suggestions can be made in this thread so long as they are.

1. Reasonable
2. Respectful of the fact that I am not planning to get too deep into new aset creation. Don't ask for five new maps, seven new zombies and a new assault rifle. In fact. dont ask for even one new zombie

See below.

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2.2 (Alex's patch)


Feature Additions:

- Weapon accuracy / movement system implemented. The quicker you move, the worse your aim. Crouching helps.
- Secondary fire mode added for bullpup. 4 round burst fire with slight damage / accuracy increase.
- end of wave cash rewards are now given out for survivors. (amount you earned is displayed)
- Cash reward given out to players who heal others with the med-syringe.
- Keybind added for "Torch" which can be used to light dark areas. It runs on a slowly recharing battery.
- Lead Pipe weapon now becomes "Bloody" after being used, like the other melee weapons.
- "Backpack" upgrade now available from Shop, raises carry capacity by 5 units.



Balance Tweaks:


- Scrake's saw Damage increased slighly
- Scrake made less susceptible to headshots (chance to remove head is based on damage applied vs. Current health)
- Siren made less susceptible to headshots.
- LAW Rocket damage increased from 600 to 750. Rocket Speed increased slightly.
- LAW accuracy increases HIGHLY (more than other weapons) when the player crouches / fires while stationary.
- Player is no longer able to Fire Shotguns (or the L.A.W) while jumping in the air.
- Deagle .Min damage increased.
- Deagle max ammo capacity increased.
- General Weapon Cost increase (especially to LAW, and shotguns).
- Player default max carry weight reduced to 15 units from 20.


Bugfixes:

- Ambient "Glow" removed from all monsters.
- Welded doors no longer un-weld themselves between waves.
- Straggler zombie (if one is left after round end) is killed off automatically.
- "UnSkinned Soldier" bug fixed (thanks Grex 4d!)


Map Exploits / Bugs:


- The "gate jump" in KF-WestLondon is no longer possible.
- shooting / Throwing nades through the windows in the Power Control room in KF-BioticsLab is no longer possible.
- "Floating" drapes in KF-Manor have been fixed.

[Doyora]

Win.

[mrmedic]

I can see this "No fireing of the shotgun in mid air" as a really annoying feature to be brutally honest. I jump most of the time. It's in my nature to. Like bunnyhopping.

[Doyora]

I'm sure you'll get used to it. It's to prevent SGjumping, which is a real pain in the ass to remember when blocking off maps.

[mrmedic]

doyora said:

I'm sure you'll get used to it. It's to prevent SGjumping, which is a real pain in the ass to remember when blocking off maps.

I remmember Offices and WestLondon like yesterday

[Seras Victoria]

Sounding really cool!
Of course I already saw most of this during the tests but it seems a lot better already

[Dragontear]

Tis great to see your working on the patch Alex and i'm looking forward to the results!

I was wondering about a few things though, will the shotgun Zombie/specimen soldier i found in the map editor be used in the new patch?

And would any of the non-melee weapons be able to be used as a sort-of melee weapon? like the pistol being used to hit a specimen etc, and if so, would they be mainly used for stunning the Specimens if out of ammo?

[Doyora]

SG soldier zeds were canned because..... well they are zombies :/ despite it being an incredibly cool idea

[zombieButcher]

Dope.

[Dr. Macon Dead]

A few quick questions:

Are there any plans to reduce the number of fleshpounds in the final wave? As it stands right now it seems a bit insane, even on the normal mode.

Will we be seeing skrakes in more waves? Currently I seem to recall them only being in wave 11, or "skrakes on a plane" as I call it.

Are there any plans to impliment more cowbell?

EDIT: Also, great to see you releasing another patch. I know how difficult it must be to have to do it all over again, and I'm sure we're all very appreciative of it.

[Hayato]

Are there any plans to reduce the number of fleshpounds in the final wave? As it stands right now it seems a bit insane, even on the normal mode.

I concur, that many fleshpounds on normal is just insane. The only times I've actually seen people survive the final wave is by using an exploit to help them.

Also, can you implement Grex's assortment of skins he has made for the KF Players in this upcoming patch? They're really nice.

[Grim]

That's sort of the point guys. You're not really surpose to win. You're just surpose to.....Get far and die.

[Doyora]

Eh, what's the point of playing a game if you can't win. The zombies are meant to make winning a challenge, not impossible. On harder difficulties making it nearly impossible makes sense, but not on easy. It puts people off if you can't succeed.

[Hayato]

It shouldn't be this hard on the normal settings - it will throw potential KF members away from it in frustration from it being so hard in the most easiest setting.

[tronicmind]

i have a question:
what`s the exploit in firing the shotgun or law while jumping?

i have a comment about Weapon accuracy / movement system:
it is surely more realistic with this feature but standing still to shoot at the zeds is a real luxury.
these creatures are designed to keep you on the run. espacially the fast ones like stalker, gorefast, crawler and fleshpounds. to weaken the possiblity to run away and shoot is the same as weaken the guns generally.

another question about less default carry-capacity and higher prices:
the game is difficult allready. with these alterations it becomes more difficult. whats the aim of that?

i play KF 2.1 alot in my lan with four to six peps per session.
depending on the map and the experience of the players our win/loose ratio is 50/50. thats good.

i am looking forward to see what impact the new patch will have on killingfloor.