Community Patch 2.11 Released!

[kyben]

We are finally done with our patch. I'd like to thank everyone who helped us put it together. Creating it was alot more work than we expected when we first started out, but we all came together and added what we wanted the most in KF, I myself better balancing, AndiNo bugfixing, Tyler and Micah a more 1.0 feel that they missed. Most of all, we wanted to better KF and make it a more enjoyable mod all around. We hope everyone else likes the patch.

Pertaining to the Story Gametype, it is still under development by Alex himself, along with afew other goodies. We decided to release today because we have done all that we could give to KF and are moving on to other things (but still playing KF in our spare time, of course).

And without further ado, here are the links:
Filefront Zip: files.filefront.com/KFPatch211zip/;8290600;;/fileinfo.html
Soulbreakers RAR: matt.soulbreakers.com/public/misc/KFPatch2.11.rar
Soulbreakers 7z: matt.soulbreakers.com/public/misc/KFPatch2.11.7z
Do note that this is not an official patch, but a modified version of KF 2.1!

NOTICE! This patch also includes Faust's 2.1 patch, if your downloading KF for the first time, downloading 2.1 isnt necessary.

Before anyone asks (Mainly Matt), yes please do mirror, put up our patch and spread the word.
Also EVERYTHING we changed in this patch is mentioned in the changelog, if its not mentioned there, we didn't change it. If you find any new bugs that you've never experienced in 2.1, please post about them.

Thank you.

-------------------------------------------Changelog---------------------------------------------------

=New Features=
-Clot Waves: A mutator that spawns only clots, sounds simple and stupid, but when you play it on Suicidal, its friggin awesome. Much like a zombie attack, conserving ammo is necessary. ;D
-New Shotgun model, texture, and animation:
i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/ShotgunCocking.jpg
i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/ShotgunIdle.jpg
-New Bullpup model, texture, and animation:
i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/BullpupIdle.jpg
i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/BullpupReloading.jpg
i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/BullpupScope.jpg
-New player skin.
-Easy Difficulty. (For all the new comers, casual players, sore losers, old people, singleplayers. This ones for you.)
-No Trader: A mutator that removes the trader. (For all you hardcore and experienced players, try beating Easy Difficulty now .)

=Balancing=

-Combat Shotgun max ammo decreased from 80 to 48.
-Bullpup damage increased from 14-18 to 16-26.
-Bullpup cost increased from 120 to 300.
-LAW damage increased from 600 to 750.
-LAW rocket speed increased from 1500 to 1600.
-Deagle min damage increased from 65 to 75.
-Deagle clip capacity increased from 7 to 10.
-9MM and Dualies min damage increased from 20 to 25.
-Run faster with welder and syring, slower with dualies.
-Changed zombievolume respawn times from 5 to 10 to make it barely noticably easier.
-Frag Grenade cost increased from 20-40.
-Deagle Max ammo inceased from 70 to 90.
-Deagle weight lowered from 5 to 4.

=Bug Fixes=

-Syringe constantly healing bug fixed.
-"UnSkinned Soldier" bug fixed (thanks Grex 4d!).
-All surviving(!) players now get their fair share of the "Wave End Cash Bonus": every player gets the team-score divided by the player count.
-Player-money and team-money can't fall below 0.
-Healing yourself will not heal others standing in front of you.
-Players always get the starting cash set up by the server when joining the game.
-Spectators can join if there are less spectators than MaxSpectators, even if the playerlimit is already reached.
-Players that don't have a default KF player model selected will be kicked with an error message.
-Zombies don't stand around after killing a player.
-Turned down the volume of the specimen footsteps and grunting so it doesn't sound like a stampede of angry baboons.
-Optimized the menu, Doubled FPS.
-Players will no longer play the walking animation while standing still.
-Corrected item name Bat to Broken Pipe.

=Changes=

-Player starts with 9MM in hand instead of the Knife.
-Healing other players gives 10 $.
-Ambient "Glow" removed from all monsters.
-Ambient "Glow" removed from all weapons.
-Added more flair to specimens: i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/ClotFlair.jpg
-Modified textures.
-Modified player skins.

=Map Changes=

WestLondon:
-Fixed gate exploit.
-Revamped for a 1.0 look.
-Fixed police office building collision.
-Fixed jail exploit.
-Optimized.

Office:
-Fixed exploit in one of the office rooms where specimens couldn't get to you.
-Fixed bug where you were able to jump out the windows and live.
-Added more detail.
-Removed rooftop specimen volume for easier play.

BioticsLab:
-Fixed gernades being able to go through the power rooms windows.
-Fixed exploit near the stairs where specimens couldn't get to you.
-Trashed the place like 1.0 Biolabs.
-Darkened all lighting.
-Removed specimen volume for easier play.

Manor:
-Fixed floating drapes.
-Fixed water exploit near the boat.
-Fixed fence exploit near the shed.
-Optimized, almost doubling FPS in some areas.
-Removed backyard specimen volume for easier play.

=Map Additions=

-Sewers:
Screenshots: s27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/?action=view¤t=Sewers1.jpg

-Crash:
Screenshots: s27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/Kyben/?action=view¤t=Crash1.jpg

-Swamp
-Grudge
-Coop version of 1.0's Singleplayer.

[zynthetic]

Just a minor naming suggestion. 2.1-1. It makes a little more sense though it may take a little understanding if you're a foss virgin.
2.1 is the latest stable version, which afaik, is what this is being based off of.
-1 signifies the 1st forked version
Quite honestly, this could head off 180 from what Alex originally intended. It might not but that's still no excuse not to honor the last official release. Also given the chance Alex runs of out things to consume his time, the opportunity to continue where he left off is still available given the chance that this newer version conflicts art or design-wise with his vision of KF.
Either that or just use version numbers as a project codename and append the actual title, Killing Floor: Some awsome name here. Or just get really crazy like those Tenebrae modders, create a whole new artstyle, gameplay and call it something totally different like iNdustri

[kyben]

Ummm... Forked Version? I hear of no other version coming out. If there was, why would people want two versions of KF?

I have spoken to Alex personally about this and he said he can not release his patch due to there being problems with the code. We are not going to go far from what Alex intended hopefully, and if we do, everyone can see what we are working on right here in this post and say something. Alex also said if he liked where it was going, he would give us a hand. We hope to add most of what Alex was going to add for KF2.2 and more.

If it bothers you, we can name it Unofficial Patch 2.2.

[Seras Victoria]

I believe that over time we had plenty of time to see what Alex was going at so we can only do our best trying to get as close to what he intended as possible, one thing is for sure.. If we just wait and do nothing the MOD won't become any more alive.

[Abyx]

The name doesn't matter, no one honestly cares.


Hey Lara, think we can get that Training map off of you?

[Grim]

The name does matter, look how confused people got when they upgraded from 2.0 to 2.1, there was mass chaos and no one knew what version they had, giving them two different patch names for the same patch will confuse more people.



These are fragile people guys.....

[el'PiX]

I think it matters quite a lot. At least you had the decency to ask.

I don't know but - "Mona Lisa 2.0, now excessively improved!", just doesn't work.
- saying I agree with zynthetic.

[kyben]

We aren't trying to throw out everything of Alex and replace it with new shiny stuff. We simply want to fix what was wrong in 2.1 and possibly bring back some of the atmosphere from 1.0. Not much is going to be changed art wise. Unfortunately Abyx made it sound like we were and that we don't care if you guy's like it or not. He planned on it before, but since this turned into something bigger, we are keeping it the same old KF 2.0. We are posting everything we are changing in this thread, and pictures will be coming soon as well. If anyone else would like to help us, please say so.

[zynthetic]

I only suggest a fork bc in terms of sw dev it's common courtesy when a completely new team takes over work on an existing/released project. Which is exactely what a fork signifies. I don't get what the big deal is with a different number or some appended text that means not only is it a newer version but it was made by a different team. Granted you could put info that in the readme but we all know I could put my bank account+pin in a readme and it'd be perfectly safe.

[kyben]

Sorry, has to be a spoon or knife. I'm not a fork kind of guy.

[RoBoT]

Can u make Axe more stronger ?

[Antigod]

I am over the moon with what you guys are doing, I cannot wait to read/see what changes have been made.

Are you guys going to concentrate on bug fixes first, then onto new/updated content? I think it would be wise to try and eliminate most bugs before any work is done on content.

Antigod

[AndiNo]

Currently I am the one trying to fix most of the code bugs. You can see my progress on that here:
mrkadish.proboards40.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1182983023

At this point it seems very likely that my fixes will be integrated into the "Killing Floor: Mona Lisa Unofficial Forked Spooned Knifed Patch 2.1-1/221.4156.124777.2 IXXIVVIXV Remix, fooshizzle mynizzle"-patch ;D
However I am completely NOT responsible for any balance changes, as that is what kyben and Abyx do. Just informing you ;D

Edit:
At the moment I have fixed all bugs that I know of. There are still some left, but either I can't fix them/ have no clue where to find them (like the melee-weapon-pickup-bug) or something needs to be changed in the package KFGui (the AutoAmmo-function) which is broken for me - I would need the original scripts for it. So I'm finished as to speak... I'll send my fixes to the team so they can put it in the patch. And now back again to my c++ game If there is something left I should change just write it to me.

[Grim]

We have a good balance of content and bug fixing going, because if we concentrate on one thing, then move to the next, that'll just most likely extend the release of this, currently Abyx and myself, are working on content, while Corey fixes some bugs, though I'm not sure what the official say is on AndiNo's bug fixes, whether they'll be used or not, he is also doing so, so that gives us about two guys per thing, a large team isn't needed here, considering it's just an atmosphere patch with some bug fixes really.


As for my update on what I've been doing, WestLondon has been revamped, not as in a new WestLondon has been made, but it's been altered to make you feel more alone, and deserted, plus I extended some rooms in the Police Station, don't be execting like an entire second floor, but just a few rooms to help spread it out a little bit is all. As for general atmosphere, the Lab Horror's (Specimens) have been altered slightly to provide a more war torn look, none of the animations or models changed, I simpley just added some cheap blood effects on them to make it seem more like they've actaully killed things before. Other than that, I animated Abyx's new shotgun and just need to make sure it's nice and clean before giving the go ahead to put it in.

[Antigod]

Thanks for the updates guys, Grim you're right, its best dividing the work up between different ppl, making a release date feasible instead of delaying and delaying etc.

The atmosphere update sounds terrific, cant wait to see what you guys have done. The specimen update will be very very good, that was one of the things that kinda bothered me, if England is deserted/dead why are these creatures as clean as a baby's bum!

Keep up the great work guys.

Antigod