Desert Crisis 1.1 to 1.5

NEW FEATURES

• All New USA player models

• brand new hud and color scheme

• new css w/ item descriptions

• brand new "QuickCSS", a simpiler group of selection menus to be used during the round to quickly change weapons

• new maps dc_sandtorn and dc_alienrelic

• updated maps with new features

• new arm models and skins

• new flamethrower model, effects, and animations

• new katana model and animations

• Improved ingame music

• 3d objective location sprites to help learns maps faster, +info to show the sprites

• SMAW, a single shot rocket launcher

• USP Match 9mm single + akimbo

• Raging-bull revolver single + akimbo

• Laser assault rifle

• bullet whizzing effects

• new beam sprites

• new head accessories

• facial hair color selection

• Ingame secrets/map easter eggs can now be disabled server-side (sv_secrets), mappers control this with master_secret

• new snow, sand, and dirt impact effects

• greatly optimized master string and objective string parsing (less CPU usage on servers)

• select chosen primary/secondary/melee/equipment command, bind a key to "melee" or "primary", etc

• Location is now shown on team say text

• Server-side weapon restrictions (add a restrict.cfg)

• katana and sledge are now throwable

• new anti-grav and shield toggle sounds

• anti-grav impact sounds and effects

• added generic draw and weapon mode change sounds

• scoreboard watermark and timer

• new timer and health counter flashing effect

• spawn invulnerability icon

• a 256x256 win graphic for each team + music

• fade to black on death

• 1, 2 & 5 minute warning flash on timer

• alarms now print a triggered message when tripped w/ the location of the alarm included

• cl_brasstime and cl_cliptime to control how long brass and clips stay around

• cl_brassfadespeed and cl_clipfadespeed to control if/how fast they fade after their life has expired

• new flamethrower physics

• "/" say commands, allowing client commands to be called from the message prompt instead of the console

• muting someone on the scoreboard will now mute both that players saytext and voice comm

• new crosshairs (12)

• walljumping off another player causes damage 
  
  

NEW SERVER OPTIONS

• server logs in newer Half-Life Standard Log Format

• server commands "end_round" and "map_restart" commands that can be called from the server or rcon

• server command "forceteam" to directly set the team of a certain player

• server command "swap_teams" to swap the players on each team

• server command "shuffle_teams" to even shuffle all active players between the two teams

• server commands "stfu" and "unstfu" to globally silence spammy players say text

• server command "nextmap" to automatically enter intermission and load the next map in the mapcycle

• server commands "cancelvote" & "passvote" to cancel/pass any vote in progress

• spam prevention system to protect against saytext and nick changing spam (mp_maxspam, mp_sayspam, mp_nickspam)

• cvar to enable/disable nick change notifications (mp_nicknotify)

• VOTING, use the command "callvote" followed by a valid vote command.

• Vote commands are: map_restart, nextmap, swap_teams, shuffle_teams, map <mapname>, kick <player> | <userid>, stfu | unstfu <player>, sv_gravity <value>

• voting can be enabled/disabled with mp_allowvote (0/1)

• Admins can lock out certain votes

• team switching/joining messages are now global

• new cvar to cause notifications every X seconds of unbalanced teams (mp_notifyunbalanced)

• new cvar to set the minimum amount of time before changing teams (mp_minwitchtime)

• new cvar to control whether a player can join a team that already has the larger number of players (mp_forcebalance)

• new cvar to allow servers to disable free floating spectators (mp_freespectator 0/1)

• cvar to set a limited number of lives on any map (mp_lives) 
  
  

UPDATED MAP ENTITIES

• easier for mappers to implement ctf maps (see example maps)

• a new map specific group spawning option to cause all dead players on a team to spawn at once

• Dynamic map based weapon restrictions (certain weapons can be turned on/off while the game is going with map entities)

• a new "activator" flag on ambient_generics to cause a certain entity to emit a sound from a specified channel (voice, body, etc)

• new flag on target_team_score to award points to the activators team

• info_player_start_prox, a proximity based spawnpoint (similar to func_player_start)

• Win round by most points map option

• Reset player scores at round map option

• optimized zone_nodamage, it's much cheaper to have several of them now.

• invulerability icon will show when standing in a zone_nodamage

• info_multiple hold times

• multi_manager loop flag

• info_status can now add score and use info_objective style messages

• timer_add to add/subtract time directly from a timer

• prevent mid-round team join map option

• new master_round_active entity to more easily allow entities to be disabled during intermission and round start

• env_fog for adding fog to maps

• rocket and flame sentries

• new expression operators (>,<,>=,<=,==,!=,+,-,/,*)

• master string constants (num_players, etc)

• new "trigger_speed" entity to slow/speed-up players walk speeds in defined areas

• new "master_round_active" and "master_round_start" entities

• master_living to apply different entities to only living or dead players

• the objective system now provides much better error messages for mappers if something is setup incorrectly 
  

BUG FIXES

• fixed the initial unable to join team bug

• fixed client overflow on changing maps

• corpses now work again, they are controlled with the sv_corpsetime cvar, and sink into the ground ala q3

• cvar cl_corpses to disable drawing corpses client-side

• players can no longer capture certain points through walls

• mp_forcerespawn is now obeyed

• +use no longer causes you to come to a stop instantly, you decelerate normally now, but still walk more slowly

• water movement physics are fixed

• fixed a model change exploit

• fixed certain weapons that could be used while capping

• flamethrower no longer fires underwater

• knives are no longer lost when you damage something

• info_status now works properly

• dead players no longer count as being inside a trigger_hold

• fixed draw/holster flicker when running a listenserver

• XOR in objective and master strings is fixed

• fixed smoke for burning players

• alarms are only triggered by enemy players

• flares properly set other players on fire

• Death messages for flamethrower fixed

• only the scoreboard is shown during intermission

• fixed the ordering of elements draw on the hud

• random selection in CSS now works properly

• no more "bobbing" while capping

• tempents reset with round

• wootastic can no longer use new pistols until they have an akimbo set

• timer on kinetica fixed

• fixed certain holstering exploits

• fixed weapon deploy animation/sound on respawn

• cleaned up weapon switch order when dropping/losing weapons

• fixed func_tank

• fixed triple thrown tknife death message

• players no longer pick up empty weapons

• fixed the continuation of a 3-round burst after respawn

• eliminated all double prediction bugs on listenservers 
  

BALANCE TWEAKS

• lowered default spas ammo to 24

• increased accuracy on single desert eagle

• Removed extra ammo from the regen perk

• Removed weapon restrictions from the stealth and sharp-shooter perk

• Reduced overall headshot damage

• Changed armor speed penalties

• fixed spas/1100/mp5k/chaingun headshot bug

• adjusted weapon damages

• grenades do half damage if held while exploding

• increased the power of anti-grav

• improved how flamethrower deals damage

• laser pistol charge can no longer be held indefinitely

• having extra adrenaline no longer causes the player to gain adrenaline back slower

• one must wait a short time after firing the emsniper, plasma cannon, or 1100 before he can holster

• decreased shield hitpoints

• regen now only restores 70% of hitpoints lost