UltraAOW 2.0 Update

[!Unstoppable]

UltraAOW 2.0 is here!

We proudly present you our biggest milestone, the overhaul of our legacy server UltraAOW! We have been working on this project for over 2 years. (First commit on Git towards the project was December 11st, 2020)

 

Hold tight, there are so many changes! Here are the remarkable changes of what we have added, changed and removed:

 

• Our code base is now powered by Lua, along with tons of fixes and improvements from our legacy code during transition!

 

 

 

• Reworked Anti-Cheat!
  - Our anti-cheat measures are now way smarter than it was before. Detects various types of cheats, exploits or glitches efficiently!

  - The change will no longer allow beacons to be placed in construction area of WF/Airstrip only in some maps.

 

 

 

• Reworked server bot!
  - Our server regulator has been completely rewritten in Lua.
  - It is currently Discord based, unlike old BRenBot modification, for now. IRC support is coming soon.

  - Here are some of the remarkable differences between the old one and new one:
    • Automatic voice channel changing based on team
    • Dialog-based authentication/registration system
    • Bad words system
    • Anti-Chat spam system
    • Join messages will say if the player joined from GSA or XWIS

 

 

 

• Reworked power-up system!
  - Added Tiberium Shield power-up, which makes soldier resistent to tiberium damage.
  - 10 second beacons, Mobius Shield (AGT Gun), Double Damage (Obelisk Gun), Adrenaline Syringe, Stealth Suit, Backpack and Building Restore are now set to be very rare. (<1% per-spawn)
  - Backpack (I'll take this!) grants weapons specific to the map.
  - Adrenaline scales to the soldier's base speed, and is capped at 50.
  - It is no longer possible to pickup a power-up if the same effect that power-up grants did not expire.
  - A small animation plays when a power-up is picked up.

 

 

 

 

• Reworked fund system!
  - Buildings will now be funded by poking the building MCT.
  - Funded buildings will revive after a short period of time, and will not be full health.
  - If a building gets restored by other means, everyone will be refunded.
  - Fund messages are now visible only to the team.
  - !fundlist command still exist, but !fund and !seize toggles the fund mode.
  - Logic has been modified to make it harder to abuse the prices by leaving the game.

 

 

 

 

• Reworked Veteran system!
  - It is similar (almost same) to the legacy veteran system, but we're now using Dragonade's new Veteran system.
  - The announcement when someone reaches the highest rank is now properly announced to the enemy.
  - Veteran system will no longer grant a random weapon that you already own, or a character you already have.
  - Granted weapons, characters and vehicles are now specific to the map.

  - Support bots will no longer go too far away from where they were called from and will not follow players when poked.
  - Support bots can now be requested in Imperial Age maps.
  - Turrets are no longer controllable.
  - Mind controlling is no longer possible.
  - Store is now displayed as a dialog instead. Besides weapons, it is also possible to buy characters, vehicles, power-ups.
  - Balancements to the costs of store items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• New crates!

  - Demolition Truck

Spawns a low-health Truck, which detonates with a Nuclear explosion upon leaving or death of the vehicle.

 

 

 

  - Ion Storm

When the storm approaches; HUD is disabled, fog and rain is intensified and Ion explosions hit the ground, damaging nearby units and buildings.

 

 

  - Microwave

Equips your current vehicle with a Microwave Device, which disables the low-health attacked vehicles for 20 seconds.

 

 

  - Tiberium Death

Same as Death crate, but turns your remains into a Visceroid.

 

 

 

  - Disable Factory

Temporarily disables soldier or vehicle factories.

 

  - Money Randiplicator

Multiplies or divides your money by a random value between 1 and 2,5.

 

  - Thief

Removes all your credits.

 

  - Butter Fingers

Removes all your weapons, except your Pistol.

 

  - Points

Adds or subtracts a random amount of money between 0 and 500.

 

 

 

• Bots vs. Humans! (AKA. Bot Fight, PvE)

  - In this game mode, all players are placed in a team and bots are placed in the opposing team. Goal is to fight against the bot team as if they are real players. Coordination and teamwork are essential to effectively win against the bot team.

  - Bots will earn score for damaging, repairing and killing/destroying enemy units and buildings just like humans!

  - Moderators can now start a PvE session. (Required an administrator previously)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Fun perks!
  - You can now set your join sound regardless of your donation status, using "!addjoinsound <chat sound>" command. "!deljoinsound" removes it.
  - You can now set your kill sounds server-side using "!addkillsound <chat sound>". "!delkillsound" removes it. Note that this does not replace the "boink" sound and is only hearable by the killer (you) and the victim.
  - You can display a tag text on top of your player object regardless of your donation status, using "!addautotag <tag name>" command. "!delautotag" removes it. A list of tag texts can be viewed using "!taglist" command.
  - And all of this can be managed from a single dialog instead, using "!perks" command!

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Killer Cam!
  - Zooms into the killer when you die.

  - Only works for direct shots.

  - Disabled by default, "!killercam" command is used to toggle.

 

 

 

 

• Vehicle Skin Randomizer!
  - This will replace the looks of vehicles randomly for several types of vehicles.

 

 

 

• Hit Beeps!
  - Displays an effect on reticle and plays a short sound every time damage is dealt to an enemy unit.

  - Disabled by default, "!hitbeeps" command is used to toggle the effect.

 

 

 

 

 

• Vehicles can no longer be driven inside buildings in all maps.

   - Added a hidden vehicle blocker to every building door in all maps.

 

 

 

 

• Anti death evasion!
  - Increments kill count of the last damager and increments death count of the quitter within a short duration of time.

 

 

 

 

• Repairing enemy buildings and units are now blocked.

   - Except for C4/Beacons. 

 

 

 

 

• Persistent C4!

  - Transfers ownership of mines to another player on the same team when the original owner leaves the game.

 

 

 

 

• Player Placeholders!
  - Bots are added to the game to keep teams equal. When level loads with at least 1 player, or someone joins game when server is empty, bots are placed into each team and they are not removed when there are no players in game, they will be there until the game ends.
  - This only works on a few compatible maps.

 

 

 

 

• Credits of player that left are donated to their team after 5 minutes.

 

 

 

 

• Miscellaneous Changes:
- Partially prevent E-firing.
- Stuck command can no longer be abused in ladders and turrets.
- Passengers (not drivers!) can no longer detach vehicles from Chinook.
- Detach vehicle from Chinook if driver exits the Chinook.
- Boats can no longer be picked up by Chinooks.
- Prevent stationary/non-drivable vehicles from being picked up by Chinook.
- It is no longer possible to EMP friendly vehicles with EMP Grenade.

- Maps will now change their weather conditions (like wind, rain/snow intensity, etc.) as seen in SSGM.
- Fixed a bug that would allow one to purchase spy even though Communication Center is dead.
- Taken/lost the lead messages are now more consistent.
- Custom building score multiplier, which was giving massive points on specific buildings, has been disabled.
- Fixes to some of our AGT and Obelisk scripts so that they work properly after revive.

- More types of Chinook can now transport vehicles.
- Added a script override for JFW_Nod_Obelisk_CnC to use the stock Obelisk behavior. This should fix Obelisks are not working in some maps after revive.
- Fanatic (AKA. Vest) can no longer escape death with Second Wind.

- "Full" sound now plays for other vehicles with seats ≥ 3, instead of just APC.

 

                                                                                                    

 

This update was made possible with great efforts of:

@unknown - Lua Developer / Other

@Unstoppable - C++ Developer

@Darkzero - Lua Developer

@sla.ro - Implementing new features into LuaTT

@reborn - For crate ideas

and our fellow testers!

 

If you want to report bugs/glitches or suggest changes, feel free to create a post under C&C Renegade category or via Discord.

See you in the battlefield!

[Iran]

u forgot to credit me for c4 ownership transfer idea

 

Would be nice to have a command to set your next spawn location (what building)

 

For spectating u can have a player cam view, just set the position and camera look at every frame to the same as the player cam u are viewing

[&unknown]

12 hours ago, Iran said:

u forgot to credit me for c4 ownership transfer idea

Code was ported from MPF_PersistantC4.dll from old ultra which was only enabled for short time due to bug it had. I didn't see a mention of your name.

[Sgtcant1]

How do I join? I'm being blocked for invalid e_chemweapon.w3d. I don't know what that is.

[!Unstoppable]

29 minutes ago, Sgtcant1 said:

How do I join? I'm being blocked for invalid e_chemweapon.w3d. I don't know what that is.

Hello, delete "e_chemweapon.w3d" from your data folder and retry.

If that doesn't fix then you might have a bad download. Type "%appdata%\Renegade\Client\ttfs\files" in your Start menu and go to that directory. Search for "e_chemweapon.w3d" and delete all files with that name. (Files will probably have some random letters before them, that's OK.)

[Sgtcant1]

Yea thanks all sorted. Why are the smoke pack downloads now banned? I can't find the download for them either.

[!Unstoppable]

15 minutes ago, Sgtcant1 said:

Yea thanks all sorted. Why are the smoke pack downloads now banned? I can't find the download for them either.

Do you mean lag reduction pack to reduce amount of smokes?

[Sgtcant1]

Yes that's it. Reduces the size of the smoke explosion so I can actually see. 

[!Unstoppable]

57 minutes ago, Sgtcant1 said:

Yes that's it. Reduces the size of the smoke explosion so I can actually see. 

https://multiplayerforums.com/files/file/456-renegade-fps-lag-reduction-package/

[@trunkskgb]

Well done everyone, well done!!!

[!Kickmofo]

Good work!

[Guest Toad]

I cant join the server anymore, it just says server information not available 

how do I fix this?

[@trunkskgb]

Can you provide an image?

 

Was it working before 2.0?

[!Unstoppable]

2 hours ago, Guest Toad said:

I cant join the server anymore, it just says server information not available 

how do I fix this?

Yeah, that happens often. Just return back to listing again and re-enter until it works.

[Guest Toad]

All the other servers work fine besides MPF

Yes it was working before 2.0

for some reason it doesn't let me take a screencap of the image

But all it says is server information not available then masterlister closes on me

[!Unstoppable]

45 minutes ago, Guest Toad said:

All the other servers work fine besides MPF

Yes it was working before 2.0

for some reason it doesn't let me take a screencap of the image

But all it says is server information not available then masterlister closes on me

 

Both RenList and MasterList are deprecated. You should use the in-game listing at Multiplay Internet > GameSpy.

[&unknown]

Well done