November 23 playtest & 3.2.5 patch notes

Posted on November 04, 2023 by Crayz

In today's playtest we're testing a handful of new gameplay features, updated existing maps, two totally new maps, and server and client stability + performance.

Everybody who plays today will be able to claim a limited promo item in-game that goes directly to your inventory. This is given as a thank you to our dedicated community and players.

Patch notes

Maps

Retextured bigloop
Retextured greatriver
Retextured ski
Retextured buck wild
Added surf_neon to official maplist
Added surf_kingdoms to official maplist

Balance changes

Slightly increased shotgun spread

Features & fixes

Added a new customizable crosshair and Crosshair settings tab
Improved rendering performance across all maps
Improved netcode performance for clients & hosts
Fixed a bug doubling network processing on listen & dedicated servers
Fixed stutters first time you fire a weapon
Fixed a bug that failed workshop uploads if the map file name is too long
Fixed not being able to play when joining somebody's legacy game
Fixed ui button sounds sometimes not playing

Map editor

Improved scene hierarchy look & feel

Tricksurf integration

We're adding official support for tricksurf that can be added to any map you make. There's a new info_trick entity used to define tricks in the map. This feature is currently experimental and in early stages of development, it will become much better over time. Something I want to experiment with is integrating tricksurf into combat surf, but that is something that needs more thought and work put into.