Homeworld Remastered Collection Update

August 13, 2015

Modder Support

• Strike-groups are referenced by Name, not Index - UI 100% dynamic.
• Added new UI control - Context Menu.
• Ships can have more than two build queues now!
• Major restructuring for Game Rules, Levels, Races, Ships, etc.
  o Game Rules can filter Races/Levels.
  o Campaigns can assign custom Game Rules.
  o Levels now organized with a “.levels” file - loose levels ignored.
  o Mods can filter content on load as well.
  o Ships can load props with Game Rules override.
  o Added optional DefenseShield sob to ships.

Game Setup Chat Improvements

• Added shorthand whisper command “/w”.
• Changed “/ignore” and “/unignore” to “/mute” and “/unmute”.
• Added auto complete of player names when typing “/” commands.
• Players can right-click a player name to quickly whisper, invite, and mute / unmute a player.
• Added whisper received audio event.
• “/” commands are better formatted while typing them in (/whisper Bob will resolve to “Bob:” when you start typing the message).
• Chat color format commands will now switch to the color after they are terminated (<c=ff0000> will make the text you are typing Red while you are typing).
• If a player is dropped they are now removed from the chat channel correctly.
• Players now have a state in the chat screen (AFK, InLobby, InGame).
• Added “/r” and “/reply” to reply to the last person who whispered you.
• Backspace, right/left arrows, home key, del key now work properly in the chat edit box!
• “/invite” command added.
• When a player hovers over the in-chat invite, the game will highlight.
• Help pop-up will be displayed above chat input box when the player types “/”.
• Player list is now sorted based on state. Global Chat -> Game Lobby -> AFK -> in-game ->muted.
  o Players have state icon next to their name as well.
• Added settings option to disable or enable leave / join notification messages in chat.
• Chat text length bumped from 128 to 200 characters.
• Holding the "ALT" key and typing in a unicode character number will enter that character in text input fields (assuming that character exists in the font).

Game Setup Screen

• AI players are now removed before human players when the upcoming map is smaller than the number of players in the lobby.
• Fixed an issue where changing game types might not cause the first map to be re-selected, causing improper data to display for it.
• Added "Random" race selection based on Race.groupings. (HW1 Random, HW2 Random).
• Fixes bug where a player could click the ready button in any slot in some situations.

UI

Misc

• Fixed issue where sensors would have invisible headings and sensor blobs when UI effects were turned off.
• ATI for unknown / inactive resources has it's string set to "".
• Custom levels no longer download to hard drive when joining a server.
  o Helps reduce problem with players swapping out an official map with a custom map that would give them an unfair advantage.
• Trails fade off when a ship docks with another (Instead of just disappearing).
• Defense Field Frigate FX now displays properly!
• Shift-click for build cancel button will cancel the last 5 build jobs for the selected queue.
• Fixed issue where a build job hitting the unit cap would stall a queue. It now promotes the first valid ship it encounters to replace the stalled ship.
• In-game chat box no longer overlaps game timer.
• “Player is lagging” screen has been redesigned to be much less intrusive.
• In-game chat screen chat formatting overhauled to be more consistent with frontend global chat screen.
• In-game chat screen supports /team and /playername shortcuts properly.
• HUD elements can now be individually scaled through the settings screen!
• Removed period from end of destroyer name in Italian.
• Fixed missing German subtitles that could happen in HW2 Mission3.
• Animatic timing issues in all languages adjusted to match English VO properly.
• HW1 Mission 9 - Alien Anomaly tool tip is now translated properly.
• Fixed a potential crash if mission scripting tried to dock a unit with a ship that did not exist.
• “Attack Run” flight behavior now able to take weapon rotation limits into account, not always attack head-on, break with timer.
  o minBreakDelay/maxBreakDelay - allow time delay for breaks, instead of distance.
  o approachAngle/approachFloor - allow target position adjustment for weapon swivel (angle), based on minimum engagement distance (floor).