bugs&patches

4th March 2007

Download Patch 3.1 for NewWave Mod and Horus9.

The patch does not correct any bugs since non have been found! Read on for more info.

NEWWAVE MOD PATCH 3.1 FOR CUSTOM MAPS
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About
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This patch improves the performance of some of the commonly used weapons as detailed below.
It significantly improves the Photon1 (M4) since the original mod did not take into account that some
custom maps rely heavily on the M4, examples being MA3 and Outpost22.
This version of the Photon1 has double the fire rate, faster projectiles and double the damage per hit.
It has 4 times the damage per second compared to the old version while remaining less deadly than the
Photon2 (OICW).

I have not replayed the original game with this patch since it is primarily intended for custom maps.
However it may be that it improves game play in the original game as well.

This patch can also be used to update the single player map based on the NewWave Mod, Horus9.

After playing more custom maps it seems to me that veteran with the mod is about the same level as medium
with normal weapons. So I use custom.bat to start custom maps with difficulty level of 3 (veteran).
See CUSTOM MAPS AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL section in the Advanced Use.txt file in the original release.

To install
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On extraction you should have 6 new lua files.
Copy and paste these into the Mods\NewWave\SCRIPTS\Default\Entities\Weapons folder overwriting the older versions.
To update Horus9 copy and paste into Mods\Horus9\SCRIPTS\Default\Entities\Weapons.

Changes to NewWave Mod in patch 3.1
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M4 (Photon1)
Fire rate for both player and AI from 2 shots per second to 4 shots per second
Damage per hit from 65 to 130
Velocity of projectile 40% faster

AG36 (Plasma)
Damage per hit from 130 to 185
Velocity of projectile 40% faster

P90 (Pulse sub machine gun)
Damage per hit from 45 to 63 (5 shots per second so 40% more powerful)

OICW (Photon2)
Velocity of projectile 40% faster

Mounted Gun
Velocity of projectile 40% faster