Update #27 - Global Leaderboard, optimizations & netcode improvements

This update features some optimization that will help with any stuttering upon player spawns - alongside improves the netcode on clients with low ping. These client will now display death effects instantly, instead of waiting for server confirmations.

Optimizations & Netcode

Clients with low ping (80 or below) will now instantly process the death logic of other players - instead of waiting for the servers approval. This issue was particularly visible with weapons that features gibbing, as there was a noticable delay between hitting the player and seeing the gibs splat.

Futhermore I've dug deep into some core parts of the game, hereby how players are being spawned and heavily optimized this.

Kick functionality

I've added the ability for the lobby host to kick players in the lobby - likewise everyone can right click either the lobby players or players on the in-game scoreboard to see their steam profile.

Leaderboard

The game now features a leaderboard for the tutorial time scores - be the first to claim rank #1. Alongside this, I've made a new bot on the Discord server that automatically gives you the rank #1 role, so you really can brag within the community

Weapon animation changes

As part of a bigger optimization overhaul, I went through all the weapons and their skin variations and fine tuned all of them - likewise, the 1-handed weapons no longer use the fade-out-hand trick which some of you may have noticed

Misc. other changes

For a complete changelog, read below!

And as always, don't forget there's always cool developer insights and community interactions on the official discord. Check the Discord

• Added a leaderboard to the tutorial runs

• Heavily optimized the CPU usage of spawning players

• Made a "is custom game" check where you can't get EXP if you modify weapon damage. Sorry to all the cheesers out there haha (challenges and achivement could be done with ease by enabling damage modifiers)

• Fixed explosions not rendering correctly

• Improved death/gibbing netcode for clients with good connections - deaths now appear instantly instead of waiting for host-confirmation

• CosmeticImplemented player kick from lobby/alongside a message for when you've been kicked

• Fixed how the revolver's ricochet hit detection worked

• Fixed the bug where weapons stopped shooting after getting a kill (noticable in gungames)

• Fixed autoshotgun bullet casing UI displaying wrong bullet count if reload is interrupted

• Optimized how muzzleflashes are displayed

• Adjusted and tweaked every single reload animation on all weapons

• Fixed how the 1-handed weapon hand animations were done (this took ages, thanks)

• Adjusted visual recoil & muzzleflash sizes for all weapons

• Fixed the akimbo pistols not showing correct ammo count in the bullet casing UI

• Added a little rotation when equipping a new weapons

• Fixed sledgehammer being able to "drift" its hand position if spammed

• Sped up the cancel animations for the sledgehammer

• Fixed sledgehammer cooldown

• Fixed the killstreak UI showing on all clients instead of locally

• Lowered the default volume of the background music

• Made the music sliders in options be linear

• Fixed the revolver not displaying an impact VFX when shooting a player

• Removed a lever action target in the tutorial

• Remade how the ping is calculated and shown on the scoreboard

• CosmeticDecreased the exp given per easy bot kill/increased it for hard bots

• Fixed rare cases where leaving and reconnecting could spawn duplicate players

• Increased the SMG damage slightly

• Increased the Assault Rifle damage slightly

• Made a restart button for the tutorial on the ESC menu

• Fixed an issue where