2/22 Playtest Patch Notes

TRIBES 3: Rivals 2.22.2024 | Prophecy Games

Active testing will be CTF 16v16 Time Trials, Shooting Range, Tutorial, and Custom Lobbies will remain active.

This build is only accessible through the TRIBES 3: Rivals Playtest client on Steam and not the Demo client.

Loadout

• Weapons

• • Added a third weapon slot to loadouts.

  • • Includes the Shotgun, Shocklance, and Sparrow Pistol

  • Shocklance

  • • Removed energy consumption.

    • Backstab damage increased.

  • Spinfusors

  • • Increased ammo.

GAMEPLAY

• CTF

• • We are testing a new mid-field objective called Observation Posts.

  • • These objectives can be captured by use of your repair tool.

    • Each Observation Post has one or more turrets that change teams based on who controls the objective.

    • A teleporter located near respawn points can be used to directly transport you to an Observation Point you control.

    • Controlling the Observation Post will automatically call down a destructive charge from orbit on any flag carrier who is in the air more than 10 consecutive seconds.

• Custom Matches

• • Removed Arena maps.

• Tutorial

• • Reworked the tutorial to make it more comprehensive.

  • Added videos.

• General

• • Added a new Warm-up Phase. While waiting, players can move around the map.

  • New Accolades added.

  • Increased FPS limit

  • Added a new ski toggle setting called Hold to Maintain which maintains skiing until the player lets go of forward or backward buttons.

  • Player reporting updated.

• Movement

• • Jetpack dampening now only applies to z-axis speed

MAPS

• New map “Hollow” added for initial testing. Hollow features a middle ground of hill depth between Katabatic and Torment, as well as quite a few more obstacles than we’ve typically tested before.

• Added an Observation Post to every CTF map.

• Added base team coloring to some maps.

• • For example, the bases in Wavemist should now team color Blue for friendly and Red for enemy. This will be added to more maps over time.

• Moved Radars to more secure locations in several maps. Generally the goal was to get them out of the direct line of sight of the enemy base.

• Numerous WIP art revisions, additions, and improvements across all maps.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where the Announcer would say the wrong line when flags were returned

• Fixed an issue where the selected loadout would always default to light offense.

• Fixed an issue where "lives remaining" messages were reversed in Team Deathmatch

• Fixed an issue where the UI for switching teams in custom lobbies overlapped with the scroll bar.

• Fixed an issue where dropped flags would not always inherit owner's velocity

• Fixed an issue where the generator icons would double up if a player backfilled into a match.

• Fixed an issue where non-slider mutators could not be reset to their default value.

• Fixed an issue where the player gravity mutator did not apply.

• Fixed an issue where the radial VGS menu would not block an input if it was the last input in the stack (e.g. inputting [VGF] would cause you to drop the flag if you were carrying it).

• Fixed an issue where closing the radial VGS menu with RMB would put the VGS menu into a bad state and cause the player to go into ADS.

• Fixed an issue where legacy VGS menu could not be closed by escape and RMB

• Fixed an issue where 1P weapon FX were playing in 3P.

• Fixed an issue where chainguns would not fire if fire input was released then very quickly pressed again while firing.

• Fixed an issue where the proximity mine would play its deploy animation and SFX twice after being placed.

• Fixed an issue where the proximity mine would self-destruct when placed