[VOSK]

Hello everyone, a new update for Synergy is available on Steam.

Change Log can be seen here: http://synergymod.net/dev/log/3.html

UPDATE [10/17/08]: Several problems have been found and fixed with yesterday's update - including the server "freezing" problem.

Change Log: http://synergymod.net/dev/log/4.html

[crazydog]

woo! nice job

Although, I think that you should hold off on the half health at every spawn until the player healing is released.

What is there's no health nearby?

[Dr.Stinglock]

Nice update, sounds like the new syn_farm map is rather enjoyable, also looking forward to seeing how that new trials4c holds up.

woo! nice job

Although, I think that you should hold off on the half health at every spawn until the player healing is released.

What if there's no health nearby?

If I read correctly, you only spawn with half health if you suicide or explode. And it's chopped health of you just die normally.

[crazydog]

You spawn with half of what you had when you suicide, but you ALWAYS spawn with 50 health if you die normally.

[CMaster]

69 Fixed ai_relationship activating without clients connected October 13, 2008

And to think I spent an hour or so trying to spot what I was doing wrong in failing to make combine who don't shoot.

[janvier1985]

woo! nice job

Although, I think that you should hold off on the half health at every spawn until the player healing is released.

What is there's no health nearby?

then your realy fucked
any command to turn that off ?

personaly, its fucked up

[XenophunK_]

I've got a bug to report and an arguement with a specific feature of the update.

The bug:

The Env_Microphone, whereas not loud, but we could hear it. Now, it's muted completely. Fix plox.

The quarrel:

The chopping of health. You combine this with the scaling damage and players will, essentially, keep on dying. This is even worse in trials4.

One single shotgun shot from a Combine Soldier, and, given the amount of players, you will essentially be dead. Chop health to 50, face the SAME Soldier, while still keeping distance, the damage may fall off but essentially still be powerful, and again, depending on the players, dead. X_X

Also, when trying to stand up a single prop, you can't even have it bump your head unless you instantly die. Also, Gravity Gun + Prop Jumping has now been removed completely due to damage scaling. Where this may be good for some, you can do it by accident, via deflection of a wall.

Example:

GravGun. Dryfire a barrel, it bounces off a wall, you've turned around to look at something, barrel hits you, (depending on amount of players) you lose health or die.

Now, I don't say to remove the scaling damage, but reduce it so people don't die from a dropped prop that fell 10cm.

tl;dr:

env_microphone is muted
go easy on damage scaling
chopping of health is NOT fabulous

inb4 get over it, play something else

[VOSK]

OK, we'll you'll have to give it a try before complaining.
In the near future, we will have a healing system, just be patient.

And FYI, the voices over the speakers do work. If you have another language set other than English, you won't hear them.

[VOSK]

UPDATE: I found the cause of the server freezing. A new server.dll and server_i486.so file will be available shortly.

[Teddl]

Thanks, VOSK!

[nickelrodent]

so syn_farm was put into this update? not at home so cant check update.

[Tibotot]

sweet. Will test that out

[CMaster]

so syn_farm was put into this update? not at home so cant check update.

Yeah. Unfortunatley the new health system makes it especially difficul.

[crazydog]

Hooray for the fix.

Edit: I guess I'm too fast. My updatetool is still checking version 3.

[TIM3PORT]

is there an ETA for when the update will be available for download?

[Teddl]

Steam just updated my Synergy ^^

[VOSK]

Yes, the update is now live.

[crazydog]

Confirming that at least trainstation_04 loads correctly.

[XenophunK_]

Confirming that at least trainstation_04 loads correctly.

"Fixed bug where players were spawning initially with half health, upon connecting to a server"

OH GOOD GOD YES

<3 you.

[crazydog]

Note you still spawn with 50 health after you die. You ONLY spawn with 100 health upon initial connection.