V3.0.0-RC1

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Changelog

New features / improvements

• rework of complete update to state pattern
• performance-improvements
• original game-spawn-method by default (still a bit to do, till it works fine)
• add two missing weapons
• Info-Node in maps for future versioning and information
• pathless-jets
• pathless-choppers
• Bots can use the gunships (TODO: separate state with separate distace and tragets)
• Separate worsening values for different vehicle types (by MatiasPastori)
• Make bots attack the gunship by themselves (by ThyKingdomCome)
• Bots can use every jet in conquest now (no more paths needed)
• No more air-paths needed (only enter-paths for choppers)
• Kind of Support for AirSuperiority (jets still too passive)
• Bots randomly move or stop while shooting in vehicles (by MatiasPastori)
• Cooldown-time for rockets after refill
• Max Bot-Kits now per team
• Randomized spawn-order
• Better distance-handling for attack
• Registry-Option to still spawn bots on the last tickets added
• passengers now exit when close to objective in some vehicles (by ThyKingdomCome)
• Spawn of bots in AMTRAC and Transport-Choppters (by ThyKingdomCome)
• Option to disable KeepVehicleSeatForPlayer (by MatiasPastori)
• Registry-Option to USE_EXPERIMENTAL_NAMETAGS (by MatiasPastori)
• Bots don't use 3rd seat of Tanks anymore (by MatiasPastori)
• Support for dynamic-jet-spawn + fixes for some special cases (by MatiasPastori)
• Support of Gunship on Rush-Maps
• Variation in default fire-cycles (by MatiasPastori)
• Refactoring of lots of Bot-stuff (by Bree_Arnold)
• Switch to new Web-UI-Backend (by Paul)
• Sometimes Stop for shooting of bots (by MatiasPastori)
• performance of node-editor
• Don't exit vehicle, if player is driver
• Attempt to fix Messed-up first spawn in TDM, (only a workaround working right now)
• Bots now can use a path-offset sidewards (by MatiasPastori)
• Add the command to make the bots follow a player (by MatiasPastori)
• Default-Color for appearance added (thanks to QuantumTube)
• Bot movement and Obstacle-handling rework
• Fix of mcom-handling of the bots
• Fix of some path-switching-issues in context with actions

some open TODOs:

• Vehicle/Tank: better aiming on steep slopes (compensate car-rotation)
• chopper: handle different hights and positions depending on capture-points
• add logic for jets in rush
• improve team-logic for AA and other vehicles (example AA on Rush)
• fully support default-sapwn-method? (for now only on TDM/GM/SDM by default)
• (rework of raycasts for better performance)
• (improve node-editor)

Bug fixes

• fix stationary AA again...
• fix horn-usage of jeeps #356
• fix refill of rockets
• fix keep same bot-players
• fix air-vehicles attacking bases (by ThyKingdomCome)
• fix Bots trying to spawn in unarmed Gunships (by MatiasPastori)

Updated maps

• MP12_ConquestSmall0 by ThyKingdomCome (with explore-paths)
• MP17_ConquestLarge0 by ThyKingdomCome (with explore-paths)
• MP01_ConquestLarge0 by MatiasPastori (with explore-paths)
• XP1_003_ConquestAssaultLarge0 by MatiasPastori
• XP3_Desert_ConquestLarge0 by MatiasPastori
• MP01_ConquestLarge0 by MatiasPastori (with explore-paths)
• XP4 ConquestLarge0 by MatiasPastori