0.7.1 has arrived! With it comes a few new things, and a whole lot of fixes. We heard you through the crash reports and have been working to stamp out as many crashes as we can. We think we got a lot of them, however, there will undoubtedly be more, so keep them coming!
At the time of writing there have been 10,156 games played, and over 8,874 players registered. A big shout out to the server hosts, pak hosts, and anyone seeding the game. Without you none of this would be possible!
We are also excited to see so many modders from different Halo communities coming together to make mods for ElDewrito. It has been an absolute blast playing some of them. It's safe to say we haven't even begun to scratch the surface of what is possible, and we cannot wait to see what else you do with it!
While this update was primarily focused on fixes, new features are coming. Stay turned.
- Added server joining dialog
- Added variable to disable stats submission
- Added shadow resolution option to advanced video settings
- Added cook_torrance_pbr_maps to shader.rmdf
- Added two_lobe_phong_tint_map to shader.rmdf
- Allow hyphens in player names
- Allow emotes to play on holograms
- Fixed crashes and desync on reach maps
- Fixed crashes when loading a map with too many objects for multiplayer
- Fixed crashes due to bad map mopp
- Fixed crashes due to unsupported resolution
- Fixed crashes when cancelling a mod download
- Fixed weapon target tracking
- Fixed giants not spawning in mp when placed in the scenario
- Fixed giants and bipeds not respawning in multiplayer
- Fixed decorator shadows
- Fixed wraith change color
- Fixed bad string parameters in glvs
- Fixed detail blending issues
- Fixed accuracy battle rifle stripe color shader
- Fixed void space clear color
- Fixed post match music starting at the end of rounds
- Fixed ALT+F4 from CEF screens
- Fixed certain characters being incorrectly escaped in the server browser
- Fixed halox ui showing under the server browser when joining a server
- Fixed halox ui issues with resolutions above 8:5
- Fixed rank up dialog showing behind player roster
- Fixed voip secondary and mouse inputs not working
- Fixed player rows on scoreboard hiding when right clicked after a match
- Fixed scoreboard lingering after spawn and not showing sometimes on round end
- Fixed title screen initial loading issues
- Fixed ending game as client in campaign
- Fixed unintuitive built-in game type names
- Fixed missing third person option for various player traits
- Fixed missing weapon options for various player traits
- Fixed random weighting for mulg weapons (previously random chance was ignored)
- Fixed pops in various loop sounds
- Fixed many more reported crashes
It's been 6 years since the release of 0.6 and a lot has changed, too much to list in this news post. Here is just a small selection of some of the changes that we've made.
- Added Mod support complete with browser and automatic download when joining a server
- Added Playable elites with assassination blades & sprint animations
- Added new playable characters through mods with support for assigning them via game types
- Added new unarmed combat mode
- Added player emotes with support for adding new ones through mods
- Added support for Campaign & Firefight
- Added a !kill chat command
- Added !endround vote chat command
- Added third person camera & sprint game type settings (player trait)
- Fixed assassination desync & hold timer
- Fixed assassinations not respecting invincibility
- Fixed Territories game type
- Fixed slow-walk when charging the spartan laser & fp shotgun animations
- Weapon balance improvements for the needler, shotgun, and magnum
- Backported "Projectile hit registration" fixes from MCC
- Reduced the default sprint speed to the original Halo Online values (if enabled)
- Restored cut armor abilities from Halo Online (equipment)
- Restored cut post-match podium from Halo Online (optional)
- Restored cut falling, jump, and soft-land animations from Halo Online (optional)
- Restore H3 armor customization system
- Added new player customization system with support for mods
- Added player nameplates
- Added many new player emblems
- Added RGB color changing for emblems
- Fixed hologram not using player customization
- Player emblems now also display in the lobby and on armor in game
- Generally improved performance
- Updated everything to use tag names, and named every tag
- Improved map load times
- Reimplemented large parts of the engine to support Reach maps
- Increased havok memory limit
- Increased render visibility limit allowing more objects and instances to be rendered
- Fixed havok mopp crashes with ported H3 maps
- Fixed multiple crashes in the effect system
- Fixed crashes with flying camera
- Fixed holes in s3d_reactor map collision geometry
- Reduced frame times and stutter
- Added support for Nvidia RTX GPUs and newer AMD GPUs
- Reimplemented the screen fx system from Reach
- Increased the vertex buffer limits for Reach maps
- Recompiled shaders (fixes a whole range of issues)
- Fixed two_lobe_phong (red tinge when viewed at certain angles)
- Restored H3 gamma
- Added SSAO settings option
- Added level-of-detail and decorator distance sliders
- Added dynamic shadow resolution option
- Fixed dynamic shadows
- Fixed patchy fog (fog no longer rotates with the camera)
- Fixed object lightmap sampling from instanced geometry
- Fixed dynamic lights rendering on decorators
- Fixed object terrain bitmap sampling (caused incorrect tinting)
- Fixed lens flare flickering
- Fixed bloom/brightness issues with some graphics cards
- Added new stats and ranking systems with hooks to allow servers hosts to make their own
- Fixed issues with some people not being able to connect to servers
- Fixed many VoIP issues
- Fixed Player join/leave message spam at the start of a game
- Fixed Client vehicle weapon magnetism desync (tank shells now actually hit)
- Added breakable surface sync (breakable glass)
- Added main menu mods
- Added GPU acceleration to the Web UI (CEF)
- Added mouse support for menu navigation
- Added new menu for mod selection in the lobby
- Added player service records
- Added support for ultrawide aspect ratios
- Added centered crosshair option for third person
- Added network ping to scoreboard
- Added consistent keyboard/controller support to all screens
- Added persistent console command history
- Added rematch option to voting
- Fixed scoreboard getting stuck when the player is out of lives
- Upscaled halox UI
- Restored halox menu blur
- Restored Campaign & Firefight lobbies
- Restored H3 roster with rank & emblems
- Restored the H3 matchmaking globe background for the server browser
- Restored name-over-player speaking indicator for VoIP & other HUD fixes
- Restored disconnected players on the scoreboard
- Added new sound cache/streaming to free up memory for mods and speed up map load times
- Fixed loop permutations (previously only a single permutation would play in a loop)
- Fixed left/right engine permutations (previously only one side would play)
- Fixed doppler effect
- Fixed audio cutoff (too many sounds being played at once would not allow any new sounds)
- Fixed delayed spawn beeps
- Fixed lipsync
- Added new global forge palette with support for adding new objects with mods
- Added Undo/Redo capability to forge
- Added new selection renderer to make it easier to see selected objects
- Added devices machines that can be activated through different power channels
- Added climbable surfaces
- Added selectable physics materials for ReForge objects
- Added team based pre-match cameras
- Added a podium placement object
- Added a team barrier property to ReForge objects (prevents players passing through)
- Added RGB color changing for supported objects with CC
- Added many new ReForge materials & improved existing ones
- Added scalable rocks & vegetation to the palette
- Improved weather effect visuals
- Restored the H3 budget bar