The Jury Inspection update, Clothing update, and host of other changes are here. Includes fingerprints, body inspection, case files, new Combine hand models, city speakers, 29 new city voice broadcasts, bodybags, new stunstick model, Combine thermal visor, and many optimizations/improvements to the framework. The map is now City 3. See below for details and join us for our upcoming playtest!
ADDED | Inspect Bodies
Uninspected bodies will appear on the Combine Overlay for JURY units. Once inspected with interaction menu (F2), the color will change. Inspections take a brief amount of time to perform initially. After the inspection, the findings can be reviewed. Inspecting the body again will show the findings for review right away.
ADDED | Inspection Menu
You can now use forensic items to aid in your investigations. Multiple items can be received from the requisition officer: Fingerprint Kit, Laser Trajectory Kit, Impression Kit, Gunshot Residue Kit, and Bloodstain Pattern Kit. All of these can be used alongside the Trace Evidence Kit to help identify the suspect!
ADDED | Crime Scene Markers
JURY units can use scene markers to create a visual crime scene that other JURY units can also see. This prevents items from being picked up and allows for JURY to complete their investigation, including using the fingerprint scanner on any items. Scene marking items contributes to the forensics reveal chance on the body and trace kit.
ADDED | Fingerprints & DNA Analysis
Equipping certain items such as weapons can now leave fingerprints if the person is not wearing gloves. These fingerprints have a chance of being discoverable by Civil Protection JURY depending on how much time has passed. Fingerprinting items and adding them to the correct case file contributes to the forensics reveal chance on the body.
ADDED | Case Files in PDA
As JURY units work on inspecting bodies and using forensics kits, the findings are automatically compiled into a case file accessible by all JURY units in the Combine PDA (F6). Here the details of the findings as well as case notes can be read or written. Case notes are shared to all other JURY units that view the same case file.
ADDED | Bodybags
Bag and transport bodies by interacting with them and having a bodybag ready. Bodybags can burn in fire and dissolve in toxic acid.
ADDED | New Stunstick
New stunstick model has been added for Civil Protection, which pairs well with Astronet's other weapons and the new hand models.
ADDED | Clothing
Featuring 60 new clothing items that are craftable using the new Sewing Machine. This machine can be obtained by CWU Commerce workers, who may choose to sell clothing. Clothing interactivity has been added, allowing certain items to have unique effects on players such as gloves hiding fingerprints during investigations!ADDED | Sewing Machine & CWU
Sewing machines have been added to the Business menu and can be purchased by CWU Commercial workers. Sewn clothing can be sold to citizens who can choose to wear it or store it in their apartment closet for later.
ADDED | Apartment Closets
Closets in apartments can be used to store clothing, which does not count toward your inventory storage.
ADDED | Bag & Satchel
Adds more inventory space to your character when worn, also very stylish!
ADDED | Improved City Voice & Speakers System
City Voice, Dispatch, and City Administrator broadcasts are now fully animated and type out, featuring additional voice lines for Dispatch to enhance immersion. New alert chimes have been added to the broadcasts with 29 new broadcasts. City Speakers have been placed around the city which now broadcast within their proximity. Being in remote areas such as the Outlands means that some rebels may not hear the city broadcasts. Combine units have a failover remote system for playing broadcasts when they are in far away areas, unless they are marked defunct and disconnected from the Combine Uplink.
ADDED | Thermal Night Vision
Civil Protection units can equip a Combine Thermal Visor to add thermal capabilities and greatly enhance their (F7) night vision. Can be obtained from the Requisitions Officer. Civil Protection ranked DvL and above deploy with the item automatically equipped. Overwatch units have this enhancement by default.- CHANGED Combine night vision (F7) to allow toggling the flashlight. This can be useful in scenarios where Combine units want to utilize night vision without revealing their location.
Map Change | City 3
Welcome to City 3, a suburb of what was formerly Beijing. Map changes will be more frequent.
Other Changes
- ADDED New view models to Civil Protection and Overwatch hands. [HL2RP-48]
- ADDED Hands weapon to Overwatch players with fixed animations. [HL2DEV-6]
- ADDED Dispatch interface to the PDA (F6) with 29 new broadcasts. [HL2RP-71]
- ADDED New activation/deactivation sound to Combine nightvision (F7). [HL2RP-32]
- ADDED New Combine zone names created that show on the helmet overlay and biosignal losses. [HL2RP-61]
- ADDED HUD has been reworked with new indicators for health, hunger, and the newly added thirst mechanic! [HL2RP-44]
- ADDED Framework durable functions and services system. [HL2DEV-35]
- ADDED Framework benchmark system with over 20 benchmarks created for the framework and schema. [HL2DEV-34]
- ADDED Framework cache system. [HL2DEV-32]
- ADDED Framework timer system. [HL2DEV-33]
- ADDED Framework console commands system. [HL2DEV-40]
- ADDED Framework test cases system. [HL2DEV-42]
- ADDED Framework chat icons system. [HL2RP-44]
- ADDED Two new achievements.
- ADDED Copy SteamID64 to the player card menu.
- ADDED Added cinematic color effects.
- ADDED New Civil Protection, Overwatch Combine overlay effects.
- ADDED New Zombie overlay effects.
- ADDED New Vortigaunt overlay effects.
- CHANGED Winter season has ended and the map snow, weather, and other effects have been removed.
- CHANGED Defunct enhancements: [HL2RP-74]
- Allow for OfC and OvC to defunct.
- Allow defuncting of other faction members if no supervisors of that faction are online.
- Disconnect defunct players from the Combine Uplink, preventing them from:
- Receiving or sending Combine radio messages
- Receiving City Voice remote broadcasts
- Receiving Dispatch remote broadcasts
- CHANGED Vortigaunts to have an updated model. [HL2RP-72]
- CHANGED Judgement Waiver and Autonomous Judgement sound effects and broadcasts to be improved with additional citadel sounds and custom dispatch lines. [HL2RP-71]
- CHANGED Civil Protection initial loadouts to equip automatically (e.g., Stunstick, USP Match, SMG). [HL2RP-71]
- CHANGED Framework animations to resolve zombies sometimes spawning without correct client animations. [HL2RP-81]
- CHANGED PDA to support fading and remaining on the screen by pressing F6 again. [HL2RP-82]
- CHANGED Low health effects from black/white to be blur/color based.
- CHANGED Reduced day/night cycle light effects to improve map darkness levels.
- CHANGED Reduced weather.
- CHANGED Combine Sniper zoom to be compatible with the new weapon selector.
- CHANGED Event Manager to support multiple scenes being smoothly played automatically without the view returning to the player. [HL2RP-78]
- CHANGED Framework door system to support default locked, default open, and other configuration options. [HL2DEV-30]
- CHANGED Framework to prevent noclipped staff from interfering with third-person view or bullets.
- CHANGED Framework to support save system exports and imports. [HL2DEV-31]
- CHANGED Framework item system to support droppable and custom data. [HL2DEV-39]
- CHANGED Framework sync system to resolve race conditions, possible errors, and load orchestration. [HL2DEV-29]
- CHANGED Framework net system to significantly optimize large data tables. [HL2DEV-36]
- CHANGED Framework chat class registration system to improve performance and usability. [HL2DEV-38]
- CHANGED Framework to load meta objects significantly faster. [HL2DEV-37]
- CHANGED Framework inventory to automatically refresh the character when equipping items.
- CHANGED Framework to significantly optimize Material, Model, Vector, Angle, LocalPlayer, and other game object functions. [HL2DEV-37]
- CHANGED Framework to significantly improve loading times and speed of gamemode functions. [HL2DEV-37]
- Special thanks to our development team members who also contributed to this update: @notandy78, @Marsh, @Red
- Special thanks to our production team members who contributed to this update: @Tryki999
Weekend Playtest
We invite you to join us for a public playtest throughout this upcoming Friday and weekend, from Friday May 30th to Sunday June 1st!
Last edited:
