Release Notes for Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition

v1.1 Patch Notes (12 April 2024)

ADDED

• Cross-platform multiplayer.
• Added the final alternate actor, the alternate lightning guard.
• A new setting that allows players to prevent automatically switching weapons on pickup.
• Text chat button has been added to multiplayer menus.
• Level statistics, such as kill and secret counts, have been added to the map screen.
• Added support for connection to a LAN address from the interface.
• Level editor now has a music jukebox.
• Lobby invitations can now be sent to friends from the main lobby screen.
• Add confirmation for starting a COMM-BAT game while playing single-player.
• Added support for -file parameter for loading custom KPF files.
• Old -file parameter has been changed to -file0.
• A new network stats option has been added to the options menu.

CHANGED

• Fonts now have slashed 0's to make them easier to read.
• Online timeout has been adjusted to 20 seconds.
• Better default sound settings that are less ear-splitting.
• Scanning for lobbies now tells you what is going on with the scan - if it's still scanning or if it's complete.

FIXED

• Various rendering glitches that were noticed at higher resolutions have been fixed.
• Significant improvements to online lobbies have been made, making connections more reliable.
• Numerous shortcomings with the netcode have been addressed, especially in instances of low bandwidth.
• It is no longer possible to get stuck in the game upon connection to a server that shuts down during level load.
• Booting into the editor now no longer has messed-up camera controls.
• Platform icon is no longer stretched in the scoreboard.
• Killing Big John with a flamewall or god ball no longer softlocks the game.
• Many instances of menu stack corruption have been addressed, solving various softlocks.
• Title screen has many fewer missing pixels at the bottom of each column of pixels.
• Rumble no longer persists between levels.
• Default music tracks no longer cause excess CPU usage.
• Disabling freelook now snaps the view to the horizon.
• Using the "No target" cheat code during the oscuro battle no longer crashes the game.
• HUD Preview is now properly cleared when the menu is exited via unconventional means.
• Rumble now properly works in online games.
• Invitations to join a game can now be accepted in more places.
• Joining from an invite no longer potentially causes a hang.
• Old lobbies are now cleared when lobbies are re-scanned.
• Level editor verification has undergone several improvements.
• Invalid screen sizes no longer cause the game to refuse to launch.
• Custom gravity no longer carries over from multiplayer games.
• Disconnections have been made more reliable and are less likely to freeze up controls.
• Online lobbies are now a little more helpful in telling the user why the lobby died.
• Prevent the scoreboard from being stuck in an enabled state between matches.
• Various lightning levels should now work in COMM-BAT mode.
• Instances where player color and character could be switched in the menu without taking effect ingame have been addressed.
• Items that spawn in midair are now properly respawned at their correct Z height.
• Voice chat options no longer show up in a LAN lobby.
• Violence is now always forced to HIGH in a lobby, for consistency.
• Returning to the lobby in the middle of a game no longer has the potential to crash the server.
• Shooting another player point-blank will now always hit them.