V0.8 BASIL BUILD IS COMING!
03-06-15

The patch will introduce a new classic map, new weapon, new features and many fixes & changes. Stay tuned!

GENERAL
 
Patch #004 brings your TOXIKK V0.75 Curry Build up to V0.8 Basil Build. It is the second major milestone since TOXIKK's early access beta launch on our roadmap and comes with fixes, changes, a new map and new features.
 
With now three very different maps available (small, medium and big), this patch will help us finalizing the weapons. I.e. Once we get the weapons balance right for these three maps, they'll also work with every new map to come (or will require only minor changes depending on community feedback).
 
 
 
FIXES
 
FIX_01 - VIDEO OPTIONS REQUESTER FREEZE
In some cases, the video options requester window freezed, so it wouldn't allow you to confirm or cancel your changes. This shouldn't happen anymore.
 
FIX_02 - MAP RELATED: PERFORMANCE ON TWIN PEAKS
The performance on the "massive map" Twin Peaks should see a boost of around 20%.
 
FIX_03 - HEADSHOT HITBOX
The size of the headshot hitbox was adjusted to more accurately represent the actual head of a character (it was a bit too big before). So, expect headshots to be more hard to pull off now...
 
FIX_04 - FALL DAMAGE WHEN IN FEIGN DEATH MODE
You could avoid fall damage when in feign death mode. This should be no longer possible.
 
FIX_05 - OVERRUN TEAM MATES WITH STREAMER HOVERBIKE
You could overrun team mates with the Streamer. This was problmatic, as players drop the flag when being overrun. You shuold no longer be able to run over your team mates with vehicles now.
 
FIX_06 - HUD CELL INDICATOR
The HUD indicator showing the position of cells in your team's possession sometimes became invisible. This should no longer happen. However, it will remain invisible for cells stolen by the enemy team (i.e. you cannot see an icon for a stolen cell on your HUD, while the enemy team carries it around). This is intended behaviour.
 
FIX_07 - DRONE VIEW SCREEN CHAT INPUT
The chat input on the end match screen (victory screen) or after-death screen was limited. You can now enter as many characters as you like.
 
FIX_08 - NVIDIA PHYSX PROBLEM
Some nVidia GPUs occasionally crashed due to PhysX hardware incompatibilites. It happened especially with newer gen nVidia cards. This should no longer happen, since we deactivated the utilization of PhysX hardware by default. As we wanted to keep the game as compatible as possible between AMD and nVidia GPUs, it wasn't used a lot anyway. So, while not having any impact on the performance whatsoever, you should see increased stability on nVidia GPUs.
 
 
 
CHANGES
 
CHG_01 - WEAPON ON RHINOCEROS (APC)
As the weapon on the Rhino was considered too weak and fuzzy (plasma projectiles) by the community, we added a hitscan secondary fire mode (focused plasma beam). We also reduced the heat emission on the primary fire, so you can now fire a lot longer, before the weapon overheats.
 
CHG_02 - WEAPON ON BANSHEE (HOVER POD)
As the Banshee is a hover vehicle, it's somewhat difficult to aim precisely. We removed the plasma cannon and gave it a minigun (hitscan) for more accurate and powerful attacks.
 
CHG_03 - RAVEN (PISTOL) BALANCING
The firerate of the Raven's primary and secondary fire was elevated by 20%. Its damage was nerfed from 25 to 20. The ammo-count was changed from infinite to 50 bullets. We also added a slight spread to make it less accurate on long distances.
 
CHG_04 - BULLCRAFT (SHOTGUN) BALANCING
The max ammo of the Bullcraft was increased from 18 to 24. The max. damage of the Bullcraft's secondary fire was nerfed from 216 to 192 (12 pellets a 18 damage points = 192). This way it's no longer a one-shot-kill weapon for characters at max HP (200).
 
CHG_05 - CERBERUS (ROCKET LAUNCHER) BALANCING
The max ammo of the CERBERUS was increased from 20 to 25. The initial ammo count was increased from 8 to 10. The spawn time for the CERBERUS was reduced from 30 to 15 seconds (making it the same as the other weapons again).
 
CHG_06 - VIOLATOR (ASSAULT RIFLE) BALANCING
The max ammo of the VIOLATOR was increased from 60 to 80. The initial ammo count was increased from 30 to 40. Damage was nerfed from 25 to 23. Ammo Pick-Ups were increased from 15 to 20. We also added a slight spread to make it less accurate on long distances.
 
CHG_07 - STINGRAY (PLASMA RIFLE) BALANCING
Knockback when getting hit by the plasma beam was doubled. Ammo consumption for the beam was reduced from 5 to 4 units.
 
CHG_08 - DRAGONEER (FLAME THROWER) BALANCING
The max ammo of the DRAGONEER was increased from 60 to 90. The initial ammo count was increased from 30 to 40. Ammo Pick-Ups were increased from 20 to 25. The primary fire's reach was increased by ~40% and its damage was increased by ~25%. Its spread was slightly minimized to reduce visual obstruction. However, general visual obstruction is an intended drawback of this weapon. We are aware of the fact that a flamethrower is a new weapon in the AFPS universe, so we might need to continue playing around with its balancing until it feels fully as intended.
 
CHG_09 - FALCON (SNIPER RIFLE) BALANCING
The max ammo of the FALCON was reduced from 36 to 30. The initial ammo count was increased from 9 to 12. Ammo Pick-Ups were decreased from 9 to 6. We also added a slight spread to make it less accurate on long distances.
 
 
 
 
NEW FEATURES
 
FTR_01 - NEW MAP: ARTIFACT
ARTIFACT is a medium-sized classic map (i.e. designed for up to 8 players) set in El Mirador, deep in the Guatamalan jungle. EXOCOM and DRAYOS fight for control over an ancient temple compound where an Edenium based artifact was found. More details about the map can be found on our homepage under GAME -> MAPS.
 
FTR_02 - NEW WEAPON: RAVAGER
The RAVAGER was originally used as a mobile demolition tool to tear down constructions without having to rely on heavy wrecking gear, but its effectiveness also make it a powerful melee weapon. The power drill is the Ravager's primary fire, while its secondary fire ignites a plasma based welding beam that can be used for close-range attacks but also to repair damaged vehicles. The Ravager is part of your basic gear and available from the moment you spawn. However, the weapon is not yet fully implemented, but rather a visual interpretation of it. It'll only be fully functional with the next patch.
 
FTR_03 - CROSSHAIR DESIGNER V0.89
We added a lot of preset shapes to the Crosshair Designer, an offset function and you can now copy and paste your customized crosshairs among all weapons which'll save you the hassle of doing your favorite cross-hair again and again for every weapon.
 
 
 
 
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FINAL NOTES
 
That's it for the fourth patch. It was a somewhat tough ride this time as we have one team member in the hospital with a herniated disk. (That's also one of the reasons why the RAVAGER's implementation couldn't be finished... but we didn't want to delay the patch). Get well soon Marco!
 
What's up next? In the coming weeks we'll do some cleaning up of minor stuff that still needs polishing. Finalize missing or incomplete SFX, observe and probably re-adjust the weapon balance on the three differently sized maps etc. We'll also open a new poll about the now re-balanced weapons to hear your opinion.
 
If you want to discuss the tweaks and changes, feel free to do so below...

TOXIKK PATCH #010, GINGER BUILD GENERATION, V0.9
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 21, 2015
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GENERAL
 
This patch brings your v0.89 Parsley build up to v0.9. It's the first patch of the Ginger generation and primarily focuses on a new map and a fresh visual theme (sci-fi/tech). V0.9 also brings some new features and fixes that were requested by the community, including some experimental multi display stuff. More details below.
 
 
FIXES
 
FIX_01 - ACCIDENTALLY LAUNCHING THE SERVER CONFIG VIEW
If you configured a Bootcamp (bot) match and clicked NEXT in the mutator menu, it took you to the listen server configuration view. This should no longer happen.
 
 
NEW FEATURES
 
FTR_01 - SCI-FI/TECH THEME
A new visual theme (sci-fi tech based) that comes with a bazillion of new assets for the game.
 
FTR_02 - 14 NEW MAP: DEKK V0.7
DEKK introduces our freshly designed sci-fi theme: The map is based on an over a decade old layout introduced by UT, now reincarnated with clean, yet highly refined/accentuated 3D assets, keeping visual clarity and simplicity in mind.
 
To learn more about DEKK, hop into the game or check out our MAP REVEAL VIDEO
 
When testing the map, please keep in mind that it's v0.7 (i.e. you may still encounter some collision issues and/or other "unusual occurences" ).
 
FTR_03 - DISABLE ON-SCREEN LOG
You are an anti-social individual who doesn't care about team-play and you don't want to talk to anyone? You feel distracted by the on-screen log? This feature is for you: "On-Screen log disable" was added to the game options.
Yes, this feature was indeed requested more than once...
 
FTR_04 - ADJUSTABLE HEALTH WARNING
If you think that the current HUD is too subtle about how low your health status is, you can now set a limit where the health indicator starts to flash in the game options.
 
FTR_04 - MULTI SCREEN SUPPORT (EXPERIMENTAL)
Yes, we had quite a few requests about advanced multi screen support and we decided to look into it. This whole stuff is still highly experimental, but if you were one of the users waiting for that feature, you may want to try to type "SetHudDimensions [xValue] [yValue]" to distribute the display of the HUD onto your multi-monitor setup.
 
EXAMPLE: If you have three screems standing side by side and assuming that all three are set to the same resolution, type: "SetHudDimension 3 1" to allign the HUD to the screen in the middle.
 
FTR_05 - MAX DAMAGE BOOST
When picked up, it'll heavily increase the damage caused by each shot for a limited amount of time.
 
 
 
CHANGES
 
CHG_01 - INTRO DISPLAY
Starting a new map now always brings up the name of the map and its location centered on the screen in big letters. Press left to skip this and to enter the pre-match lobby.