Hey all,

We have a Beta mode available for a current patch we intend to roll out in the near future. If you'd like to join in you can do so by the following steps:

• Right click Battlezone: Combat Commander in your Steam Library
  
• Click Properties on the pop up menu
  
• Click on the BETAS tab the window that appears
  
• In the dropdown box, select "beta-patch - Open beta patch"
  
• Steam will update the patch and the game should then be possible to run
  
• Don't forget to unselect the beta option using the same steps as above when you're done with this branch.

For any feedback on this patch, please create a post Battlezone:Combat Commander's Steam Discussions (here)

Now for the patch notes!

Uploader App Bugs Fixed

• The app now allows updating the radar mesh in mods
  
  
• The app allows updating/adding movies (ogv files) in mods

Game Bugs Fixed

• MP Stutter: During multiplayer games, the more buildings are constructed, the more severe a hiccup lag every second occurs.
  
  
• AnimTypes Crash: Frequently occurring in Single Player, Instant Action and MPI, game will crash to desktop.
  
  
• MP AI Warping: Warping caused by AI evasion has been removed, so warping in general is reduced
  
  
• Recoil Anim Bug: ISDF Attila Walkers, or mod units with multiple weapons linked that use the same recoilName, the recoil slides backwards but becomes permanently stuck recoiled. This means the recoil/weapon emitting hardpoint moves progressively further and further away from it's original location the more the weapon is fired.
  
  
• TurretTank Deploy Pathing bug: When a TurretTank is deployed, it labels that areas as impassable to AI. When it packs up and moves, it forgets to clear that blocker. This exploit allows people to use Turrets to permanently cause AI Pathing issues on maps.
  
  
• Extractor Destruction Bug: If a Scavenger deploys on a Pool that has a Prop nearby, it can occasionally accidentally save the Prop as it's object instead of the Pool. This means when the Extractor is destroyed, it puts the Prop back instead of the Pool, permanently deleting the Pool from the map and ruining the balance of the game.
  
  
• Scavenger Deploy Stuck bug: Occasionally a Scavenger can become permanently stuck in an incomplete Deploying state while trying to deploy on a Pool.
  
  
• Lua Write explicit: Lua Write function can backtrack directories, allowing the user to go outside of the Combat Commander Docs directory.
  
  
• Map Upscale Crash: If a map has a non-square size, it crashes when upscaling from old TER formats. Rows/Columns are counted backwards.
  
  
• sniper transition/animation is more robust, especially in the case of bouncing while deploying.
  
  
• Prop Ambient Sound bug: Ambient Sounds on non-powered Props not working.
  
  
• Alt Tab Tolerate kick bug: Alt Tab Tolerate feature not working. Anything other then -1 (Off) instantly kicks the client instead of waiting the appropriate number of seconds.
  
  
• Strategy FFA: When the player has Allies it won't properly reserve the number of F-Slots for Players. An AI unit can get stuck overlapping a player in group slot F7-F10. This will cause these units to become unselectable until the Player in that slot leaves the game.
  
  
• Old maps with pbtunn03 crash in BZCC on load. The ODF needs a setting to loadAsDummy since the classlabel changed.
  
  
• A deployed constructionRig doesn't have its TLI reset when deployed which can cause AI units to have difficulty hitting one when it deploys.
  
  
  
• Hovercraft velocity 0 crash: If a mod sets morelike12physics to true, and velocForward to 0, the game will crash from said unit. It does not crash with out the morelike12physics setting.
  
  
• ConstructionRig with velocity of 0 will crash.
  
  
• Strategy FFA Shell UI: Some settings are not properly triggered (set/limited) for FFA mode. Alliance slider default values/ranges
  
  
• Instant Action Shell UI: When you go to "Extra Options", then go back to map preview, any settings you changed in Extra Options get reset.
  
  
• Recycle point offset: Recycle point calculation not properly scaled when Terrain resolution was upscaled.
  
  
• ISDF04: If the player sits inside the Recycler's Dropship, it won't take off and causes a progression blocker since Scavenger gets Stuck inside of it.
  
  
• ISDF06: Player gets 2 bombers.
  
  
• ISDF12: AI Pilots can easily steal the starting empty ships near players base as beginning, making mission very difficult to start off.
  
  
• ISDF17: If the player enters the CORE room then leaves without destroying the CORE, the collapse/earth quake still triggers.
  
  
• Console game.whattime bug: The time readout from whattime is only correct at 10 TPS. Other TPS causes different readout.
  
  
• Session Failed Bug: Session joined Failed reason always logs the same ERROR code. Logging was before the "reason" variable is set.
  
  
• MP Vehicle Info bug: Old behaviour looked for direct Name .inf. This allowed the MP shell UI vehicle description to be different from the in game info key card. New behaviour now only uses the in game info key card description.
  
  
• Possible failed NULL checks in a few places that checked for Collmap collision objects.
  
  
• A few places that LOG to console have incorrect names in their log info, from copy/paste errors.
  
  
• Walkers check their velocity for if they're walking against absolute 0. Floats are rarely absolute 0.
  
  
• CMD_SEND_RELOAD / CMD_SEND_REPAIR: These check if the Armoury "isBusy" but that definition is left over from BZ1, it doesn't work in BZ2.
  
  
• Listboxes/Checklists attempt to set an invalid Style "sunkenframe" on them.
  
  
• RecyclerVehicleH doesn't get checked for scrap generation priority like the rest of scrap things.
  
  
• Rend7_s texture is rotated wrong.
  
  
• ISDF Rifle/Shotgun do not play all animations
  
  
• Assault Chaingun ground explosion does not play sound
  
  
• TPS Related bug with MAGG Cannon. Tapping the trigger used to not cause the weapon to fire. BZCC TPS changed and this caused a change in behaviour.
  
  
• BZEditor_stars.cfg: UI has invalid scope at end of file, causing "unknown command: OnEvent" in console when Editor is opened.
  
  
• DM MAP inf files have a typo, ivar8 isn't set because it's accidentally included in the previous line.
  
  
• Lua Mission: Misc bugs, 2 functions are missing a feature, one has incorrect default parameter. Also added some more constant strings for easier use.
  
  
• MPI Scrap Cheat still gives scrap even if setting is 0.
  
  
• Instant Action scrap cheat not scaled properly with TPS.
  
  
• Building AmbientSoundDist scaler feature doesn't work since Nathan's re-write of Audio system.
  
  
• A Tugged construction rig gets stuck in the air when it deploys, and it's velocity isn't reset, causing it to fly off when it undeploys.
  
  
• If you set a deployable unit as not Tuggable, after it deploys and undeploys, it's set as Tuggable even though ODF specifies never tuggable.
  
  
• Service Truck AoE healing doesn't take ServiceAllies into account.
  
  
  
• Teamfilter added for Flaremine. This parallels all similar Teamfilter settings on other weapon(s).
  
  
• ScriptUtils callbacks for Getting current Emitter Mask settings on an object. These parallel the Set emitter mask functions.
  
  
• Craft EjectVelocity setting. Allows mods to control how fast a pilot ejects out of a craft.
  
  
• Blink groundSpriteColor setting. Allows mods to change the colour of the Blink Ground Reticle.
  
  
• New LISTBOX Style "ScrollSelection" setting to restore old behaviour of scrolling Selection. This changed in BZCC to only scroll the scroll slider by default.
  
  
• New Tracked ConstructionRig class object.
  
  
• Option for Torpedo to switch between high and low flying physics.
  
  
• MP Chat box enable mouse wheel scrolling the chat.
  
  
• Uploader allow .ini, .bik, .ogv, and ihrad00.msh for Addon type mods as these objects are MP safe to modify.
  

Hey all,

Following the release of patch 2.0.178 we have fast tracked an additional patch as follows:

• Further reduced the number of resyncs in multiplayer mode.

It is time to initiate the Battlezone: Combat Commander Multiplayer Free Weekend!

Introduce friends and family to this classic 1999 sci-fi strategy game, by annihilating them on the battlefield!

Both local and online multiplayer will be free across 26th – 30th July 2018. That means you can download AND play the game’s multiplayer mode during that time, completely free - including community-modded multiplayer maps!

For those that have fallen in love with the franchise as much as we have, Battlezone: 98 Redux and Battlezone: Combat Commander will be on sale for the length of the free weekend.

Check out our player guides to up your skills and give your friends some real competition on the battlefield.
Grapekuns Controls Guide
10 Strategic Tips for Survival in BZCC

Let battle commence!

Follow us on Facebook[www.facebook.com] and Twitter to connect with the Battlezone remaster community and keep up to date with the game.

Hey all,

Following community feedback we have today released a patch to fix or reduce some reported issues as follows:

• Fixed, strategy games will now end properly.
• Reduced number of resyncs in multiplayer mode.
• Fixed a small pathing bug over bridges for treaded vehicles.

Hey all,

The feedback you have given has led to a huge number of improvements. To name some, we have improved the AI's pathing and targeting. Host migration has been added which allows you to transfer the host of a multiplayer game. Additionally, numerous visual improvements have been made that we're sure you will notice! See below for more information.

• Multiple crash fixes
  
• Optimisations
  
• Improvements to audio
  
• Numerous minor mission bug fixes

• Many connection and launch failure issues resolved
  
• Better handling of NAT so inability to connect will happen less
  
• Fixed an issue to allow longer connect times without ping checks to prevent causing a disconnect
  
• Host migration allows users to transfer game host to others
  
• General multiplayer game kicks fixes
  
• Faster refreshes on game lists
  
• Servers have been optimised for better performance
  
• Scanner: made radar contacts visible and pinged for allied players

• New HD reticules
  
• General animation improvements
  
• Updated Scion Bazooka and Satchel textures
  
• Tweaked ISDF Missile scout animation
  
• Removed unused textures
  
• Updated ambient wind sound
  
• Updated map preview images to match current minimap generation
  
• Updated multiple vehicle models
  
• Tweaked ISDF Flare mine to delay animation until intended
  
• Updated Pluto telephone poles
  
• Added dust to Scions
  
• Minor tweaks to ISDF dust
  
• Multiple texture improvements
  
• Fixed animations for ISDF Walker death
  
• Improvements have been made to multiple buildings and props to help them blend more naturally with the terrain
  
• Numerous polishes to visuals and layout of default maps
  
• Improved multiplayer game exits to be cleaner
  
• Fixes to UI scaling issues

• Greatly improved pathing, targeting, and collision of AI
  
• Fix tracking of explosions and ordnance
  
• Fixed Scion Scout not using Scion Flare mine
  
• Added velocity to Torpedo, Snipe, Blink, and generic explosions
  
• Recoil adjustments

• Fixed other instances of "SolidColorDistance" ODF read typo
  
• Fixed missing check for ODF feature "DoBettyAmmo" setting
  
• Added new Map Editor Dome preview images
  
• Made a bunch of previously-hardwired values configurable for [HoverCraftClass]
  
• Added "hole" variants of Dark hole props, for map makers to use
  
• Modders can now switch between editor and schematic views properly
  
• Added new Sky Domes to the map editor Dome model list, and new previews images for them
  
• Mods/Addons pages use a more suitable background
  
• Added support for ODF parameters to control how far a recoil piece slides backward/forwards

The Battlezone: Combat Commander Modding Competition is over, and the winners have been decided!

We've had a lot of fun trying out the entries, and we appreciate the work put in to creating these. Thank you all for your work and we look forward to seeing what changes or other creations you may do in the future.

If you're interested in seeing the prizes, click here.

Note: Bit of a tweak to the original rewards. The AMD CPU's are now upgraded versions. The people receiving CPU's will now be receiving an AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X which is a slight boost to performance.

Now for the results!



Nielk1's Game Mode: Reactor Wars.

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1364727893


In no particular order:

Rocket3497's Rockets Recy Var

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1366290967

ScrapPool's Biometal Recycler Variant and Mod Pack

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1368109534

Jack's Researcher Recycler Variant

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1368191419

JJ's MPIExpansion

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1368597941


Katherlyn's Greenheart 1.3 Assets

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1362492891

DayStar's MPI map pack

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1359033112

BioMetalical's ISDF Tank: Enhanced Design

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1346363186

Ekse's Alt Crosshairs

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1366685590

Maziz's Black Dog Warrior

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1368159771

Bob the Blue blob of goo's Centerline's Map Pack 1

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1368408304

(It seems Steam only displays the first 10 workshop links, sorry Bob!)

Prizes will be sent out soon.

Hey everyone!

Join us for another exciting mission from the Battlezone: Combat Commander campaign!

Of course, we will be playing it on HARD difficulty because we are not scrubs, but that doesn't mean things can't (probably will) go wrong...

Date: 25/04/2018

Time: 6PM UK / 1PM ET / 10AM PT

Watch the stream over at https://www.twitch.tv/rebellion_official

Hey all,

We were recently visited by a member of the community some of you will know as Ded10c, who did an awesome modding stream with us.

Here are some of the useful modding tips from the stream:

[Battlezone: Combat Commander – Mod Tips: Make a Rotating Turret](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU2yriIkCLg)

[Battlezone: Combat Commander – Mod Tips: Flying in 3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgeBtdamuSw )

[Battlezone: Combat Commander – Mod Tips: Make ‘Da Bomb’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHckXSpHzGs)

Thanks again Ded10c :)

Hey all,

The patch today is a large one (as you can see the notes) and thankfully it addresses some of the larger concerns you have been letting us know about.

We have improved the AI, resolved some multiplayer resync issues, and prevented multiple crashes. There's also tons of other fixes that have been made, as well as optimisations.

Thank you for the amazing feedback you've been giving us to help resolve these issues, and we have another patch with focus on the multiplayer coming in the near future!

Patch notes below:

• A pathing fix was made to prevent units from wandering off.
  
• Improvements made to the minimap and shell map (gamma-correct blending, lighting, plus terrain shadows.)
  
• The game now hides lights and effects if hidden or not detected in satellite view.
  
• Fixed a "jolt" after un-deploying deployable-turrets if collided with whilst deployed.
  
• Fix to Satchel Charges, they now use owner's reticle (sight) matrix and better orient the pack to the surface they are placed on.
  
• Arc Cannon and Satchel Pack now use visible collision.
  
• Fixed an issue with extractors being offset from the intended position.
  
• Improved the aim of multiple AI units.
  
• Added support for allowing a file to be renamed while open (fixes an editor crash).
  
• Fixed an implicit simulation rate dependency in the AI aiming code that made some units overshoot at higher simulation rates and “headbang” violently.
  
• Fixed the Perlin noise function that Earthquake, Seismic Wave, and several other systems use so they produce smoother results
  
• Fixed broken animations for some buildings when destroyed.
  
• Command Center ground reticle improvement.
  
• Fixed the reported surface height for water overlapping collision mesh. It previously ignored the water height, so vehicles fell beneath the surface.
  
• Fixed Constructor target lead issue where the target was moving when the Constructor is stationary.
  
• Fixed a crash in HazardCells by removing redundant CleanPathing in PostRun.
  
• Increased the engagement range of turrets to handle mines from a greater distance.
  
• Made paths occupied by the enemy less likely to be traversed by some AI.

• Options: remove "chrome far" setting and cleaned up unused "animate chrome"
  
• Options: remove maximum lighting distance and forced terrain LOD distance
  
• Steam usernames now display with strange characters better. Some characters are not in the game’s font and still can’t display.
  
• Fixed a bug where if you click on 'Single' followed by either 'Archive' or 'Full Brief' quickly, the planet information will then appear on the wrong page

• Broken 3D sound was fixed and enabled as default.
  
• Engine sound for hovercraft was reduced to better balance the game audio.
  
• Tweaked 3D sound curve distance scaler.
  
• New defaults for audio props have been set.
  
• 3D audio no longer affects 2D sounds.
  
• Fixed Fire sound of EMP stream.

• Made various singleplayer mission's Dropships un-killable.
  
• The Wormhole: Allow level to progress even if the player Snipes and steals a ship then changes ships and lets a friendly AI pilot take over the ship.
  
• Hole in One: Made mission fail if the convoy reached the hole.
  
• Rumble in the Jungle: Made the mission fail if you lose your Recycler.
  
• Core: Set enemy turret bases to neutral after the turret part is dead.
  
• On Thin Ice: Made the sound of Ice Cracking and Rhinos use 3D positions.
  
• This is Not a Drill: Made Dropship door sound come from the dropship.
  
• Snow Blind: Tweaked dropship door sounds to sync correctly.
  
• Snow Blind: Redid quake ground shake code, added falloff to the quake so it doesn't abruptly cutoff.
  
• Snow Blind: Made Turrets clear dropship on their own instead of following the player.
  
• Snow Blind: Fixed dropship facing direction.
  
• We Have Hostiles: Set goal "hardware" crate's health high enough that it can't be 1 shot killed with dual laser.
  
• On Thin Ice: Tweaked distance for Recycler to trigger Ice caps to reduce false positive triggers, also only made the mission Fail if the Recycler actually falls into the water.
  
• On Thin Ice: Fixed ISDF Recycler being added back into a group with turret.
  
• This is Not a Drill and A Simple S&R: Fixed incorrect uses of Defend() command on some Enemy units. This should make them guard the things they're supposed to.
  
• This is Not a Drill: Made Shabayev go a little further past the falling cliff so it doesn't fall on her.
  
• This is Not a Drill: Made the "Hold your fire!" messages play sooner/properly, and added support for them to play when shooting Red Squad at beginning of mission.
  
• A Simple S&R: Made mission show Red Objectives when failing.
  
• The Dark Planet: Made Dropship takeoff.
  
• The Wormhole: Fixed 4th scavenger not deploying on the pool.

• Updated Translations
  
• Added new lose debrief text for Hole in One.
  
• Fixed various localized text formatting issues and missing text
  
• Fixed incorrectly named voice audio file names for ISDF Turret.

• Tweaked distance settings in multiplayer map skies, ensured visibilityRange wasn't too far in excess of Fog end range. Should improve FPS on some maps.
  
• Blending improvement in multiplayer maps for map edges.
  
• Fixed missions 1 - 4 sky, made stars not move.
  
• Minor terrain texture fixes on the first 6 missions.
  
• Tweaked DM Volcanos sky visibilityrange, reduced from 600 to 400. Should help with FPS drops when looking at entire map.
  
• Hole in One: Made Scion convoy go around the hole/light emitter near their base, not through it.
  
• DM Figure 8: Brightened ambient lighting by 2.5x.
  
• Get Help: Brightened ambient lighting by 2x.
  
• ST Island Warfare: Brightened ambient lighting by 1.5x
  
• ST High Heat: Doubled ambient lighting, raised sun angle from 8 to 9.
  
• DM Titan: Raised ambient lighting by 1.5x, also doubled maximum duration between lightning strikes.
  
• Crystals: Fixed gap in water layer near player’s base area.
  
• Fixed terrain texture bug in ST: Hilo.
  
• A Traitor's Fate Smoothed crater near lava that AI units could get stuck in.
  
• Import updated Pluto crystal ODF assets.
  
• Removed unused items from Editor Object Menu.
  
• A Simple S&R, We Have Hostiles, Too Hot: Added blue crystals in some areas.
  
• Cleaned up minor terrain texture bugs on ‘This is Not a Drill’.
  
• Added missing Pluto Crystals 5 and 6 to Map Editor.
  
• Rumble in the Jungle: Fixed player starting ammo and ammo regen.
  
• A Traitor's Fate: Fixed Lava not dealing damage.
  
• An Unlikely Rescue: Flattened terrain in player's base area, preventing green buildable squares triggering red due to slightly varied height.
  
• Crystals: Fixed floating grass near tree next to edge of player's base area.
  
• Core: Brightened Sky.
  
• Editor: Removed nonexistent items from object list.
  
• A Traitor's Fate: Made Dropship takeoff.
  
• Get Help: Adjusted sky to be a little brighter to make the minimap more visible.
  
• Hole in One: Minor texture cleanups on.

• Fixed bushes clipping into trees/rocks on all variants of Dunes map.
  
• Updated with current Pluto crystal props as used on Missions 2-4.
  
• Cleaned up some nonsense in ibtele.odf, hidden at bottom.
  
• Updated Mire Rockslide to fully block pathway.
  
• Tweaked uvmapping on Core long tunnel
  
• Updated ‘Core’ collapsing tunnel collision to block vehicles.
  
• Fixed cap holes in ‘Core’ final room.
  
• Fixed missing Orange Dropship emissions.
  
• Pluto crystals adjusted to allow AI to path better.
  
• Fixed errors in Scion Kiln/Forge collision mesh.
  
• Cleaned up accidentally included ODF lines in Scavenger ODFs.
  
• Updated Pluto Crystals to not force align with terrain.
  
• Fixed inverted Normal map for ISDF Hex glass texture.
  
• Fixed being able to snipe ISDF Bomber.
  
• Fixed inconsistency in Scion Extractor ODFs.
  
• Fixed tiling issue in the red planet seen in Braddock.

• A fix was made to prevent multiplayer games from desyncing by keeping track of customized ODF data even when the factory unit that created it is destroyed.
  
• Multiplayer game list sorting is now persistent.
  
• Client cheat detection fixes.
  
• Log when a client does a reset because it broke.
  
• We now exclude Team 0 from scoring in multiplayer game modes so neutral props don't count as score.
  
• MPInstant: Scrap cheat cleaned up and is now fully independent of TPS. Meaning this now works at the same speed it did in 1.3.terrain.
  
• Made performance improvements to resyncs in multiplayer.

• Players who do not have a DX11 compatible graphics card and/or a version of Windows that supports DX11 will receive a message on start.
  
• We now treat it as an error when no devices are found for an adapter.
  
• Crash logs are now written on almost all crashes.
  
• File IO errors will now include the error code Windows returned for the issue.
  
• Logging optimisations

• Lua: update to 5.2.4
  
• LuaMission: disable Lua io and os libraries
  
• LuaMission: Fixed HoppedOutOf() not returning a value.
  
• Fixed PreOrdnanceHit not triggering on terrain owning objects.
  
• Added InitialPitch and InitialYaw to new QuakeBlastClass of explosion.
  
• Terrain: reimplement SetActiveLayers - use an "active layers" shader constant - remove unused map cluster alpha mask. This is a fix for Texture Layers "hide other layers" feature in the map editor.
  
• Terrain: fix GetIntersection for mixed heightfield and collision mesh. This fixed some Map Editor mouse cursor inconsistencies when moving over objects with Terrain painting tools.