Discovery - Patch Notes

[Alley]

@Echo 7-7 @Xoria @Garuda @LordVipex @Blodo @aerelm @Haste @Treewyrm @Jinx and @Alley , are happy to share with you the changelog of Discovery Freelancer 4.88.00.

You will notice the changelog is pretty slim. It's incredibly hard to remember all the little things that have been done as they were not completely kept track of under the previous development system so we have listed them all under "various".

You will also notice the Omicrons update isn't listed here. That's because just like the Rheinland modifications, they will be released shortly after via our new patcher. The main objective of this update is to complete our migration to the new development and release system, which we cannot do until we finally push out this update.

The patch will hit the server this week, unless something really really horrible happens.

At any rate, here's the changelog for the initial update.

Discovery 4.88.0
Patch Notes

[General]
- Added DSLauncher, our new Launcher specifically crafted for Discovery. A subforum has been created under the Help & Support section of the forums to provide assistance related to its usage.
- Added Adoxa's zone plugin.
- Fighter NPCs have been toned down. They are now all stuck with a 2.00 fire rate. They also cannot use Mines and Missiles anymore.
- Capitals will be toned down at a later point.
- Preparations for Hyperspace Beacons.
- Mining Machinery icon replaced due to copyright issues. Thanks to whoever thought it was a brilliant idea.
- Corsair Battleship NPCs will no longer use the Osiris and instead use their own tech.
- Client-side mining config updated with revised drop rate modifiers for all factions.
- Lots and lots of various little tweaks.
- Various bugfixes.

[Guns]
- CODENAME weapons now use a unique weapon type that deals 90% damage to Graviton, Molecular and Positron shields.
- DULZIAN, PHOENIX, SOLARIS and Nomad Prototype Gun have seen their energy usage revised.
- Firestalker and Sidewinder (fighter) missiles now have the same tracking they used to have in Discovery 4.86. This is, most likely, a temporary adjustment until a better way to balance them is found.
- Cannonball and Catapult missiles have been redesigned and are now both dumbfire missiles.

[Ships]
- Persephone reverted to 4.85.3 model.
- Sunburst replaced with @Swallow 's model.
- Added @aerelm 's unique ship, Obsidian.
- Added @Drrobe 's unique ship, Feanturi
- Arbeiter VHF has been rebalanced.
- Centurion VHF has been rebalanced.
- Greyhound VHF has been rebalanced.
- Sabre VHF has been rebalanced.
- Sichel VHF has been rebalanced.
- Nomad Assassin VHF has been tweaked.
- Blossom HF has been tweaked.
- Chimaera HF has been tweaked.
- Katana HF has been tweaked.
- Kusari Capitals have seen their LODs range fixed.
- Heavy Fighter & Very Heavy Fighter hitboxes have been reviewed and tweaked.

[Items]
- Cloaks now use ammo instead of commodities. It can be found on any base.
- Nomad cloaks now also use ammo.
- Scanners have received range adjustments.
- Fixed reputation requirement to buy generic civilian guns.
- Pilots and Credit Cards have returned.

[Systems]
- Salisbury has been culled.
- Fukuoka has been culled.
- Oita: transferred Osumi Base.
- Hiroshima: transferred Renzu Shipyard, revised layout, added Jump Gate to New Tokyo.
- Ellesmere: revised Jump Hole connections. Omicron Minor connected to Sigma-17.
- Londonderry has received significant changes and has been de-guarded.
- Chester has received significant changes related to atmosphere and layout.
- Bethlehem Station, Pennsylvania will now be home to Liberty Lawful NPC spawns.
- Added a Jump Gate between Ontario and Alberta.
- Added a Jump Gate between Texas and Minnesota.
- Shortened/revised path between Omicron Alpha and Omicron Gamma through the Hispanic Omicrons.

@Durandal has also been hard at work to provide an updated map of Sirius. This map does not contain the changes of the Omicrons update. Kudos to him!

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Alley was right.