Altitude Updated

[steam_news]

Gameplay:

• Reverse Thrust - reduced energy consumption from 110% recharge rate to 83% recharge rate (planes now recover energy while reversing)
  
• Rubberized Hull - reduced energy loss and turning debuff from EMP by 20%
  
• Biplane (All Forms) - reduced energy loss and turning debuff from EMP by 20%
  
• Biplane (Recoilless) - afterburner effectiveness increased by 14%
  
• Biplane (Recoilless) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 2%
  
• Biplane (Dogfighter) - afterburner effectiveness for stall breaking significantly increased [effectiveness drops linearly from +60% at slow speeds to +0% near cruise speed]
  
• Biplane (Dogfighter) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 2%
  
• Biplane (Heavy Cannon) - primary weapon added piercing third hit (100%, 75%, 45%)
  
• Biplane (Heavy Cannon) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 10%
  
• Miranda (Trickster) - primary weapon (fully charged shot only) reduced damage lost on bounces by 15% (122/98/74 -> 122/102/81)
  Miranda (Time Anchor) - (only when carrying big bomb or ball) anchor energy usage increased by 25%
  

New Beginner Maps - special server configuration tag |beginner| (includes ball_football):

• ball_channelpark (modified ball_funnelpark)
  
• ball_fracas (modified ball_mayhem2)
  
• ball_greywar (modified ball_darkwar)
  
  ball_proton (modified ball_core)
  

New Midlevel Maps - special server configuration tag |midlevel| (includes beginner maps):

• ball_cavern (modified ball_cave)
  
• ball_gliderpark (modified ball_planepark)
  
• ball_meteoroids (modified ball_asteroids)
  
  ball_powder (modified ball_snow)
  

New Expert Maps:

• 1de_asteroids
  
• 1de_mayhem
  
• ball_arcade (thanks Polio and Nikon)
  
• ball_atmosphere (thanks Nikon)
  
• ball_cross (thanks BlueMoon)
  
• ball_factory (thanks Polio and Nikon)
  
• ball_funnelpark (thanks Mandrad)
  
• ball_hardcourt (thanks Elixir and Nikon)
  
• ball_ice (thanks Nikon and Dyno)
  
• ball_pixelized (thanks Nikon)
  
• ball_ufo (thanks TRUEPA!N)
  
• ball_volcano (thanks innerlyte and Elixir)
  
• tbd_assembly (thanks pig_bomb)
  
• tbd_chess (thanks silent skies)
  
• tbd_justice (thanks pig_bomb)
  
• tbd_origami_park (thanks Mandrad)
  
• tbd_scrapyard (thanks Hartz)
  
  tbd_volcano (thanks innerlyte and Jayfourke)
  

New Plane Skins:

• Checkers
  
• Flames
  
  Santa Hat
  

Interface:

• Added Map, Time (round duration), and Next Map to award screen
  
• Added "Bomb Camera" spectate option to TBD mode -- press C to toggle Free/Chase/Bomb spectate modes
  
• Added "Chase Specific Player" spectate option -- you can lock the camera to a single player via the score screen (hold TAB to show scores, right click player, choose 'Spectate...')
  
• Added "[Warning] You have been idle for 4 minutes." message (with beep) to help spectators avoid idle kicks
  
• Increased the visibility of the Mouse crosshair and the Keyboard+Mouse orientation cone
  
• New title screen background
  
• Replaced welcome screen buttons with changelog
  
• Friend list: increased visibility of current server and last online time; added buttons for "Join Server" and "Message"; increased max friend count to 200
  
• Friend chat windows (Menu -> Friends) no longer consume the escape key allowing easy toggling between gameplay and chat
  
• If a tournament is in progress, the score screen (TAB) will render the names of participants that are currently spectating with the color of the team they are assigned to
  
• If a tournament is started with even teams and teams become uneven at any point during the tournament a red warning will appear in the top right (Teams: X vs Y)
  
• Spectators can now visually determine which team an acid cloud belongs to (left team's acid is light green, right team's acid is dark green)
  
  Hangar Deck -> Stats has a new row, "Total"
  

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