FrostByte - Cold War Ignited

1.0.55

- Removed unneeded script prints from custom scripts

1.0.54

- Fixed a weapon slot bug

1.0.53

- Removed Second Primary Weapon Slot
- Removed all loadouts but the default one
- Added more medical supplies to the default load out

These changes come under the idea that the machine gun sniper rifle meta is not fun to play and kind of kills the mill sim feel.   Nextly complex medical is fun but rarely does anyone have the supplies on them to save anyone. This should help that and increase a squads time in the field. We removed loadouts because they no longer served the purpose of giving low ranks access to premade kits with stuff that they couldnt pull.  We plan to make load out saving persist across matches which means a player can just set up their kit how they want it and roll it when ever they jump in the server.

1.0.52

- Raised XP to gain a rank for enlisted ranks by 3 times.
- Raised XP to gain a rank for officer ranks by 5 times.

In vanilla ranks are primarly used to control the flow of the game to keep from unbalancing distrubtion. We want supply to be this instead and use ranks as a source of player knowledge about the game and your community. Though some things of course will still be rank restricted we want those to be game driving features instead of little things like basic vics and optics.

1.0.51

- Removed AT loadouts from both factions

This change was intented to make it in last release but for some reason was left out.

1.0.50

Ok just gonna rip the bandaid off right away. We removed rocket launchers!  From both US and USSR and FIA AI. We want Frost Byte to be about Vic fights and with everyone and their brother running around with a rocket launcher pulling armor does not win games.  We want to see what happens when players cant just pack a rocket launcher with them to solve technical problems.  That being said we have left the javalin and IGLA in.  Pilots should be advised if they see smoke trails that flares will now be helpful! We also left the placeable explosives in for each faction and the detonator.  So creative players can still set up ambushes and special ops missions to take down enemy armor. Also this puts anti armor sniper and machine guns in the spot light as viable anti armor infantry options.

Removing the AI RPGs was just to give some breathing room to armor at the start of the game..  The AI rocket power was really overwhelming. We will most likely add these back in the future just in smaller doses and to give the start of the game some juicy “rocket launcher lewt” from the AI.

We also have made all infantry equipment require private to pull from an arsenal. This will most likely see balance chances in the future but we want to see what affects the battle field in what ways and where to go from here. We feel like under barrels will be strong and so could HEDP.

We hope these changes will create a game play that sees more armor on the map while still giving the tools to creative and experienced players to carry games as infantry. 

Patch Notes
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- Adjust all infantry equipment to rank of private. 
- Removed the USSR RPG7 Launcher and Rocket from the arsenal.
- Raised Supply cost of Grenades by 100
- Removed the US Bazooka from the arsenal
- FIA AI no longer spawn with rocket launchers (it was pretty out of hand)

1.0.49

- Removed ACE Combat Naners from Arsenal. Kewl but cauzes game crashes.

1.0.48

- Completely refactored the presistant ranks system.
- Fixed several bugs that would prevent a players xp from loading properly

1.0.47

- All player kits should spawn now with ACE Medical Prototype bandages instead of normal. This should fix a problem where you couldnt bandage your friends.

1.0.46

- Ranks are now presistant as intended
- Reduced damage and penatration by half on M72a and PG7 rockets
- Death Penality only happens now when 20 or more players are on the server. (This helps seed servers and keeps the eary players from having a high death penality before the game even starts)

1.0.45

- Disabled persistant ranks to fix a bug

1.0.44

- Medics of both faction now include ACE Medical Medicine in starting loadout.

1.0.43

- Fixed a bug that was causing Player XP to not be loaded properly

1.0.42

- Ranks should now presist through games

This is very experimental and will come with some changes to how XP is gained in the future. We are planning to increase the amount of XP per rank but increase the ways you can get it through squad xp and also increase amounts you get for specific activies. We are also not looking to tweak under officer ranks to much.

1.0.41

- Removed WCS Armbands dependancy

1.0.40

- Fixed a bug in the punishment system that was causing servers to fail to start up

1.0.39

-  Players now get an added death pentality when killing friendlies. PID YOUR TARGETS!!!

1.0.38

- Friendly fire no longer causes an added death pentality to the victim

1.0.37

- Reduced amount of respawn time per death to 20 seconds from 60 seconds.
- Reduced the max possible respawn timer to 10 minutes from 30 minutes.
- Fixed a bug that in rare cases would cause the a player have a higher then intended respawn timer.

1.0.36

- Fixed a bug preventing respawn times from working correctly

1.0.35

- Players now gain 60 seconds of respawn time for each death they suffer, up to a max of 30 minutes.

This is the start of our new death system. Our end goal is to make this configurable for server owners, but for now its hard coded to where we think the "sweet spot is", tho we may adjust this down in the future.

This is intended to create a system where player lives matter and as the game progresses they matter more. Players will be on higher and higher death timers by the end of the game and will be forced to make better choices.

There is a lot more coming to this so please keep your eyes peeled here!

1.0.34

1.0.33

- Added Preview Image

1.0.32

- Added 3x Magazines to the USSR MG loadout to bring it inline with the starting ammo of the US MG loadout starting ammo.

1.0.31

- Fixed a bug causing the USSR MG Loadout to spawn with a heavy machine gun instead of a light one.

1.0.30

USSR Infantry Supply Cost Changes
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- Raised supply cost of VOG25 HE Grenade to 10 supply from 3
- Raised supply cost of RGD5 HE Grenade to 10 supply from 3
- Raised Rank of Medical kit to Captain. This allows medics to have a unique role in the game
- Raised Supply cost of RPG7 Launcher to 200 from 55
- Raised Supply cost of 9k37 IGLA Launcher to 300 from 100
- Raised Supply cost of UGL GP25 to 100 from 35
- Raised Supply cost of PGM 7 Rocket to 100 from 10

US Infantry Supply Cost Changes
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- Raised supply cost of HE M406 Grenade to 10 from 3
- Raised supply cost of HEDP Grenade to 15 from 5
- Raised Supply Cost of M67 Grenade to 10 from 3
- Raised Supply cost of Stringer to 600 from 200
- Raised Supply cost of M72A3 Launcher to 200 from 30
- Raised Supply cost of Stinger Launcher to 300 from 100
- Raised Rank of Medical Kit to Captain. This allows medics to have a unique role in game

These changes are intended to highlight the armor facing side of Frost Byte. We want armor to fill the over all “big boom shooties” role more then infantry with a dozen launchers/rockets. These changes raise all explosives and their launches by at least 3x. They also shine a light on the medics special role giving it the medical kit and requiring captain for anyone else to get it.

1.0.29

- Changed USSR Medic to have the same amount of magazines as the US Medic

- Fixed a bug in the USSR Grenadier chest rig

1.0.28

1.0.27

- Fixed a bug preventing USSR Grenadier's inventory from showing up correctly.

1.0.26

- Fixed a bug preventing the USSR Grenadier from spawning with correct equipment
- Fixed a bug causing both faction medics to not spawn with a medical kit.