EMZ 1.31a

Feb 15, 2007

Build 1.31a is a minor patch release which addresses some potential crash situations found in the original 1.31 build.

Fixed in 1.31a

• Fixed random crash on map loading / map restarting
• Fixed potential crash at end of game when server has emz_sv_save_results set to 2 or 3
• Fixed "scoreboard over chat window" problem at end of game
• Fixed potential memory leak when using Simple Lighting

A full install of EMZ 1.31a comprises of the following files. There should be no other PK4 files in the EMZ folder.

emz000.pk4 (data)
emz001.pk4 (data)
emz002.pk4 (data)
emz003.pk4 (data)
the-emz-d3-131-data.pk4 (data)
the-emz-d3-131a-windows.pk4 (Windows code)
the-emz-d3-131a-linux.pk4 (Linux code)
the-emz-d3-131a-mac.pk4 (OS X code)

EMZ 1.31

Feb 10, 2007

We are delighted to announce the public release of the latest version of EMZ. It has been a long time in the making and has had a much longer beta period than anticipated, but it's finally here. We'd like to thank everyone that played the beta releases and gave us feedback and suggestions.

• Redesigned menu system. Anything that a player can customize with EMZ can now be found in the menus.
• Picture-in-picture and side-by-side modes when watching Tourney matches.
• "Ragdoll" deaths. Instead of switching the player's model to a skeleton the instant they die this option allows you to see the full effect of the death animations.
• User configurable HUD layouts. Choose from predefined layouts or create and save your own using the HUD config screen. Includes icons and timers for all powerups.
• Dynamic scoreboard which resizes depending on the number of players in the server. You can choose small or large text and adjust the transparency of the scoreboard.
• Player accuracy stats are now shown on a seperate screen by using shift-TAB.
• Players can hide their rank and wins/games stats on the scoreboard.
• Selectable skin pack for map items.
• Simple Lighting mode. If Doom 3's dynamic lighting system is giving your rig problem, try this setting for an FPS boost.
• New chat entry window with scrollable history.
• Screen to bind keys to chat messages; easier than writing CFG scripts.
• Additional hitsounds for enemy hits.
• New in-game server browser. Find other servers without leaving the one you're playing.
• Tourney Results page shows the most recent games played on the server.
• Player Rankings page displays a list of which players have the best wins/games ratio. The ratios are weighted down if you have played less than 100 games so that you can't just join, play and win one game and have 100%.
• Per-weapon mouse sensitivity, field of view and crosshair settings.
• Additional "bright" crosshair.
• Seperate spectate mode field of view setting.
• Match results can now be recorded by the server in an XML format for converting to HTML, loading into a database or whatever else is required. Servers can also send the results XML to each player where it is written to a file as a record of the match.
• In-game player control. Admins can now use an in-game screen to perform player control tasks such as bans, clan membership and muting.
• Built-in anti-cheat measures to detect the most common types of cheats used by Doom hackers. Server admins can see instantly who is a "suspect" and decide whether an ban is appropriate. This does not require PunkBuster to be insalled.
• Admins can leave messages for players to pick up when they rejoin. Useful for issuing warnings before a ban ;)
• Admins can specify that one additional slot be reserved on the server to allow them to join even when it already has si_maxPlayers connections.
• When a server goes idle there is the option to run idle.cfg to revert it to a standard configuration.
• Clan members can be given priority over public players when waiting in line for a place in Tourney.
• Custom config voting. Servers can have custom CFG scripts installed for specific gameplay setups which players can then vote on.
• New standard map loading screen and Clans can create their own custom PK4 files to give their server an individual look while maps load.
• Inclusion of Universal Binary for Mac OS X

• Two additional player models: bones and horns.
• Additional "glow" skin set for when you really don't want to hide.
• Grouped voting. Related settings can be voted on together instead of seperately. e.g. Frag Limit and Time Limit
• Scoreboard can now be displayed even when the chat window is open.
• Impact smoke. Since the Doom 3 1.1 patch release the impact smoke from the pistol, machinegun and chaingun has been missing. Now it's back, with a bright smoke option to really help you train that aim.
• Shotgun is now a hitscan weapon, which eliminates the burst of data that the server used to send to all the players.
• Plasma projectiles have much lower bandwidth requirements, so those firefights are much less laggy.
• The footer text on the "message of the day" window can now be set by the server admin. It will alternate between the admin's choice and the EMZ site details.
• Imrovements to "lost my turn" and "only one player" problems in Tourney. Perhaps not 100% fixed, but a whole lot better ;)
• Changed player statistics netcode to only send when they are being displayed rather than in every frame for each player.
• Netcode improvements to reduce the lag effect when entering a map area for the first time.
• Autodownload is easier to manage. Instead of listing all PK4 files in net_serverDlTable you can simply set it to  "*" - just make sure you remember to upload all the files to the download host.
• Removed console warnings caused by previous verions.
• Player data saved on server always creates a backup file in case of corruption during save. Players who have no match history or have not played for a period of time can be purged.
• Player data file is smaller.