Additions

• Added ability to drop all selected ammo by right clicking in the radial wheel (#1280)
• Added barricade board sounds for damaging and breaking
• Added client option "FOV can be altered by gameplay"
• Added hints to loading screen
• Added initial draw animation to 1911, Glock 17, and M92FS
• Added new viewmodel animations to frag grenade and Deer Hunter bow
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• Contributed by Silent

• Models and animations contributed by Mage6614 and Silent

• Actions such as toggling cheats, changing gameplay cvars, running custom maphacks / scripts etc. will now invalidate runs
• Can be enabled with cvar "sv_challenge_validate"
• Invalid results will be rejected and not saved, this is indicated by a warning message and yellow HUD timer

Changes

• Allow players to shove during fire mode change
• Allow players to shove during ironsight raise / lower animation
• Allow players to shove while carrying a prop
• Allow players to shove while switching e-tool mode
• Character Select now lists all voice sets when random model is selected
• Crawlers no longer have immunity to body damage in realism mode
• Death notices are no longer sent for NPCs other than zombies
• Flame kills are now correctly attributed to inflicting players (e.g. from fuel canisters, chain reactions)
• Flare gun projectiles now pass through players, when friendly fire is off
• Gunshot suicides now play an impact sound, and interrupt voice lines
• Improved barricade hammer responsiveness
• Improved fire extinguisher responsiveness
• Improved font rendering on in-game HUD text
• Improved melee hit detection
• Increased item share drop distance
• Main menu buttons are now localizable
• Main menu manual now links to community guide "A Complete Guide to NMRiH"
• Medical item sounds are now more audible
• More responsive targeting for item sharing, now traces nearby player hull
• New player avoidance method:
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• Players can now phase through others, and only be pushed back slightly if you stay within their collision point
• Players standing still won't be pushed away

Fixes

• Fixed all results being displayed as "Random Objectives" by timer HUD if server switches to challenge mode late
• Fixed "Animation doesn't play for second barricade if you try to place multiple" (#1114)
• Fixed "Animations sometimes freeze when using" (#912)
• Fixed "Autojoin causes wrong view height" (#1208)
• Fixed "Barricade point is blocked!" message not being localized
• Fixed being able to shoot through walls with a bow (#1156)
• Fixed being able to skip e-tool switch animation
• Fixed "Chainsaw always shows as full in radial" (#1222)
• Fixed "Chainsaw infinite fuel when used inside a supply drop" (#992)
• Fixed challenge mode blitz timer not beeping while in the menu
• Fixed challenge timers not being updated for players spawning late
• Fixed "Cleaver has the flashlight in the wrong hand" (#986)
• Fixed client-side death notice not appearing in console when player get killed by zombie
• Fixed common Linux crash relating to achievements
• Fixed crash when attempting to start next objective during warmup
• Fixed cvar "fov_desired" not being clamped
• Fixed demo playback icons lingering on timer HUD
• Fixed demo record and stop sounds playing improperly
• Fixed demo support's bookmark event not being logged
• Fixed demo timer overlapping with chat dialog
• Fixed "droptest" command exploit
• Fixed e-tool animation jitter on switch
• Fixed entity "logic_progress" sending messages without recipients
• Fixed event "wave_complete" being fired twice by both client / server (fixes saturated wave complete sound)
• Fixed fire mode HUD jitter
• Fixed "FireOutput server crash on objective completed" (#1129)
• Fixed flare gun explosion kills not being attributed correctly
• Fixed flickering cursor while rotating a model in character select
• Fixed flickering sprite when staring at the sun
• Fixed "Game plays greetings NG sound if supply drop comes after 1st wave" (#1181)
• Fixed gameplay altered FOV not being scaled properly on non-default settings
• Fixed "Greenlit background has incorrect aspect ratio" (#1289)
• Fixed item giving not cancelling on shove
• Fixed listen servers not being announced to master server on initial load
• Fixed "M9 world model is paired up with maglite regardless if player has maglite equipped" (#25)
• Fixed main menu music not stopping when entering a map using console
• Fixed map completion achievements being awarded if player extracts by console or script
• Fixed MapHack's connections block not working during pre-entity
• Fixed misc. issues with extraction preview camera (#1284)
• Fixed "Multiple props on moving brushes significantly degrade performance" (#1198)
• Fixed "nmrih_game_state's restartround freezing server" (#1179)
• Fixed objective text being out of position after resolution change
• Fixed players being unable to switch ironsights underwater
• Fixed "Players in join screen block spawn points" (#1299)
• Fixed "Players unable to cast vote after missing previous vote result" (#1295)
• Fixed previous map loading screen persisting on level change
• Fixed radial wheel border transparency
• Fixed rare crash involving ammo radial wheel on level change
• Fixed rare crash when holstering a grenade
• Fixed rich presence not working when initializing late
• Fixed rulesets not being listed by "change difficulty" callvote
• Fixed "Scan Out" effect on game_text (#880)
• Fixed "Server crash during lag compensation" (#1287)
• Fixed server crash with voice commands
• Fixed server-side death notices not appearing in dedicated server console when "sv_deathnotice" is enabled
• Fixed server-side Workshop maps not being removed properly when multiple servers are running in same directory
• Fixed servers with SourceTV bot showing incorrect max. players on Discord rich presence
• Fixed "Shotgun reload sound spam" (#843)
• Fixed SourceTV bot being able to join the game via "joingame" command
• Fixed sv_cheats cvar bypass by executing commands on same frame
• Fixed "sv_realism 1 does not apply to fa_winchester_1892" (#1154)
• Fixed text being truncated early in several game UI elements
• Fixed "Third person character models do not point the flashlight straight" (#1095)
• Fixed VGUI image buttons being clickable with other than left mouse button
• Fixed "Viewmodel walking animation is delayed" (#1195)
• Fixed VScript stack overflow on entity think function (#1292)
• Fixed VScript's TraceHullComplex() crashing the game (#1298)
• Fixed warning "Can't record a demo while playing a demo" being displayed on demo playback
• Fixed "Zombie died." death notice when zombies die in flames

Changes for mappers and modders

• Added cvar "sv_wave_enable_cycle" to enable/disable wave cycles for zombie spawning
• Added entity "env_instructor_hint"
• Added entity "fog_volume" (#1301)
• Added entity "point_message_multiplayer" (#1305)
• Added game event "challenge_invalid", fired when a run is rejected during challenge mode
• Added opt-in support for previously obsolete "OnPlayerExtracted" output on "func_nmrih_extractionzone" (#1283)
• Added output "OnEndUse" to trigger_progress entities
• Added outputs "OnOpen" and "OnClose" to entity "item_inventory_box"
• Added support for bird NPCs from HL2 (npc_crow / npc_pigeon / npc_seagull)
• Added support for cycling and crossfading main menu backgrounds
• Added support for hand models on viewmodels
• Added user message "ItemBoxUpdate" to inventory boxes (#1209)
• Added zone letter override to entity "func_safe_zone"
• Barricade boards now have a classname "nmrih_barricade_prop"
• Ruleset: Added better support for map defined cvars (i.e. logic_ruleset)
• Ruleset: Added "RevertCvar" to logic_ruleset and VScript, reverts given cvar to ruleset value (when available), or default
• Ruleset: Added "Script" field for running VScript file on load
• Ruleset: Added server command "ruleset_validate", checks if current ruleset / difficulty is modified, and prints all altered cvars
• Ruleset: Checksum (file SHA1) is now included in "challenge_start" & "challenge_end" game events as "rs_hash" string
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• Used for run validation e.g. by moderators of speedrun sites, since 1.12.3 rulesets are shipped as raw .txt, and they're trivial to edit

VScript

• Added CItem_InventoryBox bindings
• Added CObjectiveManager singleton
• Added function CBasePlayer::CanPickupObject()
• Added Version singleton (for version labels, build numbers, etc.)
• Included better descriptions for NMRiH player bindings

VScript updates from Mapbase

• Added CBaseCombatCharacter hook: int RelationshipPriority(entity, def) - Called when a character's relationship priority for another entity is requested. Returning a number will make the game use that priority instead of the default priority.
• Added CBaseCombatCharacter hook: int RelationshipType(entity, def) - Called when a character's relationship to another entity is requested. Returning a disposition will make the game use that disposition instead of the default relationship.
• Added function CBaseAnimating::ResetSequenceInfo()
• Added function CBaseAnimating::StudioFrameAdvance()
• Added function Entities.DisableEntityListening() - Disables the 'OnEntity' hooks.
• Added function Entities.EnableEntityListening() - Enables the 'OnEntity' hooks. This function must be called before using them.
• Added global hook: void OnEntityCreated(entity) - Called when an entity is created.
• Added global hook: void OnEntityDeleted(entity) - Called when an entity is deleted.
• Added global hook: void OnEntitySpawned(entity) - Called when an entity spawns.

Maps

nmo_rockpit

• Added over 15 occluders
• Added more hint brushes and areaportals
• Added fade out distances to some props
• Replaced fog trigger with fog_volume
• Tweaked the upper floor of the surface building

nmo_underground

• Added filter for VPhysics clip
• Added garage
• Added instructor hint for elevator's generator
• Added more spawn points for smoke grenades
• Added new key spawn point
• Fixed not being able to pick up 308 ammo in truck in elevator area
• Reworked first key location area
• Tweaked few clips

nms_camilla

• Replaced all game_text with instructors