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[MedO]

After a long time, we are finally nearing a big release again and we need your help to make sure it is as good as we can make it! Please download this beta version, test it, and report all issues you find at Launchpad.

Download here

You can find a complete change history here, but that is probably a good deal *too* complete
Since the full changelog would be too large, here are just some of the most important points. We will work out a more comprehensive changelog until release.

• New game mode: Dual King of the Hill (DKotH)
  
  • Two teams, two CPs, one timer
  • Two built-in maps: dkoth_atalia and dkoth_sixties
  • Garrison Builder support not done yet
• New Lobby system
  
  • The lobby now shows all GG2-related game and mod servers.
  • Incompatible servers are greyed out.
  • Mods can show a custom game name, version and URL.
• Direct map downloading
  
  • Custom maps are now downloaded directly from the game server
  • No more need for image hosters and locator files
• New Screenshot mechanism
  
  • Use either F6 or F9
  • Screenshots are now saved in a "Screenshots" subdirectory and timestamped
• Revamped Generator game mode
  
  • Among other things, the generator has a regenerating shield now, so that coordinated attacks are rewarded over rushing forward on your own.

Apart from the big features, we have also added new menu music (thanks Elkondo!) and as usual fixed a ton of bugs and changed a lot of balance. One bug that might be of particular interest is https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799141, which caused some servers to stop accepting new players after a while and vanish from the lobby.

Map makers should note that forward spawning now works in KotH and DKotH, and Setup Gates have been made compatible with Arena, KotH and DKotH as well. Additionally, there are now one-way doors (leftdoor and rightdoor) which only allow passage in one direction. They block projectiles in any direction though, like a bullet wall. Garrison Builder does not support the new features yet.

[tankman]

NICE

[Jowly]

NICE

[Oktoberfest!]

I can't download it 

[LOLJESUS]

Sweet babies, yes.

[misty]

Cool, sixties is still in

[Haxton Sale]

Looks like someone will have to make an update poster.

EDIT:Holy hell, this is awesome! Looks like this is the final gg2 update...

[a/d]

might start playing again

[Jowly]

Looks like this is the final gg2 update...

Don't die on me yet.

[Vindicator]

might start playing again

Yeah... Just played a bit today, I forgot how much fun this was.

[MedO]

By the way, for anyone who already got the Beta 3 from the Beta Testing section, this is Beta 4 which fixes the missing player names on servers, so you should still download this even though it's compatible.

Someone told me there's a problem related to the music, I'll look into it.

[MedO]

I think this deserves some explaination. A while ago, we had some chatterbots on IRC, which pick up parts of sentences and repeat them back all jumbled together if they think it's similar to what has just been said on the channel. Many of you probably know some of the fun conversations that caused. Well, one time it came up with the sentence "Do Medo roll", IIRC. It became a tiny meme, but now I finally managed to fulfill wise Chad's quest and, indeed, did a Medo roll. So in case you didn't guess, that's actually me singing.

Recorded today with my headset mic, over a Karaoke version from youtube. Some EQ, Reverb and selective volume adjustment, but no Autotune or Melodyne (you can probably hear that ).

Anyway, we'll return to your regularly scheduled public beta now:

Download actual GG2 beta

If you want to actually discuss the recording, best do it in my Musical Misadventures thread

[tankman]

Request to anyone good at editing videos: Take the RickRoll video and put MedO's face over Rick's face

and have the song in the OP play

[Jowly]

I can do that tomorrow, but you need to send me his picture.

[Phantom Brave]