Game Types & Mods / Unreal Tournament 3 / foxMod

Improved AI, Hor+ FOV widescreen support, proper splitscreen support and improved gamepad support for Unreal Tournament 3.

General Additions:

• Hor+ FOV support - automatically scales FOV based off aspect ratio and "Desired FOV" setting, with server-configurable FOV clamps
• First-person weapons rendered correctly for wider aspect ratios
• New menu options for most new features within reorganized options menu
• Fixed crash when picking up dropped weapons as a network client
• Campaign mutator support
• Team-colored death messages for all modes
• Safeguards to prevent profile corruption when the online profile isn't immediately retrieved

Control Improvements:

• Players can now cancel an engaged Scorpion boost by pulling back on the throttle
• Translocator can now switch to previous weapon by pressing fire while holding alternate fire, and vice versa (like UT'99 / 2kX)
• Working look-to-steer controls and associated "Vehicle Controls" option, rewritten to account for movement stick/keys heading
• Adjustable controller deadzone
• Special mode for improved "Mouse-Like Joystick usage" on a Steam Controller
• Additional bindable controls:
  • Drop Flag / Weapon (Hold)
  • Toggle Crouch / Dodge
  • Toggle Impact Hammer
  • Fine Aiming (Gamepad)
  • Weapon Picker (Gamepad)
  • Show Base Path
  • Network Statistics
  • Screenshot

Audio Improvements:

• Fixed issues where certain sounds would play twice (translocation, weapon-switching, etc.), particularly for network clients (jumping, landing, etc.)
• Music now correctly plays for network clients and features configurable action/tension music times
• Music tracks are now always played under the "Music" audio group and guaranteed to loop (fixes issues with certain custom music in custom maps)
• Fixed non-looping action music in DM-Deck (and any map that uses GoDown as music)
• New voice messages for most vanilla characters
• Subtle pitch randomization for voice messages
• Ensure all voice messages of a particular category (taunts, status updates, etc.) have been played before allowing them to be reused
• New SendSpeech console command for broadcasting specific voice clips, optionally to team only

Splitscreen Support:

• Drop-in / drop-out splitscreen support via "Splitscreen Players" menu slider - dynamically select number of splitscreen players from 0 to 3
• Local profile system for splitscreen players to automatically save/load their settings
• Proper settings configuration - settings such as A/V and Network settings can only be set by first player
• Fully functional splitscreen audio - including music, dialogue and announcement support
• Proper voting support - local players all mirror each other's votes
• Automatic guest-style player renaming - "fox", "fox(2)", "fox(3)" instead of "Player258"

Enhanced Gamepad Support:

• Tighter looking and aiming controls, with adjustable quick-turn sensitivity
• Optional "Fine Aiming" bindable control to shrink the crosshair and set finer aim sensitivity (not bound by default)
• Subtle auto-aim and control tweaks for inputs received from a gamepad - gamepads can be used in tandem with a keyboard/mouse - features toggle as appropriate
• Revamped default control setup
• Analog stick quick-configuration - southpaw, legacy, etc.
• Fully remappable gamepad controls - some were mysteriously missing

AI Improvements:

• Anti-stuck measures for bots, fixing issues such as getting stuck in DM-Turbine
• Better follow behavior - bots utilize Link Gun properly when following and break off for combat/items when appropriate (within range and line-of-sight to leader)
• Reliably engage targets (enemies and objectives) when flying through the air (e.g. from jump pads etc.)
• Attack any visible part of objects (helps tremendously on attacking Power Nodes / Cores - AI can now complete Confrontation with the Leviathan)
• Keep charging weapons charged as long as possible when target can not be attacked (shot blocked etc.)
• Avoidance Mapping system that allows bots to choose potentially longer, but safer paths when running an objective (potentially expensive)
• Look around more when idle for better situational awareness (requires Avoidance Mapping to be enabled)
• Better use of level geometry as cover during fights
• Crouch more often, particularly if it allows hitting a target that could not otherwise be hit
• Try to jump and wall-dodge more often in combat
• Avoid lifts if they have already been used and would need to wait
• Greater avoidance of areas where deaths have occurred that match
• Allow use of hunting and "devious" behavior in team games and when large numbers of bots are present
• Utilize defensive spots that erroneously have no objective defined (just assume closest objective)
• Organize larger squads for better coordination (by default, one squad per order)
• Pick new squad leader more often, based on leader distance to objective (helps push objectives)
• Randomly assigned initial orders; influenced by other bots' orders and whether team is lead by a player
• Periodically reassign orders on all-AI teams / after last human player leaves team
• Always hunt super pickups, no matter how far away, in games with no objective (e.g. Deathmatch) or if freelancing
• Always pick up nearby useful inventory, regardless of goal (configurable - enabled by default)
• Extended vehicle pathfinding; AI will now attempt to drive vehicles anywhere they'll fit
• Improved vehicle usage all-around, particularly in combat
• Intelligently use any vehicle of opportunity (based on current vehicle if appropriate), not just squad vehicles
• Prefer enemy unlocked vehicles to help tip vehicle usage in their team's favor
• Prefer certain vehicle types according to effectiveness - generally prefer flying vehicles, fast vehicles for objective capping, artillery, etc.
• Move in position to tow the flag carrier when appropriate and in a fast vehicle - Scorpion, Manta, etc.
• Try harder to get a vehicle unstuck before simply abandoning it
• Remain in vehicles if near an objective and someone else nearby is on foot (to help cover them)
• Use Leviathan more effectively and move it more often
• Get out of stationary vehicles/turrets for pending Titan transformation, or if an enemy is too close to shoot
• Utilize track turrets based on how enemies are visible to nodes along the track
• More intelligent use of Hoverboards and tow cables, particularly in Warfare
• Don't randomly engage Scorpion self-destruct and use jumping ability of vehicles more often (Manta, Viper, Scavenger, etc.)
• Attack empty locked enemy vehicles to thin out base defenses
• Honk horn when looking for passengers
• Attempt to fetch passengers when flying an air vehicle and not in combat - optimal Cicada usage for starters
• Attempt to get out and heal vehicles when not busy
• Attempt to toss flags and weapons when appropriate - will toss flags to stronger teammates closer to base, weapons to very weak teammates
• Prefer to grab the enemy flag when attacking even if the friendly flag is taken (more realistic)
• Improved general Translocator usage (use it more often, don't sit still when waiting for Translocator discs, etc.)
• Leave Translocator discs around to possibly teleport to later (e.g. to escape danger, or immediately teleport back to enemy flag after a successful flag run)
• Shoot Translocator discs to disrupt them more often
• Improved jumping out of water behavior
• Improved Orb handling
• Improved Warfare teleporter usage
• Keep a Hold Position order after respawning
• Taunt and give praise on cool actions (flag captures, multi-kills, sprees, etc.)
• Improved shootable door behavior (like on Turbine) - use Enforcer or other weapon guaranteed to open door if possible
• Use Impact Hammer on invulnerable or heavily shielded enemies to knock their powerups off if appropriate
• Allow use of Stinger secondary fire at close range
• Necris and Krall bots no longer randomly spout human speech - particularly incoming vehicles
• Krall bots now speak subtle grunts over the comms (bored, in combat, etc.) instead of RAWR all the time
• Say "Incoming" instead of calling for backup when near teammates and outgunned
• Various bug fixes over vanilla AI, and probably some new bugs :)