Game Version 5.X

Version 5.X

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5.20 - July 4th

5.10 - Optimisations V2

5.00 - American Revolution

5.20 - July 4th

Features & Additions (16)

• Added 4 new maps:

» Camden

» Patriot Farm

» Lexington

» Brooklyn Heights

• Added a new Offensive game mode for American Revolution (AROffensive enum value)
• Added 4 new American uniforms:

» Green Mountain Boys

» George Washington Grenadiers

» Morgan's Riflemen

» Oneida Native American Warrior

• Added 2 new Oneida Warrior heads:

» Shenandoah

» Alawistonis

• Added pitchfork weapon
• Added very nice stick weapon
• Added American Independence festive firework rocket boxes
• Added main menu QR Code for the Holdfast Coin giveaway
• Added new regiment banners

Bug Fixes & Improvements (10)

• Improved client performance on Age of Sail
• Fixed total available class counts in the spawn menu being higher than intended
• Fixed rowboat assisting not working correctly
• Fixed an issue that broke ship masts when receiving damage while being repaired
• Fixed an issue with the officer reinforce ping going below the ground in Boston
• Fixed Nations At War class icons showing in Frontlines in the spawn menu
• Fixed an exception when being trampled by a horse
• Fixed multiple British faction specific orders not counting the AR British faction
• Fixed Gravedigger order not progressing
• Fixed resuming last midi song not restarting musician buff

Server Config (5)

• buff_property_override <BuffType> <BuffPropertyType> value

» Overrides property values for any buffs (including order buffs and ability buffs)

• trait_property_override <PlayerTrait> <BuffPropertyType> value

» Overrides property values for any class traits

• order_cooldown_override <HighCommandOrderType> value

» Overrides cooldown times for any orders or abilities (the old specific order cooldown order commands have now been deprecated)

• Added a new BuffPropertyType enum to make configuring buff and trait property values simpler

» More details about how to use these new commands can be found in the Server Configuration wiki page

» Enum values for BuffType, HighCommandOrder, PlayerTrait, and BuffPropertyType can be found in the Enums wiki page

5.10 - Optimisations V2

Improvements (1)

• Added sound effect for the sipping tea gesture.

Bug Fixes (18)

• Fixed client performance issues on Age Of Sail.
• Fixed the new ability keybinds conflicting with modified keybinds on controllers.
• Fixed pressing 'Cancel Gesture' preventing the player from switching weapons.
• Fixed a server-side crash that occurred when a player dropped an object.
• Friendly explosions will no longer damage friendly ships if friendly fire is disabled.
• Reduced excessive musician assist score. This compensates for musicians now buffing all classes.
• Fixed some American Revolution uniforms not being shilling unlocks.
• Fixed incorrect labels being shown in the American Revolution event armory.
• Fixed charge, rally and break rank orders not making surrounding players react with cheers.
• Fixed a client hang when the player's chosen spawn section was destroyed mid-spawn.
• Fixed capture points being broken on mod maps.
• Fixed spawn sections on mod maps that contained invalid classes breaking the spawn menu.
• Fixed modded uniforms breaking the spawn menu on map rotation.
• Fixed modded rocketeer uniforms breaking the spawn menu - they now automatically fall back to the cannoneer class.
• Experimental fix for servers not showing up in the server browser.
• Experimental fix for an issue affecting melee timings.
• Experimental fix for custom music notes cancelling other game sounds.
• Experimental fix to improve server stability.

Server Config Commands (6)

• artillery_spawn_sections_enabled <value> (default true)

» (Sets whether dynamic artillery come with cannoneer spawn sections or not, and whether they should be locked to their owners or usable by anyone)

» Note: If disabled, you may want to use spawn overrides to add cannoneer slots to the HQ spawns, since they don’t come with cannoneer slots any more on default maps.

• grenade_abilities_enabled <value> (default true)

» (Sets whether the grenadier grenade and carpenter satchel abilities are allowed to be used in the round)

• grenades_damage_artillery <value> (default true)

» (Sets whether grenades and satchels can damage artillery)

• Disabled grenade and satchel abilities during all charge (if all charge artillery damage is blocked).
• If a dynamic artillery section is overridden to None, its spawn section will now also be disabled

5.00 - American Revolution

Xbox Play Anywhere (XPA) Support (2)

• Xbox players can now play Holdfast on PC through the Xbox app, with cross-progression support.
• Holdfast is now "Handheld Optimized" on the ASUS ROG Ally console family.

American Revolution (10)

• Added new British and American factions for the American Revolutionary War.
• Added new uniforms, flags, and music tracks for new factions.
• Added 2 new game modes for American Revolution: Invasion and Offensive.
• Added 5 new maps:

» Boston

» Delaware

» Bunker Hill

» Saratoga

» Fort Ticonderoga

• American Revolution in-game event.
• Added chuck-able tea crates.

Player Class Redesign (33)

• Line Infantry

»The new Musket Drill trait makes the line infantry reload 15% faster, but have 15% slower movement speed while reloading.

» The line infantry now gets a hammer for repairing.

» The line infantry can now equip a sword.

• Grenadier

» The grenadier now has a grenade ability, meant to stun enemy players. It can be activated using Q.

» The grenadier can now equip a sword.

• Light Infantry

» A new Dash ability that increases forward movement speed by 25% for 10 seconds when activated using Q.

» The new Versatile trait increases musket reload speed by 10% and accuracy by 10% while the bayonet is removed.

» Removed the old movement speed buff and melee de-buff.

• Rifleman

» A new Steady Aim ability that prevents movement, zooms in, and increases accuracy by 50% for 5 seconds when activated using Q.

» Increased rifle cartridges from 20 to 30. » Increased head-shot score.

» Made rifle tracers longer and more visible.

• Flag Bearer

» Increased melee damage for the bearing flag.

• Surgeon

» Increased healing speed.

» Increased healing score.

• Musician

» The musician now increases movement speed of nearby players by 2.5%. The buff stacks with multiple musicians for up to 5%.

» The musician can now buff every class, including ship crew-mates.

» Removed the old musician buff behavior.

• Carpenter

» The carpenter now has an explosive satchel, specialized in destroying physical structures. It can be activated using Q.

» Palisade props now cannot be damaged via normal melee weapons, except the carpenter's 2H axe.

» The carpenter's 2H axe now always swings in 3 direction, and can block.

» The berserk ability has been removed from the carpenter.

• Sapper

» Many new sapper props, including different earthworks variants, different palisade wall variants, palisade gate, palisade towers, snake rail fence, piano, light pole, flag.

» The swivel gun can now attach to palisade wall props.

» Sapper materials are now assigned per sapper player instead of being shared in a pool per faction.

• Artilleryman

» The cannoneer and rocketeer classes have been merged into a single artilleryman class, preserving all score, uniforms, and traits from both classes.

» Artillerymen can now spawn directly on artillery spawn sections, claiming the artillery so that no one else can use it. The spawn section follows the moveable artillery, but resets back to HQ if the artillery gets destroyed.

» Moveable artillery can now be damaged using any melee weapon.

» The artilleryman now gets a hammer for repairing.

» The artilleryman can now choose between a musket (no bayonet) and a pistol.

• The carbine now has shorter range, shorter reload time, and less starting ammo. It now excels at medium range.
• The pistol now has even shorter range, but can kill consistently at point blank range.
• Reduced pistol specialization trait damage buff from 25% to 10%.
• Buffed officers and surgeons no longer survive point blank range shots.

Features (16)

• Redesigned the spawn menu to show an overhead view of the entire map.
• Added a UI panel to play midi songs.
• Players can now set the drone key when playing a midi (relevant for bagpipes).
• Players can now assign different midi channels to different instruments for band playback.
• Added new drum sounds.
• Added a separate audio slider for custom music.
• Made the cello available in Nations at War and American Revolution game modes and added new cello songs.
• Added new main menu songs.
• Reloads now don't get interrupted on hit if the player is on an officer line.
• Officer lines are now visible to all players.
• Firearm tracers when on an officer line now have a different colour.
• Added officer order tool-tips for players on a line.
• Players now automatically react with cheers for more officer orders.
• Added new uniforms, weapons, and backpacks as shilling rewards.
• Added banjo and bugle instruments as DLC rewards.
• Added new gestures as DLC rewards.

Optimisations (4)

• Optimized material shaders.
• Optimized shadows.
• Optimized light sources.
• Optimized networked packets.

Bug Fixes (13)

• Players can now spawn directly on a squad spawn without having to spawn in HQ first.
• Made interacting with objects more much more consistent.
• Improved hit detection for the 2H axe.
• Fixed an issue with melee strikes getting interrupted by objects further to the side.
• Improved player physics stability.
• Improved midi band syncing logic.
• Balanced audio volume levels.
• Sapper prop preview now always starts facing the player.
• Fixed inconsistencies in reload duration's.
• The officer can now see firearm tracers from players on his line again.
• Changed the requirement of the Pirate's Prize order so it is achievable again.
• Fixed players being able to still spawn with default weapons on servers that set different weapon overrides.
• Fixed Fort Willy final tower being destructible.

Server Config Commands (6)

• Enum values for new factions are: ARBritish and ARAmerican.
• Enum values for new game modes are: ARInvasion and AROffensive.
• rc set rocketboatCooldownBetweenSpawns <seconds>

» Sets the cooldown duration between rocketboat spawners spawns, same as the other commands we already have for the other boat types (gunboatCooldownBetweenSpawns command now also affects NaW gunboats)

• rc set rocketboatMaxSpawnCount <count>

» Sets the maximum amount of rocketboats spawned from a boat spawner that can be present at any given time

• rc set gunboatMaxSpawnCount <count>

» Sets the maximum amount of gunboats (both NaW and WW1) spawned from a boat spawner that can be present at any given time

• rc set steamboat2GunMaxSpawnCount <count>

» Sets the maximum amount of WW1 2-gun-steamboats spawned from a boat spawner that can be present at any given time