Version history

This page chronicles the releases of Fortress Blast and how each of them changed from their previous releases, sorted in reverse chronological order.

Version 3.0, Dec 10 2019

• Addition: Added powerup "Magnetism" which repels enemies away from you (or attracts them if you pull out your melee!)
• Addition: Added ConVar "sm_fortressblast_gifthunt" which controls whether or not Gift Hunt is enabled
• Addition: Players frozen with Frost Touch now have a 90% damage resistance
• Addition: Fortress Blast now automatically adds the "fortressblast" tag to the server
• Adjustment: File path checking is now done once per round instead of map change.
• Adjustment: Gift Hunt is now powered by JSON instead of custom maps
• Adjustment: Frost Touch statues no longer move after being created

Version 2.2.1, Dec 3 2019

• Addition: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_event_xmas which controls whether Smissmas features are enabled or not.
• Addition: Intro message is now festive-coloured during Smissmas.
• Addition: Blast and Teleportation have extra particles and sounds during Smissmas.
• Adjustment: Gifts are now only checked every tenth of a second to relieve server stress.
• Bug fix: Fixed parts of Frost Touch ice statues disappearing depending on the class.

Version 2.2, Nov 26 2019

• Addition: Added plugin description read by other SourceMod plugins.
• Addition: Blast now does damage to buildings as well.
• Addition: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_blast_buildings to control the damage ratio of players to buildings.
• Addition: Added command sm_coordsjson which prints the coordinates at the crosshair to chat (in a format easible insertable into a .json file).
• Adjustment: Mega Mann stuck-check is now done by ray-tracing, which means players may stand still without being respawned.
• Bug fix: Fixed bad ConVar reading which allowed any player to set their powerup with an admin command.

Version 2.1, Nov 25 2019

• Addition: Added Teleportation powerup, which takes the user to an active team Teleporter, or back to their spawn if there are none.
• Adjustment: ConVars are now stored in memory rather than being queried repeatedly.
• Bug fix: sm_fortressblast_spawnroom_kill is no longer enforced after a round has been won.
• Bug fix: Players using Mega Mann can no longer use teleporters.

Version 2.0.1, Nov 22 2019

• Bug fix: Fixed Gift Hunt player count not resetting upon new rounds.
• Bug fix: Fixed being able to use powerups while frozen with Frost Touch.

Version 2.0, Nov 21 2019

• Addition: Added logic for the map gamemode Gift Hunt.
• Addition: Added command sm_spawnpowerup which spawns a temporary powerup at the crosshair.
• Addition: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_gifthunt_rate which controls roughly how many gifts should spawn each respawn.
• Addition: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_gifthunt_goal which controls the base gift goal.
• Addition: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_gifthunt_players which controls when to increase the gift goal.
• Addition: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_gifthunt_increment which controls how much to increase the gift goal by each time.
• Bug fix: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_spawnroom_kill which kills players in enemy spawnrooms.
• Bug fix: Fixed being able to use the Sapper during Time Travel.

Version 1.1, Nov 16 2019

• Addition: Added ConVar sm_fortressblast_powerups which allows enabling only certain powerups with a bitfield.
• Addition: The MOTD is now responsive to the plugin's ConVars, specifically the powerups enabled and action required.
• Adjustment: Debug mode text is now printed to the server console as well as to chat.
• Bug fix: Engineers can no longer place buildings while in Mega Mann before the stuck check has taken place.

Version 1.0, Nov 9 2019

• Addition: Added Frost Touch powerup, which freezes enemies on touch.
• Addition: Added Mystery powerup, which takes on the effects of another random powerup.
• Addition: Powerups now use a custom model courtesy of ChargingTurnip.
• Addition: sm_setpowerup now supports @bots and @humans.
• Adjustment: Time Travel now puts you into third person.
• Adjustment: Super Jump now takes into account your existing velocity.
• Adjustment: Super Jump only gives you half height if you are using Mega Mann.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where a previous update broke the Mannpower support.

Version 0.4.1, Nov 6 2019

• Adjustment: Mega Mann stuck checking is now done by a timer instead of tick counting.
• Bug fix: Avoided getting stuck on slopes when using Mega Mann by raising players 16 units off the ground.
• Removal: Powerups no longer spawn during waiting for players.

Version 0.4, Nov 4 2019

• Addition: Added new Mega Mann powerup, which gives the player 1.75x size and 4x health for 10 seconds.
• Addition: New ConVar sm_fortressblast_action_use to allow server owners to set their own powerup.
• Adjustment: Default death drop rate is now 10% instead of 5%.
• Adjustment: Time Travel lowered to 3 seconds instead of 5.
• Adjustment: Changed Blast powerup to remove cloak and Time Travel.
• Bug fix: Fixed powerup effects carrying over to new rounds.
• Bug fix: Fixed Blast powerup lagging the server when used in Medieval mode.

Version 0.3, Oct 30 2019

• Addition: New ConVar sm_fortressblast_debugimplemented.
• Addition: Added new Blast powerup, which creates an explosion that damages any nearby enemies.
• Addition: Fortress Blast menu now uses an MOTD instead of in-game menus.
• Addition: sm_setpowerup now supports @all, @red and @blue.
• Bug fix: Fixed sm_setpowerup taking admin immunity into account.
• Bug fix: Plugin now forcibly removes powerups each new round instead of relying on TF2.

Version 0.2, Oct 28 2019

• Addition: Added beta particles system.
• Addition: More ConVars for controlling powerup drops on death.
• Adjustment: Collected powerup text moved from top-right to middle-right to avoid conflicting with killfeed.
• Adjustment: Super Speed now takes into account external speed changes like weapons and minigun revving.
• Bug fix: Introductory chat message spam reduced.
• Bug fix: Fixed players not losing powerups on death.
• Bug fix: Fixed Super Bounce glitching when attempting to jump with a very low stored velocity.
• Bug fix: Fixed powerups ending early if they are used multiple times.
• Bug fix: Fixed being able to use the grappling hook during Time Travel.
• Bug fix: Fixed some Mannpower powerups not being replaced.

Version 0.1, Oct 25 2019

• Initial release of Fortress Blast