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Team Fortress 2
Added the Mann-conomy.
Added 65 new items (hats, weapons, tools, minigames, gifts, crates).
Added the Mann Co. Store & Catalog.
Added Trading.
Added Item customization.
Additional TF2 features
Added new auto-team-scramble system:
Set mp_scrambleteams_auto to 1 (default) to automatically scramble the teams if the criteria is met
Set mp_scrambleteams_auto_windiff erence to set the number of round wins a team must lead by in order to trigger an auto scramble (default is 2)
Updated how Spy disguise targets are selected to more randomly distribute the selections
Fixed the FreezePanel background not using the correct color if you were killed by a player or building on your own team
Server browser tweaks
It will now encourage you to add servers to Favorites or Blacklists after you have a good/bad experience on them.
The Server Browser now automatically closes after successfully connecting to a server (opt-out via the Options-Multiplayer->Advanced dialog)
Achievement tuning
Demoman achievement "The Stickening" changed to 3 from 5.
Heavy achievement "Krazy Ivan" changed to 50 from 100.
Medic achievement "Consultation" changed to 3 from 5.
Medic achievement "Peer Review" changed to 10 from 50.
Medic achievement "Placebo Effect" changed to 2 from from 5.
Medic achievement "FYI I am A Medic" changed to 1 from 5.
Medic achievement "Family Practice" changed to 5 from 10.
Soldier achievement "Geneva Contravention" changed to 3 from 5.
Scout achievement "Strike Zone" now counts assists.
Scout achievements "Fall Classic" and "Foul Territory" are fixed.
NEW VERSION UPDATE! 2.0/shameless copypasta from here
Welcome to the thread for our beloved pesterchum app!
SPOILERS!
-chumroll
-moods
-very close to the original
-nice skin
-easy management of chums (adding, deleting)
-debug console
-easy config file
-tray icon
-sounds
-trollslum
-quirks manager
-double click thing
-logs
[strk]-blinking taskbar[/strk]
-color choosing
-built in java
-platform independent
Still not convinced? Here's a screenshot!
Alright! Now where can I get it?
DOWNLOAD
IMPORTANT!
-I noticed that the X11 server crashes sometimes when using the tray icon. I have no idea why but it's not a fault in my code. Just try to start it again. It will run sometime. If not, open the config and change the tray: to false.
-This is a milestone release. We'll block all previous clients to prevent conflicts.
-When reporting a bug, please include the bug file in the logs directory AFTER closing the pesterchum app.
-I will cease developing on this for a while now. I've had enough of programming all day long on this app for more than a week now. I will therefore pass the responsibilities to the other team members for now (three or four weeks). I hope that this release can satisfy most requests and that it works as well for you as it did for us.
-When beginning to pester someone, the colors in the status message might be wrong. That is because the program now isn't waiting for a color code anymore to prevent the "windows not opening forever" bug. However, if the chum is on your chumroll, the color gets saved to get a hopefully already correct color.
VERSION HISTORY:
-2.0 :
-->Milestone release
-->Over 1750 lines of code! Holy melony!
-->Bugs all fixed that could be fixed (no mac specific weirdo errors fixed)
-->Trollslum added
-->Menu added
-->Quirks manager added
-->Appear as offline added
-->Double click functionality
-->Log files
-1.6 :
-->Added tray icon support
-->Added sounds
-->Added debug console
-->Added update notification possibility
-->Renewed config file
-->Color now changeable during pester sessions
-->Huge load of bugfixes and error preventions
-1.5 :
-->Fixed scrolling problem
-->Fixed channel issue
-->Fixed flood problem
-->Color fix
-->Fonts changed to Courier
-1.4 :
-->added scrollbar for chumroll
-->fixed automatic scrolling bug in the pesterchum windows
-->removed the blinking taskbar to fix the focus stealing problem
-->added color support
-1.2 :initial release
The app was tested under Windows 7 32x and Ubuntu 32x !
Q&A:
Q: How do I run it?
A: For windows, just run the run.cmd . For Linux, just run the run . On Mac, double click the pesterchum.jar .
Q: How should I test it?
A: Start out by adding the chum seriousProgrammer to your chumroll (that's me). Feel free to contact me when I'm online!
Q: How do I delete a chum from my chumroll?
A: Just select it and press the delete key on your keyboard.
Q: Can I change my color?
A: YES! Just click on the button next to your chumhandle
Q: I did something stupid. The application won't close/start/whatever.
A: No worries! First, if it's still running, kill it with the task manager. Then, just delete the pesterchum.cfg . That should fix it.
Q: I'm getting the error "javaw not found." What do I do?
A: Read this post.
Q: Is it compatible with Armada's pesterchum app?
A: Yes it is. To a certain level. Armada ceased developing and we joined forces because combined we are CAPTAIN PESTERCHUM! (someone needs to make a flash with that)
Q: But... Is your server reliable?
A: Yes, very. It's not a farm of servers so no netsplits possible. I have 5tb traffic per month, that should suffice. And the server has a very nice speed and is up 24/7.
Q: How did you make it?
A: Written in Java with help of the pIRCBot API. The initial app was made a week before Armada's but since it was missing the moods, I didn't release it.
Q: Is there support? Is it openSource?
A: Yes and yes, the source is in the jar files (1.6 and higher)
Q: I wanna join!
A: Talk to me first (pm or irc), give me a reason why you want to join and what you could add to the app. Also, you have to have knowledge of Java.
Q: Can I use your source to build trollian / my own version / whatever ?
A: Yes, but you have to license it under the GPL too and please, don't sell it as something completely new when it's just a new skin. Give us some credit.
Q: Can I suggest features?
A: Sure! Just don't go out of focus since we really tried to keep the app as close to the original as possible!
Q: FFFFUUUUCK It's not working! (Some error) I'm on a mac!
A: It looks like especially mac is posing some serious problems. I think it's because Apple has to have their own stuffty version of the JRE because they think they are special. Whatever the reason is, it's most certainly not our fault. However, this does not mean that we're not giving a stuff about mac users. It just means that the occurring errors don't necessarily have something to do with my code but with mac itself. we'll still try to find some workarounds to this if possible.
Q: Where can I post my chum handle?
A: HERE Also, the new fora have a profile field for your chumhandle. Check it out.
Well, have fun using it!
Thanks to all the guys who supported us during the development and gave us some valuable information as well as requests and bug notices.
Also, welcome to the dev team, Eskimo and Squeegy! Thanks again for your submissions to the code pool!
Dev team:
-Shinmera
-Armada
-Eskimo
-squeegy
First, choose a username. If you want to follow the general formula it's "wordWord", each word starting with G, C, A, or T. You don't have to follow that formula, it's just what's used in MSPA. Press enter and choose a color if you want, then CLIENT -> SAVE. You can add people with ADD CHUM.
The "Trolls" in MSPA all have a "quirk", or a strange/annoying way of typing. Pesterchum can do this automatically! Go to EXTRA -> QUIRKS, and click ADD. For the first entry, put the character you want replaced, and for the second entry put what you'd like it to become. EXAMPLE: If you type "S" for the first thing and "$" for the second, every time you type a capital S it will automatically change to a dollar sign ($).
