Quality of Life Improvements

Various improvements at the game menu to make the game less dependant on a launcher.

Score and Time Limit #

You can define a score or a time limit for a match in the menu

Netplay Options > Score Limit / Time Limit

. Note that the score limit is not compatible with COOP, Survival, LMS and TLMS game modes. score-and-time-sliders

The current score limit for the match are displayed on the top right corner of the screen on yellow. The in-game clock option needs to be enabled for it to show up. Also, note that if a time limit is set, the clock will be colored dark green and will be in countdown mode. score-and-time-hud

A banner is displayed and the Duke theme is played when a player reaches the defined score amount or when the time limit is hit. When the banner is displayed, all players scores are blocked, the flag on CTF modes can't be captured, the extra lives amount will not be decreased on respawn and the Terminator status will not be lost when dying. And also, the spycam (coop view) is enabled for everyone.

Player Setup #

Now, under

Options

, there is a new menu called

Player Setup

. You can set your name, team, color and other settings. player-setup

Weapon Switch Priority #

Now you can toggle the automatic weapon switch as well as set the weapon preference through the menu

Options > Player Setup > Weapon Preference

. The automatic weapon switch (for when picking a new weapon) now has 3 modes:

MODE	DESCRIPTION
OFF	When picking a new weapon, the game will NEVER automatically switch to the new one.
ON	In this mode, the game will ALWAYS switch weapons when the weapon you picked is a new one.
BY PREFERENCE	In this mode, the automatic weapon switch will only occur in case the priority of the current weapon is inferior to the new one.

The weapon preference list is relevant in the following cases:

During an automatic empty weapon switch (only use on DOS duke).
During an automatic weapon switch when picking a new weapon, if the automatic weapon switch mode is set to
```
By Preference
```
.
To set the current weapon when (re)spawning. This will be mainly be of relevance in case the current session is using custom
```
Starting Weapons
```
, but may be of effect on normal games as well in case Pistol is of lower priority than Knee.

Macro Editor #

You can edit your macros in the menu

Options > Player Setup > Combat Macros

.

Offline Multiplayer #

If playing offline, you now have the option to start a match with bots via the new menu

New Game > Offline Multiplayer

.

User Map Selector #

You can now load an user map directly from the game's menu. In between "Episode 4" and "Episode 1" there will be a new option called

User Map

.

Clicking on this new option will show a list of all maps in your configured user maps folder. You can press a character key and the cursor will be positioned at the first entry that begins with that letter. user map selector

The usermap listing screen can be filtered as well, like the DMO and RTS screens. user map filter

You can customize where the game looks for usermaps, check the configuration guide to learn how to set it up.

Auto Screenshots #

You can configure the game to take screenshots automatically based on some triggers through the menu

Options > Recording Setup > Auto Screenshots

. The screenshot will be saved in the screenshots folder with the corresponding trigger suffix. auto screenshots menu

TRIGGER	DESCRIPTION
SCORE SCREEN	Takes a screenshot when displaying the score screen tally.
LIMIT HIT	Takes a screenshot when the score limit is hit.
QUIT	Takes a screenshot when a player quits from the match.
NUKEBUTTON	Takes a screenshot when a player hits the nuke button.
PAUSE	Takes a screenshot when a player pauses the game.
UNPAUSE	Takes a screenshot when a player unpauses the game.
AVERAGE LAG	Takes a screenshot when any player's ping is average (every 5 seconds).
HIGH LAG	Takes a screenshot when any player's ping is high (every 5 seconds).
KILL	Takes a screenshot when you kill another player.
DEATH	Takes a screenshot when another player kills you.
OBITUARY	Takes a screenshot when any player dies.
FLAG TAKEN	Takes a screenshot when a flag is taken.
FLAG DROPPED	Takes a screenshot when a flag is dropped.
FLAG RETURNED	Takes a screenshot when a flag is returned.
FLAG DELIVERED	Takes a screenshot when a flag is delivered.
GAMEOVER	Takes a screenshot when a player runs out of lives.
TERMINATOR	Takes a screenshot when a player becomes the Terminator.