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Greetings,

I apologize for the longer-than-usual update, but we have been quite busy with other things. (Not to mention my motherboard was fried a while back.)
So without further delay...

Synergy version 11 is now available on Steam!
Please NOTE that Synergy REQUIRES "Half-Life 2" to function properly! If you do not have Half-Life 2 installed and fully updated, Synergy will not work.

This version of Synergy addresses issues and concerns brought up by the community and fixes some bugs.
It also adds new content - you are now able to play MINERVA: Metastasis online with your friends! (BIG thanks again to gmc.jimmy for his work with the EDTs.)

Some of the issues brought up by the community that have been corrected are:


maps restarting when all players die,
damage scales of player weapons being reduced,
respawn times being too long,
players pushing other players too hard (potentially pushing them off an edge),
Check the version 11 Change Log.

For the map restarting when all players are dead, we have plans of using an "auto-save" feature (using the "trigger_autosave" entity), much like the one that exists in the original Half-Life 2 game, then having the map restart to these auto-saves instead - but for now, the map restarting will be disabled.

The respawn times have been adjusted slightly, not a whole lot, but enough that you should notice a decrease is waiting time.
Also, I'd like to mention that while you're waiting to respawn, any teammates that die, will add more waiting time to your current time; some people haven't intuitively grasped that yet so I thought I would mention it.

There are plans to change the "floating avatars" as well. We're looking into some alternative options to this. The goal is to be able to find your teammates easily, without adding clutter to the screen and you can identify players somehow and see their current health.
If you have any suggestions for us in this matter, please feel free to post on our forums.

In addition, there are some unmentioned features that are being worked on too. One area of this is improving the effectiveness of the player healing (healthkit distribution) - increasing amount of health each kit gives and the speed at which it is given.

I hope you all enjoy the new version, any feedback you have please let us know by sending an email to [ synergymod@gmail.com ].
Have fun.



Messege from synergy.com

After 10 years we look back at everything that the original Half-Life has given us.

109 Fixed bug where Windows servers wouldn't start because the content loader thought you didn't own Half-Life 2 October 29, 2008 INDEX DESCRIPTION DATE
110 Fixed bug where hud_timer wouldn't always update the timer text on the HUD October 30, 2008
111 Scene Files (.vcd) are now used as well as the "scenes.image" file, to keep backwards compatibility and to include mods that use their own custom scene files October 31, 2008
112 Made it much easier to use the "Enemy!" voice command, you no longer need to look directly at an enemy to use it November 3, 2008
113 Moved the HUD Weapon Selection down on the screen a bit so it's not intersecting with the HUD Timer November 3, 2008
114 Added new HUD element, HUD Health Supply to display how much health you can give to other players November 3, 2008
115 HUD Hint Display is now used to instruct players how to use the "dropammo" and "drophealth" commands November 3, 2008
116 Added ability for players to heal other players, using the "drophealth" command November 3, 2008
117 Fixed bug where fog would not work after going through a level transition (most noticable on the d2_coast_* maps) November 4, 2008
118 Added support for mod, "Half-Life 2: Riot Act" (big thanks to gmc.jimmy for creating the EDTs) November 5, 2008 i dodano 2 mapy syn_bunker i syn_desolate

You can find the Change Log here.



NOTE: Please make sure you OWN HALF-LIFE 2 now, otherwise you won't be able to play any HALF-LIFE 2 campaign maps. 107 Updated to the new Steam API, Synergy
now checks for the proper ownership of each game you try to mount in
Synergy - making Half-Life 2 a REQUIRED game October 27, 2008
108 Major improvements to the third-person view
(camera has been offsetted (cam_offset_* cvars), animations no longer
jittery, all client-side) October 29, 2008