issue 26 Patch Notes for August 23, 2019

[Number Six]

Input

• Fixed ability for the game to distinguish between the right shift and left shift keys
• Fixed Num Lock and Pause/Break being swapped in key bindings (Windows itself has this backwards for some reason)
• Added special handling to make bindings with Shift+Number Pad keys work (more fun legacy MS-DOS leftovers)
• Controllers in rawinput mode will now properly report D-Pad directions
• Added button debounce for rawinput mode to handle hardware with noisy button switches
• Reduced analog stick dead zone for XBox controllers in native (XInput) mode

 

Mission Architect

• Stability enhancements for searches of AE missions; should hopefully prevent the crashes that were happening yesterday

 

Rewards

• Fixed special enhancement rewards not dropping when exemplared (mostly affected Summer Blockbuster event and DfB)
• Fixed reward flags that were preventing merits and other rewards from dropping in some circumstances
• The reward fixes were applied as a hotfix yesterday, but may not have affected all outdoor zones until this morning's restart

[Abraxus]

Great work guys!  Don't ever think it's not appreciated!

[PhoenixForce]

Cannot play anymore in other than safe mode... my PS4 joystick doesn't respond normally : toon keeps turning left even if I change key mapping...

 

(Windows 10)

Edited August 23, 2019 by PhoenixForce

[Voltixdark]

Thank you for this awesome update. Just put in that request for that D-pad issue last night and now its fixed next morning. Everything is working properly now. Thank you for getting on top of that issue.

[Cinnder]

13 hours ago, Number Six said:

• Fixed ability for the game to distinguish between the right shift and left shift keys

 

Ah, so that's what was happening...

 

Thanks so much for fixing this so quickly!  You folks are awesome.

[MERCURY DRIPS]

You win the "Fast and furious developpers" badge !
GJ

[XaoGarrent]

13 hours ago, PhoenixForce said:

Cannot play anymore in other than safe mode... my PS4 joystick doesn't respond normally : toon keeps turning left even if I change key mapping...

 

(Windows 10)

The PS4 D-Pad inputs were also broken by this patch...

 

For now, I'd suggest using the SCPTool PS4 controller driver. SCPTool emulates an XBox controller which bypasses the problem.

[Lunchmoney]

Thanks for patch, always good to see 🙂

But what's wrong with the patch forum? https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/58-patch-notes/ Is there any point in having patches in the annoucements? Might as well do away with the patch forum. 

 

deja vu....

[PhoenixForce]

1 hour ago, XaoGarrent said:

The PS4 D-Pad inputs were also broken by this patch...

 

For now, I'd suggest using the SCPTool PS4 controller driver. SCPTool emulates an XBox controller which bypasses the problem.

Thanks, I'm gonna try this 🙂

 

[Korbian]

3 hours ago, Lunchmoney said:

Thanks for patch, always good to see 🙂

But what's wrong with the patch forum? https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/58-patch-notes/ Is there any point in having patches in the annoucements? Might as well do away with the patch forum. 

 

deja vu....

They'll probably move them there once they're old news.  This is a big update so they're probably trying to make it obvious for people who don't use the forums a lot.

[Leandro]

Um, it's more that I didn't realize we had a sub forum exclusively for patch notes... I'll move them now.

[Korbian]

1 hour ago, Leandro said:

Um, it's more that I didn't realize we had a sub forum exclusively for patch notes... I'll move them now.

Awww, *huuuugs* sweetie. ❤️

[PaxArcana]

On 8/23/2019 at 1:32 PM, PhoenixForce said:

my PS4 joystick doesn't respond normally : toon keeps turning left even if I change key mapping...

Sounds like an issue with your controller.  My X360 controller does the same thing, I have to (using Steam) go in and define a very LARGE dead zone for the rightt analog stick, to prevent a similar problem (the camera slowly spins right and upwards).

Edit for clarity: I mean, using the controller for games other than City of Heroes.  I play CoX with keyboard-and-mouse.

Edited August 24, 2019 by PaxArcana

[KvG]

Thanks for maintenance, upgrades and fixes!  <3

[Telephone]

I have some experience with PS4 controller issues under Windows. I know SCPTool was mentioned earlier in this thread, but I've had no luck using that to turn a DS4 into XInput. I've had marginally more luck using DS4Windows, but that is also quite flaky (at least over Bluetooth; wired is probably more reliable).

 

My personal suggestion is (if you have Steam and are inclined to poke around with settings):

1. Add City of Heroes: Homecoming to Steam as a non-Steam game (you'll need to dig at the Tequila settings to get the exact executable and launch arguments)

2. Configure your PS4 controller through Steam

3. Launch City of Heroes: Homecoming through Steam

 

You _may_ also be able to solely use the Steam driver for your DS4 and not have to launch CoH directly through it, but I haven't tried that.

[EiricEPadraig]

Thanks much for the continued hard work!!!

[Myrmidon]

On 8/23/2019 at 12:29 PM, Abraxus said:

Great work guys!  Don't ever think it's not appreciated!

This.

[Myrmidon]

14 hours ago, Leandro said:

Um, it's more that I didn't realize we had a sub forum exclusively for patch notes... I'll move them now.

As far as I am concerned, you can put them wherever you please.

[ILIWAPCT]

8/23 Patch Issue: Steam Controller

Steam Controller not fully recognized

 

As a result still running 

Homecoming (Safe Mode)

which fully recognized the Steam Controller as it did prior to 8/23&8/22 Patch

[Astrobear]

Thank you so much for all your hard work Devs

[Deviant Logic]

> Fixed ability for the game to distinguish between the right shift and left shift keys

 

This is excellent. Can you get that working with the 'alt' keys as well? Right alt seems constantly bound to the function that pops up two extra hotbars, even when I set something else to do that.