- Fixed a bandage bug when using enhanced slippers
- Updated a few default settings (will only affect new installs)

• - Disabling Discord by default cl_discord 0
  
• - Better messaging to client with map conflicts (server/client map differ)
  
• - Some early adjustments to support Q2 Rerelease from skuller
  
• - Other optimizations/minor fixes from skuller

• - Spectator HUD will now display player's current weapon, not their chosen weapon, thanks @m4son !
  
• - Item Kit Mode
  
• - Jump mode changes (described below)
  
• - use_killcounts to use different streak
  
• - Stat collecting to use take into account item kit mode
  
• - Crashing bug when setting am_newnames 0
  
• - Enhanced Slippers now will stop you from bandaging if you have leg damage but are not bleeding, since you do not limp with them on

Client Commands (prefixed with `jmod`, such as `jmod noclip`:

• lca - calls lights camera action, you should also hear other players use it
  
• spawnp [#] - tele randomly if no args, or at specific spawnpoint of arg
  
• spawnc - tele to closest spawnpoint
  
• goto <x> <y> <z> - tele to location
  
• noclip - toggle noclip
  
• slippers - toggle slippers
  
• lasersight - toggle lasersight

Behavior changes:

• noclip no longer requires cheats on if jump is enabled
  
• dm_choose is forcibly disabled when jump is enabled
  
• uvtime is forcible disabled when jump is enabled
  
• Menu is jump mode-specific

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A big thank you for all participants, testers and helpers for making the 25th Anniversary Map Jam a big success! Now we go to the awards ceremony!
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Best Looking
Winner: nightwalk by mikota

Most Technically Sound
Winner: barnyard by Flunx

Most Creative
Winner: torg by matic

Most Fun
Winner: tropical by varrg

And now for the grand total finals, it was really really close at the end!

In a TIE for Second Place: barnyard and nightwalk !

The winner, by a SINGLE POINT.... torg

Congrats to everyone! Not only to the winning maps, but we all win because we get to play these great maps now!
[forums.aq2world.com]

We are pleasantly surprised to announce that we had 7 maps entered into the Map Jam! Due to this, we needed a minor deviation from the planned testing/voting format.

We will be playtesting the new Map Jam maps in pickup games and a few select public servers. This will allow us to get a better feel for the maps and provide more feedback to the mappers.

The following servers will be running the new maps exclusively for a short time. Please join us and help us test the maps and provide feedback to the mappers. We will be voting on the maps after the playtesting period is over.

• AQ2World US East [Teamplay][4v4]
  
  • useast.aq2world.com:27910
• AQ2World US East [DM1]
  
  • useast.aq2world.com:27911
• Gandalf's Green Casino [TDM][3v3]
  
  • useast.aq2world.com:27912

• AQ2World (Sweden #3) Mapjam 2023 <3
  
  • aq.vrol.se:27901

• AQ2World (AUS Melbourne) Teamplay MapJam2023
  
  • melb.actiondownunder.org:27940

The map names are
adriatic, barnyard, cityscape, junglecity, nightwalk, torg, and tropical

For more information about the maps, check out the forums![forums.aq2world.com] and join the Discord[discord.aq2world.com] in #maps-skins-models!

The AQ2World Team is happy to host a Map Jam in celebration of AQ2's 25th Anniversary!

This "jam" is an event that invites mappers from all communities for voluntary participation in creating new maps for Quake II, specifically Action Quake II / AQtion. It differs from a contest in that this is not a competition, it's a collab! These maps can be a part of the AQtion release in Steam after the submission date is ended and will be distributed to the various map sharing sites all over the web.

No prizes this time around, this is all glory! There will be categorical winners such as "Best Looking Map", and so on, but this is a collaborative effort, and we all win when we get some great maps in the rotation. Category winners will be announced in Discord, as a Steam announcement and in the forums once voting ends.

I suggest heading over to the Quake Mapping Discord[discord.com] and ask in the #quake2 channel for assistance.

Common tools for Quake II/AQ2 Mapping:

• Trenchbroom[trenchbroom.github.io] (interactive map editor)
  
• Ericw tools[ci.appveyor.com] (for compilation/vis/lighting)
  
• Wally[valvedev.info] (for converting textures/testing .wal files)
  
• GIMP [www.gimp.org] or your favorite image editor (for texture editing)

Head over to the forums and check out this post[forums.aq2world.com] for more details. Join the AQ2World Discord[discord.aq2world.com] and jump in #maps-models-skins channel for lively banter and map chat!

It's been ONE YEAR since AQtion was released on Steam and distributed to the world! Through a ton of hard work and effort from the team, we've achieved a great many successes and helped breathe new life into a game that turns 25 this year (Action Quake 2!)

Come help us celebrate this milestone in Discord[discord.aq2world.com]!

- Fixed Linux launch problems
- Removed unused features from menu

- Added customized billboard textures for the upcoming AQ2Open!

Behind every large change are always hotfixes! This one fixes a crash identified by the help of some users in our Discord!