Update 0.4.0 - Planet Oterion Part I

June 23, 2022

By hitscan

Update 0.4.0 – Planet Oterion Part I

v0.4.0

Campaign

New Level: Planet [REDACTED] Part 1
- Explore the ruins of a massive colony abandoned mid-construction
- Carve a path through the overgrown survey zone to reach the AzTek Facility
- Navigate the deadly uncharted swamp and discover the secrets of the forest
- Uncover hidden truths about your mission and the Nova Genesis system
- Gain access through the System Map in the Genesis II Station Command Core

Holochamber

Reduced HP scaling for enemies in Holochamber
Primary Ammo Kiosks will no longer appear in Holochamber. A replacement kiosk will appear in a future update
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused players to enter Lockjaw Cellblocks at Level 0 with 0 credits
Fixed a minor texture issue in Titus Holochamber’s start room
Fixed an issue where players could gain XP despite being at the level cap

Characters

New NPC: Uthste
- Jr. Officer in an Aesrenan Elite Guard detachment for Commander Draven
- Guarding the Archives Ring on the Genesis II Station
- An early playtester of Dr. Hadley’s Holochamber
- Interested in learning more about other life forms
New Enemy: Medastia Sporangium
- Zoospore dispersal growth in a Medastia fungal colony
- Exhales Gorgon Spores while medastia gestate
- Heals nearby Medastia
New Enemy: Grass Raptor
- Apex predator of the [REDACTED] grasslands
- Hunts both alone and in packs
- Quickly closes short distances to deliver a powerful bite attack
New Enemy: Swamptrap
- Lurks in and near [REDACTED] wetlands
- Captures prey in its powerful jaws
- Deadly in high stakes combat zones
Stryker Skills Update
- Assault Harness damage increased
- Barrage damage increased
- Plasma Blast damage increased
- Remote Charge double damage bug fixed

Weapons

New Weapons Manufacturers
- Nazuna Group
  - Produce widest range of weapons
  - No high level perks
  - Produce Handguns, Assault Rifles, DMRs, SMGs, Combat and Slug Shotguns, LMGs, Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, Sniper Rifles and Mininguns
- Wolf Weapons
  - Specialize in maximum damage output
  - Produce Handguns, Assault Rifles, Burst Rifles, SMGs, Combat and Slug Shotguns, LMGs, Rocket Launchers, Burst Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, Burst Grenade Launchers,Sniper Rifles
Primary weapons no longer require or consume reserve ammunition (Special weapons are unaffected)
- UI has been updated to reflect this change
- Primary Ammo bricks will no longer drop in-game
The [Relentless] perk has been reworked
- Rate of Fire increase happens sooner and increases up to two times
- The Rate of Fire will reset after 2 seconds of cease fire
Level-dependent weapon quality curve has been adjusted for Campaign (Holochamber Arcade unaffected)
Reduced healing amount on [Battle Medic] Exotic perk
Extended Clip perk has been renamed to Extended Mag
Removed Extra Mags perk from all primary weapons

Save System (BETA)

Progression saving has been enabled for campaign, allowing progress to persist across sessions
Campaign saving and Holochamber Arcade saving have independent save progressions

UI

New Flyout menu animations
New input interaction animations
New Weapon Perks screen displaying perk information in Flyout menu

General Updates

Lockjaw Mining Zone
- Fixed a bug where players were falling off the sides of some tall staircases
- Added some new falling debris in the warehouse area
- Solved a persistent collision issue with the stairs leading off of the mining floor
- Updated art throughout the level
Lockjaw Cell Blocks
- Added a continue point at the entrance of the Distribution Hub to prevent players getting trapped behind a locked door, unable to continue
- Updated art in the Military Warehouse to improve player navigation
- Fixed an error with spotlight intensity in the Military Warehouse
- Adjusted art in A Block and Atmospheric Control to fix an issue where players could see outside the level
- Updated language in mission objectives for consistency
- Added an objective completion for reaching the asteroid surface
Genesis Station
- Fixed several small art issues
- Made small adjustments to NPC dialogue
- Added Aesrenan Elite Troopers to maintain order on the station
- Decorated for Halloween
Titus
- Updated rotating movement on all research table holograms
- Fixed character dialogue typos and improved readability
- Improved minimap sector naming to increase legibility
- Improved logic on Tych’s radio transmissions to more accurately respond to mission completion order
- Fixed an error where Tych’s spoken dialogue was updating too quickly
- Updated the mission objectives to keep the player up to date on their battery count
- Added a weapons cache to the secret room in the Sinkhole caverns
- Fixed the drill collision issues
- Fixed an issue where the Brood Watcher mini-boss disappearing when players left the combat zone
- Decorated for Halloween