Update 0.4.3 - Planet Oterion Part II & Holochamber Modifiers

June 23, 2022

By hitscan

Update 0.4.3 – Planet Oterion Part II & Holochamber Modifiers

v0.4.3

Campaign

New Level: Planet Oterion Part 2 (Lost City)
- Explore lost ruins hidden beneath Oterion’s jungle canopy
- Overcome deadly traps and ancient mechanisms
- Discover the mysteries of an ancient civilization
- Enemies spawn from level 25 and up

Holochamber: Boons (Official name pending)

Boon System enabled for Holochamber activities
Boons augment the player experience by introducing modifiers during gameplay
Boons are active until the completion of the current floor
Boons cannot stack
The Boon selection can be rerolled for a cost (in Credits)
Rerolling the Boon selection increases the cost to reroll until the current floor is completed
List of Holochamber Boons
- Boon of Riches
  - Increased Credit gains
  - Reduced Experience gains
- Boon of Knowledge
  - Greatly Increased Experience gains
  - Reduced Special Ammo drop rate
  - Reduced Credit gains
- Boon of Efficiency
  - Increased Floor Progression rate
  - Players take more damage
- Boon of War
  - Enemies take substantially more damage
  - Reduced Special Ammo drop rate
  - Reduced Player Healing Effectiveness
- Boon of Fortitude
  - Players take substantially less damage
  - Reduced Credit gains
  - Reduced Player Healing Effectiveness
- Boon of Ordnance
  - Greatly increased Special Ammo drop rate
  - Reduced Credit gains
  - Reduced Experience gains
- Boon of Perseverance
  - Increased Special Ammo drop rate
  - Increased Player Healing Effectiveness
  - Players take substantially more damage
- Boon of Attrition
  - Increased Floor Progression rate
  - Reduced Credit gains
  - Reduced Experience gains

Weapons

New Aim Assistance
- Weapons now have aim assistance when using the Laser Sights
- Weapon aim assistance has a finite effective range per weapon type
- Aim Assistance applies to horizontal and vertical targets
- Aim assistance is tuned separately for each weapon type
New Weapon Manufacturers
- Zheng Small Arms Co.
  - Specialize in close range weapons
  - Highly effective against Bugs and Beasts
  - Roll with perks that deal extra damage to non-armored targets and provide player stat bonuses
  - Produce Assault Rifles, Burst Rifles, Handguns, Combat and Slug Shotguns, SMGs, LMGs and Flamethrowers
- Kadru
  - Specialize in long range weapons
  - Highly effective against Bots and Aliens
  - Roll with more perks than other Manufacturers
  - Produce Burst Rifles, DMRs, Handguns, Crossbows, Snipers, Slug Shotguns and LMGs
- General Tuning
  - Reduced Flamethrower base damage from 780 to 660
  - At Common quality, Flamethrower damage goes from 1755 to 1485
  - Burst Rifle base accuracy lowered to 92
  - Rocket Launcher reduced projectile scale
  - Light Machine Gun base accuracy lowered to 97
  - Fully Loaded perk now increases reserve mags by +1
  - Kinetic perk now has a damage ceiling
  - Focus Fire perk now has a damage ceiling

General Updates and Fixes

Gameplay
- Players now spawn near a living ally
- Downed players are detached from the player camera until they revive
Main Menu
- Updated the Holochamber selection menu to use Oterion’s name
Lockjaw Prison Part 1 (Mining)
- Fixed a navigation bug where the player could become stuck behind the rocks after the first large shipping container on the Mining Floor
Genesis II Station
- Updated military robot name formatting for consistent style
- Added new art to the Training Simulator area in the Archives
- Declassified Oterion’s name on the System Map
- Added an Early Access warning to the System Map explaining mouse input requirements
- Improved navigation and adjusted art in the Training Room
- Known Issue: Currently the Exit Node returns the player to the Station even if accessed via the Main Menu (a fix for this is under development)
Titus
- Fixed persistent lighting issue
Oterion
- Updated sector name in the ammo depot of the Military Checkpoint to fit within the UI
- Fixed several culling errors causing parts of the AzTek facility to vanish when the player was on the Broken Vehicle Bridge or in Daedalus Tower
- Smoothed out blocky angles in the shorelines of the Wetlands
- Fixed several terrain errors where water volume edges were visible
- Added new dialogue from Dr. Hadley to assist the player finding their next objectives
- Cleaned up NPC dialogue throughout the level
- Activated the terminal 2F Maintenance Area in the AzTek Facility
- Corrected a bug causing development note text to appear in the river during the river crossing
- Improved player navigation in the AzTek facility to help keep the player in view of the camera
- Fixed a bug which allowed the player to fall into a gap between the staircase and terrain on an outbuilding near the AzTek Facility
- Updated language on Objectives to fit within the UI
- Reworked southern Wetlands area into more directed pathways
- Enemies start spawning at level 20 in Oterion Wetlands
- Added blocking volumes near Wetlands entrance
- Fixed logic issues when decoding the first data module
- Added misc water puddles to Wetlands
- Update minimap to show data modules from farther distances
- Fixed several collision issues with moss piles
- Added extra credits and weapon caches
- Added new loading screen
- Added beetle fauna fx
- Added new Swamp Trap spawners to Wetlands
- Fixed blocking volumes near Lost City entrance
- Added B3-L1-4L bot encounter to swamp ruins
- Fixed an issue where shadows were covering points of interest
- Added caution gate to prevent players from entering Wetlands too soon
- Added caution gate to broken bridge before reaching Lost City entrance
- Fixed southern Wetlands checkpoint
- Major art and navigation fixes throughout the level
General
- Updated weapon perk lists for all weapon manufacturers
- Changed Checkpoint minimap marker icon
- Reformatted weapon perk screen info layout and text
- Fixed bug causing perks to not update correctly in the Flyout menu
- Fixed jungle river audio sound class bug
- Fixed bug causing stats to not update correctly for the Offense+, Support+ and Special+ perks
- Fixed an issue that could cause the flamethrower to deal multiple instances of damage per shot to enemies with multiple hitboxes
- Updated planetary info on the System Map