Update 0.4.3 – Planet Oterion Part II & Holochamber Modifiers

 

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