Desecrators news & patch notes

• Reduced Polaris turn rate 200 -> 160
• Adjusted rival spawning
• Improved Autopulser projectile FX
• Fixed mines being hittable during inital launch
• Fixed inconsistent spawning for large crawler enemies

• Fixed a rebinding issue that caused controls to be improperly saved

• Reduced Fourier ammo cost
• Fixed a pickup issue related to new upgrades

• Added Cycler upgrade
• Added Blackpine firing sound
• Added new enemy type
• Secrets can now contain phantom walls
• Improved room entrance generation

• Added Huntress upgrade
• Added Multipine upgrade
• Removed weapon slot points
• Weapon slots can now be purchased with credits
• Slightly reduced player ship speed
• Added new cave room types

• Individual joysticks can now be disabled
• Mouse delta movement can now be captured when rebinding
• Fixed kick and ban menu not showing players
• Fixed duplicate chat messages for mega pickups

• Added VR support to main build - VR support can be enabled when launching from Steam - VR and non-VR players can now play on the same servers - Added HUD world scale option - Added cockpit offset and height options - Fixed various rendering issues - Fixed upgrade screen mouse interaction - Fixed transistion fadeout issue - Fixed broken mouse button on the completion screen - Fixed homing reticle alignment - Fixed map marker positioning - Fixed level map selection reticle
• Added new input system - Replaced Rewired middleware with new Unity input system - Added default deadzone input settings - Rebinding now supports multiple bindings for the same action - Removed Custom Look option - Fixed various compatibility issues with input devices
• Added Hoplite upgrade
• Added geometry frame to doors
• Improved door texturing
• Added new breakable textures to Derelict Freighter tileset
• Increased brightness of projectile meshes
• Increased boss combat music trigger lifetime
• Adjusted various sounds for clarity
• Localised game hints
• Fixed level map mouse scroll zoom
• Fixed incorrect screen scaling for controls binding screen
• Fixed rare issue with objective room generation
• Fixed minor rival AI issues
• Fixed rare issue where rival AI could get stuck during rotation
• Fixed Derelict Freighter wall texture tiling
• Fixed various localisation issues
• Fixed issue where client ship could "steal" local pickups from host player
• Fixed issue that could occur when players disconnected during game over screen

• Rival adjustments: - AI will now be staggered when damaged - Fuel is now finite and regenerates over time - Reworked boost usage - Increased rival hitbox size
• Anomaly encounters adjusted: - Arena pickups are now client-instanced - Reduced arena pickup spawn rate - Increase enemy pickup drop rate
• Increased damage impact forces
• Improved Asteroid Base textures
• Improved Derelict Freighter textures
• Added various new event sounds
• Added more options for debris lifetime
• Added menu slider move sound
• Added unique boost sound for Plasma Torch
• Added underwater boost FX
• Adjusted shield impact FX
• Adjusted level light FX
• Adjusted all rivals defeated sound
• Fixed new game messages missing when Gauntlet mode is enabled
• Fixed Plasma Torch FX not being applied on spawn (we mean it this time!)
• Fixed rival AI behaviour not scaling correctly with frame rate
• Fixed some issues with dynamic pickups on clients
• Fixed mines spawning in paths leading to the dropship
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause triggers to spawn enemies closer to players than intended
• Fixed various localisation issues
• Fixed underwater ambience playing on title screen if game over screen was triggered while player was underwater

• Added language setting to Interface menu
• Added localisation for: - German - French - Spanish - Portugese - Russian
• Added clientside pickup handling: - Pickup physics are now simulated locally on each client - Ship pickup attraction is now enabled in coop - Dynamic pickups (e.g. shield, ammo) are now instanced per player
• Network improvements: - Added clientside hit detection for all projectile weapons - Improved mine interpolation - Improved pickup interpolation - Improved ship interpolation - Reduced ship jitter at high latency - Improved enemy AI handling for high latency players - Improved pickup collection prediction for clients
• Reworked coop enemy scaling
• Adjusted player colours for better visibility
• Improved player and rival model visibility
• Player projectiles now pass through other player ships
• Reduced Bubblebomb ammo rate 0.5 -> 0.3
• Secrets are now more dangerous on Hazard 4 and 5
• Adjusted Hazard 5 rival spawn counts
• Rival credits reward now scales with raid difficulty
• Adjusted coop enemy scaling
• Increased push force for boosting players vs. enemies
• Players now now get a free spawn on first join in Gauntlet mode
• Added map open/close sounds for other players
• Level map now shows weapon pickups
• Level map now shows discovered secret rooms in a different color
• Added new feedback for when all alive rivals are defeated
• Added player kick and ban menu for hosts
• Added server status messages
• Increased max controller axis rate
• Improved mouse polling at high frame rates
• Fixed splash damage not applying armor penetration
• Fixed cartographer spawning in meltdown secrets
• Fixed secret buttons spawning in meltdown secrets
• Fixed meltdown secret distance estimation not treating anomaly rooms correctly
• Fixed clients losing credits when disconnecting while dead
• Fixed beam projectile desync when spectating
• Fixed player respawning not selecting player who died first
• Fixed mine positions sometimes desynching for clients
• Fixed client missing impact FX for static objects
• Fixed breakable object damage FX desync for clients
• Fixed rare mine spawning out of bounds issue
• Fixed mine desync for late joining clients
• Fixed an enemy spawning issue that could cause strong enemies to appear at the start of a raid
• Fixed secrets appearing in anomaly rooms
• Fixed rare large room entrance misalignment
• Fixed HUD warning triggering from allied mines
• Fixed a possible player ammo desync
• Fixed projectile reflection not correctly selecting the nearest target
• Fixed rare issue where phantom walls would not trigger correctly from gold pickups
• Fixed projectile trap firing patterns being out of sync for clients

• Updated localisation strings
• Fixed Exopod pickups being shown as weapons on map
• Fixed rare issue where phantom walls would not trigger correctly from gold pickups

• Added language setting to Interface menu
• Added localisation for: - German - French - Spanish - Portugese - Russian
• Increased max controller axis rate
• Improved mouse polling at high framerates
• Level map now shows weapon pickups
• Level map now shows discovered secret rooms in a different color
• Added new feedback for when all alive rivals are defeated
• Improved mine collision handling for clients
• Various network improvements to reduce latency
• Fixed projectile reflection not correctly selecting the nearest target

• Added clientside pickup handling: - Pickup physics are now simulated locally on each client - Ship pickup attraction is now enabled in coop - Dynamic pickups (e.g. shield, ammo) are now instanced per player
• Network improvements: - Improved ship interpolation - Reduced ship jitter at high latency - Improved enemy AI handling for high latency players - Improved pickup collection prediction for clients
• Added player kick and ban menu for hosts
• Added server status messages
• Rival credits reward now scales with raid difficulty
• Adjusted coop enemy scaling
• Increased push force for boosting players vs. enemies
• Players now now get a free spawn on first join in Gauntlet mode
• Added map open/close sounds for other players
• Fixed breakable object damage FX desync for clients
• Fixed rare mine spawning out of bounds
• Fixed mine desync for late joining clients
• Fixed an enemy spawning issue that could cause strong enemies to appear at the start of a raid
• Fixed secrets appearing in anomaly rooms
• Fixed rare large room entrance misalignment
• Fixed HUD warning triggering from allied mines
• Fixed missing splash damage from client projectiles
• Fixed a possible player ammo desync

• Network improvements: - Added clientside hit detection for all projectile weapons - Improved mine movement interpolation - Improved pickup movement interpolation - Improved ship interpolation at high latency
• Reworked coop enemy scaling
• Adjusted player colours for better visibility
• Improved player and rival model visibility
• Reduced Bubblebomb ammo rate 0.5 -> 0.3
• Secrets are now more dangerous on Hazard 4 and 5
• Adjusted Hazard 5 rival spawn counts
• Fixed splash damage not applying armor penetration
• Fixed cartographer spawning in meltdown secrets
• Fixed secret buttons spawning in meltdown secrets
• Fixed meltdown secret distance estimation not treating anomaly rooms correctly
• Fixed clients losing credits when disconnecting while dead
• Fixed beam projectile desync when spectating
• Fixed player respawning not selecting player who died first
• Fixed mine positions sometimes desynching for clients
• Fixed client missing impact FX for static objects

• Reworked layout generation for more consistent levels: - Improved room placement around complex geometry and caves - Improved room entrance geometry - Further improvements to room gravity alignment - Reduced chance of nested secrets rooms - Greatly reduced chance of rooms falling back to teleport connections
• Additional loading time improvements

• Adjusted Hazard 4 enemy damage
• Added additional room entrances for Hydro Reactor
• Added 50% armor penetration to Mega Mine
• Event sound queues now use HUD instead of music volume setting
• Major improvements for level loading times
• Rebalanced Smartbomb
• Rebalanced Pyronite and Ionite
• Stinger AI is more aggressive when target has low power
• Improved room entrance alignment
• Improved meltdown secret generation
• Improved shockwave FX
• Improved trap mine spawning in multiplayer
• Increased Pion Propulsor move speed bonus 10% -> 12%
• Increased Subdivider cost 60000 -> 70000
• Increased AI sight range
• Increased max rival spawn count on Hazard 5
• Fixed Superburner FX not being applied to player ship on spawn
• Fixed incorrect Gravity Well team coloring for clients
• Fixed a rival AI issue that could cause incorrect turning behaviour
• Fixed lightcone generation failing for skewed surfaces

• Fixed Steam Deck upstart failure
• Fixed small Subdivider graphics issue

• Added Steam Rich Presence integration
• Added new artifacts: - Plasma Torch - Subdivider
• Added HUD 'warning' indicator for following weapons: - Cluster Bomb - Beehive - Mega Mine
• Major performance improvements for: - AI - Physics - Multiplayer
• Adjusted transition sounds to better match intro length
• Limited player damage sound frequency
• Improved HUD homing indicators
• Improved melee damage sound
• Improved mine beep sound
• Upgrade screen now shows a description for empty weapon slots
• Fixed perfomance issues in save menu when many saves are present
• Fixed a HUD issue that could occur when player is near an extreme number of pickups
• Fixed framerate drop in large rooms during meltdown start
• Fixed a rare issue with pickups that could affect performance on clients
• Fixed mine beeping reacting to projectiles
• Fixed ships sometimes missing muzzleflash FX on clients
• Fixed joining a game from an active run sometimes failing
• Fixed flares being affected by the projectile lights graphics setting (again)
• Fixed stutter first time player collects a power pickup
• Fixed some models not being centered correctly in database

• Added keybind for view re-centering

• Added additional sound feedback for melee damage
• Added additional sound for 'No lives left' message
• Enemy mines now emit sounds when player is close
• Rivals are now better at reacting to Foamphase and Ack-Am
• Fixed duplicate controller binding for 'Show Controls' on first game startup
• Fixed rare issue where client could not pickup ship ammo
• Fixed client-side issue related to shockwave damage
• Fixed controller/keyboard input for menu sliders

• Fixed 3D audio not being affected by VR view rotation
• Fixed menu dialogs not working properly in VR

• Updated title music
• Rival adjustments: - Shield regeneration delay increased 8s -> 10s - Max shield regeneration reduced 100% -> 50% - Secondary reload rate increased by 10% - Rescaled AI skill curve to peak later in a run - Max exopod count increased 4 -> 6 - Rivals are now better at coordinating attacks
• Enemy shot leading is now less accurate when target is only audible (and not visible)
• Increased enemy awareness during anomaly encounters
• Improved biomorph movement animations
• Fixed rival debris having groovy colours
• Fixed trigger panels in Prisonlab using incorrect textures
• Fixed Missile Tanks not dropping secondary pickups

• All biomorph enemies are now hydrodynamic
• Manta: - Increased turn rate - Increased move speed - Increased fire rate
• Moray: - Renamed Parashrike -> Moray - Increased move speed - Increased turn rate
• Scrambler: - Reworked AI - Improved attack animation - Added Ichor secondary
• Liquifier: - Renamed Flayer -> Liquifier - Reworked AI - Improved attack animation - Added Corrosive Ichor secondary
• Thermo rebalanced: - Radius reduced 28m -> 20m - Damage falloff is now constant - Max ammo increased 3 -> 4
• Adjusted Prisonlab: - Ambush groups may now contain biomorphs - Small level gen adjustments
• Added seasonal title screen
• Various music updates
• Fixed an error that could occur during alarms in Prisonlab
• Fixed a chat issue with keypad enter
• Fixed save system issue where new saves could get hidden

• New level added: Prisonlab
• New faction added: Biomorph
• New enemies added: - Manta - Parashrike - Scrambler - Flayer
• Mines spawning in level will now trigger a global sound
• Added boost view FX
• Exchange weapon text now includes ammo type for primaries
• Borehead adjusted: - Increased base hull 576 -> 672 - Increased move speed 90 -> 95
• Cruiser adjusted: - Shockwave duration increased - Shockwave damage reduced - Adjusted impact FX
• Kraken adjusted: - Increased fuse delay - Reduced main projectile move speed
• Improved game over transition
• Remastered level music
• Updated Rewired Input system
• Fixed flares being affected by the projectile lights graphics setting
• Fixed homing indicator rendering while the player is dying
• Fixed a rare level generation issue

VR Beta notes

We are pleased to announce the VR Mode has reached a stage where it's worth experiencing. Our goal has been on supporting and elevates the regular game. This is not VR first, this is Desecrators first. As a beta expect rough edges as you desecrate the galaxy.

How to get access

• Fixed controls binding issue affecting most gamepads and joysticks

• Fixed game freeze caused by infinite weapon drops from certain turrets

• Added concussion effect to following weapons: - Hoplite - Multipine - Pillager - Pentagun - Foamphase - Ack-Am Concussion will stun enemies that are moving perpendicular to the projectile's travel path.
• Huntress ammo rate increased 2.0 -> 2.5
• Improved rival weapon usage: - Less likely to waste precision weapons - Now considers impact angles when using fragmentation weapons - Now considers distance to impact point when using explosive weapons
• Added slight weapon firing delay to enemies entering a death spin
• Fixed rivals rarely using boost to escape gravity wells
• Fixed issue where rival shields would regenerate constantly
• Fixed issue where AI would fire weapons at an inconsistent rate
• Fixed phantom walls triggering while game is paused
• Fixed anomalies dropping mega pickups when pillaged multiple times
• Fixed rare case where breakables would spawn on walls or ceilings
• Fixed Sensor Fuser enemy highlighting being blocked by light decals
• Fixed Phantasm projectile texture artefacts
• Fixed not being able to bind controls on X52 HOTAS

• Boost is now more effective at escaping gravity wells
• Meltdown secret placement now takes additional travel time from underwater rooms into account
• Minor improvements to AI movement when boosting
• Added lens flare to enemy spawn FX
• Fixed Stinger AI regression

• Reworked rivals - Aiming and target tracking is less accurate and robotic - Movement and dodging is less jittery and more human-like - Improved homing dodge movement - Improved boost movement - Reduced health scaling for Hazard 4 and 5 - New ship model
• Added new lens flare FX for: - Boost glow - Pillager thruster - Cruiser thruster - Ship headlight - Mega Mine flare
• Improved engine FX
• Adjusted ship death physics
• Improved target selection for homing mines
• Increased Thermo fuse time 0.8s -> 0.9s
• Improved Grave Silencer activation sound
• Improved cave generation to reduce likelihood of pillars blocking paths
• Adjusted level size calculation
• Large rooms can now contain multiple enemy generators
• Fixed missing death shockwave for players and rivals (beware!)
• Fixed boost FX flame casting headlight shadows
• Fixed Goldmaw beam staying active during teleportation
• Fixed rare Dark Refinery secret group texture issue
• Fixed dropship engine flares sometimes not rendering correctly

• Improved Listening Station room geometry
• Reworked level size algorithm for more consistent level sizing
• Reduced chance of strong enemies spawning early in a level
• Added Mega Fuel pickup - Adds 100 fuel - Can increase ship fuel past the normal limit
• Added advanced settings to graphics menu with the following options: - Debris lifetime - Projectile lights - Ship lights - Pickup lights
• Mines and Thermo now gain an additional range boost when fired while boosting
• Thermo fuse time is now 50% longer while underwater
• Increased attraction force of gravity wells
• Mine visual spin rate is now affected by velocity
• Improved ship boost FX
• Fixed an issue that could cause an excessive amount of fuel pickups to spawn
• Fixed a rare issue that could occur when collecting a pickup that triggered enemy spawns
• Fixed a rare issue where the binding menu would not display for certain input devices
• Fixed database incorrectly displaying Smartbomb suicide attack as being shield piercing
• Fixed a level generation issue that could lead to overlapping geometry
• Fixed a tunnel texture issue