Guardians Frontline news & patch notes

Hello Everyone!

Update 9 is now available on Meta Quest, Steam, and Pico, and it’s a huge step forward for community content and progression:

You can now build campaigns, earn trophies, complete daily missions, and add narration to your maps, plus a lot more!

Community Campaigns

A new way for map makers to link maps and build their own campaigns! In this beta, you can try out the core system and share your feedback on features you’d like to see.

Map makers can now create a campaign, name it, and add maps to it before making it public.

For players, the Top Rated List has been replaced with the new Campaigns list. This follows our usage analysis of the Create Game lists, an area already in our sights, which showed that Top Rated was rarely used. Campaigns now take its place, giving you a dedicated space where player made campaigns are listed and ready to explore.

Text-to-Speech Implementation

With the introduction of Community Campaigns, we felt a new way to deliver narration was needed.

We’ve added a Text-to-Speech system with multiple voices to choose from. Your map description can now be narrated automatically.

We’ve also included a new asset called Voice Volume, which allows map makers to place narrative lines and custom texts directly in the world with its own configurations!

Trophies

As teased, Trophies are making their way to your ships! These stylish displays showcase your most prestigious Accolades, fully visible for friends, allies, and even rivals to admire.

Two dedicated trophy spots are now available in your Ship’s lobby area, pick your favorites and show them off!

There are 16 trophies in this release, with the possibility of more in the future. Here’s a preview of a few of them:

New Accolades

With the introduction of Trophies, we’ve added six new Accolades:

• Map maker: Get Diamond rank with 5 of your maps

• Veteran Guardian: Complete 200 maps!

• The Bug Killer!: Kill 1,000,000 bugs!

• Halloween Event: Log in during the Halloween event!

• Summer Event: Log in during the Summer event!

• Winter Event: Log in during the Winter event!

Missions System

We’ve added a new mission system to the game. Main and Daily Missions are now accessible from a new panel on the left side of the main menu.

Main Missions are designed to guide players through the early stages of the campaign, introducing key mechanics while granting bonus Crystals, XP, and Research Points.

Daily Missions assign one random mission every day, which must be completed within 24 hours.

There are currently 43 missions in the pool.

Each completed Daily Mission grants:

• 15 Research Points

• 5% of your current level XP requirement

We’re very excited about this feature and will be closely monitoring how players interact with it so we can expand and improve it in future updates.

Legacy Skin Equalization

We’ve added two new female skins as part of our ongoing effort to equalize all male and female versions. Due to the legacy backlog, we can’t update every skin in a single patch, so two new skins will be added in each update until full parity is reached.

• Added Snow and Forest female skins, earned at Galaxy Rewards 1 and 2.

SAM, Tank, and Mech Skin Tech

You can now unlock cosmetic skins for your SAM, Tank, and Mech units by researching a new technology in the tech tree.

A selection of new skins is now available and can be unlocked using Crystals.

Additionally, we’ve added 3 optional cosmetic packs (each priced at $4.99) for those who wish to go the extra mile in supporting our development team:

• Guardicorn Unit Pack 2

• Brown Rebel Unit Pack 2

• Blue Rebel Unit Pack 2

Map Report System

We’ve added a new system to report public maps. You’ll find the option inside the More Info section of any game. Reports do not affect ratings or map list placement — they simply help us review and address issues more efficiently.

Block User Improvement

We’ve improved the blocking system to make it more reliable. Blocking a user now persists until manually removed from the Social menu, and you’ll receive a warning before joining a match if a blocked player is present. Additionally, blocked players can no longer join games hosted by someone who has blocked them.

Key Beacon

Key behavior has been refined for better clarity and consistency. When keys are dropped from a belt with the player death, they now spawn a visible beacon above them. This beacon is only visible to the key holder and remains active until the keys are recovered, helping prevent lost objectives and confusion during combat.

NEW

• Added a new dropdown widget to the game.

• Added feedback messages when saving and publishing maps.

• Adjusted the tag size in maps.

• Added scrolling to the mission description and Start menus to prevent text overflow.

• Added a two-step verification when generating terrain to avoid accidental loss of previous settings.

• Added a beacon on top of the Active Nest in Thermogen, Zephyr Temple, and Zephyr Core to better guide players in this mode.

• Added a new on-screen notification prompting players to spawn units during the campaign.

• Added the Teleport Tutorial video to the Planetary Shield campaign map.

• Added an extend button to the keyboard for writing longer text, such as map descriptions.

• Added a reminder to the player during the Campaign to spawn units via notification and voice alert.

• Changed the AI sphere to a miner in the Snow protect Mission.

• QoL improvement to the Map Editor description field: expandable text area + cursor movement.

• Changed the default difficulty from Advanced to Normal in the introduction mission selection.

• Added 3 new Calm music tracks:Patrol Route After the Storm Federation at Rest

• Added 3 new Combat music tracks:Holding The Line Critical Breach Into the Swarm

• Added 4 new Skyboxes

Major Issues

• Fixed a major issue that caused maps to get stuck loading at 10% in certain situations.

• Fixed a major issue that prevented maps from saving correctly, resulting in lost progress.

• Fixed a major issue causing games to end prematurely in the Elimination campaign maps when killing a nest in the first few seconds.

• Fixed a major issue in the Elimination campaign maps where the game could end prematurely in the second and third stages.

• Fixed a major issue where the map editor loading process could get stuck while loading terrain.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented your ship configuration from replicating to other players in lobbies.

• Fixed an issue where certain text boxes allowed more characters than intended, crashing the game.

• Fixed a collision issue with two assets from the Ancient pack where the stairs could lose collision.

• Fixed an issue preventing dropships and hoverbikes from shooting through fog volumes.

• Fixed an issue preventing the teleport dropbox from spawning in the Thermogen campaign map.

• Fixed an issue where three crystal deposits in Zephyr Temple could not be mined.

• Fixed an issue preventing clients from activating bases in Domination games from the Campaign.

• Fixed an issue where solo Campaign bases were not synchronized between host and clients.

• Fixed an issue where all bases were marked as A to the host.

• Fixed an issue where grouped objects could not be deleted unless moved first.

• Fixed an issue with the localization of your rank if the player was more than level 21.

• Fixed a localization issue where several Campaign map names did not match:Snow Caves is now Frozen Caves Protect is now Called Canyon

That’s it for this update, Guardians!

Now it’s your turn:

• Create a Campaign

• Try the new narration tools

• Show off your Trophies

• Play and rate Community Campaigns

• Try out the new Mission System

If you build something cool, share it in Discord. If you find issues or have ideas, tell us. If you break something… definitely tell us.

We’ll be actively watching your campaigns, maps, and feedback to shape the next updates.

See you on the Frontlines, and keep up the bug killing!

VirtualAge Games Team

Hello Guardians!

A new free update for Guardians Frontline is now officially live!

NEW: Drivable Mech Tech, Mech Stomp:

A new upgrade has been added to the Drivable Mech!

- Once researched, the mech will now deal damage by stomping over enemies as it moves.

NEW: Utility Belt Tech:

Introducing the Utility Belt, designed to hold Keys and Mind Grenades during your missions.

- The belt features 2 slots.

- Unlock the first slot by researching the first tech!

- Unlock the second slot with an additional research upgrade!

The belt allows for quick access without taking up weapon or gear slots.

NEW: Tag System

With this update, we’re introducing a brand-new Tag System to help players better identify and explore maps. Tags come in two types: player-selected and server-assigned.

Player-Selected Tags

These can be chosen by map makers when publishing their maps:

- Character: For creative maps featuring detailed sculptures or references to popular characters.

- 4 Players Map: Highlights maps designed specifically for 4 player teams.

- Beginner Map: Welcomes new players with friendly, accessible maps to help them learn and progress.

- Dark Content: Used to indicate maps that feature mature or sensitive themes so players can decide if it’s for them.

Server-Automated Tags

These are applied automatically based on map data:

- Classic: Given to older maps from 2021 and 2022 that haven’t been updated in a while, preserving their legacy. 

- Extra Difficult: Based on win rate data, alerts players when a map presents an especially tough challenge. The win ratio must be lower than 25%.

In the search section you can also filter maps by tag.

NEW: Create/Join Game Info

You asked, we delivered! This update brings more transparency and useful information to both the Create Game and Join Game screens.

Map List Enhancements

Each map now displays its assigned tag, helping players quickly identify the content type. Additionally, a green checkmark icon will appear in the bottom-left corner of the map tile if you’ve already played it, this progress is tracked and saved per map.

Create Game Improvements

When selecting a map to host a game, you’ll now see extra information to help you decide: the average completion time, win ratio, tag, and whether you’ve already played that map.

Join Game Info Screen

Clicking on an open game now brings up a detailed preview showing the game mode, difficulty, win rate, planet, average game time (when available), current match time, number of players, list of player names, and tag. A green checkmark also appears if you’ve previously played that map.

These additions aim to improve your matchmaking experience and help you choose the right mission with the right crew!

Mind grenade Balance:

We've adjusted the Mind Grenade to better align with gameplay balance and reduce overuse in certain scenarios.

    - Effect Duration Reduced:

       - Base: 60 to 45 seconds

       - Tech 1: 120 to 90 seconds

       - Tech 2: 240 to 120 seconds

    - If the target is already affected by a stun effect (e.g., from the AK2), the mind control duration is halved.

    - Base build cost is now 500 crystals with a 30 second craft time.

    - Players can hold a maximum of 2 grenades. A third cannot be crafted until at least one is used.

    - Each grenade crafted increases the cost of the next by 50% of the base cost, up to a maximum of 1,500 crystals and 90 seconds.

    - These rules apply per player, not globally.

NEW: Diamond Map Reward:

We recognize that creating a map worthy of Diamond status takes time, effort, and a great deal of creativity. To show our appreciation, we’re introducing a reward system for map makers who reach this milestone.

Each time one of your maps reaches Diamond, you’ll earn a base 20,000 XP, multiplied by the total number of Diamond maps you’ve created so far.

For example, if you already have 10 Diamond maps, and your 11th map reaches Diamond, you’ll receive 20,000 × 10 = 200,000 XP as a reward for that new Diamond map.

***NOTE***: During the following days the XP for published maps before the Update will be given retoactively

Thank you for your incredible contributions, keep those amazing maps coming!

Major Stability Improvements:

In this update, we’ve placed a major focus on improving stability, tackling the most critical issues affecting gameplay. Huge thanks to everyone on Discord, the players who submitted crash reports, and those of you who shared detailed investigations—your help made a big difference.

Here’s what we tackled:

- Host Change Lag & Desync: We identified a flaw in the core host switching system. It's now been fixed, which should greatly improve stability when the host leaves or changes.

- Back to Ship Crash: A specific bug causing crashes when returning to the ship has been addressed. This should significantly reduce related crashes.

- Out of Memory Errors: We've optimized memory handling and cleaned up several memory leaks. This should reduce the frequency of out-of-memory crashes, especially during longer sessions.

Thanks again for all the support and feedback, you’re help make the game better for everyone.

NEW: Galaxy conquests points carry over

- If a player does not reach 250 points by the end of a Galaxy Conquest, half of the earned points will be carried over to the next Galaxy Conquest.

NEW: Rating Accolades

We’ve added two new accolades to reward players who take the time to rate maps and support the community!

- Hardened Guardian: Unlocked after rating 50 maps

- Marine Guardian: Unlocked after rating 100 maps

NEW: Robot, Drone, and Cannon Skin Tech:

You can now unlock cosmetic skins for your Combat Robot, Drone, and Cannon units by researching a new technology in the tech tree.

A selection of new skins is now available and can be unlocked using Crystals.

Improvements:

- The main menu in the lobby is now fully synchronized for all players; everyone in the lobby should see the same steps in the galaxy and lists during map creation.

- Changed the text in the Galaxy Conquest menu from "Days remaining" to "Days until defeat" to avoid confusion about the Galaxy Conquest duration.

- Increased the time to vote after a game from 3 to 6 seconds.

- Sentinels, Nests, corrupted Cannons, and corrupted SAM batteries now count toward the Unit Score at the end of the game.

    - Sentinels lvl 1: 150 points

    - Sentinels Lvl 2: 250 points

    - Hive lvl 1: 300 points

    - Hive lvl 2: 600 points

    - Corrupted Cannon: 200 points

    - Corrupted SAM: 200 points

- The New and Updated lists now show only one map per player—the last one published or updated.

- Added a "Vote to Galaxy" button on the rating screen to increase visibility of the feature.

- Increased the base microphone volume so players can hear others more clearly.

- Added average game time, win ratio, tag, and completion status to the Create Game screen.

- Improved distant grab mechanics, item selection should feel more accurate.

- Reduced the grab radius for Keys to prevent accidental grabs.

Fixes:

- Fixed an issue with map descriptions overflowing to the right.

- Fixed an issue with the list of modifiers and allowed weapons overlapping next to the start game screen.

- Fixed an issue where the PvP message did not time out and stayed permanently in front of the player.

- Fixed an issue where Sentinels appeared headless.

- Fixed an issue where fog volume blocks were blocking enemy projectiles.

- Fixed an issue where metallic sound effects didn’t play when shooting metal objects.

- Fixed an issue where environmental SFX were too loud in some cases.

- Fixed an issue where, if the % modifier to enemies was very high, the buff was applied to all waves.

- Fixed an issue where hits with weapons in the left hand did not register for the double damage buff.

- Fixed an issue where the teleport would activate even if its construction was canceled.

- Fixed an issue where players would lose skins purchased with crystals when switching branches or restoring progress.

- Fixed an issue where players did not receive crystals and research points from Support Pack 1 and 2.

- Fixed an issue where reward crates always had gravity enabled, causing them to fly away, spawn incorrectly, or not spawn at all.

- Fixed an issue where players were unable to grab weapons in certain scenarios.

- Fixed an issue where some Quest 3 devices rendered dark maps too dark.

- Fixed an issue with old maps that had timed doors being incorrectly transformed into key doors.

- Fixed an issue preventing players from receiving Galaxy Conquest rewards; missed rewards will now be granted automatically.

- Fixed an issue during PvP invitations where the "Waiting for response" message would overlap the invite button.

- Fixed a bug that caused lag, desynchronization, and instability when the host of a game changed.

- Fixed the issue with the 1000 nests accolade not showing progress. Data was being recorded, so no progress was lost; you might need to destroy one nest to activate the accolade.

- Fixed a synchronization issue with the AK2 where the Stun shot wasn’t consistent from the client’s point of view.

- Fixed a crash when the bHaptic setting was active and the player did not have a haptic vest.

- Fixed a crash that could occur when returning to the ship.

- Fixed several memory leaks, which should improve stability and reduce the frequency of "out of memory" errors.

Map Editor:

- Added a new circular grate asset.

- Added new animated assets:

- Small Vent (Space build pack)

- Large Vent (Space build pack)

- Windmill (Fortress build pack)

- Hydraulic Press (Space, Thermogen, Titan Base, and Fortress build packs). The hydraulic press kills players on contact.

- Added warp gate particles to the editor as an asset.

- Fog volume asset can now be colored using an RGB selector.

- Cloud volume asset can now be colored using an RGB selector.

- Fixed an issue where colored fog appeared white in published maps but displayed correctly in the editor.

- Fixed an issue where the Tesla ball’s color did not update in published maps despite changes in the editor.

- Fixed an issue causing maps to be duplicated every time they were saved.

That's it for now, Guardians!! As always we hope you like this new update and please let us know what you think about the new features. 

See you in the frontlines and keep up with the bug killing!

And thank you very much for your continued support!

VirtualAge Games Team

• New: Vehicle skins! You can now buy custom skins for the Mech, Bike, Dropship and Tank with your hard earned crystals!
• Lobby UI Network Replicated: Now all the players can see which missions and sections the owner of the room is selecting in the lobby
• Minimap: You can now zoom and pan the minimap
• Added the new Queen killer powerup! it will spawn a special missile launcher that deals very high damage over a small area.
• You can now disable the AK20 projectile powerup
• Added 2 new map maker suits
• Added two ShotGun upgrades: Lvl 1: Increase damage, Lvl2: More bullets density on each shot
• Units now get extra shooting range when the player is on tactical view
• Added a hyperspace jump sequence whenever the player changes the planet in the galaxy
• Made robot units and enemy robot units more visible in dark environments
• Added an automatic reload research upgrade for the bow's explosive arrows
• Added the Federation Supporter Pack 1 and 2 DLC to the store!

• Teleport points: The last created teleport point will always have the greatest identifier and is displayed with a darker color in the minimap
• Teleport points: Now the teleport numbers will not change in the minimap when creating new or destroying the current ones.
• The vehicles now can only be repaired close to the armory but have more health and are more expensive
• Added a 5 seconds delay before the game owner can click the “back to lobby” or “play again” button, giving time to the other players to vote the map
• Banned the players from the current session if the owner kicks them out
• In squad mode, the revive button available in the score panel, is only available 30s after the player dies
• Added flyby sounds to robot shots
• Added a new destroyed effect to the reward boxes
• Added new block user feature. You can now block users and not receive invites from them.
• Made more clear when a player is offline/online on the join list
• Removed beeping sound when connecting to the server or disconnecting from it
• You can now disable the AK20 projectile powerup

• Fixed minerals not showing correctly in the ship customizer panel
• Fixed AirStrikes missiles colliding with invisible volumes
• Fixed units sometimes not obeying orders when multiple were selected
• Fixed AK2 stunt effect missing
• Fixed occlusion volumes blocking enemies detection
• Fixed ongoing games appearing in the wrong planets
• Fixed flames from the flamethrower bots displaying at random parts of the map when firing
• Fixed typo in the research panel
• Fixed bug portals making an annoying whooshing sound
• Fixed being able to repair units in squad mode even if you didn’t have enough minerals
• Fixed pagination of the current ongoing games breaking when clicking join from the social panel
• Disabled join game button if the player is in the main menu
• Fixed entering portals in a vehicle breaking the player controls
• Fixed droid weird movement when giving them multiple orders too fast
• Fixed tank not damaging enemies when running over them if the one driving was not the owner
• Fixed missiles colliding with the new bug spawn points invisible collider
• Fixed selecting a power up made you lose it even if you don’t use it
• Fixed drones shooting above flying enemies
• Fixed survival maps not being rated
• Fixed being able to upgrade units health infinitely
• Fixed sentinels shooting through a specific wall in Zephyr Core
• Fixed weird badge appearing sometimes
• Fixed being able to recycle enemy structures if you were the room creator
• Fixed game stuck in the loading screen if the map you were trying to join filled up in the process
• Fixed content download panel progress text not being clear.
• Fixed Titan pack door asset buttons
• Fixed if a player joins a game that is being played the nests become impassable even when destroyed.
• Fixed Space doors get detected as a group by occlusion volumes (set to detect groups only)
• Fixed some cases where an error in the game would reset the sound preferences on start.
• Fixed defensive waves not working with spawn restrictors
• Fixed overmind attack on the domination map named Zephyr shield on planet Zephyr but it’s in fact Planetary shield
• Fixed any map from the creator profile would give galaxy influence and rp if accessed from a planet.
• Fixed a case where the game would not show the research button
• Fixed when placing a reward chest with an armory, when shot, it deploys an artillery gun instead
• Fixed sometimes when you are in a lobby and go inventory-players-inventory-players it always adds one row of player
• Fixed being able to recycle the queen when it’s captured
• Fixed “enabled” toggle always visible in the research panel
• Fixed flying insect lvl 2 toggle not unlocking on the firing range panel
• Fixed bug tunnels explosions not having spatialization
• Fixed doors not blocking sentinel rays after opening once
• Fixed PCVR spectator camera showing part of the helmet sometimes

• Added new colored basic pieces to the map editor
• Added new metal colored basic pieces to the map editor
• Added new fog volume to the map editor that controls areas where fog will appear in the map
• Added new ancient assets, such as stairs and flipped stairs, round tunnel and large buildings
• Added new big ancient door
• Added timed doors that do not close
• Added doors that only open if all the nests inside the assigned volume are destroyed
• Added new nest activating volume. The enemies will only spawn from the nests inside the volume if a player is also inside it.
• You can now change the steam color
• Added new lighting settings to control sun color and ambient color (sun direction coming in the next beta)
• Fixed sometimes editor menu not showing the correct options when editing a loot crate
• Fixed fog and ambiental color values not being recovered by the editor
• Fixed snapshot sound not going through the sound mixer
• Added a “Preview Final Light” setting in Editor so Quest3 can see how the map looks with shadows.
• Added new industrial pieces.
• And finally, a long requested one by our map makers.. Added static models of all units in the game!

• The Queen: The Federation has found a new enemy on a remote planet, known as 'the Queen' because of her big size. This enemy has weak points that should be targeted for a quick death (head and tail), attacking other areas will take considerably longer
• Bug’s Nydus Tunnels: The enemy has now built its own portals! They can navigate using these portals, from an entrance to an exit. These entrances and exits can be destroyed with explosives, but they regenerate. To permanently destroy the tunnel, you must destroy both the entrance and exit.
• Support The Game: A new control panel in the spaceship allows you to support the developers by purchasing a package of interesting items (research point, minerals, and exclusive avatars). While this is completely optional, the developers will be very grateful for any support, as it helps sustain the game's development
• 18 New Weapon Skins!
• Black Energy Sword Skin
• Conquer Mode Time Limit: Map makers can now set a time limit for their Conquer maps. If the Guardians fail to win before this time runs out, they lose the game.
• Squad only maps. Map makers can now configure the missions to be Squad mode only.
• Medic Gun research. On the research panel, there's a new upgrade to the Medic Gun to double its capacity.
• New PvP Accolades. Additional achievements have been added for PvP to help push this game mode (Win 5 PvP games, Kill 10 players in PvP, Win a supremacy game, Win a deathmatch game, Win a team Deathmatch game, Win a Destroy the Gate game).
• New Squad Mode Accolade: Win a Squad mode game.

• Two new volume selectors have been added to the settings menu: Weapon's volume and Voice Chat Volume.
• Friend lists are now stored on our servers to make sure they aren’t lost anymore when reinstalling the game or the progress from another account.
• The Arack and the Queen are now available in Hangar to practice in the spaceship hangar.
• Revive from player list: You can now revive other players directly from the player list menu, and when reviving the players, they will respawn at a player spawn point.
• Added an option to reset the local progress on steam.

• Fixed being able to exchange magazines from other weapons endlessly increasing the bullet count.
• Falling off the map in squad mode now will just respawn the player without killing them.
• Teleport would stop working sometimes due to the angle between the player and the landing spot.
• Fixed being able to get into some places with teleport locomotion
• Fixed a rare issue where the galaxy conquest was shown as completed, causing the player to lose all their influence points in that galaxy.
• Fixed an issue where the game occasionally failed to give the avatar at the end of the galaxy conquest if the player hadn't opened the galaxy tab and pressed Start.
• Fixed pressing joystick while having a mission selected would make the game fail to load that map correctly
• Fixed the Arack behaving incorrectly when dying while burrowing.
• Fixed Arack sounds not being affected by the volume controls.
• Fixed some cases where editor asset groups would not count towards the total asset number.

• Standalone Enemy Spawner Volume: You can now add a volume that spawns the configured enemies when a player enters the volume.
• Wave Tags: In Conquer games you can now tag any wave as defensive wave so any player attacking a nest will trigger this wave instead of the standard 2 Arthos defensive wave.
• Added 10 new skyboxes in the map editor (they will be replaced with the winners on Discord)

• Weapon skins: You can now use your hard earned crystals to customize the appearance of your weapons. Select from over 40 new weapon skins!
• Achievements: In this update we are finally adding a way to challenge your Guardian skills, and of course brag about it. Be the first Guardian to conquer them all!
• Map maker avatars: Map makers can now unlock these exclusive avatars by creating 5 and 15 diamond maps!

• Joining mid-game in conquer games now spawns the player at the spawn balls instead of the game start position
• Improved the planet influence visualization to show both the Guardian and Bug influence. This makes it much easier to see when the bugs are about to capture a planet.
• Improved the body IK of the Guardian avatar.
• Two teleport points are now free of supply when the Max Supply is lower than 10. E.g. Galaxy Planets with restrictions will still allow you to spawn 2 additional teleport points when your army is maxed out. Improved the grip logic in the Valve Index headsets.
• Added new setting to enable the joystick to rotate spawned units instead of the wrist

• Fixed the energy shield not killing the larvae.
• Fixed mineral collectors gathering more minerals than available at the mineral spot.
• Fixed the tactical view not resetting the height when the player died.
• Fixed turrets leaving sometimes invisible colliders after being destroyed.
• Fixed the respawn title disappearing during the respawn process sometimes.
• Fixed weapons colliding with the water planes.
• Fixed units sometimes would be hard to spawn in some editor pieces like rocks or stones.
• Fixed skins claimed in galaxy conquest not unlocking sometimes.
• Fixed several edge case exceptions causing performance issues.
• Fixed having to buy the AK20 every time you logged in.
• Fixed the scope on the sniper rifle stops working during the game.
• Fixed picking up an Ak9 from a reward box seems to cause problems if you already have Ak9’s in your weapon’s slots.
• Fixed the timer resetting to 00:00 after one hour of being in the map.
• Fixed the AK20 lid not closing in some cases.
• Fixed the galaxy state not resetting sometimes.
• Fixed people joining an ongoing game in the Perovskite mountains getting killed during the first seconds.
• Fixed several collider and navmesh issues in Thermogen.
• Fixed if you go to join a private game, and you get the session full error (or even just cancel join) you will be prompted for that password on every menu change and panel selection until you play a different game.
• Fixed if I press "Join Game" from a friend, but the friend is currently playing "offline" the game would get stuck in a loop.
• Fixed Quest3 and PC not applying the global illumination correction in some maps making them much darker than they should.
• Squad: Fixed the player can still take teleporter when dead and return their body to a place where a living player can revive. We used this to overcome ridiculously difficult spots like 6 sentinels some of which were firing in 0.2 seconds after taking damage.
• Squad: Fixed the ending reward screen seemed to cap at reporting 32 influence for the team.

• Scorpions in Desert Protect will not show up until stage 4.
• Removed bosses from the top left door in Outpost.
• Added a bit more minerals per second in the campaign.

• Spawn point restrictors: A long requested feature from our map makers, you can now place regular spawn balls next to a Nest and they will override those nest’s spawn points. This allows you to change the location of the spawn point and set restrictors like “only bosses” to spawn from that nest.
• Portals for players and units! You can now add teleport pads and connect them with a group id exactly like the occlusion volumes. When connected those portals will instantly teleport a player or any unit that enters the pad to the other end.
• Repairable walls: You can now place repairable walls in your maps that will block the movement of any Guardian or Bug unit. The bugs will target and destroy the walls and be able to go through them once they are destroyed. You can repair the walls at any time, even if they are destroyed.
• Custom damage and hp multipliers: you can now set very high or low damage and hp multipliers, to create super strong bugs. The bugs that are above 300% hp or damage will show up with a black skin and 20% bigger than regular bugs.
• Added option to disable the collision of water assets so you can disable skying after landing on them with the jetpack.
• Added a new water color picker!
• Added the Cannon and the SAMs as corrupted standalone units (like the sentinels).
• Added a new setting to kill volumes that will only kill players.
• Added option to select the type of dropship supplies (e.g. only weapons, only units, etc. )
• Added an option to instantly teleport dropship supplies to the drop point, very useful in interior maps
• Survival: Added option to always use the regular spawn selection instead of the closest one
• Fixed navigation issues in some buildings from the industrial pack
• Fixed reward Boxes won't show the AK20 as an option

• Quick Re-connect system: If you get disconnected during the game you can now quickly rejoin and recover all your units and score you had before disconnecting. To do it just press "Re-Join" in the disconnected from server pop-up. We are still investigating the cause of the disconnects, but at least this feature should reduce the impact if they happen.
• Squad mode bonus: Playing in Squad mode now provides x2 more influence and research points to compensate for the extra difficulty.
• Crystal door locks are now multiplied by x1.5 for each player. So a door that needs 100 crystals to open with one player, with two players will need 150.
• (Editor) Survival: Added option to kill all bugs when ending the current stage (map editor)
• Added a new Galaxy Avatar

• Improved the AK6 recoil
• Reduced the size of the info panel that shows up when a player has bad connection with the host and also removed it after a few seconds.
• (Editor) Changed procedural paint so it only uses 2 layers for ground and 1 for outlines
• Improved performance of the new AK20 model
• Capulue locomotion (beta): Improved several cases where capsule locomotion was not working like the current locomotion
• Increased the HP of the first base in Nebula Mountains

• Fixed survival games with bosses not spawning any enemies.
• Fixed the pop up that shows up after reinstalling the game not restoring the progress, forcing the player to do a manual restore.
• Fixed the network replication of weapons when grabbing them with two hands.
• Fixed losing your friends list after restoring a game (sorry!)
• Fixed weird collision issue with the AK20
• Fixed the respawn timer in squad mode not working correctly.
• Fixed non-hosts not being able to protect themselves from bug bomgs using the energy shield
• Fixed a few errors that would potentially create disconnections from the server
• Fixed players joining in-progress domination games not being able to capture a gate
• Fixed in-progress games appearing as "game ended" in some domination games.
• Fixed the galaxy appearing all blue sometimes
• Fixed a case where the avatars would glitch and appear to float in the air.
• Fixed navmesh issue in Perovskite

Graphics Improvements

• Improved Decorations: We improved the decorations of all 13 campaign levels with extra vegetation, rocks, plants, decals, small props, etc.
• Better reflections: Water now has special shaders that provide environment reflections and shorelines which gives it a much more natural look.
• Improved ground shaders: All campaign and community levels now have custom PBR shaders and new textures which allow us for example to create specular reflections on the floor for greater realism.
• Environmental Effects: We added dust effects, snow effects, volumetric fog, local dimming volumes (with automatic flashlights), and rain to different levels in the campaign.
• Anisotropic filtering: Ground textures now have higher anisotropic filtering values to improve texture visualization at low angles which improves the terrain fidelity.
• Metallic shaders: Created new metallic shaders that improve the scene realism over the standard Unity shader/reflection spheres.

• Realtime shadows: We added real-time shadows and automatic ambient lighting adjustments to all community maps.

• We have added tri-planar shaders that auto-activate when players stretch assets too much along an axis.
• Cliffs now have special shaders that increase the texture resolution when the player gets close to them.
• Water planes have now tri-planar mapping, so they keep the same wave size independently of the mesh size.

• Guardians have to conquer all planets in less than 21 days to Win.
• A counter with the days remaining will be displayed on the Galaxy tab.
• New players will only need 100 influence points to get the reward (as they usually play on normal or hard).
• Advanced players (>Master) will need 250 influence points (as it is now)
• If Guardians don't win, nobody will get the reward of that Galaxy.

• Join friend: You can now automatically join a friend’s game from the friends panel!
• Custom Messages: Also send them messages even if they are offline.

• Added the possibility to procedurally activate effects such as dust, snow, and rain in all community maps. The game automatically places those effects on the map at runtime and controls their activation when the player is nearby.

• Mineral Collector LvL1: Extra HP
• Mineral Collector LvL2: Extra Collection speed
• New: Powerup - Double your unit HP for 2 minutes.

• We have added a powerful machine gun to the Guardian's arsenal. It has slightly more damage per bullet than the AK6 but fewer bullets per mag and a bit less recoil.

• Added two new galaxy avatars:

• You can now find information about the bug race on the computer screens of the main menu.

• Added tooltips when selecting a conquered planet to explain which planets are available to attack.
• New Improved spaceship hero props with much higher polycounts and details.
• We now automatically remove the dying effect after a few seconds.
• Capsule locomotion (beta): We are working on a new locomotion system that will let you fall off ledges. You can try it by going to the settings menu > controls and -enabling capsule locomotion.

• New Asset pack! Industrial Assets: This pack comes with 60 new assets to create factories and perovskite refineries. Enjoy!

• Color picker: We added a new color picker tool to make it easier to select colors.
• Fog and Light color: Added the possibility to change the fog and light color of the scene.
• Adjust warpgate HP option: You can now change the default HP value of the warp gate in any game modes.
• Crystal door lock: Added a new lock option that allows you to lock doors by number of crystals.
• Procedural vegetation: Map makers can now also enable procedural vegetation in their maps. When they do it the game automatically generates small vegetation on the map depending on the map’s biome (4 biomes).
• Procedural Terrain painter: Automatically paints the terrain creating “shorelines” around any rocks or editor pieces for more natural transitions.

• Fixed some cases where it was still possible to go through doors with teleport locomotion.
• Fixed shotgun can go above 5 rounds if you pump it before firing.
• Fixed joining domination games mid game would not let you capture bases.
• Fixed the multitool getting stuck sometimes.
• Fixed calibration screen not going away
• Fixed not being able to shoot through the ship in the Nebula Mountains.
• Fixed in Conquer games if you had the tactical view active and pressed start the player would appear below ground.
• Fixed Survival not spawning enemies using the two closest spawn points when the spawn type was set to “even”
• Fixed the Cannon tower not working well in multiplayer games sometimes.
• Fixed the miner not having the correct rotation and moving sometimes
• Fixed when joining other players in Snow Rescue their arms would appear glitched
• Fixed LOD issues on some rocks
• Fixed when claiming a galaxy reward the name of the avatar was not correct.
• Fixed the editor not counting the number of items correctly when duplicating assets.

• You can now claim the galaxy mission rewards in the lobby even if you are not the host, no need to go back to the main menu anymore!
• Improved the saved game recovery system so we can change the save game in the backend and then players automatically get a notification to restore it
• The warpgate teleport upgrade is now disabled on maps that don't allow teleport points.
• Added a new tooltip to the Galaxy side missions explaining that they also contribute to influence points.
• Added a new editor Text Feedback Asset with a discord link so map makers can put it in their maps for additional feedback.
• Added a new system to download asset packs in-game. For now we just applied this to the bug lair assets, but we plan to add more if it works well.
• Disabled mushrooms by default on all maps, but added a new switch in the map editor to enable them if the map maker wants to.
• Added helper in snow rescue explaining how to open the arms to increase lift

• Players now automatically drop the key when they die.
• The key resets position to where first spawned if the player dies because of height limits.
• Added distance grab to the key. You can now easily grab the key even if it's floating above or below you.
• Fixed if the player holding the key leaves the room the key became ungrabbable
• Made it much harder to glitch through the door when is closed
• Added an option to the editor to make doors that never close

• The Air Strike is now much more powerful and destroys nests lvl2 even with the energy shield active.
• Reward boxes with 500 minerals in custom maps will not count towards adding player experience to avoid cheating.
• Reduced melee damage on lvl2 spawners.
• Added limitations to larvae spawn rates on Easy and Normal to make maps accessible to new players.

• 50 bugs on insane difficulty
• 25 bugs on hard difficulty
• 15 bugs on normal difficulty

• The player has to play more than 3 minutes to rate a map.
• Changed the top rated and featured sections to update every day with a random list.
• Changed how the ratings calculation works so potential initial negative ratings weigh less than the subsequent positive ratings.
• We now recover the difficulty at which the player rated the map, we will make this information available to the map maker in the next update.

• 3.5-4 = Bronze
• 4-4.5 = Silver
• >4.5 = Gold
• At 25 votes, if rating > 4.5 = Platinum
• At 50 votes, if rating > 4.5 = Diamond

• Fixed Mushrooms blinding players for an entire match if killed right after they spawned
• Fixed being able to change the difficulty in the play again panel on single difficulty maps
• Fixed some cases where larvae didn't have enough spots to spawn a nest creating disconnects from the server
• Fixed double damage doesn't reset in the Bow, Shotgun and Missile launcher
• Fixed an issue where if a player didn't claim the galaxy reward before the next galaxy started he would lose the reward
• Fixed reward boxes giving red swords if the host had the red sword
• Fixed In Zephyr temple there’s a ramp that is partly unwalkable
• Improved fire performance of the dragons.

• Fixed damage over time not working on clients when playing from the editor
• Fixed if you leave an occlusion volume (1 / detect groups only) and enter occlusion volume (2 / detect groups only) Through an occlusion trigger (1) Will result in: occlusion volume (2) not loading grouped assets.
• Fixed Pico players with chinese keyboards not being able to publish maps
• Fixed fire not getting hidden by occlusion volumes
• Fixed fire killing the player in the editor
• Fixed the warpgates getting included in box selection grouping

• Added a new tooltip to indicate the mushroom's weak spot location
• Editor: The Turn gravity On/Off setting now saves across sessions
• Editor: Disabled physical push buttons
• Editor: It is now possible to clone enemy spawn balls with their settings
• Editor: Added hexagon and triangle glass assets

• Removed Mushrooms from Thermogen
• Reduced dragonfly's hp to 500, like the old dragon
• Reduced max invisibility powerups to 1 vs 3 before

• Fixed Payload and Escort maps not working sometimes due some specific wave/spawn point configurations.
• Fixed certified map makers not being able to edit galaxy maps
• Fixed enemies in the minimap not disappearing sometimes
• Fixed aquired guns, even when picked up by shooting, can be lost if enter tac mode with it.
• Fixed the energy blade glitching in the final stage of Nebual Mountains
• Fixed energy blade triggering a lunge attack sometimes after using snapturn
• Fixed when games are set to limited weapons, the non-host players spawn in without their weapons. The game must be started then reset for the weapons to appear.
• Fixed the game not giving the new galaxy avatars
• Fixed text assets not hidden when inside occlusion volumes
• Fixed the galaxy dashboard not working in some cases where the previous galaxy info was empty
• Fixed killvolumes carving a hole in the navmesh when they are configured to do damage over time
• Fixed text assets crashing the game if the text was too long
• Fixed text assets not showing up in the map's thumbnail
• Fixed allied units turning against the player when they were sent to a mushroom (who can blame them lol)
• Fixed hangar skins not being restored
• Fixed mushrooms doing damage for the reminder of the game if you died from them and respawned before 2s
• Fixed non-host players getting stuck in the loading screen sometimes in maps with dimming volumes
• Fixed the multitool getting stuck if you grabbed it while having a magazine in your hand
• Fixed the powerups screen showing an empty page
• Fixed Booster making reloading sounds when aiming down
• Fixed editor map templates not showing up in the list
• Fixed editor sphere colliders when scaling them in one axis
• Fixed several editor asset collider issues

New Enemies

• Mushroom: This new defensive structure releases a toxic gas around it that damages you and your units. To kill it you’ll need to get close and shoot at the bright point below the mushroom’s head. Map makers can also place this asset in their maps as a standalone unit.

• Dragonfly: We replaced the old Dragon unit for a Dragonfly, it has a bit more hp than the old Dragon but the same ranged attacks and fits much better with the Bug faction. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39698554/d129e27f73bdf87539a23365e12a2ba760da490d.png

Inventory Power-ups

• Mind control barrel
• Indestructible Warp gate (during 30s)
• Double Damage (during 30s)
• Invisibility (during 30s)
• Energy Blade Blast (during 30s)
• Units damage boost (during 30s)

Tech tree

• Warp gate (LvL1): Upgrade the gate to a teleport point
• Med Gun (LvL1): Deals x2 more damage to enemies
• Sword (LvL3) Red sword: In addition to its fantastic red color, the lvl3 blade can cut through multiple enemies with a single strike

Other improvements:

• You can now change loadout in the level before pressing start.
• Added 3 new avatars as rewards for the galaxy conquest
• Updated maps section: Added a new section to browse recently updated maps to differentiate from recently published maps

Editor improvements:

• Asset Favorites: You can now group all your favorite assets under the same tab for quick access.
• Occlusion and Dimmer volumes with tags: We made it easier to define which volume goes with which trigger by adding numbered tags to them.
• New arrow indicators for the player spawn points.
• Added the map internal rating number to the map stats
• Added laser traps! You can change the frequency of activation from the editor.

• Replaced the cannon tower plasma cannon for the new fixed machine gun
• Added new Female Guardian as Galaxy reward (Military)
• Added the possibility of kicking players out in pvp games
• The game will automatically set the loadout if the map is restricted to 1 or 2 weapons. No need to change the loadout or own the weapons anymore!
• Added respawn button next to reset level button.
• Vive/Index: Added a new setting "Push the trackpad to rotate" to disable joystick press when using HTC Vive with index controllers.
• Improved alien shield destruction effect
• Improved team mates visualization in the mini map

• Galaxy Modifiers: Reduced overmind extra respawn from 15s to 3s
• Galaxy Modifiers: Increased price of units extra damage to 4500

• Fixed Bug bombs LvL2 not dying sometimes leaving some games stuck
• Fixed being able to buy structures on neutral and bug planets
• Fixed the game crashing sometimes when browsing community or galaxy maps.
• Fixed the game storing the team's influence as individual influence at the end of a galaxy game. We now show the influence added to the planet and the influence gained by the player in the final screen.
• Fixed the number of games in the planet screen not matching the game rows
• Fixed some maps not showing as included in the galaxy when checking this info in the mission tab
• Fixed weapon slot positioning not working correctly in the main menu
• Fixed Bhaptics not working with the AK4 and AK6
• Fixed Bhaptics switch turning off every time the game started
• Fixed out of memory crash when browsing the maps list in the editor section
• Fixed "show me online" not recording the state forcing the player to turn it on every time the game started
• Fixed the recently played and friends list not populating
• Fixed Mission maps overlapped side mission maps on Boreal
• Fixed navmesh issues in snow rescue
• Fixed Kills / Death ratio not working
• Fixed the kill volume only killing the host
• Fixed AK2 stun upgrade affecting all friendlies
• Fixed the siege tank projectile creating performance issues sometimes
• Fixed players joining domination games mid-way would see all bases captured and with 0 hp
• Fixed the map rating box doesn't show up if you are playing single player on any new map
• Fixed curing a player with low hp would not replicate the status to other players
• Fixed the main hand glitching after grabbing a weapon only held with the offhand
• Fixed Shotgun and Sniper bullet count bugged
• Fixed spawned ammo crates not disappearing when other players pressed the button
• Fixed being able to revive other players without 150 minerals

• Added two new Bright platforms
• Added two additional precision levels to the snap to grid
• Added performance warning when turning the flashlight on
• Added a "Clear" map description button
• Dimmer volumes now have the option auto-enable the flashlight when the player enters the volume
• Dimmer volumes now have the option to change the lighting. There are 5 levels, 1 dark to 5 bright
• Reduced the audio volume around fire and steam assets

• Fixed camera clipping in precision mode
• Fixed undo button not working correctly after moving objects when in precision mode
• Fixed the overmind collection rate dropping back to ' 1 ' every time I revisit a map to update it
• Fixed "Lock all objects" not working correctly
• Fixed "Lock all objects" temporarily moving locked group objects
• Fixed the path hint object breaking escort maps
• Fixed the medic gun not showing up in the reward box list
• Fixed dimming volumes not working with default lighting
• Fixed reset level not working the first time you played from the editor
• Fixed biome filter not initializing
• Fixed space asset "floor 07" missing one face
• Fixed some fortress assets colliders

• Tank: a heavily armored two-seater vehicle that will crush any bug force in its path.
• Hover bike: a light and very fast armored vehicle

• Medic Gun: The medic gun can drain hp from enemies and use it to repair or cure the player or other units. It can also revive fallen guardians with its projectile.

• Scorpio LvL2: Very fast and light unit with high rate of fire but relatively low range. Kill them as soon as you see them!

• Bow L1: Explosive Arrows
• Bow L2: Teleport Arrow
• Sniper AK8 L1: +2 bullets
• Sniper AK8 L2: Bullet (damages up to five units in a row)
• Drone L2: Repair Drone (automatically repairs nearby units)
• Mine L1: Smart trigger (it only fires against enemies)
• Mine L2: +30% damage

• Added 5 new female avatars!
• Added a new Red Guardian as a galaxy reward

• Planet Modifiers: We have added planet modifiers that Guardians and Bugs can buy. Modifiers are lost when the opposing faction conquers the planet.
• Top Contributors: You can now check who are the top contributors to each planet and the whole galaxy.
• News report: Added a new section to show the latest news from the front.

• Head lights: Map makers can now enable headlights in some maps. Beware that the lights have a performance cost, so please only use it in simple maps.
• Friends lists: We added a "social" tab where you can see all the friends you added in game. To add a friend you can do it from the scoreboard tab in the multitool menu, or from the last played list.
• Added a new "friends only" filter to the join games list.
• Added a "Last played" list in the Social tab.
• Avatars now launch auto calibration when selecting them in the mirror.
• Teleport points are now numbered in the minimap
• Added new text notifying the map maker that they need to win the map to publish it.
• Improved STEAM Haptics: this should fix the index controllers issue losing tracking sometimes.
• The dropship can now move backwards in hover mode
• Improved the network position smoothing of the tank and mech
• Added a galaxy badge icon to the editor maps list so you know which of your maps are part of the galaxy
• Added a hover bike to Snow Hill and Tank to Snow Rescue
• Added German localization
• Added additional map info in the mission tab: the map creator, current difficulty and if the map is part of the galaxy.

• Added 63 new assets to create creepy bug lairs and hideouts!

• The new biome comes with new effects like fire, 4 new skyboxes and new cliffs and lava pools to decorate your maps.

• Added per unit restrictors to the enemy spawn points. You can now select which enemies can spawn from where.
• Added a new setting for Occlusion Volumes that, instead of selecting all the assets inside the volume, will only select object groups. This gives you much more precision over what needs to hide.
• Improved textures for the Space Biome
• Box Selection (left trigger rotates the box): Use it to create prefabs.
• Added new Local dimming volumes. They are very useful for creating dark environments.
• Added negative button to the scale keyboard
• Supremacy: Added a new setting to configure the time to win.
• Conquer: Added a new setting to define how many of the extra spawners are LvL2 Spawners at the start of the game(only in hard and insane).
• Mission brief proposal (BETA): We made a small experiment with ChatGPT :) it will automatically propose mission briefs every time you click "generate". Still needs work but shows a lot of promise!
• Added 8 new items to the Thermogen pack
• Improved asteroid colliders

• Fixed changing the difficulty when playing the same level again would not synchronize the difficulty to all players
• Escort: Fixed the miner would stop moving if any client used the gravity gun on it.
• Escort: Fixed players joining mid game would potentially break the game.
• Fixed not being able to press "add to slot" from edit loadout before entering a map with weapon limitations.
• Fixed destroyed vehicles getting the hands stuck.
• Fixed not being able to recycle your vehicles after someone else used them.
• Fixed arrows and decals having collision enabled.
• Fixed the language selector does not change the ui sometimes.
• Fixed the Ship Customizer sometimes not unlocking the skin.
• Fixed after priming the grenade and throwing it, it just sometimes disappears and doesn’t detonate.
• Fixed join game list not working sometimes.
• Fixed Auto-Difficulty multipliers in community maps. Now the game adds hp and damage multipliers to the base difficulty instead of replacing them.
• Fixed firing the energy shield would kill the miner sometimes
• Fixed BHaptics affecting the vest in every gunshot.
• Fixed mind control grenades not working against scorpios in the lobby
• Fixed the reactor in Snow hill is hard to repair
• Fixed invisible walkways blocking sunlight in the editor
• Fixed colliders of several column assets
• Fixed bot count incorrect in the game start panel sometimes
• Fixed if you do an individual hp upgrade then an armory upgrade afterwards, the individual upgrade goes away.
• Fixed the mech would keep firing if you teleported out of it while firing with one hand
• Fixed community maps browser left menu highlights
• Fixed two players jumping into a vehicle at the same time would break the vehicle
• Fixed AK5 robots not destroying their weapons correctly
• Fixed Guardian units not despawning from the lobby
• Fixed frame drops when grabbing dropship boxes in the editor
• Fixed arrows not being able to hit enemies inside the warpgate

FULL PATCH NOTES:

• Upgraded visuals on all campaign levels
• New Spaceship (the main menu and lobby)
• Spaceship customizer
• New Guardian avatars
• Improved weapon impacts and sfx
• Improved unit and structures visuals
• New Fortress Asset pack for the Editor with over 60 new assets
• New Bright Base asset pack for the Editor with over 20 new assets
• Improved performance

• Increased the max number of players in PvP games to 8 !
• New Supremacy Game mode (A.k.a Domination PvP)! In this game mode there are 4 warp gates to capture and two teams. The team that first captures all gates for 10s wins the match. If no team is able to capture the 4 gates when the game ends, the team that has more points wins. You get 1 point per captured gate every 10s.
• Bots! We added a first version of Player bots that can use player weapons, spawn units, capture gates, deploy the energy shield, etc. They are admittedly … not very smart atm, but they are already good enough to have fun with them while you wait for other players to join 😄
• Easy get-in/out of games: It is now possible to join a pvp game in progress. If the “allow bots” setting is enabled, the game will automatically add/remove bots to maintain the max number of players defined in that map.
• New Maps showcasing the new modes and improvements.
• Lost in the mist (8 players Supremacy/DM/TDM)
• Crashed (8 players Destroy the base/DM/TDM)

• New Drivable DropShip : Jump into the dropship and fly it !
• You can also transport your team into the cargo bay of the ship.
• Added the option to spawn a drivable mech and a drivable dropship right from the contextual menu in PvP games. No armory needed!

• New weapon! AK4 Submachine gun.
• Added a new option to use teleport as a locomotion system for people prone to motion sickness. Enabling it will disable the jetpack.
• Added ambidextrous charging handles to all weapons.
• The initial weapon AK5 has now the holographic sight by default.
• You can now change your loadout in the lobby! no need to go back to the main menu
• Added the ability to revive and heal other players! To do it just select the player you want to revive/heal and press the corresponding button like you would with any other unit.
• Push to talk now works by pressing the trigger with the secondary hand next to your mouth or ear.
• Added dynamic tips to the loading screen.
• Added a new Difficulty selector when pressing the “Play Again” button
• Enemies now always run on normal difficulty
• Random weapon rewards will give you weapons that are not on the current loadout (vs not bought before)
• The Miner has now health x2
• Improved the player avatar/bots performance
• Added footsteps sounds to the Drivable mech
• Several improvements to the current translations (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish)
• Updated the web to check the scoreboards of the game : http://virtualage.io/guardians-scoreboard
• Added limit to 10 larvas in Conquer and they will only spawn nests in an active mineral spot
• Improved Beacon visualization at the game : they are now more visible and with an icon that can be seen even through other objects
• Changed teleport points supply to 2 from 0 before
• Increased the techtree Lvl1 for AK5 to 5 bullets (instead of 2)

• Added 75 new assets to the editor:
• Fog controls: We added a new setting to control the amount of fog in the scene.
• Custom Landscapes: We added two new background landscapes and controls to define their size and height.
• Added Special items section to group Spawn balls, navvolumes, etc.
• Enabled up to 8 players on pvp community maps
• Added sphere overlay to alien nests. It will show you the approximate area needed by a L2 nest.
• Added a setting to completely disable corruptors in “conquer” maps.
• Supremacy: Added the option to define the number of gates to capture in a supremacy game mode (from 1-4)
• Added the possibility to add additional spawn points on Supremacy and Destroy game modes.
• New terrain sizes: Added two additional (bigger) terrain sizes. Bear in mind that the polygon limits are the same in all map sizes.

• Public/Private Co-op lobbies! In the new lobby we added the possibility to switch between PvP and Co-op lobby, and create private lobbies. Now you can keep your squad together while you jump from mission to mission and it’s much easier to switch between co-op and pvp too.
• New game mode! Domination: In this new game mode you need to capture all 4 warp gates and then survive for 2 minutes while the aliens keep attacking you. You lose if you lose all 4 warp gates. This new game mode is also available at the map editor. To capture the base, push the button next to it with your weapon.
• New map! Snow Rescue (last map of Boreal). This is our most epic and badass map yet :P You’ll have to clean all the enemies while you descend a giant mountain slope, flying and even skiing with the jetpack, and finally defending the 3 dropships while they evacuate the last personnel of the space port.
• Added the first map of Zephyr (the third planet)! “Zephyr shield”: This is our first official domination map and takes place on a planetary shield construction site. Control the 4 bases for 2 minutes to win.
• Added a new enemy in “Elimination” game mode (Snow Caves and Snow Rescue maps). This small larva spawns from the alien spawners and moves along the map to find the best location to create a new nest.
• New weapon! “Flamethrower” to burn all the enemies in seconds.
• New weapon “Sniper”, with an awesome sight with zoom and manual reloading
• New Army Limit: each player will have a limit on the number of “live” units and structures on the map, to prevent performance issues. By default set to 25. We also added this setting to the map editor so map makers can change it.
• Added a new crosshair to the PC non-VR version to help aiming, and made the weapon more visible.
• Improved performance in the refinery.
• New Spectator cam settings: added option to hide hud and hide player energy bars
• Added an experimental setting to configure the preferred reload method: SemiAutomatic or Manual. Manual is the Pop1 reload style and is only available for the AK5 and the Sniper.
• Added a new system to download “packaged maps” to the game (aka asset bundles in Unity). This will allow us to download Unity generated maps, with all its assets, lightning bakes, etc. as if they were community maps.

• The AK5 scope has been improved, we inverted the cross and the point so it’s easier to aim.
• Added Arthromahre bosses in the waves of the first map (Refinery) in insane difficulty.
• Improved Refinery map shadows on Quest.
• When you open the PvP menu for the first time, it enables the “show me available for pvp games” setting by default.
• Improved the control of nest spawning rate, to make it more random
• Reduced the shotgun spread from 15 to 10 degrees.
• Removed the invisible cube inside the warpgate, so now it’s easier to shoot through it. Yes, finally! :)
• Changed the projectiles of the Tank, and they are now more powerful. The projectiles explode when they hit an enemy, and also kills other enemies that are close to that enemy

• Fixed community maps were not fully listed in the tab of “All maps” in some conditions.
• Fixed community maps were not loading in some conditions (mainly after returning to the game when the headset was been in stand-by mode for some minutes)
• FIXES:
• Fixed Teleport points disappearing on the minimap sometimes.
• Fixed the “Return to lobby” button in PvP maps was shown as return to editor.
• Fixed a button was showing “Back to Lobby” in a single player game.
• Fixed sometimes 2 lobbies would show up in the PvP tab when loading
• Fixed the score not being saved if you played a co-op game with only 1 player, and was not even showing the scoreboard panel.
• Fixed if the lobby owner leaves the lobby no one else can operate the panels.
• Fixed some sounds were not controlled by the volume settings.
• Fixed the lobby was not working if you started it from the panel at the end of a game
• Fixed when you open/close the menu with dual blades, one blade disappears and the player holds the left blade with both hands.
• Fixed the Push-to-talk setting was not being saved.
• Fixed the FX of the energy blade was too loud.

• New biome available! You can now create maps with the Zephyr biome. Yes, we have water too! :D
• New editor tool to allow you make holes in the terrain (very useful to create caves and tunnels)
• New option to allow you clone a map.
• New spawn restrictor to only allow enemies that can fire from far (OnlyRanged enemies)
• Added Power-up crates that can be configured to give a specific reward (weapons, minerals, units,...)
• Added Forbidden spawn area, to create areas were players cannot spawn new units / structures
• Added Kill volume. When a player enters to inside this area it will die and respawn
• Added Invisible Wall. It is an area that enemies and players won’t be able to cross
• Added Symmetric bridge
• Added Bridge section
• Added Cubes with the same textures on all sides.
• Added Hollow tube asset with hexagonal base
• Added Spiral, C shape, and triangle shape

• Fixed when a map was saved in the Steam PC version, it lost the wave configuration in some conditions
• Fixed editor crashes when loading Snow biome complex maps.
• Improved the volumes collider when they are scaled very much
• Improved the collider detection of 3 assets

• Improved the performance when opening and closing the contextual menu.
• Added the possibility to snap-turn while using the jetpack.
• Added controller forward setting. This allows you to use the orientation of the controller as the movement forward, instead of the default camera forward.
• Added a setting for left-handed players to allow them to invert the joystick functions in the controllers (movement and snap/smooth turn)
• New cheat code to unlock the gravity gun. You will need to check the VRTrends magazine to know how! :P
• Added click sounds to the contextual menu in the map editor.

• Added a new community Protect map “Sanctum Hill” as an example for Protect maps.
• Added a new community PvP map “Facing Worlds” as an example for PvP space maps.
• Improvements in Frozen Lake PvP map: we slightly moved one base to protect it from being shot from afar. Also added colliders on the limits to avoid someone with jetpack getting to the other base jumping outside the map.

• Added the option to “Allow others to join” in community maps played in single player mode.
• Improved the performance of the community maps.
• Added the name of the map and the creator at the rating prompt (at the end of the game).
• Added dynamic lightning to SteamVR community maps. Shadows look much better now.
• Added a new feature in the community maps to set them as “Favorites”.
• Added filter in the creation panel to view all your favorite maps.

• Fixed several SnowHill locations to protect the player from falling inside rocks.
• Fixed community PvP maps not showing up in the Top and New sections. They also load much faster now.
• Fixed being able to teleport to enemy warp gates in PvP games
• Fixed grenades now blowing up explosive barrels.
• Fixed melee enemies not attacking the generator at the Outpost.

• Added biomes to the editor! now you can create Desert maps, Snow maps and Space maps, with specific assets for Desert and Snow maps (rocks, props, decoration, terrain textures, etc).
• The space biome right now re-uses most of the same assets as Desert, but with the terrain completely hidden so you get a nice “in orbit” feeling :D. We will add specific space assets in the next updates.
• Enabled the creation of “Protect the miner” maps! the type of maps that you follow the miner and it changes the location of the warp gate every stage. Each stage has its own drop ship and enemy spawn points.
• Added two new skyboxes for the new space biome.
• Added a new editor grid overlay. You can enable or disable it in the options menu (enabled by default)
• Added snap to grid and snap rotation options.
• Added the buttons to lock/unlock all objects in the map. This will only lock/unlock existing assets, it will not affect any new asset that you spawn after locking/unlocking.
• Added horizontal auto-align option to all objects. This was something that the towers already had, but we enabled it for the rest.
• Added a setting in enemy spawn point to configure the type of enemies to spawn : only terrestrial, only flyers, no bosses.
• Added quick-clone: it will clone the object on your hand by pressing trigger when grip is pressed. You need to enable this in the options menu (disabled by default) but makes placing grass or small items really fast :)
• Added a label with the number of polygons of each asset in the inventory tab when the button is selected.
• Added a new fail-safe to make sure gates, spawn points, etc. never disappear from the table.
• You can now add multiple dropship points to the maps.
• The “visible grid” and “reduce the speed when moving” inside the map are now enabled by default when opening the editor.
• Added 3 new red rocks for the desert biome.
• Added flat 2x2 concrete panel to make floors and walls.
• Improved the desert tree textures (added ambient occlusion)
• Added the satellite dish platform as a separate asset.

• Fixed: Closing the edit panel would still leave the panel visible for the multitool.
• Fixed creating a new map would still show the thumbnail from the previous one.
• Fixed hand was sometimes stuck when resizing objects.
• Fixed resizing would accidentally grab nearby items.
• Fixed resizing would still resize locked objects.
• Fixed contextual ui interfering with the ui pointer.
• Fixed the plant 3 was spawning the same asset as plant 2.
• Fixed terrain was not loading when editing the map after playing it.
• Fixed it was possible to resize objects even if they were blocked.
• Fixed the multitool pointer was colliding with the closed edit menu item.
• Fixed objects were grabbed when resizing and accidentally touching them.
• Fixed an error that any bosses enabled but the number to spawn set to 0.
• Fixed creating a new map would still show the thumbnail from the previous one.
• Fixed: plant 3 spawning with plant 2s graphic.