Solar Purge news & patch notes

v0.6.8.1

Bug Fixes & Minor Updates

• Updated Roadmap with New Lives System

• Updated News Block with New Lives System

• Fixed Roadmap return button logic

• Updated Credits

v0.6.8

General Updates & Fixes

New Lives System

• Extra Lives System is now in effect and applies to Campaign and Holochamber: Arcade

  • Starting lives is based on starting difficulty (Easy = 4, Brutal = 0)

    • Players will respawn even if all players are down, as long as there are lives remaining

    • If # of downed players is greater than the remaining # of lives, the earliest downed player(s) will be revived until there are no lives left

    • When all players are down and lives are at 0, that is considered a "Mission Failed" and players will be given the option to restart or exit the mission

    • Respawn countdown has been reduced from 10 seconds to 5

    • Player invulnerability time during respawn has been extended by 3 seconds

    • NOTE: Extra Lives are currently not managed by the save system. This functionality will be added in a later update

“New” Locations: Oterion Abandoned Colony & Oterion Wetlands

• Oterion’s first level was previously the longest level in the game by a large margin

• It has now been split into two unique levels: Abandoned Colony and Wetlands

• Colony runs from the Landing Pad to the Bridge

• Wetlands runs from the Bridge to the Lost City Gate

• Players can save their progress upon entering the Oterion Wetlands, and again when entering the Lost City

• Both levels will now load faster and run at a much improved framerate on all settings

• The expanded Data Module questgiver B3-L1-5L has been moved from the Colonial Security Center roof to the Survey Zone in the Wetlands level

Holochamber Arcade

• NEW: Holochamber Anomaly - Added variations to Wave 3 combat called "Anomalies" that will augment the enemy roster with the potential for enemies from other Holochambers to appear and in strange ways. The current Anomaly list is as follows:

  • Anomaly: Elite and Dangerous

  • Anomaly: Jailbreak

  • Anomaly: Entomania

  • Anomaly: Wilderness

  • Anomaly: Thermodynamics

  • Anomaly: Bomb-Voyage

  • Anomaly: Critter Chaos

• Updated Enemy spawning and Objective logic to scale based on the number of players (Single Player experience is largely unaffected)

  • Enemy spawn rate will now adapt to the number of active players (more players = faster spawning)

  • The progression rate of some Holochamber objectives will now adapt to the number of active players

  • Adjusted the base rate of progression during kill-based waves in Holochamber

  • Spawn delay during the defense phase of the Uplink Protocol increased from 1 second to 6 seconds to offset the dynamic spawn changes

  • Key Item drops during the Plunder Protocol now have a lifetime before self-destructing (30 seconds) and are now capped at 5 at a time. More will spawn as existing ones are captured or destroyed

• Oterion Holochamber: Added more enemy spawn sets

  • Swamp Crawler x5

  • Raptor x3, Knuckleface x3

• Reduced Progress Value multiplier of Heroic enemies from x2 to x1.5

• Added Extra Lives Kiosk (Cost: 1 Tessera) to Holochamber Starting Rooms

• Increased Hold time for the SP Respec Kiosk from 2 to 5 seconds

Snap Map: Ruins

• Art updates to various modules

• Future updates will contain more Art updates

Space Station

• Updated the post-Titus dialogue for Dr. Hadley with the correct character design art

• Updated Minimap selection on the System Map

• Players can now switch between missions on Oterion including new Boomtown level

Titus

• Added Underground minimaps

• Rebooting drills should now destroy any remaining enemies

Oterion Colony

• Major art and collision updates around the Military Zone

• This should help stop the player getting lost underneath the level art

• Future updates will better refine this area and update the minimap

• New enemy encounters

• Added new objective IDs (Oterion now has 5)

• New Vista at the Dam in the Landing Zone

• Moved B3-L1-5L to the Wetlands Survey Zone

• Added new camera zooms to the Warehouse District and the Bridge

• Updates will continue on art especially in Daedalus Tower and near the broken bridge

Oterion Wetlands

• Updated Hadley's dialogue to reflect the quest bot's new location

• Cleaned up Sector Trigger zones near the level start

• Added a new Oterion Wetlands loading screen

• New art, landmarks, and terrain updates throughout the level

• Updated B3-L1-5L’s location to the Survey zone

• New enemy encounters

• Art updates will continue especially around the AzTek Facility

Oterion Lost City

• Fixed a lighting error (that may not have affected players, but will no longer affect dev work)

UI

• Increased Player Join text size

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing player drop-ins to not receive XP after someone in the same slot dropped-out previously

• Fixed an issue causing Gameplay Modifiers to occasionally display incorrectly

• Improved the reliability of dynamic enemy spawning across all game modes

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Oterion Colony

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Halloween Update

• Spooky Season has Arrived!
• Find and Talk to Mr. Spooky and Scary Face on each planet in the Nova Genesis system
• Collect Sweets in the Campaign and Uncharted Sectors to trade for spooky seasonal loot on the Space Station
  • NEW Seasonal Assault Rifle Wolfman Mk. Awoo and Aztek Grenade Launcher Gun BOO
  • Collected Sweets are displayed in the Flyout Menu Character tab
• Fight NEW Skeleton Warriors from the undead realm
• Hang out with the Ghost Spyder pet in the Station
• Gain a seasonal pet follower Ghost Frog or Ghost Spyder
• Kick the guts out of the gourds in the Space Station with your friends
• Check out haunted maps throughout the Campaign both old and new!
• Haunted caches no longer contain Seasonal weapons, but now feature plasma and laser weapons!

Campaign Updates

• Spooky Season Has Arrived!
  • Mr. Spooky and Scary Face have haunted all Campaign levels
  • Check out the special seasonal event patch notes for more info!
• NEW Uncharted Sectors
• Travel to Uncharted Sectors in each non-boss Campaign Mission
• Fight high-level enemies while exploring three partially curated, partially generated levels
• Discover Unique Weapons you can Vault for use elsewhere in the Campaign!
• Currently the Ruined City is available in Early Access:
  • Accessed just past the entrance to the Lost City on Oterion Mission 2
  • (Later Uncharted Sectors will all be announced, but their entrances may be secret)
  • Battle new and evolving waves of enemies, including regular appearances by the Oterion Toad
  • Gather both Gate Keys and Cypher Keys to open each hidden corner of the map and locked weapon caches
  • Find powerful new Unique Weapons to take on the enhanced threat!
• Bug fixes and minor art / balance updates will continue, but the next Uncharted Sector is already moving into early testing!
• The addition of Uncharted Sectors should effectively double the total amount of content in the Campaign!

Skill System 2.0

• There were many character skill changes that we’ve always wanted to bring to the game, but weren't able to with the previous skill system logic - Upgrade Time!!!
• We are replacing the old logic with a brand new system planned to roll out over the next several updates
• The first major change coming to how skill cooldowns function.
• Skills can now modify their Charges (the number of uses for the Skill) and Recharge rate (cooldown) dynamically during gameplay!
• This change extends/will extend to other modifiers such as Weapon Perks, Player Skills, Player / Enemy Hits / Kills, etc.

Player Subsystem Overhaul

• Reworked the spawning and handling process of players in single and multiplayer sessions
• Players 2-4 can now press the pause button on controllers to join in during gameplay
• Players 2 and 3 can now drop out without requiring players 3 and 4 to drop out first
• Players will now spawn at Player 1's location rather than the average between players

NEW Weapons & Perks

• NEW Exotic: Chaos Theory (AR)
• NEW Exotic Perk : Grants energy to a random uncharged skill (on enemy hits and kills)
• NEW Weapon Perks: (These will roll on Nazuna weapons)
• Siphon - Regenerates skill energy when hitting enemies
• Reaper- Regenerates skill energy when killing enemies

NEW Skills

• NEW Assassin Skill: Heat Signature
• Vanish from sight and distract enemies with a holographic decoy

General Updates & Fixes

• Gameplay
• Emotes can no longer be played while in flyout menu or when player is dead
• Increased Max Vault Size from 20 to 30
• Weapon loot now has more physics impulses when spawning
• Cypher Key is now orange to reflect color in Flyout menu
• Holochamber Arcade
• Greatly increased the spawn frequency of enemies
• Changed the color of the SP Re-Spec Kiosk to not be confused with the SP purchase kiosk
• Removed duplicate Ruins Spawn Points (the pad used for launching the dungeon floor)
• Fixed an issue on Sentinel HC that could trap the player
• Fixed an issue preventing vault access when loading from a save file

• Weapons
• Nazuna DMR Suzumebachi updates:
  • Renamed the existing Suzumebachi to Suzumebachi Type 5
  • Created the new Suzumebachi Type 3:
    • Removed the Special Bonus Perk and reduced the rarity to Uncommon
    • This should adjust for the buff to the DMR’s raw damage output
    • The original sparrowwasp will return in future levels!
  • Simplified Nazuna’s naming convention: Type numbers are now firmly separated by both power and rarity levels:
    • e.g. Common SMG Kirin Type 1, Common Rocket Launcher Tatsumaki Type 2, Uncommon Combat Shotgun Arashi Type 3, etc.
    • Existing weapons in the player's Vault will be unaffected, creating a few very rare but totally cosmetic weapon names!

• Exotic Weapons
• Cherenkov's Glaive (DMR)
  • perk
    • References to "ions" has been replaced with "isotopes"
    • Increased isotope detonation damage from 6000 to 12000
    • Added bonus functionality: Each isotope detonated grants 2 energy for Support Skills
  • Replaced perk “Offense+” with “Support+”
• Caduceus (HG)
  • perk
    • Changed trigger condition from "on enemy hit" to "on enemy kill"
    • Health restoration increased from 5% to 10%
• Overwhelming Force (SMG)
  • perk
    • Added functionality: Kills grant a stacking Skill Regen Bonus for a short duration (up to 5 stacks, resets after a short break in firing)
    • Added bonus functionality: Kills refund 10 ammo to the magazine
• Judicator (GL)
  • Increased Reserve Magazines from 2 to 3
  • Reduced projectile travel distance from 150 to 50
  • Perk
    • Weapon details now represent airstrike damage and not impact damage
    • Increased airstrike damage by 87.5%
    • Airstrike radius is now displayed with a green outline
  • Replaced perk “Fully Loaded” with “Special Reaper”
• Fixed an issue causing Exotic weapons to not receive the sandbox tuning from a previous update
• Updated descriptions on some Exotic perks

• Character Classes
• Skills
• Remote Charge
  • Increased number of uses from 1 to 3
  • Increased cooldown time (from no energy to full) from 6 seconds to 15 seconds
  • Can no longer be force detonated by the player
• Plasma Blast
  • Increased cooldown from 5 seconds to 10 seconds
• Marked for Death
  • Increased cooldown duration of Heat Signature skill from 18 to 20 seconds
• Land Mine
  • Increased number of uses from 1 to 2
• Juggernaut Dome Plasma Shield will now protect against all AOE damage
• Removed Stryker Barrage Skill damage upgrades for level 2 and 3 (already being boosted by Offense Bonus stat)
• NEW Juggernaut Energy Drain VFX

• Enemies
• Increased the base HP of bosses to preserve their challenging gameplay in lieu of improved player capabilities
• Fixed frozen destructible meshes for Oterion enemies
• Overhaul to Infected Frog attack VFX
• Added purple variants to a few acid related AOE effects
• Prison Guard Bot now has a limb dismemberment chance on death
• NEW Enemy: Valtharix
  • A smaller version of the Oterion Boss
  • He cannot perform a stomp attack, but is more nimble than the larger version
  • Currently only to be found in the Lost City Uncharted Sector, but things could change

• UI
• Reworked Weapon Stat Comparison popup and moved back to the Local HUDs (Now shows DMG, Fire Rate, Reload Speed)
• Reworked Weapon pickup interact UI prompt (Now shows Weapon name, rarity, uniqueness, type, ammo classification and perks)
• Reworked Flyout Menu Weapon Stats (Now shows DMG, Fire Rate, Magazine Capacity, Fire Mode)
• Weapon Stats screen in Flyout Menu will also display Fire Mode
• Added new gradient textures and materials to local HUDs and flyout menu skills screen
• Added Offense, Support and Special headers in Skills flyout tab
• Updated gameplay tags for highlighting stats that have been modified by perks
• Current Weapon name color now matches rarity
• Perks now have a rarity color (Currently used by Exotic and Unique Perks)
• Increased perk icon size in Local HUDs and Item Interaction screen
• Disabled "OBJECTIVES" text on HUD

• Audio
• NEW SFX for Spike Traps
• NEW Prison Guard Bot VO

• Space Station
• Added a Maintenance Bot to the Engineering Pod
• Players lack authorization
• Centered the button under the warning sign - for safety
• Added a warning decal underneath the self-destruct button - for safety
• Slightly updated NPC pathing in the Engineering Pod to reduce collision
• Once a planet is completed, you can now select a sub mission from the Galaxy map UI

• Titus
• Site 4 Cavern Battery minimap marker now disappears on pickup

• Oterion Wetlands
• Updated the locked caches containing the old Suzumebachi with the new Type 3 model

• Oterion Lost City
• Added blocking volumes to prevent running through the wall near the Raptor encounter
• Updated art near the Uncharted Sector to match the Sector A Start
• Added kill volumes beneath an area in the Waterworks where some players could become permanently stuck. This will return anyone caught underneath back to the checkpoint at the Waterworks start
• Added a new blocking volume at the edge of the Waterworks pit to prevent players getting stuck outside the map
• All instances of the old Suzumebachi have been updated to the new Type 3 model
• Teleporters between the Uncharted Sector’s entrance, its exit & the mission start are available
• For the time being this is a service that will not require any payments to Jeffrys
• In unrelated news, the planning and development of the game’s long-term economy continues!

• Known Issues
• Fixes on the long-standing Rygar ice shore pebble material issue are underway! Currently only half of the debris renders as intended, but future updates should easily fix the other meshes!
• Some Skill Cooldown descriptions may not be displayed correctly in the Flyout Menu (Fix coming soon!)

Skill System 2.0

Uncharted Sectors 🧭

Audio Updates 🎧

UI Updates ▶️

New Weapons, Perks & Skills 🔫

In Development

• Work on the character progression, player economy, sandbox, and late-game systems continues.
• The new Uncharted Sector will be ready for public release soon!

Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Updates

• Gameplay
  • Healing Numbers from Player(s) and Enemies are now linked to the “Display Damage Numbers” option
  • Elite Medastia will now only leave 1 poison AOE after death
  • ”Reloading” sound effect has been reduced from 50% of playing to 10%
  • Fixed an issue where players could be forcibly returned to the Main Menu during gameplay in some circumstances

• UI
  • Fixed “Display Damage Numbers” option bug
  • Fixed “Display Player HP” option bug
  • Fixed “Display Damage Numbers” option bug
  • Fixed “Screen Resolution” option not saving correctly bug
  • Fixed “Screen Mode” option not working properly
  • Fixed bug where “Invite Friends” screen could be accessed from the Main Menu, but could not be closed with a controller input
  • ”Roadmap” screen can now be closed using “B” button on controller
  • ”Discord” screen can now be closed using “B” button on controller
  • Character skill previews can now be highlighted with the Right thumbstick on controller
  • Fixed XP gained appearing twice on screen
  • UI scale options will now save properly
  • Slider options now have a background box
  • Minor Main Menu visual updates
  • Credits Screen visual updates
  • New menu button animations
  • Pausing the game will now always switch to the default Pause Menu

• Lockjaw Mining
  • Updated Minimap to include Tram Station leading to the Cell Blocks mission

• Titus Surface
  • Added new Vista to Site 1 Old HQ Building
  • Sinkhole gameplay and art updates
  • Added armor to several military NPCs
  • Updated minimap with newer pathways from recent updates
  • Misc environment asset optimizations

• Titus Underground
  • Grubs by the underground river are once again aggroed - be careful on the bridge!

• Known Issues
  • Players 2 - 4 can currently switch to power weapons during the Lockjaw Prison levels during the Campaign. This is unintended behavior as power weapons and weapon switching are now unlocked at the beginning of Titus!

In Development

• New “Post-Campaign” System
• Travel to Uncharted Sectors in each non-boss Campaign Mission
• Fight high-level enemies while exploring three partially curated, partially generated levels
• Discover Unique Weapons you can Vault for use elsewhere in the Campaign!
• Currently the Ruined City is available in Early Access:
  • Accessed just past the entrance to the Lost City on Oterion Mission 2
  • (Later Uncharted Sectors will all be announced, but their entrances may be secret)
  • Battle new and evolving waves of enemies, including regular appearances by the Oterion Toad
  • Gather both Gate Keys and Cypher Keys to open each hidden corner of the map and locked weapon caches
  • Find powerful new Unique Weapons to take on the enhanced threat!
• Bug fixes and minor art / balance updates will continue, but the next Uncharted Sector is already in pre-production
• The addition of Uncharted Sectors should effectively double the total amount of content in the Campaign!
• News on the release date of Uncharted Sectors and the Ruined City will be available soon!
• All roadmapped Campaign levels will continue to be designed and built entirely by hand

• Campaign Levels
• We have put Campaign level development on hold while we work on character progression, player economy, sandbox, and late-game systems. While our original plan was to tackle each of these tasks after the Campaign was nearing completion, we’ve heard your concerns and have made these updates the highest priority!

Progression and Economy Updates

• NEW Kiosks on Space Station:
• Talk to Jeffrys and learn how to spend that hard earned CR!
• You can find these brand new kiosks in the Engineering Pod west of the Hangar
• Titus completion is required to access this Pod
• Character Stat Boost Kiosk
• Upgrade your character’s offense, support and special stats using CR and the all new Tessera currency
• More stat upgrade options will be added in future updates!
• Weapon Gambler Kiosk
• Pay CR to and see what weapons drop!
• Sell Weapon Kiosk
• Earn CR by selling weapons from your Vault!
• Higher Rarity and power weapons are worth much more!

Couch Co-Op… Online!

• NEW Remote Play Together Invites
• We have built a new way to invite friends to your game!
• Look for the all new “Invite Friends” button on the Main Menu and Character Selection Screen
• Using Steam’s Remote Play Together, you can play Couch co-op online!

Steam Rich Presence

• Your friends will now know when you're playing the Holochamber Arcade or the Campaign
• See a friend online... invite them to play with Remote Play Together!

Gameplay Sandbox Updates

• Primary Weapon Balance Changes
• The weapon damage formula has been simplified, and most weapons received a damage increase and other notable changes.
• Slug Shotgun and Handgun remained unchanged.
• Power weapons will go through a balance pass in the future!
  • Assault Rifle
  • Increased base damage by ~60%.
  • Increased magazine size from 30 to 36.
  • Burst Rifle
  • Increased base damage by ~4%.
  • Increased magazine size from 27 to 45.
  • Submachine Gun
  • Decreased base damage by ~18%.
  • DMR
  • Increased base damage by ~147%.
  • Crossbow
  • Increased base damage by ~23%.
  • Increased reload speed by 50%.
  • Decreased magazine size from 4 to 1.
  • Crossbow projectiles now have a 25% total damage falloff per enemy hit.
  • Combat Shotgun
  • Increased base damage by ~46%.
  • Increased pellet spread angle by 15 degrees.
• Enemy Health Changes
• In addition to the weapon balancing, we have also compressed the enemy health curve a bit.
• This ensures enemy health progresses in a predictable way as well as preparing for future endgame content.
• Weapon Perk Changes
• Extra Damage
• This perk is being sunsetted from all weapon manufacturer pools
• Any Weapons with this Perk currently saved in the Vault will retain full functionality, but cannot be replaced if dropped, scrapped, or sold
• It may reappear on some extremely rare and powerful Unique Weapons at some future date, but it will not be returning to any manufacturer’s random pool
• We are investigating more conditional ways to boost damage output as seen in Bulwark, Palisade, Kinetic, etc., so expect new Perks along these lines in future updates

Holochamber Arcade

• HC Damage Scaling changed from 60% increase per floor to 20% increase per floor.
• HC Health Scaling changed from 15% increase per floor to 20% increase per floor.
• Point threshold increase per floor reduced from +40 to +10.
  • This change will result in completing higher floors faster.
• Reduced bonus granted by Super Armor from 30% to 10%.
• Reduced bonus granted by Super Damage from 50% to 20%.
• Elite enemies now grant double the progress of normal enemies.
• Increased Player Starting Level from 3 to 5.
• Non-boss enemies are now level 5 on the first floor, and increase by 1 level each floor.
• Boss enemies are now level 5 in the first encounter, and increase by 2 levels each floor.

NEW Weapons & Perks

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• NEW Unique EZ&G Burst Rifle “Draugr”
• Full Auto Perk
• Health Regen Perk
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• NEW Unique Olorun Shotgun “Harmonic”
• 2X Regen Perk
• Super Shotgun Perk (Switches between Combat and Slug Fire Modes when Aiming)
• NEW Weapon Perk “Midas”
• Increases CR drop rate
• Chance to appear on Kadru weapons

Achievements!

• NEW Hidden Achievements
• Campaign Progression Step

General Updates & Fixes

• Gameplay
• Skill Upgrades now have Level Requirements
• Adjusted Weapon quality multipliers to compensate for the enemy health changes.
• Tessera and Cypher Keys have been added to character save data.
• Fixed a co-op desync issue that occurs when starting multiple runs in the same game session.
• Fixed an issue preventing enemies from properly scaling their health and damage based on level when Adaptive Level Scaling is disabled.
• Fixed an issue causing Safe Zones to prevent enemy spawning.
• Fixed an issue causing the Crossbow projectile to destroy itself too early.
• Fixed sequence break on Titus in Sinkhole near west cave entrance
• Holochamber Arcade
• Fixed an issue with the Sloth modifier causing the Player Incoming Damage value to go negative, resulting in players becoming immortal.

• Weapons
• Fixed Agility Perk not working correctly on game start
• Fixed Full Auto Perk not working correctly on game start
• Added new mesh for Nazuna Sniper Rifle

• Character Classes
• Juggernaut WASP Drone Skill
• Now takes 0.5 seconds to update fire rate
• Fires continuously while player is reloading

• Enemies
• Dispersal Bot
• Elite version now takes 1 second to detonate
• Non-Elite version takes 0.75 seconds to detonate
• Changed AOE to use same settings as Exploding Barrels
• Added emissive glow for easier target acquisition

• UI
• Added Remote Play Together Invite button to Character selection screen
• New Oterion Lost City Loading screen
• Updated Melee stat to display as multiples of 1.0k
• Added LVL Req to Skills screen in Flyout menu
• Minor HUD visual updates

• Space Station
• Character progression will now save when using the Galaxy Map in the Space Station Command Core
• Added NEW Character Stat Boost Kiosk to Engineering Pod
• Added NEW Sell Weapon Kiosk to Engineering Pod
• Added NEW Gamble Weapon Kiosk to Engineering Pod
• NEW voice over dialogue for Josh Ormanis and Maintenance Tech
• Added 2 NEW vistas
• Stat boost and Tessera Kiosks are unlocked after paying a one time fee
• Added several interactables that give XP
• Increased VO audio volume for Maintenance Bots
• Updated guards with new armor
• Major Art and Lighting updates
• NPC Optimizations
• Several NPCs now give XP after finishing conversation
• Fixed incorrect Hangar Crew names during dialogue
• Fixed Station Guard 1's dialogue animation blending
• New Interactive console in Engineering Pod...

• Oterion Lost City
• Added new Vampire Weeds
• Added more hidden CR caches
• Added new Vista near the Waterworks

• Known Issues
• Engineer’s Cryo Grenade can crash the game at random. We are still investigating a fix for this!

In Development

• New “Post-Campaign” System
• Procedurally generated levels for post-campaign play
• Face high level enemies and earn unique weapons and loot
• Major work in progress, but the Lost City post-game level is now nearing completion in dev testing!
• Check out our next Livestream for a sneak peek and more release details!

• Economy Updates
• The Engineering Bay in the Space Station and the Holochamber starting pad will have new kiosks
• These new kiosks will allow for more character and stat customization options
• Other specialty loot including Cypher Keys will be saved to the Player(s) vault in future updates
• A New rare currency is being developed and will feature both in Campaign and Holochamber

• Rygar Part II
• Players will explore underground research facilities and face brand new enemies
• We will introduce the next weapons manufacturer
• Watch our next major update Livestream for further news!

Achievements!

• We have added the first 3 official achievements to SP! More will be added throughout Early Access!
  • Exterminator - Kill 100 Bugs
  • Skilled Hunter - Kill 100 Beasts
  • If It Bleeds... Kill 100 Aliens

Holochamber Arcade 2.0

• Holochamber Arcade Overhaul
• Holochamber has underwent a major rework to allow for more dynamic gameplay
• Floors are now divided into three waves: Slayer, Mission (chosen at random), and Elite Slayer.
• Missions have been reworked and integrated into the core gameplay loop
• HC - Gameplay
• NEW: Domain Transfer - Players can now spend 3 Tessera at a new kiosk to transfer their run to a different Holochamber simulation at random
• UPDATED: Holochamber Functions have been integrated into the wave-based gameplay loop
  • Functions provide passive boons to the player that affect their gameplay experience
  • The first Wave of each floor will provide a regular Function
  • The third wave of each floor will provide a strong Function with a small trade-off
• Elite enemies no longer grant bonus floor progression
• SuperArmor's damage resist reduced from 50% to 30%
• HC - Missions
• NEW: Plunder Protocol
  • Items will drop from enemies and players must acquire enough of them to complete the wave
• NEW: Uplink Protocol
  • Players must locate and defend a data lattice against an onslaught of enemies for 30 seconds to complete the wave
• NEW: Elite Slayer
  • Defeat a number of Elite-tier enemies with heightened aggression to complete the wave
• HC - Sandbox & Economy
• The starting room of each dungeon floor now serves as a Safe Zone
  • As long as players remain in the Safe Zone, enemies will not spawn
• Enemies now spawn more frequently in both Simulation and Boss encounters
• Enemy threat level will rise at an increased rate per floor to compensate for longer floor durations
• Added the Treasure Cache as a random spawn in the dungeon on each floor
  • The associated Looter Protocol has been deprecated
• Added the Tessera Cache as a random spawn in the dungeon on each floor
  • Tessera have a very small chance of dropping from enemies
• Added Unique weapons to the Holochamber loot pool
• HC - UI
• The placement of Holochamber-specific HUD items has been improved
  • Score counter now appears at the bottom of the screen
• Modifiers display has been updated
  • Modifiers are now updated in real-time with their exact percentages
  • Modifiers granted by PowerUps are now displayed
• The display of Main Objective prompts has been improved
• HC - Bug Fixes
• Adjusted the logic of PowerUps to prevent duplicate effects from stacking
• Corrected a data error that caused initial Floor Progression Rate in Holochamber to be higher than intended

NEW Weapons & Perks

• NEW Unique Wolf “OVRKL” Rocket Launcher
• Rapid Fire Perk
• Full Auto Perk
• Big Mag Perk
• NEW Unique Nazuna “Kaiju” SMG
• NEW Perk “Ranger”
  • Use the targeting laser to switch firing modes between SMG and DMR
• NEW Perk “Regen”
  • Slowly restore HP over time
• NEW Unique Nazuna “Renegade” Combat Shotgun
• Gut Punch Perk
• NEW Perk “Super Shotgun”
  • Use the targeting laser to switch between Combat and Slug firing modes

General Updates & Fixes

• Gameplay
• Melee damage now has a chance to knockback hit enemies
• Enemies
• NEW: Oterion Toad
  • The regular non-infected Toad that lives in the Wetlands
  • Similar to the Infected Toad, but not as powerful
  • Appears in Wetlands and Lost City
• Updated AI logic for Infected Toads

• UI
• Added "Unique" icon to UI for curated weapons
• Dismantling weapons from the Vault now requires a button hold
• Added a weapon dismantling animation and SFX
• Vault will now correctly show the current number of weapons on startup and after dismantling
• Optimized Minimap camera
• Fixed logic for updating correct CR amount
• Optimized Screen rain drops FX

• Space Station
• Added a new NPC to Engineering, Jeffrys
  • He will evolve into a weapons vendor for players
  • Watch our Discord to learn more!

• Titus
• Drills will now destroy all nearby enemies when starting

• Titus Caverns
• Adjusted some enemy spawning at higher difficulties
• Minor art updates

• Oterion Wetlands
• Added the new wetland frog enemies throughout the southern marsh areas
• Minor art updates at the southern edge of the marsh

• Oterion Lost City
• Added the new wetland frog enemies in the sunken corridor area
• Fixed an issue where outdated glyph materials were still appearing on certain wall meshes

• Known Issues
• Rygar environmental material issues
• Rocket Launchers are using outdated character animations
• Enemies will sometimes spawn into props in Holochamber mode
• Cypher Keys are still not saving correctly. Fix coming in the next update.
• Tessera are not saving at this time. They will be implemented in the next update.
• Some Modifiers may display incorrectly under certain circumstances.
• AoE decals used in Plunder and Uplink Protocols display abnormally on transparent surfaces.

Campaign Updates

• ”New” Level: Titus Caverns:
  • The underground area leading up to the Queen’s Nest has been separated into its own level!
  • Progress is now saved so players can complete the planet at their own pace
  • Greatly expanded and adjusted enemy encounters throughout the Caverns
  • Access the Caverns after detonating the explosives near Drill Site 1

Holochamber Updates

• Added Laser weapons to all Holochamber maps
• Updated the Enemy Lists in Oterion Jungle Ruins Holochamber to reduce snowballing of enemies
• Increased the amount of Holochamber floor progress that Raptors and Swamp Crawlers provide
• Increased vacuum radius of Holochamber Power-Ups

New Weapons

• These new Unique Weapons will appear throughout the Campaign:
  • New Nazuna DMR “Suzumebachi”
  • New Aztek Grenade Launcher “Tekuani”
  • New Zheng Shotgun “Leizi”
  • New Chatka AR “Dzhonni Riko”
  • New Chatka Rocket Launcher “Interzona”
  • New Chatka Minigun “Sasha”
  • New Wolf Handgun “Mickey Slim”
  • New Wolf AR “ARX-Prime”
  • Three New Kadru “Kobra” Shotguns
  • Two New Tawhiri “Mahuika” Laser Beams

General Updates & Fixes

• Gameplay
• Assassin Slash no longer steals HP from thin air..... no joke... you could really do that...
• Fixed an issue with the drills on Titus that caused abnormal behavior when starting up
• Fixed an issue causing erroneous player information to appear when players drop out and then are added back in
• Enemy health scaling increase based on player count has been changed for 3 and 4 player sessions:
  • 3 Players: +20%
  • 4 Players: +35%
• Increased Power Ammo brick size
• Added Orb mesh to HP pickup

• Weapons
• Rare weapons will now always drop with 2 perks
• Replaced 'Rapid Fire' in the Chatka Flamethrowers’ Perk pool with 'Big Mag'
• Added 'Big Mag' to the AzTek FT's Perk Pool
• Fixed a bug in the Olorun Perk Pools allowing them to occasionally roll with ammo-extension (‘Extended Clip’ / ‘Extra Mags’ / ‘Big Mag’) or the ‘Agility’ perks
• Added ‘Incendiary’ ‘Focus Fire’ and ‘Bulwark’ to Olorun Perk Pools to offset this reduction in the pools’ sizes
• Updated Zheng Perk Pools to include ‘Incendiary’ and ‘Zapper’ across the board
• Added ‘Agility’ to the Zheng Flame Thrower Perk Pool
• Added ‘Extended Clip’ to the Chatka AR Perk Pool
• Removed ‘Agility’ from the Chatka Flame Thrower Perk Pool
• Added ‘Big Mag’ to the Chatka Minigun Perk Pool
• Updated SFX for SMGs and Miniguns
• Updated Belial's Flame material

• Enemies
• Elite Spyders are immune to pain
• Increased purple blood VFX color brightness (Spyders, Skorlac, etc.)
• Fixed logic for spawning "Elites" in Campaign
• Fixed logic for spawning enemies as aggro
• Added Status Effect component and Burning status logic
• Updated Incendiary perk logic to utilize above

• UI
• Minimap has been changed back to a circular shape. This should hopefully make it easier to find off screen objectives and stand out from the other UI elements.
• Weapon comparison data is now displayed over each weapon drop (a future update will allow players to return it to its old location above the character info)
• Fixed Perk opacity on Weapon Comparison UI
• "Secondary" has been renamed to "Power" throughout the game for consistency
• Fixed error with Flyout Menu character icon logic
• Increased perk icon size in Flyout Menu
• Increased perk name and info font size in Flyout Menu
• Reduced opacity and blur in the Flyout menu background in order to detect enemies in screen corners
• Added UI options menu
• Added "Character Info Scale" and "Flyout Menu Scale" options to UI Menu
• Updated settings for several perks and HUD icons
• Various HUD optimizations
• Increased Character stat icon sizes
• Fixed bug with P2 - P4 HUDs throwing errors on load by adding a delay before refreshing
• Perks are now displayed on left side of the Weapons flyout tab
• Updated settings for several perks and HUD icons
• Moved “Elite” enemy icon over to make room for Status effect icons
• Ammo and Health Caches will now update minimap markers and usability with the difficulty
• Minor updates to Character Selection screen fonts and button spacing
• Added offset to Dialogue widget input action icon
• Fixed missing weapon icon bug on local HUD
• Fixed “Hold Y to Open Main Menu” input on Pause Menu
• Pause Menu should now correctly display total number of players in game
• Titus Underground has been renamed to "Titus Caverns"
• Abort Mission will now work for Titus Caverns

• Lockjaw Cell Blocks
• No enemies will spawn as "Elites" except for the Drone Guards in the Fan Control Room
• Fixed fan shadow clipping

• Space Station
• Fixed logic on NPC dialogue after completing Titus
• Minor art and under-the-hood NPC navigation updates in Engineering
• NPC dialogue updates

• Titus
• Added Power Weapons tutorial
• Added Minimap tutorial
• Updated egg sac power levels
• New Hazards: Small Sinkhole and Nursery Tunnel “Grub Geyser”
• Tweaked several enemy spawner enemy lists and aggro settings
• Misc art updates throughout
• Explosive pods no longer deal AOE damage, but spawn several Stingers instead
• Added a new NPC and area in the HQ zone to showcase Stinger cocoons
• Added a series of new enemy encounters with Stingers on the Eastern Approach
• Added several new stinger cocoons along the Eastern Approach
• Updated waypoint marker logic for battery cave and Crane interaction
• Added cave minimap markers
• Removed cliff rocks near lagoon worker and replaced with Caution Gate (this will unlock and open after turning on the CommsNet tower)
• Added extra blocking volume to Lagoon Gate
• Disabled minimap markers for Drill Site 1
• Added new weapons cache on northern path
• Updated spawners for 1st drill encounter
• Updated the collision in the Site 4 Battery Cave to prevent several rare cases where the player could become trapped in stalagmite geometry
• Broodwatcher miniboss can no longer spawn as "Elite"
• Updated collision around the stalagmites in the Broodwatcher Chamber to prevent players getting stuck
• Rebuilt the logic around the Broodwatcher defeat to fix several bugs related to battery pickup and quest progression
• Fixed an issue causing the Broodwatcher's battery to float in the air
• Added new Stinger trap cutscene before talking to Tych
• Added Stinger encounter to CommsNet tower
• You can no longer talk to the CommsNet bot until the sequence between Dr. Hadley and Tych is finished
• Fixed an issue where players could jump down into the Crystal Gorge from the eastern area of Drill Site 5
• Minor collision cleanup throughout the level
• Adjusted the height of some barrels in the Blasting Zone to make them easier to hit
• Added a new cluster of barrels near the entrance to the Blasting Zone
• Updated Nadia's name to Natascha
• Added level transition for loading Titus Caverns

• Titus Queen's Nest
• Under-the-hood fixes to save game data to allow for progression from Titus Caverns
• Updated Hadley's dialogue from manually advancing text to automatically advancing

• Oterion Wetlands
• Updated weapon cache drops
• Updated Maya’s follower AI
• Added new Cypher Keys to map
• Fixed an issue that caused signposts in the abandoned colony area to vanish from the level if the player crossed the large bridge to the Survey Zone and then went back
• Stopped the Science Center signpost from floating above the ground
• Slightly increased the chance of finding higher tiered weapons in the AzTek tower chest
• Added a new unique weapon, the Tawhiri Mahuika to weapon chests in the city ruins at the far edge of the marsh area
• Added more locked weapons caches throughout Wetlands

• Oterion Lost City
• Added pressure plate animations to Spike Traps (this change also affects the Ruined Sanctum)
• Hid three Cypher keys in the level
• Locked the weapon cache by the Waterworks puzzle and curated its contents with extremely heavy firepower!
• Added an unlocked weapon cache and an ammo cache to the same area
• Minor art updates throughout the level

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
• Major Art update to the starting area
• Added a Continue Point to the starting area, just in case (also allows Players to access their Vault in the Flyout Menu before going inside)
• Improved lighting effects in the Antechamber
• Players are now prevented from returning to the Antechamber once inside the Outer Court
• Greatly expanded art in the sunlit corner by the Raptor encounter
• Infected Toads’ regen has been reduced by 75%
• Yes, seventy-five percent! Even with this change they can still completely regain their health, but only if they remain in the toxic spore pool for its entire duration
• Let us know what you think about this and other changes in our Discord community
• Fixed Infested Corridor door opening to prevent a clipping error
• Updated and fixed several navigation issues in Combat trials
• Fixed a serious bug in multiplayer that allowed platforms to move before all players were present
• Fixed language on moving platforms to say 'Activate'
• Fixed camera zoom logic in Puzzle Path
• Updated art around the dead-end broken door in the first Puzzle Path chamber
• Updated art in the back cliff face at the end of the Puzzle Path
• Updated art around the dead-end broken door in the first Puzzle Path chamber
• Added lighting to the standing statues at the start of the second Puzzle Path chamber for consistency
• Updated art in the infested switch chamber in the latter stages of the Combat Path
• Tweaked enemy spawners for the infested switch chamber
• Disabled the wall spike traps by the entrance of the infested switch chamber
• Misc Art and VFX updates throughout

• Known Issues
• Rygar continues to experience material errors on terrain. We are working on fixes but this will take some time to implement.
• Changes to the character info or Flyout Menu made in the UI Menu are not currently saving. A fix for this is incoming but we could not delay our “post-ATG update” any longer!

Holochamber Power-Ups

• Supercharge your gameplay with new power-ups dropping in Holochamber: Arcade! Extra damage, stat bonuses, and more are available to collect if you're lucky
  • Temporary Power-Ups grant a tremendous boost and visual flair to the player for a limited time:
  • These include: Super Damage, Super Armor, Super Experience, Super Rich, Super Health, and Super Score
  • Permanent Power-Ups boost the stats (Offense, Support, Special) of your character for the entire duration of the arcade run:
  • These include: Offense Boost, Support Boost, Special Boost, and Omni Boost
  • You can find Power-Ups by defeating enemies and finding special Power-Up Caches around the simulation floor

New Skills

• New Engineer skill “Optimize”
• Overcharge your summons (turrets, spider bots, etc.) to unleash more mechanical mayhem!

General Updates and Fixes

• Gameplay
• Updated the Stats window in the Flyout Menu with colored icons for Shield, HP, and Shield Regen
• Added new logic for locked caches (unlocked with Cypher decoder keys)
• Added Cypher Key Kiosk
• Added new Locker and Container Caches
• Added Skill Category icons to Advanced skill screen
• Skill power level is now being tracked by the save system
• Fixed an issue where the stat bonus to the Engineer's Turret stats only affected the left barrel projectile
• Decreased charge time on Skorlac plasma grenade and increased AoE countdown brightness
• Fixed an issue where de-spawning caches could lock players out of using interactables

• Lockjaw Mining
• Solved a bug that caused Power Weapons to drop in the level
• Updated the tutorial popup timing to start at the beginning of the level
• Temporarily disabled two early voice lines from the Prison Attendant
• Fixed some minor collision issues on level geometry
• Added new dead bodies past mining floor
• Updated and added unique enemy encounters past the mining floor
• Falling debris now deals enough damage to kill enemies
• Miniboss now gives EXP
• Damaged Warden Mech now deals 2X bullet and missile damage
• Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
• Fixed a final instance of weapons chest to replace with credits
• Messed around with blueprints and triggers to change where the new level loads in
• Cleaned up navigation and blocking volumes in the tram area
• Defeating the Warden now opens up access to the Prisoner Transfer area
• Updated art around the boss room and new tram area
• Enemy Power Levels have been increased in Mining zone for balance testing
• Power Weapons have been moved to the beginning of Titus and no longer drop in Lockjaw

• Lockjaw Cell Blocks
• Expanded the starting area to include the Tram from the Mining zone
• Added a specialty cache in B Block containing Bot Damage weapons
• Added prisoners at visible windows throughout the level
• Updated and added unique enemy encounters in the Distribution Hub
• Created camera zooms for the crossroads Distribution Hub
• Slightly expanded art there to account for the additional camera view
• Solved a multiplayer bug where players could become stuck on the other side of the collapsing bridge between X Block and the Observation Walkway
• Minor art, lighting and VFX updates throughout the level
• Improved collision on the tall angled wall at the old level start to keep the player from disappearing behind the geometry as easily
• Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
• Updated and added unique enemy encounters in the Military Warehouse
• Added a new encounter before Surface Elevator sequence
• Temporarily disabled enemy encounters in the Surface Elevator while we fix a respawn bug
• Doubled the speed of the Surface Elevator for now until the respawn fix is implemented

• Space Station
• New Area: Engineering Bay
  • Access to Engineering and the Engineering Ring is now granted after completing Titus
  • Added the Cypher Key Kiosk - purchase keys to unlock hidden chests
  • Added the SP Respec kiosk - regain all of your spent SP and try a new Skill Build (for a price)
  • Many more customization options and ways to spend currency coming in future updates!
• Maintenance Bots throughout the level now have new voiced dialogue!
• Added a previously unused dialogue update for a Maintenance Tech
• Updated post-Titus dialogue for Jorge and the Station Guard
• Added new lockers to Dr. Hadley's Lab and Hangar
• Updated Maint. Bot dialogue VO
• Fixed issue with Post Titus Maintenance Bot dialogue logic for Juggernaut
• Fixed several instances of Caution Tapes floating in front of the doors
• Unlocked the Command Center door to the Engineering Corridor by default
• Moved Jorge to the end of the Engineering Corridor
• Moved the patrolling Aesrenan Trooper from the Engineering Corridor to the Barracks Corridor
• Updated default and post-Titus dialogue for Jorge to fit his new locations
• Solved a logic issue that was causing Billie to not offer unique dialogue options post-Titus
• Cleaned up grammar and punctuation on NPCs
• Fixed an issue causing Quinn’s and Sparks' animations to reset after every line in their post-Titus dialogue

• Titus
• Power Weapons are now available after starting the first quest!
• Power Ammo now drops after opening the first Power Weapons cache
• Updated grammar and punctuation on NPCs throughout the level
• Updated a branch of Tych's dialogue that was referring to a very outdated build of the Sinkhole area
• Updated Sanders’ dialogue to prevent formatting errors when playing on Steam Deck
• The cave by Drill Site 4 now shows up on the Minimap
• Fixed several small minimap marker bugs in the Site 4 cave
• Moved the West Gate Guard to better match the positioning of the East Gate Guard
• CommsNet Bot now has voice acting enabled
• Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
• Player can no longer exit the Deagus Brood Watcher's chamber in the Sinkhole without first collecting the Battery
• CommsNet Tower Maintenance Bot is now fully voiced

• Oterion Wetlands
• Added locker caches and new locked weapon caches
• Cleaned up misc foliage
• All light pylons have been scaled up throughout Wetlands for better visibility
• Added new swamp water shaders and VFX
• HQ Maintenance Bot now has voice acting enabled
• Cleaned up NPC grammar in the Boomtown area
• Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
• Cleaned up collision on more ruined staircases in the Wetlands
• Solved an issue that was causing one of the destroyed B3 bots to move and attempt to interact with the player
• Fixed multiple errors surrounding the data module quest:
  • Dr. Hadley no longer references the quest if the player hasn’t started it
  • Updated how loot drops after defeating B3-L1-4L south of the Wetlands
  • Improved language on quest completion at the Forward Base
• Updated boundary art near the entrance of the Wetlands
• Added interaction prompt text for the Lost City Key pickup
• Added a locked weapons cache in a hard-to-find area near the end of the Wetlands

• Oterion Lost City
• Turned off the lingering Halloween player spotlight
• Added an ammo cache in the Grassy Clearing
• Fixed some errors which were impacting enemy pathing
• Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
• Players can now move diagonally between stone tiles in the final trap room
• Cleaned up some art throughout the level

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
• Cleaned up collision at the starting door - players should no longer get caught on the invisible walls there
• Fixed the starting door disappearing into the floor tiles as it opened
• Locked the first interior door and added a pylon nearby to unlock it; now all doors in the level are consistent
• Slightly adjusted art in the area around the door
• Improved collision on some rubble piles
• Added art to the Antechamber's back wall
• Raised up some waterfall FX whose origin points were visible from certain camera angles inside the Antechamber

• Rygar
• Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
• Added the unique Chatka Shotgun “Kamchatka”
• Small art updates throughout the level

• Known Issues
• Skill power level is not saving correctly. We have found the root cause and are working on a potential fix. This will take a bit of time, but should ideally be in the next update!
• Lockjaw Mining’s Tram Station area is not yet included on the Minimap
• Player melee strength is not increasing on level up as intended; a fix is in the works
• Some materials on Rygar are still not working as intended. A fix is underway, but cannot go live without some major under-the-hood changes to the Skill system. This may take a few updates to go live.

Halloween Update

• Spooky Season has finished
  • Mr. Spooky and Scary Face have returned to the Spirit Realm until next year
  • Players who saved the AzTek Goblin Gun Grenade Launcher to their Vault may continue to use it

General Updates and Fixes

• Lockjaw Prison
  • New tutorial popups for Flyout Menu and Skill Upgrades
  • Enemy Power Levels have been increased in Mining zone for balance testing
  • Power Weapons have been moved to the beginning of Titus and no longer drop in the first level

• Titus
  • Power Weapons now begin to appear in Campaign before leaving HQ
  • Power Weapon tutorial popup now appears when receiving Power Weapon access
  • Minor art updates

• Space Station
  • Maintenance Bots throughout the level now have new voiced dialogue!

• Rygar
  • New art updates throughout the level

Halloween Update

• Spooky Season has been updated!
  • Find and Talk to Mr. Spooky and Scary Face on each planet in the Nova Genesis system
  • Find the all new “AzTek Goblin Gun Grenade Launcher”
  • Collect skulls and pumpkins in Holochamber Arcade mode
  • Hang out with the Ghost Spyder pet in the Station
  • Check out haunted maps throughout the Campaign both old and new!
  • Spooky event ends on November 7th

General Updates and Fixes

• Titus
  • Added Mr. Spooky in the Site 4 Cave

• Titus Queen’s Nest
  • Added Scary Face and his dance team next to Spooky

• Oterion Wetlands
  • Added Scary and his dance team to the roof of the AzTek Facility

• Oterion Lost City
  • Added Mr. Spooky and some dancers near the statue before the Waterworks
  • Added a couple of nav blocking volumes to prevent players getting partially stuck under some of the rubble
  • Find the all new custom weapon “Kadru Viper X LMG”

• Oterion Ruins
  • Added Scary Face in the first Puzzle Chamber

• Rygar
  • Art updates throughout the level
  • Added progress bar to cell pickup logic
  • Changed pickup text to "Cell" instead of "Superconductor" to match with Objective text
  • Added SFX and camera shake to Facility door
  • Fixed a floating weapon cache

• Characters
  • Enemies
    • Veskri & Tripod
      • Added sound FX

• Known Issues
  • Some skills are not transferring upgrades between Campaign levels

Halloween Update

• Spooky Season has Arrived!
• Find and Talk to Mr. Spooky and Scary Face on each planet in the Nova Genesis system
• Collect skulls and pumpkins in Holochamber Arcade mode
• Hang out with the Ghost Spyder pet in the Station
• Check out haunted maps throughout the Campaign both old and new!

General Updates and Fixes

• Gameplay
• Weapon Perks
• Uncommon weapons will now always spawn with 1 perk
• Duplicate perks will no longer roll on weapons
• Incendiary perk damage now matches weapon quality
• Characters
• Stryker
  • Barrage skill Level 3 is no longer attached to the character for easier targeting

• Lockjaw Mining
• Slightly reduced the delay on the cinematics for unlocking doors throughout the level
• Updated staircases throughout the level to fix any remaining collision issues
• Updated collision on several diagonal floor tiles which could temporarily "trap" players if they approached from certain angles

• Titus
• Fixed punctuation on Sanders’ initial dialogue

• Titus Queen’s Nest
• Fixed a rare bug where the player could dodge roll into the nest and land precisely in the middle of the 3 stalagmites, becoming stuck

• Oterion Wetlands
• Updated art and collision near the central Wetlands data-module
• Cleaned up grammar on Xander's dialogue
• Fixed several issues where players could get stuck on staircases and stone blocks during combat situations

• Oterion Lost City
• Improved collision near the statue by the Waterworks entrance

• Rygar
• Updated art and visual fx throughout the level
• Added minimap sector triggers throughout the level
• Light beacons now have a minimap marker once activated for the first time
• Added small explorable area on the north east side of the map
• Fixed a bug causing player weapon fire to impact some invisible collision walls
• Greatly improved collision on ice and frozen objects

• Genesis II Station
• Fixed grammar on Lt. Anwar post-Oterion dialogue
• Fixed punctuation on Lesedi initial dialogue
• Updated animations for Holden’s initial and post-Titus dialogue
• Updated animations for Mustafa’s initial dialogue
• Updated animations for Nekane’s post-Titus dialogue

• Holochamber Arcade
• Increased max size of Titus simulation area by 150%
• Arcade Scoring
  • Swapped the green and yellow coloring of the score widget
  • Elite enemies now give bonus score proportional to overall dungeon progress
  • Score granted by enemies is now affected by a multiplier corresponding to the difficulty
    • Easy: x0.75
    • Normal: x1.0
    • Hard: x1.25
    • Extreme: x1.75
    • Brutal: x2.25

• Known Issues
• Terrain edge collision and art updates are still a WIP on Rygar
• A rare bug may sometimes cause the weapon cache in a secret area on Titus to vanish
• Some NPCs in the Station are not updating their dialogue correctly post-Titus

• Gameplay
• Fixed bug where laser weapons could not damage exploding barrels
• Fixed visual effect issue with Juggernaut's Overcharge skill

• Lockjaw Prison Mining and Cellblocks
• Fixed a navigation error that prevented enemies from moving in the second half of the level
• Fixed bug where waypoint would not disappear on the second console in the Mining Zone

• Titus Queen's Nest
• Fixed a strange bug where the player was able to enter the wall in the Nesting Corridor before entering the boss arena or after a respawn

• Holochamber
• Fixed Extinction Dungeon console sound effects volume

• Fixed a Secret logic bug causing campaign save data to be overwritten

• Temporarily removed the secret as it was causing save data issues

• Fixed an issue where pausing the game in Holochamber would appear to reset score

• Fixed a series of material errors on several art assets that were still using the placeholder material

Campaign

• New Level: Planet Rygar Part 1
• Explore the outer edge of the Nova Genesis system
• Battle your way across the planet’s permanently frozen surface
• Search for heat sources to avoid the lethal effects of the blizzard
• Discover deadly new artillery to even the odds against a host of new enemies
• Gain access through the System Map after completing the final mission on Oterion

Holochamber

• Extinction Dungeon now available in the start rooms
• Features a much harder experience
• Player levels are maxed out; legendary weapons dropped
• Enemies deal significantly increased damage
• This concept may be expanded upon in the future or even transferred into a standalone variant of Holochamber: Arcade
• Enabled Arcade Scoring for Holochamber Arcade
• Enemies add score based on their internal enemy value
• The higher the current floor, the higher the score multiplier will be
• More ways to earn score will be added in the future

Characters Skills

• Juggernaut
• New Skill: WASP Drone
  • Weaponized Autonomous Support Platform
  • Deploys a mobile support drone that fires independently and increases its fire rate as Juggernaut’s primary weapon magazine gets lower
  • This rate of fire is maintained even when switching to a power weapon!

• Stryker
• New Skill: Combat Stim
  • Boost weapon damage for a limited time
  • Causes a small amount of HP damage on use
• New Skill: Speed Stim
  • Boost movement speed for a limited time
  • Boost reload speed for a limited time

Weapons

• New Laser Weapons
• High damage, relatively low magazine power weapons with incredible range
• The Laser Rifle is designed to clear out a group of tough enemies
• The Laser Beam is perfect for precise targeting on hard targets across the battlefield
• A specialty of the new manufacturer Tawhiri but also available from Kadru, Nazuna, Olorun, and Wolf
• Added New Manufacturer: Tawhiri Directed Energy
• Specialize in high damage at any range
• Highly effective against all four enemy types
• Produce only Laser Rifles and Laser Beams
• (Currently only available in Campaign mode on Rygar – full Holochamber implementation is coming in a future update)

General Updates and Fixes

• Gameplay
• Secrets backend logic has been added. Expect to start seeing more secrets in future updates. There are a few currently in the Genesis II Station and on Titus as tests.
• Updated footstep audio system for Player Characters
• Added blob shadow for Player Characters and NPCs
• Fixed Player Characters’ unarmed animations and blending
• Fixed an issue causing players to load into the game with lower health and shields than intended
• Fixed an issue preventing Lv 0 players from receiving stat increases on their first level up (Offense, Support, Special)
• Fixed an issue allowing weapons to utilize Aim Assist without using the Laser Sight
• Fixed an issue causing the Campaign save game logic to overwrite pre-existing Mission Objectives and Completions
• Fixed issue causing Interactable objects to not work properly
• Fixed an extremely rare bug where if a player selected New Game from the Campaign sub-menu, backed out, then selected Continue their save data, while not deleted, would not load

• UI
• Decreased Enemy HP bar size to de-clutter screen
• Updated mission failed procedural screen to match campaign failed screen
• Fixed issue where "Upgrade" and "Assign Skill" inputs would override Skill Details screen
• Full screen map now has a "Close" button
• Full screen map now shows map Sector info
• Increased skill icon size on HUD
• Skill error flash now is now easier to see
• Fixed Graphics Menu “Resolution” button missing info bug
• Updated slider option background to match the button hover texture

• Lockjaw Mining
• Updated the first console to say "unlock control room door" instead of "unlock door control room"
• Fixed some off-center art on the stair landing after Loading Zone A
• Solved some persistent collision issues on staircases

• Lockjaw Cell Blocks
• Updated the minimap with borders and increased opacity
• Fixed a bug in the Atmospheric Control Room where the Fan Control terminal was activating too early
• Optimized several lights
• Added new carnage to the lower walkway areas in Cell Blocks A and X where Wardens are engaging pirates and/or prisoners
• Other minor art updates throughout

• Titus
• Updated collisions to prevent players from getting stuck in the starting area
• Fixed collision issues in the Sinkhole where players could climb up the wall and become permanently stuck between stalagmites and the wall
• Fixed even worse collision issues in the Sinkhole where the player could “climb” the wall and ultimately fall out of the map
• Closed off access to the underground river for both story reasons and to prevent players from entering unintended areas of the map (enemies are immune to Titus’ toxic water, making these encounters slightly more challenging than before!)
• Provided Stingers spawning over the large pit in the Sinkhole with nearly twice as many navigation options to reach the player
• Slightly adjusted art in the caves to stop an issue where players would repeatedly “fall” causing an unwanted series of sound effects
• Fixed a potentially game-breaking bug where players could walk around the East Gate, permanently ruining their mission progression if they reached Site 4 and spoke with Cpl. Tych
• Updated grammatical and logical errors in dialogue for Cpl. Tych
• Fixed an issue where players could fall into a sunken area near the tree between the Crystal Gorge Bridge, Drill Site 5, and Supply Storage
• Updated collision on all the cliffs at Site 4 to prevent the player Warp Dashing or falling off into unintended areas or becoming permanently stuck
• Cleaned up the collision on the locked staircase leading from Site 4 to the Lagoon Zone
• Updated lighting
• Solved an issue where dust decals on top of the shipping containers at the Supply Storage site were overlapping onto the Supply Crate and Crane
• Fixed an issue where players could jump into the Crystal Gorge without updating their current location sector on the minimap
• Massive art update to the Crystal Gorge – it should now live up to its name
• Made major under-the-hood improvements to art in the Crystal Gorge which should improve frame rate there for players on older hardware (more optimization to come in future updates)
• Improved collision at the end of the Gorge by the Battery which could cause players to repeatedly “fall” on seemingly flat terrain
• Solved a collision issue that was allowing players to get behind the water tank at the end of the Gorge
• Added new lighting down the length of the Crystal Gorge
• Fixed an issue where the rocks blocking the path to the underground tunnels had no collision
• Fixed an issue where some of the rocks blocking the path to the underground tunnels were not getting destroyed as intended
• Corrected a scaling error causing the destroyed military robots throughout the level to have disproportionately small legs and feet
• Improved fx particles on the destroyed military bots in the underground tunnels

• Titus Queen’s Nest
• Updated art in the boss chamber
• Slightly adjusted the player start locations to try and prevent a rare bug where players would spawn inside of the wall
• Added minimap (the "visited" color change is disabled for this minimap)
• Enemies cannot spawn after the boss is defeated
• Lowered Boss Power level from 20 to 15
• Boss now has a segmented HP bar
• Egg sacs surrounding arena will now explode at HP thresholds 1 and 2
• New sub-area available after defeating the boss!
• New final objective after entering the new sub-area!

• Oterion Wetlands
• Updated art near the Lost City Gate
• Fixed some floating rocks in the Survey Zone
• Adjusted the stairs on the way to the Lost City Gate to facilitate smoother movement
• Toned down enemy encounters near the Lost City Gate

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
• Removed several blockout and test art pieces that were still visible at the back ledge by the first interior door of the Outer Court
• Fixed some issues with the miniboss encounter at the Outer Sanctum
• Improved art on the moving glyphs in the miniboss chamber
• Cleaned up some minor issues with the guideline art throughout the level
• Updated collision on several piles of rubble
• Solved a rare but game-breaking bug where the player could fail to activate the exit walkway from the Puzzle Path in the Inner Court due to behavior in the first puzzle chamber
• Significantly decreased the number of enemy spawns in the Infested Corridor on Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty settings

• Genesis II Station
• New Area: Dr. Hadley’s Lab!
  • After fully completing Titus the player can now visit Dr. Hadley in her lab while between missions
  • This will ultimately be where players can start quests, unlock secrets, and get to know the brightest (if one of the more scattered) minds on the Genesis II Station
  • (Hadley’s current model and dialogue profile picture are not final)
• Updated dialogue on all NPCs after completing Titus! Many characters are in new locations, and some will respond differently to different player characters
• Work on Post-Oterion dialogue is currently underway, and is already available for quest-giving NPCs
• Made major updates to the chained dialogue animations on all moving NPCs, resulting in a much more natural look and feel (This is still a work in progress but most patrolling NPCs now use this new system)
• Fixed a lighting issue causing some art and NPCs to appear very dark in-game
• Unlocked the ring door leading from the Archives Ring to the Executive Ring
• Unlocked the main hallway door leading from the Command Center to the Engineering Ring
• Updated art in the Barracks Ring (now visible from the far edge of the Executive Ring) for consistency with other station ring area art
• Major updates to art in Engineering; currently it is only slightly visible to players but will be fully accessible in an update this autumn
• Fixed an issue where some NPCs were still using the legacy dialogue system, which could sometimes impact their interactivity with the player character
• Significant art update to the Holochamber with new prop lights throughout and outer walls to match the rest of the rooms on the station (this remains inaccessible in Campaign mode for the time being, however)
• Art updates throughout the station, especially in the outer ring areas
• (Hopefully) solved a long-running issue causing NPCs in the Command Core to trigger the “sector” readout on the minimap
• Fixed a major navigation bug in the Archives that was preventing NPCs from patrolling as intended
• Fixed several minor navigation bugs in the Archives that were preventing NPCs from correctly interacting with objects
• Solved several issues where NPCs seated at desks were severely clipping through their keyboards
• Fixed a logic error that was preventing players from accessing their Vault while on the station

• Holochamber
• Max level updated to 50
• Extinction Dungeon option now available in start rooms
• Fixed an issue allowing unclaimed Function kiosks to spawn on top of one another
• Enabled Arcade Scoring for Holochamber Arcade
• Updated dungeon spawning behavior for Desert Caverns
• Fixed a bug in Desert Caverns where some Spyders would spawn without animations or enemy AI
• Updated lighting and post-processing in the Desert Caverns to match up with Campaign
• Added new lighting effects to the Desert Caverns

New Campaign Planet Rygar

New Weapon Types and Manufacturers

Genesis II Station Updates

New Class Skills

Campaign Save System Updates and Fixes

Weapon Perks

• New Perks: Cool Offense, Cool Support and Cool Special
  • These perks will reduce skill cooldowns for any currently equipped skills in that particular category
  • The effect stacks if the player is holding both a primary and secondary weapon with the same perk!
  • For now these are exclusive to weapons from the Nazuna Group, although an as-yet unreleased manufacturer may also gain access to them in the future
  • New Perk: Zapper
    • Enemies damaged by the weapon will have a chance to chain static damage to other nearby enemies
    • Look for Zheng and Kadru weapons to try out this new form of crowd-control
  • New Perk: Megaton
    • This perk increases the blast radius for explosive weapons including Rocket Launchers and Grenade Launchers
    • It can be found on explosive weapons from the Chatka Collective and AzTek
  • Manufacturer Perk Rebalance
    • All of the perks have been adjusted depending on Manufacturer to provide players with unique and strategic options:
    • AzTek weapons have new incendiary potential across the board and other various new perks
    • Chatka weapon libraries now all have the ability to damage Bots and Bugs as intended, while explosives can potentially cover a much larger AOE
    • Kadru drops are now much more chaotic with the ability to roll almost any non-specialty perk, sometimes matching up into highly synergized combos and sometimes…not
    • Nazuna weapon perk libraries have been totally redesigned to help players with a Skill-heavy playstyle (much of their old perk library has been folded into Olorun)
    • Olorun weapon libraries have all gained the potential to improve critical hit chance and have more highly curated and synergized perks on a per-weapon basis (this comes at the cost of ammo-expanding perks of all kinds, which have been removed from the Manufacturer)
    • Wolf weapons that were not previously allowing for Bot Damage or Full Auto are now able to roll those perks as intended
    • Zheng weapons were not able to roll Beast Damage on most weapons but this has now been fixed; their entire family of primary weapons now also has access to Brawler and Zapper to promote their close-quarters playstyle

Holochamber

• Reduced intensity of some spotlights in Titus Holochamber

General Updates and Fixes

• Gameplay
  • Adjusted the collision handling for spawning for players
  • Adjusted the player start locations in all Holochamber maps
  • Fixed an issue preventing Character Stats (Offense, Support, Special) from being restored properly to the character when loading a save file
  • Added lights to interactive console desks
  • Fixed security gate logic for locking
  • Player Skills have been updated to use and display the correct categories (Offense, Support, Special)
  • Triple Shot Weapon Perk now fires ancillary projectiles without bullet spread
  • Reduced poison dart trap audio volume

• Lockjaw Mining
  • Updated minimap

• Titus
  • Updated some character dialogue for clarity and improved readability
  • Fixed an issue causing Tych’s helmet and gear to receive unintended decal materials
  • Slightly adjusted the transition point into the Northern Cave by Site 4

• Oterion
  • New minimap for Wetlands

• Oterion Lost City
  • Updated the music with a new percussion track starting in the Grassy Clearing!
  • Fixed a collision issue near the start where players could get stuck behind tree roots

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
  • All-new music throughout the level!
  • Minimap is now available for the entirety of the level!
  • Updated the Outer Sanctum miniboss room with new and improved artwork
  • Fixed several issues in the Antechamber and the Outer Court where the player could get outside the bounds of the map
  • Solved a long-standing issue where open doors would still display the button prompt to “Open” when the player crossed the threshold
  • Updated floor collision at the start of the Combat Path and Puzzle Path where some players could get stuck / be forced to dodge roll
  • Fixed minor art and collision issues
  • Added mysterious new cutscenes both before and after the miniboss encounter

• Oterion Guardian Sanctum
  • Added a Minimap
  • Fixed a bug that was keeping Dr. Hadley’s dialogue from appearing

Currently In Development

• Production on Upcoming Campaign Levels, Weapon Types and Enemies
  • Planet Part I’s dev testing and early art passes is continuing on schedule
  • Planet ’s enemy roster is now 80% completed!
  • Preproduction work on Planet ’s boss encounter is now underway
  • Planet Sentinel Parts I and III are advancing through dev testing and art / lighting passes
  • High energy weapon platform logic and testing are almost complete!
  • Watch the Discord channel to stay informed with the latest screenshots and livestream dates

Gameplay Difficulty

• Health Drop Changes
  • Easy: 20% drop chance
  • Normal: 10% drop chance
  • Hard: 5% drop chance
  • Extreme: 2.5% drop chance
  • Brutal: 1% drop chance
  • Drop chance increases over time for all difficulties if Health packs have not dropped
• Enemy Damage
  • Outgoing enemy damage now scales more aggressively as the Difficulty selection increases
  • This will better differentiate the Difficulty tiers

Weapons

• New Manufacturer: Olorun Defense Systems
  • Specialize in full-spectrum battlefield control
  • Highly effective against Bugs and Beasts
  • Fire plasma bolts with unique visual effects
  • Roll with perks designed to maximize direct combat utility
  • Produce DMRs, SMGs, Combat and Slug Shotguns, LMGs, Rocket Launchers, Burst Rocket Launchers, and Miniguns
  • (Currently only available in Holochamber - full implementation when the next Campaign Planet goes live)

Holochamber

• Reduced intensity of some spotlights in Titus Holochamber

Characters

• Stryker Character Art
  • Character model has been updated!

General Updates and Fixes

• Gameplay
  • Updated Mission Failed screen with new effects for Campaign and Holochamber
  • Fixed Sniper Rifle muzzle flash effect
• Enemies
  • New Sporangium AOE materials to match the Medastia
  • Fixed Grub power level damage scaling
  • Reworked Spyder AI - only Elite Spyders will become enraged and charge players
  • Increased Prison Guard melee attack damage
  • Updated Skorlac AI logic with dodging and pain animations
  • Boss Health Bars will now be segmented to specify gameplay phases

• Characters
  • Stryker
    • Skills
      • Barrage missiles will now spawn to the edge of the AOE radius
      • Fixed Plasma Blast error causing projectiles to fly shorter than expected ranges
      • Plasma Blast AOE has been updated to an improved arc shape, and now fires evenly distributed projectiles for improved damage
  • Engineer
    • Skills
      • Updated Cryo Grenade model and ice visual effect
      • Updated Turret AOE
  • Assassin
    • Skills
      • Updated the icon for Sabre Disc
  • Juggernaut
    • Skills
      • Fixed Level 3 Shield’s double sided collision issue

• Main Menu
  • Updated difficulty selection info with Enemy Damage Output and Health Drop chance

• Lockjaw Mining
  • Improved staircase collision
  • Fixed some enemy navigation issues
  • Fixed several areas with overlapping textures
  • Added a few crates to prevent players from accessing unintended areas of the map
  • Added dirt and debris details throughout the map
  • Improved lighting

• Lockjaw Cell Blocks
  • Fixed several areas with overlapping textures

• Oterion Guardian Sanctum
  • Camera now zooms further out while fighting Jungle Guardian boss
  • Sporangia now have reduced healing capabilities for the boss
  • Updated boss room layout
  • Added new art
  • Added new effects to the Jungle Guardian’s attacks

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What We Have Been Working On

• Upcoming Campaign Levels and Character Skills
  • Planet Part I is moving steadily and will soon be going through dev testing
  • Planet Sentinel Part I and III are currently in dev testing and early art passes!
  • (Please note that each of these planets will take several months to fully implement, test, and go live, but this last cycle’s progress represents a major milestone for Phase Four!)
  • New Character Skills are currently in development and will be ready for the next update!
  • Watch the Discord channel to stay informed with the latest screenshots and dev news

Solar Purge Wins First Place!

• On January 21st & 22nd Hitscan Games visited the ATG Expo in Waco, TX
• There we had the opportunity to meet with both old and new fans and showcase the game
• We also won 1st Place in the Indie Game Competition!

Campaign

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• Tutorial Popups
  • Created a new UI element to explain game mechanics to players
  • These will mostly appear in Lockjaw and the Training Room but will ultimately be used whenever new elements appear for the first time in-game
  • This is still a work-in-progress and the timing of each popup will adjust over time based on play-testing and feedback

Characters

• Character Select Skill Descriptions
  • Updated language on the short skill description during Character Select to prevent an error with the window resizing:
    • Stryker Barrage updated to say 'Aerial Rocket Strike'
    • Engineer Healing Drone updated to say 'Team Health Regen'
    • Assassin Warp Dash updated to say 'Move Through Foes'
    • Juggernaut Overcharge updated to say 'Boost Melee & Shields'

General Updates and Fixes

• Gameplay
  • Fixed several issues preventing co-op players from spawning/de-spawning correctly
  • Major under-the-hood updates to NPC dialogue (this will make dialogue changes and (potentially) future localization much easier)
  • Disabled Escape input during cutscenes
  • New and updated AOE effects for Assassin Slash skill, Stryker Barrage skill, Juggernaut Energy Drain skill, Medastia poison and Kamikaze Bot detonation radius
  • Fixed Juggernaut Plasma Shield skill dome deployment animation
  • Stryker Barrage skill Updates:
    • Increased Level 1 rockets to 10
    • Increased Level 2 rockets to 15
    • Increased Level 3 rockets to 20

• UI
  • Fixed an issue causing the HUD to disappear when picking up weapons and there are 4 players available
  • Added new keyboard and mouse input icons
  • SP skill points now appears on screen when 1 unused point is available
  • Adding extra players from the Pause Menu now requires holding the button for 1 second instead of a press
  • Player 1 can no longer attempt to drop out
  • Updated icon for Juggernaut Overcharge skill
  • New Hitscan studio intro splash screen

• Training Room
  • Added new tutorial popups to explain basic movement, weapon control, and the various practice zones
  • Updated the controller and keyboard Instructions in the starting area
  • Major overhaul to the Trap Room to include spike traps
  • Basic Training modes now cannot begin until the player has started the mission
  • Fixed an issue in Live Fire Training where one group of Spyders would not attack the player
  • Restored music in the level
  • Corrected a long-standing collision error at the back of the Combat Sim Library – players can now move to the edge of the room
  • Added new level geometry to the Slayer Mission Training
  • Removed the primary ammo kiosks from the Armories

• Genesis II Station
  • Fixed some minor art errors in the floor of the Command Core
  • Corrected several grammatical and spelling errors in NPC dialogue
  • Added New Warp gate in view of hangar
  • Minor Art updates
  • Lighting Optimizations

• Lockjaw Mining
  • Added tutorial popups throughout the level (this has temporarily affected the comic timing of the Prison Attendant but a future update will both restore this dialogue and better space out the popups)
  • Updated the art by the locked door to Mineral Processing to prevent confusion on where to go
  • Solved a long-standing bug preventing enemies from moving through the opened gates at the end of the Mining Floor
  • Created very short cutscenes to show what has happened after players unlock doors
  • Zoomed out the camera slightly while activating the Manipulator Crane in Loading Zone A to better showcase what is happening
  • Made art and gameplay updates to the Security Checkpoint area at the end of the Mining Floor – both doors are now useful to check but only one will allow the player to move forward
  • Fixed players’ starting weapon names for consistency with dropped weapons
  • Adjusted the height of the staircase leading out of the Mining Floor Security Checkpoint to solve a collision issue some players were having at the top of the stairs
  • Moved the falling debris at the staircase by the end of the Processing Transfer area so it can no longer catch on the lowest stair and end up floating
  • Slight adjustment to the continue point nearby to give players room to respawn
  • Added new post processing FX
  • Added new elevator introduction sequence
  • Art, Visual FX and Lighting optimizations
  • Fixed respawn locations for mini boss mech warden fight
  • Fixed Skolac dialogue

• Lockjaw Cell Blocks
  • Updated the Manipulator Crane art for consistency with Mining
  • Updated Skorlac dialogue icon
  • Art, Visual FX and Lighting updates and optimizations
  • Added extra wall lights to guide players
  • Fixed several Z-Fighting issues near Cellblock A
  • Fixed missing lower cellblock floors
  • Fixed overlapping Voice Over dialogue for Prison Attendant

• Titus
  • Fixed drill startup timing logic

• Titus Queen’s Nest
  • HUD now appears when the level starts

• Oterion Jungle
  • Filled in some missing art assets in the cliff face by the edge of the dam
  • Solved an issue where some players were getting stuck when trying to move onto and off of the landing pad
  • Players can no longer flee from B3-L1-4L during the miniboss battle (this was causing an edge case where it could despawn and prevent player progress)
  • Updated Signposts in the Boomtown area to fix icon size errors and missing dialogue
  • Restored Nent’s unique dialogue when speaking to Assassin
  • Made behind-the-scenes fixes to the Data Module quest and added branching dialogue when interacting with the Decoder Terminals while holding various numbers of modules
  • The Entry Key in the Forward Base is now collectible, and must be retrieved from the lockers before the player can proceed with the mission
  • Updated art and some dialogue in the Forward Base
  • Art, Visual FX and Lighting updates and optimizations

• Oterion Lost City
  • New Voice Over dialogue for Dr. Hadley (Plays when entering the Grassy Clearing)
  • Art, Visual FX, Audio and Lighting updates and optimizations
  • New screen FX for rain
  • Increased waterfall resolution
  • Fixed missing Visual FX details

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
  • Added energy waves from the broken Glyph Cube to the water in the second and third Puzzle Path rooms

• Oterion Guardian Sanctum
  • Cleaned up navigation along the edge of the boss arena and in the Artifact chamber
  • Improved the collision in the floor geometry, which should prevent players getting stuck on the seams between stone blocks

• Holochamber
  • Updated hologram art for Mission kiosks
  • Art, Visual FX and Lighting optimizations

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Bug Fixes

• Gameplay
  • Fixed bug causing the elevator to be active while moving
  • Halloween Event Concludes
    • Mr. Spooky and Scary Face have been banished from the realm of the living for another year
    • All levels and menus have returned to normal

• Main Menu
  • Fixed an issue preventing controller users from pressing B to go back from the Campaign Menu

• Titus
  • Fixed Drill startup behavior that would allow drill progress to begin without any players nearby

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
  • Optimized Antechamber staircase lighting, which should further improve performance
  • Elevator riding collision has been improved – players should not be able to fall off an elevator in motion once inside the Sanctum
  • Solved several bugs plaguing elevators returning incorrectly during the Trial Paths
  • Fixed a logic error in the infested switch room during the Combat Trial - the switch should now activate after destroying the central Sporangium as intended
  • Minor art updates throughout

• Oterion Guardian Sanctum
  • Reduced the ambient volume for the Artifact
  • Optimized material slots on the stone hexagons and ancient glyph spheres

Bug Fixes

• Gameplay
  • Disabled prototype character skills still in development
  • Fixed missing skill upgrade descriptions in flyout menu

• UI
  • Fixed an issue causing a permanent black screen while attempting to abort mission from the pause menu. This occurred on sub-levels of campaign planets

• Lockjaw Mining Floor
  • When engaging the damaged Warden the door now locks behind the player as intended

• Genesis II Station
  • Solved a bug causing a strange shadow to appear on the floor of the Archives

• Titus
  • Corrected a potentially game-breaking issue where the drill at Site Five near the southwest corner of the map required zero batteries to restart but still removed one from the player’s inventory; this could ultimately prevent the player from ever reaching the boss

• Oterion Lost City
  • Updated collision by the elevator at the end of the level
  • Fixed floating art near the stairs leading from the swamp into the ruined city

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
  • Optimized lighting in the Antechamber which should slightly boost framerate in the early part of the level
  • Hopefully completely solved the unintended enemy overleveling issue:
    • Some enemies in the Combat Path have been allowed to overlevel slightly, especially at higher difficulties and for high level players
    • The miniboss encounter has only had its leveling math error corrected as it needs to remain a major threat, but underleveled players should now have a much better chance here on easy and normal difficulty settings
    • Join the Discord to discuss these and other balance adjustments
  • Added collision by the elevator at the beginning of the level to prevent the player falling out of the level bounds
  • Improved the return elevator rides and transfers for the Inner Court trial paths
  • Slightly updated level art by the final return elevator on the Combat Path to better guide players
  • Adjusted the starting position for a waterfall at the end of the Combat Path
  • Expanded the fungal infection in the Combat Path large switch room
  • Fixed minor Halloween art errors throughout the level

• Oterion Guardian Sanctum
  • Updated collision in two areas on the edge of the level where players could fall out of the level bounds
  • Fixed a collision bug where players could walk in the air over a broken floor at the edge of the level
  • Updated art in both the boss arena and the lower chamber

Campaign

• New Level: Queen’s Nest
  • To future-proof Titus for a major update later this year the Spyder Queen boss encounter has been moved to its own unique level
  • This includes a much improved intro cutscene and some big art updates but the most interesting parts of this change are still under the hood for now
  • Look for one final area to explore here in another future update!

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• Preproduction on Upcoming Campaign Levels
  • Planet is moving steadily through its initial blockout phase
  • This Campaign Planet will feature new environmental damage systems and at least one new weapon manufacturer, Vecu Armaments (possibly more…?)
  • Planet Sentinel (already playable in Holochamber mode) has completed its Campaign blockout phase and has entered early art and dev testing!
  • This penultimate Campaign Planet will feature new enemies not yet seen in Holochamber and a major new weapon manufacturer, Olorun Defense Systems
  • (Please note that each of these planets will take several months to fully implement, test, and go live, but this last cycle’s progress represents a major milestone for Phase Four!)
  • Watch the Discord channel to stay informed with the latest screenshots and dev news

Spooky Mode

• Halloween Event is Active
  • The Nova Genesis System will be haunted for the next two weeks
  • Core gameplay is unaffected, but watch for secrets and other spooky changes

Characters

• Juggernaut Skills and Stats Update
  • Skills
    • Based on player feedback we’ve made a major overhaul to Laser Core
    • Mobility has been greatly increased (although this will be further adjusted after player testing)
    • Damage scales with the Offensive stat and player level, but even the initial output is devastating!
    • Updated Overcharge skill Level 2 and and 3 shield regeneration delay to 0.25 seconds
    • These changes should seriously improve Juggernaut’s viability in combat
    • Share your thoughts and suggest other improvements on our Discord
  • Character Stats
    • Updated shield regeneration delay from 2 to 1.75 seconds
• Stryker Skills Update
  • Updated shield regeneration delay from 2 to 1.75 seconds
  • New art for Remote Charge Skill

General Updates and Fixes

• Gameplay
  • Fixed an issue where the game could become unplayable when three or more players are present
  • Solved an issue that would cause a stranded copy of Player 1 to appear at the start of a mission
  • The “Level Up!” fanfare will no longer trigger upon loading from a save file

• UI
  • Streamer window UI testing continues
  • Check out twitch.tv/hitscangames to see it in action and offer feedback

• Main Menu
  • Spooky for Halloween Season

• Genesis II Station
  • Updated the rotation and position for Titus to improve visibility throughout the station
  • Improved the collision for the projector in the Archives
  • Expanded art in zones still under construction
  • Fixed logic causing the System Map to load the wrong campaign sub levels
  • Updated Halloween NPC dialogue

• Lockjaw Cell Blocks
  • Added new structural art to the Distribution Hub area between the Oxygen Generation room and the Military Warehouse
  • Added new post processing and screen effects
  • Fixed an art error where a floor tile in Y Block had partially vanished
  • Known Issue: some minor art streaming errors still exist in Y and Z Blocks on lower floors

• Titus
  • Updated art throughout the level
  • Added new collision on the approach to the CommsNet Tower
  • Adjusted staircases throughout the level to get them more flush with the terrain
  • Minor dialogue updates
  • Added a CommsNet node at Drill Site Five
  • Made CommsNet nodes adaptive to player behavior; as the network expands each tower will react
  • Updated art in the Site Two Sinkhole for better consistency with the other Drill Sites
  • Inserted new cutscenes at various points in the level
  • Added vista points throughout the level (these will tie into a future update but have been enabled early)
  • Cleaned up navigation volumes in the Broodwatcher chamber
  • Updated art, lighting and navigation in and around the Broodwatcher chamber
  • Fixed a bug where the player was not spawning in the air when entering the Sinkhole

• Oterion Jungle
  • Updated the loot table for the B3-L1-4L miniboss battle with a consolation prize for non-completionists

• Oterion Lost City
  • Added rain screen effects and post processing
  • Added ambient sounds to forested areas
  • Fixed a bug where players could fall into an inescapable pit during the final corridor

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
  • Art streaming optimization should slightly improve framerate and performance throughout the level
  • Fixed a serious bug where enemies were spawning at levels up to 15 higher than intended
  • Updated the moving platforms to better cascade in difficulty from the beginning to the end in each chamber
  • Slightly raised the baseline time that all platforms stay up
  • Adjusted some art near the end of the puzzle path sequence to better showcase the guide lines

Campaign

• New Level: Oterion Guardian Sanctum
  • Unearth the ancient mystery buried beneath the Ruined Sanctum
  • Face off against a massive threat protecting this realm
  • Discover the key to the forgotten history of Nova Genesis

The Vault

• New Vault system available through the Flyout Menu (appears on the far right tab with the backpack icon)
• To add a weapon to the Vault the player must stand over it and press D-Pad Right (Controller) or the B key (Keyboard)
• Pull and equip weapons from your Vault while in specified "Safe Zones," including the Space Station and Holochamber Starting Zone (New Safe Zones will be added throughout the game as needed)

Unreal Engine Upgrade

• The game is now running on the latest and last version of Unreal Engine 4, which should improve performance on many players’ machines
• Lots of systems have been tweaked, modified on completely changed in order to get the game running on this latest version
• Please report any bugs you find at discord.gg/solarpurge or through the game’s main menu or pause menu

Weapons

• AzTek
  • Updated the weapon naming text to the correct ‘AzTek’ case usage (this was not possible in the earlier engine)
  • Made minor art updates to the company logo for better size scalability

General Updates and Fixes

• Engine
  • Reduced the game's install size by nearly 50%

• Gameplay
  • New reload animation for Minigun
  • Fixed an error when talking to stationary NPCs without behavior trees
  • Fixed NPCs snapping while turning
  • Fixed a long-standing issue with NPCs bobbing up and down when blending between movement and idle animations
  • Fixed AOE strobe bug
  • Updated majority of old AOE materials to match the newer "exploding barrel" style
  • Fixed player interactions for computer consoles and misc interactables
  • Updated stone doors to use the intended sound effects for opening and closing

• UI
  • New graphical options have been added including:
    • View distance quality
    • Shadow quality
    • Post processing quality
    • Texture quality
    • Effects quality
    • Foliage quality
    • Resolution scale
    • Anti-aliasing quality
    • Frame rate options
    • Motion blur options
    • Chromatic aberration (fringe)
  • Updated logic and buttons for Skill Upgrade Menu
  • Incorporated a new game font to add more sci-fi style
  • Added new menu button textures
  • Updated keyboard input icons
  • Included new Xbox controller input icons
  • Improved the character selection screen
  • New dialogue box animations
  • Updated loading screens
  • Expanded the size of the dialogue text box
  • Renamed the ‘Emergency Bulwark’ Perk to ‘Palisade’ to fit within the UI
  • Renamed the ‘Efficient Fuel Intake’ Perk to ‘Fixed Position’ to fit within the UI
  • Fixed the “Press A to Play” bug
  • Solved an issue causing trigger volumes to not display input correctly
  • Fixed a bug causing enemy health bars to not update after being healed
  • Fixed navigation logic for graphics options

• Holochamber
  • Updated the Manufacturer Function kiosks to use the associated weapon manufacturer logos

• Main Menu
  • Improved lighting and reflection captures
  • Added character animations and updated lighting for the character selection screen

• Genesis II Station
  • Improved the materials used on Titus as seen from space
  • Updated the planetary data in the System Map
  • Changed the enemy data language for clarity
  • Fixed the logic for unlocking Oterion in the System Map once Titus has been completed
  • Fixed an issue causing save files to become corrupt when loading into the Training Room from the Space Station and back
  • Corrected an error causing players to return to the Hangar rather than the Archives after exiting the Training Room
  • Fixed a navigation issue blocking players and NPCs in the Command Core
  • Updated the character icons for the Aesrenan Elite Guards
  • Updated Trooper Uthste into his officer’s armor
  • Moved some NPCs in the Command Center and adjusted some animations accordingly

• Training Room
  • The Training Room now loads as a separate level, which may slightly increase loading time but solves multiple critical bugs related to the saving and Vault systems
  • Updated the Target Dummy to face the player
  • Made major changes to the Armory weapon spawners:
    • Fixed a long-standing bug where the Armory spawners were pulling from the old, soon-to-be-deprecated weapon spawn system and naming pool
    • Currently these spawners are hard-locked to a single manufacturer, but this will be updated as more manufacturers and weapon types are released
    • Temporarily disabled the burst grenade launcher spawners while we redesign their projectile logic and role in combat
  • Solved several art-related bugs causing floor patterns to break
  • Disabled Vault connectivity inside of the Training Room

• Lockjaw Mining Zone
  • Updated lighting to match the style of Cell Blocks (should also grant a slight performance boost)
  • Fixed some navigation errors

• Lockjaw Cell Blocks
  • Updated art on the surface level to be more in line with the floors below
  • Adjusted the final hangar hallway to be centered against the door
  • Fixed a bug causing the game to crash when entering a level streaming volume near the Fan Control Room
  • Fixed a missing art issue in the Fan Control's back corner
  • Corrected a level lighting bug causing many art assets to appear very dark in-game
  • Fixed a missing material on Prison doors
  • Fixed an art clipping issue on a diagonal wall in the Tram Station
  • Fixed a similar clipping issue in the Oxygen Generation room where water planes were overlapping
  • Closed a gap in the Elevator Shaft wall visible from the south end of top of the Elevator Shaft
  • Updated the dialogue for the Skorlac Pirate in the Fan Control room

• Titus
  • Improved frame rate performance across the planet
  • Updated all human characters’ icons to match their in-game models
  • Greatly expanded on the art in the Crystal Gorge
  • Moved the water tank engineer to be more visible
  • Fixed navigation issues in the Underground Caverns
  • Fixed drill progress radius decal overlap
  • Disabled shadows on stalactites in sinkhole
  • Fixed crane, ship landing and HQ door audio sound classes

• Oterion Jungle
  • Fixed some level streaming bugs causing visual glitches when players looked at the AzTek Facility from the Boomtown side of the broken vehicle bridge
  • Altered the AzTek Facility checkpoint pylon to not interrupt players while exploring the upper levels
  • Reduced the number of Data Modules required to finish the quests in the Wetlands and Forward Operating Base
  • Expanded dialogue from Dr. Hadley to better explain the Data Module questline
  • Improved the logic for detecting and counting the collected Data Modules
  • Updated the character icons on all survivors in the Boomtown
  • Added a “character” icon for the AzTek decoder terminals
  • Updated the character icon for B3-L1-4L and updated the quest requirements for the weapon drop for completionists only!
  • Updated player navigation to prevent clipping into the walls near the exit of the level
  • Included art updates in the Forward Operating Base to match the dialogue (this is not yet an official pickup and is not required to progress in the level)
  • Fixed a problem with floor panels clipping into the rock at the end of the level
  • Solved a serious bug preventing some players from successfully opening the door to the Lost City
  • Fixed an issue causing players to fail to spawn sometimes in Boom Town
  • Fixed issue causing Jungle maps to crash on load

• Oterion Lost City
  • Updated artwork at the level start to better match the ending of the previous level and to prevent players from seeing out of the level bounds
  • Fixed a persistent navigation bug allowing players to clip into certain walls in the Sunken Corridor
  • Slightly raised the water level in the Waterworks to prevent some clipping errors
  • Improved player and enemy navigation around several piles of rubble and debris
  • Adjusted art in and around the Sunken Corridor to prevent players from seeing outside of the level bounds
  • Fixed Lost City waterfall material

• Oterion Ruined Sanctum
  • New area - the Infested Corridor combat encounter section has been added after opening the Inner Sanctum doorway
  • Updated art around the Sanctum Door to give players more room to maneuver in the Corridor
  • Finalized the art for the Ancients’ thrones
  • Fixed an issue where some waterfall sources were visible to the camera at high elevations
  • Improved player and enemy navigation around rubble piles throughout the level
  • Expanded the “guideline” art from the early parts of the level into the Inner Court, which should help improve player navigation on the Combat Trial Path
  • Slightly altered some art in the Puzzle Path to accommodate the new “guideline” art
  • Changed the locked doors in the Combat Trial Path for consistency - now all use a switch to both unlock and open
  • Added individual health bars for Infected Toads

Update 0.5 Preview

Oterion Jungle Part 4 - Guardian Sanctum

• Discover the ancient secrets hidden deep in the Ruined Sanctum
• Face off against a massive threat

The Vault

• New Vault system available through the flyout menu
• Pull and equip weapons from your vault while in specified "Safe Zones" including the Space Station and Holochamber Starting Zone (New safe zones will be added throughout the game as needed)

UI and Graphics Options Update

• New graphical options have been added including View distance quality, shadow quality, post processing quality, texture quality, effects quality, foliage quality, resolution scale, anti-aliasing quality, frame rate options, motion blur options, and chromatic abberation (fringe)
• New in game font
• New button input icons

And Much More!