News Liste Monstrum 2

Season 4 Content

Gameplay Updates

UPGRADED USER INTERFACE IN MATCHES

• Mission Widget
• Mission Pop Up
• Player Status
• Prisoner Status
• Timer
• XP background
• Adrenaline Buff icon
• Flashlight icon
• Spectate UI
• Subtitles UI

LOCKER CONFRONTATION POLISH

• If a Prisoner is killed in a locker, both Monster and Prisoner will view a kill animation in 3rd person
• Each Monster has their own unique locker kill animation
• Monster searching locker animations have been altered and had their camera movements steadied
• Depending on locker positioning in the environment, the animation will be shown at an angle that should always be visible.
• Abilities and movement are disabled for the Prisoner and Monster during the animation
• Added sound effects for locker confrontations, with bespoke audio passes for each monster, and whether or not the prisoner escapes or is killed

SPATIAL AUDIO SYSTEM

• Fewer instances of sounds being heard through walls
• More accurate diffraction of sounds from around corners or while behind obstructive game objects (crates, lockers, servers, etc.)
• More accurate spatialisation of sounds throughout the game (we have improved the ability to position a sound in 3D space)

MEMORISE KEYCODE ACCESSIBILITY OPTION

• Player can hold down the Interact button when standing next to a clue to memorise that four digit number
• Once a code is memorised the Prisoner player can then approach the corresponding keypad and hold down Interact again to automatically enter the code without having to precision aim at each button on the keypad

CHANGES TO ITEM SPAWNING

• Health Sprays and Adrenaline items can now be found inside wall mounted boxes that require the Boltcutters to open
• There are still some loose instances of both Health Sprays and Adrenaline scattered around the sea Fort but those amounts have been heavily reduced by about 60% of previous totals
• Item spawns close to related puzzles have been moved further away or have been removed completely to prevent puzzle items spawning next to the related puzzles

• In Stage 1 most Backpack items will be found beside switches that take some effort for the Prisoner players to reach
• In Stages 1 and 2 some Backpacks can be also be found hidden behind various destructible objects that need to be destroyed
• In Stage 3 Escape Routes the Backpacks can still be found in open areas
• Backpacks can also appear in Equipment Chests

PRISONER CHANGES

• Prisoner walking speed increased from 2.96 to 3
• Prisoner sprinting speed increased from 4.144 to 4.5
• Fall damage is now more severe for Prisoners with damage starting after falling more than 5 metres. If a Prisoner falls more than 12 metres they will be incapacitated even if they are at full health. The previous value for this was 15 metres
• Vaulting over objects is more restrictive with the vaulting range reduced from 3.5m to 2m. This means prisoners are no longer able to vault directly over the centre of large objects such as the large metal crates. They will still be able to trigger a vault over their corners however
• First Person Item Use Animation polish for the Fuel Can

BRUTE CHANGES

• Brute walking speed increased from 3.04 to 3.33
• Brute sprinting speed increased from 4.408 to 5
• Charge ability is smoother with the Brute able to deflect off surfaces at shallow angles more easily and will come to a stop more reliably when hitting a surface from a wide angle
• Attack cooldown reduced from 3.5s to 2.5s

BHAGRA CHANGES

• Bhagra scent trail particles will dissipate once a Prisoner enters a locker, the trail will resume if the Prisoner exits the locker before the Bhagra has finished using the ability

• Improved stability of ceiling climb ability to prevent the Bhagra falling off of the tiles unintentionally
• More of the Bhagra tiles inside buildings connect up between the different rooms
• After leaving a ceiling tile for any reason, the Ceiling Climb ability will go on cooldown
After leaving a ceiling tile for any reason, the Attack Ability will go on cooldown
• Can no longer just pop off a ceiling and attack with Bhagra players now needing to lunge to do damage, instead of being able to instantly do so when dismounting from a ceiling tile then rinse and repeat

• Vs 1 Prisoner - 2.25s (Was 3s)
• Vs 2 Prisoners - 1.75s (Was 2.5s)
• Vs 3 Prisoners - 1.5s (Was 2.25s)
• Vs 4 Prisoners - 1.25s (Was 2s)

• Vs 1 Prisoner - 15s (Was 10s)
• Vs 2 Prisoners - 14.25s (Was 9.5s)
• Vs 3 Prisoners - 13.5s (Was 9s)
• Vs 4 Prisoners - 12.75s (Was 8.5s)

• Bhagra ground movement speed increased from 4.133 to 4.65 (Bhagra ceiling tile movement speed is 6, which is unchanged from the last update)
• Damage caused from a ceiling lunge during Stage 1 increased from 60 to 70 hit points
• Bhagra slowed down more when crawling through slide holes and climbing through windows

MALACOSM CHANGES

• Holding the jump key after falling or reaching the apex of a jump will make the Malacosm float at 10% the usual falling speed.
• The Malacosm is able to change direction during this ability
• If the float was held for longer than 2 seconds the Malacosm will not receive any movement penalties when landing
• The Malacosm will not float upwards

• When using the Clairvoyance ability as the Malacosm the character will turn their head and body to always face the Prisoner they are Clairvoyancing
• When the Clairyvoyance abilities active duration ends the Malacosm player will already be facing the direction they need to move in allow the Malacosm to start the chase immediately
• If the Prisoner the Malacosm is Clairvoyancing enters a locker the Malacosm will instead face downwards after exiting clairvoyance

• Malacosm gains a 25% speed boost after exiting a teleport for 2 seconds

• There is a new shimmer overlay added over any objects in the Sea Fort that the Malacosm is able to phase through

• New sound effect for phasing that more resembles the other movement sounds

• Sentinel deploy
• Sentinel idle
• Sentinel pop up
• Sentinel call - this is an audio effect to alert the Malacosm when a prisoner is near

• Malacosm walking speed increased from 2.7 to 3.2
• Malacosm sprinting speed increased from 4.185 to 4.8
• Malacosm acceleration increased from 5 to 5.1
• Attack cooldown reduced from 3.5s to 2.5s

• Stage 1 damaged increased from 40 to 50
• Stage 2 damage increased from 60 to 65
• Stage 3 damage is still 80
• Stage 4 damage is still 100

CHANGES AFFECTING ALL MONSTERS

• All Monsters can now use Elevator buttons
• Monsters will be slowed down after falling, which will now reach maximum effect after a 12 metre fall where the original fall height was 15 metres
• New XP reward added for attacking or killing Prisoner while the Prisoner is using Adrenaline
• New XP reward added for attacking or killing Prisoner while the Monster is blinded by the Flash Bulb Camera
• New XP reward added for attacking or killing Prisoner while the Monster is slowed down by the Fire Extinguisher powder

NEW OPTIONS MENU SETTINGS AVAILABLE

• Inner Dead Zone - The % you need to move the thumbstick before input will register (useful for combating thumbstick drift). Default Value: 10%
• Outer Threshold - The % at which the input will output 100% e.g. if set to 50%, then the player only has to push the thumbstick half way to look/move at full speed. Default Value: 100%
• Minimum Value - The output value of the thumbstick when the input is exactly at the Inner Dead Zone value. You could use this e.g. to eliminate slow movement speeds when the thumbstick is pushed lightly, whilst still allowing the ability to control the movement speed more precisely when the thumbstick is pushed further. (Thumbstick input values beyond the Inner Dead Zone will scale the output value between Minimum Value and 100%). Default Value: 0%

• Removal of the generic high/medium/low options as they were very limited
• Added High/medium/low options for textures
• Added High/medium/low options for fog quality
• Added High/medium/low options for anti-aliasing quality
• Added High/medium/low options for bloom quality
• Added Close/medium/far options for light fade distance
• Added Anisotropic textures toggle
• Added SSAO toggle
• Added Bloom toggle
• Added Dithering toggle
• Added Chromatic Aberration toggle
• Added Film grain toggle

VISUAL FEEDBACK CHANGES

• Whenever the Prisoner takes damage from a monster a blood effect will appear on the screen for a few seconds
• Whenever a Monster deals damage to a Prisoner a blood effect in the shape of a claw will appear on the screen for a few seconds to confirm that damage was done

Changes to Map Content

MOON POOL CHANGES

• The path down into the Moon Pool has been shortened. The ocean is closer to the underside of the Sea Fort which has removed a flight of stairs leading down into the Moon Pool airlock
• The tunnels leading from the bottom of the airlock pillar to the Moon Pool chamber are shorter, more direct and have various storage rooms added to vary these pathways more
• The two rooms that contain Nav Data Consoles for the ‘Upload the Nav Data to the Submersible’ Mission have been moved to now be in the same two rooms used to ‘Open the Moon Pool Doors’, however they still have unique obstacles in their way
• The vertical shaft the Submersible is lowered into to reach the water level is now significantly deeper making a leap from the top straight at the Escape Triggers a far more dangerous tactic

POWER PLANT CHANGES

• The line of five crank wheels have been removed from the side of the three generators that do not contain the complete the sequence puzzle
• The generator that does have the complete the sequence puzzle now has a bright light positioned above the sign with the order sequence
• All the piston heads on the top of the generators have had their paint changed from yellow to grey apart from the three that are buckled and require the Welder to fix
• The crank handles on the three pressure dials at the bottom of the generator have been removed on the three generators that do not have the Hammer the Pipes / turn the handles puzzle
• All the large gear wheels on the sides of the Generators have had their paint changed from yellow to grey apart from the one that is tied up with cords that require the Boltcutters to cut

• The G1, G2, G3, G4 lights will now change state when the Generator is ready to active
• Some piping has been added around the ceilings on top of the Control Rooms to stop characters from easily getting on top of the Bhagra tile tracks

• Improved audio effects for Power Plant objectives

STAGE ONE POWER SWITCH CHANGES

• Residential: Tape puzzle in has had its difficulty increased and now requires 3 frayed wire fixes instead of just 1
• Residential: Grate puzzle in now requires Prisoners to open all 3 grates to complete the Switch instead of just opening 1
• Residential: Rooftop, the red dossier holding the keycode has been removed and the code is now just sitting on the desk
• Examination: The big room on the lower floor has had a new setup created for the Power Switch in there involving a keycode and a draggable palette loader
• Infirmary: Lower floor reception area has the lever position to open the medical supplies room is randomised and the Switch in there now requires a fuse
• Infirmary: In the lower floor ward the red dossier that held a keycode has been replaced by two codes that both need to be found instead
• Laboratory: On the upper floor, papers needed to be shuffled to find a code are gone and the codes are now just hidden among the clutter in the room
• Exterior: The balcony switch that requires 7 buttons to be pressed now has one of those buttons always appear right next to the lights display to make it more apparent what needs to be done
• Exterior: The balcony with caged off areas where a code needs to be found has had the shuffle papers removed and more clutter assets added to help obscure the code

PLAYER SPAWN SYSTEM CHANGES

• Number of possible spawn locations has been doubled across all buildings and exterior areas in the Sea Fort

INTERACTABLES CHANGES

• 3.0 seconds for 1 Prisoner
• 3.5 seconds for 2 Prisoners
• 4.0 seconds for 3 Prisoners
• 4.5 seconds for 4 Prisoners

Bugs fixed

CHARACTERS:

• Prisoners can no longer vault straight through the Monsters body while the Monster is clambering through windows
• Prisoners should now find that the red Equipment Chests now always contain an item when they are first opened
• As the Brute can now more easily kill downed or incapped Prisoners. It was previously very difficult to line up these attacks properly while the Prisoners were on the ground
• Bhagra should no longer unexpectedly fall off ceiling tiles
• Fixed bug where characters would fall at an incredibly fast rate after walking off of an edge.
• Fixed issue where occasionally the Malacosm would not respawn correctly after falling in the ocean

ENVIRONMENT:

• Fixed issue with real time parameter control of external audio
• Various audio bug fixes and polish
• Removed a pillar that could make a Monster get stuck in a gap in the Laboratory superblock
• Missing railings added to the top of the stairs in the Laboratory
• Fixed misaligned geometry in the Moon Pool tunnels
• Added blockers under the angled area behind stairs to prevent characters from crouching into them, which led to clipping and physics problems

OBJECTIVES / INTERACTABLES:

• Removed extraneous hand prompt on Generator puzzle content
• Moved a Vine in Aquatics that was causing monsters to get stuck at the top
• Raised height of various desks so Prisoners could crawl under them correctly
• Characters jumping audio no longer plays while they are standing in a moving elevator
• On the Examination rooftop there is no longer orange light bled visible from the Equipment Chest that randomly contains the Keycard Dispenser

MENU SYSTEMS / BACK END:

• Fixed issue where players can spam the ready button

Known Issues

CHARACTERS:

• Malacosm locker kills that would eliminate a Prisoner from the game will cause a spectate glitch where the camera does not recentre. Swapping to another camera fixes this issue.
• Some Prisoner skins will still clip into the Prisoners bodies.
• At times the Brute’s head will turn on during the Brute tutorial - it does go away after you have climbed the 1st vine
• Monsters heads can be missing during the monster intro cutscenes
• During a locker confrontation, the Prisoner may seem to disappear briefly. The Prisoner however should be visible after the interaction is completed.
• Prisoner’s arm can sometimes stick out of locker when holding an item

ENVIRONMENT:

• Sometimes sounds might emit from different positions than what is expected.
• Bhagra can occasionally still snag the top of certain stairs slowing them down momentarily
• Some yellow Palette Loaders remain in the game that are non-interactable, these are planned to be removed to help keep visual communication clear for players

OBJECTIVES / INTERACTABLES:

• Can be difficult for Monsters to latch onto the bottom of a Vine. Usually jumping at it is more reliable
• Severe character jittering when inside a moving elevator or attempting to kill inside them
• Occasionally Prisoner items that have yet to be collected can be seen jittering in place

USER INTERFACE:

• When a Prisoner loses their first life the Status Panel in the top right of the screen will briefly show they have lost both lives, this will correct itself once the Prisoner respawns

MENU SYSTEMS / BACK END:

• After a game has ended, the MC does not update in the store (It does update after restarting the game though)
• VSync occasionally does not apply in the main menus (it should be fine in-game and please remember to click save and exit to make sure it saves your choice)
• Quick Join blocked after leaving a friends lobby (after leaving Escape With Friends)

Final Word