It's time for your regularly scheduled roll call!
I've noticed a few of you have been missing leg day - so let's rectify that RIGHT NOW!
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RIGHT LUNGE
LEFT LUNGE
RIGHT LUNGE
LEFT LUNGE
NOW A ONE MINUTE SQUAT - FEEL THE BURN! ...Ok, three seconds is good enough.
Now you all feel refreshed, it's time to get back to Mars and say hello to your fellow squad members.
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Patch Notes 2.78
NOTEABLE
• Tweaked and changed almost every vehicle weapon
• Players can now use callouts while inside vehicle
• Vehicle batteries won't spawn if there are no drivable vehicles on level
• Added new media player to reduce issues people were having with videos
OPTIMIZATION
• Did major network optimization for host regarding frequent updates on both players and monsters
• General optimization on various actors
• Major optimization of minimap
• Optimized colony doors skeletal meshes
SKILLS
• Assault and Hellfire skill duration increased to 40 seconds
• Flameburst duration on last 3 levels is 3 - 6 - 9
• Scan area slot size reduced to 1
• High ex rounds slot size reduced to 2
• Scan area now applies 3% damage taken buff to monsters
• Removed slow from communication skill, added up to -50% energy regeneration while skill is active
GENERAL
• Player bullets will no longer get blocked by windows if crouched
• Energize capacitator skill now displays proper duration in the skill description
• Ammo saver and ammo link should not result in near infinitive ammo anymore
• Turrets now target close targets
• Door blocker will now highlight open doors too
• Mines can no longer be placed on top of flaming pipes
• Command drones should work properly on client now(visually)
• Driller animation fix
• A lot of map bug fixes
• Fix for STROL Marine weapons being visible in fog of war
• Fix of HUD re-scaling after opening player stat widget
• Fix for player not being able to see their own ping
• Fix for Attractor being able to be used on regions with 5+ infestation
• Fix for automatic scan that happens after entering the World Map for the first time
• Fix for Engineer Battery not displaying restricted placement particle while inside of Firebase
• Fix for items spawning underground on some prefabs
• Fix for player not being able to use Zipline on Castle prefab
• Fix for doors that were not displayed on the minimap on Shadow War map
• Fix for client players not being rewarded for completing tasks
• Fixed gunship spam on New Hope
GAMEPAD
• A lot of QOL and changes to gamepad, cursor mode is now available RB + D-pad Up
• Minimap buttons hidden when using gamepad
• Tutorial popup is now gamepad navigable
• Fix for gamepad being able to open multiple ready confirmation menus
UI
• Added wave info and mission time in session list
• Added display to vehicle loading in loadout
• New vehicle mods display for loadout with hover tooltips
• M.E.R.C.S. skin won't show twice in the list if player has both M.E.R.C.S. and season pass
• Players will get a revival information if they are being revived from other sources then player
• Added map legend for refuel station on map
• Vehicle artillery mod data display fix
• Added new line for weapon info for ammo cost per shot
• Fix for Elysium orders not accepting clicks well
• Player vehicles will no longer unequip when changing classes
• Removed conceal description for stimulants
• Rank tooltip will always show requirements now
MISSIONS
• STROL Lair
-Swapped shiva with QIED
-Deploy beacon radius is smaller
-Moved radius closer to whale
• Wasteland Skirmish
-Removed convoy blocker from dam road
-Adjusted a spline that was too close to object that can't die
-Fixed train detection positions to prevent blocker
-Adjusted locations of teleporter pads
-Set spawn points (non-internal ones) for min dis 4k and max to 12k
-Fixed pickup locations
-Fixed items going behind gates
-Fix to monster floor so it covers the entire map now
• M.E.R.C.S. Underground Skirmish
-Tweaked connectors
• Allied Defense
-Added a refuel station to spawn
• Fallen Fury
-Updated friendly marines
• Questionable Cannon Secondary Mission
-Set fail timer of first objective to 5 mins instead of being infinite
• Big Sister Is Watching You
-Fixed gunship spam
• Swamp Colony
-Fixed west gate middle that blocked convoys from leaving
• Rise Of The Reapers
-Set enemy reapers to be just spawned in opposed to called down and the spawn.
• Radiant Frogs
-Removed the Condatis soldier dying as a fail condition as players struggled to understand why they failed when they died.
• Outskirts Skirmish map
-Updated what missions can spawn there
-Added some support locations
• Traitors Grand Skirmish
-Overhauled the mission chain to be more updated and interesting
-Fixed various bugs
• Flesh City Skirmish
-Added more grand skirmish missions to the map
• Shadow War Part 3
-Swapped deploy shiva with QIED
-Fixed an issue where whale did not show up
• Starship Grand Skirmish
-Updated HB marines
-Adjusted hold radius to better fill base
-Gave correct HASTAC targeting system that isn’t infinite
-Spaced kill biomass OBJ out a little more for better immersion
-Added filler biomass around the recon team for better immersion
-Moved support UBAS / charge pad up so players use it more
-Swapped Hellspawn with hatchling to spawn after whales die
• Air Supply
-Adjusted hold radius
-Added moth ambush on a roll to be more engaging
• New Hope Mission
-Cleaned up mission more at certain points
-Set ambush to show closer when defending the farms
• Industrial skirmish map
-Moved train detection up more to prevent weird half convoy blocker
MISC
• Various Spline fixes to internal prefabs
• Removed tag from triangle radar prefab that fixes some missions spawning improperly there
• Set Internal medical prefabs turrets to be deactivated correctly and activate when terminal is interacted with
• Small QOL to how Dr. Charon spawns on final mission
• Added various locations to prefabs to support a collection of missions
• Fixed various pickup location markers on various prefabs
• Added some prefabs to be capped to 1 only
• Adjusted various mission ranges to make them closer to players
• Various backend updating
• Fixed preplaced whale on the internal mines so it works correctly
• Updated M.E.R.C.S. friendlies to use actual merc mat
• Removed shadow war from facility map
Data Dump - https://elpida.info/update-278.html
The team is working hard on a roadmap which we will share with you very soon.
