Dead Effect 2
PREPARE TO DIE!
We won't go into too much detail now, but here are the most important changes, additions and fixes you can look forward to:
• Player vs. Player multiplayer mode is ready for you and your friends (8 max for now)
• New Story missions - level cap raised to 20, item drop rates increased, including legendary and mythical sets
• New maps for Survival, Biohazard, Infestation and Lone Wolf
• HUD improvements (showing percentage, info about killing etc.)
• Ability improvements (new abilities added, easier ability equipping etc.)
• A pack of new guns (cold weapons like a baseball bat or Thor's hammer, shooters can look forward to a new shotgun and sniper rifle)
• New 3PV animations and 3PV character skin tweaks
• New gear sets and implant with shop improvements
• And many and much more!
We would like to release this final update at the beggining of next week, but as always, our schedule can change very quickly due to unexpected issues, which seem to grow exponentially as the game gets bigger. After we release the update, we'll be testing and fixing the game like crazy, so that we are ready for the full release at the May. We will need your help more than ever - please, continue to post any issues and suggestions you might have in the forums. Your comments are very helpful to us and speed up the process considerably.
Thank you everyone for your ongoing support. We are very lucky to have such a great fan base and we will do our best to live up to your expectations!
Cheers,
BadFly team
PERFORMANCE UPDATE 1.1.1 IS LIVE!
First and foremost, the stuttering and frame drops on some computers (mostly with i5 CPU or worse) should now be almost completely suppressed. Most computers where the GPU is not limiting the game should also see a small frame rate boost.
What else can you look forward to?
ADDED:
- new difficulty "Hell" - for the mythical warriors that wear purple. Trying it without really good gear is a rather short and painful experience.
- health bars for the crystal spires in Wagner's inner sanctum
CHANGED:
- increased grenade explosion power a bit
- Proteus pistol type category changed from Rifle to Pistols (now it works for achievement Get kills with pistol)
- decreased drop rate for the Vandal knives
- updated the Russian translation
- damage from the soldier kicking and zombie lunging
- aim dots, holosights and aim assists on most weapon are now shining in the dark
FIXED:
- chimera projectiles occassionaly exploding in front of the player
- aim sensitivity for the Hyperion sniper rifle
- delayed AI reactions after being hit
- the reloading bug with the shotgun
- shield recharging crystal spires can now be damaged with explosive weapons
- wrong GUI scaling in the first talk with Danette in non-native screen resolution
- Jetlift Cargo - Haxxor submission ending, corrected enemy count
- Achievement Home Prison failing at the end of the mission if the player follows Danette to the elevator.
- aiming problems with some weapons
Hope you'll enjoy it!
Happy shooting,
BadFly Interactive
UPDATE 1.1 IS LIVE!
We are ever so sorry for having kept you waiting, but believe us - we were doing our best to be able to offer you lots of new content and as many fixes as possible. Without further ado, please welcome the new and improved Dead Effect 2!
This update raises the level cap to number 14, which means 5 brand-new levels! There’s a lot of changes and additions in the coop, too (like joining mid-game, in-game chat, or continual playing), plus we’ve implemented fan-made Russian subtitles. Below is a list of all the tweaks, fixes and additions featured in the update – feast your eyes for a bit before you get back to slashing zombies, mutants and other baddies. Enjoy!
WHAT’S FIXED:
CO-OP:
- Improved the online game browser (added info about difficulty, player count and progress of the game)
- Chat in the lobby (sending message after pressing the space bar)
- Wrong death screams for players
- Synchronization of the codes for hacking minigames
- Fixed players spawning into each other
- Better balanced enemies – adjusted numbers and difficulty
- Fixed wrong synchronization of enemy numbers in Biohazard
CHARACTERS:
- 3PV animation tweaks – gun-holding positions, face expressions, shooting expressions
- Model skin tweaks
AI ENEMIES + NPCs:
- Skin tweaks
- AI soldier behaviour improved (they cover better, they are more accurate, they cooperate when moving between obstacles)
- Delta soldiers with shotguns move in closer
- Increased health
- Ninjas have decreased health, but their attacks are more deadly
WEAPONS, IMPLANTS, GEAR:
- Aim position tweaks
- Codex compatibility for special implants (Wrestler's heart)
- Ammo refill before the mission start refills grenades too
- Sorting items in the gear and implant inventory
UI + CONTROLS:
- Mouse smoothing and acceleration - can be now disabled in Options (move the slider all the way to the left)
- Full screen glitches (unclickable text boxes, pads etc.)
- Changed the selection sound for Main menu and Options
- Wrong scale for the Mission Summary in some full-screen resolutions
- Minor GUI fixes
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- "I can haz no deathz" in coop
- Global achievements for fully upgrading weapons - require buying upgrades of legendary (golden) or mythical (purple) weapons. (It won't apply to weapons you have previously upgraded. Sorry!)
- Achievements for getting gear and implant sets
MISC BUGS + GLITCHES:
- “Technical assistance needed” mission – the damaged electric panel can be now hacked even in combat
- Fixed wrong secret orb count in some generic missions
- Fixed position of several message tablets that were inaccessible or hidden too well.
- Fixed the credit position in "Showers don't work" mission
- Fixed the door locking in “Saved in a freezer” mission
WHAT’S ADDED:
GENERAL:
- 5 new story missions (level cap raised to 14)
- New environmental set in the new story missions
- 3 new Survival and Biohazard missions
- 2 new generic missions with different quests
- New heavy weapons
- New unique bossfight “Sentinel of Death”
- Missions can be now started solo in the multiplayer mode and others can join you later.
- Russian translation (the language switch button is in Options)
- Added flashlight (default key "F")
- Grenade drops can be looted from killed enemies
- Possibility to quick-sell items by CTRL - clicking in the inventory on the listed item. Just be careful, once sold, Minikin will demand full price for the item!
CO-OP:
- In-game chat during the missions, in summary and shops - default key is 'K' (can be changed in Options)
- Option to allow other players to connect to joinable types of games (Biohazard, Survival, Infestation) started as single player.
- By default, it's now allowed for friends only - can be disabled or set to public in the Game options.
- Multiplayer games are now continual - you will stay connected after returning to the Hub, where the server chooses next mission. Disconnection is possible on the map.
- It's now possible to change mission on the server (leaving the lobby window now allows you to stay connected to the lobby).
- Possibility to join missions that have not been unlocked yet, from invites or from the game browser (doesn’t work for the Story missions).
SPECIAL MISSIONS:
- New game mode “Infestation”
- “Very long duration” option for Survival and Biohazard missions
- Survival mode – added a lot more enemies, it’s much more intense
- Biohazard mode – adjusted the number of waves and enemies – there are a lot more enemies now and at the end of every second wave, there’s a unique boss with a reward.
- Playing on higher difficulties and longer durations (for Survival and Biohazard) - increases chance for better item rewards at the end of the mission.
CHARACTERS:
- New 3PV animations, gun-holding positions
- New 3PV characters unique walking
- New 3PV heavy weapon animation set
- New weapon-holding 3PV animations for Jane
- Polishing aiming with weapons
UI + CONTROLS:
- Anti-aliasing (FXAA2, FXAA3, SMAA) can be set up in Video Settings
- Water Optimization: when setting the shaders to Low, Medium, High
- Possibility to change FOV in Video settings
- Option to adjust the size of UI
WEAPONS, IMPLANTS, GEAR:
- New gear sets and implants + increased item drop rates (including Legendary and Mythical)
- New heavy weapons: Helion, Trinity, Vulcan and Chainsaw
- WW-CI7: added reflective sight dot prototype (visible in the dark)
Thank you everyone for your exceptional patience with our delays! We hope it will be worth it.
More awesomeness is coming in future updates. As always, any feedback on the implemented changes is more than welcome.
Have fun!
Cheers,
BadFly team
EA UPDATE 1.1 IS LIVE!
We are ever so sorry for having kept you waiting, but believe us - we were doing our best to be able to offer you lots of new content and as many fixes as possible. Without further ado, please welcome the new and improved Dead Effect 2!
This update raises the level cap to number 14, which means 5 brand-new levels! There’s a lot of changes and additions in the coop, too (like joining mid-game, in-game chat, or continual playing), plus we’ve implemented fan-made Russian subtitles. Below is a list of all the tweaks, fixes and additions featured in the update – feast your eyes for a bit before you get back to slashing zombies, mutants and other baddies. Enjoy!
WHAT’S FIXED:
CO-OP:
- Improved the online game browser (added info about difficulty, player count and progress of the game)
- Chat in the lobby (sending message after pressing the space bar)
- Wrong death screams for players
- Synchronization of the codes for hacking minigames
- Fixed players spawning into each other
- Better balanced enemies – adjusted numbers and difficulty
- Fixed wrong synchronization of enemy numbers in Biohazard
CHARACTERS:
- 3PV animation tweaks – gun-holding positions, face expressions, shooting expressions
- Model skin tweaks
AI ENEMIES + NPCs:
- Skin tweaks
- AI soldier behaviour improved (they cover better, they are more accurate, they cooperate when moving between obstacles)
- Delta soldiers with shotguns move in closer
- Increased health
- Ninjas have decreased health, but their attacks are more deadly
WEAPONS, IMPLANTS, GEAR:
- Aim position tweaks
- Codex compatibility for special implants (Wrestler's heart)
- Ammo refill before the mission start refills grenades too
- Sorting items in the gear and implant inventory
UI + CONTROLS:
- Mouse smoothing and acceleration - can be now disabled in Options (move the slider all the way to the left)
- Full screen glitches (unclickable text boxes, pads etc.)
- Changed the selection sound for Main menu and Options
- Wrong scale for the Mission Summary in some full-screen resolutions
- Minor GUI fixes
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- "I can haz no deathz" in coop
- Global achievements for fully upgrading weapons - require buying upgrades of legendary (golden) or mythical (purple) weapons. (It won't apply to weapons you have previously upgraded. Sorry!)
- Achievements for getting gear and implant sets
MISC BUGS + GLITCHES:
- “Technical assistance needed” mission – the damaged electric panel can be now hacked even in combat
- Fixed wrong secret orb count in some generic missions
- Fixed position of several message tablets that were inaccessible or hidden too well.
- Fixed the credit position in "Showers don't work" mission
- Fixed the door locking in “Saved in a freezer” mission
WHAT’S ADDED:
GENERAL:
- 5 new story missions (level cap raised to 14)
- New environmental set in the new story missions
- 3 new Survival and Biohazard missions
- 2 new generic missions with different quests
- New heavy weapons
- New unique bossfight “Sentinel of Death”
- Missions can be now started solo in the multiplayer mode and others can join you later.
- Russian translation (the language switch button is in Options)
- Added flashlight (default key "F")
- Grenade drops can be looted from killed enemies
- Possibility to quick-sell items by CTRL - clicking in the inventory on the listed item. Just be careful, once sold, Minikin will demand full price for the item!
CO-OP:
- In-game chat during the missions, in summary and shops - default key is 'K' (can be changed in Options)
- Option to allow other players to connect to joinable types of games (Biohazard, Survival, Infestation) started as single player.
- By default, it's now allowed for friends only - can be disabled or set to public in the Game options.
- Multiplayer games are now continual - you will stay connected after returning to the Hub, where the server chooses next mission. Disconnection is possible on the map.
- It's now possible to change mission on the server (leaving the lobby window now allows you to stay connected to the lobby).
- Possibility to join missions that have not been unlocked yet, from invites or from the game browser (doesn’t work for the Story missions).
SPECIAL MISSIONS:
- New game mode “Infestation”
- “Very long duration” option for Survival and Biohazard missions
- Survival mode – added a lot more enemies, it’s much more intense
- Biohazard mode – adjusted the number of waves and enemies – there are a lot more enemies now and at the end of every second wave, there’s a unique boss with a reward.
- Playing on higher difficulties and longer durations (for Survival and Biohazard) - increases chance for better item rewards at the end of the mission.
CHARACTERS:
- New 3PV animations, gun-holding positions
- New 3PV characters unique walking
- New 3PV heavy weapon animation set
- New weapon-holding 3PV animations for Jane
- Polishing aiming with weapons
UI + CONTROLS:
- Anti-aliasing (FXAA2, FXAA3, SMAA) can be set up in Video Settings
- Water Optimization: when setting the shaders to Low, Medium, High
- Possibility to change FOV in Video settings
- Option to adjust the size of UI
WEAPONS, IMPLANTS, GEAR:
- New gear sets and implants + increased item drop rates (including Legendary and Mythical)
- New heavy weapons: Helion, Trinity, Vulcan and Chainsaw
- WW-CI7: added reflective sight dot prototype (visible in the dark)
Thank you everyone for your exceptional patience with our delays! We hope it will be worth it.
More awesomeness is coming in future updates. As always, any feedback on the implemented changes is more than welcome.
Have fun!
Cheers,
BadFly team
ATTENTION! INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THE UPCOMING UPDATE!
how have you been? We've been gathering feedback from the forums during the past couple of weeks and working hard to implement lots of the requested changes or additions into the game. We would like to present you a (still incomplete!) list of all the tweaks we've made so far, so that you know what you can look forward to.
We'll start testing the new build very soon and if everything goes well, the update will go live probably on Monday. Yes, the release was planned for this Friday, but you know how it is - man proposes, Unity disposes! We hate to keep you waiting, but we'd rather have everything tested properly before we hand it to you. Hopefully, the list below will offer some consolation.
Oh, and look at the brand new sexy sniper rifle! This sleek beauty will be waiting for you at the full release.
Now, about that update...
WHAT WILL BE ADDED?
- New Story missions - level cap raised to 14, item drop rates increased, including legendary and mythical sets
- New game mode called Infected Zones (areas infested with zombies that must be cleared)
- New heavy guns (chainsaw, Helion, Vulcan, Trinity)
- Russian translation (language switch button is in Options)
- Anti-aliasing (FXAA2, FXAA3, SMAA) - in Video settings
- Flashlight (default key "F")
- Possibility to change FOV in Video settings
- Possibility to join a game in progress (for Biohazard and Survival only - you can start solo in the multiplayer mode and others can join you later)
- Possibility to join missions that haven't been unlocked yet, from invites or from the game browser (for special and generic missions only)
- Improved online game browser (added info about difficulty, player count and progress of the game)
- In-game chat during the missions
- Playing on higher difficulties and longer durations (for Survival and Biohazard) - increases chances for better item rewards at the end of the mission
- Grenade drops can be looted from killed enemies
- New 3PV animations and 3PV character skin tweaks
WHAT WILL BE FIXED?
- Mouse smoothing and acceleration - can be now disabled in Options by moving the slider all the way to the left
- Chat in lobby (sending message after pressing the space bar)
- Water optimization - when setting the shader to Low, Medium, High
- Achievement "I can haz no deathz" in the multiplayer
- Global achievements for fully upgrading weapons - require buying upgrades of a legendary (golden) or mythical (purple) weapon (It won't apply to weapons you have previously upgraded - sorry!)
- Achievements for getting gear and implant sets
- Wrong scale for the Mission Summary in some full-screen resolutions
- Minor GUI fixes
- Mission "Technical assistance needed" - damaged electric panel can now be hacked even in combat
- Wrong secret orb count in some generic missions
- Position of several message tablets that were inacessible or hidden too well
- Credit position in "Showers don't work" mission
- Codex compatibility for special implants (Wrestler's heart)
- Wrong death screams for players in the multiplayer
- Synchronization of the codes for hacking minigames in the multiplayer
Cheers,
BadFly Interactive
SECOND UPDATE IS COOKING
we wanted to give you a heads up about the upcoming update, so that you know that we are not just chillaxing over here.
The new update will be out towards the end of next week and you can look forward to lots of awesome additions, as well as bug fixes and other improvements. We're adding some really cool big weapons (chainsaw, anyone?) and gear, plus the level cap will be raised to 13 or 14. The co-op and the matchmaking system will see some changes too - for special missions, it will be possible to play locked missions, as well as join mid-game.
We're also finalizing the first language mutation of Dead Effect 2 - we're looking at you, our Russian fans! Hope you'll enjoy Dr. Bielik subtitled in Cyrillic...
Last but not least, we'll bring lots of bug fixes and optimizations, to improve your gaming experience even further.
We would love to thank you for your continued support - reading the forums here, it's great to know that you're enjoying our game, apparently equipped with endless patience and tolerance towards its imperfections. Having such a loyal and nice community means the world to us!
HOTFIX UPDATE 1.01 IS OUT!
GENERAL:
- massive optimization - especially for lower FX and light settings (High, Medium, Low)
- fixed the false level ups in the mission summaries
- fixed typos and other mistakes in texts
- removed references to crystals in texts
ANIMATION & GRAPHICS:
- ragdoll stabilization (especially with headshots - death animations adjusted)
- texture issues occurring after adjusting quality settings during the game - added a pop-up with warning (changes to the settings will show after restarting the game)
- added V-sync - can be turned on/off in the Settings
- DirectX 9 now running in exclusive mode
WEAPONS:
- fixed the stuck aiming (when reloading while opening a locker)
- fixed the grenades flying through closed doors
- fixed the weapon shop restock
- adjusted the mounted weapon sensitivity
- accelerated the weapon holster
SPECIAL ABILITIES:
- adjusted the radius - no more sticking to walls
CONTROLS AND UI:
- removed the Q & E quick turn
- fixed the mouse cursor lock/unlock in cut scenes and in medichamber
- adjusted the UI scale
CO-OP:
- lobby server made public by default
- fixed lagging issues
- fixed issues with joining servers
- fixed friend invite glitches
Hope this will help you enjoy our game even more! And please, keep sending us your feedback, it's really helpful and it enables us to speed up the implementation process.
Thank you, you are awesome!
EDIT: First hotfix update will be out during the weekend
just wanted to let you know that we're working on on the first hotfix update, which should come out on Friday during the weekend. The update will fix the following:
- performance issues (especially on lower-end devices)
- texture issues
- co-op optimization
- minor bug fixes
Until that time, please, be patient with us, we're working hard to improve the gaming experience for you. Thank you!
Cheers,
BadFly Interactive
EDIT: We're working on improving the performance issues on High, Medium and Low and we've found a solution, but we need a little more time to test it thoroughly. The update will come out on Saturday or Sunday. We're sorry about any inconvenience and hope that you will stick with us nevertheless!
Dead Effect 2 Early Access release is LIVE!
Dead Effect 2 just went live. Hurry up to get the game with the initial Early Access discount for just 12.70 USD!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/394760
Download, play, enjoy and if you want, feel free to leave us your feedback - the game is still under development and we appreciate any comments which can help us improve the game.
Price and release time
We've been getting tons of questions about the price of Dead Effect 2 and we wanted to wait for the release to reveal that, but obviously you just can't wait to get your hands on the game :)
Dead Effect 2 will be 15.99 USD in Early Access, with an initial release discount of 20 %, so you'll be able to get it for 12.70 USD.
We'll be submitting the build to Steam shortly, so we suppose the game will be live around 8-9 pm CET.
Cheers,
BadFly Interactive