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Summary:

Lightmap bug fixed:

• Lightmap bug where the lightmaps would sometimes not load or load late was fixed
  
• The loading time was mostly artificial prior to this to reduce this bug and has been lowered
  
• PrePlanning (UAV) minimum time lowered from 12 to 5 seconds
  
• Minimum waiting time total between levels for loading reduced from 17 seconds to 6 seconds
  

Changes to inventory icons and claiming:

• Items in the inventory will now highlight if there are placed pucks but players are not carrying enough of the item
  
• The pucks will glow bright yellow if you have free space, or will be dull grey if you do not
  
• Some pucks like the door charge and clacker will automatically be claimed by the person picking up the item
  
• Those claims will automatically unclaim if they drop the necessary item
  

Updated the following animations:

• Ingmar third person animations
  
• Blk-Tar third person animations
  
• Mawp third person animations
  
• Nack11 third person animations
  
• AP-25 third person animations
  

Other changes:

• The MAWP now has more object penetration, the same as other high penetration weapons
  
• Bugfixes to some blending states for animations
  
• BLK-TAR Brace now immediately has horizontal recoil instead of starting on bullet 3
  

Changes:

• Bug fix for the issue where weapons could "shoot backwords" when near certain types of surfaces, making it appear to shoot but not hit the target
  
• Update to RAS12 reload animation (auto shotgun)
  
• Update to NACK11 reload animation
  
• Update to AP25 3rd person reload
  

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Added door anti-spam:

• Doors have a .65s cooldown when an interaction occurs with a door (about how long it takes for a door to close or open)
  
• Open, close, and shotgun interactions all generate the cooldown
  
• Exception: If the last interact was a DEFENDER and and ENFORCER tries to OPEN the door, it will bypass the cooldown for the ENFORCER only
  
• This allows the ENFORCER to counter a DEFENDER door close tactic and pursue a DEFENDER before the door closes or locks
  

New reload scheme keybind TACTICAL RELOAD (HOLD):

• Separate keybind from the RELOAD, EMERGENCY RELOAD, and TACTICAL RELOAD keybinds in the Input Mapper
  
• Tap R for emergency reload, hold R for tactical reload
  
• Intended as a replacement for people looking to reverse the tactical/emergency reload scheme
  

ADS and Brace delay tweaks:

• Fixed longstanding issue where guns would erroneously gain full weapon accuracy during brace animation before laser was engaged
  
• The above is expected to primarily have a gameplay effect on the shotguns and SABR back-up ironsight, but affects all guns
  
• Timings for most guns have been adjusted for the following gun animations:
  
• - Hip to Brace
  
• - Hip to ADS
  
• - Brace to ADS
  
• ADS timings increased marginally, with a 0.025 to 0.050s increase on most guns
  
• ADS timings for pistols reduced from 0.200s to 0.150s
  
• Brace timings on non-pistols increased from 0.100s to either 0.150s or 0.200s for most guns, except the SABR which was increased to 0.225s
  
• Transitioning from brace to ADS on most guns now takes the full ADS time for accuracy to kick in
  

Fixed some more lingering issues with Gunplay 3.0:

• Fixed delay with kick interaction event
  
• Kick will stop momentum if player attempts to jump away; they will not be able to leave the interaction zone
  
• Shotgun bug fixed - ghost firing event could occur if shotgun is fired immediately after breach loading
  
• Shotgun bug fixed - rack bug could occur if reloading immediately after firing out of a full magazine
  

Other:

• Round GUI: Added new visuals for spectating players in the round status and removed the eye icon.
  
• Fixed an exception caused by map icon renderer noted in player logs
  

Known bugs still lingering from Gunplay 3.0:

• Shotgun bug - Rack bug occurring if firing near end of shotgun unholster animation (fix in progress)
  
• Shotgun bug - Floating shotgun shell bug occurring if firing shotgun near middle of unholstering animation (fix in progress)
  
• Firing bug - Clients sometimes do not properly synchronize firing events with the server, seems to happen most often with stolen equipment after a round change (under investigation)
  

Full list of timing changes for ADS/BRACE:

ATTACKER:

• ADS .2 > .225
  
• Brace .1 > .2
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .225
  

• ADS .2 > .3
  
• Brace .1 > .2
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .3
  

• ADS .2 > .25
  
• Brace .1 > .2
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .3
  

• Brace .1 > .225
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .2
  

• ADS .2 > .15
  

DEFENDER:

• ADS .2 > .25
  
• Brace .1 > .2
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .2
  

• Brace .1 > .15
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .15
  

• ADS .2 > .225
  
• Brace .1 > .15
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .225
  

• ADS .2 > .3
  
• Brace .1 > .2
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .3
  

• ADS .2 > .25
  
• Brace .1 > .2
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .3
  

• ADS .2 > .2
  
• Brace .1 > .15
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .15
  

• ADS .2 > .225
  
• Brace .1 > .2
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .4 (longer due to grip change)
  

• ADS .2 > .15
  

• ADS .2 > .15
  

• ADS .2 -> .15
  
• Brace .1 > .15
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .15
  

• Brace to ADS .1 > .2
  

• ADS .2 > .25
  
• Brace .1 > .15
  
• Brace to ADS .1 > .25
  

• Minor Aesthetic Changes
  

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Changes:

• Fixed Gruber-SD6 name on description hover text
  
• You can now swap weapons to interrupt equipment throw
  
• Decrease input delay on reload interactions
  
• Fixed large unintentional delay on crouching and uncrouching
  
• Fixed Gruber-SD6 equip animation and hand position blending to idle
  
• Tuning on gat9 reload sound timings
  
• Tuning on TUB/Shorty draw sound timings
  
• GECNet also had a backend fix over the weekend aimed at resolving the issue where 5v5 match never finds a server
  

Trailer:

Gruber-SD6:

• Variant of the Gruber-5 sub-machine gun with integrated suppressor
  
• Shares magazines and damage with the Gruber-5, but with the added benefits of stealthy operation
  
• Useful for off-angle plays and launching sneak attacks
  
• Unique model, textures and effects separate from the Gruber-5
  

KR82-M:

• Full length modernized variant of the KR82 platform, with folding stock and better recoil control than the KR82-U
  
• Shares magazines and damage with the KR82-U, defenders will have to decide how to use their ammunition
  
• Better at long range engagements, but less movement speed and much worse brace fire accuracy than the shorter KR82-U
  
• Unique model, textures and effects separate from the KR82-U
  

BLK-TAR:

• The black tar has been updated for Gunplay 3.0, giving it a new sight picture and integrated suppressor
  
• The black tar has a new holographic sight, a new unique model that features a less cluttered sight picture
  
• Integrated suppressor has unique effects specific to the BLK-TAR
  
• Recoil when shooting in ADS has been reduced by about 30 percent
  

Gunplay 3.0:

• All weapons have received updated animation sets for basically all animations
  
• Weapon animations include completely new sound effects for all actions, from weapon draws to chambering rounds
  
• Weapon effects for muzzle flashes and gun smoke have been updated to help keep the sight picture much clearer while shooting
  
• Gruber sights updated, the rear sight had a significant portion removed and the front post's size was reduced, resulting in a total reduction to about 60% of the original size.
  
• New audio events such as holstering and unholstering can be heard by nearby opponents
  
• Weapon (and body) flashlights have been updated with a new effect
  

Tactical Reloads:

• All magazine based guns now feature the ability to perform a Tactical Reload
  
• Tactical reloading is when the mag is retained instead of dropped on the ground
  
• Emergency reloads, the previous method where the mag is dropped on the floor, can still be performed
  
• The "reload" bind now performs a tactical reload by default, but pressing "reload" twice in rapid succession will perform an emergency reload instead
  
• Tactical and Emergency reloads now have individual keybinds in the settings, you can unbind "Reload" and set up your own preferred keybinds
  
• Attempting to perform a Tactical Reload when your magazine is empty will automatically be converted into an Emergency Reload
  
• Emergency reloads are faster than Tactical reloads, giving the shooter a choice between retaining the mag or dropping it when necessary
  

Suppressed Weapons:

• Defenders and attackers now have suppressed weapons on each side, opening up possibilities for better sneak attacks and ambushes
  
• Suppressed gunshots are much less audible through walls than other gunshots, helping the shooter keep a low profile
  
• Supressors don't generate incoming fire warning tracers like unsuppressed gunshots
  
• The directional hud indicators for incoming fire do not play, concealing the direction of the incoming shots
  
• Note: While certain guns have suppressors permanently attached, this is simply an introduction to suppressors and we still plan to add them as a separate attachment in the future
  

Weapon related bug fixes:

• Resolved bug where attackers would be affected by flashbangs
  
• When dropping magazines via reload, they should more often be above the ground level
  
• Resolved bug where shotguns have a shell sticking out of the gun when loaded resolved
  
• Resolved bug where picking up an empty mag could permanently break an inventory slot
  
• Resolved bug where picking up an empty mag would break the icons in the hotbar
  

Attacker Weapons:

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 3.1 (EMG: 2.599s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.683s, added 0.283s to DRAW time
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 3.666
  
• EMG RELOAD: New timing is 2.899s, reduced EMG RELOAD time by -0.7s
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.983s, added 0.583s to DRAW time
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 2.333 (EMG: 1.799s)
  
• FIRE: Removed horizontal pull in firing animation that made keeping the sight on target difficult
  

• DRAW: Animation updated, no change to timing
  

Defender Weapons:

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 6.2s (EMG: 5.533s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 1.433s, added 0.933s to DRAW time
  

• DRAW: New timing is 2.066s, added 1.533 to DRAW time
  
• HOLSTER: New timing is 0.966s, added 0.5 to HOLSTER time
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 4s (EMG: 3.6s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.8s, added 0.4 to DRAW time
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 4.033s (EMG: 3.6s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.983s, added 0.583 to DRAW time
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 3.3s (EMG: 2.666s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.8s, added 0.4 to DRAW time
  
• FIRE: Animations for firing reworked to help keep target acquisition in ADS
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 2.966s (EMG 2.533s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.7s, added 0.3 to DRAW time
  
• BRACE: Reworked brace pose to give better context of what the gun is and how it should be used
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 4.733s (EMG: 3.933s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.966s, added 0.566 to DRAW time
  

• DRAW: New timing is 0.8s, added 0.4 to DRAW time
  
• FIRE: Animations for firing and pumping reworked to help keep the barrel from rising over the target
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 2.333s (EMG 1.799s)
  
• DRAW: New timing is 0.6s, added 0.2 to DRAW time
  
• FIRE: Removed horizontal pull in firing animation that made keeping the sight on target difficult
  

• TACTICAL RELOAD: New: 2.333s (EMG 1.799s)
  

Description

Round Status UI Update

• The in-game player HUD is new with significant changes to the team banner and round timer, bringing them more in like with the main menu UI design language.
  
• Weapons and equipment held by teammates now show up next to their icons to give you information about available utilities at a glance.
  
• Better indication of who is speaking without completely covering up the avatar of the player
  
• Name of players are now included so you don't have to entirely rely on avatars to identify players
  
• Killfeed design has changed to reduce space used but still have high readability of messages
  
• Improved scaling to better suit most resolutions
  

Other changes:

• Fixed a visual bug where certain actions during reloads would cause the wrong mag to be inserted during reload animation.
  
• Fixed edge case where players could still get the rejoin banner when moving to a ranked match from a casual match in certain circumstances
  
• Added GECNet communication/popup for when a new match starting is waiting on a server allocation
  
• Fixed yet another rack bug on shotguns caused by edge case which would primarily affect the attackers
  
• Edited a few maps to resolve some problems noted from player feedback
  

Reminder of some changes posted in this week's update regarding maps:

• Killhouse maps from last week which used the Garage Doors have had their buttons moved to the interior; they will now require a charge to be easily used by the attackers.
  
• Map rotation balance per map type has been restored closer to something resembling 40 per each map type instead of having radically skewed map counts for cstore and killhouse.
  

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