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Changelog

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Combat

Exploration

Quests and scripting (Spoilers)

UI

Co-Op

General

Highlights

Combat

• Ricocheting shots are now simulated and have a chance to damage characters and objects nearby.
  
  
• The remaining number of overwatch attacks will now be shown on the combat badge above the merc's head
  
  
• Various improvements to melee attack animations
  
  
• Fixed some cases where conflicts would not end
  
  
• Made the "Run and Gun" attack sequence more fluid
  
  
• "Run and Gun" would no longer make shots against dead enemies
  
  
• Enemies no longer redeploy when a merc retreats
  
  
• Handled cases where melee attacks would fail to execute
  
  
• Fixes to free aim melee attacks and melee attacks against objects
  
  
• Melee animations connect better when the attacker and the target are on different elevation
  
  
• Fixed some cases where the Surprised enemy state was applied incorrectly
  
  
• Grenades that don't deal damage will no longer destroy objects
  
  
• Fixed some cases where the camera was in the wrong position or got stuck
  
  
• Bug fixes and improvements to the "Remote Detonation" action
  
  
• More fixes for combat effects never ending (incl. Zoophobic and Claustrophobic)
  
  
• Fixed an animation issue causing enemies to sometimes start displaying a crouching animation before dying
  
  
• Fixed a rare case of neutral units walking around during combat
  
  
• Smoke objects will no longer provide a cover spot
  
  
• Infected are no longer incorrectly considered to be in a crouched stance
  
  
• Fixed some attacks being incorrectly labelled as Free Aim in the UI
  
  
• Fixed cases where wrong firing modes would appear for weapons that do not have these modes
  
  
• Made the AI units reload more visible (community suggestion)
  
  
• Fixed the AP costs when using doors and windows
  
  
• Improved performance on combat start
  
  
• Handled cases when entering the overwatch area did not trigger an attack
  
  
• Civilians killed by allies or neutral units no longer incur a loyalty penalty (community suggestion)
  
  
• (Spotter talent) The Marked combat effect is now applied only during combat and on start of combat
  
  
• Combat tasks that require something to happen in the same turn now work correctly when reentering combat
  
  
• The "Put this apple..." and "Make them suffer" combat tasks can no longer appear together
  
  
• Certain Combat tasks objectives (e.g. “Killing Spree”) now properly handle animals
  
  
• The "Knife Juggler" combat task can now be completed only by the merc who has the task
  
  
• Improved the logic for civilian units cowering during combat
  
  
• Aim effects from weapon mods are now applied to overwatch and interrupt actions (community suggestion)
  
  
• Fixed a case where applied wounds did not lower the max health
  
  
• When using the Revenge perk, the damage is checked for the whole attack and not for each separate shot
  
  
• Tired and Exhausted voice responses will no longer play during combat
  
  
• Fixed some cases when prone units faced the wrong way
  
  
• Fixed some cases where a merc will get stuck in an aiming pose when interrupted by another player in multiplayer
  
  
• Improved how some terrain objects affect cover and line of sight
  
  
• Light/darkness indicator is properly updated during deployment
  
  
• Added spark FX when bullets hit hard walls
  
  
• Fixed cases where the flare burning sound was not played
  
  
• Added additional FX on buckshot burst
  
  
• The burning FX on objects will no longer disappear after save/load
  
  
• Visual FX are now properly removed when disarming landmines
  

Exploration

• The Suppressed combat effect no longer persists out of combat
  
  
• Enemies are more likely to react to their buddies getting shot nearby
  
  
• Fixed some cases where enemies would not redeploy properly when they are attacking a sector
  
  
• Searchlights are turned off when defending a sector to not compromise sneaking mercs
  
  
• Fixed cases where searchlights were not revealing mercs
  
  
• Improvements to how/when mercs stop movement in Exploration mode when seeing mines (community suggestion)
  
  
• Improvements to the Hyena roaming logic
  
  
• Fixed a case causing mercs in Overwatch to teleport at combat start
  
  
• Fixed interactable discovery not working occasionally
  
  
• Handled rare cases where windows and doors became invisible
  
  
• Fixed some appearance issues with electricity wires
  
  

Inventory

• Some stackable items like knives can now be scrapped (community suggestion)
  
  
• The “Weapon shipment” item can now be opened from the sector stash.
  
  
• Fixed the recipe for disassembling the TNT proximity detonator
  
  
• Mercs no longer lose their special items when their contract expires
  
  
• The “Cash stack” context menu option no longer appears for single items
  
  
• Fixed cases where weapon mods that changed the magazine size did not update the remaining ammo properly
  
  
• Removed the "Equip" option in the context menu for the “Weapon shipment” item
  
  
• Mercs were are no longer able to equip or give items when they are too far away from each other using the context menu
  

SatView

• Balance changes to shipments and enemy attack frequency
  
  
• Fixed some rare cases when a conflict would break when assigning mercs to squads above and underground
  
  
• Fixed timeline icons for shipments not updating in some cases
  
  
• Fixed a case where defeated enemies were not shown in the auto-resolve UI
  
  
• The route line of highlighted squads can no longer be hidden behind other route lines
  
  
• Fixed rare cases when double-clicking a squad in SatView did not position the camera properly
  
  
• Mercs that are being trained are automatically removed from the operation when they reach the highest possible stat with the current trainer(s)
  
  
• Travelling from an underground sector to the above-ground sector will no longer trigger a voice response
  
  
• Fixed some cases where the Well-Rested status was lost when wounds were healed
  
  
• The R&R operation will no longer trigger a voice response on finish
  
  
• Fixed not being able to un-pause satellite time in some rare cases when pressing multiple buttons at once
  
  
• Opening the SatView when all mercs are dead no longer causes the game to freeze
  
  
• Fixed an infinite money exploit based on starting and cancelling Operations
  
  
• Using herbal medicine to remove the Tired combat effect will now properly update the timeline
  
  
• Fixed incorrect timeline icons remaining in the SatView for aborted or stopped operations
  
  
• Added an icon to distinguish inventory and sector stash items when selecting items for a Repair operation (community suggestion)
  
  
• Repair operations will now also allow repairing items from another squad in the sector (community suggestion)
  
  
• Fixed some cases where the Travelling voice response was played in sectors with enemies
  
  
• Starting an operation will now properly play a sound effect
  
  

  Quests and scripting (Spoilers)

  
  
  
• Fixed a case where the conflict would not end if Biff was already dead when you enter Hill Station
  
  
• Fixed a case where some of Pierre's banters after the world flip at Fort L'Eau Bleu were not playing
  
  
• Pierre is no longer unarmed when returning to Ernie Island
  
  
• Stopped some of Pierre's banters from playing when the combat at Fort L'Eau Bleu was initiated through stealth
  
  
• Bounce will now play a banter when you interact with him after defeating Siegfried
  
  
• Fixed conversations with too many options causing a freeze (e.g. Emma’s conversation in Port Cacao)
  
  
• Characters killed by overwatch or interrupt attacks are properly counted by quests
  
  
• Fixed a discrepancy between the written and voiced text in the Bounce conversation
  
  
• Bug fixes and improvements to "The Docks" quest
  
  
• Handled a case where the note about the machine gun in the "Helping Ernie village" quest appeared before talking to Basil
  
  
• Fixed some cases where dead NPC would still play banters
  
  
• Minor fixes to the “Twin Manors” quest
  
  
• Fixed multiple problems in the Boss Blaubert conversation regarding Smiley and Luigi
  
  
• Handled some cases where the "Voodoo people" quest would not progress
  
  
• Fixed a note in the "Chalet de la Paix" quest pointing to the wrong NPC
  
  
• Bug fixes and improvements to the "Herman is missing" quest
  
  
• Properly handled the cases with the remaining treasures after the main treasure is found in the "Treasure Hunting" quest
  
  
• Fixed some banters in Ille Morat not playing occasionally
  
  
• Disabled the phrase for reuniting the Coffee Beans if they are already reunited
  
  
• Properly show some disabled phrases in Headshot Hue's conversation
  
  
• Improved the wording of the notes in "The Dead Poachers" quest
  
  
• Several voiced lines are now played correctly instead of being text only
  
  

UI

• Added a welcome message when starting the game after a new major patch has been released
  
  
• The "Show More" info is now disabled by default
  
  
• Added a different icon for mechanical traps (community suggestion)
  
  
• Added Depth of Field sliders in Photo mode
  
  
• Tutorial popups will no longer appear if the player has no controllable mercs
  
  
• Player badges are now visible in the enemy's turn
  
  
• Added a fade-in to the end turn button at the start of the player turn
  
  
• Fixed cases where quest and item badges would appear over nothing
  
  
• An incorrect warning about multiple allies in danger no longer appears
  
  
• Weapon and grenade damage no longer appears as 0 in the sector stash after auto-resolving conflicts
  
  
• Enemy badges will now update properly when the unit visibility changes
  
  
• Fixed some UIs that were not scaling properly in 4K resolution
  
  
• UI improvements to the Mercs Control menu
  
  
• Improved selection for some interactable objects
  
  
• Typo fixed in the “Ice Storm” talent
  
  
• Fixed a rare case where the melee attack avatar was not in the right place
  
  
• Fixed not being able to get to 0 points in the IMP stats UI when using the arrow keys
  
  
• Restored the Aiming article in the Help section
  
  
• Added "Action Cancelled" notification when an action gets interrupted
  
  
• Fixed shipment badges sometimes missing in tactical view
  
  
• Disable the Next/Finish button when no answer is selected in the IMP test.
  
  
• Stopped displaying scrollbars in the Conflict screen when they are not needed
  
  
• Units will no longer change their color when they die
  
  
• The keyboard shortcut for accessing the inventory works properly in the A.I.M. Evaluation screen
  
  
• Fixed a case where joining a multiplayer game will produce an empty error message
  
  
• Fixed how menus expand when the UI scaling is less than 100%
  
  
• Fixed an issue with mercs appearing twice in the UI when a merc being bandaged dies
  
  
• Fixed some cases where the Snype messages were getting cut off
  
  
• The Outro images are now properly fitted to the screen
  

General

• Fixed some cases where sounds are still played when the master volume is set to 0
  
  
• The "Modding Expert" achievement will no longer unlock on a failed modification
  
  
• The "Time Is Money" achievement is now unlocked as described
  
  
• Many tweaks and improvements when using a controller including new QoL options
  
  
• Desyncs fixed
  
  
• Various optimizations and stability improvements
  
  
• Added a functionality that checks for keybinding conflicts when new keyboard shortcuts have been added