Signal Decay
v0.7.1.4 changelog
* styles of button prompts
* title screen menu and submenu
* pause menu
* Tech Launcher view
* mission brief screen
- the player's shield is initially 2
- fix the sluggish control of shotgun when using mouse
- add bug reporter in the game
If you have any questions, or look for teammates to play together, join our official Discord: https://discord.gg/signaldecay
v0.7.1.3 changelog
- dragging the floor map will not trigger attacking with Taser, etc.
- fixed the bug that some sound fxs are missing in training missions
- improved some sound fxs and visual feedbacks
- bugfix: guards will not close doors when grabbed, tased, or assassinated
- fixed the bug that you can start the same research after returning to Observer
- fixed the bug that sometimes you can't stop production of some items
- cooldown of weapons and items will not be paused when the player is hiding
- fixed the bug that weapon sound range doesn't update after closing doors
- revised texts in game
If you have any questions, or look for teammates to play together, join our official Discord: https://discord.gg/signaldecay
v0.7.1.2 Changelog
- add additional visual cues when a guard turns on his radio
- remake shooting interaction of sniper gun
- biotic detector only detects human enemy in motion
- improved loadout change screen
- in local multiplayer when a tutorial instruction pops up, the game pauses
- fix bug that the counts of equipment are incorrect caused by quick restarting from game over screen
- fix resource leak
- fix the problem that too many guards are spawned in airport levels
- fix the bug that players can join in tutorial level
If you have any questions, or look for teammates to play together, join our official Discord: https://discord.gg/signaldecay
v0.7.1.1 Patch Notes
- guard will stop for a while after hearing a sound or investigating an event (like adult magazine)
- the time that guard tased state lasts is decreased from 8s to 7s
- shield upgrade adds 2 extra shields to players (used to be 1)
- Energy Converter's ability is now "recover shield after 2 times of damage"
- fix the bug that player get stuck when pressing B and space (or middle mouse button) together
- fix the bug getting stuck after loading screen of a mission on some computers
If you have any questions, or look for teammates to play together, join our official Discord: https://discord.gg/signaldecay
v0.7.1.0 Tutorials & Balance Update
- support remapping a mouse button to an action
- games of different versions can't join the same match
- instructions pop up when you first encounter an game object or event
Balance:
- lower spawn rate of the first airport mission, and up to 2 guards are spawned in a small room.
- slightly increase spawn rate of the entrance floor of the first sentry mission
- guards take 30% longer time to see a player at a distance
- guards will not shoot while turning on radio, and have an animation and sound fxs for this action (Guards will turn on radio first, and after the radio is fully on, they start attacking players)
- when spotting an adult magazine or a bottle breaking, guards will walk there slowly and will not turn on radio
- guards can see magazines or bottles in the darkness
- reinforcement arrival delay increased by 20%
- added a weapon "Force Field" to Tech Launcher "Barefoot", and removed "Boots" from it
- the alert level slowly goes up even when Global Awareness is at 0
- the time a random roaming guard stays at a place increases from 5 seconds to 10 seconds
- the shield of players is initially 1.
- improved procedural generation algorithm to make the difficulty of missions more consistent
- you won't get a guard lured by opening doors
- the alert level slightly increased if a guard fails to find a player after searching
- players are exposed while assassinating
Bugfix & Improvements:
- fixed issues in the first tutorial mission. Added more instructions and improved the overall process.
- guards will not keep turning around at low framerate
- fixed the issue that some saves can't be loaded
- improved some user interfaces
- improved some sound fxs
- you have to aim first to throw an object
If you have any questions, or look for teammates to play together, join our official Discord: https://discord.gg/signaldecay
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are there reckless kills? How can I make successful stealth kills?
It depends on whether the guard turns his radio on. If a guard's radio is on, he has a signal sign on himself. A guard will turns his radio on when spotting you or a corpse. It takes a few seconds for a guard to turn his radio on, and killing him before the radio is fully on is considered a stealth kill.
Why can't I assassinate a guard sometimes?
1. In single player you can only assassinate a guard without alerting him. Some special guards can't be assassinated.
2. In multiplayer you can't assassinate a guard alone. However, you can grab a guard and ask your teammate to kill him.
Why can't I use continue a saved game when my character is dead?
Signal Decay is a roguelike, so you can't continue from an earlier checkpoint after losing a game. However, in Signal Decay, in most times, when an agent is "killed", he/she is actually captured and can be rescued when you get a friend to play the game together. Note that if your agent is dead after Broadcaster is destroyed, the agent is really dead and can't be rescued.
How do I rescued a captured agent?
Keep the save. Restart the game loading the save, and join one or two friends and play it together.
How do I reduce high network latency?
Use Steam P2P. Try changing the host so that NAT punchthrough might work and you get faster speed. If you are playing with a friend on another continent, the latency should be high and there's not much to do with it.
What is Backtrack ability?
Backtrack ability is a special ability you can use in single player mode. You goes back in time following the path you walked, during which everything else is paused. You can't go through guards when you are using the ability. You will leave a holographic decoy at the place you started the ability. As long as the decoy exists, you are totally invisible. The decoy disappears until the decoy is destroyed or you stretch and break the link to it.
How do I use a gamepad?
1. In the lobby, press ESC, and afterwards press A (XBOX) or Cross (Dualshock) to switch to a gamepad.
2. If you are already in game, press ESC on keyboard or start/options button on a gamepad, and go "Manage Players" > "Manage Controllers". You can assign controllers there.
What are the consoles on the ship? What can they do?
There are mainly three areas. In the central console you can research upgrades on the player characters. And the research consoles on the top can be used to research and build weapons and gadgets. On the right you can make some consumable items.
Note gadgets and weapons have to be researched first before being built.
What are the two time shown in the game?
Play time is how long you have played, and Ops Time is the time in the game world.
What happens when I obtains a mission list?
Extra missions will show up on the map. Now extra missions are vault missions in which you can get a lot minerals.
How do I get blueprints?
Inspect research tables in each mission to get blueprints of weapons and gadgets.
Why does Global Awareness increase? What is its influence?
Global Awareness increases every time when a mission is not completed stealthily and has alert levels raised a lot. The higher Global Awareness is, the alert level increases faster automatically after a mission starts.
Why is a site fortified? What is enemy countermeasure?
Some sites are marked with colors, which means they are fortified or about to fortify. If you do not complete the missions in a long time, those sites will fortify or even influence other sites to fortify. When the final site is fortified, the enemy will launch missiles at your ship, so you have to complete the missions at the fortified sites asap.
How do I report a bug?
Press F7 at anytime you will be taken to a folder with the info of the bug. Pack it up and send to bugs@signaldecaygame.com or join discord.gg/signaldecay and contact the developer.
v0.7.0.9 patch update changelog
- fix the issue that some guards might stuck at certain places in airport missions
- optimize 2d physics performance
- fix adult magazine can only be thrown twice
- in networked games players can see the brief state of remote players loadout window on mission brief screen
If you have any questions, or look for match to make, join our official Discord: https://discord.gg/signaldecay
v0.7.0.8 changelog
- press F7 at any time to report bugs (automatically generate a pack and you need to send it to the developers)
- you can quick restart the game on game over screen and in pause menu with your current Tech Launcher and your first mission's loadout. (You can also start from choosing Tech Launcher screen)
- you can see the time bar of your teammate grabbing a guard in a networked game
- won't reveal oneself when throwing grenades/items
- opening doors is 20% faster
- make the colliders of thrown bottles smaller
- improve preview window of researching a tech module
v0.7.0.7 changelog
- fix the severe bug caused by exiting lobby and re-enter
- improve the feel of backtracking
- fix having to press twice using cursor when pause
- fix bug in tutorial level caused by skipping conversations too fast
- improve the button prompts of mines when using gamepads
- make it easier to assassinate: enlarge assassinate hitbox, and the player moves a little bit when assassinating or grabbing a guard
- improve the UI of joining friends games & training level
v0.7.0.6 update patch notes
2. Friends activity list no more show non-friends
3. Join requests shown in the middle of a game has a limit of 20 seconds.
4. Fix the issue that alert level display could be stuck at a number and repeat showing rising signs.
5. Fix a rare bug that a player can't do anything after reviving from death.
6. Fix the issue that player moves slowly after being tased when using "Force Field".
7. Players joined via invites will skip inputing passwords.
8. Add prompts in the lobby and when restarting the game.
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