Release Notes for Intravenous 2

Version 1.4.6

[b]BASE GAME CHANGES[/b]
- the player's visual had an incorrect visual height value, resulting in the player seemingly being unlit in areas where he was actually lit in
- fixed incorrect interaction outline on goons in certain cases (regression introduced in version 1.4.0)
- fixed no booster suppressors bugging staged reloads (making them way too fast)
- fixed certain animations having an incorrect setup with regards to actor height, resulting in minor visual problems (most people weren't aware and didn't notice)
- fixed light switches blocking the player's ability to climb over a window

[b]'COLLATERAL' CAMPAIGN CHANGES[/b]
- added a missing game save event to Dad's Apartment Complex at the beginning of the level

[b]IV1 REMASTER CHANGES[/b]
- added missing musical track for the Epilogue
- fixed awkward placement of a box on Abandoned Warehouse, resulting in a gap that seemingly the player could fit through, but can't

[b]OPTIMIZATIONS[/b]
- optimized lighting, resulting in lower CPU usage
- optimized fire lighting effects in order to reduce stuttering when a lot of fire is being created in a short span of time (technical: precache fire lighting buffers and reuse them)
- optimized weapon icon creation, resulting in lower CPU usage (technical: prevent building the weapon icon more than once per frame)
- very minor optimization of the actor animation system, resulting in lower CPU usage

[b]MODDING[/b]
- exposed npcAlertnessStates, shadowMapping to mod environments

1.4.5 (2025-08-27)

[b]'COLLATERAL' CAMPAIGN CHANGES[/b]

• the Nightclub level interior music track the game was using was an incorrect, outdated version - the music has been updated to the proper version

[b]BASE GAME CHANGES[/b]

• Binary Trigger weapon mod changes:

  • the mod no longer applies the shot cooldown when releasing the trigger, allowing for much quicker follow-up shots
  • the mod now slightly increases spread-per-shot
  • fixed errata with the binary trigger involving holding down the fire key, opening various menus, and letting go of the fire key at various points in the menu

• added extra measures to ensure corrupt or incorrect (from user tampering) data fields in the 'gamedata.iv' file would be returned to their normal type on game start

• staged reloads enabled on the sawed-off shotgun

• fixed a performance regression involving sprinklers on very long play sessions

• fixed an issue with reloads when trying to pick up nearby ammo pickups using the "Unload nearby weapons" key

• fixed the "line-of-sight broken" icon being displayed over security cameras indefinitely if the security camera operator is killed/etc. while the icon is present

• fixed action-based experience limits not being properly saved & loaded

• fixed being able to reset the game to last save during credits by clicking R in the pause menu, causing all sorts of issues

[b]MODDING[/b]

• fixed being unable to list through all the subscribed/submitted mod pages in the in-game mod management menu
• fixed 'decor' class being marked as a "fighter" NPC which caused them to erroneously react to things they shouldn't

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• fix for a rare crash when doing various things with light sources

1.4.4 (2025-08-22)

[b]BASE GAME CHANGES[/b]

• fixed a crash that occurred related to patrol paths, in very rare cases on mod maps

[b]MODDING CHANGES[/b]

• fixed a crash on startup caused by certain mod combinations
• calling render:addCompileableShader with an identical shader name will now remove the previously-added shader of the same name (to prevent crashing in other parts of the game, for example when changing vsync or resolution)

1.4.1 (2025-08-10)

[b]'COLLATERAL' CAMPAIGN CHANGES[/b]

• polish localization fixes
• fixed a spot where the player could get stuck on Gang Compound

[b]'INTRAVENOUS' (IV1 REMASTER) CAMPAIGN CHANGES[/b]

• fixed a misplaced toilet paper roll decor object on Apartment Complex
• fixed an incorrectly-setup patrol route on Apartment Complex

[b]BASE GAME CHANGES[/b]

• the "enemies killed" stat will now influence the stealth rating on the level finish screen only if the enemy has at some point seen the player, or was alert of their presence (this change is not retroactive and requires playing through a given level again for the changes to take effect)
• fixed the suspicion track playing in place of the idle track in some cases after dying & resetting to last save
• fixed player animations not returning correctly after firing the Tazer
• fixed glass walls not returning back to a single "wall" instance, resulting in bugs such as EG glass being fragmented (even though it is singular) and having to use multiple EMP charges to change the state of the entire glass block

1.4.0 (2025-08-07)

[b]'COLLATERAL' CAMPAIGN CHANGES[/b]

• added 1 new narrative level in the first half of the game

• added 3 new side-missions spanning 4 levels in total (playing as Steve) throughout the campaign, with the following balance changes introduced due to the total count of side missions rising from 5 to 8:

  • Steve now receives less skill experience when performing various actions during side-missions

  • the amount of bonus Learning Capacity in New Game+ from each playthrough has been increased from 2,000 to 3,000 points

  • Learning Capacity is now granted to both Sean and Steve during Epilogue

  • skill level experience requirements have been changed:

    • LEVEL 1 - from 100 to 150
    • LEVEL 3 - from 3,000 to 3,250

  • reduced the amount of Trust gained for each side-mission completed, however the total amount of trust that can be gained for completing side-missions is now more than before (was 35%, now 40%)

• added flashlights & radios to reinforcement enemy spawns where it fits

• added a missing light switch on Oleander's Objective

• added a missing garage door switch on Oleander's Objective

• added two keycards to reach the money stash room on Mob Corporate Front

• if Gideon is not killed in neither Gideon's Place nor Theo's Police Precinct, then he, along with extra mercs, will show up in one of the Epilogue levels

• adjusted some level geometry in the Epilogue

• Steve will now taunt the enemy during combat while saving Sean's dad on Decrepit Industrial Area

• rearranged one of the rooms on Pablo's Hideout which fixes one of the enemies getting stuck on his patrol route

• gave radios to enemies on Road to Police Precinct

• starting a side-mission will no longer play the narration meant for the next main mission

• rearranged object placement in the beginning area of Decrepit Industrial Area to allow for better AI pathfinding

• fixed incorrect dialogue between two enemies on Theo's Police Precinct if Dad is dead

• fixed incorrect magazine capacity on UMP-45 on Oleander's Objective

• fixed the breaker box on Gideon's Place not influencing one of the lights in the bathroom

• fixed Sean reacting to his own work as if it was Steve's on Mob Corporate Front

• fixed obstacles in one of the spots on Decrepit Industrial Area not providing sufficient cover from lamps, resulting in the stealth challenge for that part not functioning as intended

• fixed the garage door button not being assigned to a garage door on Politician's House

• fixed incorrect nametags in a certain dialogue on Decrepit Industrial Area

• fixed two lights not being controlled by a light switch on Dilapidated Complex

• fixed bad placement of several lights on Police Precinct

• fixed one of the lights not being controlled by a breaker box on Road to Police Precinct

[b]'INTRAVENOUS' (IV1 REMASTER) CAMPAIGN CHANGES[/b]

• added flashlights & radios to reinforcement enemy spawns where it fits
• fixed one of the security guards in Epilogue being uncomfortably seated
• fixed being able to set Dealer on fire on Apartment Complex
• fixed being able to set Shopkeeper on fire on Shopkeeper's Mansion
• fixed an incorrectly setup security monitor on Drug Mob Casino
• fixed being able to carry certain cutscene actors after they'd die
• fixed a crash that could occur in the Epilogue
• fixed the bathtub on Steve's House being walkable
• fixed several light sources not being controlled by light switches and breaker boxes on Repurposed Factory and Drug Mob Casino

[b]BASE GAME CHANGES[/b]

• added staged reloads to all weapons that use magazines:

  • the stages are split up into several categories, with the most common ones being mag in, mag out, bolt release
  • cancelling a reload by interacting with objects remembers the last stage and continues the reload from that point onward when the player chooses to continue the reload procedure
  • can now interact with objects and perform melee strikes while reloading a weapon, which cancels the reload
  • modders do not need to take any actions to use this feature - this feature should be backwards-compatible with all weapons (modded and not)

• indoor sounds are now more muffled-sounding, to give more audio variety to gameplay when it is happening indoors VS outdoors

• stingers have been split up into two categories - "everyone is neutralized" and "everyone is dead"

• the "Everyone is dead" stinger is now louder, to be easier to hear during combat

• the game now uses a custom cursor, instead of the standard OS cursor

• added missing choke and knife kill Gideon animations

• certain cutscenes where the player looks in a certain direction no longer snap the player in that direction immediately

• frag grenades and motion sensor mines explosion sounds updated and now have greater difference in sound when they explode indoors VS outdoors

• goons, when remarking about how dark the surrounding area is, will no longer go to turn on light switches for lamps that are inside buildings while they are, for example, outside

• goons, when tripping after getting shot, now have a small time window within which they can still catch more bullets without having to enter targeting mode to finish them off

• goons' weapons, when they die, will now go flying, just like when they sometimes trip and fall

• updated the objective indicator present on the interface

• goon death animations are now slightly more varied

• the currently-active music playlist on a given level is now stored as a string, rather than numeric ID, which fixes issues such as incorrect music playing on old savefiles when installing and uninstalling various level mods which come with custom soundtracks

• object interaction menu made more transparent

• when a crash occurs while loading a Steam mod the game will now display the exact mod name and Steam ID that caused the crash on startup

• crashlogs will now print the user's CPU model

• fixed UI colors not resetting to the default 'Collateral' palette when loading from one campaign into another without exiting to the main menu

• fixed being able to bug certain confrontation cutscenes by firing a flare gun at the target right before a cutscene would start

• fixed being able to bug the slo-mo by opening the inventory, pausing the game, and unpausing (in that order)

• fixed keychains/keycards without a proper display name setup showing in the inventory screen

• fixed the HUD not reappearing if opening the weapon selection menu while inside a vent while playing with a controller

• fixed various spread values not being reset when a weapon is holstered or equipped, resulting weapons temporarily having exaggerated recoil in certain cases, when picking them up off the floor or equpping from the inventory

• fixed the "everyone is dead" stinger being played in cases when it's not supposed to be

• fixed goons' dropped guns sometimes flying too far

• fixed missing Subsonic 4.6x30MM ammo in Polish localization

• fixed a crash that could occur on custom levels with a certain combination of NPC spawners

• fixed a bug that could cause doors to be impossible to interact with

• fixed dropped weapons sometimes getting stuck in world geometry by limiting their maximum physical size

• fixed incorrect magwell weapon mod rendering on AK-107

• fixed animations not correctly returning to idle/walk on various weapons when interacting with or taking items

• fixed being able to get the "unused" ammo when playing with the "Auto-grab ammo" gameplay mutator

• fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent the player from being able to climb over a window

• fixed the closest enemy indicator pointing to non-objective NPCs

• fixed the noise/mobility display not updating when opening the loadout menu with nothing but armor equipped

• fixed the loaded barrel indicator disappearing on the DP-12 when installing a laser sight (and keeping it on)

[b]OPTIMIZATIONS[/b]

• very minor reduction of memory usage
• improved the lighting culling system, which improves CPU and GPU performance by up to 25% (your mileage may vary!)
• slightly optimized tilegrid rendering on the CPU side, which should slightly improve performance when panning the camera

[b]CONTROLLER CHANGES[/b]

• the camera controls have been reworked, with the old camera controls no longer available:

  • when moving the camera around, it is locked to a radial offset
  • by pressing & holding the camera stick you can adjust the maximum radius away from the player to position the camera to
  • when in targeting mode, the camera can be moved around freely

• blocking all action inputs when in weapon or ammo selection menus (except the fire and aim triggers - those can still be used to exit the menu)

• can now cancel/close the weapon/ammo selection menus by clicking on the same button that opened it

• the triggers to fire and enter targeting mode no longer need to be pressed fully to perform their corresponding actions

• can now move in vent shafts by pushing the movement stick up or down

• firing a semi-auto weapon now requires depressing the trigger on the controller enough for the trigger to have been reset on the weapon itself

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• the neutralize_enemies task (and its kill_enemies derivative) will no longer finish as long as there are 0 enemies on the level
• burning_barrel class objects can now be manipulated using the toggle_light cutscene action and no longer misbehave on savefile loads when disabled at save time
• follower, decor, and prologueactor class NPCs no longer counted for the kill/neutralize everyone objective tasks
• added break_lamp cutscene action
• fixed incorrect placement of omni_light_caster when placing it into the world
• fixed object counter not being imported when importing objects into the level
• fixed incorrect render depth saving/loading on map_decal class objects
• fixed a rare crash involving badly set-up patrol routes
• fixed incorrect classification of the disable_trigger cutscene action, resulting in inability to add it to cutscenes or scenes
• fixed the neutralize_enemies task (and its kill_enemies derivative) locking up if loading a savefile which was made at a point in time where there weren't any enemies on the level yet
• fixed the create_npc cutscene action not setting the NPC health level to the maximum of the provided experience level
• fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to force a non-pedestrian NPC to interact with a dance point
• fixed being able to assign non-fighter NPCs to security camera monitors

[b]MODDING CHANGES[/b]

• exposed the following classes/libraries to mod environments: joystickHandler, blastWaveEffect, talkText, statusEffects, difficulty, customDifficulty, armor, radioController, world, items, outlineShader

• improved game startup times when a lot of weapon mods that call :setupModCategoryMap() are installed

• each weapon now stores a duplicate of the selectableMods variable

• can now setup which items (radio, flashlight) an NPC will be spawned with via npc_spawn class objects

• added method to easily add new weapon mods to existing weapons - weapons:addModToWeapon(weaponID, headerID, modData, inFrontOfModID):

• can add singular weapon mods via weapons:addModToWeapon("someWeapon", "sights", "someMod")

• can add multiple weapon mods via weapons:addModToWeapon("someWeapon", "sights", {"someMod", "otherMod", "anotherMod"})

• inFrontOfModID is optional; if it is a string, the mod will be inserted in front of the given mod ID; if it is a number, it will be inserted at that position in the list, or at the end of the list (depending on which is true)

• the method will create a new mod header (category) if the provided headerID is not available on the weapon, and insert the weapon mod in that header

• modders do not need to call any extra methods such as :setupModCategoryMap, the game will take care of the rest

• attempting to add a mod to a weapon that is not registered will not cause a crash

• returns true on success, false on failure, and the failure reason as 2nd argument

• skips adding duplicate weapon mods

• added method to easily set weapon mod icons for new/existing weapon mods - weapons:setModIcons(weaponID, modID, iconActive, iconHover, iconIdle, iconAlign):

• all three icons must be provided to set the icons for the given mod to be successfully set

• returns true on success, false on failure, and the failure reason as 2nd argument

• weapon datas feature the same method , which do all the heavy lifting, with the same argument order minus the requirement for weaponID as the first argument

• added weapons:addModConflicts(weaponID, modID, conflicts) and weapons:addModRequirements(weaponID, modID, requirements):

• 'conflicts' and 'requirements' can be either a string or a table containing strings (mod IDs that are conflicting or required)

• attempting to add a mod to a weapon that is not registered will not cause a crash

• skips adding duplicate weapon mods

• weapon datas feature the same method, which do all the heavy lifting, with the same argument order minus the requirement for weaponID as the first argument

1.3.4 (2025-03-04)

• added ability to bind actions to Caps Lock and Tab keys

[b]IV1 REMASTER CHANGES[/b]

• added missing "radio on" sounds to several pieces of gameplay dialogue
• fixed being able to trigger some objective-related hints on Abandoned Warehouse and Druggie Ghetto after the main objective had already been finished
• fixed one light on Repurposed Factory not being connected to a breaker box
• fixed being able to unlock "Abstinent" in the IV1 Remaster campaign
• fixed incorrect objective text in the prologue that said "Pick up P89" instead of "Pick up HS2000"
• fixed carried weapon New Game+ unlocks not occurring on the last level
• fixed enemies becoming alert if the "Notice dropped weapons" difficulty setting was enabled during the negligent discharge scene
• russian localization fixes

1.3.2 (2025-03-01)

• fixed goons indefinitely trying to turn on broken breaker boxes in certain circumstances
• fixed goons not going to re-enable breaker boxes in certain cases
• fixed goons not reacting to lights being switched off via breaker boxes correctly

1.3.13 (2025-04-01)

• fixed a crash on startup that occurred when the game would be launched with a malformed user settings config file.

1.3.10 (2025-03-13)

[b]IV1 REMASTER CHANGES[/b]

• fixed an unclimbable window in Apartment Complex
• fixed an out-of-bounds NPC reinforcement spawner placed on Repurposed Factory
• fixed a light not being controlled by a breaker box on Repurposed Factory
• fixed two lights not being controlled by a breaker box on Shopkeeper's Mansion
• changed unclimbable windows to barred low wall on Repurposed Factory

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• fixed a crash that could occur when setting up a single security camera to be governed by two different security monitors (cameras can now be assigned only to one security monitor; assigning it to another security monitor will now automatically remove it from the other security monitor)

1.3.0 (2025-03-01)

[b]Version 1.3.0[/b]

• added the 'Mercenarism' short campaign, as seen in the "Intravenous 2: Mercenarism" prologue project
• added a warning for when an intel CPU of 13th or 14th generation is detected on the user's computer, due to potential stability issues exhibited by those processors
• fixed the tazer mine flash position not correctly updating after throwing a tazer mine, having a goon pick it up, saving, loading the savefile, and triggering the tazer mine

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• fixed missing_patrol and missing_person class objects being placeable in the map editor

1.2.9 (2025-02-11)

• added penetration rating display to the weapon modding menu
• caliber conversion mods now influence the penetration rating of a weapon
• adjusted penetration ratings on MAC-10 and UMP
• the New Game+ menu will now show only campaigns that were finished at least once
• the Load Map menu will now show campaign levels only if they have been completed at least once (regular non-campaign levels will be visible in the "Miscellaneous" category still)
• mods are now loaded after DLC
• fixed being able to make noise while inside a closet
• fixed enemies being set on fire not properly changing their animation to unarmed when dropping the weapon they were wielding
• fixed several cases when goons in the scene state leaving their scene state for some reason would not cancel the scene, which would cause them to be capable of entering the scene when triggering a scene trigger

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• added new wall type - Low wall (barred)
• the cutscene-given weapon is now properly removed on cutscene end, which fixes crashes caused by cutscenes that shoot a weapon on the last cutscene action
• added ability to setup player type for the level from within the level editor
• can now zoom in and out by pressing tab and tilde (`) respectively
• ray length minimum value set to 16 (was 0, which could cause crashes)

1.2.7 (2025-01-28)

• narrative prologue levels will no longer show the weapon unlock tips
• fixed a door in the objective building on Dilapidated Complex being slightly away from the door, resulting in enemies being capable to spot the player through the small gap when it's closed

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• extraction_trigger class objects now support specifying which level to switch to after
• the pathfinding grid will now be rebuilt when entering the patrol setup mode, if there were any changes to the world geometry
• fixed a crash that could occur when an offlimit level had not yet been evaluated for an object, even if the player object had been placed into the level

1.2.6 (2025-01-26)

• fixed being able to get stuck in a certain toilet on "Theo's Police Precinct"
• fixed goons noticing the player in certain circumstances when entering vent shafts, while they were in combat, when they shouldn't have
• fixed followers hearing the noise made by the player counting into the "Times heard" stat on the level end screen
• fixed swapping a weapon in a category by picking a weapon up off the floor (e.g. a sawed-off for a mini-uzi) playing the sound of another weapon in your inventory on top of the weapon that you swapped to

1.2.5 (2025-01-24)

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• level_switch and level_return class objects now function as intended with maps that do not yet have a map config
• fixed level_switch and level_return functionality not working correctly
• fixed incorrect level load procedure when using level_return class objects to move from level B to level A, when level A was bigger than level B, which made the game crash
• fixed a crash that occurred when an incorrectly setup script_trigger class object would be triggered

1.2.3 (2025-01-22)

• NPC reactions to lights being turned on/off now ignored if light sources are turned on/off during cutscenes (primarily done for custom levels that do lightplay during cutscenes)
• optimized the switching of lamps on and off - should help reduce stutters on low-end machines when turning off a lot of lamps (e.g. by flipping a breaker box) in a single action
• the UMP and MAC-10, when chambered in .45 ACP, now receive a slight reduction in shot noise
• the Compensator weapon mod now increases spread reduction by 10% (was 5%), to make it an even more viable upgrade over the Suppressor
• fixed slo-mo not functioning properly if loading a savefile that was created while it was active
• fixed civilians being labeled as goons
• fixed the game saving some playthrough data twice, while writing it once (added a bit of unnecessary load on the CPU)
• fixed being able to duplicate Learning Capacity on custom community-made levels which grant Learning Capacity on level start by restarting the level after loading into it

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• security cameras now display the minimum and maximum turn angles
• the "Toggle light" cutscene/scene action no longer triggers reactions from NPCs

[b]SUPPORTER PACK CHANGES[/b]

• DP-12 shell ejection velocity fixed

1.2.2 (2025-01-20)

• fixed blueprint mods that the player found in a previous playthrough not unlocking on new game+ (to apply the fix, simply load up a savefile from the Epilogue and finish the game!)
• fixed the game losing track of what blueprint mods the player unlocked throughtout the playthrough in certain circumstances
• fixed incorrect scaling of pricetags in the loadout menu on ultrawide and non-standard resolutions

1.2.13 (2025-02-21)

• fixed a crash that occurred when finishing the level under certain circumstances
• fixed being able to climb through a window tile with two climbable wall tiles on each side (regression introduced in version 1.2.8)

[b]MAP EDITOR CHANGES[/b]

• fixed a crash that could occur if a patrol route with just one patrol point was assigned to a goon
• fixed a crash that could've occurred if the player was lockpicking a door and returned to edit mode without finishing lockpicking, then re-entered play mode and had an NPC open the door that the player was lockpicking
• fixed being able to add security cameras to breaker boxes which caused a crash when doing so
• fixed being able to add burning barrels to breaker boxes

1.2.10 (2025-02-14)

• fixed a crash that occurred when setting enemies on fire that are part of a scene
• fixed the cone blur being applied when picking up a throwable item, while wielding a weapon with a scope, and then turning night-vision goggles on and off

1.2.1 (2025-01-19)

• changed the logic of placing many bodies nearby - now they can be stacked much closer

1.2.0 (2025-01-17)

• enabled the Map Editor:

  • same tool like in Intravenous 1, with various improvements

• added Steam Workshop support:

  • the community can now make any mods they like - maps, campaigns, new weapons, gadgets - the sky is the limit, but knowledge of the Lua scripting language is required!
  • for more information, as well as an active modding community, please [url=https://discord.gg/YwyKAJmmnz]join the game's official Discord community[/url]

• added the UMP to the base game:

  • chambered in .40 S&W, can be caliber-converted to 9x19MM and .45 ACP
  • RPM of 600

• added the MAC-10 to the base game:

  • chambered in .45 ACP, can be caliber-converted to 9x19MM
  • RPM of 1,090 (1,300 when 9x19MM)
  • hard to control during continuous full-auto fire
  • concealable on social stealth levels

• added FAMAS G2 to the base game:

  • chambered in 5.56x45MM
  • RPM of 1,100
  • hard to control during continuous full-auto fire

• weapon handling improvements:

  • weapon skills now influence the weapon's controllability - previously they influenced only the increase in spread from shooting, now they also influence the rate at which weapon spread increases during prolonged continuous fire
  • fixed incorrect weapon controllability values applied to enemies - they had it easier than the player
  • fixed incorrect weapon controllability values being used by the player - certain weapons are now harder to control during continuous fire, and weapon mods that influenced the "controllability" stat did not actually influence anything for the player - more emphasis on recoil-reducing weapon mods has been placed

• weapon changes:

  • added 4X scope to the Model 700
  • added missing Match Barrel weapon mod for AR15, G36C
  • MP7 made concealable in social stealth levels
  • fixed incorrect accuracy on Mini-UZI - it was far too accurate
  • bullet muzzle velocity now steadily declines while it's in flight (how much depends on caluber & ammo type)
  • muzzle velocity of all weapons now slightly deviates (most visible on shotguns) per each shot
  • increased the amount of experience given when firing and reloading weapons
  • disabled the crosshair on various weapons where it is irrelevant
  • increased muzzle velocity of the VP9 to 262 M/s (was 211 M/s)

• optimizations:

  • light effects - the Nightclub level should now use considerably less GPU and CPU power
  • smoke detectors - levels with smoke detectors will now run better when there is fire on the level (fewer potential stutters and less FPS drop once there is at least one flamelet on the level)
  • optimized the quadtree system, which boosts CPU performance by up to 12% (your mileage may vary!)
  • slight optimizations to the lighting system on the CPU side

• finishing a level with a weapon that has mods installed on it will now attempt to unlock the weapon mods that were installed on it:

  • universal mods (i.e. mods that are unlocked once for an entire category of weapons) will not be unlocked
  • weapon-specific mods will be unlocked (e.g. foregrip for the AR15 when exfiltrating with an AR15 with a foregrip)

• added the ability to control the line-of-sight indicator in the "Controls" tab of the options menu:

  • regular - the LOS indicator behaves as usual
  • limited - the LOS indicator is only visible when aiming or there is an obstacle between you and your point of aim
  • minimal - the LOS indicator appears only when aiming or using a weapon with a laser pointer

• slo-mo tweaks:

  • slo-mo now turns on during the use of the inhaler
  • increased slo-mo duration by 0.35 seconds to compensate

• updated enemies and weapons found in levels throughout the Intravenous 2 campaign to have weapon mods on them (this makes the later-game levels a bit more difficult in terms of combat, as weapon mods improve weapon handling for the NPCs just like it does for the player)

• added a silhouette effect for the player when he is in a dark area, to ensure better awareness of the player's position in near-pitch-black darkness areas

• added weapon category filters to the loadout menu

• new savefiles will now have a campaign name prefix to them to better differentiate between different campaigns and to prevent savefile overwrites if a level name matches with another level from another campaign

• the "unload nearby weapons" action will now first unload weapons (or grab ammo pickups) that match the caliber of the currently equipped weapon

• Fog of War now slightly decreases the brightness of out of view areas, to better contrast visible VS out-of-sight areas

• adjusted color of the laser pointer to be more visible and easier to distinguish from the line-of-sight color when it's turned off

• NPC triggers will no longer spawn NPCs as long as the spawner itself is visible to the player

• decreased body detection speed by half

• holding two movement keys of the same axis (UP + DOWN or LEFT + RIGHT) now cancels out movement in that direction

• missing pedestrians will no longer be noticed by goons - this also fixes pedestrians in residence buildings on "Apartment Alleyways" being noticed as 'missing', even though the police has no reason to suspect anything foul happening inside the apartments (the game already has systems for making goons notice that pedestrians have left, and this additional system added unnecessary load on the CPU)

• side missions now provide double experience in skills when performing actions related to them

• bullets now fade in visually, to avoid cases like bullets being visible inside the firer at the time of firing, in case of very slow projectiles

• knife kills now make the victim's body fall make noise

• knife kill duration decreased from 1.5 seconds to 1.1 seconds

• fixed back kills/chokes a scene participant not alerting anyone, allowing the player to quietly kill scene participants if they weren't looking at each other (i.e. 2 goons discussing some events in the game)

• fixed tiles under chainlink fence walls not being darker on levels with rain

• fixed incorrect text formatting on bandages for the restored health amount

• fixed incorrect barrel attachment requirements on the Glock-18

• fixed incorrect gunfire sound pitch variance settings on MP5, MP7, Multilauncher, P89, P320, Model 700, Saiga-12K, Sawed-off, SF19, S&W457S, Tranquilizer Rifle, MK23, VP9

• fixed incorrect sound pitch variance on shell casings

• fixed the "Hand-to-hand" skill not influencing anything

• fixed incorrect scaling of the credits background art

• fixed the Fog of War mutator not working correctly when shadow quality is below "Normal"

• fixed Fog of War ceasing to function correctly when changing shadow quality while in-game

• fixed goons not turning themselves to face their intended angle if they have no patrol route and are on their starting point, right after talking to another NPC

• fixed incorrect texture used for .40 S&W Match ammo type

• fixed Tazer Mines glitching out the render color of objects that are drawn after it

• fixed not being able to throw more than one Tazer Mine under certain circumstances

• fixed triggering an already triggered Tazer Mine after loading into a savefile causing it to emit a dud flash

• fixed issues with NPC-equipped weapons that have caliber conversion mods, and weapons dropped on the floor that were given caliber conversion mods

• fixed several memory leaks related to the GUI and the spriteBatchController libraries when reusing GUI elements, which were most evident in the map editor

• fixed the player visual changing when closing the skill menu on certain story levels

• fixed goons using non-suppressed pistol animations when using suppressed weapons

• fixed certain objects (like bullets) being re-created multiple times after a reset to last save, under the correct circumstances

• fixed being able to get behind an invisible wall on "Industrial Front"

• fixed incorrect render depth of some decor objects on "Prologue. Empathetic's Restaurant"

• fixed a spot where the player could get stuck in on "Oleander's Objective"

• fixed being able to softlock yourself in "Epilogue. Ground Floor"

• fixed missing line of dialogue on "Oleander's Objective"

• fixed two keycard having an incorrect ID to a door that did not use said keycard on "Pablo's Hideout"

• fixed two keycards having an incorrect ID to a door that did not use said keycards on "Pablo's Hideout"

• fixed a spot where the player could get stuck in on "Butchery"

• fixed pistol reloads giving too much experience in the Short Gun Reload skill

• fixed goons sometimes not noticing dead/unconscious bodies in the right circumstances (technical: they would mark bodies as "seen", even though they couldn't have seen them, and not react to the bodies)

• fixed goons detecting bodies too fast in certain circumstances

• fixed the max ammo indicator not showing up when trying to unload a weapon the caliber of which we can't carry any more of

• fixed bandage usage and effectiveness being limited on the Throwback difficulty

• fixed loading into the "Gang Hideout" side mission from the "Load level" menu leading the player to "Police Precinct" instead of "Road to Police Precinct"

• fixed light casters with a small radius not properly casting light in certain cases

• fixed being able to drop a body anywhere by simply going prone

• fixed enemies opening fire on the player off-screen in certain cases when they shouldn't have

• fixed incorrect MP5 not playing a bolt pull sound when doing an empty reload

• fixed certain skills not being influenced by a level's experience gain multiplier

• fixed prologue levels providing skill experience

• fixed not being able to interact with breaker boxes if the player was aiming at it while the HSR-EMP was equipped

• fixed changing a key assigned to a command shown by a key prompt on the UI not updating the displayed key

• fixed a very rare crash that could have occurred when goons would fire their weapons

• fixed a very rare crash that could've occurred when a door the player was trying to open would break on the same frame

• fixed a very rare crash that could have occurred when finishing the game and loading into a level

• fixed a crash that could occur in the AI combat state

• fixed a redundant gesture in one of the pieces of dialogue during Epilogue

• applied a retroactive fix to savefiles where the player was carrying a non-unconscious/non-dead body

1.1.6 (2024-12-29)

• fixed a crash caused by enemies noticing thrown knives and empty magazines on levels with social stealth

1.1.1 (2024-10-14)

• fixed another case of the "enemies react, but do not move" bug - this should be the last fix for this issue!
• fixed garage doors being see-through at the edges in certain cases, resulting in enemies spotting you through garage doors
• fixed incorrect height and render depth on a decor object in the 3rd side mission
• fixed incorrect muzzleflash positioning on Remington 870, Auto-5, M1014, Remington 700, Vector 10MM
• fixed a breaker box on the 3rd side mission not controlling one of the lights in the building
• fixed an unclimbable window on Theo's Police Precinct
• fixed two unclimbable windows on Decrepit Industrial Area
• fixed a spot on Theo's Police Precinct where a door collided with world geometry and looked weird
• fixed the match barrel attachment for P320 having an incorrect idle icon sprite
• fixed more cases of follower AI not being capable of moving towards the player while close to an object, despite having a clear line of sight towards the player
• fixed incorrect climb point setup, which allowed followers to climb through windows with just one window tile broken
• fixed caliber conversion weapons dropping the selected ammo type when entering the weapon modding menu a second time
• fixed being unable to select weapon presets where mods are identical, but ammo types are different, and also fixed the UI in the same cases
• fixed the "Manage presets" button being available for weapons that only had ammo types to select (sawn-off shotgun, for example)
• fixed armor selected in the loadout menu not persisting between level changes
• adjusted geometry on 3rd side mission to avoid certain cases where the follower AI could not pathfind to the player

1.0.2 (2024-08-16)

• fixed a crash related to the actor tile occupancy grid
• fixed pedestrian NPCs sometimes being invisible
• fixed pedestrians counting as enemies for achievements involving kills by fire and gas grenade knockouts
• fixed bad savegame validity evaluation (regression introduced in the previous patch) - now savefiles will properly be evaluated as correct/incorrect
• the "Make noise" action will now take ambient noise level into account, but will not exceed it if it is too high
• reorganized tables in one of the offices in "Gang Hideout" to prevent cases of enemies getting stuck in world geometry
• empty magazines made concealable

1.0.15 (2024-08-25)

• fixed a crash that could occur when changing the resolution with night vision goggles turned on (regression introduced in one of the previous patches)
• fixed a crash that could occur when NPCs would try to warn each other of the player's presence
• fixed a crash that could occur when turning off the lights in an area with NPCs on social stealth levels
• fixed being able to quicksave during a mission failure state
• fixed semi-transparent tips on loading screen
• fixed followers hearing the player make noise counting as "times heard"
• fixed the "radio jammed" icon displaying indefinitely when knocking out a goon that has their radio jammed
• fixed breaking lamps after turning off the breaker box controlling them still causing the lamps to flicker, as if they were powered
• added handling of corrupt savefiles to prevent game crashes on game load
• russian localization tweaks