NEW #1350 - Unique items! (18 weapons, 3 armors, 3 helmets) NEW #1394 - Relics! (13 minor and 12 major) NEW #1421 - Player Data page with uniques, relics and exotics NEW #1393 - option to turn off UI window transparency NEW #1393 - option to modify minimap transparency NEW #1411 - CRI rail rifle (and ADV) added (common railgun)! CHANGE #1390 - Mk1 and Mk2 stations have per-episode lists CHANGE #1390 - Mk1 and Mk2 stations - same list but Mk1 is AV1 CHANGE #1355 - item icons now have fading and animation CHANGE #1399 - help, hints and tutorial respects keybindings CHANGE #1399 - text profanity can now be turned off as well CHANGE #1390 - red keycards option at manufacture stations CHANGE #1396 - item and activate sprites revealed on level clear CHANGE #1393 - added font interline for readability CHANGE #1397 - drop position prioritizes source-visible squares CHANGE #1398 - permanent effects now have their own section CHANGE #1398 - CRI backpack is now a permanent upgrade CHANGE #1393 - reduced amount of chromatic aberration CHANGE #1400 - improved post mortem kill list CHANGE #1414 - Army of Darkness requires Furious (not Ironman) CHANGE #1411 - 7.62 sniper slightly nerfed, railgun buffed CHANGE #1420 - Wealth wish changed CHANGE #1418 - crash save parachute will work on loaded level CHANGE #1419 - improved FX of rocket and mortar attacks CHANGE #1426 - reduced regular medusa damage and accuracy CHANGE #1426 - increased arch/exalt medusa armor CHANGE #1426 - EXPLOSIVE ravagers need to reload after shot FIX #1417 - fixed edge case in improper smoke vision FIX #1403 - fixed crit display for exact multiples of 100% FIX #1425 - fixed XP from player induced barrel explosions FIX #1416 - frenzy perk properly removed on switching weapons FIX #1400 - proper plural enemy names in mortem FIX #1393 - ASCII now pixel perfect FIX #1395 - fix for Apple M1 white background FIX #1394 - fixed BFT icon color FIX #1426 - fixed summoner buff not procing early enough FIX #1416 - fixed SHIFT compare with target on door frame
NEW #0683 - Medusa - dangerous end-game enemy! NEW #1353 - new exotic - the big gun you've been waiting for! NEW #1352 - new exotic - railgun! NEW #1370 - 7 new exotic melee weapons! NEW #1371 - added melee AMPs with appropriate perks NEW #1258 - UI - enemy health bar flashing damage indicator NEW #1383 - Mk2 m-facture stations can reroll basic perks NEW #1383 - Mk3 m-facture stations can also reroll adv perks NEW #1320 - 30 new message-"quests"! CHANGE #1369 - SPACE now reactivates station you're standing on CHANGE #1386 - Mk2 stations moved post-Callisto, Mk3 post-Europa CHANGE #1386 - AV3's generally not present on Callisto CHANGE #1379 - Nightmare once again has UV enemy accuracy buff CHANGE #1384 - Infiltrator L2 and L3 much more interesting! CHANGE #1384 - Juggernaut protects from all frontal attacks CHANGE #1384 - Juggernaut values slightly lower to offset CHANGE #1381 - Vampyre reduced to 5%/5%/10% CHANGE #1381 - Vampyre L2+ heals armor on mech/semi-mech kills CHANGE #1378 - Summoner fight made harder (esp UV+) CHANGE #1357 - SusFire, Onslaught are not reset by free actions CHANGE #1359 - Point Blank perk works in range 1-2 CHANGE #1359 - Retailiate adds full pain percentage to damage CHANGE #1359 - Durable perk now doubles durability CHANGE #1358 - bullet visuals match game effects (not physics) CHANGE #1365 - improved light and sprite fade effects CHANGE #1373 - removed unused Feet slot from equipment CHANGE #1373 - added world seed to mortem CHANGE #1368 - light defaults changed (shotgun light artefacts) CHANGE #1377 - no reaver infestations on Callisto CHANGE #1375 - ongoing sounds very quiet on menus and endgame CHANGE #1292 - changed turret AI and buffed CRI turrets CHANGE #1258 - better damage info for Crit > 100% CHANGE #1382 - barrel explosion chains properly chain CHANGE #1382 - physics properly throttle and chain CHANGE #1328 - most melee weapons have their swap time halved CHANGE #1328 - Swashbuckler buffed to compensate for swap time CHANGE #1384 - damage resist effects properly reduce pain CHANGE #1385 - AoLT - no extra gun, doesn't block Hoarder CHANGE #1372 - red keycards more common FIX #1385 - fixed Swashbuckler zero-time swap not working FIX #1213 - volatile storage level crashes fixed FIX #1213 - Volatile Storage has a barrel count cap FIX #1213 - mass explosions won't kill the music anymore FIX #1372 - CRI bot Mk2 properly uses his weapons FIX #1361 - fixed t-pose after teleport FIX #1376 - disabled enemies no longer progress calibration FIX #1375 - fixed rare edge case of rotary sound after death FIX #1292 - enemies properly detect that they are attacked FIX #1385 - hidden special levels wont show up on Recon FIX #1384 - you can no longer re-hack/disable from Security FIX #1384 - sentries in CalSec can no longer be hacked FIX #1384 - fixed red-locked/active-locked branch elevators FIX #1384 - drones hacked via terminal will have control
NEW #1243 - message destinations - 4 kinds (mini-levels)! NEW #1243 - 1 of the 3 branches on each moon we'll be locked! NEW #1336 - 6 new exotic armors with unique perks! NEW #1337 - 6 new exotic headgear with unique perks! NEW #1339 - 4 new exotic weapons with unique perks! NEW #1338 - 2 rare new exotic mods to be found! NEW #1330 - you can store trait choices for later! NEW #1264 - Angel of Exaltation! NEW #1317 - XP based monster generation! NEW #1218 - auto-calibration at tech stations and in kits! CHANGE #1282 - leaning animation for around corner shots CHANGE #1317 - player always gets level 2 if clearing Cali L1 CHANGE #1294 - Bladedancer is now the blade dual-wield trait CHANGE #1294 - Blademaster allows free attacks after a move CHANGE #1331 - Onslaught works with autos and SMGs CHANGE #1331 - Onslaught now works with Sustained Fire CHANGE #1331 - Onslaught L1 dodge penalty reduced to -30% CHANGE #1333 - Survivor grants critical chance bonus CHANGE #1333 - Angry Mo-fo and Survivor changed prereqs CHANGE #1329 - technical station now fully repairs armor CHANGE #1218 - manufacture stations now have dismantle option CHANGE #1327 - all base items now have 4 mod capacity CHANGE #1327 - AV1 items have 1 less, AV2+ have 2 less capacity CHANGE #1327 - only Whizkid L3 grants extra mod capacity CHANGE #1338 - loader mod pack removed, sustain mod pack added CHANGE #1328 - knife has 50% swap time CHANGE #1334 - door animations now look as intended CHANGE #1100 - better visual rotation tracking CHANGE #0101 - elevators have animated doors CHANGE #1203 - camera behavior changed CHANGE #1203 - player can be gibbed CHANGE #0068 - camera zoom/pan modes (WIP) FIX #1335 - fixed some Secure Vault events clearing on enter FIX #1332 - fixed barrel direction for Onslaught FIX #1327 - ADV armor and helmets properly inherit stats FIX #1332 - fixed rare issue with duplicate invisible player
NEW #1322 - Data module in terminals with messages! NEW #1321 - Journal screen with important message store! NEW #1319 - storable information messages with world effect NEW #1323 - big set of flavor messages for terminals NEW #1285 - Intermission screens between moons and on win! NEW #1233 - exotics have their dedicated perks + 1 random! NEW #1311 - AV items now have 1 or 2 perks, but stronger! NEW #1310 - couple new perks available through modding NEW #1310 - item perks now have tiers (common, adv, exotic) CHANGE #1233 - exotic weapons once again drop from special boxes CHANGE #1309 - base weapon manufacture at manufacture stations CHANGE #1309 - Europa L1 has a Mk1 manufacture station CHANGE #1315 - reload times equal or greater to 2 turns buffed CHANGE #1295 - most resistance sources are only part effective CHANGE #1310 - removed advanced perks from regular mod lists CHANGE #1306 - non-ADV-capable melee weapons buffed slightly CHANGE #0642 - fixed most outstanding ASCII mode bugs CHANGE #1310 - mod capacity of ADV weapons 1 lower than regular CHANGE #1310 - high mod capacity of many weapons reduced by 1 CHANGE #1310 - item view shows total mod capacity incl. Whizkid CHANGE #1316 - terminals are guaranteed on events that use them CHANGE #1323 - Callisto L2, Europa L2 and Io L2 have terminals CHANGE #1314 - auto weapons split into semi, auto and rotary CHANGE #1314 - semi weapons now have their own level rewards CHANGE #1233 - massively increased the start ammo on AoHubris FIX #1323 - terminal will always be reachable from the entry FIX #0642 - broadcast wont trigger powerjack anymore FIX #1324 - extra stealth shots will now properly stack FIX #1295 - partial resistances fixed FIX #1295 - archreavers properly acid-resistant FIX #1312 - fixed sustain perk overflow and shot cost bug FIX #1307 - vaults will no longer block paths to elevators FIX #1308 - Europa Ruins inaccessible rooms fixed
One more hotfix release before we fully bury ourselves in 0.9.8 development! This hotfix has two minor balance changes, and fixes to almost all known outstanding bugs. Enjoy!
CHANGE #1290 - combat pistol 2x9 but range 4/7, fixed sound
CHANGE #1290 - Gunslinger L2 reduces opimal range penalty to -1
FIX #1225 - fixed rare 0 damage bug when destroying armor
FIX #1225 - massive fix to pathfinding for enemies and allies
FIX #1225 - fixed critical bug with negative minimum range
FIX #1235 - early branches will always have 3 levels size
FIX #1225 - fixed trait order display in mortem
FIX #1225 - possible fix for OSX post-game crash
FIX #1225 - fixed several unreachable level parts on Europa
FIX #1225 - fixed Limbo safe zone
FIX #1225 - fixed ADV plasma pistol name
Right on the heels of the Expanse release we bring you a "hotfix" patch which is more than just bugfixes. As the next release will probably drop at the end of the month, we wanted to push in some fixes, balance changes and QOL features before that!
Notable changes include on-screen enemy weapon information, orb healing buffs (especially on higher difficulties), improvements to UI keybindings customization (yes, you can now bind everything to the keypad!), more common orange and cell weapons, buffs to early game pistols, 9mm autos, finisher perk and increased enemy count on higher difficulty after Europa. Also, a LOT of fixes :).
CHANGE #1291 - orb healing depends on depth, not difficulty
CHANGE #1273 - increased enemy count on Io+ higher difficulties
CHANGE #1274 - enemy weapon shown on enemy UI if carryable
CHANGE #1272 - balanced Dark Cathedral secret rewards
CHANGE #1268 - increased Europa Central Dig safe zone
CHANGE #1269 - keypad can be used where hardcoded enter required
CHANGE #1288 - clarified Remote Hacker L3 description
CHANGE #1277 - you can reset configuration in each config menu
CHANGE #1278 - you can bind confirm and cancel for game and UI
CHANGE #1289 - changes in the accuracy mod perk-list
CHANGE #1286 - decreased the rarity of cell-based weapons
CHANGE #1270 - finisher perk works for enemies below 50% health
CHANGE #1290 - 9mm auto rifle damage buffed
CHANGE #1290 - rare pistols/revs improved, and more common
CHANGE #1290 - 7.62 sniper has 100% crit damage
CHANGE #1270 - slightly buffed auto AMPs
FIX #1286 - fixed Io L1 guaranteed cell weapons
FIX #1293 - fixed military sentry mortar attack
FIX #1287 - fixed Dark Cathedral visuals (now actually dark)
FIX #1271 - fixed Callisto Mines tower lights
FIX #1271 - fixed Europa Ruins inaccessible rooms
FIX #1259 - fixed terminal/station crash
FIX #1259 - fixed helmet pickup crash
FIX #1259 - fixed gibbing related crash
FIX #1259 - fixed save/load related crash
Took us a bit more time, but this release is HUGE! Jupiter Hell 0.9.7 Expanse features larger moons, mid-point levels, new generators for second halfs of the moons, 4 new branches and 4 new special levels, much improved monster placement and lists, and on top of that a huge rework of traits! But before we go into detail - there’s an important announcement we need to make.
So, there it is - six more months until full release. We’re excited, and we’re shifting gears on the development. Now, back to regular programming! Here's what the Expanse update brings to Jupiter Hell:
Each of the three moons now sports 7 levels. Each moon has a midpoint level, with dedicated generators at level 4. Each moon has different new generators for its latter half, to provide for a more varied and interesting experience when traveling the main route. Additionally, due to the moons being larger, each moon will connect to three branches.
A total of four branches have been added - Callisto Rift, Europa Ruins, Shadow Halls and Noxious Mines. Each new branch has a new special level, Noxious Mines use the old Noxious Hollow, while Infernal Lock has been added to Io main route. Especially of note are Europa Ruins and Shadow Halls which feature a brand new tileset, and especially interesting special levels ;)
As if that were not enough there is a HUGE expansion of traits. Every trait has now 3 levels, and while some higher levels are just additional stats, among the expanded traits some have completely new (or significantly revamped) effects!
Listing every change in this department would make this post longer than anyone would care to read so either read the descriptions in game, or the massive changelog below!
Interesting traits to note are the new Sysop trait, the Headshot trait enhancements (and changing it to a on cooldown effect so you can now take it with Wizard), 3 levels of Toxicologist, the scout Infiltrator trait, the really fun 2 new levels of Remote Hack, the redesigned Swashbuckler trait, the new Cover Master trait... actually, you'd just better fire up the game and read the trait descriptions anew :D
You'll be able to take advantage of the new trait levels, as the expanded moons result in more XP!
As we merged some traits together, and removed a few underused traits, we're left some space to add new exciting traits in the future too!
The game we all know is known for its huge fights, and Jupiter Hell can't be any different! Monsters now more often get generated in larger packs, especially at higher difficulties, leading to more exciting fights and a better challenge once you're already rocking that Master Trait of choice ;). We also balanced late game spawns better - Io and Beyond won't be a cakewalk anymore.
That's no moon, it's the changelog!
NEW #1235 - all moons are an extra level longer
NEW #1235 - Callisto Hub midpoint level
NEW #1235 - Callisto - second part has new generators
NEW #1244 - Callisto - new branch - Callisto Rift
NEW #1247 - Callisto - Callisto Rift special level
NEW #1235 - Europa - Concourse midpoint level
NEW #1235 - Europa - second part has new generators
NEW #1245 - Europa - new branch - Europa Ruins
NEW #1248 - Europa - new special level - Frozen Temple
NEW #1235 - Io - Nexus mipoint level
NEW #1235 - Io - second part has new generators
NEW #1235 - Io - Noxious Mines branch added (Noxious Hollow)
NEW #1253 - Io - Infernal Lock special level added (Io main)
NEW #1246 - Io - Shadow Halls branch added
NEW #1249 - Io - new special level - Dark Cathedral
NEW #1235 - toxic fiend added
NEW #1262 - enemies will appear in mixed packs and swarms
NEW #1237 - all traits have now 3 levels! See below:
CHANGE #1236 - master traits are available now at levels 8,11,14
CHANGE #1237 - Skilled perk goes up to level 3 with more bonuses
CHANGE #1240 - Juggler is now a 3 level trait with more bonuses
CHANGE #1238 - Gun Hoarder and Packrat merged into 3 level trait
CHANGE #1237 - Networker and Tinkerer merged into 3 lev Sysop
CHANGE #1241 - Son of a Gun and Gunslinger go up to level 3
CHANGE #1241 - SoG and Gunslinger affect optimal range (not acc)
CHANGE #1241 - Headshot now a 3 level skill used on cooldown
CHANGE #1241 - Headshot no longer blocks Wizard
CHANGE #1237 - Toxicologist now 3 levels (more damage, nades!)
CHANGE #1237 - Energy Leech now 3 levs (lootbox energy, nonmelee)
CHANGE #1237 - Stealth Hack -> Infiltrator (loot/term detect)
CHANGE #1237 - Remote Hack gets 3 levels (autohacking!)
CHANGE #1237 - Golddigger merged into Infiltrator
CHANGE #1238 - Scout Whizkid requires Eagle Eye (usable on AoLT)
CHANGE #1237 - Whizkid now 3 levels, L2 and L3 increase capacity
CHANGE #1237 - Executioner now 3 levels (value nerf, inc range)
CHANGE #1237 - Swashbuckler up to 3 levels (critical buff!)
CHANGE #1237 - Juggernaut, Rip'n'Tear and Bladedancer now 3 levs
CHANGE #1237 - Blademaster buff- melee damage bonus at L2 and L3
CHANGE #1237 - Hellrunner modified to 3 levels, dodge adjusted
CHANGE #1237 - Dodgemaster now 3 levels (L2 min dodge, L3 max)
CHANGE #1237 - Dash gets 3 levels, adds damage reduction
CHANGE #1237 - Running now 3 levels (cost and cooldown reduced)
CHANGE #1237 - Bloodhound now 3 levels (up to full reveal)
CHANGE #1237 - Angry Mofo now 3 levels (more damage and resist)
CHANGE #1237 - Powerjack and Field Medic now 3 levels
CHANGE #1237 - Scavenger now 3 levels (convert to cells/rockets)
CHANGE #1237 - Grenadier has now 3 levels (more,gibs,explosion)
CHANGE #1237 - Eagle Eye has now 3 levels (different ranges)
CHANGE #1237 - Reloader and Army Surplus has additional L3 level
CHANGE #1237 - Ironman goes up to level 3 (for +60 health total)
CHANGE #1237 - Tough as Nails and Hacking has additional L3 level
CHANGE #1237 - Sustained Fire and Furious has additional L3 level
CHANGE #1242 - Pinpoint merged into Deadly Precision (3 levels)
CHANGE #1237 - Hunker Down, Steady Shot and Incoming merged into
a 3 level trait for both Marine and Tech
CHANGE #1237 - Cancel/Escape when modding returns a menu level up
CHANGE #1235 - ice fiend health buffed
CHANGE #1237 - removed Gun Kata accuracy penalty
CHANGE #1237 - removed +1 opt from Sharpshooter
CHANGE #1237 - Vampyre L1/L2 heals less but minimum 5hp
CHANGE #1237 - removed Shottyman, Reload Dance and Second Wind
CHANGE #1237 - removed Die Hard
CHANGE #1237 - swapped Momentum and Vampyre mod tier for melee
CHANGE #1251 - balanced the enemy lists, Hard+ late game harder!
CHANGE #1251 - earliest reaver infestations 2 levels later
CHANGE #1251 - more exalted will spawn on Hard+ on Io/Beyond
CHANGE #1251 - EASY has same amount of enemies as MEDIUM
FIX #1235 - fixed issues with inaccessible floors in Beyond
FIX #1235 - Beyond L3 will properly reveal last 3 enemies
FIX #1237 - medical station states its 160 health max
FIX #1237 - medical health inc wont eat a charge at 160 health
FIX #1237 - skills that reveal will work with ammo terminals
FIX #1237 - zero-time weapon swap will update target info
FIX #1257 - exalted fiends with ranged attack fixed
FIX #1261 - Gun Kata no longer works in the Abyss
FIX #1260 - SHIFT-F will trigger Swashbuckler melee in-place
FIX #1235 - fixed a few rare issues with BSP generators
It's been a bit longer than usual, but we're back to present you a new release of Jupiter Hell - 0.9.6 Terminal! This release features upgraded terminals, enhancements to hacking, stacking elemental damage, 20 new weapon/armor perks, revisited mod pack perk lists and more!
Apart from obvious visual changes, there are also new options, as well as reorganizing old options into modules. You can extract multitools from terminals and stations with charges, but you also can charge terminals with the multitools you have - hence multitools become a universal currency that can be traded for terminal bonuses, health upgrades, mods, ADV equpiment, 'nades or ammo :). You'll also notice that terminals now have more information about their options and the environment. We're also preparing everything for further expansions, expect at least one more top-level module!
Most notably we added the Broadcast option, with information on currently hacked bots, and the ability to mass send commands. Remote Hack will bring up the Broadcast interface if no valid target for hacking is present. Additionally, we improved the behavior of the current commands like HUNT and WAIT. Finally, and probably the most important QOL change gameplay-wise - you won't accidentally hit your bots, nor will they accidentally hit you! Oh, the glory of IFF protocols :P.
Fire, Bleed and Poison now stack. Be wary as this is a very double-edged sword! This brings elemental perks, items and skills to a whole new damage potential, and gives more value to protection perks, stims and medkits. Let's just say that after the first iteration we had to give the Summoner some poison resistance, as he tended to die from just one gas grenade :P.
Each of the 3 basic mod packs (power, bulk and accuracy) now has 5 possible perks - to get to the last (usually strongest) perk, you'll need Whizkid 2. We noticed our perk pool was quite weak with some options - especially shotguns, launchers and helmets, so we added 20 (!) new perks to the pools. 18 of those are accessible via standard mod packs.
The new perks have also been added to the ADV weapon/armor/headslot potential roll lists too!
Finally, as this seems to be a release where Technician finally gets some love, we decided to give him a new Grenadier trait as an icing on the cake :).
The FAST keyword on exalted enemies (especially reavers) has been nerfed. Acid and plasma damage won't damage armor as much as it did. Also, grenades will no longer accidentally hit cover right in front of you (sorry Blind!).
NEW #1223 - Broadcast (command all) option added to hacking
NEW #1223 - Broadcast and hack UI gives info on current bots
NEW #1223 - Remote Hack will Broadcast if no target
NEW #1220 - you can now mass hack drones at terminals
NEW #1220 - you can initiate purge mode from terminals
NEW #1220 - Recon module in terminals shows exist in branch
NEW #1217 - fire, poison and bleed damage now stacks/degrades!
NEW #1232 - Tech Trait - Grenadier!
NEW #1227 - 20 new weapon/armor/helmet perks!
NEW #1227 - expanded power, bulk and accuracy pack perk lists!
CHANGE #1227 - new perks added to current ADV perk lists
CHANGE #1218 - you can now charge stations with 1 multitool/charge
CHANGE #1218 - you can now extract stimpacks from medical stations
CHANGE #1218 - manufacture stations have more options
CHANGE #1222 - Protocol - HUNT tracking improved
CHANGE #1223 - Protocol - WAIT will not try to chase enemies
CHANGE #1222 - improved pathfinding for enemies
CHANGE #1219 - grenades will no longer hit cover right in front
CHANGE #1224 - hacked bots will no longer hit allies and player
CHANGE #1224 - player will no longer accidentally hit allies
CHANGE #1223 - using a multitool to repair bot fully repairs it
CHANGE #1229 - enemies alerted by sound event will "idle" sound
CHANGE #1217 - acid and plasma will damage armor a little less
CHANGE #1221 - FAST exalted only affects movement speed
CHANGE #1217 - FAST reavers will start to appear 4 levels later
FIX #1223 - Wizard L2 description and summon name fixed
FIX #1217 - fixed negative status lingering after level change
FIX #1217 - fixed min-range coloring
Time to bring the game to the next level with 0.9.5 "Advance"! Three major pillars of this release are new Traits (and improvements to old ones), fully perk-based ADV equipment, and a new perk-based item modding system - read all about it below!
Four new traits have been added, each with an important role to fill.
Marine got Army Surplus, which is his way to deal with ammo shortage. Useful on challenge runs, and when Bulletstorm is eating way to many bullets.
Scout gets two new traits - first is Executioner, which buffs both early- (and late-) game melee, and also close-range shotgun or SMG play as well! That trait is borderline overpowered right now, so be sure to play around with it before we nerf it :). The other trait is Stealth Hack - which starts off a possibility of hacking builds for Scout - these will become more powerful with the next release (Terminal).
Tech gets Toxicologist, which we hope will become a base of builds of its own - starting what we hope will be elemental builds for the various classes (more such traits will come later). Changing your defensive Smoke screen skill to a offensive toxic cloud can be quite fun!
Apart from that, there are slight changes in some traits (i.e. Dash and Assassinate got slight nerfs due to Executioner), some overhauls (Tough as Nails now grants raw armor value, like it did in DRL), and improvements (Bloodhound has a short-range heat vision, Powerjack works with stations and ammo terminals), as well as a big buff to Adrenaline - now costs 30 Fury irrespective of difficulty and grants a 5-second buff that protects from pain.
We removed all non-perk based stat changes for ADV equipment - all stat changes are now based on perks and the perk amount (and quality) depends on the ADV item tier. Those perks are now also displayed in the postmortem for you to brag about if you find a particularly broken piece.
All non-ADV AMPs have been removed, and instead ADV general AMPs have been introduced.
The perk pool has been significantly increased, mostly for general AMPs but also for headgear, armors and weapons.
The old trio of Accuracy, Bulk and Power packs is still present, but instead of increasing stats, they provide a choice of perks you can apply to your equipment. Usually you pick one of two, but Whizkid increases the pool size. The perk pool is deterministic and depends on the item type and group.
ADV weapons have the regular amount of mod slots, so this can get to a ridiculous number of perk counts.
We are aware that this, along with the ADV changes, actually makes the game a bit harder, but also allows for more diversity in items (instead of just counting on a high-damage ADV pumped with P-mods). The trait changes offset this a bit, and further balance changes should bring the difficulty back to what it was.
All medkits and stimpacks clear all negative buffs. Additionally, stimpacks protect the user from negative buffs for the duration of the Stimmed buff.
We buffed all mid-tier melee weapons to make the progress between them more fluid. Knife and Demonic Sword stay the same, chainsaw got a small nerf - all others do more damage.
Angel of Mercy now won't reduce health from exalted kills which should bring it a bit closer to "doable" on Nightmare.
Most notably, enemies won't accidentally melee each other - which prevents unintended infighting and protects the player from friendly melee attacks. Assassinate now properly works on the secret level, and there won't be any more secure vaults on Asterius (which could block game progress completely). Read the full changelog below for more:
NEW #1210 - Trait - Marine - Army Surplus!
NEW #1208 - Trait - Scout - Executioner!
NEW #1097 - Trait - Scout - Stealth Hack!
NEW #1208 - Trait - Tech - Toxicologist!
NEW #1205 - mods overhaul - mods now grant keywords!
NEW #1192 - general utility ADV AMPs added
NEW #1192 - several new AMP, armor, head perks added
NEW #1192 - ADV perks displayed in post mortem
CHANGE #1216 - all med and stimpacks clear negative status effects
CHANGE #1216 - stims protect from all status effects for duration
CHANGE #1205 - Whizkid increases also perk selection when modding
CHANGE #1192 - ADV weapons may roll with multiple status effects
CHANGE #1192 - removed all non-ADV amps, AMPs are perk-only
CHANGE #1192 - all ADV armors, helmets, visors are perk-only
CHANGE #1192 - all ADV weapons are perk-only
CHANGE #1208 - Nerfed Assassinate due to Executioner
CHANGE #1208 - Dash no longer provides a crit-chance bonus
CHANGE #1097 - Scout loses packrat, Scavenger now reqs Gun Hoarder
CHANGE #1210 - Adrenaline now adds buff that protects from pain
CHANGE #1210 - Adrenaline costs 30 Fury independent of difficulty
CHANGE #1210 - Bloodhound additionally detects enemies at range 2
CHANGE #1210 - Tough as Nails grants armor instead of pain reduct
CHANGE #1210 - Reloader - L1 is -50% when empty, L2 gives 50% DR
CHANGE #1210 - Powerjack - works with stations and ammo terminals
CHANGE #1215 - buffed all mid-range melee weapon damage a bit
CHANGE #1212 - Angel of Mercy wont reduce health for exalted kills
FIX #1208 - Energy Leech was giving 1 point too much energy
FIX #1207 - Assassinate now properly works on secret level
FIX #1208 - no more secure vaults on Asterius
FIX #1209 - enemies will no longer accidentally melee attack
FIX #1214 - fixed cleared events/levels on Nightmare!
Initially, this update was supposed to be "Terminal" with improvements to terminals and hacking, but we got sidetracked with a revamp of the ADV and modding system. Hence, 0.9.6 Terminal is coming next - expect it within 3-4 weeks from now!
P.S. There are some issues with OSX builds, we're working on them right now!
FIX - fixed values for Critical, Molten, Barbed and Guarded mod perks
FIX - ADV dual shotgun has now proper amount of mod slots
CHANGE - single shot auto weapons now have perks at level 4 instead of 1
CHANGE - armors can be modded multiple times with the same mod (Whizkid)
CHANGE - Assassinate nerfed - no more refund, no critical damage bonuses
We buffed two underpowered scout masters - Ghost now reduces Stealth cost to 15 (10 at Level 2) and Assassinate keeps your dodge value after the attack (which makes spamming it much safer). We also are looking to buff Wizard and Fireangel, the former will get stronger with the hack changes coming next patch, the latter will need to wait for Fire related changes in an upcoming status effect related patch.
Marine's Furious now also generates +1/+2 Fury on kills that gib, making it a bit more useful and interesting trait, while Running cost is now 20 Fury independent of difficulty level.
Apart from the above we did some more balance and visual changes, full list below:
Beta 0.9.4 - Europa - September 28, 2020
NEW #1201 - Asterius Habitat branch added to Europa!
NEW #1202 - Asterius Breach special level!
NEW #1200 - ice fiend added!
NEW #1199 - hyperblaster, and ADV hyperblaster! (plasma chain)
CHANGE #1203 - ALL Europa generators revisted, improved visuals
CHANGE #1204 - increased amount of generated lootboxes
CHANGE #1198 - Refueling Base - better (weapon based) reward
CHANGE #1198 - AoNYR - all enemies drop weapons (except respawns)
CHANGE #1198 - weaker exalted soldier weapons pre-CalL4 (N! also)
CHANGE #1198 - Nightmare - only the first respawn gives XP
CHANGE #1198 - Scout - Ghost stealth costs now 15/10
CHANGE #1198 - Scout - Assassinate buffed and keeps dodge
CHANGE #1198 - Marine - Furious now generates +1/2 Fury on gib
CHANGE #1198 - Marine - Running now costs a flat 20 Fury
CHANGE #1198 - Europa L1 - less enemies on all difficulties
CHANGE #1168 - improved Callisto mines caves lighting
FIX #1198 - Limbo - safe zone added for reaver spawn
The borderline unfair and punishing difficulty level from DRL returns! While the balance is close to UV (and there's no accuracy boost for the enemies), each biological enemy that dies leaves a summoning circle. Leave that circle alone and out of sight for a while, and the enemy will respawn... as a progressively-stronger, exalted variant.
This difficulty is not for the faint of heart, but is beatable. Different tactics need to be applied, gibbing enemies becomes a valuable tool, and exploring all of the map might become a death trap. You've been warned!
The seed line below the level name has been changed. It now states the difficulty (by single letter), the challenge abbreviation (if present), and the general seed of the run. Apart from helping streamers not answer the basic questions each time, it will help us have all the needed information in a screenshot when reporting issues with level generation.
Additionally, as requested, we've added head slot durability to the UI, and removed the armor name, as usually you remember what you're wearing and you can always shift-compare with what's on the ground.
Summoner now has a damage gate - if you deal more than 80 damage before he takes his turn, all further damage is negated until that time. If you're faster than him, you might notice his health turning violet - don't bother shooting him then (later we'll add a nice shield effect once shields are in!).
Barrel damage has been increased - this makes for more gibbing fun, but also might prove fatal if you're not careful!
We've increased the amount of loot, too - common chests always drop at least 3 items, with special tier 1 chests and vaults appearing more often.
Finally some more minor changes and the regular supply of bugfixes which all can be summed up in the full changelog below:
Full changelog
Beta 0.9.3 - Nightmare - September 7, 2020
NEW #1186 - Nightmare!
NEW #1156 - Level events! 8 initial events, more to come!
NEW #1188 - Gibbing! Overkill destroys corpses (useful in N!)
NEW #1187 - Platinum and Diamond badges - requiring N!/UV
NEW #1191 - plasma grenades - when a krak is not enough
NEW #1192 - ADV AMP's - pistol, auto and shotgun
CHANGE #1194 - HUD - short armor info, added helmet info
CHANGE #1193 - challenge, diff, and world seed under level name
CHANGE #1190 - Summoner damage gate (max 80 damage between turns)
CHANGE #1188 - improved some death animation timing issues
CHANGE #1191 - increased barrel damage values (be careful!)
CHANGE #1191 - ADV helmets always have at least 3 mod capacity
CHANGE #1191 - special tier 1 chests more common
CHANGE #1191 - common chests drop at least 3 items
CHANGE #1191 - increased the frequency of vaults
CHANGE #1156 - player data skill ranks above "Captain"
FIX #1191 - CAL L1 - removed some "not enough chests" cases
FIX #1165 - Tyre Outpost headgear now properly AV3
FIX #1165 - Entrenchment now displays proper resistance values
FIX #1165 - fixed passing 100% kills for some requirements
Drones can now actually fly over gaps, so don't be surprised if you're flanked on Callisto Spaceport :). Also, while adding helmets we noticed that green/blue/red as a descriptor is kind of boring - both armor and helmets now follow a new naming - basic (green), marine (blue), combat (red).
Full changelog
Beta 0.9.2 - Vision - July 27, 2020
NEW #1182 - head slot functional now!
NEW #1182 - basic/marine/combat helmets (also ADV) added
NEW #1182 - ADV gasmask added, ADV visors/headsets
NEW #1182 - ADV visors/headsets have their own new perks
NEW #0992 - new special level alternative to Warehouse
NEW #1012 - new special level alternative to Refueling Base
CHANGE #1000 - flying enemies can now fly over gaps
CHANGE #1182 - green/blue/red armor -> basic/marine/combat
CHANGE #0337 - levels may have different vision distances
CHANGE #0337 - some caves have vision 8, dark places 5-6
CHANGE #0337 - camera zooms based on vision distance
CHANGE #0337 - improved default zoom
CHANGE #1180 - 7.62 sidearm damage 10->12
CHANGE #1180 - 7.62 assault rifle max range 10->8
CHANGE #1180 - increased EMP effect duration by 66%
CHANGE #1180 - Tyre lost one special lootbox (manufacture is op)
CHANGE #1180 - increased drop rates of melee weapons
CHANGE #1170 - Mimir Habitat reward is no longer guaranteed
CHANGE #1166 - lights/lamps are destructible (no gameplay effect)
FIX #1124 - fixed visual gap in basalt levels
What's next?
This update is on the lighter side, the next one might be much beefier. 0.9.3 Nightmare is coming! Apart from obvious content for the high level players, we'll also add signifcant changes for everyone :). The update should land in 3-4 weeks from now.
After a longer break where we stabilized 0.9 and took a bit time off it's time to get back to scheduled releases! This time we look at the first episode of the game, adding a new enemy, new tileset, new branch and new special level. Read all about it below!
But before we do that, we're happy to announce that we're running an AMA on the r/Games reddit, that will be starting exactly an hour from now (11 AM PT/8 PM CEST), be sure to check it out!
When manual targeting you now see the name of the tile you're targeting and you can use SHIFT to actually see what an item is from a distance (basically doubling as a typical roguelike look mode). We'll add more enemy information to this mode at some later point in time too.
Issue with time passage and terminals/stations has also been resolved, as well as terminal and inventory no longer exiting on action (the latter only if there are no enemies in sight).
Full fixes and changes follow:
Hell, it's about time! Our most significant update yet, Jupiter Hell 0.9.0 -- a.k.a. "Masters" (of Doom? :P) -- is out, and with it, 15 (fifteen!) Master traits have been added, each bringing a unique playstyle! Read all about it below!
But before we get to the meat, this is our most important release up to date and we want to reach with it as many people as possible! We'd be honored if you'd help us spread the news among friends, communities and your favorite streamers! Only YOU can really help us out with this quest!
Also, if you want to discuss master builds, be sure to join our Discord Server :)
Apart from that, some of the existing non-master traits have been changed or removed, and a new Eagle Eye trait is present in Scout.
Masters obviously shake up the game a lot, and we tried to compensate balance for it (see below), but generally we kept most of the traits on the overpowered side -- expect more balancing in future updates :P
To provide more early-game variety and fill up some gaps in weapon types vs available ammo, we added 6 new weapons that are alternatives to current common weapons:
All of the above have ADV variants (which now show their tier in the name, i.e. AV1, AV2 and AV3), and are sometimes carried by regular humanoid enemies.
The inclusion of Master traits caused us to take a significant pass at game balance. In general, we made early-game a bit easier (especially on Medium), and significantly buffed all late game enemies to offset the power of Master traits. Also, there are more enemies in general post-Europa (scaling with difficulty).
Oh, and remember that UV accuracy bonus for enemies? It wasn't working correctly; we've now fixed it. Expect a lot more pain on Ultraviolence ;)
That's no moon, it's a changelog!
NEW #1066 - Traits - Marine chainfire master - Onslaught!
NEW #1125 - Traits - Scout rifle master - Sniper!
NEW #1126 - Traits - Tech cf/general master - Entrenchment!
NEW #1122 - Traits - Marine pistol/SMG master - Bulletstorm!
NEW #1063 - Traits - Scout pistol/SMG master - Gun Kata!
NEW #1123 - Traits - Tech pistol/SMG master - Sharpshooter!
NEW #1064 - Traits - Marine sg/rl master - Army of Darkness!
NEW #1118 - Traits - Scout sg/general master - Gunrunner!
NEW #1065 - Traits - Tech sg/general master - Fireangel!
NEW #1067 - Traits - Marine melee master - Vampyre!
NEW #1068 - Traits - Scout melee master - Assassinate!
NEW #1069 - Traits - Tech melee master - Blademaster!
NEW #1070 - Traits - Marine general master - Survivor!
NEW #1127 - Traits - Scout general master - Ghost!
NEW #1128 - Traits - Tech general master - Wizard!
NEW #1090 - 6 new uncommon base weapons with ADV variants!
NEW #0863 - chaingun now has a spool-up (4/6/8 shots)
CHANGE #1086 - UV enemy accuracy bonus was not working - fixed
CHANGE #1101 - ADV weapons now AV1, AV2 or AV3 depending on tier
CHANGE #1072 - Bloodhound and Tracking Data markers on screen
CHANGE #1128 - hacked enemies now give 1xEXP, but count kill EXP
CHANGE #1133 - UI - health bars use = to show recent damage
CHANGE #1112 - UI - required traits are highlighted red/green
CHANGE #1130 - UI - cleaned up weapon stats description
CHANGE #1130 - UI - explicit weapon groups in stats and traits
CHANGE #1130 - UI - stats now show mods line as count/capacity
CHANGE #1087 - Balance - fire fiend and drone accuracy reduced
CHANGE #1087 - Balance - Callisto sergeants deal 70% damage
CHANGE #1086 - Balance - heavies have -20% accuracy and -10% speed
CHANGE #1086 - Balance - much fewer heavies on Callisto and Europa
CHANGE #1086 - Balance - 25% fewer armored ravagers
CHANGE #1086 - Balance - +50% health to ravagers, +33% to reavers
CHANGE #1109 - Balance - more experience for ravagers and reavers
CHANGE #1109 - Balance - more health to formers post Europa
CHANGE #1109 - Balance - +60% health to all cerberi
CHANGE #1109 - Balance - x2 health for CRI marines, +50% for CRI bots
CHANGE #1109 - Balance - fewer enemies on Anomaly and Milibase
CHANGE #1086 - Balance - more enemies lategame at higher diffs
CHANGE #1088 - Balance - Scout's Dash L1 and L2 merged together
CHANGE #1088 - Balance - evasion (dodge + guard) caps at 90
CHANGE #1088 - Balance - evasion no longer halved against melee
CHANGE #1109 - Balance - Swordmaster and Summoner buffed
CHANGE #1110 - Balance - more health orbs on earlier levels
CHANGE #1099 - Traits - Marine - removed Shredder
CHANGE #1099 - Traits - Tech - removed Overkill
CHANGE #1099 - Traits - Scout - removed Shottyman
CHANGE #1099 - Traits - Scout - new Eagle Eye (+1 max distance)
CHANGE #1099 - Traits - Scout - Swashbuckler becomes a basic trait
CHANGE #1099 - Traits - Scout - Pinpoint buffed to +25%/+50%
CHANGE #1099 - Traits - Scout - Steady Shot merged into Deadly Prec
CHANGE #1108 - high HP enemies (boss, resilient) have overhealth
CHANGE #1062 - GFX - upper bodies rotate separately when aiming
CHANGE #1062 - GFX - smoother movement interpolation
CHANGE #0863 - GFX - rotating weapons now actually rotate when firing
CHANGE #1055 - GFX - improved animation and FX of ravagers
CHANGE #1102 - GFX - several fixes and improvements to lighting
CHANGE #1111 - Challenge - Carnage scavenger behaves like AoSh
FIX #1071 - "free" actions are now free, not just super short
FIX #1050 - rare enemy multi-shot crash fixed
FIX #1076 - fixed stealthing against charging fiends
FIX #1082 - fixed black tiles in industrial_01 generator
FIX #1080 - saving will be properly enabled after tutorial
FIX #1081 - melee will properly advance even if corpse removed
FIX #1077 - fixed not being able to hack bots in doorways
FIX #1098 - enemies will no longer attempt charge over lootbox
FIX #1061 - advanced bots are hackable (but expensive)
FIX #1131 - ending game with follower wont crash the next game
FIX #1136 - fixed accidental swearword on clean setting
FIX #1135 - killing mechanical enemies isn't spilling blood...
FIX #1132 - fixed a bug group related to death
Apart from return of the chainsaw, we've added a couple more melee weapons (katanas in space anyone?), added melee focused traits and improved melee synergy of others.
A disclaimer first though - Jupiter Hell is a game of ranged combat - trying to play it melee only is much harder than any ranged build. That said, melee excels in late game in dishing huge amounts of damage! Right now it's almost viable to main melee late game, and once Masters hit next release this will definitely be true! Now however it's quite useful as a hybrid build - if they get too close, they're toast!
There is a new Melee help topic in the game with all the needed information! Especially if you want to try out Angel of Berserk, the obvious challenge addition for this release :)
In the melee department, Marine gets Rip'n'Tear that generates more Fury on melee kills and provides a damage bonus based on how much current Fury you have. Tech gets Bladedancer which doubles or even triples Melee Guard values, and Scout gets Swashbuckler that instantly switches to a melee weapon if one is present on melee attack and Energy Leech that produces Energy on melee kills.
Apart from that we added new traits useful in melee builds, but also useful in general - Scout gets Dash which makes consecutive moves in a given direction be twice as fast (and a critical bonus at L2 if dashing into melee), Tech gets Juggernaut which reduces enemy damage when moving towards the targeted enemy and Powerjack that allows to siphon Power from Terminals, and Marine gets Running, similar to the now removed Scout Running, but fueled by Fury instead of once per level. Angry Motherfucker now gives bonus damage based on missing health, not pain.
Lots of smaller changes in the Changelog below, we also removed some less used traits to make room for new and future stuff.
Beta 0.8.11 - Berserker - March 31, 2020
NEW #0508 - Melee is in, Rip and Tear!
NEW #1039 - Melee - melee weapons added!
NEW #1038 - Melee - Melee guard (dodge bonus if enemies close)
NEW #1044 - Challenge - Angel of Berserk!
NEW #1054 - New hidden special level added in Beyond!
NEW #0508 - Trait - Rip and Tear for Marine (Melee)
NEW #1042 - Trait - Bladedancer for Tech (Melee)
NEW #0508 - Trait - Dash for Scout (General), loses Running
NEW #0508 - Trait - Energy Leech for Scout (Melee)
NEW #0508 - Trait - Juggernaut for Tech (Close range/Melee)
NEW #0976 - Trait - Swashbuckler for Scout (Hybrid)
NEW #1042 - Trait - Running for Marine (Fury based)
NEW #1042 - Trait - Powerjack for Tech (+30 Power/Terminal)
CHANGE #1048 - Trait - Angry Mo-fo % based on missing health
CHANGE #1042 - Tech - Extra Batteries removed, +10 per Skilled
CHANGE #1042 - Marine - high-health enemies generate 2 Fury
CHANGE #1036 - Scout - activating stealth no longer costs a turn
CHANGE #1036 - Marine loses Focused Fire
CHANGE #1036 - Scout loses Reloader (Shottyman req Gun Hoarder)
CHANGE #1036 - Tech loses TaN, Hunker Down base, GH req Packrat
CHANGE #1053 - you will no longer accidentally melee barrels
CHANGE #1059 - melee killing bots/turrets wont proc explosion
CHANGE #1059 - Dodgemaster removes dodge decay from melee
CHANGE #1059 - evasion (dodge+guard+others) caps at 95%
CHANGE #1041 - Challenge - Shotgunnery converts to current ammo
CHANGE #1054 - removed Arena from Beyond L1, might return later
CHANGE #1051 - GFX - improved animation and FX of enemies
CHANGE #1047 - GFX - improved general color/light quality
CHANGE #1047 - GFX - improved volumetric lighting
CHANGE #1047 - GFX - improved roughness (bumpiness/normals)
CHANGE #1047 - GFX - performance improvement pass
FIX #1050 - GFX - fixed animation blending with empty states
FIX #1053 - AI - unintended infighting removed
FIX #1038 - AI - enemies will no longer try impossible charges
FIX #1053 - Loot - guaranteed plasma weapons on Io L1 working
FIX #1035 - Melee - weak melee no longer damages armor
Time for Jupiter Hell update 0.8.10 a.k.a. Explorer! The main theme of this update is revisiting Special Levels (including adding a new one too), minimap (and maximap :P) improvements, basic melee to prep us for Berserker, Scout and Marine class skill buffs and a lot of minor improvements!
We're putting the game on -20% sale, so it's also a great moment to help us spread the news :)
We made a pass on all special level rewards to make them feel... well, more special. Some of the levels have a reward drop based on your most commonly used weapon group, some have now unique items/mechanics as rewards - check the full changelog below!
Blacksite Vaults and CRI Armory red doors are now indestructible - the rewards are improved however, and there's always one red card to be found on the level. Valhalla Command has received a significant do-over along with a unique reward for fully clearing it!
Interesting unique rewards have also been added to Tyre Outpost and Containment Area. The backpack has been moved to Refueling Base.
We also introduced our first "alternative" level - instead of Military Barracks you might encounter Callisto Docking Bay - tell us what you think of it!
Also, you might notice that some places in Europa look a bit better this update :).
Our long term goal is to have each level have it's own flavored gimmick, and unique reward. Also, we plan on most levels to have at least one "alternative" later.
Technician is currently the most powerfull class, and Scout the weakest, so time for some buffs!
Marine Adrenaline was the most complex skill to use, but we wanted Marine to be the "base class" - to fix that, but not lose Adrenaline's interesting mechanics, we changed it so it ALWAYS heals for a set amount of health, but heals more if convert pain. This allows it to be a panic button even if you forget to heal after the shotgun face hit, yet still awards the better player with more health if used in the proper situation.
Scout invisibility doesn't break smell tracking as opposed to techs smoke. To offset that, we're giving Scout a whopping +100% to critical chance when firing from stealth. Now those Skilled stealth shots are worth even more!
Annoyed by drones getting in your way? Tired of those turrets chipping away your health? The big bad security bot giving you nightmares? Time to turn the tables!
You can hack any mechanical enemy by bumping into him. This brings up a hacking menu, where if you have enough multitools (which replaced repair kits) you can either disable the enemy (cheap) or hack it to convert it to your side (expensive). Scouts and Technicians have access to the Hacking trait which dramatically reduces the cost of bot disabling and hacking. Finally technician only has access to an Active trait that can perform a hack remotely!
Both a successful disable and hack gives you the enemies experience (hack twice as much!) and the items he had. The hacked enemies continue their previous wandering - later we'll probably introduce a way to make them follow you or even take more direct control :).'
Regarding armor it now has a negative dodge modifier - the heavier the armor, the bigger the penalty. Do not worry too much though, as base dodge was increased to compensate, and armor has been made significantly more durable (a common request).
To top off, two new traits are added Dodgemaster for Scout and Incoming! for Marine and Technician, to help with survivability.
Finally (among a plethora of bugfixes) we added a new challenge - Angel of Doom - let us know what you think about it :).
Full changelog below, we really can't wait for your feedback on this release, be it here, on the forums or on Discord :D
Happy hunting!
NEW #867 - new enemy - kerberos! (with several variants)
NEW #871 - ADV armor now rolls with perks!
NEW #873 - ADV armor can have class perks (ability modifing)
NEW #869 - new weapon ADV perks - Frenzy, Vampiric and elemental!
NEW #869 - new rocket launcher ADV perks - Toxic and Haze
NEW #869 - ADV energy pistol, rifle and shotgun added
NEW #868 - ADV tiers - regular t1, vault/exalted t2, special t3
NEW #880 - new Scout trait - Dodgemaster
NEW #882 - new Marine/Tech trait - Incoming!
NEW #866 - new beyond basalt rocks tileset
NEW #866 - expanded summoner boss-fight
NEW #797 - Angel of Doom added!
CHANGE #797 - AoSh adds 3xEMP grenade and a special Frenzy trait
CHANGE #883 - most exotic weapons have perks added from the ADV pool
CHANGE #882 - Marine gets Shredder back (experimental)
CHANGE #869 - ADV launchers and shotguns always have perks
CHANGE #876 - armor has dodge penalties, base dodge increased
CHANGE #868 - item drop quality is no longer increased by difficulty
CHANGE #870 - improved armor durability, especially ADV armor
CHANGE #870 - swapped level 2 guaranteed extra medbox for armor box
CHANGE #872 - increased SHIFT-compare window
CHANGE #872 - increased player info screen size
CHANGE #865 - new, faster and more precise, fire line algorithm
CHANGE #880 - reloader has just 2 levels now (might be removed)
CHANGE #889 - added SHIFT, wait, hunker and aim info to Tutorial
FIX #872 - armor no longer show description in SHIFT compare
FIX #870 - toxic enemies no longer take poison damage
FIX #865 - enemies will no longer waste ammo on 0% shots
FIX #865 - if you see it you have non-zero chance to hit
FIX #875 - fixed landing craft - now is cover instead of block
FIX #888 - CRI phase checks if destination is reachable
FIX #888 - fix for rare case of player dissapearing after phase
FIX #890 - fixed chroma effect on Vulkan (now matches OpenGL)
FIX #885 - potential fix for alt-tab issues
Next version (0.8.6) will be out in 2-3 weeks and will feature terminal/technician changes, telegraphed attack improvements, new content, and hopefully the first effects of the animation system upgrades that we're planning for this period. 'Till next!
Due to the AI changes we made some enemy nerfs - Callisto formers are less accurate, and the UV enemy buff of accuracy has been reduced to +10%. Speaking of UV, we also made it so that there are no "lucky drops" of early late game weapons - to provide for a more consistent early game.
We nerfed P-mods a bit, as they basically reduced endgame to P3-modding a rapid-fire weapon - to offset that, summoner armor has been nerfed and now everyone can single-mod ADV weapons and everyone has two levels of Whizkid. This is subject to change soon, as we'll be doing a full mod overhaul in the near future, so stay tuned!
We've rewrote the accuracy calculations and decided it's time for a significant changes in this territory. Following our design goal of not having traits just increase numbers, we've removed Eagle Eye. In turn we added a new basic action, Aim, activated by waiting (the same as hunker - you can have both now!). It gives a whopping +50% to accuracy (up to 100% after two waits). But there's more - several new traits have been added instead! Marine got Focused fire (+10% accuracy to every next successive shot if only shooting), Scout got Deadly precision (your Aim bonus is also a bonus to critical chance) and both Scout and Marine got Steady shot (retain the aim bonus after shot). Technician already benefits much from Aim synergy with Hunker, so we gave him a different trait - Tinkerer (+2 charges on stations).
Looking at aim we obviously looked at cover too, now accuracy always helps to avoid cover properly - this fixes a few wierd behaviours too! At the same time we noticed problems with shotgun damage vs cover. Movable cover was taken into account, but wall cover wasnt. We decided to go halfway - cover affects damage, but only half as it affects accuracy of weapons. To offset shotgun stopping power, we increased basic shotgun damage.
A small change that might not immediately pop from the list - enemies are now more aggressive, especially in their optimal range. They will more likely shoot instead of moving, especially at the higher difficulties.
We hope that some of the balance changes will introduce more weapon variety viability as well as make mid-late game harder (e.g. we buffed the armor of post-Callisto formers and Summoner). The latter goal is still in the works though (in the meantime play around with plasma ravagers). In general we hope that Scout got a general buff in this release to make him as viable as the other classes - between Deadly precision, Aim and the stealth vs melee improvement.
Finally there are visual improvements with shadows and smoke effects. The former being a side effect of FINALLY fixing the Iris Pro shadow bug!
Full changelog below!
NEW #792 - Callisto L1 upgraded!
NEW #772 - Aim action added (use Wait to add +50% to hit)
NEW #777 - new trait - Steady shot (retain your aim between shots)
NEW #777 - new trait - Focused fire (successive shots +10% acc)
NEW #777 - new trait - Deadly precision (Aim bonus -> crit chance)
NEW #790 - new trait - Tinkerer (+2 charges on stations)
NEW #780 - manual targeting remembers targets until you move
NEW #779 - new setting - turning off "idle" voice quips
NEW #771 - settings now in categories
NEW #780 - targeting doors or other destructible objects shows hp
NEW #690 - weapon range and accuracy topics added to Help
NEW #796 - plasma ravagers added
CHANGE #800 - Valhalla Spaceport updated
CHANGE #801 - Europa L1 - smaller "intro" level with own generator
CHANGE #804 - Europa Central Dig revisited
CHANGE #805 - Io L1 - intro level with guaranteed energy weapons
CHANGE #796 - Whizkid gives +1 mod capacity per level
CHANGE #796 - everyone can mod exotics once
CHANGE #798 - min distance now correctly shows the minimum distance at which the tohit chance is full while max distance shows the maximum distance at which it is possible to hit the enemy (consistency) - all values updated by 1
CHANGE #789 - stealth gives 150% evasion (so -75% melee to-hit)
CHANGE #777 - removed Eagle Eye
CHANGE #781 - shotgun damage properly depends on cover
CHANGE #781 - increased shotgun damage to compensate
CHANGE #777 - removed EE from Marine and Scout, both get Steady shot. Marine gets Focused fire, Scout gets Deadly precision
CHANGE #776 - accuracy calculations refactored!
CHANGE #776 - accuracy now always helps to not hit cover
CHANGE #780 - vault, keydoors have now armor instead of shitload hp
CHANGE #769 - cannot aim at something you cannot see (blindfire -50%)
CHANGE #796 - most demonic melee enemies now cause Bleeding
CHANGE #805 - you can now compare amps on floor
CHANGE #788 - balance - hunter rifle min distance raised by 1
CHANGE #796 - balance - rocket launchers have min dist 2
CHANGE #796 - balance - chaingun min and opt ranges raised by 1
CHANGE #796 - balance - reduced auto, assault, energy max range by 1
CHANGE #788 - balance - non-ammo using enemy ammo drops made more consistent, with a guaranteed amount
CHANGE #796 - balance - revolver max distance raised by 1
CHANGE #796 - balance - turret max distance decreased (-acc on long)
CHANGE #796 - balance - enemies more likely to attack in opt range
CHANGE #799 - balance - europa+ formers have slightly better armor
CHANGE #799 - balance - CRI marines have better armor
CHANGE #799 - balance - summoner armor buffed
CHANGE #633 - improved shadow quality
CHANGE #807 - improved smoke rendering
FIX #633 - Intel Iris Pro (esp macOS) - fixed shadow rendering
FIX #776 - fixed hitting enemy in cover by firing at enemy behind
FIX #776 - fixed high accuracy display and real chance mismatch
FIX #778 - fixed repeating no ammo quip on reload dance
FIX #781 - fixed mismatch of shotgun damage between world and UI
FIX #768 - explosion range in targeting no longer reveals enemies
FIX #796 - fixed advanced SMG's sometimes having no stats
FIX #792 - fixed yet another case of lootbox in tight corridor
FIX #805 - fixed display for armor value 10 and over
FIX #774 - fixed rare cases of running out of texture space
A traditional bugfix release will probably follow. Next update will probably be 0.9.0 (note that the scheme we use moves to 0.10.0 afterwards, so it's NOT 90% ). It will probably be out at the beginning of October!
Thank you, and good luck!
Hello marines, time for a content update! 0.8.2 is deployed and you can download it now (you might need to fully restart your client to trigger the update).
Please note there's no save compatibility - your previous run will be silently deleted. Your progress and statistics should stay unaffected.
Most notable change is the addition of the second Io branch - CRI Laboratories! It comes with its own special level - CRI Armory. We'll leave you to discover its secrets for yourself, although prepare as you would for Blacksite Vaults :P.
Second biggest change is Medical and Technical stations. They are carefully placed in terms of randomness (the bulk that you'll find is guaranteed), and allow for some control over your run. With Medical terminals you can either use them as stationary healing, extract a medkit out of them - a combination of both or even more :). Technical stations will allow you to better control your mod supply, or/and repair your armor.
Third topic of 0.8.2 is acid. You'll meet it both as a new barrel type, as well as in the furious hands of the archreavers. Due to the fact that this makes Anomaly even more deadly, we addressed the Friendly Neighbourhood Reaver issue, and guaranteed that those cozy creatures don't spawn right in your face.
Speaking of special levels, we've revisited some and improved the rewards for most of Callisto and Europa special levels. Among them you may find the newly added ADV rocket launchers and chainguns to even your chances out!
There are several smaller changes and bugfixes, most notably killing the fiend burn crash bug (hopefully for good!) and making Io and Boss Reavers not count to the 100% clear count (which should make some of you really happy).
Full changelog below!
NEW #496 - new branch - CRI Laboratories!
NEW #496 - new special level - CRI Armory!
NEW #563 - Medical and Technical stations added!
NEW #753 - archreaver attack now with acid
NEW #753 - added acid barrels
NEW #761 - added additional generator to Callisto
NEW #762 - ADV chainguns and ADV rocket launchers added
CHANGE #753 - Anomaly archreavers will no longer summon beside you
CHANGE #747 - Gateway and boss reavers don't count to max kills
CHANGE #750 - No more "alpha-strike" on Valhalla Command
CHANGE #750 - Valhalla Command improved (enemies and rewards)
CHANGE #563 - Ironman has now just 2 levels
CHANGE #563 - swapped armor and weapon position on UI
CHANGE #760 - Angel of Light Travel grants +20% move speed
CHANGE #752 - nerfed Summoner regeneration by half
CHANGE #752 - nerfed calibrated pistol and auto/pistiol amps a bit
CHANGE #761 - improved Callisto and Europa special level rewards
FIX #749 - fixed ridiculous to-hit chance when targeting
FIX #748 - fixed another burning death crash (hopefully the last!)
FIX #755 - Angel of Confidence has 9mm ammo again
FIX #761 - potential dead area fixed- industrial_wide_02 generator
FIX #761 - fixed two cases of unopenable vaults
FIX #751 - fixed GOG Galaxy achievements when no connection
It is quite possible that a bugfix release will follow, as our point tester is on vacation :P. Next update (0.8.3) should appear September 12th and should be more content heavy than this one!
Thank you, and good luck!
Hello marines! It's time for the first content/feature update! 0.8.1 is now deployed and you should be able to download it.
Please note there's no save compatibility - your previous run will be silently deleted. Your progress and statistics should stay unaffected.
We've implemented a lot of changes and features, many of them suggested by the community - you might find one you suggested in this list :).
As far as new stuff goes, you'll mostly notice the damage types - EMP, Toxic, Fire, etc. Barrels now behave differently based on color, old enemies might have new attacks, and cyroreavers and toxic reavers will introduce you gently to the new damage effects. And to turn the tables you have access to new grenades - EMP and Gas (note that the old grenades have changed colors). There's a lot new exotic (magenta) weapons too!
Speaking of weapons the cell-weapon tier has been added - rifle, pistol and shotgun (bye bye armor :P). They all do plasma damage, which mostly behaves like pierce damage.
Early game benefits from slightly different gear between classes and a new Level 1 generator that eases into a given run by providing a more balanced first level clear. We also balanced armor and health drops a bit.
We're slowly working on improving Io too - you'll find the new Blacksite special level to be something a bit different from the old ones :).
AI has been more agressive. We'll be working more on the AI later, but you should definitely be able to kite demons now.
Angel of Shotgunnery has been moved to a higher rank requirement, and Angel of Carnage (which is subjectively more fun) has been unlocked in its place instead. AoSh should be easier now though, as we allow the use of grenades (and the plasma shotgun eats armored enemies).
Tough as Nails has been reworked to reduce the accuracy penalty instead of pain, and do it on a 50%/100% level.
UI wise, we've added a item description modifier (SHIFT or LTrigger on pads), which allows you to see the stats of a weapon on the ground (and compare them to the held weapon - nicer UI improvements comming to this later!), but also allows you to use the pickup key while held to use the item immedately from the ground.
Finally some visual improvements were done - to the particle and sprite effects and icons and to the visual rendering equations.
Full changelog below!
NEW #706 - chance to restore game progress on game crash
NEW #693 - you can now abandon a game instead of Save and Quit
NEW #677 - hold SHIFT/LTrigger to view/compare item on floor
NEW #678 - SHIFT/LTrigger + G/A use item from floor
NEW #679 - option to reduce or turn-off the text typing animation
NEW #689 - option to separately configure CRT geometric effect
NEW #673 - What's new/Changelog screen
CHANGE #677 - grenade info is shown in SHIFT mode and inventory
CHANGE #726 - frag is now yellow, krak is red
CHANGE #695 - Enemies left on level info on character screen
CHANGE #472 - animation and move speed now dependent on ingame speed
CHANGE #471 - smoke fx upgraded
CHANGE #728 - Improved Vulkan and OpenGL init and error reporting
CHANGE #674 - added GoG Galaxy integration and achievements
CHANGE #684 - integrated MacOS version for GoG
CHANGE #737 - improved linear space color calculations for particles
and sprites and ambient light calculation which now
finally uses correct linear color space
FIX #735 - fixed ui icon blending issues
FIX #725 - improved decal rendering on curved surfaces
FIX #724 - rendering of ammo shells on ground
FIX #720 - potential fix for loading non existing material
FIX #675 - potential crash when saving game on Io fixed
FIX #472 - fixed animated particles - now starting from index 0
FIX #472 - proper loading of status effects on player
FIX #471 - animation fix for particles
FIX #724 - fixed ammo shell decals on floor
FIX #707 - minimap no longer renders over the UI
Apart from a potential bugfix release, the next update (0.8.2) probably will appear in two weeks, however it will be slightly lighter on content, as we'll be half or this period attending Gamescom. You can expect further gameplay improvements by that time though!
Thank you, and good luck!
EDIT: Hotfix 0.8.1a
We had two serious bugs that we needed to fix (fire fiend burn crash and Angel equipment issues) - and took that opportunity to do a small balance patch, changes below:
CHANGE #740 - moved Military Barracks to level 4 as intended
CHANGE #744 - you can now compare armors on ground
CHANGE #743 - allow numbers, underscores and apostrophes in names
CHANGE #741 - plasma rifle minimum range reduced
CHANGE #741 - plasma shotgun shot cost reduced to 4
CHANGE #741 - more formerCRI spawn (increase plasma weapon drop rate)
CHANGE #741 - cold status buffed slightly
CHANGE #741 - slight buff to mod drop rate
FIX #--- - fixed crash related to dying from fire
FIX #742 - pathfinder check on Anomaly, no longer unreachable exit
FIX #740 - fixed Military Barracks issues
FIX #739 - fixed challenge equipment (AoSh, AoC and AoOC)
FIX #--- - particle brightness not dependant on active light count
FIX #--- - particles are now visible on shader quality 0
