Release Notes for Phantom Doctrine

Patch 1.1 (14 February 2019)

Greetings, Agents!

• We are back with another patch for Phantom Doctrine, this time introducing Update 1.1!

• You will finally be able to alter the foundations of your spy agency by meddling with our declassified parameter sheets, and include some of your own ideas, based on a guide we've put together for you. Update 1.1 also includes additional Investigation Board content, improved support for ultrawide resolutions, minor improvements and bugfixes listed below.

• As always, we sincerely hope that you'll enjoy the new possibilities, and the entire Team wants to express its gratitude for your ongoing support. Stay vigilant, Agents!

Mod support

• A plethora of game parameters can now be accessed and modded via .csv files to provide new gameplay experience with Phantom Doctrine
• Custom agent portraits can be loaded into the game
• Standard enemies can have their outfit presets changed
• You may modify images, texts and parameters of the existing sidestories or even create your new sidestory events to add some interesting context to the main plot
• You may modify all in-game text or create your own localization, however, it will be a bit more tricky

Improvements & added content

• Additional variants of Investigation Board snippets and new satellite photos
• Improvements to the already available names and surnames for Agents of various nationalities, and addition of new ones for more variety
• Cabal and Beholder Agents were subject to some body engineering treatments and had their stats balanced
• The Point of Interest popup on the World Map now displays the maximum number of Agents that may embark on a given Assault Mission
• Agents carrying bodies have been trained to open and close doors on demand
• VFX tweaks for weapon muzzle flashes and explosions

Bugfixes:

• The "plant explosives" mission type is now always loaded with the appropriate non-story levels

• Bargain ability Damage Threshold tooltip is now consistent with the actual boosted value (50DT instead of 200DT)

• Alt-tabbing while having the gamepad selected as the primary input device no longer causes the game to receive additional input from the mouse

• Workshop’s crafting assignment button states should now be more consistent with other facilities

• Tiles no longer guarded by enemy units after the effect of the Distract ability fades are not marked as dangerous anymore

• Fixed: The issue of agents being sometimes blurred out in the Forger’s Agent Customization screen

• The game can now be launched also in 3840x1080, 3440x1440 and 2560x1080 resolutions, providing proper access to the Main Menu

• All loading screens should be now properly displayed in ultrawide resolutions

• All Investigation Board files and snippets regardless of the chosen language are now properly displayed and accessible also in the 1280x1024 resolution

• Fixed: A rare occurrence in which enemy agents who were supposed to enable the CCTV systems were not only disabling them, but also hijacking the game camera altogether, resulting in a softlock

• Various text and localization fixes

• If you encounter any issues, wish to chat about Phantom Doctrine or just poke the Devs, our Official Discord Server http://discord.gg/cfg is where we’ll keep hanging out.

Patch 1.0.9 (09 January 2019)

Greetings, Agents!

• This time we're back with some additional content to spice up tactical side missions and provide you with some more insight on various mechanics and features in Phantom Doctrine. Also, we fixed some of the issues kindly reported by you, for which we're very grateful. You may review all of the changes below. Thank you very much for your ongoing support and now we're getting back to work, as more is in store.

Improvements & added content

• New variations of side missions throughout the entire campaign. They were added to the random pool of the following mission types:
• Ambush
• Conspiracy Cell
• Enemy Recon
• Informer Assassination
• An in-game encyclopedia, full of information and hints regarding all aspects of gameplay in Phantom Doctrine. It’s available from the main menu as well as from the pause menu during strategic and tactical play

Bugfixes:

• Fixed: endless black screen during the first launch of the game
• The interface can no longer be locked by bringing up the pause menu at the exact moment a panel on the world map opens
• The “ASSIGN” tooltip will no longer appear in all free slots at the same time on the Loadout screen after entering a secret cheat code on the gamepad ;)
• Fixed: buttons on the Loadout screen are no longer assigned to both the support powers list and to unassigning agents / unequipping gear
• Suppressors have been slightly adjusted for a better fit on some weapons
• An enemy agent with the “Cabal Sleeper Agent” influence perk will correctly join the player’s team when combat is triggered in the first turn
• Enemy agents correctly appear on the POI screen from a tactical mission which ends in failure
• Minor text fixes

Patch 1.0.8 & Scare Tactics DLC (29 October 2018)

• We are back with another set of updates and additions to mark the upcoming Halloween season! You may find the detailed description of all the improvements and changes below. As always, we want to thank you for your ongoing support, suggestions, conspiracy theories and being a community any Developer would envy.

• Get into the spirit of the season and bolster your agency with Spooky Spooks and Pumpkin Spies!

• New, Halloween-themed character customization options: new hair and eye colors, face painting and unique.. headgear

• For a short time Halloween-themed models and textures will appear throughout the tactical levels so keep an eye out!

Improvements:

• A pack of new character customization options has been added: headgear, clothes and accessories
• Two brand new multiplayer maps: Unit ‘Theta’ and Safehouse
• The Loadout Screen now has buttons to strip non-participating Operatives of their gear, deselect the tactical team and clear the Support section, all for a more streamlined experience
• Added new warning pop-ups after selecting “Restart”, “Exit to main menu” or “Exit to desktop” from the pause menu
• Exiting from an active multiplayer game requires confirmation
• Selected multiplayer maps are now visualized in the lobby
• Unlocking of Body Engineering compounds has been tweaked and improved to facilitate access to early game unlocks later on
• Items obtainable early in the campaign are now more readily available in late game
• The “Actor” perk can now be switched in the main menu to work the way it used to post-launch (disregarding the enemy Agents field of view)
• The pop-up window in strategic gameplay about new secrets can now accommodate up to 4 lines of text
• The list of aliases used in Secret Files has been significantly expanded
• Technologies unlocked by campaign progress now have a ‘New’ marker visible
• Formatting of descriptions for Technologies in the Workshop has been improved
• The delay before arrival of reinforcements has been corrected at the beginning of the KGB campaign
• Buttons on world map pop-ups have been adjusted to match the text size for their corresponding choices
• Navigational buttons in the multiplayer session setup screen have been improved
• The ambient sound in hideout facilities has been adjusted
• Health bar in action camera view has been repositioned
• Placement of targets behind high cover during incoming fire has been improved
• Line of fire in full auto mode to targets behind cover on higher floors has been tweaked
• Improved wind sway animations for potted plants
• Improved movement and idle animations for female Operatives
• Idle animations improved for civilians standing by tables
• Use animation for Heartbeat Sensor
• Miscellaneous animation and model improvements for the character customization process
• Multiple minor localization tweaks and fixes

Bugfixes:

• Eliminated a potential blocker in chapter 6. of the campaign

• Solving two secret files at once no longer causes any issues

• Reassigning agents between jobs using key bindings will no longer causes rare issues with progression

• Miscelanneous fixes and stability improvement

• Vancouver’s icon will no longer be obscured by UI text

• Infirmary can now correctly be fully upgraded

• Buttons now display correct states on side story pop-ups in the world map

• Deployment zones can no longer be switched using the pause keyboard shortcut

• A character’s make-up will now be correctly visible on all screens

• The game can no longer be saved in the deployment phase

• Controller inputs will no longer be registered on game loading screens

• Improved descriptions for “Respiratory” and “Sensory” Operative stats

• Improved and clarified descriptions for tooltips on the Loading Screen

• The number of secrets to be found will now correctly decrease when an enemy

• Miscellaneous improvements to tooltips, labels and descriptions

• Clothes will now fit agents of all body types correctly

• Agent portraits repositioned in the location window to correct a minor issue in English and French versions

• Miscellaneous improvements and fixes for graphics and displays

• If you encounter any issues, wish to chat about Phantom Doctrine or just poke the Devs, our Official Discord Server http://discord.gg/cfg is always the best place to visit.

Patch 1.0.7 (03 October 2018)

Greetings, Agents!

• We are back with another batch of improvements and fixes for you today. All of the changes are listed below, and the entire Team is continuing their hard work based on your feedback and suggestions. We truly appreciate how vocal and helpful the community around Phantom Doctrine is, and promise to continue supporting the game as we have been doing so far.

Improvements:

• On Easy and Medium difficulty, enemy reinforcements will be delayed somewhat if there are still enemies remaining on the map
• Crafted Support Powers can now be sold
• In the selection window for crafted items, there's now a count of such items already owned
• The character panel now shows duration of effects granted by reactive abilities
• Increased visibility of secret containers after a tactical recon or other ways of revealing a room (Spotter etc.)
• Overwatch range is now adjusted to a weapon's maximum range (yay!)
• Improved visual line of sight for attacks against targets on higher floors
• Improved pistol animations for characters in half cover
• Improved the list order of available tech unlocks in the Workshop
• Clarified the message about the unavailability of Conversion Treatment when there's no room in Crew Quarters
• Improvements to the details of body type and face on the character creation & customization screen
• Increased level of detail for the operatives' clothes on high quality setting
• Reduced damage dealt by sniper rifles with tranquilizer darts
• Added audio feedback when attempting to use an unavailable navigation button in strategic screens

Bugfixes:

• Pause menu can no longer be opened when a Side-story Event window is open on screen (fixes a progression issue in Chapter 6)

• Secret Files generated in late stages of the campaigns should now have all their names working as intended

• The game can no longer be sabotaged by opening the Move Hideout prompt and the Investigation Board at the same time

• UI will no longer rebel when a location window and a crafting completed window are open at the same time

• Tracked down an elusive bug when World Map locations would sometimes appear in the Hideout screen

• Rare copies of the game with a predilection to crash after being closed have now been taken behind the shed and shot

• A Dispose of Body use which would result in combat no longer blocks the game

• Pins for intelligence snippets on the Investigation Board can no longer be displayed off screen

• Keyboard shortcuts can no longer resume the game while in the Save/Load screen

• Civilians at the top of the stairs will appropriately run away from armed persons

• The UI will no longer freeze when a location window and an event window pop up at the same time

• Enemy Agents while in Vigilant mode will now reactivate security and clean up intel at the appropriate time

• No more crashes while selling weapons to vendors. Capitalism.

• Facilities can no longer be selected in the background with a mouse cursor while the Pause Menu or the Save/Load screen is open

• Agents with the Loyal perk will no longer participate in Chapter 6 sidestory events

• Improved scaling for cinematics on ultrawide monitors

• A lost informer in the Informer Assassination mission will no longer appear in MKUltra as a captured enemy

• KGB Campaign: Operatives undergoing training can no longer be assigned to the story-related fight in the Hideout

• Agent training is now interrupted in the case of a Raid

• Tutorial pop-ups will no longer appear at the same time as Side-story Events

• The Tactical Plunder achievement now only counts Secret Containers

• Exiting the Moving Hideout screen can no longer be done with a hotkey

• Disposed of a superfluous message about an agent returning from MIA status after some time has passed from his rescue from an Enemy Cell

• The Cabal Sleeper Agent perk won't prevent an Operative from joining the enemy's side (duh!)

• NPCs will correctly return to their patrol after investigating a Decoy

• Overwatch won't trigger through closed door

• Eliminated inconsistencies in discoverable aliases between different language versions

• The controller prompt for locking the door no longer appears right next to an agent on overwatch

• Objective text in Chapter 3. fixed

• Eliminated cases when a slider for the secrets list at the mission summary screen would be displayed unnecessarily

• Clipping issues for shotgun-carrying agents in the Loadout Screen fixed

• Women's Hippie Glasses color-corrected (yay!)

• Ambient sounds range on large maps has been increased

• The annoying MKUltra sound was told to be more on the down low

• Audio volume settings now affect the Multiplayer Lobby as intended

• Superfluous animations after moves beginning in half cover removed

• Fixed rare cases text errors in the Spanish localization's Secret Files

• If you encounter any issues, wish to chat about Phantom Doctrine or just poke the Devs, our Official Discord Server http://discord.gg/cfg is always the best place to visit.

Patch 1.0.6 (17 September 2018)

• This patch contains requested improvements and fixes. As always, thank you for your support and all the feedback. Rest assured that further updates are in the works and we're always interested in hearing from you!

Improvements:

• Dispose of body/pick up agent cutscenes are now skippable (yay!)
• The Interconnected ability now only works after a successful tactical recon of the mission area
• Volume of cinematic cutscenes played during missions adjusted
• Improved enemy agent behavior while in vigilant mode
• Removed an exploit resetting agent Heat with a tech unlock
• Improved tooltips for armor, weapons and items when comparing them

Bugfixes:

• Removed an issue with endless slow-mo for overwatch triggered for enemies in cover
• Skipping a turn with the evac panel open will not block the UI
• Removed a potential block caused by an enemy vigilant Agent trying to turn laser sensors on again
• A patrolling Agent will no longer fall off the map while jumping down
• Tracked down an eliminated a pesky rare bug which could block the game when choosing an enemy and an ability in the tutorial
• A rare technical issue when opening a new secret file is now dead and buried
• After rescuing an operative being interrogated in an Enemy Cell location, Danger gain will be correctly reduced
• An Operative working on a Hideout assignment can't be hospitalized because of a Side Story Event at the same time
• Agents in support cutscenes are now dressed in correct clothes
• Opening a door will no longer cause a nearby civilian to move
• Corrected a tooltip repetition for single shot stats of SMGs and rifles
• The system cursor should no longer appear and supersede the in-game cursor
• A disguised Operative carrying a body will now correctly upset civilians on sight
• Removed an exploit from a KGB story mission, allowing to load a game and revert to infiltration mode
• Corrected World Map text in the Italian localization
• Improved gunshot sounds passing through grids with cars
• Smashing of already broken glass will no longer be attempted
• A variety of small fixes

Patch 1.0.5 (29 August 2018)

Improvements:

• the Actor perk decreases the range of recognition while in disguise (before: could never be revealed with said perk)
• the Agent Overview window (before: Background) in the Crew Quarters facility now displays all abilities, including passive ones
• improved generation of Hideout Candidate locations (prevents a selection of only the most expensive options, possibly leading to a bakruptcy loop, and other tweaks)
• secret documents are only visible in the deployment phase after conducting Reconnaissance of the location
• improvements and balancing of AI
• experience gains balance
• miscellaneous tweaks and improvements to animations

Bugfixes:

• fixes an error which could lead to a progress block during the Undertow-related events (doesn't resolve the issue for save files with blocked progress)
• fixes an error leading to icons on the World Map disappearing
• fixes wrong damage values (and sometimes blocks) which could occur while shooting from overwatch mode beyond a weapon's range
• fixes an issue which could lead to the disappearance of the top status bar in the strategic view after clickling Background in the Hire tab in the Crew Quarters
• fixes an error which could under specific circumstances lead to a block when entering an enemy's overwatch area
• fixes an error which could lead to a block when attempting to move in the area of effect of Blister Gas
• fixes an issue with saving the game when a player ends the turn with a hotkey while aiming
• fixes an error in Danger generation for agents captured by Beholder
• fixes an error with previous abilities not being removed after changing Training
• key bindings for alternative keys are working correctly
• dodge cost modifiers now update correctly in the Crew Quarters interface
• fixed an issue with launching the game on the main monitor on multi-screen setups
• the misplaced M-16 weapon is back in the game :)
• various minor tweaks and fixes

Patch 1.0.4 (24 August 2018)

Major improvements:

• weapon ranges and viewing distances rebalanced
• new visualizations for characters leaning out of full cover (increasing visibility for the full cover sidesteps)
• improved AI behaviors
• revealing an enemy attacker in Fog of War for the duration of the attack
• characters no longer perform unnecessary sidesteps

Bug fixes:

• fixed a continuity issue with the Omikron Detention mission under specific circumstances
• fixed a continuity issue with the Locate Lamster mission under specific circumstances
• fixed an issue with icons disappearing from the world map in specific conditions
• solved an issue where occasionally the campaign could be continued after failing a story mission
• fixed an occasional issue caused by an operative shooting from within a gas cloud
• numerous fixes to minor issues with collisions/visibility caused by objects on maps

Patch 1.0.3 (20 August 2018)

• enemies no longer take player controlled agents' free side-steps (should eliminate a vast majority of enemies appearing to shoot through walls)
• improved direction of leaning out from full cover
• increased visibility of CCTV terminals and loot/secret file containers
• by popular demand: lower dust storm density in CIA mission 01
• fixes for the Italian, Spanish & French localization
• fixed: specific cases where UI would lock up while transitioning from the IB to the map
• fixed: a block caused by specific instances where air support couldn't target anyone upon arrival
• fixed: campaign progression issues related to Undertow
• fixed: New Identity screen now has the Confirm button visible in all screen resolutions
• fixed: a Vigilant agent restoring CCTV operation will no longer cause infinite turns
• fixed: moving from the IB to the world map using a hotkey after solving files is now safe

Patch 1.0.2 (17 August 2018)

• Fixed: replaced placeholder lines in the Chinese localization
• Fixed: civilians run away properly, no longer blocking doorways
• Fixed: the Distract skill should work properly in all cases
• Fixed: occasional issues with autosave files in Ironman mode
• Improvement: characters in full cover lean out/turn towards an attacking shooter

Patch 1.0.1 (16 August 2018)

• Fixed: placeholder lines in the Russian localization
• Fixed: disposing of bodies of enemy agents (including story characters) no longer causes a crash
• Fixed: minor corrections in other languages