A new beta version for Sonar Shock is live, now using a newer engine version (Godot 4.3.).

I am looking for feedback, how this affects performance.

You can find more information here .

- New extra death sprite for the Liquidator enemy
- Added the option to disable the slow-mo effect for critical hits
- You can now access older version of Sonar Shock via the Steam 'Beta' panel - Slight performance improvments
- Fixed some pickups floating in the air
- Smoke particles are no longer weirdly stretched

- Fixed a rare softlock in one of the endings
- New sprites for Tashinyan
- Lighter now can't get obstructed by geometry
- (Hopefully) fixed game crashing after the intro cutscene on some hardware
- Respawn the player when he manages to glitch out of bounds (introduced as a safety measure)
- Minor tweaks and typo corrections

- Added pathfinding option in Gameplay menu. Lowering this will make NPCs calculate their pathfinding less often and may improve FPS when encountering enemies.
- Fixed an exploit allowing you to complete two quest twice.
- You now can close reading and dialogue menus by pressing "Escape".
- Buffed SMG accuracy slightly.
- Lowered cost of some PSI powers.
- Fixed some minor bugs, exploits and softlocks. Tweaked level design.

Hotfix to fix some smaller issues:
- Fixed exact health being visible without choosing the matching perk
- Fixed beserk syringe visual effect not resetting after dying or reloading

- Added particle effect to make it more obvious when healing
- Fixed endless microchips exploit on Level 2
- [spoiler] Living suits of armor now don't always respawn after being killed once.[/spoiler]
- Minor bug fixes, level design tweaks and typo corrections

- Fixes crash on Level 4
- Improves FPS when fighting multiple enemies at once
- Tweaked table model to make it harder to get stuck under it
- Fixed Smuggler scamming you
- Fixed your main weapon being unloaded when picking up a melee weapon
- Small bug fixes, level design tweaks, typo corrections, etc.

- Fixed several bugs
- Fixed some softlocks
- Added "save everywhere" option in Gameplay menu as an accessibility option