As I mentioned in the previous update, this week's update is relatively minor. It's mostly bugfixes relating to the Industrial content that I added in Alpha 22. Most of my time has been spent on programming for the upcoming Level 3, the "Park" area. Bodies of water are now possible in the game, and swimming is working quite nicely. I want these levels to have a much more open, less claustrophobic feel to them, to give players a nice mid-game change of pace before the more city-oriented Levels 4 and 5. I can't promise that Level 3 will be playable in the May 11th update, but definitely the one after that. In the meantime, I'm still taking suggestions for the Industrial and Park areas. And as always, let me know if anything is horribly broken in this build, so that I can hotfix it!

Alpha 23

• Fix for NPCs sometimes not coming from one level to the next

• Players can no longer move by attacking when Paralyzed
• Reduced Shapeshifter’s Depossess cooldown from 10 to 5
• Noise created when Vampire bites someone is softer, essentially reverting one of the changes from the previous version.

• Rocket Launchers have a much lower monetary value when Rocket Launcher Chaos is activated
• It is easier to find Cigarette Lighters
• Fix for “E_” items dropping from NPCs when “No Melee Weapons” and “No Guns” mutators are activated

• Saw Blades, Crushers, Mine Carts and Refrigerators no longer harm ghosts
• It should no longer be possible for Floor Switches, Saw Blades, etc. to spawn outside buildings
• Fix for Ghost not being able to pass through extended Crusher
• Fix for sound effect of Crusher extending sometimes not playing
• Fix for Mine Cart tracks not always appearing
• Fix for Saw Blade light continuing to appear after the object is destroyed
• Fixed issue where Crusher could continue operating after its wall was destroyed
• Fixed Fire Spewer not functioning on client side during multiplayer games
• Saw Blades no longer appear at extremely narrow gaps, since the AI won’t be able to deal with it well
• Increased hitbox size on Mine Cart
• If important items are knocked into incinerators, they will be teleported out
• Fixed issue where players could be teleported on top of Flame Grates
• Water from Fire Hydrant doesn’t knock the player back as far, preventing situations where the player can get stuck
• Toilet causes water explosion when destroyed
• Robot no longer has the good sense to stop moving when there is danger ahead, such as a mine cart about to go by
• NPCs will no longer try to use the Oil Container as a weapon
• Robot can no longer take damage from certain status effects such as Cyanide
• Fix for a number of instances where “trap” objects could be positioned improperly
• Fixed instances where Objects were placed in spots where they could be accidentally set on fire by conveyor belt objects

• Added Camera Speed option to prevent camera from following target
• Fix for Gamepad 3 and Gamepad 4 buttons on Control Settings screen not working properly when clicked with mouse
• Fix for multiplayer client sometimes not being able to hack or otherwise target in a similar manner when using the gamepad
• When using hacking target with gamepad, frame rate does not affect movement speed

• Fix for certain types of bullets not always having correct lighting

• NPCs are better about knowing when to flee burning buildings
• NPCs don’t stop at mine cart tracks when fleeing

• Stove removed from Tutorial, since it can now burn the walls down
• Rocks do not do damage during the tutorial, since the player was able to kill the Tutorial Giver

• Fix for players dying after other players had entered elevator, and entering the next level as a non-ghost with 0 health
• Fix for some instances of “purple worm E_ man” appearing, particularly in Home Base

• Updated Unity engine to 5.6.0f3 from 5.5.2f1, and fixed a bunch of new bugs stemming from the upgrade, most of which were related to the physics, UI and animation systems. The engine upgrade could mean a few things. From Unity’s patch notes:
• “Improved stability when running on less-than-reliable network conditions”.
• “The internal 2D contact processing system has been completely rewritten providing a more robust and reliable reporting of contacts, ensuring correct Enter, Stay & Exit callback state under all conditions.” This could hopefully reduce or eliminate cases where characters are hit through walls without breaking them.
• Particle effect performance is apparently improved.
• Updated 2D Toolkit plugin to 2.5.8
• Updated Rewired plugin to 1.1.0.0