Time for a pretty big update! 40 new alien types/variants, alien plants, destructible environments and lots more…
NEW ALIENS NEW: Added 'alien plants' which grow in alien caverns (from level 2; 8 variants) NEW: Added new base enemy type: ‘slicer’ (from level 9; 12 variants) NEW: Added 3 new enemy variants for all base alien types: 1) phase-shifted, 2) dark blue and 3) multicoloured MOD: changed level generation to increase range of enemy variants on levels 1-10 MOD: improved drone AI to allow targeting at up to range 3 MOD: improved alien AI so they find alternative route when blocked by other aliens NEW ITEMS: NEW: 3 new base scanner types for detecting traps and secret doors DESTRUCTIBLE ENVIRONMENT NEW: Walls, furniture and doors can now be destroyed by weapons with 'explosive' damage type MOD: Weapons with 'explosive' damage type automatically destroy crates and barrels UI NEW: ammo now shown numerically for equipped weapons NEW: camera follows player option now uses smooth camera panning NEW: improved map scrolling with mouse (scroll speed frame-independent and relative to zoom level) FIX: ‘no ammo’ pop-up text now shown for weapon equipped in left hand FIX: added info about scrolling map with mouse+alt-key to controls screen FIX: increased width of top-left ammo display text to avoid text-wrapping with more than 99 ammo GAMEPLAY/BALANCE MOD: increased rocket launcher to hit chance MOD: power of mind globes increased from level 8 MOD: can now retain battery when scrapping flashlight with full (>=1000) battery power MOD: reduced duration of radioactive damage debuff by 40% MOD: increased weapon range of combat drones HACKING MOD: improved display for results of hacking data terminal MOD: more detailed information shown for hacking electronics data MOD: hacking aliens data now includes drones, eggs and alien plants FIX: bug with data shown when hacking electronics data OTHER NEW: 7 new random tips added NEW: New Unity splash animation NEW: pressing F1 shows random tip in main log NEW: added log message for when combat drones become hostile on taking damage NEW: character stats screen now shows effect of encumbrance on weapon skill NEW: added support for Mac Retina screens FIX: information panel (e.g. for achievement) sometimes hidden behind terminal/inventory panels FIX: log message for destruction of barrel no longer refers to ‘crate’ FIX: destroying a barrel no longer unlocks the ‘vandal’ achievement FIX: error with item description for blade converter, and for weapons with blade conversion FIX: removed visual artefacts (white vertical lines) while scrolling map on high-spec systems FIX: speed of movement with keys held down now frame-independent (better for high-spec systems) FIX: bug with mechanic for missed thrown weapon attacks FIX: bug with target indicators when using mouse to target area effect weapon FIX: stimpacks introduced in Alpha 3.3 can now be used from inventory FIX: bug with occasionally failing to unpause game after using security terminal FIX: hallucination visual effect not loading from save FIX: improved log message when aliens trigger traps FIX: improved formatting of mousehoverinfo for drones FIX: bug with description of traps in inventory screen