Greetings Pilots! I’m happy to announce v0.18 is here! Many long requested features, new attachments, the latest version of Unity, a mountain of fixes, improved online synchronization, better performance, and more. With v0.18 CounterAttack is one step closer to leaving early access.
Introducing Jinx Female, 24, Freelancer Jinx was fascinated by computers, games, and software from an early age. Most of her life has been spent tinkering and manipulating information systems across the globe. While not the best pilot her understanding of computer systems is surpassed by no one. She is able to take over and control Automaton ships during combat. Game Modes At the start of a new game you can choose one of three modes; Arcade, Hardcore, and Casual. Arcade is the same CounterAttack you already know. 3 lives, no mid-game joining, no saving, normal attachment drop rate. Hardcore is for that extra challenge. 0 lives, no mid-game joining, no saving, double attachment drop rate. Casual allows features that would ruin high scores on arcade. 3 lifes, mid-game joining, game saving enabled, 20% attachment drop rate. Any unassigned controller that presses ‘START’ during a level will spawn a controllable support fighter. There are also a variety of powerup sharing options available when starting a new game. Saving Saving has finally come to CounterAttack! Local Casual games can be saved between levels. Also this update brings attachment combination saves. No longer will you have to set every weapon and module individually. This version also includes the Staging Area, a level which allows you to test new attachment combinations quickly and easily. What’s Next? The next few patches will be small. They will focus on fixing any bugs found, optimizations, more attachments, and possibly new achievements. As always please post any bugs or suggestions on the forums. See you out there pilots~ Detailed Patch Notes Additions 24 new attachments 2 new enemy types New models for some friendly ships New warning text for major threats (such as bosses) Player ship color can be changed Attachments loadouts can be saved/loaded New pilot, Jinx -Jinx’s Ultimate is Hacker Wave which can reprogram automatons to crash into projectiles and other automatons When starting a new game you can select from 3 modes -Arcade: The current mode. 3 lives, no continues, no saving, no players joining in progress games. Your score is submitted to the leaderboard at the end of the game. -Hardcore: Zero lives, no continues, no saving, no players joining in progress games. Your score is submitted to the Hardcore leaderboard at the end of the game -Casual: 3 lives, unlimited continues, game saving, and players may join as support ships mid game. Multiplayer games now have options for powerup sharing: -Free For All: First person to reach the powerup gets it -Round Robin: The powerups are distributed evenly in sequential order -Weakest: The player with the fewest upgrades gets the powerup -Random: A random player gets the powerup Fixes Fixed damage done score calculation error Incursion now correctly requires Tesseract Generator instead of Strange Module Homing Plasma no longer fires backwards on Sentry (the Tank level) Single Player Unpause timer no longer stuck on 2 seconds Online chat box input no longer overlaps Fixed memory leak on classic survival Fixed various visual inconsistencies Various minor bugfixes Support fighters no longer spawn on screen during vertical levels Swarm Barrage is now working correctly AceBurst now actually bursts Autobeam now affected by +beam damage mods Changes Updated to the latest version of Unity (5.4.4 -> 5.6.1) Significantly Increased the droprate of many rare attachments Increased the droprate of some powerups Increased bonus level attachment drop rate Level Intervention’s difficulty reduced slightly SpinBonus increased (500 -> 1000) All heat rays (Heat Ray, Overcharged, etc) damage increased by 10% Increased missile max turn speed by 20% Increased Beam Frigate damage by 10% Increased Buildup Beams (the default beam) damage by 20% Autobeam damage increase by 50% Enemies now flash Red instead of White when damaged Star Side damage increased by 20% Strange Module and Tesseract Device’s consecutive autofire no longer stack Asset preloads now include Powerups Kill Strike crit changed from 15% to 12.5% Gauss Cannon projectile move speed increased by 33% Ship Mastery/adj/imp crit change from 2/3/4 to 1/2/3 Flak projectiles now have 50% of regular projectile lifetime Ship Mastery/adj/imp no longer stacks with other versions of Ship Mastery Attachment Combining chance is now 50% of normal on the first levels (First Encounter, Quick Encounter, and Preemptive Strike) Biff Increased beam scale damage Enhanced ultimate now gives bonus speed while shield is active Joe Ultimate Enhancer Imp now gives +1 Meson Ultimate Enhancer Imp now gives +2 Side Ultimate Enhancer Imp now gives +2 Spread (was +8) Ultimate Enhancer Adj now gives +1 Side Ultimate Enhancer Adj now gives +2 Spread (was +6) Ultimate Enhancer now gives +2 Spread (was +4) Improvements Various optimizations The player tank has better movement Quit game room now has a confirmation In multiplayer games the user’s ship is visible when suggesting levels MiniNuke and Singularity Cannon now stack Buildup Plasma and MiniNuke now combine Asteroids now rotate randomly Some bosses have better attack/bullet patterns