-Reinforcements now get a response from CSO when ready to reinforce (also points to comms blackout if applicable.)
-Evac arriving now shows LZ quadrant until Puffstar actually arrives there.
-Ship beam APS now periodically emits a flash that is visible regardless of ship detection state, as long as the ship has APS charges remaining.
-Beam APS no longer recharges over time and remains depleted once a ship has used up all charges.
-Sonar enemies now emit sonar idle sounds that gives away their presence and position.
-Hits taken run score penalty has been replaced with heart damage taken (-10 per heart lost)
-Missions now always get 3 objective spawns, regardless of zone type and map progress (was slightly inconsistent before.)
-Fixed guards in reinforce ready state being constantly called by CSO even when no connection is possible during comms blackout.
-Fixed a problem preventing any interaction whenever balloon ammo is depleted.
-Fixed puffstars no longer being trackable when showing objectives.
-Fixed bad scaling of objective background on objective spawn.
-Fixed late game G-Docks creating reinforcement ships with bad id.
-Fixed bad target marker scaling on some objects.
-Fixed some CSO comms using wrong text color.
-Fixed some typos.

Hello Tourists,

We are happy to bring you the latest, and largest, patch for Chapter 2! This should fix a majority of reported problems, bring in more quality of life improvements, and fix the lingering achievement issues players have run into.

We encourage you to continue sharing your thoughts with us so we can continue to improve the game where we can.

You can see the full patch notes below.


[STEAM ONLY]
Users have the option of using the DirectX 12 mode for Retribution; however, this is a late production cycle feature, so it may not work perfectly with all PC configurations. We encourage players to manually change from DirectX 11 to 12 and see how the game performs. Our tests showed significant improvement in some cases, but it is heavily depending on your current hardware configuration, so results may vary from system to system. To adjust the DirectX setting, put “-dx12” into the Steam app launch parameters.

Critical Fixes
-All Achievements are now properly unlockable.
-PROGRESSION BLOCKER FIX - Players who died in Speakeasy AFTER completing the optional mission during “His Will Be Done” will no longer be stuck.
-PROGRESSION BLOCKER FIX - Players who left the area before completing the “Hunting the Hunter” mission will no longer be stuck.
-Escape moment at the end of “Off on the Wrong Foot” improved.

Quality of Life Improvements
-Floating flare at the front of the bus in The Resting Place map has been removed.
-Barks during “Hunting the Hunter” combat have been tuned.
-[LOCALIZATION] Subtitles for Walkie-Talkie now translated.
-[LOCALIZATION] Wording on the whiteboard of tutorial is no longer truncated.
-Difficulty mode can now be changed via the pause menu.
-Fully reloading sawed-off shotgun missing only one bullet now possible.
-Grenades are easier to pick up.
-Fixed some collision issues on maps during “Bigger Fish to Fry” mission.
-Journal task update fanfare will now trigger consistently.

General Visual Fixes
-Removed some visual artifacts.
-Fixed floating locker in Rampart.
-Fixed some countertops being blacked out.
-Fixed some disappearing buildings in Tower Approach.
-Improved texture assets in areas.
-Fixed a few “out of world” visibility areas.
-Fixed posters incorrectly positioned.
-Beretta and M4 muzzle flash with suppressor added.
-Floating unnecessary UV cats reduced.
-Placeholder decals replaced.
-Fixed the disappearing assets in some cases.
-Improved elevator doors animation.

Character Visual Improvements
-Reduced NPC models breaking.
-Dismembered NPCs visuals improved.
-Bad walker severing visual artifacts reduced.
-Floating heads next to NPCs removed.
-Dead bodies in hotel no longer completely blacked out.

Lighting Improvements
-Improved interior lighting in areas
-Updated Pawnshop and Speakeasy with Godrays
-Fixed some flashlight shadows
-Adjusted fog effects on maps

Hello

In this little update we added the Tessera Game.

To run the game, open PWCT2 then click (Games) from the Menu bar then click (Tessera)

To open the visual source, open PWCT2 then click (Project Files) then select (Tessera) folder then click (tessera.pwct) file.

Thanks!

The main point of this update is the procedural map generator!
In this update:

• Procedural map generator (only in the primary location)
  
• New tutorial option
  
• New tutorial location
  
• Create kids
  
• Worker's behavior changed
  
• Customer's behavior changed
  
• Previouse saves might not work from now

- New Weapon: Holy Rapier
- New Colosseum Levels: Dullahan and Badarawuhi
- Tower Balancing
- Bug fixes

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- Senjata Baru: Holy Rapier
- Level Colosseum Baru: Dullahan dan Badarawuhi
- Tower Balancing
- Bug Fix

On the 20th of April 2023, starting from 8:00 CEST, the server will not be available for 5 hours due to a planned server maintenance.



Please note that the maintenance can be extended beyond the abovementioned timeframe. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Hey Everyone!

Our latest developer update is now live, come see what's being worked on for the next update of Labyrinthine:

Labyrinthine Developer Update - April 2023

Also, feel free to join our discord where you chat with us, make suggestions and find other players to hunt cosmetics with Labyrinthine Official Discord

I'm back!
More importantly: I've got something super important to say!


Starting 18:00 CEST on 20/04/2023 , I'll be talking all things TRACHI for a couple of days.
If you'd like to hang around and get to know both the game and the underlying ideas a bit better, I'll be more than happy to have you! <3

Below, you can find the full program of each individual day including its respective topics:

With only a week left until we release, we are doing a last roundup blog of all the content we have talked about in the past weeks as well as a short guide to get started on your adventure into New Wirral!



Volume 2: A guide to New Wirral by Professor Percival Hoylake




In combat, elemental advantages don’t give bonus damage but do inflict status effects depending on the combination. Status effects in general are very useful - so be sure to use buffs, debuffs and elemental walls to get ahead!


After the prologue, the world of New Wirral will be yours to explore as you please. Whilst some areas will be higher level than others, you aren’t prevented from exploring areas at your own leisure.


If you would like some direction then you can collect Rumours from people in Harbourtown that will give you level-appropriate places to check out.




On the island you will encounter various monsters in different areas, not every area might be suitable for you with your current experience. If things are too tough, remember that you can level up, unlock new abilities, and Remaster your monster forms into powerful new versions with a bit of exploring in the world.

There are several shops in New Wirral, it's always a good idea to visit them to upgrade your gear – such as the amount of Rewinds you can carry… Or find new Stickers you can attach to your monster tape for new moves and attacks!

Lastly, if you ever need a refresher or want to know more about the details of our game you can always check out the wiki: https://wiki.cassettebeasts.com/wiki/Main_Page






This kinda goes without saying! In Cassette Beasts you record monsters’ forms onto cassette tapes, which you can then use in battle to transform yourself into that monster. There are 120 monster forms to collect. The people of Harbourtown love to share Rumours and hearsay - there are not many forms of entertainment available to them after all!

When you’re not sure where to explore or what to attempt next, the rumours you pick up in Harbourtown will always contain good suggestions. Following up on rumours almost always leads directly to progress in your main quests, which don’t always on their own tell you where you need to go.

Of course if you prefer to stumble blindly around the island without a clue, that’s always an option! Collecting rumours is suggested for first-time players, but completely optional.




If you’ve played the demo to the end, you will have seen the start of the main quest in Cassette Beasts. Skip this section if you prefer to avoid spoilers for the demo!

At the end of the demo Kayleigh and the player battle a strange otherworldly creature called Morgante, who is known as an Archangel to the people of New Wirral - and they act as bosses. With the last of her energy, Morgante gives the player a song, whose lyrics promise to show the way to leave New Wirral. However, most of the song is too quiet to make out! To complete the song and find your way home you’ll need to encounter more Archangels, but well… nobody really knows where they are - or how many! Perhaps the rumours in Harbourtown contain some clues.




Kayleigh and Eugene are introduced as unlockable partner characters early in the game, but there are also four others you can find around New Wirral!

If the first step towards building a friendship with someone is finding them and unlocking them as a companion, the second is completing a quest with them! Completing their quest bumps you up to relationship level 1, which unlocks your ability to fuse with them in battle. At relationship level 5 you gain the ability to romance your companion. It’s completely optional, with no gameplay benefits, but it’s cute!




Suffice to say, there's lots of moves in Cassette Beasts that you can use to get the upper hand in battle, and lots of strategies to try! Different status effects will have positive Buff effct and some will have a negative debuff effect. A Buff effect example is a Wall. This is a type of status effect that can be used in battle and take a certain amount of hits for you, and also can trigger elemental reactions. An example of a move that interacts with a Wall the move ""Throw"". When used with an active wall, it turns that wall into a damaging projectile that inherits the element of the wall thrown! There are a ton of different interacts and strategies to use in Cassette Beasts!




When you battle a Rogue Fusion you first have to get its HP to 0 to split it apart into the two monsters that make it up. Then you can record them if you want, or otherwise just defeat them!

Bootlegs are rare type and colour-swapped variants of ordinary monsters. Bootlegs’ movepools are modified to match their new type, and they have a higher than normal chance of spawning uncommon and rare variants of moves.



Ranger Wilma is an essential part of the Ranger’s organisation. Certain scarce items and upgrades, invaluable in the pursuit of Archangels, are stored and distributed by Wilma from the Ranger’s HQ in Harbourtown. The more your training under the Captains progresses, the more she’ll be able to provide you with.




We actually had this in store as a surprise but we couldn’t keep ourselves from letting you all know! Cassette Beasts will be open up for a completely new type of community driven interaction and development as we invite you to be part of creating the best, most unique and fantastic experience there is - together. Cassette Beasts will however not support Workshop at launch (we continuously investigate if we are able to enable this in the future), as we are ironing out a lot of question marks.



The postgame in Cassette Beasts is surprisingly big! To give you a taste, here’s a quick rundown:

• Optional Bosses: I won’t say too much, but there are a number of hidden bosses on New Wirral that can be battled when certain conditions are met.
  
  
• Rematches: The Ranger Captains were holding back the first time you battled them. In the post-game you can rematch them at full strength. Expect surprises!
  
  
• Ranger Noticeboard: If you’ve completed your training with the Ranger Captains and become a full-time ranger yourself, you get access to a new series of quests on this noticeboard. These quests progress a new story exploring the cause and origin of Rogue Fusions, as well as introduce new unique monsters, and brand new characters who have arrived on the island! The bulk of the postgame content is accessed through the noticeboard.

- Fixed regression bug that caused hardware could not be installed on a rented server if no change had been previously made to the device.

- Fixed bug in ctfEvent.player_success that allowed to be called repeatedly getting the reward each time.

- Fixed regression bug that caused library versions to change spontaneously between different scans or interactions with the device.

- Fixed regression bug that could cause a crash when trying to interact with a network that had been generated with a hidden mission.

- Fixed regression bug in aireplay when frozen after its execution. (aireplay no longer consumes server CPU time)

- Fixed bug that caused a crash when interacting with a CTF network if the template had updated its libraries after the CTF network was generated.

- Fixed bug in the CTF web panel when the information was not refreshed until the Browser was closed and reopened.