Hello, I will be nice and short:


The support, the offers to translate, all your engagement is much more than we’d hoped for in our wildest dreams when preparing for the Steam release. We are also closing in on a 200K mark across all platforms (meaning you, dear Steam players, make more than 50% of our playerbase!) and I personally would not have guessed it. Blown aback, simply put.

More languages coming real soon, so hang in tight and keep on saving the planet. There’s a fanart deadline closing soon so be sure to check it out:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2486750/view/6016298772060780980?l=english

Much obliged.

Ondrej,
Charles Games

- Fixed some missing sockets for approriate items
- Fixed a bug with a tundra event that occurs when a monk has been chosen as an actor.
- AI-Adjustments:
- "Dumb"-AI won't reposition to a better target anymore when they're already engaged
- Enemies will no longer try to escape attack of opportunities, if the success chance is too low.

• The FLASHING EFFECTS REDUCTION option is now available in the settings menu (under Accessibility category).

• Changed ability to host private games to VIP players only.
  This change was made to make the public multiplayer more alive. You can still invite friends when you play public multiplayer.
  
  
• Adjusted the algorithm that spawns weapons in "Last Man Standing" as well as valuables in "Treasure Hunt".
  Long story short, there should now be more "pick ups" available during games.
  
  
• Adjusted the physics of the characters.
  Dynamic Friction has been increased, so now the characters slide less. Bounciness settings was also changed a little. The changes should make it a bit easier for the player to move around, making race games a lot less frustrating.
  
  
• Adjusted the colliders of platforms in "Disappearing Platforms."
  Collider of platforms was changed from their mesh to a simple box. It's a minor change, but it should improve the gameplay experience.
  
  
• Fixed the issue with Landmines sometimes not working.
  Sometimes your character would freeze and do nothing when using a landmine. This has been dealt with.

We took some time to improve them and we're now ready to push features that we tested in the PTE to the public. This means the Ranked Overhaul, Hit Registration changes, PvE content and Grenade changes are now live. If you're not sure about what the PTE is, you can see our blogpost about how we brought changes to public testing and read more about what we are working on.
The game's size on disk is increasing in size, but this is a change designed to reduce future patch sizes. Maps are split away from the main game files, allowing maps to be patched and replaced individually without forcing users to download 7 or 8 gigs for a small hotfix of two or three maps, and allows us to make and deploy patches in an hour instead of taking up to 18 hours (due to the insane map count)

• Hit Registration has been completely re-written to give players more confidence that the game will correctly count their hits when shooting at players
  
• As part of those changes, we've improved how player movement is networked to make shooting players easier as well
  
• Player positions are networked with interpolation and extrapolation now to smooth out "laggy" players and reduce the benefits of "peeker's advantage"

• New ranking system with easy to distinguish symbols, names and color coding
  
• Improvements to the way ranks are calculated, including accounting more for individual player performance
  
• Improvements to the ranked leaderboard handling
  
• Added placement matches
  
• Added UI for post match rank changes, ranking up, and placement match progress
  
• Added behavior to penalize players who abandon matches

Still somewhat work in progress, the PvE mode is being slowly integrated into the game

• PvE against bots as Attackers, as practice for Online PvP modes
  
• Players can access singleplayer mode in the Training menu, select different maps and difficulties
  
• Co-Op mode can be done from the Multiplayer menu, invite players into your squad and you will start a private match to practice against bots with you and your friends
  
• Feedback is appreciated, as adding a PvE mode is a big change for our game and will need lots of attention and improvements

• Throwables and deployables have gotten animation overhauls for aiming and throwing
  
• Prepping a throwable will now give you an indicator that helps you aim the throwable
  
• Barbed wires have special deployable ghosts that show you how they will be placed

There was a decent delay in moving PTE to prod, we basically gave ourselves an extra month to work on various bugs and issues that popped up while also continuing to develop upcoming features for the next update. The following is a list of improvements to this build specifically that have been borne from that wait time:

• Added Main Menu Home Screen overhaul
  
• Fixed decals from gun hits not showing up
  
• Upgraded to a newer unity version with some bug fixes and minor performance improvements to occlusion culling
  
• Clients will no longer incorrectly predict charge placement, and will wait for the server to reply before placing a charge (adds slight delay on higher ping)
  
• Changed Dome pillboxes to be less problematic for parkour
  
• Fix exploit where attackers can destroy defender fire extinguishers from killhouse midground
  
• Fix bugs with defender room, players not teleporting and items getting left behind on defender room floor
  
• Fix defender item smuggling exploit
  
• Made hit sound testing against smoke grenades more accurate
  
• Fixed various level objects ignoring the audio mixer groups (volume sliders)
  
• Fix direct join prompt showing up or saying wrong text when cannot join
  
• Fixed incorrect region flags for matchmaking
  
• Fixed object destruction on some prefabs which were erroniously getting destroyed by frag grenades
  
• Fixed some cluster based object destruction involving blockers which will only apply to newly generated levels after the patch
  
• Fixed some background parkour on a couple tilesets
  
• Fixed factory fences not blocking hit-sounds

• Tweaked lag/prediction values to overlap to fix rejected hits at the lag boundary
  
• Fix issue where extrapolation could force players under the ground
  
• Rank icons are textured instead of flat images, with color coding and easier to recognize naming schemes
  
• Fixed crashes while alt tabbing caused by changes to level loading
  
• Fix various text and image fields not showing correct ranked level data
  
• Fixed 2v2 / Lobby / Singleplayer maps not loading under certain circumstances
  
• Fixed being able to see throwable arc from the map view

• Fixed issue where bots could get orphaned when loading a new co-op map and have no behavior
  
• Reduced issue where bots would get stuck walking in a tiny circle
  
• Fixed issue where bots could break if they saw a player get killed while playing EASY mode
  
• Fixed issue where certain bot behaviors were not applied on Online matches
  
• Fixed issue where bots make hit effects that cover the players screen in Offline
  
• Bots are slightly more aggressive when the bomb is being defused, needs more work still to make them actively attack when the bomb is threatened
  
• Added ability for bots to see through certain types of materials which don't block line of sight or bullets, such as fences
  
• Bots gain a minor amount of prediction so they react faster to quickly peeking players
  
• Tweaks of various bot behaviors, difficulties, accuracy

We will be doing a more detailed post on discord and on Steam soon detailing our plans for our next patch, which we expect to be not too long after this one. Keep an eye on our news for more info.

Enable endless survival in the single-player world map or in the multi-player host lobby. Enemies keep coming until you can't take it anymore! You get to keep all loot that drop after the normal waves.

Notes:

• Endless survival mode added
  
• Unreal Engine updated by many versions, providing with lots of bug fixes and improvements to the underlaying tech
  
• Some balance adjustments, new music and bug fixes

We are excited to introduce our first-ever Legendary Packs! What makes them so legendary?

• Become unforgettable with 2 new Profile Pictures + Banners, ensuring that you’ll stand out from the crowd on Leaderboards
  
• Train in style with 4 new animated Weapon Skins - with special VFX when you shoot
  
• Add some excitement to your training with 2 new animated Target Skins to match
  
• Flex on your Leaderboard rivals with 2 new Player Titles - are you On Fire, or Cold-Blooded?

And if you’re an Aimlabs+ member, grab our new Legendary Scorched + Frostbite Packs for half off, along with the rest of the Shop! Profile Pictures, Banners, and Titles are now also directly purchasable from the Shop.



As part of our ongoing updates to the Aimlabs UI, we’ve reimagined the HUD you see when inside a Task. With a sleek and modernized new look, more readable text, and a new visualization that syncs to the timer, our new HUD is sure to elevate your aim training experience!

• Disabled Muzzle Flash FX in Replays to make them easier to view
  
• Updated Near-Miss Record Insight on Results Screen to calculate optimal pace more relevantly
  
• Revisited issue where players could get a score of -2147484000 for custom variants of Microshot and Spidershot
  
• Revisited issues that prevented logging into Aimlabs even if there’s a Steam service outage
  
• Removed Practice Mode from Edit Loadout menu (you can still log out to bypass scores going to Leaderboards)
  
• Various other minor bug fixes

• A brand new Aimlabs+ feature that works for any game
  
• Results Screen updates that let you take a deeper dive into your performance
  
• Much much more!

If you aren't already following us, check out @aimlab on Twitter & Instagram for more awesome events, memes, and training tips. Don't forget you can report any bugs in-game and join us on Discord or check out the subreddit to let us know of any feature requests you have or just to come and hang out with the community & our devs!

New costumes

Welcome to SFXEngine v1.30!

There are a few exciting changes this time:
-First, there are new coloured dots for each genre of Engine. This really helps in finding the engine you want, and helps you see how a sound is put together at a glance. The manual and screenshots all needed updating after this new look!
-New keyboard controls of -/= for prev/next sound. This can speed up your work train when darting through the list of sounds.
-Setting a conversion matrix now checks that the destination plugin is installed to prevent 'not found' errors during loading. Ok, you probably don't use conversion matrices at all yet, but this is a good upgrade for the future.
-Reset Creation Date option added to Project menu. Useful for template projects, so that an ancient date isn't always there as the date of inception.
-Loading projects now sets the current engine to the first environment engine. Before this, projects with no sounds would crash upon loading if a sound engine is current.
-Removing Genus Pan or Genus Reverb engines now returns the number of engines removed. Removing these can help with custom stereo to mono mixing, or when reverbs are part of the sound rather than environment design.

The update is now live for the full and demo versions. Check out SFXEngine here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2438590/SFXEngine/

The next major update will be the first DLC, the Analogue VLC engine.

Enjoy creating,

Mark

Welcome to SFXEngine v1.30!

There are a few exciting changes this time:
-First, there are new coloured dots for each genre of Engine. This really helps in finding the engine you want, and helps you see how a sound is put together at a glance. The manual and screenshots all needed updating after this new look!
-New keyboard controls of -/= for prev/next sound. This can speed up your work train when darting through the list of sounds.
-Setting a conversion matrix now checks that the destination plugin is installed to prevent 'not found' errors during loading. Ok, you probably don't use conversion matrices at all yet, but this is a good upgrade for the future.
-Reset Creation Date option added to Project menu. Useful for template projects, so that an ancient date isn't always there as the date of inception.
-Loading projects now sets the current engine to the first environment engine. Before this, projects with no sounds would crash upon loading if a sound engine is current.
-Removing Genus Pan or Genus Reverb engines now returns the number of engines removed. Removing these can help with custom stereo to mono mixing, or when reverbs are part of the sound rather than environment design.

The update is now live for the full and demo versions. Check out SFXEngine here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2438590/SFXEngine/

The next major update will be the first DLC, the Analogue VLC engine.

Enjoy creating,

Mark