Hello, fellow mutants,
Ripout is leaving Early Access and here are all the things that are coming in 1.0!

While being in Early Access for 7 months and with 4 Major Updates we have added:

• 2 new Enemies
  
• New Objectives and Missions
  
• New Levels
  
• New Sidearms and Melee weapons
  
• New Garment sets
  
• New onboarding and tutorial
  
• Join in the live session option
  
• and many more.

New Objective - Kill Zone has been added to the game. Players must eliminate a specific number of enemies (scaling randomly with budget and player count) at a specific section of the level to complete the objective.





Multiple new levels have been added.

• The ability to have cloud save has been enabled.

• Players will be able to now create up to 5 characters.
  
• When creating a character, players can select campaign difficulty and opt-in/out to play the tutorial.

• Balancing enemy health and damage based on player count and sector progression.

• Additional setting options have been added to the game
  
• Sensitivity settings are available for both the keyboard and controller
  
• ADS sensitivity settings are available for both the keyboard and controller
  
• Enemy health bar can be enabled or disabled
  
• ADS toggle option is added
  
• More visual options are enabled for players to adjust like film grain and volumetric fog
  
• A voiceover volume option is added
  
• Added option to stop weapon swapping upon pet return

• Added ability for players to break free from the ensnare effect with quick melee
  
• Added new font
  
• Added new UI for Mission Selection and Jump sector
  
• Improved IK on Swarmer
  
• Improved the standing-up behavior of Zombie and Spaceman enemies
  
• Updated the destructible objectives to be auto-destroyed on melee attack or explosive damage
  
• Added damage-hit indicators on all destructible objects
  
• Reduced Turret damage dealt to a player
  
• Updated the destructible door to be auto-destroyed on melee attack and radial damage
  
• Robot will not give more components if it's disabled by interaction instead of destroying it with the pet or weapon

• Fixed an issue with Pet disappearing during the mission
  
• Reworked achievement stats
  
• Fixed the behavior of Mimic door to not instakill players anymore

• Fixed an issue where Swarmers can get stuck in big vents if they are getting shot at as soon as they exit
  
• Fixed an issue with enhancements are not visible in the HUD while in the Boss fight
  
• Fixed an issue with the swarmers forcefully getting thrown out of the nest when they are killed before they fully exit
  
• Fixed an issue with enemies that are venting and not facing the player
  
• Fixed an issue with enemies stopping and losing the player if the player is outside the nav
  
• Fixed an issue with enemies losing visibility of the players in specific situations
  
• Fixed an issue with pet scan being too sensitive when there are multiple enemies as a potential target
  
• Fixed an issue with Soldier doing the back leg attack when the player is close but in front of him
  
• Fixed an issue with the pet going through assets in the level when traveling toward the target
  
• Fixed an issue with the tutorial cutscene issue
  
• Fixed an issue where Swarmer can die with the shield module attached
  
• Fixed an issue with Bulwark vaulting animation being canceled if the Bulwark is attacked with a pet
  
• Fixed player character animation blend to work better from landing in place to walking
  
• Fixed an issue where the player can run while in scan mode with the combination of inputs
  
• Fixed an issue with the tutorial character seeing “???” as his name
  
• Fixed an issue with modules teleporting towards the travel locators
  
• Fixed an issue with Zombie and Spacemen standing up animation desync
  
• Fixed an issue with the Evader sliding in some attacks
  
• Fixed an issue with Bulwark sometimes doing the flashbang attack when already dead
  
• Fixed an issue with Heavy getting stuck on the corrupted resurrection station
  
• Fixed the issue with players getting stuck in the crafting station if placing it from some angles
  
• Fixed keyboard and gamepad navigation in the character selection screen
  
• Fixed an issue with the player seeing a prompt to use the resurrection token when not having it available on the Boss level
  
• Fixed an issue with the Dotter field turning some enemies toward the source of the field

Big thank you to our community for the constant feedback and love they have shown the Ripout so far! We hope that you will continue to enjoy exploring new additions with this update and everything else that is yet to come.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1558830/RIPOUT/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1778820/TEKKEN_8/

bugfix - escape when in crafting disables crafting
bugfix - essence statue was not craftable in crafting table, now it is
changed texts in crafting menus
now furnances, planter and campfire also show possible recipes
Big Enemy doesnt have a limit for how high can he aggro now

Previously the game required SSE4.1 to run. I've now made some slight modifications so as to only require SSE3. This will improve compatibility with some older CPUs.

Commanders, we are releasing a maintenance patch today.

This update includes the following:

• AoE attacks will no longer affect unintended objects such as battleship turrets and factory bays.
  
• Map Editor biomes will now include water and postFx data from their respective maps. Furthermore, biomes for new versus maps have been added.
  
• Art optimization and destructions animations created for Drone Bomber and Rocket Helicopter.
  
• Fixed issue with Shrink Ray not correctly playing the attack animation on the structure.
  
• Destroyable rock props no longer show a radar blip on minimap.
  
• Fix for bug where movement lines aren't shown on aircraft
  
• Fixed DX12 crash on models that might have incomplete FX.

Commanders,

Schism and Ren will be streaming this Wednesday. There will be some games against the developers, answering your questions live and more.

In this show we will be playing with a new mod full of minigames that you can find here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3253568156

• Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/broadcast/watch/76561198035338554
  
• Petroglyph Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/petroglyphgames
  
• Petroglyph YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PetroglyphGames

To celebrate Warhammer Skulls festival, we are extremely excited to announce our very first knock-out tournament.

We'd like to thank a lot all the players, who helped us testing the new tournament format.

The knock-out format will give the players the possibility to test their skills and to increase the types of tournaments they can play in.

The Skulls KO Tournament features 32 players and you can sign-up here.

Round Info:

• Round 1 - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: Settlement - Army Size 2000
  
• Round 2 - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: Imperial Ruins - Army Size 2000
  
• Quarter Final - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: Scrapyard - Army Size 2000
  
• Semi Final - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: Fire Caste Outpost - Army Size 2000
  
• Final - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: The Salt Exchange - Army Size 2000

Skulls KO Tournament will start on Monday, 10th June 2024.

Once reached the slots available, the sign-ups for this tournament will be closed.

But don't worry if you can secure a slot, because along with the Skulls KO Tournament we are thrilled to announce a standard league tournament.


Do not miss the chance to sign-up to the new Skulls 2024 Tournament which will feature 3 multiplayer maps:

• Imperial Ruins
  
• Settlement
  
• The Salt Exchange

You can sign-up here.

The tournament follows Swiss Tournament rules: you can find the full list of rules here.

The first round will commence on Monday, 10th June 2024. No further entries can be accepted after the tournament has begun.

The tournament will last 3 rounds, 11 days each. Games are paired, so each matchup will be played both ways. All you need to do is sign up, then the system will pair you with opponents and create your PBEM games. You will be notified by mail of when the tournament is starting and when it will be time to play your turns.

Round Info:

• Round 1 - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: Imperial Ruins - Army Size 2000
  
• Round 2 - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: Settlement - Army Size 2000
  
• Round 3 - Mode: Strategic Command - Map: The Salt Exchange - Army Size 2000

Warhammer Skulls is available until May 30th.

There are loads of amazing discounts and new announcements from other studios, too. So we hope that you will check them out here.

Greetings, Commanders!

EDIT: We have originally planned to release an update today, May 29, but we have discovered an issue that caused the game to crash for some players - we are working on a fix and are still aiming to release the update this week, as we have announced previously. This caused a short downtime for multi-player servers, but as of writing this message, all servers are up and running and the game is fully available to everyone. Thank you for your understanding and we hope to see you on the battlefield soon!

EDIT2: The update was released and is now live.

This update brings a number of bug fixes, balancing tweaks and performance/stability improvements (see full change log below), but most importantly, it includes the first steps on the road to the offline mode for single-player - most of the changes so far happen in the background, but you will already see first benefits of these changes, as the game will no longer disconnect you for inactivity in single-player games; which includes games set up with just one human player (and however many AI players you choose) in a custom lobby. Furthermore, these changes allowed us to let players pause and save games properly in all single-player modes (also including all custom lobby games set up with just 1 human player).

More updates are on the way, and we will notify you about their exact content soon - we are focusing on allowing single-player to work offline and resolving the crashes you reported when loading a local server, as well as resolving multiple other bugs and issues you have reported. Which is why it's critical for us to hear your feedback - further development of the game absolutely depends on it. Please keep giving us your suggestions either here in the Steam Discussions or on the Men of War II Official Discord Server - and if you already enjoy the game and want to support it, consider leaving Men of War II a review here on Steam.

• AFK is no longer used in single-player mode (players will no longer be kicked out of single-player games for inactivity).
  
• Game pause and save functions now work in all game types if only one player is present.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the game to crash to the desktop when manipulating towers.
  
• Fixed an issue causing incorrect detection of unresponsive dedicated servers, leading to server crashes.

• "Test" mode: All unit limits have been removed.
  
• "Front Line" mode: For the AI defensive units, accuracy and overall health was reduced by 50%.

• Increased fragmentation damage to infantry.
  
• Increased suppression time for infantry in trenches under autocannon fire.
  
• Improved accuracy of anti-tank rifles at a range of 80-100 meters.
  
• Increased component damage for armor-piercing shells.

• "Operation Lüttich": Fixed a bug where some units were invincible. Additionally, the retreat zone has been refined.
  
• Historical campaign "Operation Overlord": Added the LVT1 amphibious vehicle to the tech tree.
  
• Fixed minor bugs in the missions “Vanguard”, “Funeral Alarm”, and “With Fire and Steel”.
  
• Fixed an issue where players might not receive rewards for completing one of the dynamic campaigns.

• Fixed an issue causing the maximum territory control numbers to be cut off in the main combat interface.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the interface to not display upon loading a game after a mission failure/victory.
  
• Disabled the "Restart" and "Load" buttons in the mod editor's game menu.
  
• Fixed an issue where long chat messages would extend off the screen.
  
• Added images/artworks for some battalions.
  
• Added a special window with useful tips.
  
• Added the ability to scroll through the list of invited players in multiplayer mode.
  
• Refined and improved the "Vacate Slot" button functionality in custom lobby.
  
• Added an animation to the bell icon to highlight incoming team invitations.

• Fixed an issue causing artillery spotters' flare not working when it hit a trench.
  
• Fixed the hatch on the KV-1 tank being always open.
  
• Added increased accuracy of each subsequent shot for sub-caliber ammunition.
  
• Disabled ammo resupply for unmanned vehicles.
  
• Fixed the sound for the GAZ-AA truck (supply).
  
• Fixed the battalion composition for a Soviet AI-controlled battalion, which could field German units instead.
  
• Fixed the armor value of the T-95 tank's command turret.
  
• The crew size for the T-34 minesweeper, Piper L-4 Grasshopper plane, and The Fieseler Fi 156 plane has been corrected.
  
• Fixed camera position after exiting first-person view.
  
• Rebuilt the shader cache for Linux/Steam Deck, fixing several crashes.

We will see you on the battlefield soon, Commanders!

Thanks everyone for your feedback and discussion! We're happy to be able to bring these improvements to you:

• Fully restore hearts when respawning
  
• Fix various race balance and hit detection
  
• Fix un-grabbable stars from certain shops
  
• Fix a few localization errors
  
• Efficiency, memory management improvements

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