Alpha 59

Alpha 59 - Calm Before the Storm Details Initial Release Date: September 6 2018 Source: Steam Post Link to Release: post Version History ← Previous  Current   Next →   Alpha 58 Alpha 59 Alpha 60

Alpha 59 was an update released on September 6th, 2018. It was a small patch created in preparation for the final level of the game to be added.

Patch Notes

Graphics

• Fix for NPCs looking weird for the first half-second of a level
• Fixed some incorrect corner grass tiles
• Fix for Invisible NPCs’ hands sometimes appearing
• Fix for player appearing to have extra hands after becoming Invisible while pointing a gun

UI / Controls

• Added color animation to menu selection interfaces
• Multiplayer games can be ended from the main menu if the host has finished a level but other players have not
• Fix for cases where context buttons could become larger in width than intended
• Fix for Character Creation Attributes description box reading “Strength” initially
• Fix for instruction text on certain 3- and 4-player menus in home base not being fully visible
• Player toolbars disappear when entering main menu
• Minimap in 2-4 player modes disappears when entering main menu

Playfield Objects

• Fix for multiplayer client not always being able to make ATM spit out money
• Fix for fires on War Zone NPCs not always being destroyed properly
• Fix for fires from Fire Barrels not being destroyed properly internally

Items

• Projectile weapons are worth much less money when Infinite Ammo mutators are active
• Fix for Research Gun appearing to knock NPCs back when on host when used by client player
• Quick-Escape Teleporter works better in levels with Lockdown Walls

Status Effects / Traits / Special Abilities

• On Daily Run, traits and items may appear regardless of the player’s unlocks and settings in the Home Base
• Ideological Clash added to Character Creator
• Army of Darkness renamed to Army of Five, since the original title wouldn’t make much sense when applied to non-Zombie custom characters (edit: this will happen in the next build)
• Fix for NPCs brought from one level to the next sometimes having 0 health
• Potential fix for dead party members coming back in the next level as ghosts
• Charismatic and Malodorous have no effect on Cop Bots

Artificial Intelligence

• Fix for NPCs attempting to path through certain objects
• Only 5 NPC party members per player can be brought to the next level
• Friendly Cop Bots will still stop the player

Performance

• Much quicker loading into games from the main menu

Multiplayer

• Fix for internal errors when quitting multiplayer games

Engine

• Unity engine updated to 2018.2.6f1

Subpatches

Alpha 59b (September 7)

• Fix for mutators not loading properly when saved games are loaded
• Fix for wood doors sometimes not taking damage, as if they were steel doors
• Fix for NPCs not appearing to be dead when the Shapeshifter possessing their body dies
• Fix for people having shadows when they resurrect underwater
• Potential fix for fires appearing permanently where they are not supposed to
• Better internal handling of “recycling” of wreckage objects
• Army of Five added to character creation