Alpha 40

Alpha 40 - Balance Patch Details Initial Release Date: December 14, 2017 Source: Steam Post Link to Release: post Version History ← Previous  Current   Next →   Alpha 39 Alpha 40 Alpha 41

Alpha 40 was an update released on December 14th, 2017. It added Steam Trading Cards and many balance changes.

Initial Release

Big New Features/Content

• Steam Trading Cards added
• Loadout-O-Matic appears in levels. Player can purchase any of their starting items, including loadout items. Note that this may not work properly with saved games from previous versions
• Vendor Stand appears in Park levels. Player can purchase items from Bartenders or Shopkeepers.
• New Trait: “Honor Among Thieves” given to the Thief at the start of the game. Allows him to purchase discounted tools from other Thieves, and also prevents Thieves from stealing from him
• Medical Professional has completely changed. Rather than giving a health bonus for using first aid kits, it allows the player to restore the health of their followers, once per follower per floor
• Accuracy is now known as Firearms, Strength is now known as Melee
• Firearms (formerly Accuracy) now affects damage, spread of rapid-fire weapons, and cooldown for non-rapid fire weapons, in addition to the percentage of time auto-aim is triggered

Environments

• Fix for multiple televisions spawning on top of each other in one of the hotels
• Fixed a case where Sawblade movement could potentially go in the wrong direction
• Fixed a case where a tube in a factory was spewing gibs in a slightly incorrect position
• Fix for a Goon in one of the Banks facing the wrong direction sometimes
• Fixed an instance where a Crusher could push its way into a window
• Fixed instances where certain buildings had 2 locked doors and no computer, since this could result in cases where the door would be impossible to get open without the right items
• Changed placement of a number of Gas Vents
• Lakes that are poisoned when the level loads can no longer contain Enraged

Playfield Objects

• Fix for player or NPCs sometimes being blamed when Alarm Buttons were destroyed due to natural causes
• Laser Emitters can be disabled with the Wrench
• Slightly more difficult to destroy Fire Spewers
• Fewer Trash Cans are spawned in levels, but they are never empty
• Reduced size of Gas collider

Characters

• Cost to hire NPCs is a bit less
• Cost to hire people is dependent on your floor
• Cost for Doctor to heal you is dependent on your floor
• Cost to purchase Slaves is lower when they are not being rescued for a mission
• Fix for cost of muggings from Mobsters being a bit higher than intended

UI / Controls

• Auto-Aim can be disabled from the Control Setup menu
• When the player moves the cursor over an NPC or holds the space bar, status effects are shown
• Fix for health bars of other players not appearing above their heads in online multiplayer mode when the player holds space bar
• People can no longer Jump while in a Trip animation

Items

• Item cost is affected by the current floor. As the player progresses, items become more expensive and can be sold for more money
• Player can get better deals on items from Shopkeepers and Drug Dealers after enslaving them
• Reduced base extra cost of cloning items in Clone Machine
• Increased base price of Giantizer pills from $50 to $80
• Bartender is capable of selling more than 2 drinks
• Tranquilizer Gun costs more and has a smaller initial ammo count
• Shopkeeper no longer starts the game with Kill Profiter
• Doctor now starts the game with the Tranquilizer Gun
• Scientist starts with the Leafblower instead of the Tranquilizer Gun
• Bartender NPCs now serve Cocktails, which will give you a completely random positive status effect
• Fix for player being able to use multiple Hacking Tools on the same object, and only losing the first Hacking Tool
• Fix for items sometimes remaining for sale after multiplayer client had purchased them
• Fix for player not saying “I can’t pick that up” when inventory is full, after gibbing someone in very close proximity
• Fix for items sometimes making a noise that could attract people nearby, if two items were spilled at the same time in close proximity to one another
• Fix for never being able to see the contents of Cocktails that you clone

Status Effects / Traits / Special Abilities

• Hacker has a 50% chance for their hack to cause an alarm, rather than 100%
• Hacker can hack Slave Helmets being worn by Slaves
• Hacker can hack the Killer Robot
• Always Crit effect time reduced to 20 seconds
• Giant effect time reduced to 20 seconds
• Shrewd Negotiator benefits improved a bit
• Crepe Crusher, Blahd Basher, Scientist Slayer and Specist give the player more skill points for killing members of the opposing class
• Cannibal receives extra health for eating people who have been “cooked” by fire
• Wrestler’s Toss move does more damage
• Backstabs are easier to perform - The player will always attack in a forward motion when they have the Backstab trait and are in the proper position
• Sleep Killer is now completely silent
• Sleep Killer does not gib people anymore
• Soldier starting Endurance is now 2 instead of 3
• Investment Banker’s Speed, Strength and Accuracy stats are higher
• Withdrawal causes reduced strength, speed and accuracy
• Nicotine lasts for 30 seconds, freezes the timer on Feelin’ Alright, and freezes the effects of Withdrawal
• Clumsiness Accepted now allows you to break people’s walls without them becoming Hostile
• Modern Warfarer regenerates health to 15 instead of 20 when Low Health mutator is active
• When Werewolf is running low on time before transforming back into a human, numbers will appear over his head. The same goes for Assassin’s Camouflage
• Fair Game cancels Suspicious, Charismatic and Malodorous in character customization
• Bite cancels Strict Cannibal, and Cannibalize cancels Jugularious
• Bite has a chance to give 2 health instead of 1, with a slightly greater chance of the number being 1
• Bite costs 10 points in character customization instead of 5
• Fair Game gives a 10 point benefit in character customization instead of 7
• Assassin’s Accuracy stat reduced from 3 to 2
• People are knocked back a proper amount when blocking hits from Primal Lunge and Sharp Lunge
• Flesh Feast no longer works on dead people, it was functionally too similar to Cannibalize. However, it now restores 3 health instead of 2.
• People turn into Zombies after dying more quickly. The amount of time had previously been extended to allow for more Flesh Feast hits
• Zombie Phlegm charge time has been reduced
• Darts can no longer randomly cause Paralyze, since this could make the player a sitting duck if it occurs near a turret
• Players with Tech Expert have a 100% chance to turn off Security Cams and disarm Door Detonators when interacting directly
• When NPCs laugh at the Comedian’s jokes, the chance that they will join their party is less predictable
• Fix for Traits not being removed properly on New Character Every Level for clients in multiplayer games

Stats / Unlocks

• Fix for only the server player in multiplayer games receiving nuggets when someone completes a mission where nuggets are the reward. Now, all players will receive the nuggets.

Missions

• For Neutralize missions, it is now possible to threaten people to leave town (or ask them nicely if you have a good relationship)

Disasters

• Added 30 seconds to the “Find Bombs” disaster

Mutators

• Fixed crash when loading saved games with “New Character Every Level”

Level Generation

• Cops are no longer spawned near Power Boxes if the Radiation Blast disaster is occurring
• Varying number of cops is spawned near Power Boxes, rather than the number always being 2

Artificial Intelligence

• If an NPC is Hostile toward a player, they will no longer immediately become hostile toward another player upon seeing both players at the same time
• Fix for NPCs standing at the exact same spot as one another when “All Stand Guard” command is used
• Added “All Follow” command for when the player has told more than one party member to Stand Guard
• Prices for services are now properly affected by the player’s relationship with the seller in all cases
• NPCs in combat are not as scared of large groups of players
• Fix for NPCs who are Submissive to the player not always having the correct relationship with other players
• Cops react properly when the Power Box that they are guarding is hacked
• Normal Cops become Hostile if you destroy an Alarm Button
• Fix for Thief not being able to steal from player when the PVP was turned off in Settings
• Fix for Thief sometimes trying to steal from players who are dead or had disappeared
• Fix for property owners becoming Hostile if the player takes something from one of their owned chests (Safes, etc.) after the player has purchased a Key or Safe Combination from them
• Fix for Ghosts not always acting properly if Gravestones were destroyed by natural causes rather than a specific person
• Fix for issue where NPCs in buildings where quests are taking place are aligned with the player for no reason

Text

• Added proper descriptions for Strength and Accurate status effects

Multiplayer

• It is now possible to revive other players from the dead using money
• 30 second timer for players to get the the elevator instead of 60 seconds. The same goes for the other timer that appears when everyone has reached the elevator

Engine

• Unity engine updated from 2017.2.0 to 2017.2.1

Other

• Updated Rewired plugin from 1.1.7.8 to 1.1.8.3
• Updated 2D Toolkit plugin from 2.5.8.7 to 2.5.8.8

Patches / Hotfixes

Alpha 40b

• Fix for Cannibalize not functioning
• Fix for Loadout-O-Matic not appearing properly when facing south
• Fix for too many options appearing sometimes when hacking Slave Helmet
• Fix for being able to ask people to leave town after they turn into Zombies
• Fix for player not receiving “I can’t pick that up” message after chloroforming someone and immediately attempting to pick up their items while inventory is full
• Fixed a case where a Fire Spewer is positioned such that it destroys a window
• Fix for people still being hurt by Gas clouds after the player turned them off via computer

Alpha 40c

• Borderless Window button appears in the Graphics Settings menu, though it doesn't actually do anything. Rather, it explains that you need to use a command line parameter to do borderless, "-popupwindow".
• Items are properly sorted when using Sell-O-Matic and Clone Machine
• Player can drop items when using Sell-O-Matic and Clone Machine
• Potential fix for “Operating/Doing Something” bar not always closing properly
• Vendor Stand is no longer Hackable (for now)
• Fix for Loadout-O-Matics providing armor with only 1 durability instead of 100
• Fix for drinks created with Drink Mixer and Syringe having the wrong status effect
• Fix for prices on armor and headwear being incorrect
• Fix for Class Solidarity still being triggered with NPCs who are Hostile toward the player
• Fix for Backstab not working on multiplayer client
• Fix for Security Cam turning sound continuing to play after it’s been shut off
• Fix for followers often having difficulty attacking locked doors
• Fix for followers refusing to walk past yellow Lasers when commanded
• Fixed NPC pathfinding issues with buildings spawning gas at the start of the level
• Fixed NPC pathfinding issues near large objects when in a Wander state
• NPC AI no longer runs prior to the game starting in multiplayer games
• Fix for NPCs sometimes trying to examine Security Cam and Turret through walls
• Player cannot ask or threaten Slaves to leave town
• Fix for Hostile people sometimes turning around when in the presence of an invisible player