Generation Zero: April Update steht zum Download bereit [Patch Notes]

Avalanche hat ein neues Update für „Generation Zero“ bereitgestellt.  Dieses beinhaltet fast 200 Änderungen, welche einen großen Beitrag zur Verbesserung der Basiserfahrung des Spiels liefern.  Zu den wichtigsten zählen eine Überarbeitung des XP Vergabe-Systems und der Hacking Fähigkeit.

Im Statement heißt es weiter:

Viele der Fehlerbehebungen und Änderungen in diesem Update wirken sich auf das allgemeine Spielerlebnis aus, und wir möchten einige besonders hervorheben.

Wir haben den Fehler behoben, der es Spielern ermöglichte, sich selbst unendlich oft wiederzubeleben. Nun kostet die Wiederbelebung eine Adrenalindosis. Wir haben auch die Anzahl der Adrenalinschüsse reduziert, die auf der ganzen Welt gefunden werden können, um das Gefühl des verzweifelten Kampfes ums Überleben in einer feindseligen, apokalyptischen Welt zu erhöhen.

Eine weitere Änderung im Kampf betrifft das Verhalten der Maschinen. Rückmeldungen der Community haben gezeigt, dass es manchmal so wirkt, als wollten Maschinen aus scheinbar stichhaltigen Gründen dem Kampf entkommen. Wir haben dies untersucht und es stellte sich heraus, dass es sich um einen Fehler handelte, der den Suchradius wesentlich mehr reduziert hat, als beabsichtigt. Dieser Fehler wurde nun behoben, und die Maschinen sollten nun auch in Situationen, in denen sie keine  Sichtverbindung zu den Spielern haben, eine größere Herausforderung darstellen.

Wir haben auch einige Exploits rund um das Xp-Kampfsystem behoben und es wurde überarbeitet, um verlässlicher und konsistenter bei der Vergabe von XP zu sein. Das vorherige System berücksichtigte viele komplizierte Faktoren wie die Anzahl der an einer Begegnung beteiligten Feinde und deren Ergebnis. Das neue System ist weniger komplex und berücksichtigt jetzt nur die folgenden Aktionen:

 

 

 

• Getötete Feinde (an Typ gebundener Betrag)
• Schaden an Feinden (Betrag basierend auf Feindtyp und% Schaden, der von jedem Spieler zugefügt wird)
• Unterstützungsaktionen, die im Kampf ausgeführt werden, z. B. das Werfen von Fackeln (fester Betrag pro durchgeführter Aktion)
  

Das neue System sollte nicht nur weniger anfällig für Exploits sein, sondern auch verständlicher sein.

Außerdem haben wir einige Änderungen an der Hacking-Fähigkeit vorgenommen. Sie kann jetzt mehrmals pro Kampf anstatt nur einmal (mit Cooldown) verwendet werden, und es besteht nun eine Erfolgschance basierend auf dem Zieltyp des Feindes. Dies bedeutet, dass Hacker die Fähigkeit nun häufiger im Kampf einsetzen können und dass bei der Auswahl von Zielen mehr Vorsicht geboten ist.

New Stuff

• We’ve added several looping poses to the list of available Emotes, now you can pose like the Hero you are!
  • Peace, The Horns, Hero, Rebel, Punk, Awkward, & Crouch
• Stamina bar added to the HUD to indicate how long a player can sprint before slowing down into a jog

Audio

• Players will now hear a heart-rate sound effect based on stamina use, for example when sprinting.
• Footstep sound levels have been adjusted to differentiate when a player is walking versus crouch-walking.

Camera

• Player models will no-longer shift around when a character is in a downed state and the camera is moved.

Character

• Character models now use the correct idle pose when holding the Sjögren shotgun and viewed in third-person.
• The “Hi Top” hairstyle now has the correct level of detail when viewed in third-person.
• Players can now correctly be “ragdolled” when hit by explosions inside Church structures
• Fixed so that character models no longer have default facial pose when using dance emotes.

Crashfixes

• Fixed crash that would occur when removing weapons from weapon inventory slots.
• Fixed crash that would occur when running Generation Zero in combination with the Corsair iCue software.
• Fixed multiple sources of crashes that would occur upon booting Generation Zero
• Fixed crash that would occur when aiming an Object Penetration Vision-modded weapon at another player.

General

• Fixed multiple bugs that could occur when hosting a session after leaving a multiplayer session (issue firing/loading/aiming, Camera clipping, blur effects sticking, teleporting issues, crashes).

Enemies

• Adjusted Tank machine so it is less likely to slide when moving.
• Runner death effects now visualise correctly when destroyed at range.
• Correctly added metal containers to rear of the “Harvester” enemy model.
• Corrected various causes of machines becoming stuck in place.
• Corrected issues where in some cases Tanks and Harvesters could be launched across the world when destroyed.
• Machines will no longer be drawn out-of-bounds in the area surrounding Vesslan Bunker.
• Machines possessing shockwave attacks can now correctly knockdown/damage players inside buildings.
• Machines with Tick Containers that are affected by the Hacker skill will now correctly launch friendly rather than aggressive Ticks.
• Machines will no longer continue to damage players with their gas attack after they’ve been destroyed.
• Tank gas attack will now not damage players through walls and safehouses.
• Grenade projectiles fired by Hunters now travel at their correct speed (faster).
• Destroyed machines will no longer respawn at 1 health when players leave and then return to the same area.
• It is no longer possible to keep solo enemies permanently hacked with the Hacker skill.
• Destroyed gas containers will no longer continue to damage players.
• Fixed XP exploit involving the radio items and large packs of machines.
• Tanks will now correctly engage players when shot at medium to long ranges.
• Ticks will no longer damage players through solid objects (walls, doors etc.).
• Higher tier Hunters will no longer incorrectly create Tick spawning containers next to them.
• Fixed causes of the Hunter sometimes stuck in an immobile state
• Fixed collision issue with higher tier Ticks

Environment

• Fixed issue with Salthamn bunker being foggy/smokey.
• Explosive barrels should no longer spontaneously detonate when moved by a player/machine.
• Corrected out-of-place road decorations.
• Corrected building parts from popping in and out of view.
• It should no longer rain inside buildings.
• Fixed issues with floating wooden poles appearing in world.
• Fixed railings from clipping ground on certain building types.
• Fixed issue in Östervik where there were clipping gate objects.
• Correcting missing wall in south-coast bunker.
• Corrected floating road block at Saltholmen naval base.
• Fixed collision on roofs of large industrial storage structures.
• Fixed issue in Östervik basement where terrain prevented players from entering.
• Grass will no-longer clip through the floor inside Östervik church.
• Corrected floating poster in Villa Kaseberg.
• Fixed tear in terrain outside of Uttern bunker.
• Fixed hole in terrain close to Hjalmars stuga.
• Fixed faulty terrain at the Hermelinen bunker, will no-longer push players outside of the level.
• Corrected flickering building assets (roofs, walls, doors etc.).
• Resolved occlusion issues at military compound near Klinte.
• Cleaned up terrain that had been clipping through bunker ceilings.
• Fixed three floating trucks in bunker near Klinte.
• Fixed other floating props outside bunker near Klinte.
• Corrected overlapping road signs.
• Fixed terrain that had been clipping into basement storage in Klinte.
• Fixed hole in terrain Norra Saltholmen.

Equipment

• Sticky flare visual effects should no-longer stick on screen for a few seconds after throwing it.
• Resolved issue with some light sources making characters look “shiny”.
• Fixed Spotting Info skill. Player’s are now correctly able to zoom in/out or cycle vision when highlighting an enemy.
• Fixed display issue for stat-bars on attribute-enhancing clothing.
• Player is now able to correctly toggle vision mode when aiming at an enemy with Enemy Marking or Spotting Intel skill.
• Sound effects for fireworks will no-longer be cut too soon.
• EMP cells and EMP grenade launcher ammo now consistently stuns machines.

Functionality

• Steam will now correctly show lost-connection messages when losing connection or accessing multiplayer menus.
• Corrected issue where the game window was not maximized by default. Mouse cursor will now be correctly locked to the game on activating windowed mode.
• Mouse will no longer in some cases stick to the middle of the screen in Fullscreen mode.
• Corrected issues where some users could not use the mouse after launching the game.
• Players will no-longer be kicked from the game when disconnecting from Steam.
• Resolved issue where some players would experience the game capping out CPU usage at 100%.
• The mouse cursor will no longer disappear if the player is rag-dolled whilst viewing menus.

Inventory

• DLC items (for example pre-order items) are now more-easily identifiable in game.
• Fixed bug that allowed weaponry to be assigned to equipment quick-slots.

Localisation

• Corrected special characters on translations of in-game newspapers.

Loot

• Beds in buildings no longer have an overly large hitbox, players can now correctly loot containers underneath it.

Map

• Hagaboda no-longer has two city icons.
• Fixed issue where in some areas it was not possible to add/remove waypoints.
• Corrected map text for “Science of Deduction” mission. No-longer has a POI on the map with the incorrect text „Back on Track“.
• Skvadern bunker safehouse now correctly referenced on the map and during the relevant mission.

Mission

• Message from Anita’s answering machine will no-longer be received at various locations in the game.
• Keypad is now on the correct side of the wall for mission „A Wrench in the Works“
• 3D models correctly added to mission-log items for missions “Road Rage”, “Out Hiking”, “The Spotter”.
• Removed incorrect waypoint when on mission „The Road to Salthamn“.
• It is now possible to complete locations „Yttervik“ and „Iboholmen Church“, previously missing items have been added.
• Fixed empty pop-up on picking up Newspaper item in barn when on mission “The Farm”.
• On mission “The Farm” the “destroy machines” objective now correctly appears.
• Corrected floating mission item when carrying out “Flying Objects” mission.
• When on mission “Flying Objects” picking up the key before interacting with the door will no-longer prevent the mission from progressing.
• Artillery doors will no-longer be locked after completing “Spiking the Guns”.
• “Strength in Numbers” can now be properly completed.
• Players will no-longer experience all missions incorrectly unlocking at the same time.

Multiplayer

• Smoke grenades, flares and fireworks will no longer persist permanently when thrown.
• When completing tutorial missions in a group, one player picking up items will no longer trigger that stage completing for all.
• Fixed issue with mission items not appearing for either host or client player if client player picks up the mission trigger.
• Players will no longer receive an error when accepting an invite to a new game mid session-load.
• Fixed issue where players would not see each other in the Team menu if they had spawned far apart.

Reviving

• Reviving in combat is now much smoother and works as intended.
• Adrenaline shot drop rate reduced.
• Adrenaline shots now consumed when reviving self & others.

Safe Houses

• Doors that require bunker power will no longer be relocked when revisiting after changing session.

Skills

• The “Make ‚em count” skill now better describes its functionality. Additionally it now correctly applies to intended weapons.
• Tooltips will now be provided on how Remote Hacking functions.
• Steady Feet now functions correctly.
• Armor Damage now works as intended.
• Survivor skill description clarified.
• Commander skill description clarified.

Trophies/Achievements

• Fixed “One Shot, One Kill” achievement.
• Fixed “Elementary” achievement.
• Fixed “Sapper” achievement.
• Fixed “Go-Getter” achievement.

UI

• The revive icon will no longer be stuck as displaying when teammates are revived.
• Corrected some issues with the “Enemy Marking” skill causing UI elements to stick on-screen.
• Corrected some incompatibilities with the Player and Safe House menus.
• Corrected issues where various interact prompts could get stuck on-screen.
• The loot interaction window will no-longer stick on-screen when ragdolled away from the loot source.
• Improved consistency in how drag-dropping ammunition to weapons/inventory works.
• Corrected instances where subtitles would obscure UI elements.
• Enlarged “trigger” area for the mouse pointer when changing apparel.
• The cycle fire mode UI element now updates correctly when rebound to a different key.
• Map icons will no-longer disappear when quitting the game and will be present as intended when you start your next session.

Warboard

• Tracking missions on the warboard no-longer requires two click interactions.
• Fixed issue where interacting with the Warboard could make the map change to black and white.
• The warboard will now correctly populate with activities when interacted with for the first time.

Weapon

• Fixed animation for when reloading the Magnum .44, bullets now correctly appear.
• Lowered recoil amount for the AK4 when used with a scope.
• Fixed issue where the Granatgevär m/49 would obscure the screen when switching to it from a handgun.
• Corrected SFX issue that would occur when burst-firing the AI-47.
• Tweaked impact location of bullets so they correctly correlate with the sight-picture (previously they were offset in some cases).
• Corrected animation-cancel that would allow the Granatgevär m/49 to be fired faster than intended.

Experience

• Support action XP is no-longer erroneously credited twice.
• The firework distraction previously gave too much XP, corrected.

PS4-Specific Fixes

• Fixed detail levels on bridge scaffolding
• There is no longer a delay on the multiplayer menu opening
• Console players should no-longer be blocked by invisible wall at bridge to Salthamn after streaming install has finished.
• Fixed issue that would sometimes prevent console users from being able to switch weapons.

Xbox One-Specific Fixes

• Console players should no-longer be blocked by invisible wall at bridge to Salthamn after streaming install has finished.

• Fixed issue that would sometimes prevent console users from being able to switch weapons.

• Fixed issue with environment details not showing correctly at Svadern bunker.

• Fixed crash where Generation Zero would exit to Xbox Home when accepting a game invitation while matchmaking.