Finally - a new update, and its a HUGE one: new content, new gameplay, tons of fixes and enhancements.
And the CIA Special Activities Division boys.
On any mission you can now choose to deploy either the CIA or the Rangers - but in Coop each player gets to pick; Feel free to mix them up. We've also made it possible to edit and customize the squads from the Main Menu, it should help. And you can have more than one squad of each Unit. Why? Trust us, it will make sense later ;)
The CIA come with a limited roster of just 4 troopers, and 2 player classes: The multi-role Black Ops Paramilitary Officers, who can kick posterior left and right and wield any weaponry type, and the very specialized Undercover Agents. These try to blend in, infiltrate the area and use local or hidden weapons to maximize concealment.
Each CIA Officer is rated on Concealment according to the gear and weapons they carry. Too much, too bulky, and the enemy will think you're SUSPICIOUS and eyeball you closer , or outright know you don't belong there. Lighten up your visible load. get rated COVERT and the enemy will mostly ignore you.
(Rangers need not concern with Concealment, their gear, camo, velcro and yelling makes them stick out too much. Airsoft is not really popular in Nowheraki, you see.)
Going Covert is useful to infiltrate enemy areas, but there are places where access is controlled, and being spotted there will blow you cover no matter how concealed you are.
Speaking of gear, note that the CIA is not subject to same inventory restrictions as US Army Rangers, so they get to choose cool stuff like Mp7s, Vintorez Silenced Sniper Rifles, Uzis and AKs.
Both the CIA and the Rangers can now equip one-shot disposable Rocket Launchers, the M136 AT4 and the RPG-26. All explosives have been rebalanced for enemies and players alike. Grenade and Rocket Launchers have decreased accuracy, while grenades have lost a bit of their throwing range - especially when thrown over obstacles.
To better reflect the clandestine, High Risk - High Impact, nature of their operations, there's a new mission type - RAID ON STRONGHOLD. Get in, destroy enemy equipment, and don't forget to get out. You're always outnumbered, don't be outsmarted, and leave no man behind.
We're eager to see what the Workshop Gang will do with this new gameplay style. On our side, we'll explore similar New Mission Types in the following patches, as Rangers said they like to get in on the action, too, and the CIA have more than one trick up their sleeve!
The build also bings countless fixes and gameplay improvements - full list below. Most importantly, the target selection has been improved and troopers will behave smarter when choosing who to engage. But you can now order them to target a particular enemy, if you wish, by simply dragging an arrow on top of them.
In closing, thank you for your patience and we're sure you've skipped forward and started playing already.
Note: since this update required heavy changes to the game's underlying systems, your Squad / Replays / Plans will be reset!
Your Devs @ KHG
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Full changelist v0.18
- new playable unit: CIA Special Activities Division
- new mission type: Raid on Stronghold
- 5 new maps (new single missions chapter)
- squad management in Main Menu, yay!
- new weapons: M136 AT4, RPG26, Mp7s, AKs and more
- new tool: Automated Lockpick, CIA exclusive, Rangers would just break it.
- removed lockpick ability from Rangers (CIA still got it)
- added option to close doors, its the polite thing to do.
- can now target a specific enemy (right-click + drag from your troops to target)
- much improved auto-targeting (will prioritize executioners, angle to current aim direction, what allies are doing and the current 'go silent' status, among others)
- grenade range limited depending on whether you have line-of-sight with the target (20m vs 10m)
- grenade launchers and rocket launchers no longer have perfect accuracy
- grenades can now be lobbed over objects that block line-of-sight (angle of throw is adjusted dynamically)
- new music track, powered by Cosmin Mirza
- workshop: added sorting filters and improved search function
- added in-game objectives display + can check challenges progress while playing
- hostages will now alert nearby enemies when running
- added confirmation dialog for Delete Plan
- redesigned customization for weapon attachments
- new colored plans option: per-class colors (alongside monochrome and per-trooper)
- tweaked plan colors for better color blindness visibility
- added camera rotation to home/end
- no longer drawing pencil while in replay cinematic mode
- all tools (lockpick/TEC/crowbar etc) now emit sound continuously while operating
- firing method is now switched accordingly with distance to current target
- enlarged the main menu artwork to work on ultra-wide monitors
- improved Civilian idle behavior
- improved enemy HVT AI. They will run away more often and be harder to catch
- fixed AI getting stuck when getting up or being pushed
- fixed pathfinding bug that would cause enemies to go through walls or hostages not going through detonated walls
- fixed getting stuck in obstacles when jumping over them
- fixed several bugs related to how suppression works
- fixed VIP scenarios not working when Fergie was in them
- fixed sometimes entities staying red after detonating charges (for physics entities that move when detonating)
- fixed being able to shoot the grenade launcher through doors/walls (again)
- fixed couple of bugs related to Detonation buttons
- fixed path selection prioritization not working anymore after deleting a waypoint
- fixed grenade trajectory preview not always working correctly with soon-to-be-opened doors
- fixed a bug where GoCode detonation wasn't working properly
- fixed weapon's aiming time curves not being displayed correctly for Iron Sights
- fixed a bug where Delete Plan would not delete all waypoints
- fixed switching to tec torch even though the targeted door was already opened
- fixed bug where switching between lockpick/crowbar on a door would keep the lockpick's breach time instead of using the crowbar breach time
- fixed bug where moving suppress target while on gocode would trigger it anyways
- fixed being able to unpause while the waypoints menu was opened (resulting in all kinds of weird bugs)
- fixed always playing 'reload empty' sound when reloading
- fixed crashes/bugs that would happen on very large workshop maps
- fixed a bug in workshop maps where it would upload as a new map, instead of updating the existing one
- editor: increased max number of entities allowed
- editor: any enemy can now be configured to roam between POI objects (like civilians)
- editor: can now change some POI settings from within the editor (to reduce the number of template permutations required)
- editor: POI objects can now specify whether civs or enemies can interact with them
- editor: added 'lightning' effect (see directional light params)
- editor: can edit light animations from within the editor
- editor: added a new terrain material
- editor: multiple fixes/improvements to how entities are scaled
- editor: fixed not being able to select rotated walls
- editor: fixed alt spawns not duplicating scale of original entity
- editor: fixed a bug with splitting walls (rotated walls would place the new wall section in an incorrect position)
- editor: fixed font size issues with DPI scaling enabled