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Map Update & RT Support

Map Changes

  • Added a huge new section to the map.
  • There's now a second Cook Clothing.
  • There's now a second entrance to F&E Food and Drugs.
  • Added more crates in the new area.
  • Added another item crate by F&E Drugs and Food.
  • Removed a light pole that kept killing players.

Gameplay

  • Lowered the velocity of Alien Deterrent.
  • Made the Lightshow more accurate.
  • Lowered the price on Concentrated Alien Blood.

Visual Effects

  • Added Ray Tracing settings.
  • Made the effects on plasmna throwers less taxing.
  • Removed normalmaps for buildings when using low graphics settings.
  • Added an effect for speed trails on the player's feet when using items that increase speed.
  • Updated the look of orbs.
  • Updated the look of the Nebula Orb.
  • Updated the alien death animation on high graphics or higher.
  • Updated the look of alien shields.
  • Updated the look of alien heal areas.
  • Updated the look of windows.
  • Updated the look of barriers/fences.
  • Updated the look of benches.
  • Updated the look of light poles.
  • Updated the look of lasers, again.
  • Updated the look of crates.
  • Updated the look of smoke fx.
  • Updated the look of tractor beams.
  • Added particle effects to the Mega Death Ray.
  • Changed the color of text over crates.
  • Updated the look of ice.
  • Added lasers to the radar dishes.
  • Made the tennis nets simulated cloth.
  • Updated the tennis court textures.
  • Added more material quality changes when switching between graphics settings.

UI

  • Saving your game now saves a screenshot that shows in the save and load screen.
  • Updated the new wave screen.
  • Updated the new round menu.
  • Updated the load round menu.
  • Updated the save game menu.
  • Added sounds for all buttons.

Sound Effects

  • Added a new gun sound effect, used on the Mountain Gun and the Photon Eraser.
  • Added new laser sound effects.
  • Thanks for the SFX Blake!
  • Lowered the volume on phase drones.

Other

  • Added an option to disable screenshake.
  • Dropped support for 32-bit systems. I didn't realize they stopped being made in 2002.
  • Alien Deterrent no longer accepts decals.

Build and release context

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  • Build 6227172 · public branch

    Steam updated · First observed