Hello fellow Guardians!
Update 11 is now live on Steam and App Lab!
PVP REVAMP
- Increased the max number of players in PvP games to 8 !
- New Supremacy Game mode (A.k.a Domination PvP)! In this game mode there are 4 warp gates to capture and two teams. The team that first captures all gates for 10s wins the match. If no team is able to capture the 4 gates when the game ends, the team that has more points wins. You get 1 point per captured gate every 10s.
- Bots! We added a first version of Player bots that can use player weapons, spawn units, capture gates, deploy the energy shield, etc. They are admittedly … not very smart atm, but they are already good enough to have fun with them while you wait for other players to join 😄
- Easy get-in/out of games: It is now possible to join a pvp game in progress. If the “allow bots” setting is enabled, the game will automatically add/remove bots to maintain the max number of players defined in that map.
- New Maps showcasing the new modes and improvements.
- Lost in the mist (8 players Supremacy/DM/TDM)
- Crashed (8 players Destroy the base/DM/TDM)
DRIVABLE VEHICLES
- New Drivable DropShip : Jump into the dropship and fly it !
- You can also transport your team into the cargo bay of the ship.
- Added the option to spawn a drivable mech and a drivable dropship right from the contextual menu in PvP games. No armory needed!
NEW STUFF AND IMPROVEMENTS
- New weapon! AK4 Submachine gun.
- Added a new option to use teleport as a locomotion system for people prone to motion sickness. Enabling it will disable the jetpack.
- Added ambidextrous charging handles to all weapons.
- The initial weapon AK5 has now the holographic sight by default.
- You can now change your loadout in the lobby! no need to go back to the main menu
- Added the ability to revive and heal other players! To do it just select the player you want to revive/heal and press the corresponding button like you would with any other unit.
- Push to talk now works by pressing the trigger with the secondary hand next to your mouth or ear.
- Added dynamic tips to the loading screen.
- Added a new Difficulty selector when pressing the “Play Again” button
- Enemies now always run on normal difficulty
- Random weapon rewards will give you weapons that are not on the current loadout (vs not bought before)
- The Miner has now health x2
- Improved the player avatar/bots performance
- Added footsteps sounds to the Drivable mech
- Several improvements to the current translations (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish)
- Updated the web to check the scoreboards of the game : http://virtualage.io/guardians-scoreboard
- Added limit to 10 larvas in Conquer and they will only spawn nests in an active mineral spot
- Improved Beacon visualization at the game : they are now more visible and with an icon that can be seen even through other objects
- Changed teleport points supply to 2 from 0 before
- Increased the techtree Lvl1 for AK5 to 5 bullets (instead of 2)
MAP EDITOR IMPROVEMENTS
- Added 75 new assets to the editor:
- Fog controls: We added a new setting to control the amount of fog in the scene.
- Custom Landscapes: We added two new background landscapes and controls to define their size and height.
- Added Special items section to group Spawn balls, navvolumes, etc.
- Enabled up to 8 players on pvp community maps
- Added sphere overlay to alien nests. It will show you the approximate area needed by a L2 nest.
- Added a setting to completely disable corruptors in “conquer” maps.
- Supremacy: Added the option to define the number of gates to capture in a supremacy game mode (from 1-4)
- Added the possibility to add additional spawn points on Supremacy and Destroy game modes.
- New terrain sizes: Added two additional (bigger) terrain sizes. Bear in mind that the polygon limits are the same in all map sizes.
Additionally we also added over 95 fixes and small improvements. You can check out the full release notes in our discord server: https://discord.gg/bUGUnSDdSa
Thank you for supporting Guardians!