Grey Block Major Update Part 1

Grey Block Version 2.0.0

Features:

• Overhauled the player camera system
• Improved camera positioning in walk, stealth, targeting positions
• Player/Ally mesh collisions with camera
• Smooth transitions between camera states
• Improved transitions between gameplay and cutscenes
• Updated shaders for all characters
• Refactored opening cinematics
• Improved lighting
• New character shaders provide better detail
• Theo escort scene has been redone to provide additional time to read screen text
• Greatly improved rendered video quality, fewer compression artifacts
• Refactored gameplay cinematics
• Staircase pre-lockpick scene
• Improved lighting
• New animations
• Staircase post-lockpick scene
• Fully reworked, improved and smoothed camera positioning
• Improved scene performance reducing frame-rate drops
• New animations, improved choreography
• Additional dialogue
• Cafeteria Refrigerator scene
• Fully reworked, improved and smoothed camera positioning
• New animations, improved choreography
• Improved lighting
• All other cinematics received lighting improvements
• Improved Listening/Focus mode
• Reduced blurring effect
• Need to be in listening mode for at least 2 seconds to expand listening radius for maximum effect
• Added audio effect
• Resolved bugs listed below
• Improved Player Locomotion
• Improved player movement when jogging/accelerating
• Eliminated strafing during jogging
• Improved blending between animations
• Sneak/Crouch transitions are smoother
• Audio
• Improved game audio mix
• Reverb effects are now present in all game areas
• Doors locked with keypads can now be accessed by interacting with the door, instead of just the keypad
• New timed hint system for some obstacles
• Opening area
• Main fusebox challenge
• Performance tweaks
• Improved LODs in troublesome areas
• Reduced post-processing load in troublesome areas
• Improved rendering pass by optimizing unnecessary shadows
• Resolved damaged light flickering in destroyed CIPR environment
• Reduced walk distance in ending scenes
• Save system update phase 1
• Added save file version field to save files
• Added save file updater to update older save files (hopefully) without corrupting existing ones
• Backend encapsulation improvements

  Fixes:

• Resolved camera collision with player mesh
• Resolved camera collision with ally mesh
• Resolved camera getting stuck in crouch position when colliding with object
• Resolved background music stopping in ending scenes
• Resolved issue where listening mode would show highlighted items after exiting
• Resolved issue where listening mode key could be feathered and show highlighted items
• Resolved bug introduced in V 1.2.1 where non-quittable locks were quittable
• Resolved bug introduced in V 1.2.1 where failing lockpick in 4th floor hallway resulted in strange scenario post-load
• Resolved bug where starting a New Game would not clear player’s inventory
• Resolved bug where starting a New Game would not clear player’s score
• Resolved bug where starting a New Game would not clear player’s objectives
• Resolved fridge sequence bug where Theo wouldn’t be in camera frame if crouching