It's here!
Operation: Breaking Whisper
The captured operatives have been found on a remote island off the coast of Guam. Before our drone was shot down, intel showed that the island was being used to store the enemy's weapons.
Mission Objectives:
• Recover the Crashed Drone Intel
• Extract the Drone Intel
• Rescue and Secure all Hostages
• Search for and Destroy the Weapons Cache
• EXFILTRATE
What was originally designed as the first iteration of Trident Lightning (TL) has been repurposed and redesigned as an entirely new mission.
Guys, I could not get the original TL island + mansion to run on stand-alone headsets. It was too taxing on stand-alone hardware. So the island was scrapped entirely and we were left with the current TL road and mansion. Then Hammer Fire was released and I was set to push the full TL island on PCVR only. But that sucked! Everyone agreed that idea sucked! Stand-alone players shouldn't be left behind! So they kicked me back down into my hole, chained me up, lowered me some scraps and I got to work.
Hundreds of pen jabs to my back later...
Thanks to some internal suggestions from 2080 Games and with the help of our private group of Discord community testers, the entire island was redesigned, revamped, optimized, and can now be played by everybody!
I said this about Hammer Fire, but here we are again. Breaking Whisper boasts the highest enemy count of any mission in the game and is the most-action-packed mission, yet!
Coop Shootout Mode:
Turn your brain off and take on waves of enemies with your friends!
Finally, as promised a very long time ago, Shootout mode is now available in multiplayer Coop! Up to 6 players on stand-alone and 8 players on PCVR can light up the streets of TAVR. There's only one map for now, the original Urban street map. But more shootout maps are planned to be released in future updates.
SHOTGUNS:
"When shotguns?!"
Here! There you go. Now stop asking!
(Modeled by Puddle_NL)
NEW RIFLES:
The highly requested AK105 and M16 rifles available for your LARP
(Modeled by Puddle_NL)
Enemy Ai and Hostage Improvements:
A lot of you hated that enemy ai could deflect bullets with their weapons which resulted in frustrating engagements. Welp, that feature has been removed. The result though was that the game got too easy. To balance that out, enemy reaction time and accuracy have been increased. Oh, and they pie around corners now, too. Good luck.
Hostages will now become enemy targets after you've triggered them to follow. Please, protect Eduardo at all cost! He's a sensitive fella with lowered health. Oh, and maybe you can LARP as his brother, Antonio, too (found within Avatar Customization).
Map Drawing:
Bring out your inner Picasso with the brand-new map drawing feature! Found in the Main Menu and Training Lobby briefing room. Just, please, no cucumbers and cherrys...please. Oh no....
(Engineered by Justin P. Barnett)
TAVR Art by: Jorin | "Stranger"
The update doesn't end here though! See the detailed list of additions, updates and changes below:
Tactical Assault VR v0.8.5 Breaking Whisper
• Added Breaking Whisper Mission
• Added Shootout mode to multiplayer coop map selection
• Added Map Drawing/Planning to Training Lobbies and Main Menu (Engineered by Justin P. Barnett)
• Added AK105 Rifle (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added M16 Classic Rifle w/ burst fire (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added VEPR12 Primary Shotgun (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added M4 Entry Primary Shotgun (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added 590 Mariner Primary Shotgun (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added 590A1 Primary Shotgun (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added MICH Low helmets to Avatar Customization (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added FM12 gas mask to avatar customization (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Added Boonie Camo to Avatar Customization
• Added Press (War Correspondent) Avatar in Gender Selection. You can now identify as PRESS
• Added "Antonio Smith" to head selection (Eduardo's brother)
• Added Grenade Kill scoring
• Added Friendly Fire toggle in multiplayer coop lobbies
• Added additional Vest speed options to Avatar Customization
• Updated Spotter Scope to Moskito style scope (Modeled by Puddle_NL)
• Updated Mission Selection UI
• Normal difficulty enemies now carry random weapons between M4A1 and AKM
• Added Enemy Strafing when firing
• Enemies will be alerted if they pass by a dead enemy body
• Increased enemy alertness for passing bullets and bullet impacts
• Removed enemy weapon hitboxes. Increased enemy reaction time for difficulty balance
• Updated Enemy Ai logic and animation transitions
• Updated: Hostages are now enemy targets after triggering them to follow
• Significantly lowered hostage health. Dead hostage = mission failure
• Hostages no longer take commands from downed/dead players
• Updated singleplayer sandbox to use multiplayer sandbox with room randomizer
• Added night-time sandbox and room randomizer to singleplayer
• Added bomb defusal to sandbox and room randomizer
• Fixed 2-handed weapon haptics when firing
• Fixed VGMod3 and Hand Stop grip holstering rifles when the primary grip is released
• Fixed Vest speed resetting
• Return of PvP Night Time maps
• Updated various weapon sound fx
• Various under-the-hood improvements and changes
• (Quest) Added Weapon Fire smoke
Known Issues:
• Multiplayer Breaking Whisper boat infiltration. Avatars can and will get stacked on top of each other
• Shotgun shells cannot be placed back into pouches after they have been taken from a pouch
• SPAS currently only has pump-action and cannot be switched to semi-auto
Until the next update, have a wonderful holiday and New Year!
- Jarvis
...I can finally enjoy some sunlight. Ow it burns!