Hey,
Here is the full patch notes for the alpha 3.0. A new small update is upcoming today.
Gameplay:
-New character, Veelan's in da place !
-You can now be a female basic gamer
-Color swap is now more intuitive
-New tutorial
-You can now scan the help box
-Detection plates added (only in the tutorial for now)
-Red holograms now must be hit at high speed to be deactivated
-Players can now be captured by secuboxes
-Surveillance cameras now have a larger detection angle
-Added a key to do a 180° turn
-Added a new “chase” game mode
-Added a few new missions
-Maximum amount of energy is now given at the beginning of every mission
-Watabax's trait “Shy” now has less cons
Graphics:
-NEW CITY ! With better and more detailed models and increased performance !
-Day/night cycle ! (doesn't affect gameplay yet)
-Added a “SSR” post effect (real time reflection effect)
-Added “Natural Bloom” post effect
-New graffiti texture
-Dynamic gamer's light emission (more light in Hoverheat etc)
-Added idle, talking, dancing NPCs interacting with the map
-Walking NPCs now have more accurate movements
-Flying cars' movements are now less jerky
-Can change FOV up to 110
-3rd person view camera's position is now adjustable
-Level of detail has been readjusted for a lot of items
-Animations have been modified (they are now less jerky and smoother in general)
-New animation for gamers:
-When hitting a wall or when you hit your head
-When teleporting
-New message animation
-When being captured
-When waking up
-When rewinding (with bonus VFX)
-Your feet now tend to stay on ground level in a smoother way
-New camera collision system, to avoid seeing through walls
-New USBox model
-Your head now doesn't go through your knees when you're in the air
-Added a speed VFX (white lines)
-Dynamic FoV has been reactivated and a dynamic 3rd person view camera has been added to increase speed effect
-Gamer's suit lights is deactivated during the tutorial
-New moving plateforms, petbox and secutrap models
-Less invasive information frames
Sound/Music:
-New music for night time and night mission
-Better music transitions
-New sounds;
-When Rewinding
-When Leveling up
-When picking up Gamegirls and more...
Debug:
-Post effect no longer decrease performances over time
-You can now activate Anisotropic properly
-Bouncing now work when running really really fast
-Confirmation asked when quitting game
-New occulus settings (which had to be deactivated because they caused major bugs, update coming soon)
-You can't create two gamers with the same name or with an NPC's name (Like Otello or Greendy for example).
-New grinding system