Update 21 Patch Notes

Update summary

• Challenge extra-terrestrial threats in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, a new Rockay Rumble map with unique mechanics!
• Prepare a fresh batch of Baker’s blues in HELL’S KITCHEN, a new heist involving an underground laboratory.
• STORY MODE is here! Experience the journey of Travis Baker in a simpler, linear alternative to the roguelite mode.

• See our patch notes for the complete list of additions, improvements and fixes.

Thank you for being with us!

New

General

• “Close Encounters”, a new Rockay Rumble map

  • Battle aliens in a challenging arena aboard a spaceship under the command of a malicious AI

  • Low-gravity movement

    • Better aerial control

    • Ground slam

    • Hyper dash

  • Try out new alien weapons

• “Hell’s Kitchen”, a money-making medium heist

  • Prepare a batch of drugs in an underground laboratory

  • Maintain a stable chemical reaction in dangerous conditions.

Story Mode

• Introducing “Story mode”, a linear variant of the campaign focusing on the narrative with simpler mechanics than the more replayable and complex Roguelite

  • Accessible from the main menu, using a separate save slot

  • No permadeath, story missions are repeatable

  • No turf war, no days

  • Linear progress through plotlines

  • Money-making missions replenish, and costs are cheaper

Co-Op

• Rockay Rumble gravestones and medkit

  • Dead players may now be revived with reward tokens

    • A revived player returns with 1 revive, and all team tokens collected in the meantime

  • Players may also restore their own revives in exchange for tokens

    • 1 token per 1 revive

Campaign

• Baker now gets small stat improvements when promoted. However, the primary source of stat increases still consists of perks and boss bonuses.

Fixes

• Prevented a corrupted debrief screen from showing up for a client who surrendered, and rejoined the lobby of a host who also surrendered.

• In Auction House, after joining-in-progress, players should no longer see a prompt on an alarm box that has already been cut.

• One of the ladders in Cagnali’s Fortress wasn’t properly removed when the factory was destroyed.

• Fixed the “Extra loot” text in the campaign’s debrief screen, which was glitching when the player earned a lot of money.

• Vixen Vamp’s backpack no longer has collisions after her death, and shouldn’t block the way.

• The name board in The Hidden Vault is now localised, so foreign speakers no longer need to find the “night manager” in English text.

• Prevented a soft-locked campaign state for players who restarted the run while a cutscene was being loaded.

• Partially fixed missing facial animations in a Hidden Vault plotline cutscene about deciphering the disc.

• Planting EMP devices in Cagnali’s Fortress sometimes used to count twice, and prevent progress.

• Fixed a civilian clipping into a texture in Depot Detonation.

• Player who joins-in-progress in Free Graves after the helicopter’s arrival should no longer still see smoke.

• Prevented bank missions from not progressing if the player switches into a bot already in the bank.

• Suitcases in Import Export no longer appear open for clients when they are in fact closed.

• Fixed various other smaller issues across all missions.

• Fixed several cases in which a German text didn’t get properly capitalized due to eszett.

• Fixed several typos and incorrectly applied quotation marks.

Modding

• Added a template for modded perks.

• Players should no longer get the fallback weapon or equipment when they use modded weapons.

• Players will get the fallback character if they are clients with a modded character or skin due to how the mission initialisation works; the host needs to have the relevant character mod installed.