Update 0.5.2 Patch Notes

We have the 0.5.2 Patch coming at 10:00 AM PT (GMT-7) on November 21st, 2023

This patch will fix a large number of issues along with a few improvements and adjustments to Starship Troopers: Extermination.

[h2]New Features[/h2]

• Epic Game Store support
  
• Crossplay with Steam players
  

[h2]Balance changes[/h2]

• Hive Hunt: Increased XP gained from destroying eggs from 1 to 10
  
• Hive Hunt: Increased XP gained from destroying a Hive Core to 50
  
• Speed Stim: Decreased speed boost from 1.5x to 1.15x, increased duration from 7.5s to 10s
  

[h2]Notable Gameplay/Quality of Life Improvements[/h2]

• Hive Hunt: Players can now respawn at the built resupply points (flags)
  
• Hive Hunt: Tweaked the number of enemy spawns, too many enemies were spawning sometimes
  
• Hive Hunt: Time limit extended to 20 minutes
  
• Watkins Trigger can now be manually detonated (hold interaction button when you are incapacitated)
  
• Friendly Fire is disabled during Extraction in all game modes
  
• Added next/previous screen buttons to the match results
  

[h2]Notable Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Bug Unburrow FX were playing in locations that bugs wouldn’t actually spawn
  
• Fixed the Sandstorm mutator not appearing for all players
  
• Trooper names were not appearing consistently on the HUD, only the class icon
  
• Bugs now deal damage to the Deployable Shield utility
  
• First person view was not fully aligned to the trooper model, making other troopers appear shorter than yourself
  
• Hive Hunt: a bubbling sound effect was playing after a hive core was destroyed
  
• Sentry (tower) MG was not running out of ammo
  
• First person weapon audio was sometimes disappearing if too many sounds were playing
  
• Morita XXX was a bit quiet compared to other weapons
  
• Ultrawide monitors: The trooper model was stretched in the mission results screen
  
• A beep sound sometimes kept playing after returning from a match