[Patch Note] Emotes!!
Greetings from Orbis!
I hope you’re all ready for the new year. I know the Dysterra team definitely is!!
I think you’ll like this week’s update. We’ve got a brand new emote system for you to try out, as well as 2 new weapons, 3 new attachments, and some UI changes. As always, let us know what you think on the Discord server!
[h2]📒 Emote Yourself![/h2]
Communication with other players is part of what makes a game fun. Typing in the chat window can be a pain during intense situations, and there’s always a chance that your teammates won’t see it.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
With emotes you can communicate more easily with other survivors by holding the F4 button, hovering over the action you want to perform, and then releasing the F4 button. We’ve programmed it so you’re unable to use an emote while you’re jumping, gliding, swimming, crouching, or aiming.
[h3]Currently you can choose one of eight expressions:[/h3]
- Hello
- You’re done
- Bang
- Clap
- Surrender
- Shhh
- Go
- Hate (No thanks)
[h2]📒 2 New Weapons[/h2]
[h3]SUBMACHINE GUN MMP-500X ECLAIR[/h3]
This tier-3 (Blue Tier) gun inflicts the bleeding status effect in addition to regular damage.
[h3]TOMAHAWK[/h3]
This throwable weapon can also be used to hack your enemies into pieces. It’s slightly weaker than the BF Machete, but the fact that it gives enemies the “bleeding” status effect more than makes up the difference.
[h2]📒 Other Improvements To Weapons[/h2]
- 3 new gun attachments: an advanced silencer, an advanced compensator, and an advanced vertical grip
- Louder guns are more likely to catch the attention of NPCs.
- Melee weapons are more powerful across the board.
- The BF Machete, as well as both types of cyclops claws, now give the “bleeding” status effect.
[h2]📒 Terrafire Countdown UI Improvement[/h2]
We heard some survivors complaining about the terrafire countdown being annoying and covering the main part of the screen for far too long. We’ve changed it so that now the countdown is more discrete until there’s only 1 day left (1 hour of real world time).
[h3]More than 1 day left (1 hour IRL)[/h3]
[h3]Less than 1 day left (1 hour IRL)[/h3]
[h2]📒 “Skip All” Button[/h2]
We know there are quite a few pop-ups when you load into the game for the first time each day. For people that are in a hurry, and want to get into the servers as fast as possible, we’ve added an “X” in the upper right corner that you can click to skip all of the achievement and point notifications.
That’s it for this week’s patch. I’ll see you all next year with more great updates to Dysterra.
Stay warm!
- Director K
[OFFICIAL DYSTERRA COMMUNITY CHANNELS] 🔗 Steam Community Forum 🔗 Discord 🔗 YouTube 🔗 Twitter 🔗 Facebook 🔗 Twitch
I hope you’re all ready for the new year. I know the Dysterra team definitely is!!
I think you’ll like this week’s update. We’ve got a brand new emote system for you to try out, as well as 2 new weapons, 3 new attachments, and some UI changes. As always, let us know what you think on the Discord server!
[h2]📒 Emote Yourself![/h2]
Communication with other players is part of what makes a game fun. Typing in the chat window can be a pain during intense situations, and there’s always a chance that your teammates won’t see it.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
With emotes you can communicate more easily with other survivors by holding the F4 button, hovering over the action you want to perform, and then releasing the F4 button. We’ve programmed it so you’re unable to use an emote while you’re jumping, gliding, swimming, crouching, or aiming.
[h3]Currently you can choose one of eight expressions:[/h3]
- Hello
- You’re done
- Bang
- Clap
- Surrender
- Shhh
- Go
- Hate (No thanks)
[h2]📒 2 New Weapons[/h2]
[h3]SUBMACHINE GUN MMP-500X ECLAIR[/h3]
This tier-3 (Blue Tier) gun inflicts the bleeding status effect in addition to regular damage.
[h3]TOMAHAWK[/h3]
This throwable weapon can also be used to hack your enemies into pieces. It’s slightly weaker than the BF Machete, but the fact that it gives enemies the “bleeding” status effect more than makes up the difference.
[h2]📒 Other Improvements To Weapons[/h2]
- 3 new gun attachments: an advanced silencer, an advanced compensator, and an advanced vertical grip
- Louder guns are more likely to catch the attention of NPCs.
- Melee weapons are more powerful across the board.
- The BF Machete, as well as both types of cyclops claws, now give the “bleeding” status effect.
[h2]📒 Terrafire Countdown UI Improvement[/h2]
We heard some survivors complaining about the terrafire countdown being annoying and covering the main part of the screen for far too long. We’ve changed it so that now the countdown is more discrete until there’s only 1 day left (1 hour of real world time).
[h3]More than 1 day left (1 hour IRL)[/h3]
[h3]Less than 1 day left (1 hour IRL)[/h3]
[h2]📒 “Skip All” Button[/h2]
We know there are quite a few pop-ups when you load into the game for the first time each day. For people that are in a hurry, and want to get into the servers as fast as possible, we’ve added an “X” in the upper right corner that you can click to skip all of the achievement and point notifications.
That’s it for this week’s patch. I’ll see you all next year with more great updates to Dysterra.
Stay warm!
- Director K
[OFFICIAL DYSTERRA COMMUNITY CHANNELS] 🔗 Steam Community Forum 🔗 Discord 🔗 YouTube 🔗 Twitter 🔗 Facebook 🔗 Twitch