Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone News

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[/p][h2]Hello![/h2][p][/p][p]We've reached another significant milestone. Megapatch 04 is now available for download for everyone! [/p][p][/p][p]What's inside? You could read about some of the new update's content earlier in our series of posts. But as we announced, that was just the tip of the iceberg. We're adding a lot of new features and content to the game, fixing a ton of bugs, and—most importantly—implementing some changes you suggested.[/p][p][/p][p]So, we can say: things are happening. And know that this isn't our last word![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]⚠️ *** Important Information *** ⚠️ [/h3][p]▶️ Due to extensive changes to the story, not all dialogue lines in the game have been recorded. Placeholder voiceovers should be clearly marked. Keep this in mind when playing the game. Ultimately, all lines will be recorded by voice actors. ◀️[/p][p][/p][h2]⚫ Community Changes ⚫[/h2][p][/p][p]▶️ In response to your feedback and comments, armor can now be upgraded with special perks, which were once chosen as a definition of a character's "class".[/p][p]▶️ The backstab is no longer possible during combat. We wanted to use it to promote dodging, but it ultimately made combat easy to hack, which somewhat spoiled the overall experience. This also affected the visuals – the mere act of striking looked odd and disrupted the pace.[/p][p]▶️ A new Vital has been added to the game, unlocking at a certain point in the game. What is it? Well, you'll have to find out for yourself ;)[/p][p]▶️ We're increasing the survival element of the game. From now on, many items you find along the way can be heavily damaged. This should significantly increase the importance of maintaining your equipment.[/p][p]▶️ A new value has been added to the weapon description: you can now read how much damage a single shot or strike will deal. Additionally, upgrades can be "removed" from weapons by paying their resource cost.[/p][p]▶️ A minor but necessary change: items left in storage can now be sorted.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]⚫ New Features ⚫[/h2][p][/p][p]▶️ The arsenal has been expanded with a new weapon – the RGL-40 automatic grenade launcher. A powerful weapon that can wreak havoc. Just be aware that reloading takes ages…[/p][p]▶️ Speaking of the arsenal, it's also worth noting that dual swords and melee weapons are now fully customizable. We've also added thermal sights to better detect enemies when you're wandering around in the dark in the middle of the Red Forest.[/p][p]▶️ We've also made a significant change to weapon upgrades. Many upgrades can now be applied to more than one weapon. This should make upgrading weapons a bit easier and more meaningful than hoping a defeated enemy will have good equipment.[/p][p]▶️ But that doesn't mean enemies just stand still and wait for you to come to them. Enemies can now destroy your Chernobylite mines if you place them in locations outside of faction influence.[/p][p]▶️ The game world expands by several square kilometers, featuring more than a dozen new locations (we recommend Cooling Towers and Kopachi). We've also added a dozen new quests—both related to the main storyline and side quests—as well as many new enemies and bosses roaming the map (the demon fox was just the beginning).[/p][p]▶️ Things may be getting more dangerous, but we still encourage you to venture into the more dangerous areas of the Zone. This is especially true since the resources you find now vary in rarity. The further you go from your base, the greater your chances of finding more valuable items that can be used to build much better items.[/p][p]▶️ Speaking of the base, we've added a lot of new features here too. One of them is the ability for your companions to abandon the base if you don't properly care for their needs. Companions will return to their faction's bases. So, it's worth putting some effort into preventing this from happening. After all, every pair of hands helps.[/p][p]▶️ We've added many new objects to build in your base, and many old ones have been given a completely new look. Many of them have also gained new functionality, for example, you can build objects that reduce the cost of crafting items or those that allow you to create new items or upgrade existing ones. Try it out for yourself and see the results.[/p][p]▶️ To make navigating the map a bit easier, we've added new, custom markers that mark areas requiring skill checks. We've also added the ability to use planewalking during dialogues to pass a skill check that would be possible for one of your shells.[/p][p]▶️ The most important change is related to our constantly improving first-person mode. Starting today, you can watch the vast majority of cutscenes and dialogue from a first-person perspective. Of course, this feature is still in the prototype phase and may experience some issues, but those who value immersion in games should be pleased.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]⚫ Improvements ⚫[/h2][p][/p][p]▶️ We've reworked the behavior of many monsters, with several gaining new appearances and animation sets. The differences in monster archetypes should now be much more noticeable, significantly impacting gameplay. For example, it will be easier to plan tactics for fighting a single enemy or a whole horde of similar ones.[/p][p]▶️ We've significantly improved the lighting in dialogue scenes. Characters should now look much better in them (seriously, check it out in FPP mode).[/p][p]▶️ Decorative items are now a separate category in the building menu. You now have so many things to build, we don't want this minor cosmetic change to further confuse you.[/p][p]▶️ New music has appeared in many areas (for example, during combat). Another batch of new themes has appeared on the soundtrack :)[/p][p]▶️ We've also improved the sounds, actions, effects, and reloading of the Gloves of Power, and added "aftershot" animations for the revolver, shotgun, and tochnost.[/p][p]▶️ We've improved the appearance of chests found on the map. They should now blend in much better with the surroundings.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]⚫ Technology ⚫[/h2][p][/p][p]▶️ We've upgraded to the new Unreal Engine version - 5.6.1.[/p][p]▶️ We've resolved numerous CPU issues. Performance should now be more stable.[/p][p][/p][h2]⚫ Bug Fixes ⚫[/h2][p][/p]

• [p]An issue with transferring items from eliminator world has been resolved[/p]
• [p]Blocked the ability to jump through small windows where Cole could get stuck[/p]
• [p]Legacy saves in the intro have been blocked[/p]
• [p]Fixes for meshes at the Mutant Base[/p]
• [p]Fix for the elevator in the Mutant Base.[/p]
• [p]Fixed some invisible collisions[/p]
• [p]Fixed some disappearing meshes[/p]
• [p]Rebalanced enemy vision markers[/p]
• [p]Fixed floating meshes[/p]
• [p]Fixed a case where disabling the HUD did not disable enemy markers in the world[/p]
• [p]Fixed cases where enemies could walk into walls[/p]
• [p]Fixed the incorrect number of resources needed to build a table for crafting micro explosive materials[/p]
• [p]Fixed the entrance to the room in One Man's Trash[/p]
• [p]Fixed some typos in missions[/p]
• [p]Removed AI voices before the Cannon Fodder fight[/p]
• [p]Fixed AI Filled Husks not attacking[/p]
• [p]Fixed spawns where too many Filled Husks were appearing[/p]
• [p]Fixed player-reported breaches in ground[/p]
• [p]The scanner should no longer blink when Frame Gen is enabled on FSR[/p]
• [p]Removed old Nagant weapons from loot[/p]
• [p]Table names now match weapon names[/p]
• [p]Environment fixes[/p]
• [p]Removed the ability to scan items for quests before these quests[/p]
• [p]Fixed a save issue where Theodor wouldn't appear on the Last Bastion of Science after loading[/p]
• [p]Fixed the ability to push enemies into walls[/p]

[p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][h3]Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and for sharing this journey with us! We hope you enjoy the changes made to the game in this update! Remember, we highly value your feedback, so feel free to share it on Steam or our social media. 💚[/h3][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][p]Also, remember that the Chernobylite franchise is on sale. Chernobylite Complete Edition is available with 80% discount, and Chernobylite 2 - is 25% off. Share the news with your friends![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]* * *[/p][p][/p][p]All that's left to say is...[/p][h2]Take care and happy hunting! ☢️[/h2]

[h2]Hey there and welcome...! 💪[/h2][p][/p][h3]Today we're publishing the final teaser of what you'll find in the latest Megapatch, which will be released soon. It's the last one, but that doesn't mean it's any less packed. Quite the opposite! Today we'll tell you about a few (not all, of course) minor and major additions and improvements that will enhance your experience in Chernobylite 2. Some might call them cosmetic changes, but believe us, they do their job. [/h3][p][/p][h3]Oh, and as always - full list of changes will be shared alongside the release of the patch ✅[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][h3]⬛ Now, look me in the eyes ⬛[/h3][p][/p][p]Let's start with something we're (probably) most proud of! After implementing the ability to change the camera view, we wondered if there was yet another way to use it. The answer is: yes, it is. We've added the ability to watch most cutscenes and dialogue in first-person mode. [/p][p][/p][p]It's no secret that when creating the first Chernobylite, we were heavily inspired by a wide variety of games we'd played over the past decades. We particularly gathered references from titles with a strong post-apocalyptic theme, such as STALKER and Fallout series. This time was no different. [/p][p][/p][p]During the creation and further development of Chernobylite 2, we also borrowed several ideas from more well-known games. One of them has been on our minds ever since we managed to implement a first-person perspective into the game: having conversations with characters in FPP. To this day, it's a cool feature that greatly enhances immersion and has proven effective in many games, e.g. such as the older Fallouts… [/p][p][/p][p]...and newer ones.

[/p][p]We decided we weren't inferior in any way and said to ourselves, "Why not do something similar here?" The result surprised even us! :D [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This feature is still in the prototype phase and may still have some minor issues, but the fact that we managed to implement it and in our opinion it looks phenomenal is a huge success for us. We hope you’ll enjoy it too and we can't wait for you to test it out!
[/p][p][/p][h3]⬛ The journey expands ⬛[/h3][p]
Another thing that will appear in Megapatch 04: we'll once again expand the areas you can traverse. Large, invisible walls will move away, expanding the game world by several square kilometers, which will feature more than a dozen new locations. The biggest changes will affect two iconic locations in the Zone: Kopachi and the unfinished cooling towers.[/p][p]
Years have passed since we last visited the area to gather materials and photos for the Chernobylite location.

Furthermore, we had an additional task at the cooling towers: in addition to capturing photos, we also captured ambient sounds. The acoustics there are on a completely different level. This greatly helped us in creating this unique location in a later patch for Chernobylite. You can read about the sound capture process here.

[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]The locations we visited in the game back then look completely different. Understandably, considering the story of the game. But even in this form, they're still impressive.

[/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][h3]And that's all for now! We hope we've whetted your appetites a bit over the past few weeks. Let us know in the comments what you think about these and the previously presented new features, and which one piqued your interest the most.

Remember, as we mentioned above, all teasers show only part of the changes in the upcoming patch—the official list of changes, which you will see soon, is longer and will bring many things you have been waiting for.
The Megapatch is just around the corner! So, all that's left is to patiently wait for the results of our collaborative work :)[/h3][p][/p][h2]Take care, and good hunting! ☢️
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We’re bringing the game back to its roots, and the journey continues with a series of dedicated playtests. A small group of players who know the Zone best will get early access and a direct role in shaping what comes next 🎮

Your feedback will help us refine and rebuild the experience together 📝

👉[h2]Apply here![/h2]👈

[h2]Hey, Stalkers! ☢️[/h2][p][/p][h3]Last time, we mentioned that after the update, the Zone would feature new, larger monsters, several smaller mini-bosses, and a whole host of other enemies roaming the map (which will also expand, adding a dozen new locations to explore). [/h3][p][/p][h3]Things are starting to become dense with dangers, so... It's probably good for you to know that you're not defensless.[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][h3]⬛ Sweet, sweet firepower ⬛[/h3][p][/p][p]While the arsenal of weapons in Chernobylite 2 is quite impressive, with so many enemies lurking around every corner, it might not be enough. So, we're giving you something that will let you take out your enemies in one fell swoop. Literally. And no, it's not a nuclear bomb...[/p][p][/p][p]The answer to all your worries and concerns in your life is the RGL-40 automatic grenade launcher! Large, powerfull, comfortable and everything at your fingertips. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This powerful beast can do considerable damage. Just aim carefully, fire, and BOOM! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And if you aim well, you'll send your opponent to the afterlife with just one shot. [/p][p]Together, or without their limbs.

[/p][p] Unfortunately, such a large weapon has a drawback. Reloading those huge projectiles takes a while. Make sure you're standing at a considerable distance to have time to change ammo. This is especially important when fighting large and fast creatures. Timing is crucial, otherwise it can quickly end badly for you.[/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]And that's all for today's episode. In the next one, we'll talk a bit about *looks at notes* cosmetics. Or something... I don't know, that's what I have written down… [/h3][p][/p][h3]Thanks for joining us! 💚 If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments. We also invite you to our official Discord. Don't forget to follow us on social media—you'll find lots of cool stuff from us there too :) [/h3][p][/p][h2]Take care, and good hunting, Stalkers! ☢️[/h2][h2] [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/h2]

[h2]Hey, hey! 👋[/h2][p][/p][h3]Welcome to the first part of a mini-series of posts in which we will gradually reveal the content of the upcoming Megapatch 04 for Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone. As usual, we won't reveal literally everything — that will happen on the day the update is released. But still, we can show you what we believe are the most important and exciting new features coming to the game.[/h3][p][/p][h3]
🟩 Danger, danger...! 🟩[/h3][p]
The Zone is getting more and more dangerous. Not only you do have to defend yourself against stalkers, mercenaries, and strange, otherworldly creatures, but you also need to deal with much more powerful enemies who want to keep Zone's secrets and all its treasures just for themselves, at all costs. You can try to fight them, you can try to run away from them. But regardless of which path you choose, know one thing: IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK.[/p][p]
And now it will be even more difficult, but at the same time—more interesting and engaging. After the update, several new main and side / optional bosses will appear in the game.[/p][p]
We want to introduce you to one of them - The Hellfire Fox. Remember this little guy?

[/p][p]That's him now. Feeling old yet?

[/p][p]Now, real talk. The Hellfire Fox is a powerful beast. Not only is it fast and agile, but its tails can deal damage even from a distance. Standing still isn't really recommended. Attempting to pet it isn't either.[/p][p]
Fun fact - we teased his appearance in our official Megapatch 03 trailer - 'Back To The Roots'. [/p][p]
Now you know who you're dealing with.

[/p][p]If you can handle it, you'll be able to handle the other bosses as well.

[/p][p]Probably... But if you're having trouble, don't worry. In the next episode, we'll show you a toy that will help you deal with these beasts a bit. [/p][h3]
Thanks for joining us! 💚 If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments. We also invite you to our official Discord. Don't forget to follow us on social media—you'll find lots of cool stuff from us there too :) [/h3][p][/p][h2]Take care, and good hunting, Stalkers! ☢️[/h2][h2] [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/h2]