Swirl W@tch News

I didn't quite make it for the stealth fest but 1.1 Resistance Supplies is now finally live!

You can now cause comms blackouts at any time with the jam pod, blind ships with the new dazzler gadget, silently disable them with EMP effectors or the new Hex-9 hybrid tool, link enemy reactors to eliminate multiple ships simultaneously or straight up blanket an outposts with various types of (expensive) fire support.
Passive upgrades also got many new additions, among other things now allowing for high accuracy builds via hard reductions of minimum weapon sway. Sonar can be modified to detect through objects, you can get free disguises each zone, or reactive dazzlers that blind anyone who looks at you too carefully. There are ways to increase your personnel and PS gains from missions now, but you can also spend excess PS on a one time run bonus or go into missions with a completely random loadout, using the new shuttle ship that gets crowd-sourced gear when deploying. Oh and there is a offense-focused salvager that can straight up disassemble wrecked CorPo ships to regain health.

If you have some PS banked you can add some of the new gear to your loadout immediately. Other items come with new unlock requirements, many revolving arround mastering the new and old ships. I also added a couple new training simulations to introduce some of the new items as well as previously existing mechnics. And TacHI can now give you random tips on the title screen. Cheers! Full changelog here.

As with all my updates, 1.1 is now part of the game for free. I hope you get something out of it.
A thousand limbs uplift you!

New Stuff
-Added 3 new ships.
-Added 9 new weapons.
-Added 7 new gadgets.
-Added 18 new upgrades.
-Added 60+ mods for both old and new gear.
-Some of these options allow for randomized loadout runs and one-time run bonuses by expanding excess PS.
-There are also ways to accelerate personnel and PS gain now, if you can spare the deploy budget.
-Added a couple new training and challenge simulations.
-Added TacHI avatar to the title screen that gives random daily tips.

Changes/Balancing
-Max tech levels increased (120-->180).
-Subsistence score (from taking excess SRM into missions) is now scored separately from loot score.
-HARP-R and SCRW SPINR now deal EMP damage by default and can be converted back to kinetic with mods.
-EMICRO base supf increased (30-->60)
-RPAM-7K reserve ammo increased and deploy cost reduced (14-->10).
-STAPL-R ammo print mod now works on a per-zone basis.
-TRIPWIRE ammo increased (12-->16).
-Tripwire can no longer damage shielded ships.
-EM TORP buffed (damage: 160-->200, damage fall off: -75% --> -50%, AoE: 2.5-->3, ammo: 4-->8).
-Increased EMP duration caused by EMP explosions by 100%.
-FLASH TORP now detonates silently.
-FLASH TORP ammo increased (8->12).
-CMND TKN ammo increased (12->24).
-Dazzler explosions no longer require guards to directly laze the dazzler source, instead they blind any guards that are mostly facing towards the flash (215°).
-When disguised, LP ui now shows your remaining disguise integrity.
-MIRROR VARNISh LP penalty reduced (+20%-->+5%)
-H-WAVE RADAR range increased.
-WHISPER CHIP now also shows CorPo force composition (on inventory tooltip.)
-FEED UMBIBLICAL now prevents weapons from ejecting their remaining loaded ammo on reload.
-Shield bonuses on multiple items rebalanced.
-Using melee on melee immune objects now causes longer melee cooldown.
-Reinforcements on high level missions might have their shields plugged into the G-Dock, allowing them to be continuously shielded while stored.
-Any guards that heard a threatening sound will now eventually attempt to report, if other guards closer to the sound are prevented from reporting.
-Specialist guards are now bold enough to attempt to report when you board them, as long as their ship hasn't been disabled yet.
-Specialist guards will now resist interrogation until their ship is disabled.
-Starting with zone 4, mission areas are now surrounded by core-fusion dead zones that prevent you from escaping off-grid.
-Killing an EBO ironically no longer count against no kills bonus (not sentient enough?).
-Bossfights spawn more guards now.
-Resupply no longer increases in price per use.
-Disabled state now removes blinded/deafened markers form guards. (Superfluous at that point.)

Fixes
-Fixed dazzler detonations not affecting guards correctly.
-Fixed melee sensory stun still affecting melee immune enemies.
-Fixed a situation in which player would be able to call evac even though evac is already in progress.
-Fixed a problem with triggering placed gadgets via lidar.
-Fixed unintentional multi explosions in certain circumstances.
-Fixed a problem with how certain passive and ship specific effects are applied.
-Fixed mine detection elements not being affected by convection. (?)
-Fixed MAG MINE detection ui not being removed correctly on detonation.
-Fixed WRNCH ARM not using up ammo when sabotaging comms stations.
-Fixed a problem with displaying wildlife help comms.
-Fixed vault crates being movable under lockdown.
-Fixed a problem with how certain spring sounds are initiated.
-Fixed a problem preventing escort ships from getting re-tasked if their lead is taken out.
-Fixed some instances of ship struct ejection fallback not taking effect.
-Fixed game re-entering fullscreen on return to title (?).
-Fixed player exiting deafened state not resetting certain engine sounds correctly.
-Fixed some problems with how elevator location text is handled.
-Fixed friendly ships using wrong intro TacHI intro text when boarded.
-Fixed selecting empty inventories showing previous tooltips.
-Fixed Puffstar sliding your an extra mag on deployment, leading to rediculous ammo gain on certain weapons.
-Fixed bad unknown value on CorPo Scaffolds.
-Fixed some typos.

[h3]Message To All Swirl Watch Action Elements[/h3]

It took some convincing, but Swirl W@tch has been accepted for the Steam Stealth sale and is 15% off for the duration. Tell all your favorite content creators!

I also started working on the first free content update for Swirl W@tch, which will release in a few weeks time. 1.1 Resistance Supplies is all about new gadgets, tools, upgrades and ships to unlock. About 35 new items will make it into the game. Some provide bread and butter bonuses that I felt where missing, some allow for completely new tactics.

Most notable for experienced players: There will be a way to randomized starting loadouts, so you can try different gear combinations on every run.

In preparation for the update I pushed a larger bug fix patch that also reworked the overall progression rate a bit. Check the 1.050 changelog if you want to see what has changed.

Cheers!
Stefan – Sleeper Games

Changes/Balancing
-Ships in trouble now launch escape pods (purely visual right now).
-Guards now report when they are being blinded by certain attacks.
-Floating chunks now block line of sight.
-Ship wrecks now have shot collision and can be destroyed by attacks, allowing them to block a few projectiles.
-Disabled ships can now be spotted almost instantly if another guard is looking at them when being disabled.
-Scatter weapons aim cone is now fixed and telegraphs the weapon's projectile cone.
-Therefore scatter weapons are no longer effected by accuracy upgrades. Mods that change their fire cone are unchanged.
-Added weapon overheat system (currently only used on NAIL STRM).
-Recycler Nanites can now also dissemble wreckages, apart from removing the wreckage this also grants SRM.
-Chaff clouds now block any sonar waves (including your own).
-Chaff clouds now also inflict blinded status on guard ships within them, instead of just blocking their lidar. Like other blind effects this makes them unable to maneuver and clears reflex mode.
-Freezer Crystal now also comes with a +15% global cooldown rate bonus by default.
-Crasher Orange near-industry LP bonus reduced (30%-->20%)
-Midnight Silent dark zone LP bonus increased (15%-->30%)
-SRM cost for many gadgets rebalanced.
-Increased point requirements for A rank (250-->275 per phase) and S rank (325-->400 per phase)
-Slightly reduced skill gain from personal with A rank and above.
-Slightly reduced PS gain from liberated personnel and high mission rank multiplier.

Fixes
-Added fallback system that ejects guards from structures if they clip through. (Still not able to reproduce why and when this happens.)
-Fixed guard APS blinking even if APS is currently unable to function (ship disabled/charge depleted).
-Fixed some comms texts not working as intended.
-Fixed problems with a couple patrol paths in certain zones.
-Fixed zone 5 not spawning correct wildlife.
-Fixed ships not becoming hidden correctly if eliminated within hazard zones.
-Fixed some instances of ships not being able to report consecutive attacks.
-Fixed rare bad z-layering when hiding ships in obstacles.
-Fixed last known position marker not being removed on alert end.
-Fixed single beam attacks being able to damage player two times.
-Fixed hidden sniper post having tripwire collision enabled.
-Fixed situations in which help comms portrait would be displayed even though no help comms have been triggered. (?)
-Fixed very high piercing stat not actually allowing to pierce through multiple ships.
-Fixed overwatching enemies not resetting their guard angle correctly when alert ends.
-Fixed weapon switching applying remaining fire delay on new weapon.

-Blast packs now explode when shot (instead of getting destroyed.)
-Added a safeguard to ensure explosion sources are removed correctly.
-Resupply cannisters that are found in vaults no longer detonate after being opened.
-Fence posts no longer hide nearby buoys.
-Added fallback to assign closest patrol route to stray guards that get initialized in loitering state.
-Fixed some situations in which sound would not trigger a reaction if the two closest listeners are immediately destroyed by the sound source.
-Fixed CSO soft alert call being interruptible if the previously sending ship is removed.
-Fixed interrogating prison ships erroneously completing the objective.
-Fixed some bad fence spawns in zone 5.