Swirl W@tch News

-Zone SRM drop scaling is now based on mission phase and scales faster.
-Later mission phases now have increasing chances to spawn a resupply canister in a vault.
-Lost cargo loot score increased (20-->40).
-Reduced srm dropped from prisoners.
-Time scoring is more lenient now (-Releasing boarded objects is now faster during reflex mode.
-Objective target ships are now excluded from being certain specialist versions.
-Wildlife gets scared of the player ship at greater distance now.
-Structure collision sounds no longer count against no contact bonus.
-Fixed a problem preventing minefields from spawning.
-Fixed guards that detected player exiting alert phase with 100% spot progress, leading to instant re-detection.
-Fixed a problem with a specific laser fence in zone 6.
-Fixed a problem with binding sprint key.
-Fixed an occasional empty text enty when displayed when completing comms key objective.
-Fixed wrecks not getting board-tagged if they are created from an already boarded vessel.
-Fixed boarding wreckages triggering boarding intro text.
-Fixed early game box refinery objective not awarding objective completion score.
-Fixed intel objective not completing on ship extraction.
-Fixed relay ship objective marker not changing correctly on alert connection shutdown.
-Fixed SRM heist objective not being completable by prying crates under lock-down.

1.039 (Hot Launch)
-Fixed a recent problem causing objectives to display wrong evac quadrants.
-Fixed tutorial 8 not removing objective markers on reset.
-Fixed some minor tutorial issues.

-Adjusted some bad spawn areas in zone 3 and 4.
-Fixed BACKSCATTER PROFILER stealth detection bonus not applying.
-Fixed board member capture unlock not taking effect.
-Fixed no contact mastery unlock having wrong tooltip and being unattainable.
-Fixed ship based objectives sometimes picking docked reinforcements as target.

1.033 (Hot Launch)
-Gear mods become available earlier now (tech lvl 30+).
-New movement tech: Activating stealth mode while or directly after using afterburner now has you drift, retaining more momentum.
-Phase torpedoes are now susceptible to hacking. They become cursor guided when hacked and detonate when getting close to revealed enemies.
-Firing flares into phase torpedoes now detonates them, unless they are already phasing.
-Firing flares directly onto a guard-ship now briefly blinds it, but this is perceived as an attack.
-Blinding a ship during reflex mode now clears them as a reflex target.
-Blinding ships now also resets their spot progress.
-WRNCH can now pry crates to instantly open them. This works even on crates in vaults under lockdown.
-Blast Pack can now be attached to any melee target (not just guard ships).
-Attached Blast Packs are now dragged behind the attached object, allowing to trigger them with lidar more consistently.
-Gadget shots now miraculously launch and fly faster during reflex mode.
-Hazards that substantially reduce LP can now also hide disabled ships/wrecks (disabling/destroying ships within hazards instantly hides them).
-Ship to ship collisions are slightly more forgiving now, allowing you to graze past ships if you touch them just briefly.
-Resistance Supplies now periodically ping themselves if undetected.
-Phase Torpedo damage vs structure reduced (100%-->10%).
-Removed convection hazard angle-aligned push force.
-Riot Control deflector shields now properly deflect gadget shots.
-Fixed some issues with enemies using sonar.
-Fixed some recent inconsistencies for how sound is suppressed by foam.
-Fixed Resistance Beacon not spawning upgrade cache correctly (?).
-Fixed SRM counter display issues when SRM Sieves are equipped.
-Fixed a problem with friendly ship subject portraits.
-Attempted to fix an issue where ships would get initialized multiple times, increasing their tech requirements beyond intended value.

1.034 (Hot Launch)
-Adjusted the way in which move forces are condensed down when exiting strafe states.
-Timed trigger for gadgets is now set manually by pressing interact while aiming the gadget.
-Movement impeding hazards now slow you down on entering, preventing some unintended interaction with drifting.
-Fixed a not-so-minor issue with remote triggered blast packs.
-Fixed prisoner exchange portraits on title screen sometimes becoming hidden (?)
-Fixed zone based hull regeneration not updating health ui.
-Fixed a 1.033 issue preventing guard spot progress from decaying.
-Fixed releasing a boarded ship not resetting player boost force correctly.
-Fixed some gadget cloud effect having unintended guard path avoidance.
-Fixed fly nest granting infinite bot flies.
-Fixed some problems with revealing squadrons through interrogations (?).
-Fixed some issues with guard sensory state icons.
-Fixed wrong pickup text on some item mods.

1.035 (Hot Launch)
-DISRUPTOR CABLE now also makes disabling boarded ships +100% faster.
-Unknown ship class EW defenses adjusted to be less confusing.
-Unknown ship class is slightly easier to detect with sonar now.
-Disabling structures is a bit more flashy now.
-Fixed unknown ship class being able to re-enter stealth in certain unintended situations.
-Fixed a problem with revealing unknown ship class through certain means.
-Fixed fence posts becoming EMP immune after first disable.
-Fixed a recent problem preventing Tripwires from triggering.

-Comms icon for comms that will trigger soft alert now flash.
-Quadrant names no longer get overwriting by !ALERT! text.
-Ship and structure explosions sounds range increased (500-->1000)
-Ship and structure explosions will now get reported and trigger soft alert.
-Getting hit by hostile sonar now reveals the sonar source.
-Fixed explosion damage multiplier VS structure not taking effect.
-Fixed simulations awarding their PS reward multiple times.
-Fixed ship specific objective sometimes not forcing ship type correctly.
-Fixed some inconsistencies with how passive sonar range is calculated.
-Fixed board decompress buildup sound being played at too low pitch on first instance.

-Many non-lethal gear conversions become available earlier now.
-You can now carry floating chunks and send them on alternate trajectories by releasing them.
-Increased speed threshold at which noisy-to-traverse hazards are creating sound.
-Noisy-to-traverse hazards can no longer trigger when you are in stealth mode, regardless of speed.
-Made Low-G Vine target text slightly more clear.
-Game now recognizes PovX/PovY axis as valid controller inputs.
-Fixed stealth mode key not being bindable.
-Fixed inventory UI disappearing when dropping upgrades at base while ship mods are equipped.
-Fixed SRM counter not updating until inventory exit when dropping upgrades at base.
-Fixed player ship being unable to carry crates due to them resisting melee EMP.
-Fixed Cargo Router tool tip.
-Fixed some typos.