Update 503: Secret Freedom
[h3]Optimizations for combat, new animations, barbwire sounds, mic calibration, squad names, QoL fixes, and more![/h3]
[h2]Gameplay Changes[/h2]
[h2]UI Updates[/h2]
[h2]Extra note:[/h2]
One of our recent updates have introduced a number of issues with players and items disappearing or being invisible. This makes the whole game feel unreliable at times and we are investigating the situation. We are planning to issue hotfixes as we investigate to improve the situation.
[h2]Gameplay Changes[/h2]
- Optimizations for performance during combat, mostly for shooting, that should help relieve frame dips.
- New animations for all gear (think held equipment, not guns): Hold, activate, walk, sprint, holster, draw
- New kicking animations: New kick animations in third and first person for all different types of holdable objects.
- Barbed wire will now make sounds when players are moving inside the wire for all clients in a limited range
- Fixed incorrect initial health when joining a match already in progress
- Fixed issue with teamkill reprimands not taking action in some cases
- Fixed long standing issue where push to talk is stuck on when window loses focus or pressing during loading screen
- Fixed "VCR bug" caused by server closing due to one team being empty while clients are loading, server now shuts down immediately.
- Shutter button networking was updated to allow for more than one button to control the same shutters and stay in sync.
[h2]UI Updates[/h2]
- Mic Calibration Window: This will appear the first time you load into the multiplayer menu to prompt you to calibrate your mic settings.
- Added Master volume slider, this affects all sounds (even the broken ones), will allow players to change overall volume without having to modify the game volume in windows itself.
- Added the ability to name your squad. All squads have a randomly generated name upon formation. Naming your squad will show up for other players in game.
- Add UI option to disable custom squad names, should you not want to see them.
- Add player profile window to view a player's stats or open their steam profile
- Replace "View Steam Profile" with "View Player Profile" in user actions dropdown
- Added UI feature to show info about your profile and rank in the top right corner of the menu
- Moved some overlapping UI elements around on the menu and in-game.
- Added labels for Relevancy/Ranked/Matches Played on player's icons in the menu
[h2]Extra note:[/h2]
One of our recent updates have introduced a number of issues with players and items disappearing or being invisible. This makes the whole game feel unreliable at times and we are investigating the situation. We are planning to issue hotfixes as we investigate to improve the situation.