Red Solstice 2: Survivors News

Hi Marines,

We hope you have enjoyed the first few days of Red Solstice 2: Survivors. Our friends from Ironward are continuously working on the game and are monitoring your feedback closely.

We would like to give you an update on everything that is going on in the world of Red Solstice 2: Survivors:

PATCH 1.2
We have released patch 1.2 and you can find the patch notes here:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/768520/announcements/detail/2997690007643138444

EXECUTOR BUNDLE
The official Soundtrack and the Executor Bundle are now available. Some of you have experienced issues with receiving the exclusive Executor Armor Skin and this has been solved now. If you have purchased the base game before the release of the Executor Bundle, you will be able to purchase the Executor Armor Skin by completing the set.

GAME PROGRESSION CAMPAIGN
We understand that UI and coop experience in the campaign might be confusing, this is very important for us, and we are looking for ways to improve it. We are monitoring community forums and we will try to do what is the best for the game.

UPCOMING UPDATES
In the next coming weeks, the development team will work on improvements which have been asked by you. Below you will find a list of what we are aiming to include (please note, the items are not listed by order nor release time):

•Skirmish bots
•Name your bot!
•Option to limit everyone in campaign to share host tech, and reward them with extra profile XP for doing that
•Ability to follow other players
•Ability to see recent played with
•Reassign followers to other players
•AI improvements
•More missions and more mission variety
•More monsters
•Daily challenges
•Ability for clients to see the strategy world map
•Additional campaign modifiers (2x monsters, 2x resources etc.)
•Fireteams (2 leaders where each can lead/name their own fireteam, and draw waypoints on the map, helps coordination)
•UI improvements
•Weekly challenges
•Monthly challenges
•Bugfixes

As you can see, the team is working on a lot right now and as soon as we have exact dates, we will share them with you!

Hi Marines,

We have just added some hotfixes to the game:

• Capture Trap will no longer break primary missions
• Ranks (some adjustments to avoid confusion)
• Improved connection to lobby
• Removed QQ from traditional Chinese version


Please stay tuned for more updates which we will share with you very soon!

Hi everyone,

The latest Red Solstice 2 update is launching now on Steam! Again, a huge thank you for all the support, it's much appreciated!

Update 1.2 Patch Notes

CRITICAL FIXES
• Fixed Crash that would happen if you max out on outposts
• Changes to the save profile algorithm that includes multiple backups.
• Crashfix for edge case when module gets added to combat suit before the system is fully ready.
• Fixed crash when certain buff would fail to appear over network
• Fixed 3 crashes in campaign
• Fixed a bug where players could have joined Skimirsh matches with executor setup if they came from campaign
• Skill tree will cost only 1% XP instead of 10% now
• Players can now change difficulty anytime during the campaign
• Major fixes and optimization to chat
• If player gets revived, he will be shown as alive normally to everyone involved in the squad menu
• corrected rank progression table
• removed intro movie logo so people don’t crash with certain configurations
• reduced size of story videos and encoded them in more friendly environment so that people encounter less problems
• Temporary disabled skill swapping in armory because it led to extremely bad breakages in some edge cases until we fix it

NETWORK
• Skirmish match will now return players back to armory
• Capture trap will no longer block player progression if objective was to kill creature and you captured it

HOTJOIN
• Players who hotjoin games will be hidden from ai for 30 seconds or until they start doing damage, they will also always spawn on the nearest spot near the rest of the squad

DIFFICULTY
• Normalized earlier and later waves
• Removed spam of monsters from same type

PLAYABLE MAP
• Fixed unreachable power relay
• Fixed location where player can get stuck
• Fixed evac points on outskirts level
• Fixed issue with outpost02 spawning and blocking path on mining colony
• Reloaded old foliage prefab with new ones
• Fixed navigation issue where players could not pass destroyed walls
• Same site will no longer block players on living soil

OPTIMIZATION
• Slightly optimized monsters
• Monsters should be smarter and will not try to break door if there is passage nearby

UI
• Pressing the default button will now set you to default
• Added SKIRMISH/CAMPAIGN info next to game lobby row
• SHIVA and FLARE GUN items have special mission icons now
• Storm icon inside region list will now show proper tooltip
• Tech tree will now show which class you will unlock by researching it
• Removed add soldier button from non-campaign

WORLD MAP
• Reduced number of missions that spawn per week from 4 to 3 to reduce repetitiveness of missions
• Fixed bug where failing to defend outpost would add +1 global infestation
• Reduced number of specialists needed for zero cell exposure and outpost relay
• Storm in region will no longer cap horde arrival slider or air support slider
• Successful colony siege defense missions will reduce infestation in its region
• Removed a bug in data entry so that defend (Howell Barrex, insurgents, blacklight) missions gives you proper infestation reduce in regions
• Get supplies mercs give better rewards now
• Get supplies mercs can only spawn in colony region
• Get supplies can only spawn in outpost below 3 infestation region
• Decreased the rate of spawning defense missions at the same time
• Defense outpost now requires infestation level 4 instead of 3 to spawn
• Experimental stimulants last longer now

FOLLOWERS
• If follower arrives with certain weapon, you will be able to reequip it even if you don't have it researched
• Non assigned followers will automatically use zipline without waiting for player when player uses it
• Fix for followers not reloading an empty weapon
• slightly improved follower behavior when against the wall

MISSIONS
• Rescue troops will spawn 4 ppl evac now
• Disable jammer will not power up the power relay now
• Changed insurgent gauntlet so that any player can trigger it instead of entire team
• Armageddon will now properly spawn nukes while staying on evac, increased hunter spawn time by 10 sec
• Center mass and Howell will have 4 ppl evac now
• Armageddon and Center mass explosions will now have 4 man evacs
• Center Mass Explosion has been changed to remove blocker that was happening in certain cases
• Helipad resupply will not repeat dialogue twice
• SHIVA will not have a chance to drop on your head anymore when Armageddon starts
• Removed 2 nuke obsolete missions from game that were causing problems
• Rescue troops drops 4 rope evac now
• Removed Mrityunjaya from insurgent gauntlet

MISC
• Thanatos Armor will have skeletal mesh now
• Looting supply cache completely will destroy it now to prevent any item getting stuck in it
• Removed wishlist button
• Certain numbered terminal can only be used in specific cases
• Maximum and initial suit level will now properly display which max level you can achieve during that match
• Fix for mission XP display mistake for Horde Timings
• Sandworm will no longer one shot HAPC from mechanized force
• CELL marines have more health
• Lockers cannot give nothing anymore
• Temporary removed intro video until we find proper solution
• Door blocker now has 12000 instead of 3000 health

SKILLS & ITEMS
• Elpida targeting will have correct radius now
• Safety zone charging increased
• Disruptor radius increased by 500
• Explosive turret builds in 1 second now
• Conceal will now be visible to pick from start
• Armor plating available from the start in skirmish

[h3]Update v 1.1 Patch Notes (June 18th 2021)[/h3]

[h3]CRITICAL FIXES[/h3]
• You can no longer lose more than few minutes of progress in the game if your game crashes or ends in any way
• Fix for Map Desync on Hotjoin
• Fix for crash on Strategy Layer when Dropship found an invalid location
• Crash fix for joining lobbies
• Improved networking

[h3]QUALITY OF LIFE[/h3]
• Fixed InviteFriend and AddBot from not displaying at all. Also changed the buttons at the bottom of Overview to update correctly. No more temporary overlap of the InvitePlayer and Add Bot buttons.
• Potential fix for observer camera not snapping as it should
• Thanatos Armor visuals now work properly
• Revive from Executor will now display range each time it's used to show players what is the range

[h3]SAVE GAMES[/h3]
• Clients will not lose their progress when they crash anymore
• Host will not lose everything if it crashes on combat layer, saves profile every 1 minute

[h3]NETWORK[/h3]
• Set the ServerBrowser's IgnoreStartedGames setting to true by default.

[h3]CRASHFIX[/h3]
• Campaign will not crash after loading a campaign campaigns that were crashing will be able to progress normally now
• Fixed several other crashes related to targeting and player controller being invalid

[h3]GAMEPLAY / CAMPAGIN[/h3]
• You can now evacuate on colony doors at wave 15 onwards, no restrictions anymore
• Partial success victories will give rewards (pyrhic, partial, total victory)
• Removed unused reaction snipe from marksman skill tree
• 2nd Visual Gar will also get bonuses from gar upgrade
• Ker Glitching out and not burrowing/unburrowing properly.
• Field status mission fix with atrocity boss.
• Hunter Tail spike causing of players getting stuck if hunter dies.
• Follower bots will not glitch when using skills.
• Radial group move got fixed
• Followers using secondary weapons on interactable objects, not only monsters
• Convoy on escort Condatis are faster providing a new take on the mission so it's less boring

[h3]FIELD STATUS[/h3]
• Boss Atrocity will spawn properly now

[h3]PARTICLES[/h3]
• Ker Slam animation particle range fix
• Remove collision on the BridgeDestructibpe_BP after the bridge gets destroyed
• Satellite terminals import new model and textures, material setup, archive interactable picture
• Remove receive decal on various dynamic drones in game
• Replaced Gar weapon skeletal mesh with correct one
• Particle effects for marksman reaper, medic neutralizer
• Assign particle effects into skill blueprints for the medic neutralizer, change visuals of the particles
• Holer burrowing particle effect more visible
• Added more images to interactable tab
• Remove collision from trees for projectiles and bullets
• Increase rain particle sprite size to make a bit more visible (was 5% visible before)
• Fixed particle visuals for waypoint locator, bio sample, hack doors, jetpack jump
• Fix door blocker emissive visuals
• Add LODs for all monster skeletal meshes that were missing them (avg 70% polygon reduction), increases performance

[h3]UI IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]
• Changed options menu handling. Right click should now cancel resolution change or exit without applying settings.
• Changed research widget's visual handling. Started but not currently being researched tech will show a grey percentage, and "CONTINUE" instead of "PAUSE" or "RESEARCH". This should clarify that only one research is currently active.
• Removed the "Type" of item from the in-game item tooltip since it's localization was messed up.
• Changed the ranks on the left side in the bot screen to display the correct ranks at which bots gain a new level and get their new skill.
• Fixed the layout of the stats in the Profile section. They should take up more screen space to avoid localization overlapping and have correct colouring and size to match the rest of the UI.
• Removed three mission type textures that had bad alpha and were incorrectly applied to a couple data tables. Correct texture has been placed and replaced in these tables.
• Fixed bot's injury display to correctly display after a mission.
• Fixed the popup for interacting with other players Kick/AddFriend/ViewProfile stats.
• Fixed doomsday clock not displaying correctly on game load. Also animated the warning icons, also added some spacing to stop jumpy UI when time changes.
• Fixed the Small icon on planet when zoomed out not updating correctly for outposts/regions when a region loses an outpost.
• Added tooltips to disabled buttons that are disabled because of the player's inability to pick that class due to class limits.
• Changed save widget's layout style to clean it up. Better spacing, and more easily read information
• Added NewItem indicators to the sliders in MissionSetup of campaigns, to direct the player towards them more once they have unlocked a new research tier for them.
• Changed most Archives to be alphabetically sorted. The two not alphabetically sorted is Tutorials, and Story related stuff.
• Fixed bots rank displaying wrong on the buttons in the bottom of Overview.
• Updated mission widgets on the planet to display their time in orange or red when there are only 2 and only 1 day remaining of time before the mission will expire.
• Fix for Bestiary Tab Button's NewItem notification not updating its counter in the button.

File size: Approx. 950 MB



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EDIT (JUNE 18TH) - We’ve released a hotfix which fixes the “Map Desync” bug (people walking through walls, falling through floors, etc). Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Hi Marines,

We are aware that some users are encountering bugs in the current version of Red Solstice 2: Survivors.

One of the biggest bugs we have noticed is “Map Desync” which allows you to walk through walls or fall through floors. The dev team are working on a hotfix for this and it is only a matter of time until it is live.

In case you are experiencing any issues, please can you help us help you by providing us with some additional info via our bug report form: https://fs30.formsite.com/505games/rs2bugs/index.html

The dev team want to try and combat as many issues as possible in upcoming hotfixes, so the more info you can provide the better.

Thanks for your understanding and support!