SCP: 5K (Alpha Testing) News

With the Omni Edition's existence, we have decided to no longer up the price of the base game when we get to Full Release/leave Early Access (or literally ever). Keeping it at $20 USD (not accounting for regional prices) foreseeably keeps the bar of entry reasonable, especially if we are to support a modding community in the future (wink wink). ❤️

There is just no world where we would need both, especially if we're now fully independent (we were recently able to start a buyout of the first investment royalty deal we got with the recent launch success, thank you all!).

To clarify, we've had plans to go up to $30 (before regional prices) on Full Release for quite a long time. These plans are now void. ❤️

[h2]GAMEPLAY[/h2]

• Fixed some exploits in Wave Survival
  
• Added a new connecting area to Wave Survival
  
• Made railings non-walkable
  
• Made forklifts non-walkable
  
• Added more zed spawns to Transport Bay finale
  
• Improved AI look code to anticipate corners
  
• Added reload configs command
  
• Added multi-server support for bans
  

[h2]VISUALS/AUDIO[/h2]

• Added M19x and Stribog mag check
  
• Updated M9, UMP, and M24 reload
  
• Updated M9 and AK handling sounds
  
• Added LAMG reload sounds
  
• Added dynamic back support for gamepad and keyboards
  
• Added death and end game audio effects
  
• Updated lighting
  
• Added removable side rail covers to the Tavor
  

[h2]OPTIMIZATION/FIXES[/h2]

• Optimized virtual light manager
  
• Optimized Server Room area
  
• Optimized some doors
  
• Optimized some EQS queries
  
• Optimized footsteps to spawn less
  
• Optimized component bounds calculations
  
• Optimized zed character movement
  
• Optimized player stat data
  
• Optimized AI behavior trees
  
• Optimized animation calculations on higher LODs
  
• Improved overall character animation performance
  
• Optimized some miscellaneous things
  
• Moved zed animation data to C++
  
• Moved some utility functions to C++
  
• Moved movement component optimizer to C++
  
• Removed some unneeded ticks
  
• Removed some unused mesh components
  
• Fixed Stribog reload time
  
• Fixed some animation bugs
  
• Fixed achievements always being disabled (lmao)
  
• Fixed AI sometimes rotating weirdly
  
• Fixed tracers not showing on last ballistics segment
  
• Fixed third person animation rotating wildly
  
• Fixed firing animation in third person not playing properly
  
• Fixed bullet cracks not playing on a listen server
  
• Fixed modular assets updating during play
  
• Fixed some performance issues with zeds
  
• Fixed characters not having LODs properly used
  
• Fixed arms at higher LOD being misaligned
  
• Fixed some doors not opening in Wave Survival
  
• Fixed being able to disable gamepad menu navigation by pressing back on the main menu
  
• Fixed some main menu buttons not being navigable
  
• Fixed the controller and keyboard to both interact in tandem with the in-game menu
  
• Fixed issue with return to menu popup not updating with the gamepad
  
• Fixed some animation issues
  
• Fixed scopes filling screen when braced aiming
  
• Fixed audio quality setting defaulting to text
  
• Fixed workbenches being broken by trying to interact with them using throwables
  
• Fixed interaction sometimes showing after death
  

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[h2]CONTENT[/h2]

• Added SCP-173-B
  
• Completely reworked entrance area for Area 12 with new layouts, objectives and lore
  
• Added new area to Wave Survival map (Unlocks at Wave 20)
  
• Added new M19x to replace Mock-19
  
• Added M67 Grenade
  
• Added weapon attachment profiles to the workbench
  
• Added Galil Ace Pistol
  
• Updated the PVP Storage map
  

[h2]GAMEPLAY[/h2]

• Slightly increased deadzone smoothing
  
• Slightly reduced deadzone radius
  
• Made crouching decrease recoil
  
• Added grips to M24
  
• Added command to make you invisible to enemies
  

Reworked balancing of weapons overall:

• Reduced damage of MP5 and UMP-45
  
• Increased recoil of MK-18, AKs, and Galil
  
• Increased damage of Galil, AK-104, and AK-103
  
• Improved Mossberg damage falloff
  

[h2]VISUALS/AUDIO[/h2]

• Added Temporal Upsampling: NVIDIA NIS, AMD FSR as alternate upscaling options
  
• Made scopes bigger on screen
  
• Reduced scope vignette
  
• Improved NVG effects
  
• Added separate particles for pistols
  
• Improved muzzle flash effects
  
• Reduced glare on scopes
  
• Improved specular on scopes
  
• Added accurate magazines and visual bullet counts to most weapons
  
• Added two new D-Class zed variants/models
  
• Added reactive hit animations based on the area that was hit (to players and guards)
  
• Made zeds rotate smoothly
  
• Improved blood effects
  
• Improved firing animations
  
• Added ambient audio to spectator mode
  
• Improved ADS animation to feel more smooth
  
• Updated Stribog animations
  
• Updated Mossberg animations, model, and textures
  
• Added new AK animations and sounds
  
• Added new UMP animations
  
• Updated player character meshes to reduce stretching and improve proportions
  
• Improved death ragdolls
  
• Updated UMP model and textures
  
• Greatly improved pistol firing sight picture
  
• Updated EOTech Holographic sight textures
  
• Improved menu backend for localization
  
• Added heavy camera shake to heavy weapons
  
• Added additional gamepad menu support to the main menu
  
• Added light hum to tube lights
  
• Improved gunshot sound occlusion
  
• Improved distance reverb effects
  
• Made water lower slowly & particle/sound effects fade
  

[h2]FIXES[/h2]

• Fixed clipping on some sights
  
• Fixed ambient audio overlapping
  
• Fixed nametags appearing on dead players
  
• Fixed local player health sometimes showing below other players
  
• Fixed server room doors not breaking correctly
  
• Fixed item parts casting a shadow while unequipped
  
• Fixed some streaming and occlusion issues
  
• Fixed a crash when spawning in Area 12
  
• Fixed deadzone not working for subtle movements
  
• Fixed jump animation not sometimes playing when jumping continuously
  
• Fixed leg bug when jumping
  
• Fixed graphics dropdowns defaulting to ultra
  
• Fixed settings not representing their actual value
  
• Fixed reactor pipes not exploding
  
• Fixed attachments not showing correctly
  
• Fixed some animation issues
  
• Fixed buggy animation on throwables
  
• Fixed second magazines sometimes showing where they shouldn't
  
• Fixed player kills not showing in PVP
  
• Fixed softlock on dedicated server restart
  
• Fixed loading screen not displaying loading map and gamemode
  
• Fixed some issues with projectiles going through things
  
• Made player messages more reliable
  
• Fixed chat not working after server restart
  
• Fixed give all not working after server restart
  
• Fixed some crashes with console commands
  
• Fixed footsteps having reverb applied at full volume at all times
  
• Fixed m-lok mounts being visible in scopes
  
• Possible fix for items not being deleted with character
  
• Fixed bullet crack sounds not playing close up
  
• Added backup fonts for non-latin alphabet
  
• Improved the performance of other characters
  
• Improved performance of dead bodies
  
• Improved animation performance
  
• Improved IK performance
  
• Improved particle performance
  
• Fixed the issue with the frame rate maxing at 70 in some scenarios
  

[h2]SERVERS[/h2]

• Added player reporting
  
• Added temporary bans
  
• Added support for storing player names and sender ID/names with bans
  
• Added support for storing reasons with bans
  
• Added AFK timeout
  
• Added team damage reflection
  
• Added gameplay config support to dedicated servers
  
• Added a disclaimer showing the reason a player was kicked from a server
  
• Fixed kick command
  
• Added PVP spawn protection
  
• Made loading screen show joining server
  
• Made cheat commands deactivate achievements for a session
  
• Fixed direct connect with passwords
  

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Affray will be pledging a portion of our earnings from SCP: Pandemic to SCP Wiki creators!

We're not talking chump change here... we're talking THOUSANDS of $ over the coming months to several different writers/creators, especially ones that we use content from actively.

SCP creators deserve to get a bit in return for projects that succeed with content derived from their work... it's as simple as that.

A big thanks to Modularity/mod.io for giving us a generous deal on our original agreement that allows this to be a possibility!

So far, Affray has contributed ~$3,100 USD to other SCP creators. About 1/3 of that today alone. We hope to see this number grow to an optimistic $10,000-15,000 by the end of the year!

Currently targeting the first week of April.

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