Hotfix 3: fixing critical problems, main quest and much more

We have released a new update for Encased. Version 0.17.428.1756 has many important bug fixes that include the critical ones for the playthrough.

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[h3]List of changes:[/h3]

• Load time for locations has been significantly reduced,
  

• Weapon no longer loses durability. Weapons maintenance mechanics will be added at a later date.,
  
• Zip lines in the suspicious cave and on the location with a bandit ambush has been changed.
  
• Fixed levels and factions of many merchants,
  

• Combat: Fixed freezes that occurred during enemy movement,
  
• Fixed errors that led to unjustified NPC hostility on Magellan,
  
• Fixed freezes while talking to Sam Bossman,
  
• Fixed a bug where Russo didn't take an abnormal essence,
  
• Fixed second experience gain in dialogue with Beatrice Catcher,
  
• Fixed Barry Robins night behavior,
  
• Fixed game freezes associated with some status effects,
  
• Redesigned the mechanism of drawing the roofs of buildings, removed the bug in which the roof continued to be drawn when the player's character was under it,
  
• Combat: Fixed aiming error,
  
• Fixed freezes while loading a quick save during combat,
  
• Fixed freezes while loading of Magellan laboratory floor,
  
• Fixed freezes in the random encounter with robokids,
  

• Magellan, lab floor: wounded Holiday now lying on a carriage,
  
• Magellan, lab floor: fixed level passability,
  
• Magellan, lab floor: recorder is now working correctly,
  
• Magellan, warehouse: bug that allowed Holiday's servo shell to be worn has been fixed,
  
• Magellan, Living floor: fixed level passability,
  
• Magellan, Reception: fixed level passability,
  
• Magellan, Administration: fixed level passability,
  
• Magellan, reactor room: added social animation for Oranges,
  
• Nashville, excavation area: fixed level passability,
  
• Abandoned bunker: fixed level passability, the terminal is now available,
  
• Roadside Picnic: fixed level passability, box on the cafe roof is now openable,
  
• Roadside Picnic, basement: improved lighting,
  
• Visual appearance of the "Destination point" location has been significantly improved,
  
• Bottom of the observation deck: roof rendering has been fixed,
  
• Concord station: Sebastian Van Alden now returns to his place once player completes briefing,
  
• Roadside Picnic: characters Swallow and Rabinat Krishnaswamy got unique portraits,
  
• Roadside Picnic: fixed turret placement,
  
• Roadside Picnic: you can now find an enhanced version of the Kraut Pneumatic Nail Gun on the location,
  
• Roadside Picnic: fixed ladder interaction,
  
• Roadside Picnic: fixed level passability,
  
• Junktown: fixed the reward for buried treasure,
  
• Nashville, excavation area: added a minimap for the cave after the incident.,
  
• Nashville, excavation area: fixed visual artifacts,
  
• Magellan, Parking: Improved location appearance,
  
• Arena: location fixed, old decorations removed, visual artifacts removed,
  
• Cliff: Fixed freezes while going downhill,
  

• Items: fixed the description of attributes for armor-piercing pistol ammo,
  
• Items: fixed issues with DLC items handout while talking to the storekeeper,
  
• Items: weight of Airgun ammo corrected.,
  
• Balance: fatigue removal with Energon has been fixed.,
  
• Balance: Requirements for "Stuff with Lead" and "Igniting Shot" abilities have been fixed,
  
• Balance: skills progression in the branch "Hand-to-hand combat" is fixed,
  
• Fixed weight of many keys,
  

• UI: fixed the size of the slider in the settings while switching the language,
  
• UI: locations that have been mapped on the Dome global map, but have not yet been studied, are now displayed in the list of locations in the global map interface,
  
• Fixed display of the main menu on some graphics cards,
  
• Fixed marker appearance of Magellan's parking lot and Roadside Picnic in Act 1,
  

• Added illustrations to random encounters on Fuel Station,
  
• Fixed exploits with endless experience and relict dust farm on "Relict Wall" location,
  

• Added checks in Akira's dialog after the completion of the "Imprinting" quest,
  
• Fixed the bug with the magazine in the robot baby event,
  
• Fixed Henrietta Russo's dialogue on the Emulator project location,
  
• Requirements for the "technitian" skill in an event with an undertaker have been reduced,
  
• Fixed Hill Spencer's dialogue,
  
• Fixed dialogue with Krump in the bar,
  
• Fixed Theresa's second greeting in the bar,
  
• Fixed Rick McDougal's dialogue portrait,
  
• Fixed dialogue with Audrey Melville,
  
• Fixed Martin Kingsley's quests and dialogue in Act 1,
  
• Fixed the portrait of the character in the dialogs on the Kaleidoscope location,
  
• Fixed playback of prisoner dialogues in the suspicious cave,
  
• Fixed a number of typos in English localization,
  
• Fixed a typo in an abandoned bunker note,
  
• Fixed the portrait in Tim Ginzburg's dialogue on the Nashville residential floor,
  
• Fixed security guard dialogue on the Concord station while using turngate after talking to Kingsley.
  
  
  
  
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