0.9.9e changelist

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Desecrators

Desecrators is a retro FPS inspired by '90s six-degrees-of-freedom shooters. Plunder your way through the galaxy to destructive weapons and technology powerful enough to take on the ultimate heist: The legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.

This update contains the beta branch changes, which have been tested and refined over the past few weeks. Thanks to everyone who contributed feedback. [h3]Weapons[/h3] [list] [*]Maximum weapon slots reduced 4 -> 3 [*]Removed Mine Ammo pickup [*]Secondary Ammo pickup reworked - Renamed to Munition Ammo - Adds equal ammo for both secondaries and mines [*]Increased mine launch invulnerability time 0.375s -> 0.425s [*]Added Kraken secondary [*]Adjusted Hoplite - Damage increased 64 -> 72 - Max ammo increased 12 -> 16 - Ammo rate increased 3 -> 4 [*]Adjusted Cycler - Damage per shot increased 12/8/8.5 -> 12/9/9.5 [*]Adjusted Piranha - Ammo rate reduced 15 -> 10 [*]Adjusted Thermo - Ammo rate reduced 0.5 -> 0.375 [*]Adjusted Ion Ray - Ammo cost increased 12/15/18 -> 16/20/24 [*]Adjusted Foamphase - Ammo cost increased 32/48/64 -> 32/64/80 [*]Adjusted Ack-Am - Ammo cost increased 36/52/72 -> 40/80/96 [*]Adjusted Bladder Mine - Increased fragment turn rate 136 -> 154 - Reworked movement pattern [/list] [h3]Artifacts[/h3] [list] [*]Ammo Modules reworked: - No longer increases all ammo gained from pickups - Now increases primary ammo gained from pickups by 50% [*]Sensor Fuser now improves weapon tracking vs. cloaked enemies [*]Increased Superpod hull 96 -> 128 [/list] [h3]Pickups[/h3] [list] [*]Added dynamic pickup spawn/drop rates: - Affects shield, fuel and ammo pickups - Now partially selects pickups based on player state and other nearby pickups - Will avoid duplicates or pickups the player cannot use - Enemies will drop more pickups when player is low on resources - Breakables (e.g. crates and barrels) will now always drop at least 1 pickup [*]Reworked weapon pickup spawning - Now takes current player loadout into account - Now takes all previously dropped weapons of the run into account - Now selects a roughly equal distribution of primaries, secondaries and mines - Reduced overall weapon drop/spawn rate [*]Reworked exopod droprate to be more consistent [*]Removed bonus lives earned from credits [*]Reworked Resurrector spawning - No longer limited to secrets - Now more likely to spawn when players are out of lives [*]Added Mega Shield pickup - Adds 128 shield - Bonus can exceed ship max shield [*]Ammo pickups have higher bonuses on Hazard 1 and 2 [*]Reduced max enemy density on Hazard 1 and 2 [*]Pickups that can be collected will now always be attracted (bonus overflow is ignored) [*]Artifacts will now sometimes spawn as secrets [*]Adjusted level pickup spawning to be more consistent [*]Improved secret pickup selection [*]Added more multi-tile entrances for secret rooms [/list] [h3]UI[/h3] [list] [*]Added binding for navigating to nearest unexplored group (default keyboard binding is "x") [*]Added weapon wheel for exchanging weapons [*]Weapons without ammo can no longer be selected [*]Added additional HUD feedback for selecting and exchanging weapons [*]Added HUD indicators for incoming homing missiles [*]Homing alert sound is now directional [*]Added additional HUD feedback for Mega Shield and ammo packs [*]Removed primary bank full HUD messages [/list] [h3]Visuals[/h3] [list] [*]Added dynamic scaling for weapon impact FX (bigger enemies = bigger explosions) [*]Improved Cruiser laser sight FX [*]Improved various weapon and damage FX [*]Multipine view model now spins when firing [*]Adjusted Multipine impact FX for better visibility [*]Updated Bubblebomb model [*]Updated Cycler and Repeater models [*]Adjusted level fog and lighting [/list] [h3]Enemies[/h3] [list] [*]Reworked enemy spawning: - Enemy compositions are now more varied - Smoother difficulty progression across a level - Will now occassionaly create swarms of weaker enemies [*]Damage from melee enemies now penetrates shield [*]Ionites can now spawn in underwater areas [*]Improved spawn point selection for ground enemies [*]Increased Killjet size [*]Shade adjusted: - Reduced turn rate - Increased ethereal duration [/list] [h3]Fixes[/h3] [list] [*]Fixed meltdown music not being timed correctly [*]Fixed HUD damage flash not being reset on ship respawn [*]Fixed a phantom wall bug that could cause enemies to spawn outside the level [*]Fixed mine camera rotation in some cases not aligning with room gravity [*]Fixed mine projectile physics being reset when colliding with water surfaces [*]Fixed weird physics interaction when Thermo hit a water surface [/list]