Early Access Feature Update #9.6 - Music To My Ears

Happy holidays, everyone!

Changelog:

• [Features]

• Music! Featuring 3 original tracks, one in the main menu and two for the missions. Expect additional tracks in the future.

• Completely overhauled audio system.

  • Firearms sound louder, punchier and echo better

  • Improved impact sounds for all melee weapons (blades sound like blades, blunt objects sound like blunt objects, not just a single thwack for all metal weapons)

  • Body impact sounds improved (dropping bodies sound like they ought to)

  • Dragging and sliding sounds (sound effects no longer limited to impacts only)

  • Firearms now have proper impact sounds

  • Bullet casings and shells have impact sounds

  • Blood drops no longer the dominating audio source

  - I had to go over each and every object in the game for this so I may have missed something. If you notice some discrepancies or errors, do let me know.

  [Changes]

• Changed grab point logic to have better centering. This should mitigate the issue of having to over-correct your hands to aim two-handed weapons. If anyone prefers the old way, let me know and I'll add a toggle for the next update.

• Slides and cocking handles no longer lock back if a magazine isn't inserted

  [Weapons]

• Added a Revolver Cannon from the same family as the previous update's Autocannon

  [Performance]

• Greatly improved the performance of some of the heaviest scripts. This should noticeably improve the framerate stability and overall FPS.

• Reduced stutters related to audio

  [Fixes]

• Fixed slides and cocking handles locking back only halfway

• Main menu now uses the same hands as the rest of the game

• Fixed hand rotation in the main menu when using OpenXR (now matches the rest of the game's rotation)

• Uploading mod updates should be fixed now

• Fixed Church level performance, for real this time