Halloween update! b27.0.0 Patch notes

[Halloween] ːsummerghostː - Added Halloween mode with lots of decoration! - A plethora of masks to choose from! [Performance] - Game is now compiled with YYC, which should improve performance for many machines which are restricted by a low-end CPU. - Texture pages have been better assigned, which should improve performance for many machines which are restricted by a low-end GPU. - The game now skips drawing frames when it detects that it's having trouble running at 60 frames per second. This should allow many more machines that are restricted by a low-end GPU to run the game at full speed. - Replaced several object-based effects with particle-based effects. This should hopefully help with some users who encounter crashes due to vertex buffer overflow. - Removed freezeframes triggered by various actions which were being mistaken for actual application slowdown. [Audio Engine] - Rewrote all sound-related code to use Game Maker's newer audio engine. This has made fixes for a number of sound-related issues possible. - Fixed issues with master volume adjustment not always applying immediately or with the correct value for sounds which were already playing. - Fixed issue with some users being unable to start the game without first manually editing their preferences file to disable music. - Fixed all playing instances of a sound sometimes stopping simultaneously when only one specific instance of that sound should have been stopped. [Monsters] - Added new monster. - Bat animation now slows instead of stops when stunned. - Fixed the fire trails of flame walker elites not emitting light. - Most types of elite monsters now emit light. - Eye Saw now responds to impact force. - Eye Saws can now be stunned. - Titan Worm health no longer scales directly with the number of living players when it spawns. - Lightning Elites no longer create hovering electric beams that do contact damage to players, and now instead will instantly strike the closest player in range at a fixed interval. - Fixed several inconsistencies between the way monsters would handle visual effects. - Changed the monster damage flash effect. - Flamewalker elites, lightning elites, and agile elites have been given new visual effects. - Fixed bug which caused flamewalker elites to not receive stat bonuses. - Monsters are now launched into the air if they receive impact force while on the ground. - Reduced golem mass from 9 to 2. [Weapons] - Added Chainsaw. The chainsaw is the first of the special weapons, which are found and equipped in the caverns and not equipped from the loadout screen. - Added weapon pocket. When the player is not touching an interactive object, the Use button will put the currently equipped special weapon into the pocket; pressing Use again will take it back out of the pocket. - Improved the way impact force is handled. Most weapons and attacks should now physically force hit enemies in an intuitive direction. - Improved hitbox precision for melee weapons, which should now better match their visual effects. - Reduced the nailgun projectile's hitbox size. [Characters] - Raised passive regeneration base rate from 0.125hp/sec to 0.25hp/sec. - Passive regeneration rate now resets to 0 upon taking damage. The regeneration rate steps up by 1/4 the base rate every 5 seconds until the full regeneration rate is restored. - Android's passive ability now activates at 50% health, rather than 75%. - Android's passive ability no longer randomly creates hovering electric beams that do contact damage to enemies, and now instead will instantly strike the closest enemy in range at an interval which