"Fire and Brimstone" Update" is Available Now

"Fire and Brimstone" - Major Update Available Now

Darkwater's third major update sees the arrival of new submarine layouts and systems, emotes, an endless mode, new biomes. and the arrival of the Automatons. This update also includes the winner of our submarine design contest. While originally planned for 1.0, it is completed and available in game now!

Here all the full patch notes for the update.

General

• Endless mode implemented

• New split stack functionality added (alt key). Can split stacks of items when dropping or placing into storage

• Can now hold alt + number (1-6) to swap items in inventory slots

• 2 new achievements implemented: Pyromaniac, Lights Out

• Spraying players with Fire Extinguisher causes them to temporarily not be able to see

• Fire extinguishers now stun enemy divers

• Sound effect added for successful critical blocks (parrying)

• Slash and Crush damage types introduced. Deals 20% bonus damage to susceptible enemies

• Can no longer move to nodes with a destroyed engine

• Enemy submarines can now rarely spawn with torpedoes and mines to loot

• Adjusted Frontier district description

Enemies

• New enemy: Automaton (+allied Automaton variant)

• Spraying Automatons with Fire Extinguisher cause them to temporarily power down

• Automatons now disable when water level in the room reaches >50%. Will reactivate upon water level falling below 50%

• Small attack delay added after enemies get stunned

• New attack sound effects added: Bristle Worm, Lesser Bristle, Angler, Stalker, Burrow Crab, Sanctum Crab

• New hurt sound effects added: Bristle Worm, Lesser Bristle, Angler, Stalker, Burrow Crab, Sanctum Crab

• New death sound effects added: Bristle Worm, Lesser Bristle, Angler, Stalker, Burrow Crab, Sanctum Crab

• New stun animations added: Angler, Stalker, Burrow Crab, Sanctum Crab, Bristle Worm, Lesser Bristle

• Smoother enemy death animation (will no longer wait for another animation to end before playing): Angler, Stalker, Burrow Crab, Sanctum Crab, Bristle Worm, Lesser Bristle

• Enemies assigned Slash damage vulnerability: Angler, Stalker, Tentacle, Diver, Infected

• Enemies assigned Crush damage vulnerability: Bristle Worm, Burrow Crab, Clam Swarm, Jumbo Crab, Lesser Bristle, Sanctum Crab, Urchin, Automaton

Districts

• New district: Volcanic District

• New biome: Volcanic Rift

• New biome: Bristle Colony

• New music track added for Volcanic District

Outposts

• New outpost type: Hideout

• New room: OutpostEntrance_Hideout(3x3)

• New room: HideoutLoadingRoom(3x5)

• New room: HideoutMachinery(4x6)

• New room: HideoutFactoryHall_00(3x3)

• New room: HideoutElectrical_00(3x3)

• New room: HideoutCanteen(5x5)

• New room: Hideout_Barracks(5x5)

• New lootable container: Gun Locker

• Hostile Automatons now spawn in outposts with human enemies

• Hostile Automatons now have a very rare chance of spawning in outposts with infected enemies

Unlockable Submarines

• New unlockable submarine: F1R3 Submarine

• New unlockable submarine: Service Submarine

Submarine Systems

• New system: Automaton Bay

• New system: Piloting(3x2)

• Pneumatic Launcher room visually modified

Submarine Weapons

• Explosive Harpoon Mk.1 reload time reduced: 14 seconds -> 10 seconds

• Explosive Harpoon Mk.2 reload time reduced: 10 seconds -> 8 seconds

• Explosive Harpoon Mk.2 time to reach sub reduced: 7.5 seconds -> 5 seconds

Enemy Submarines

• 34 new enemy submarines implemented

• Enemy submarines now have the ability to use Sonar system

• Enemy submarines can now equip up to 6 weapons

• New enemy submarine category implemented: Insane (spawns in endless mode)

• Final boss submarine updated

• Final boss variants added for Medium and Hard difficulty

UI

• Main menu banner updated

• Camera position on terminals moved slightly forward to improve text readability

• Camera position on store terminal screen moved slightly forward to improve text readability

• New Emote UI panel added (can be opened with "C" key)

• Emote Panel keybinding added to controls

• Split Stack keybinding added to controls

• New foam screen effect (fire extinguisher)

• Hovering over an enemy's system during combat now displays the system information

Animation

• Item grabbing animation implemented

• Players now hold canned items for other players

• Network animation added for players eating canned items

• Backwards walking animation implemented

• OK emote animation added

• Point emote animation added

• Distress emote animation added

Items

• Melee weapons given Slash damage type: Knife

• Melee weapons given Crush damage type: Wrench, Sledgehammer

• All ranged weapons have a maximum range now

Balance

• System repair speed increased by 10% on easy mode

• Leak repair speed increased by 10% on easy mode

• Enemy damage decreased by 10% on easy mode

• Credits item removed from Weapons_Small, Weapons_Medium, and Weapons_Large spawn pools

• Firearm item spawns increased in Weapons_Medium and Weapons_Large spawn pools

Major Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where players hot-joining wouldn't see the correct sonar map

• Hot-joining players now see which nodes have been visited

• Sonar pulse no longer permanently prevents harpoon weapons from reloading

• Fixed item duplication issue when entering new districts

• District progression now properly displays for clients

• Can no longer access vending machine from inside hiring room

Bug Fixes

• Fixed flamethrower creating projectile effects

• Emote panel button no longer stays highlighted after selecting

• Emote panel buttons can no longer be selected when holding items

• Defeating an enemy submarine by killing the crew now properly plays a victory jingle

• Can no longer hover over your own submarine's systems

• Fixed issue where wrench repair animation would sometimes keep playing after repairing a system

• Fixed issue where leviathan sonar could continue into the next battle

• Hanging suits on wall re-implemented

• Fixed enemy spawn issue in Catwalk_Corridor(3x5)

• Fixed issue where players could respawn directly above the shaft in OilShaft(5x5) and fall to a grizzly death

• Fixed issues where if clients interacted with the store terminal the store door wouldn't close

• Fixed issue where firing a fire extinguisher wouldn't play the animation over the network

• Tesla effect now properly disables Fire Suppression systems

• Storage count in the locker of SubmarineStorage(3x2) reduced from 16 -> 12 to solve storage bug

• Can no longer see mansion layout through portholes

• Fixed issue with FPS cap showing "Missing" on boot up for other languages

• Fixed death animation issue with Bristle Worm

• Fixed text overflow issue with microphone dropdown in settings

• District selection buttons text no longer overflow outside of the button for certain languages

• Combat warning text no longer overflows on to warning icon in certain languages

• Harbour lights no longer show an incorrect shadow on the ground when held

• Fixed issue with "success" message overflow on hackable terminals

• Fixed issue where "disabled by magnetic pulse" would not properly display on first pulse

• Storage sack renamed from "Storage Locker" to "Storage"

• Storage sack is no longer host only, any player is able to access it

• Fixed issue where players could die when entering new districts

• Fixed issue where player corpse could stop spawning after first district

• Fire text no longer displays while riding Pneumatic Launcher

• Text for leviathan victory corrected for many languages

• Hot-joining players now correctly see which hatch needs reloading in weapon systems

• Players returning from enemy submarine using Pneumatic Launcher no longer hold double handed items in one hand

• Fixed issue where players would not see the correct fuel storage amount on enemy submarines, and wouldn't be able to loot it

Updated Roadmap

With a new content drop comes a new update to our roadmap.

With the release of Fire and Brimstone, we are quickly approaching the end of the content we planned for Early Access. The next update, Nations, will mark the release of Darkwater's 1.0 release on Steam! This won't truly be the end of development for Darkwater, but it will mark a point where we consider the game complete, and its original scope fulfilled. We'll have more to share on what is coming with 1.0 and the future of Darkwater early next year.

Steam Community Items?

We're adding Steam Community Items to Darkwater! These will include:

• 7 Steam trading cards, featuring concept art of the various enemies in Darkwater.

• 3 steam backgrounds

• 10 Emoticons

• 6 earnable badges through crafting.

Anyone that has played Darkwater already for a sufficient amount of time will retroactively receive half of the available cards, and the remaining half can be earned through trading, purchased on the Steam Market, or from booster packs.

These are currently in Steam review, and once approved, will be available. We expect these to be public by early next week, so keep your eyes on your inventory!

Holiday Sale?

Darkwater will be on sale for 30% off as part of the Steam Winter Sale starting on December 18 and ending January 5. So if you are looking to get some new divers into the fold, it would be a great time to do so!

As always, thank you for the continued support. Join the Discord to chat with fellow divers, report any bugs you may come across, and see you below the surface.

• Playstack & Targon Studios