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Full Fire Thief update
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What changed
- Gameplay
- Balance
- Performance
Change Log
Water Shield Reworked.
Active up to 12 seconds.
Length increased with water spray.
Fade out effect added as visual cue of time remaining.
Walls and floors now show water shield.
Wooden doors are now destructible.
Requires 7 hits (compared to 4 for Walls and Windows).
Contraband cooldown period added
5 second cooldown period after dropping loot.
Guards will stop searching for the player after the cooldown ends if the player is not holding any other loot.
Selling loot to the Shady Guy skips the cooldown period for the sold items.
Minimap now flashes blue and red while player is holding contraband, and drains colour to show remaining cooldown period.
Bug fixes
Fixed bug that caused garage doors to not block water spray
Fixed bug that allowed a hose to move through walls when near a one-way door.
Fixed placement bug when dropping the Backpack in Arcade level.
Level Changes
Arcade
'Employees Only' sign on storeroom door now destructible.
Warehouse
Increased extinguish objective from 25% burnt to 35% burnt.
Changed NPC fireman to stand closer to the fire once lured into the warehouse.
Increased victim health from 1000 from 3000.
Door changed to metal and locked to prevent bypassing guards.
Added objective to spread fire to nearby stacks as presented in cinematic.
House
Oven fire spread radius reduced from 600 to 500.
Car Crash
Extinguish objective increased from 50% burnt to 60% burnt.
Farm
Barn door updated to a metal texture, with axe impact fx feedback.
Extinguish objective increased from 25% burnt to 30% burnt.
Mansion
Bedroom and Study doors changed to metal doors to prevent destruction.
Police Station
Jail and evidence locker doors changed to metal doors to prevent destruction.
Comments
The change to the water shield has reduced the difficulty of most levels. Please share your experiences in the Steam discussion forum on level difficulty, especially any difficulty spikes that need attention. Hope you have fun fighting fires and running away with the loot.
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