Update 0.5.16

🚨 NOTE: Update invalidates saved unfinished dives. (no, not your entire save data)

After this patch, I'll be focusing on preparing THE STORY UPDATE (0.6.0) (this time for real) which will likely drop late April.

I'll be moving to a new house across the country so I won't be able to update anything until I'm fully settled at the new place (so I reaaally hope this update doesn't introduce any bugs...). This'll likely also mean I can't respond to Steam Discussion posts for a while.

Lots of the work for it is already done though, and a whole lot of stuff is gonna be coming your way when 0.6.0 hits.

⚖ BALANCE

• "Mole" Guardian: alright, I know, it's a lot more interesting of a concept than it is to actually use, but, maybe it'll be a bit more interesting if that "puzzle" wasn't as easy to solve. It does still come with Heat Gain -100% though which is a HUGE ADVANTAGE. Maybe it'll change one day but, for now:

  • Damage +50% → +30%

  • Knockback +50% → +30%

  • Firerate +50% → +30%

• "Stabilizer" Mod: Takes 3s → 2s to reach maximum Accuracy increase (buff).

• "Lance" Mod: Now charges 50% further (buff). This should make it a decent movement option now too, even if you're not trying to stab Microbes.

• "Siren" Mod: Firerate +100% & Velocity +100% & Accuracy -50% for 1s → 2s when hit (buff).

• AdjustedChip Pricesa whole bunch changed (most increased). I think it's justified considering you only buy at most 3 during a dive, so even if everything increased by 10 across the board (which it didn't!!!) that'd just be 30 more Biomass needed for the whole dive.

🔄 CHANGES

• Added"Warp" Guardiansnazzy new icon.

• Powerpolyps: a faint sound now plays when one appears.

• AdjustedDepositsUpdated spawn sound.

• Unlock Conditions:

  • Adjusted"Wings" Modstolen by an unreleased Guardian - changed to "have at least 100 Speed during a dive".
  • Adjusted"Moon" Modstolen by an unreleased Mod - changed to "eliminate 3000 Microbes with Hitscan weapons."

🔨 FIXES

• Weapon Hover Stats: Burn symbol now fades out if value is 0 ("x").

• "Tractor" Barrel: Hitscan shots won't move forward now (they'll still rotate to face aim direction).

• "Ammunition" Core: the unused Cooling Rate stat now says "Cooling Rate" (crossed out) instead of "x".

• "Snare" Guardian:

  • Explosions, Areas & Flaks will now trigger when hitting Deposits.

  • Projectiles stuck to Microbes now won't grow when the Microbe inflates.

• "Maw" Guardian: Will now eat Deposits.

• Unlock Conditions:

  • Adjusted"Crossbow" Hulltext updated to match trigger.
  • Adjusted"Psion" Hulltrigger updated to match text.
  • Fixed"Biofuel" Corefixed unlock condition trigger.

• "Director" Mod: now affects BESTS in RECORDS menu properly (won't fix bests retroactively).

• "Metronome" Mod: Flak & Split pellet Damage now calculated correctly when this Mod is equipped.

• Weapon AGTT "Bubble Blaster": would sometimes not show Gene-adding warnings in SHOP.

• DATABASE Chip Tab Filter Buttons: The Core one now properly updates to match your current Core.

• Disabled Core-Related Stat Text: Now the crossed-out text and accompanying symbols have the same opacity (looks much nicer).

• Fixed"Symbols Only" Keyword SettingFixed some keywords displaying full text when they shouldn't be. (there will still be cases of this but many are intentional)

• Hitscan: Keyword now uses proper colour & symbol.

• Fixed some more cases of tooltips being stuck (ex. when changing tab via Q/E).

• Finally fixed that annoying bug where you hover a DNA over a DNA slot to discover a new weapon, but it doesn't say "DISCOVER!" (if you drag it from the top downward).

• A handful of translation improvements.

🎨 FAN ART

Any fan art you post in the Discord I'll add in-game AND feature in update posts like this one!

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