2nd Beta Preview - Update 10

Dear Beta Testers, we just pushed out a new beta with a whole bunch of improvements and bug fixes, thanks to all your feedback (Quest/Rift #1429, Steam #1428). This update has gotten kind of massive.

A full list of changes since the last beta are below, but I would draw your attention to the new graphics sliders, the new reset/unstuck functionality and the boss, which, for the first time in 3 years has seen a little love and attention. It's overall gameplay balancing has noticeably changed and we'd love feedback.

New Features and Improvements:

• New Bloom Intensity and Effects Intensity sliders. Bloom Intensity controls the baseline "static" bloom strength. Effects Intensity adjusts the visual 'strength' of explosions and any other animated or dynamic effects.

• Player is now reset if they fall out of the map. This should hopefully fix a large source of frustrations.

• New "Unstuck" button in pause menu, which will reset you to the start of the level

• Improved chip and weapon tool tips in homebase

• Extra visual indicator for undiscovered chips

• Increased Render Scale to 1.35 on default settings for Quest 2

• Boss fight improved by fixing broken attack phases, improving visuals contrast and various smaller visual improvements

• New Holster Settings Menu, unifying previously disparate options. Minor cleanups of other smaller inconsistencies. Does anyone use the horizontal offset setting?

• Adjusted shotgun behavior to allow pumping if secondary hand trigger is held. Try it out, it feels quite nice

• Improved the description of various weapons

• Adjusted blaster chip explosions (less harsh now)

• Adjusted revolver muzzle flash to avoid blocking sight lines

• Improved readability of holo map with bloom active

• Toned down glow of class hands

• Balanced bloom on several environment assets

• Performance improvements of certain rooms

Bug Fixes

• Bloom no longer offsets to the right on SteamVR

• Fixed list of chips in home base

• Security bots no longer run out of ammo with certain weapons after one magazine (Grenade Launcher, Burst Handgun, Heavy Submachine Gun)

• Fixed error when destroying an EMP'd turret

• Fixed some chips (Speed Boost II/III, Overload, Overheating) not spawning in levels and unlocking properly when picked up

• Fixed interaction of Blaster Chip with other chips that change bullet types (Firepower, Heavy Ammo, Acid, Mobile Malware)

• Fixed already defeated (and exploded) turrets "respawning" inactive when revisiting a room

• bHaptics suit works again

• Hopefully fixed a possible crash for some users that may have been due to bluetooth permission

• Fixed a number of null reference exception errors that had adverse side effects

Let us know what you think. Share with your friend

Thank you, The Salmi Games team