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Steam News11 March 20251y ago

Update 4.5 - Phantom of Elites (New Enemies, LCK, Balance Update)

Hello Soldiers, we have a new patch today with two main new features of Elite Enemies and the LCK Camera (LIV Creator Kit), big improvements to loading jitters, as well as some balance, tweaks, and optimizations.

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Hello Soldiers, we have a new patch today with two main new features of Elite Enemies and the LCK Camera (LIV Creator Kit), big improvements to loading jitters, as well as some balance, tweaks, and optimizations.

What changed

4 fixes5 additions9 changes0 removals
  • Performance
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Maps
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
addedHello Soldiers, we have a new patch today with two main new features of Elite Enemies and the LCK Camera (LIV Creator Kit) , big improvements to loading jitters, as well as some balance, tweaks, and optimizations.
addedElite EnemiesObisidian soldiers can now spawn with one of a variety of special passive abilities (counter-shot, respawn on death, siphon health from allies, etc). The new ‘Captain’ type enemy will always have an ability, and other enemies may also rarely get these bonuses too.
addedLCK CameraThe new LCK camera can be found on the loadout table or toggled in the XR settings menu. This lets you record easily in-game footage from a variety of camera angles, including microphone input, and vertical orientation.
changedLoading Jitter OptimizationsLots of the jittery loading during killing enemies and looting at the start of a stage has been improved significantly. Enjoy!
changedLoading Jitter OptimizationsAnd as always, reach out to us through the Steam forums , Discord or Reddit with feedback or suggestions!
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The Light Brigade changes

addedHello Soldiers, we have a new patch today with two main new features of Elite Enemies and the LCK Camera (LIV Creator Kit) , big improvements to loading jitters, as well as some balance, tweaks, and optimizations.
addedObisidian soldiers can now spawn with one of a variety of special passive abilities (counter-shot, respawn on death, siphon health from allies, etc). The new ‘Captain’ type enemy will always have an ability, and other enemies may also rarely get these bonuses too.
addedThe new LCK camera can be found on the loadout table or toggled in the XR settings menu. This lets you record easily in-game footage from a variety of camera angles, including microphone input, and vertical orientation.
changedLots of the jittery loading during killing enemies and looting at the start of a stage has been improved significantly. Enjoy!
changedAnd as always, reach out to us through the Steam forums , Discord or Reddit with feedback or suggestions!

Elite Enemies

Obisidian soldiers can now spawn with one of a variety of special passive abilities (counter-shot, respawn on death, siphon health from allies, etc). The new ‘Captain’ type enemy will always have an ability, and other enemies may also rarely get these bonuses too.

LCK Camera

The new LCK camera can be found on the loadout table or toggled in the XR settings menu. This lets you record easily in-game footage from a variety of camera angles, including microphone input, and vertical orientation.

Loading Jitter Optimizations

Lots of the jittery loading during killing enemies and looting at the start of a stage has been improved significantly. Enjoy!

And as always, reach out to us through the Steam forums, Discord or Reddit with feedback or suggestions!

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PS. These build notes can also be found here: Update Notes

Full Changelist:

  • added new elite enemies with special bonuses

  • added new LCK recording camera

  • increase loot in sunless keep and obsidian temple

  • improve safety buffer after hitting low health

  • optimize shader load jitters

  • optimize physics update

  • optimize various other places

  • tweak stg44 obsidian enemy shot timing

  • tweak stg44 obsidian rifle damage down

  • fixed double mesh render on sewer boss scene

  • fixed various soldier tier health values not accurately set

  • fixed shotgun passive ability

  • fixed deadzone being lowerable to unusable setting

  • changed quest3 default to high-res mode

Any questions/feedback, hit us up on our Discord.

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Steam News / 11 March 2025

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