Hunt Showdown: Content Patch 1 veröffentlicht – Changelog verfügbar

Jean Pierre B. | 11. Mai 2018 - 22:03 Uhr

Seit Februar läuft die Early Access Version zu Hunt Shodwon, nun haben die Entwickler von Crytek den ersten Content Patch veröffentlicht. Was der Patch mit der Versionsnummer 0.225 beinhaltet erfahrt ihr weiter unten.

Mit diesem Update erhalten alle Spieler 4000$ als Entschädigung auf ihr In-Game Konto, einige Spieler kämpften mit Unterbrechungen der Internetverbindung, Abstürzen und dem Verlust von Jägern. Die Verantwortlichen haben sich dazu öffentlich geäußert und Entschuldigt.

Unten könnt ihr nun die Highlights und Patch Notes Lesen, eine Liste aller Bug Fixes und bekannter Probleme findet ihr gleich hier.

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Hunt Showdown – Patch Notes – V0.225

Highlights

5 weapons with sniper scopes for long, medium and short-range
2 tactical grenades (Flash Bomb, Poison Bomb)
12 new Traits
11 new Hunter outfits
Improved map readability and changes to level architecture in boss areas
Fall damage
Inventory slot refactoring
Rebalanced player footstep audio
Updated Bloodline screen

Additional rewards for target banishment
Changes to banishing and PvE rewards should increase the incentive to take on the bosses instead of camping while somebody else does the dirty work. A completed banishing will now fully restore your health, and give your Hunter additional health chunks (if your Hunter has room on their health bar). Additionally, killing, banishing, and extracting with at least one bounty token from a target now provides a post-mission bonus of 25 bounty, called Clean Sweep.

Bloodline screen refactoring
We have improved the Bloodline screen to better see your overall progress and how much you need to play for the next rank-up, where the Tier gates for unlocking new types of recruits are, recent and upcoming equipment unlocks, and a summary of your last match and its highlights. We have also made it easier to understand when you have unspent points or new gear to check out.

Clue defender
AI will now spawn randomly and much closer around clue positions to provide an additional challenge when tracking clues.
Developer note: AI may spawn around the clue locations, and the combinations of AI will be randomized. It’s also possible for audio traps such as raven flocks to spawn nearby in some cases.

Fall damage
Hunters will now take damage when jumping/falling from high walls, ledges, and rooftops.
Hunters will take fatal damage when falling too far (for example, from church towers or high roofs).

Increased bounty rewards for killing the boss & solo team rewards
As a team you will now receive 100 bounty for killing the boss (previously 50 bounty). We have also made changes to the solo rewards based on feedback from the community. Solo hunters will now received 200 bounty for killing the boss. These rewards are guaranteed even if you lose your hunter after taking down the boss.

Inventory system refactoring
Weapons are now categorized as large, medium, or small and have been redistributed across these three categories. By default, Hunters only have one large and one small weapon slot. If a Hunter equips a medium weapon in their first slot, the second slot will upgrade from small to medium.

Map readability
Compound layouts have been changed to make boss arenas harder to successfully camp and provide more defensive options for players who take out a target. Some spawn areas have also been adjusted to provide cover and reduce your chances of being seen at the mission start.

Developer note: We focused our efforts on several areas including changes to problematic or unbalanced locations with a specific focus on reducing camping and providing more cover and opportunity for players who engage boss targets. We will continue to monitor feedback and make adjustments in the future.

New arsenal
With this update we are adding three sniper scope attachments across five sniper rifle variants of existing weapons, as well as two consumables, and one tool:

Mosin-Nagant M1891 Sniper (rifle with long scope)
Nagant M1895 Deadeye (pistol with short scope)
Sparks LRR Sniper (rifle with long scope)
Vetterli 71 Deadeye (rifle with short scope)
Winfield 1873 Marksman (rifle with medium scope)
Updated Mosin-Nagant M1891 model
Updated Mosin-Nagant M1891 Obrez model
Updated Mosin-Nagant M1891 Bayonet model
Flash Bomb (blinding flashbang)
Poison Bomb (creates a cloud of poison gas which causes damage over time, similar to the spider’s poison attack)
Spyglass (tool)

New Traits
With this update, we are also adding 12 Traits:

Bulletgrubber (replaces Pump Jockey trait): You can reload mid-clip without losing the chambered bullet on certain weapons
Bulwark: Reduce the damage from explosions by 20%.
Deadeye Scopesmith: Remain in scope view after firing a shot while using any weapon with a short scope (Deadeye variants)
Iron Sharpshooter: Remain in iron sights after firing a shot while using bolt-action rifles
Iron Devastator: Remain in iron sights between shots using shotguns
Kiteskin: Reduce damage from falling by 50%
Marksman Scopesmith: Remain in scope view after firing a shot while using any weapon with a medium scope (Marksman variants)
Sniper Scopesmith: Remain in scope view after firing a shot while using any weapon with a long scope (Sniper variants)
Resilience: Get revived with one full health chunk
Steady Aim: Sway settles over 12 seconds with scoped rifles
Steady Hand: Sway settles over 12 seconds with scoped pistols
Salveskin: Health Chunks damaged by fire heal faster to their full amount

PvP kill rewards
We are adding a tier-based PvP kill reward system in order to discourage hunting new players (white shirts) and instead focus on veteran players.

Hunters will now get:

100 XP for killing a Tier 1 Hunter
500 XP for killing a Tier 2 Hunter
1000 XP for killing a Tier 3 Hunter

Rewards refactoring
We have received a number of reports stating that after completing a mission rewards were not granted. With this feedback, we have implemented some refactoring of how rewards are being processed between the game servers and the backend. With these changes we should see some significant improvements with this issue. The game servers are now more frequently synchronizing the current game state and not just at the end of the match. With this change, we have also made sure that in instances where the game server does crash, you will be granted partial awards (all rewards that are currently synchronized before the server crash (client crashes are handled differently)). We will continue to monitor this to ensure that these changes have resolved the issues that were reported.

General Updates

General Changes

AI is less likely to fall off cliffs during melee attacks now
All basic AI and bosses (except for the Butcher) can now be reliably set on fire
Improved the reactions for Grunts and Armored when hit. This should result in hits being more reliable and reduce the chance of the AI striking at a player as soon as they are hit
Increased draw-distance of AI to support the longer sniper combat distances
Increased the size of the Hive’s defensive swarm
Spider is now less likely to leave its lair by accident and die outside

Enemy AI specific changes

Butcher:

Added a cooldown on hit reactions to avoid trapping him in a loop with continuous attacks
Improved his attack validation to prevent him from hitting players through walls
Improved chasing and retreat behavior to make him harder to exploit
Improved targeting of his burning oil ranged attack
Increased resistance to melee attacks
Slightly reduced damage and range of his final strike when dying

Hellhounds:

Head hit points have been increased to make it harder to kill with headshots from weak weapons
Improved locomotion and hit reaction animations to be more reliable and snappy
Improved reactions – Hellhounds can now see and hear players at a greater distance.
They will also no longer attack in a straight line making them more of a challenge
Improved the group behavior to avoid them getting stuck when retreating
Improved the search behavior when the player is unreachable

Meathead:

Decreased the health by 25%
Improved his attack validation to prevent him from hitting players through walls
Improved the rage behavior when he is aggro’ed without having a visible target
Increased the range at which leeches will sense players by 50%

Audio

Developer note: We appreciate your very detailed audio feedback and suggestions. While we might not be able take all of it into account, we will continue working to improve the audio experience of Hunt: Showdown. Keep it up!

Improved Audio Consistency
Fixed audio events and actions which sounded too different depending on perspective or situation.
This includes a pass on player and teammate footsteps and adjusted attenuations for animal attractors listening from indoor and outdoor.

Improved Audio Readability
Fixed audio events, enemies, and actions which had missing or underwhelming acoustic feedback. This includes being on fire, getting hit, and hitting enemies as well as enhancements on the AI cast condition tells. Adjusted audio events which were too prominent, or that got in the way of gameplay and tuned these down to be less intrusive. This includes the extraction timer, low health heartbeat, and some boss status stingers.

Improved Audio Realism
Some audio events were enhanced to realistically reflect the actual loudness of a sound and the environment where it is occurring. This includes the occlusion behavior, so sound being muffled behind a wall or less audible when underground, reverb adjustments for barns and boss arenas, as well as gunshot reflection adjustments.

Gunplay

Added a new medium sway pattern alongside rifle and pistol sway, which is now used by all rifles with bayonets and all pistols with buttstocks while aiming down sights.

Developer note: Rather than just two, this third type now allows us to make rifles with bayonets more accurate and pistols with buttstocks less accurate rather than having to pick the other extreme.

All sniper scopes, iron sights for bolt-action rifles, and iron sights for pump-action shotguns zoom out between shots now
We have increased the default health value for all hunters from 100 to 150

Developer note: With this change, Hunters have become slightly more survivable by default, but they can no longer boost their health to get a stronger advantage.

Damage taken by the hunter has been adjusted to allow a very similar gunplay experience

Developer note: Everybody will benefit from the increased health by default so that one-hit kills will only occur on headshots but the gunplay will effectively stay the same.

Hits to the arms and legs take slightly less damage from bullets now. Aim for the head or chest to maximize damage
Compact bullets are now more powerful and bleed less power over distance:
- Increased damage of Winfield rifles
- Increased damage of Caldwell Conversion pistols
- Increased damage of Nagant M1895 pistols

Developer note: This is our attempt to bring two different requirements together for weapon balance: Keep the intended boost for compact bullets to help make low rank gear more competitive, while still making sure these 2 hit kill options are restricted to short range encounters. Where a Winfield can kill players in two hits to the chest on short range only, the Vetterli can do so at medium distance, while the Sparks and Mosin Nagant are showing the same performance at long range. We will continue to look at adjustments like this going forward.

Ammo boxes now grant slightly less ammunition
Bombs and explosives will no longer detonate and will be consumed when thrown into water.
Bullet impacts now create a stronger stimulus. This will increase the aggro radius and affect AI and animals at a greater distance
Changed the recoil kick pattern on all single-action revolvers to take re-cocking the hammer after each shot into account.

Developer note: With this change, Hunters have become slightly more survivable by default, but they can no longer boost their health to get a stronger advantage.

Decreased the zoom for iron sights on all weapons to make room for the new sniper scopes
All bolt action and pump-action weapons now unzoom between shots by default

Developer note: Holding the fire button down after shooting suppresses this mechanic, so you can confirm your kill first.

Decoys are now more reliable in terms of damaging enemies and destroying lanterns
Dusters and items that attack using fists now consume a lot less stamina, making them very economic choices against groups of enemies
Ammo pool increased for some weapons:
- Caldwell Conversion pistol extra ammo increased from 18 to 24
- Caldwell Conversion Chainpistol extra ammo increased from 18 to 24
- Vetterli 71 Karabiner extra ammo increased from 12 to 19
- Vetterli 71 Karabiner Bayonet extra ammo increased from 12 to 19
- Winfield M1873C extra ammo increased from 15 to 22
- Winfield M1873 extra ammo increased from 15 to 22
- Winfield M1873 Swift extra ammo increased from 15 to 22
- Winfield M1873 Talon extra ammo increased from 15 to 22
Fusees can now set enemies on fire when they are hit by them
Increased damage of regular melee attacks for all true melee weapons (e.g Knife, Machete and Cavalry Saber)
Minor changes made to the Derringers recoil pattern
Nagant M1895 Silencer bleeds damage much faster over distance now than other weapons using compact bullets
Nitro Express rifle will now receive two bullets instead of one from large ammo boxes
Tweaked heavy and regular melee attack rules for true melee weapons (damage ratio was 3:1, now is 2:1)
The knife and dusters have been rebalanced to offer different characteristics

Developer note: As tools these should not outmatch the dedicated melee weapons such as the machete, they also should stand apart from each other to allow choice in their use. The knife is for stealth at the cost of stamina whereas the dusters are for getting into/out of mob situations at the cost of immediate damage.

Hunters

Bloodless: No longer provides immunity to bleeding but halves the bleeding damage received over time
First Aid Kit no longer stops the Hunter from burning
Footstep sounds have been fully retuned to encourage players be more active when close to enemy Hunters (overall audio range reduction)
Jumping now costs 20 Stamina and once out of stamina you’ll only be able to perform smaller jumps (reduce bunny-hopping).

Developer note: We have made a number of changes to how jumping and the stamina system currently work. We will continue to monitor how these changes are perceived and will make further adjustments if needed.

Weapons are now less accurate when shooting while jumping
Massive refactor of player stats system to kill a number of health-related bugs
Poison damage now results in a much stronger on screen effect and reduces peripheral vision
Quartermaster: Now upgrades the second weapon slot from small to medium, allowing you to equip one large and one medium weapon instead of two large weapons
Vitality Shot no longer removes burning effect
Water footstep visual effect size is now linked to depth of the water and speed of the Hunter
You are now allowed to use dark sight while waiting for other Hunters
You are now allowed to use in-game voice communication while waiting for other Hunters

We have drastically increased the amount of possible Hunter names making it less likely for players to get hunter recruits with the same names over and over again.

The number of possible American, English, French and German recruit names increased
We have added 3 new nationalities with similar number of names. Now our Hunters can have Irish, Scottish or Scandinavian names.

Meta

Hunters

Additional names added to the pool for new hunter recruits
All recruited hunters now start with 150 health regardless of tier

Developer note: With this change, we want to normalize the gameplay advantage higher Tier Hunters had. Players no longer need to grind for health before they have a fair chance in PVP encounters. We hope this makes players become more active and engage more with the mission rather than farming points only. In essence, buying health is now just to replenish your health rather than a boost mechanic.

Increased the reward for ranking up the bloodline from 100$ to 1000$. These rewards are only granted for ranks that do not unlock a weapon or trait
Increased the base cost for Tier 2 and Tier 3 Hunter recruits:
- Tier 1: $ 0
- Tier 2: $ +50
- Tier 3: $ +100
Improvements made to the equipment for new recruits. This should decrease the chances of nonsensical loadouts such as multiple melee weapons
Reduced overall chance to receive expensive high end equipment to lower average recruit costs
Tier 3 recruits now receive a min. of 1 trait and a max. of 2 traits (was min. 0 / max. 3 before)
Tier 0 recruits now come with two vitality shots instead of on

Menu

Added tooltips with additional details about ammunition and damage types in the Arsenal and Store when hovering over the icons
Added additional hints to the loading screen
Weapon damage bars in the Arsenal and Store now also display numbers. When changing weapon loadouts, players will now only see a list of compatible weapons for that slot

Store

New equipment added:

Mosin-Nagant M1891 Sniper for 1340$ (Rank Unlock 95)
Nagant M1895 Deadeye for 34$ (Rank Unlock 34)
Sparks LRR Sniper for 330$ (Rank Unlock 53)
Vetterli 71 Karabiner Deadeye for 135$ (Rank Unlock 65)
Winfield 1873C Marksman for 69$ (Rank Unlock 38)
Flash Bomb for 15$ (Rank Unlock 23)
Poison Bomb for 25$ (Rank Unlock 39)
Spyglass for 15$ (Rank Unlock 12)

Equipment unlock rank changes:

Mosin-Nagant M1891 Obrez (Rank Unlock moved from 77 to 49)
Vetterli 71 Karabiner (Rank Unlock moved from 46 to 35)
Winfield M1873 (Rank Unlock moved from 35 to 26)

New traits added:

Bulletgrubber for 6 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 69)
Bulwark for 6 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 87)
Deadeye Scopesmith for 4 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 42)
Iron Sharpshooter for 5 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 96)
Iron Devastator for 4 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 66)
Kiteskin for 3 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 27)
Marksman Scopesmith for 4 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 57)
Resilience for 4 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 21)
Sniper Scopesmith for 4 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 75)
Salveskin for 2 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 12)
Steady Aim for 6 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 78)
Steady Hand for 5 Upgrade Points (Rank Unlock 51)

Trait unlocks rank changes:

Fanning (Rank Unlock moved from 87 to 36)
Greyhound (Rank Unlock moved from 34 to 18)
Packmule (Rank Unlock moved from 48 to 30)
Quartermaster (Rank Unlock moved from 24 to 45)

Price changes:

Caldwell Conversion Uppercut price increased from 175$ to 275$
Crown + King Auto-5 price increased from 166$ to 266$
Concertina Bomb price reduction from 35$ to 15$
Dolch 96 price increased from 190$ to 490$
Dolch 96 Precision price increased from 280$ to 620$
Mosin-Nagant M1891 Avtomat price increased from 999$ to 1800$
Mosin-Nagant M1891 price increased from 478$ to 780$
Mosin-Nagant M1891 Bayonet price increased from 488$ to 860$
Mosin-Nagant M1891 Obrez price increased from 378$ to 390$
Sparks LRR price reduced from 249$ to 179$
Vetterli 71 Karabiner Bayonet price increase from 105$ to 165$
Antidote Shot price increase from 11$ to 25$
Stamina Shot price increase from 5$ to 25$
Vitality Shot price increase from 20$ to 25$

Performance profile tool which can be enabled in the HUD options menu

The tool will display a basic set of data on the top right of the HUD with FPS, frame time, main thread, and render thread time as well as current ping.
This will allows us to gather some specific information from Hunters who experience performance issues, and provides Hunters with the option to check their performance individually.

Service changes

Softening of the loss of hunters due to technical difficulties
We have added a feature which will prevent players from losing Hunters due to irregular disconnects. This system will return a hunter to its pre-match state if certain conditions (maintenance, server crashes, invalid anti-cheat kicks, client crash mid-mission and during loading, etc.) apply.

UI changes

Added mission countdown timer to in-game map
Added stance indicator on HUD when the player is crouched
Added out-of-breath indicator on the HUD when player is out of stamina for either sprinting or melee attacks
Ammo pickups no longer showing percentage and now displays actual number of bullets collected
Changed the extraction icons on the in-game map
Polished and improved the readability of the in game map
Improved the readability of the player / team-mate icon
Pop up added to encourage following the game through the Steam Hub to stay up to date with the latest news and announcements

World

Adjusted the distances of objects rendering and distance at which LODs change
We worked on reducing popping, and adjusted view distance for objects and LOD swaps (more to come in the future).

Elevator mechanics have been reversed to allow them to be used by a single player at a time.
It is now be possible for solo Hunter or Hunter pairs to use crank operated elevators more easily. The elevator position is now raised by default and when cranked, it will automatically raise to the top of the shaft after a Hunter has entered the cabin.

Improved leading for players on some spawn areas
Additional leading away from spawn points to the nearest compounds have been added in some locations.

Lockbay Docks should now be correctly referenced in the level (not Lockport Docks)
Developer note: We noticed some confusion due to this, and we are sorry about that.

Made the hunting towers more useful and added more cover

Developer note: Let us know if you find these useful or not, and we will evaluate this, and will consider adjusting them depending on our community’s feedback.

Players will now always be able to see 2 to 3 clue locations when using dark vision
We felt having a single clue visible does not provide enough options for Hunters when deciding which clue to head towards. To resolve this, Hunters will now always see 2 to 3 clues instead of only seeing one clue.

Quality of life fixes throughout the level (bugs, clipping issues, falling out of level, getting stuck, narrow paths, etc.)

We fixed a lot of bugs that have been reported by the community and internally to make the map more stable, bug free and with fewer places for Hunters and AI to get stuck. We have also fixed many floating objects, several terrain holes in the level, and fixed several groups of vegetation that would disappear too early.

We applied some compound changes as follows:

Alain & Son’s Fish Farm

Added more cover and protection to the building exits
Improved approaches with more cover
Removed access to northern vegetation islands (frequently camped)
Simplified a number of approaches to the compound from the North
Simplified underside of main building to be less of a maze

Alice Farm

Added doors to the lower part of the butcher fight building to make entry and escape easier
Closed off upper barn on west side that allowed players to easily shoot at Hunters engaging the target

Blanchett Graves

Added window access into the Butcher space (previously only a single point of easily defendable access)
Cleaned up art around compound and added some additional cover
Moved window access to corner to be less visible from perimeter wall
Reduced amount vegetation around the circular grave area that Hunters could hide in

Catfish Grove

Added a new protected ramp entrance
Added view blockers and cover to boss building entrances to reduce direct line of sight into the building
Added more cover to perimeter
Adjusted some paths to reduce amount of water wading
Reduced clutter in interior

Cypress Huts

Added cover to make south side in water less exposed
Added a building to provide cover on the northern area of the compound
Provided more bulletproof cover on the upper area of the boss structure

Darrow Livestock

Added more bulletproof cover around the compound
Added more cover on western side of the compound
Added ladder to roof hole
Adjusted entrance positions on the western side of the compound
Increased size of butcher fight area slightly and reduced amount of clutter
Removed underused cranked door on northern side of barn

Port Reeker

Added more bullet-proof cover around the compound
Added roof access to several buildings
Added access to perimeter hut roof (easier to see in at the cost of more visible to others)
Added more cover on some of the surrounding roads
Increased perimeter wall height to reduce line of sight directly into the compound
Removed a number of buildings to reduce overall complexity
Removed or converted some buildings that were not accessible
Removed buildings now provide better defensive positions at the southern edge of the compound
Removed cranked gate from lower portion of the compound
Thinned out clustered vegetation on the southern approach The Chapel of Madonna Noire Added a number of access points around the perimeter
Western underground exit reworked to be safer for players emerging from underground

Scupper Lake

Added line of sight blockers and cover to boss building entrances
Added more perimeter cover for approaching players
Increased the size of the forest area on the northern side (spawn side) of the compound
Major layout changes made due to its well deserved reputation for being a great place to get your hunter killed
Provided different terrain options and paths to get in and out of the compound
Reduced amount of water overall
Reduced vegetation density of western area that was popular for campers
Re-worked northern entrance (elevator)
Windows in the boss building are now closed by default but can still be opened by players

Other changes
Executable is now “HuntGame.exe” instead of “GameLauncher.exe”. This also resolves the issue with the game not being detected correctly by the NVIDIA Experience.

Quelle: Steam

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