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Infested Planet 1.03.2 Patch Notes

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Here are the patch notes for 1.03.2.  A lot of the issues reported after the DLC launch have been fixed.

MAJOR

  • Marines respawn only at points without aliens on top
  • Marines under fire are healed less
  • Added horde mode to skirmish
  • Made teleport use 2 ammo per marine moved
  • Reduced Steel Curtain healing to 10% (from 20%)
  • Buffed Overdose to consume less health (35% from 50%)
  • Made grenades tech turn off rockets
  • Reduced shield projector cost
  • Reworked life support and reduced price
  • Scouts no longer consume ammo
  • Scouts no longer take more damage
  • Reduced price of chopper strike tech

MINOR

  • Added restart option to game menu
  • Added scrolling using the middle mouse button
  • Added “DLC installed” text in main menu, next to current version
  • Made reinforcement tech use rally beacon
  • Added anti-cheater contermeasures for leaderboards
  • Made rally point notice be hidden by the “no idle pointers” option
  • Made the option toggle widget on/off states clearer
  • Changed price of buffs to be relative to main campaign missions (and not random ones)

FIXES

  • Fixed tip for recycle not to conflict with ironman rules
  • Fixed leaderboard names going out of bounds
  • Fixed starting mutations not appearing in custom ironman
  • Stopped spore mines from interfering with alien building placement
  • Fixed typo in overdose description
  • Re-added software OpenAL32.dll to fix audio issues
  • Solved hives respawning on re-capture in crawler hunt missions
  • Added “no hive respawn” rule to custom ironman
  • Teleportation disengages crate towing properly now

Infested Planet 1.03 Patch Notes

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Here are the patch notes for tomorrow’s patch and DLC:

DLC Features

  • New ability menu with 7 commander powers
  • Mutator structure poses strategic dilemmas
  • Hive crawler alien in Ironman and Hunt missions
  • Extra-challenging Ironman skirmish mode and weekly challenge
  • Campaign integration for abilities and hunt missions

Major

  • Commander powers can be used by everyone in weekly challenges
  • Mutator structures appear for everyone in weekly challenges
  • Revised Tension mission to be easier
  • Added patrol command
  • Made life support shared damage affect shielded marines
  • Tweaked costs of several items
  • Made minigunner more vulnerable
  • Changed ammo supply not to drop as much ammo
  • Fixed bug with infested turrets that was making them useless
  • Halved fire rate of infested turrets (compared to marine turrets)

Minor

  • Made mimic eggs slightly more vulnerable to grenades
  • Made infested marines higher priority targets
  • Made medi-pods higher priority targets
  • Reduced infested officer inspiration duration
  • Improved target selection for burrowing hive
  • Made spore mines unable to respawn if hive is damaged
  • Increased respawn time of spore mines
  • Reduced damage of spore mines
  • Buffed Assassins mutation with infested snipers
  • Removed Assassins mutation from easier difficulties
  • Made minigunners less effective against barriers
  • Added speed and armour bonus to inspired flamers
  • Made respawn happen even at points with dead bunkers
  • Changed AI and infested marines not to switch targets if they already have an important one

UI

  • Added game option to hide idle unit alerts
  • Added game option to reduce size of announcements
  • Added visual indicator for which marine will be tasked with building
  • Added tips to important entities
  • Made all random missions point to marine spawn at the start
  • Added tooltips to custom level menu
  • Removed “Command Cancelled” message for chained commands
  • Added double-click “by type” marine selection
  • Added shadow to tech station icon to help recognition
  • Added ammo number to the UI

Fixes

  • Stopped marines from getting stuck as much
  • Fixed campaign mission UI on extremely wide resolutions
  • Fixed crash issue that happened if switching resolutions during a game
  • Fixed UI issue with ammo upgrade and switching resolutions
  • Fixed date display issue for daily challenge at end of year (if week # warps over)
  • Removed OpenAL32.dll from game folder. Steam should install its own version
  • Optimised bug swarming slightly
  • Fixed bug with guardian mouse-over

Infested Planet DLC is Close

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The Trickster’s Arsenal DLC is coming out on April 24th – that’s this Friday. Soon you too can blow up swarms with cluster bombs and chase hive crawlers. There will also be a meaty patch with all kinds of fixes.

I just wanted to give all of you guys a heads up. I’ve asked Steam and GOG to set the DLC launch discount to 75%. That way if you already have the game, you can snag it for a dollar and change. It’s just a “Thank You” to everyone who supported Rocket Bear Games.

The discount will last for a 48 hours. Make sure that you get the DLC then, if you’re interested.

InfestedPlanet DLC Screenshot