Maintenance update #2 deployed to beta datastream

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Survey expedition reporting again. Engineering continues deploying corrective patches. Please note that these changes appear only in the beta2025 branch.

***** CHANGELOG *****

• Audio - more natural sound panning
• Audio - made text log character appear blip slightly louder
• FIX - Audio - player-centric sounds, like footsteps were sometimes panned to the side
• FIX - Audio - text log character appear blip didn't always play
• FIX - Input - cursor stutter due to a thread synchronization issue in cursor latency minimization code

***** PREVIOUS CHANGES (21 MARCH 2025) *****

• HiDPI visual matrix (display system) compatibility
• More future-proof windowing implementation
• Updated Steamworks SDK artefact and Big Picture keyboard overlay
• Added an option for Bump map anti-aliasing (improves stability of specular highlights)
• FIX - Input anomaly - cursor immobilization (cursor cannot be moved)
• FIX - Hidden terminal access causing catastrophic failure
• FIX - Possible instability in the audio subsystem
• FIX - Slight darkening on screen edge (from blur shader)
• FIX - Typo in a subtitle

***** ACCESS PROTOCOL *****

• Restart the Steam client if it's currently running
• Right click on The Swapper in the Steam library. Click properties.
• Select the Betas tab
• Select beta2025 from the Beta Participation dropdown
• Initiate patch sequence and confirm update completion
• Please note that if you switch to this branch, the save will not be backwards compatible. You can back up your save by copying the Documents\Facepalm Games\The Swapper 1000\ directory

***** ADDENDUM *****

• Please relay anomaly and instability reports via designated comment frequency (please include your system information e.g. operating system version). Anticipated public stream integration of patches imminent.

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