Update 7: Immersion Enhanced

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This update introduces the first steps towards our hugely ambitious goal of totally immersing you in Interstellar Marines.

Major new HUD updates, a new damage system which includes component damage, and the first version of our stamina system draw you into the game and set the stage for future plans. Update 7 also includes many changes to the audio, our first jump prototype and adjustments to the weapon aiming model.

Please click here to watch the update video

The Community Video

A huge thanks to every single community member who sent in their videos and audio clips for the community video. Enjoy!

Please click here to watch the Community Video

Version: 0.5.7 Released: 6th of December 2013

New Features

• ADDED: New Stamina Model that affects exhaustion level, breathing, fog in helmet, weapon bobbing and recoil

• ADDED: New Suit System that controls the HUD, rebreather and audio occlusion/enhancements

• ADDED: Component-based damage model on the Marines that affect the Suit System

• ADDED: Breath System

• ADDED: Projectile force impacts to ragdolls

• ADDED: Jump prototype (hold to time your jump)

• ADDED: Dynamic weapon bobbing

• ADDED: Wind-in-ear sound at high velocities

• ADDED: HUD notifications on confirmed kills, team kills and domination zones

• ADDED: Red Dot Scope mark II

• ADDED: Emissive strips on teammates when helmet is open

• ADDED: Different muzzle flash effects in 1p/3p

• ADDED: Support for password-protected servers

Improvements

• UPDATED: Weapon accuracy and recoil model

• UPDATED: Marine running speeds

• UPDATED: Helmet to turn off HUD when opened

• UPDATED: GUI to toggle on/off when HUD enabled/disabled

• UPDATED: Helmet dirt texture

• UPDATED: Difference between 1p and 3p SMG sounds

• UPDATED: 1p/3p death sounds

• UPDATED: 1p/3p impact sounds

• UPDATED: All movement sounds

• UPDATED: Sandbox with new physical materials (water, snow) and marines

• UPDATED: Dawn environmental sounds (got rid of the birds!)

• UPDATED: Water now reflects Marines

• UPDATED: Team Domination start team tickets to 750

• UPDATED: Playground mode to spawn real Marines

• UPDATED: Respawning so players are added/removed to spawn queue on key input

• UPDATED: Depth-of-Field settings to match new FOV/helmet clipping

Fixes

• FIXED: Pingtimes to servers now display correctly

• FIXED: So you can spawn instantly in Playground mode

• FIXED: Weapon inaccuracy is the same in Playground as online

• FIXED: Weapons stay after marine is destroyed in Playground

Known Issues

• View jittering may occur when jumping on lossy networks

• Audio may cut off partially/completely on weapon/helmet sounds

• Other players will seem to float above or interpenetrate while standing on a moving dynamic platforms (network smoothing will exaggerate this effect)

Keep the great feedback coming!

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME, Your team at Zero Point Software