An alpha update for Cash_Out has been released! Click above to download it! This post will outline the main new and changed features of the update.
AI CHANGES
While AI itself hasn't changed too much, the way enemies locate you and how their sightlines work has changed. The first change was how enemies see you. In order to tell if an enemy is looking at you or not, angles are used. Previously, I was using a very inefficient method of determining the angle that the enemy is looking at (this normally would be very easy, but since it has to be in a range, it wasn't), but I've upgraded to a new system. This works much better. Previously, if enemies were looking at a 0 degree angle, they couldn't see the player.
The other change is how enemies determine if they can see the player through blocks. Previously, the enemy was only checking if there's a block in the way from the CENTER of the enemy to the player. It now checks from each eye of the enemy, so enemies can now see you from the corner of their eye!
Level Generation Changes
Previously, when entering a new floor of a level, you'd ALWAYS start at the top of the map. I felt this didn't make much sense structurally, it would mean the building would be very lopsided, and it also resulted in very same feeling levels. Now, levels start generating from the point where the stairs are, instead of at the corner.
Grander Heist
Upon completing a grand heist on career mode, you now unlock the ability to play at the grand heist difficulty on normal maps. Along with that, the grand heist challenge will become GRANDER heist.
The difficulty is increased by one, and up to 4 enemies can spawn at once! This is intended to be the "endgame" and is very difficult.
Challenges
A couple challenges have been added to the quickplay menu, I will be adding more over time. You don't have to unlock them currently, but you will have to in the future.
Surgical Clothing
A new clothing set has been added!
Surgical Gown -> Increases the max health of the player past 100%.
Surgical Pants -> Increases the amount of health restored by health packs.
Like always, the download can be found in the downloads tab!
