Update 7: Immersion Enhanced news - Interstellar Marines

Update 7: Immersion Enhanced

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.

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The Community Video

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

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