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System Shock›Events›System Shock Alpha Demo v1.22 is now available on Steam
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System Shock Alpha Demo v1.22 is now available on Steam

System Shock · published 6 years ago

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Hello Hackers,

We have an update for the System Shock Alpha Demo. Here is what's included:

Version 1.22
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  • Fixed certain effects running infinitely and causing gradual performance deterioration,
  • First Person Ladder animations have been added,
  • New ladders have been added,
  • New inventory icons for the Assault Rifle,
  • New atmospheric fog has been added,
  • New ending elevator has been added,
  • New hit reactions when enemies are shot or struck with the pipe,
  • Berserk Patches now have their effects and side-effects implemented,
  • Magpulse impact effects and muzzle flash added,
  • MediPatch visual effect added,
  • Blood effects improved,
  • Toxin Barrel effects culled,
  • Mutant Ragdoll performance update,
  • Cyborg Assassins now drops their rifle on death,
  • Blood Decal visuals improved,
  • Artificial Intelligence improvements,
  • Player breathing audio has been added,
  • Explosives sound radius detection has been doubled,
  • Fixed an issue with the Medical Healing Bed movement,
  • The Hacker will now be detected by all the recharging Drones when killing one of them,
  • The Hacker's arm shadows have been disabled,
  • CPU Nodes health reduced,
  • Fixed melee weapons being allowed to activate while equipment was disabled,
  • Mutant drool now destroys itself rather than deactivates,
  • Modified lift to be able to reverse direction if something blocks it,
  • Removed navigation collision from Lift and Cyborg Assassin rifle,
  • Detach and deactivate Niagara components when both bullet and explosion projectiles are about to be destroyed,
  • Gas Grenade Effects have been added,
  • The Hacker can no longer climb onto ladders while dying,
  • Occulus Plugin disabled, VR headsets should no longer recognize the game,
  • Other smaller general fixes and improvements.

Hop in and give it a try if you haven't already! If you want to pre-order physical editions of the game or some exclusive merch check out our Backerkit! https://system-shock.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Please feel free to leave feedback, we'd love to hear it and we hope you enjoy the demo!

Daniel,
Nightdive Studios

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