Update: v0.5.0

Hey Crew! Exciting developments today as the game launches into Early Access! Here are the patch notes for this version. Cheers, Justin from Somehow Games

Patch Notes for version 0.5.0:

• Early Access Release:

  • Heist Haven has released in Early Access!

  • All areas in the game are explorable, but only the Industrial area is considered Early Access-ready. The Industrial Area has 3 heists available:

    • Cargo Port

    • Refinery

    • Cash Transport

  • The financial district also contains one heist currently:

    • Bank

  • The demo is no longer available!

• Performance:

  • Tweaked and improved Lumen implementation, leading to more predictable performance.

  • Reduced Input Lag significantly by enabling Low-Latency Frame Syncing.

  • Implemented NVIDIA Reflex for supported graphics cards, further reducing Input Lag.

• General Gameplay:

  • Heists now require all players to be present in front of the Heist to start.

  • Fixed a bug where NPCs were not correctly being despawned after a game-over. This led to enemies also staying hostile after a heist had failed.

  • Fixed a bug where enemies would occasionally spawn underneath the floor.

  • Fixed an issue where enemies would not correctly move up or down angled surfaces.

  • Fixed an issue where the Refinery heist would randomly start.

  • Fixed an issue where music would randomly restart during combat when the game transitions from day to night.

  • Fixed an issue where opening the pause menu would freeze the game briefly.

  • Changed the way the Drill works, making it more reliable and easier to use.

  • Added points in the base where items can be stored, which are kept between game sessions.

• Heist Haven Network:

  • Fixed: The “Complete any Heist” objective was not successfully marked as completed.

  • Added a mission to the demo that will lead into the early-access game when it releases.

  • Fixed a typo in the word “Cosmetics” on the mission screen.

• Vehicles:

  • Fixed an issue where clients could sometimes have an incorrect camera in vehicles.

  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes have incorrect positions in vehicles.

  • Fixed an issue where the vehicle in the base would respawn twice.

  • Fixed an issue where clients would sometimes not see vehicle feedback correctly.

  • Changed the HP bar to show vehicle HP when players are driving a vehicle.

  • Added the ability to steal vehicles that are being driven by NPCs.

  • Tweaked overall driving handling slightly more.

  • Added 2 new vehicles:

    • HC Blinko:

      • The Blinko is a tiny, yet affordable and fun sedan that seats four players.

    • Bootleg Buggy

      • The Buggy is the perfect off-road companion, seating two players.

• Weapons:

  • All weapons have received updated animations.

  • Certain weapons have received updated audio.

  • Added the Thompson SMG.

• Heists:

  • Added the “Cash Transport” Heist.

    • This is the first “Cash” heist in the game. These Heists do not require players to drop off their loot; instead, they head straight back to the base.

    • In this Heist, players collect cash from vaults. Vaults need to be unlocked with keycodes, which can be found on a PC upstairs and entered on the terminal in the security room.

• Animation

  • Fixed an issue where first-person animations would be weird when the player was carrying a non-weapon item or nothing at all.

  • Changed the first-person gun animations to drive the first-person camera partly, leading to a much better gun feel.

• Audio

  • Reworked a large chunk of the weapon audio, focusing on adding more oomph.

  • Added additional roaming and combat music.