Early Access version 82.2

MAIN CHANGES

:warning: “Early Bird” bonus is not working in v82.1. Use v.82.2 instead.

There are two parts to this update. Firstly, a lot of ground work has been performed to support the eventual Mac and smartphone versions (none of these changes affect the Windows game, so don’t expect to see anything different).

Secondly, new content has been added in the form of new waves, most of which are based on your own suggestions. Due to the addition of new waves in the randomization pool, virtually all Invasion, Droid, and Retro missions have changed. Consequently, all ongoing League Dares have also been deleted. Mission leaderboards have been preserved for now (only Retro has been reset), but high scores obtained using the “old” waves will be eventually deleted.

Bug/Idea medals will be awarded later in the day. :warning: Your medal cannot be awarded if your in-game callsign doesn’t match your forum name (send it to me in a private message).

COMPATIBILITY

You will lose:

  • any in-mission progress
  • all graphics options, which includes your window/borderless/fullscreen setting.
  • if any options have been removed or added to a new version, then all menu options (not just graphics) will be lost.

CHANGELOG

:new: New features – :bulb: Tweaks – :bug: Bug fixes – :gear: Internal changes

  • :gear: Deleted users who haven’t logged in during the past 4 weeks and have less than an hour of playtime, and also users who haven’t logged in during the past week and have less than 10 minutes of playtime, and also users who haven’t logged in during the 12 months and haven’t set an e-mail.
  • :bulb: Pro-gamer mode + Iron chef: Spread attack projectiles are no longer raised (@OneWingLunarian :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :bug: Per-mission top-10 lists: Fixed incorrectly-squeezed black text outline (@Francis :medal_sports: Bug)
  • :gear: Fixed Balancer kicking out old versions without giving the correct reason.
  • :bug: Bullet Spray wave: Fixed wrong hero quip (@ThisIsChristianF :medal_sports: Bug)
  • :bulb: Henperor: Hero quip probability is now 25% (was 100%) (@CattyCheese :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :bulb: Pro-gamer mode + All Crabs: Lowered launched projectiles (@CattyCheese :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :bug: Fixed multi-kill straddling across wave boundaries (@MNaeemi777 :medal_sports: Bug)
  • :bug: Fixed multi-kill not being inhibited by special weapons (@GTTOP :medal_sports: Bug)
  • :bulb: Anniversary screen: Time is now shown with milliseconds.
  • :bulb: Pro-gamer mode + Mission outcome screen: Time is now shown with milliseconds.
  • :bulb: Pro-gamer mode: Increased inter-wave delay by 1s to allow victory music to complete (@MoonKnight @Simarino :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :gear: Translations: “Dare expired” message on defender’s side is now fully localized based on defender’s language (and not partially on attacker’s).
  • :gear: Translations: Custom numeric digits are now correctly applied to mission length (stages x waves).
  • :bulb: “Twice Infinity” boss: Continuous 360o attack when enraged now only occurs on 100% or above difficulty (@n0linho :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :bug: Lasergun: Fixed aiming misalignment under low FPS (@SonicCrazyExe @Pidgey :medal_sports: Bug)
  • :gear: Translations: Fixed ‘–EMPTY–’ appearing in certain cases.
  • :gear: Ported UVE++11.DX11_1 to OpenGL 1.1
  • :gear: Ported UVE++11.DX11_1 to OpenGL ES 2.0
  • :gear: Translations: Rephrased “licensed” equipment balloon tip.
  • :gear: Translations: Fixed “This mission has been already flown” appearing untranslated.
  • :new: Added “Yin and Yang”/“Yang and Yin” waves (@ScarletCuboids :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Gladiator” wave (@Star_Light :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Among Us” wave (@xXmlgDiegoXx :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Intergalactic Delivery”/“Intergalactic Guaranteed Delivery” waves (@xXmlgDiegoXx :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Tribute” wave from CI5.
  • :new: Added alien saucer enemy variation (props to whoever discovers the reference).
  • :new: Added “Saucer Attack”/“Mars Attacks!” wave (based on “Close Encounters” of CI3) (@Akemisora :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Elevator Action” wave (@Francis :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Ribbit!” wave.
  • :bug: Removed “Clean sweep” from “Retro Invaders” wave. (@Daxxxis :medal_sports: Bug)
  • :new: Added “Retro Highway” wave (beginner/intermediate/advanced loops) (@darkchan :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “I’ll be back” boss (@xXmlgDiegoXx :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :gear: Length (in waves) of all Retro missions has been re-generated based on a 4-wave cycle (was 3-wave).
  • :bulb: Top-left HUD now fades out as spacecraft approaches (@KnockoffFeline @ScarletCuboids :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :gear: Lissajous curves now use sines instead of cosines (also, fixed parameter misnaming).
  • :new: Added “Bullet Rain” wave (@OneWingLunarian :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Tag, you’re it!” wave (@Fractorial :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “The Honeycomb Conjecture” wave (@Fractorial :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “Cherry Bomb” wave (@Fractorial :medal_sports: Idea)
  • :new: Added “The Lathe” wave (@Fractorial :medal_sports: Idea)

v.82.2 EMERGENCY PATCH

  • :bug: “Early Bird” bonus is now working correctly (@Bigmos49216 :medal_sports: Bug)

BACKUPS

You are reminded that during Early Access you are responsible for backing up your own progress. Make a copy of everything under C:\ProgramData\InterAction studios\CIU (including all sub-folders). :warning: Never rename files or move them from one version folder to another. Simply make a copy and then later put it back exactly where you found it.

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let’s go

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Finally!
Now let’s hunt new waves.

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New wave has been inbounded, here we go again.

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:warning: Rebooted servers to fix a minor issue.

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i was just traveling to another star system and suddenly game closed with no crashes or something else.

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That was a crash. I don’t know why, though, your crash report doesn’t contain any helpful information. Let me know immediately if it happens again .

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gladly i seen no crash after that to now

Wait a second, @InterAction_studios. Did you notice that “Early Bird” points wasn’t affected in each wave? I already complete in squawk block and I got another bug after new wave was started (as well as every wave in each mission that I already encountered).

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Fixed in v82.2 :medal_sports: Bug

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Thank for a quick reply. :sunglasses:

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oh big issue

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Can i get this boss in Dare mission ?

I don’t think Retro missions can appear in Dares, can they?

Well, boss rushes can.

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Ah. No, it’s not present/allowed in Boss Rushes. I don’t know, should it be? :man_shrugging:

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Sorry, from the name “I’ll be back” in changelog I didn’t understand that this is a mission for Retro Mission

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Eh. Let’s just keep it for Retro. Adds more uniqueness to it.

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:warning: v82.2 Emergency Patch is now available.

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Can “I’ll be back” boss added to boss rush mode?