PC STEAM UPDATE - JUNE 29 , 2023 – Focus Support Center

Dear Weyland-Yutani Shareholders,

First of all, we apologize for the delay in releasing the patch notes. The board of directors had to scrupulously review the report.

The R&D department at Tindalos Interactive has been diligently working on "Building Better Games" with our latest project, Aliens: Dark Descent.

In pursuit of excellence, we're set to roll out our first major patch, meticulously crafted based on community feedback. This patch marks a significant leap in our constant drive to refine, balance, and achieve the perfect gaming organism.

With a mix of enhancements, balancing tweaks, and fixes, expect a more immersive descent into the alien world. This isn't just an update; it's a testament to our commitment to you, our esteemed shareholders.

Here’s a reminder of the topics for the general assembly regarding the next patch:

Add the possibility to skip the prologue
Introduce an option to make the campaign deathclock obsolete
Implement an autosave feature when quitting the Otago
And many more…

Please remember that profits should remain our primary consideration for the sake of the project's development. So, keep supporting us by giving the game a thumbs up.

Sincerely,

Romain Clavier
Deputy Administrator,
Weyland-Yutani Corporation

Bug fixes

Major

Fix of an error preventing the player to unlock the Olduvai Refinery (Mission 11) when finishing Pryce of Deception (Mission 10). If your progress is currently blocked you can redeploy to Pryce of Deception and directly extract to unlock the Mission 11.
Heavily wounded marine are now saved when extracting after the defense phase at the end of Harper's Hell (Mission 3)
Prevent a bug allowing the player to complete the objective "Shutdown vent fans" before unlocking it during the mission Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
Veterinarian McNeil no longer disappear when dropped on the ground in the mines of Dead Hills (Mission 1)
Civilians no longer disappear when dropped on the ground of a lift
Civilians dropped on the floor are still considered as part of the squad
Fix the Massive Onslaught directly stopping after it starts
Improvement of several issues blocking the dialogs and preventing the player from progressing further
Add a protection that will teleport your marines, drones, civilians near their current position if they are stuck in the environment
Brawler personality trait is now working properly
General improvement of the stability when using a gamepad (Crash/navigation/usability)
Prevent a crash from happening on the Welcome screen
Fix a crash that could happen when eggs were opening to release facehuggers
Prevent a crash caused by the Alien AI
Fix an issue where a marines enduring a Facehugger's embrace during recover from ragdoll doesn't block his skills and movements
Reselecting an objective no longer makes it disappear on the top left corner of your tactical view
Fix an issue where in McNeil's lab, looting the datapad right after the sentry gun might result in a blocker
Fix an issue endlessly blocking the marine in an interaction when using the flashlight
Add of several safeguards preventing aliens to be stuck in patrol
Fix of the lift floor interaction first button focus by default (only on mouse/keyboard)
Fix of a crash when loading the autosave of the Runner's introduction cinematic
The alien will always attack Maeko if she gets detected in the Otago (Mission 9)
Humanoids will always spawn during the tutorial "Cover" in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
Fix of the crash occuring when repairing a Sentry in front of the Queen's room of the Tantalus Base (Mission 8)
Bleeding timer is now correctly stopped during a scripted sequence
Placing a sentry at the start of the basement -2 of Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6) no longer kill the scripted aliens which was resulting in a blocker
You can no longer be blocked using the incinerator unit during Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
Repaired synthetic can now fire with a pistol
Fix of a potential crash when loading an autosave during a Massive Onslaught
Fix a blocker that was happening when spamming A + RB during the first deployment tutorial
To avoid a potential blocker, you can no longer take lift while the ARC tutorial is ongoing during Dead Hills (Mission 1)
Potential fix of a crash that was occuring when opening a datapad while watching a camera feed
The days are now displayed in the PCU list instead of the traumas' name
Marines no longer get stuck when taking damage during recover from a ragdoll
Fix pathfinding issue when taking the elevator from the 2nd floor to 1st floor in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2) creating a blocker
Fix a potential blocker when loading an autosave occuring while a scripted sequence is ongoing
Fix an issue where the player was not allowed to use the middle elevator after the APC tutorial in Dead Hills (mission 1)
Add auto saves during the power loader sequence in Olduvai (mission 11)
Fix an issue that can prevent the mine objective to trigger in Dead Hills (mission 1)
Fix the Keller objectives in Nuclear Protocole (mission 5)
Fix the Anand objectives in Nuclear Protocole (mission 5)
Lot of display improvements and fixes on the UI during mission and the Otago
Fix marine upgrade visual sometime disappearing after purchase
Fix a problem with the lifts where the player had to get out of the lift to trigger it again
Fix a crash that could occurs when taking a lift with a left behind drone
Players now get the proper outcome for not saving the survivors in Olduvaï (Mission 11)
Fix an issue that make the skills unusable if in the drone menu when all tecker dies
Fix an issue where using the Overloaded Plasma Beam to an Alien performing a special attack could sometimes freezes the game
Fix a crash in Berkley's Dock (mission 2) that could occur when taking the elevator from the second floor
Synth recovered during mission are now properly converted into enginer when getting back in the Otago
Fix many issues when taking the lift to Montero (mission 7)
Fix the event "sabotage of the Otago's generator" so it could not be repeated indifinitly

Minor

Retribution can now be used in every condition (not blocked while a marine is under Suppresive Fire)
Reprimand can now be used in every condition (not blocked while a marine is under Suppresive Fire)
The loading bar will now correctly appear above the Sentry when upgrading it
Removal of the Kill Objective Icon displayed outside of the map at the beginning of the Tantalus Base mission (Mission 8)
Aliens should not longer die in T pose
Fire now destroy the eggs as expected
Marines secured inside the ARC/APC can no longer be killed or take any stress damage by any way
Fix an issue preventing you to brake the weld in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6)
Removal of the indestructible door in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6)
General improvement of the colliders in every missions
Removal of a flying object in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6)
The cursor is no longer invisible when opening the ESC menu during an interlude
Aliens are now able to breach all breachable doors
ARC/APC are no longer blocked by a dead marine
Fix an issue that was changing the colorimetry when opening the Inspect Squad while checking a camera
Graphical improvement of Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
Fix a door that was not updating its colors properly when unlocked
Fix gamepad issue during the tutorial of the Deployable Motion Tracker on Dead Hills (Mission 1)
Changing the shortcut of the Deployable Motion Tracker no longer blocks the tutorial of the skill
The game could crash under specific conditions when doing the tutorial "Cover" in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
A marine could get stuck between a cover and an ammocrate near the moutain door of the Tantalus Base mission (Mission 8)
Fix of an icon clipping on a title on the mission report Statistics panel
Fix texture error on minimap
Fix an issue preventing all Command Points from being restored if you heal the stress effect disobediant in the process
Fix a bug preventing all the sentries to be picked up to obtain the maximum amount
Fix of the attribute Encouraging speech healing the right stress value only the first time a Rest was done (now heals every time)
Fix of door where the marine was playing the animation in reverse in Pioneer Station (Mission 5)
The event "Mental Breakdown" will now apply the right amount of trauma points when acquired
The turret of the ARC will now correctly rotate while on waiting on a waypoint position
The VFX of the ARC firing will now correctly appear while on waiting on a waypoint position
Fix of the animations while interacting with terminals on the Security floor in Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
Fix of sound not playing while many sounds are played simultaneously
Dockers are now visible even after loading the related autosave during the Docker's Reveal cinematic in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
Fix of the objective indicator position for the related "Kill Squad" objective in the Office level of Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
Fix the size of the shelter tooltip on the map
Dead marines and drones don't give vision anymore
Marines can now walk in the fire area if they are stuck inside one
Between Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6) and Berkley's Dock The Montero (Mission 7) the highlight of the Medbay button will be correctly displayed
During the misison report the tooltip of trauma acquired by marines will now be correctly displayed
You can no longer skip the Hangar sequence during the Otago mission (Mission 9)
Floors of locations are only displayed relatively to the campaign's progression
The cursor will keep its current position on the welcome screen
Dead synths will no longer talk
Fix of a room name not displayed on the right floor on Tantalus Base (Mission 8)
Marine's models will no longer reset when cancelling a marine promotion
The spawn point of the final mission are no longer revealed after the first scripted sequence of the mission (Mission 12)
Fix of the camera misplaced when entering the mines after taking the elevator during Dead Hills (Mission 1)
Object icons are no longer reveal on the map after a scripted sequence
Fix of the covers in the warehouse in Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
You can no longer save and kill the same survivor in Atmospheric Nightmare's secondary objective (Mission 6)
Tooltips are now correctly displayed when navigating with the gamepad on the marine panel
Fire now works properly on every enemies
The UI is no longer displayed during the chestbuster skin scripted sequence of Dead Hills (Mission 1)
The UI is no longer displayed during the Queen scripted sequence of Dead Hills (Mission 1)
The UI is no longer displayed during the first scripted sequence of Olduvai Mine (Mission 11)
A marine about the enter the powerloader or ordered to carry is no longer eligible to perform interactions
A carried marine no longer stays attached to the carrier after a save load even when crouching
Fix an issue when promoting a marine and using a controller
The mine floor is no longer displayed on the sectormap in Dead Hills (Mission 1)
The motion tracker no longer works on the basement -2 floor of the Olduvai Mine mission (Mission 11)
Fix of the legend of the map to add the terminals unlocked
Fix of an entry point disappearing after going into the deployment selection
There is no longer a lost signal on the motion tracker if the player goes back from basement -2 to basement -1 in Olduvai Mine (Mission 11)
Removal of the timer displayed next to "interfering signal" in the basement -2 in Olduvai Mine (Mission 11)
Maeko now have a FX when using a welder in the Otago mission (Mission 9)
Revealing a corrupted floor on the sector map won't cost any tools when using a gamepad
Fix of the camera rotation not stopping during the Queen scripted sequence in Olduvai Mine mission (Mission 11)
Fix of the camera during the scripted sequence at the start of the second floor of the Refinery mission (Mission 3)
Fix of the camera misplaced when entering the Montero after taking the elevator during Berkley's Dock (Mission 7)
You can no longer select the continue button multiple times during the warning message
The Cheyenne can no longer pass through the floor during the cutscene at the end of the Prologue
Fix an animation issue that was occuring when a marine is interupted when getting in the Powerloader
The Codex categories new entry marker will now be correctly removed when all the new entries are checked
Enemies dots on the map no longer have different sizes
Aliens are no longer affected by other Aliens crowd control effects to avoid potential alien getting stuck in the environment creating a blocker
Aliens are no longer attracted by an abducted marine
Tactical GUI no longer stays displayed while opening the map
Stasis tutorial in the warehouse of Berkley's Dock (Mission 2) now have enough cover space for the squad and followers
Civilians now have unique customization
Fix of a flying crate in the Otago Hangar during the mission launch
Loading or leaving the game when a marine is abducted no longer unlocked the related achievement
The GUI is now correctly updating when switching from keyboard to controller on the map
The text "The squad is in the search area" is now correctly displayed when the squad is effectively in the search area
The two Basement -1 floors of the Olduvai Mine (Mission 11) are now distinguished as B-1A/B-1B
Drake's datapad informations are correctly updated in the choice if you have recovered the related datapads
Fix sound issues when opening the ESC menu
ARC/APC no longer pushes marines who are in coma
Loading an autosave with a sergeant that has the backpack upgrade will no longer put a command point on cooldown
Various text overlap fixes across various menus
The lift leading to the Montero from Berkley's Dock (Mission 7) now correctly display floor -2 instead of floor 0
General improvement of the secondary mission of Montero from Berkley's Dock (Mission 7) requiring the player to check several datapads
ARC/APC will no longer push marines that are in a coma and on their path and will simply roll over them
Map will no longer blink when opening/closing fast a camera feed
Lighting improvement on Olduvai (mission 11)
Fix an issue where one of the marine during the final Olduvaï defense phase could be stuck
Add a video on ambush codex entry
Fix fog of war issues on Olduvai (mission 11)
Fix culling issues on some assets of the final mission
Fix some clipping issues
Fix an issue where the lift door stay closed after the defense phase in Berkley's Dock (M2)
Fix an issue than could occurs when spam clicking during multiple level promotion
Fix camera orientation issues during scripted events in Olduvai (mission 11)
Marlow's blood in the final mission is now white : )
Fix an in game animation when saving Stern
Fix some minor tactical drone issues
Fix an issue where the dialogue icon could not be removed properly
Fix some shelters that did not triggered properly in Berckley's Dock (Mission 2)
Fix distorted texture in the building on the ground floor of Extraction (Mission 8)
Fix a UI animation in the save menu
Fix a visual issue where some collider could be visible
Fog of war is now properly rendered in the prologue
Fix the ARC starting position in Otago last stand (mission 4) that could cause some bugs
Fix the position of a crate in Olduvai (mission 11)
Fix Aliens reaction to fire
Shortcuts for drone skills are now properly working
Now marine can't run when using overchaged plasma skill
Fix an issue where mines did not trigger properly
It is now possible to reload a secondary weapon
The "kill that bastard" icone is now removed properly on dead eggs
Fix some issues with the oil puddle interaction
The ARC now corectly rotate its barrel to aim at the aliens during defense phase of Harper's Hell (mission 3)
Fix some animations during the Otago cutscenes
Fix an issue where Alien could ignore Maeko after using Chemical tracker in Facing the beast (mission 9)
The flare icon is now correctly remove from eggs that are already opened
Fix barks spamming when time is dilated

Localization

Update of the localization (add of new elements and improvement of existing ones)
Update of the stress effects tooltip and related Codex entries to match the effect
Update of the description of the weapons statistics to match the proper Ammo per Burst for each weapon
Update of the Tired tooltip to match the effect
Update of the values in the tooltip description (upgrade, traits, traumas, Codex assistant)
Fix of format of the XP gain in the Training Room (no longer display 1-1XP)
Fix of typo error in the Otago events descriptions (Abandoned Lab / Salvage Operation)
Update of the Precision Shot tooltip description to match its true damages
Add of the shotgun stun information on the Codex Assistant Titan entry
Improvement of the Codex Assistant (fix typo issues and overall improvement of the descriptions)
Fix of the Codex entry Workshop to display the right amount magazines value for the Smartgun and the Heavy Pulse Rifle
Fix of the Codex entry Workshop to display the right Material cost value for the Plasma Rifle
Improvement of the Facehugger Codex Assistant entry
The "Security Pass" is now localized
The "Power Core" is now localized
Fix of the Mind of Steel attribute description to match the effect
Fix of the Credits
Torrance name will now use all available alphabets
Interactions tooltip will no longer display cost when they cost 0 supplies
Update of the customization name limitation in several language to avoid too long names
Precision on several attributes and upgrades that their effects are not cumulative
On the loading menu the difficulty Easy is now correctly displayed as Story
Workshop weapons description has been fixed and improved
s for second is now correctly translated in all languages
Fix of an error message in russian not dispalyed correcly "Pick up Sentry"
Fix of the weapon panel translation in every languages
In the loading panel the Otago mission (Mission 9) is now correctly translated in every languages

Balancing

Aliens will now only detect you faster if you are close to the source of the noise you've made (instead of all the time)
Few covers were disabled in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6°)
Drastically increase the humanoids respawn timer in M2, M3, M7 and M10
The power loader phase of Olduvai Main Mine (Mission 11) is now an infinite onslaught
Suppression of various shelter position across various locations (M1, M3, M7, M10, M11)
The power loader phase of Tantalus Base (Mission 8) is now an infinite onslaught
Crushers during the final defense of the Olduvai Mine (Mission 11) are dispatched through every available spawn points

New content

Addition of 5 new traumas to add more diversity:
- Hypochondriac
- Hematophobia
- Anthrophobia
- Obsessive-Compulsive
- Xenomorphobia

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