Cepheus Protocol News

Patch - 1.3.2.5.16.1

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Patch Notes

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Speculative fix for civvie transfer crash
Fix added for grenade throws 'failing' at some angles due to the grenade trace hitting the grenade in the thrower's hand as they aim
Started improving 'right click move to attack target' logic to block sending units to attack something they cannot damage, unless you have at least one unit selected who can damage it. Including a text popup if you right click to attack something with a selection of units who cannot damage it
Move to right clicked attack target' logic improvements. Formations now will move to the target while being reliant upon at least one of the formation member's ability to damage the target: the move will cancel if that person leaves the formation, dies, or otherwise becomes unable to damage the target (i.e. out of ammo, switched to weapon that cannot damage it, etc.) Additionally, in a situation where not all members can damage the target, the members which cannot damage the target don't get threat boosts towards it
Implemented several improvements to certain 'right click attack target' checks to start adding support for vehicles-with-garrisoned-units-that-can-attack (such as the Ajax or Sparrow)
Added some basic support so if you have a group of units selected including vehicles and right-click-to-target that the vehicles will actually move to attack the target (though not in formation yet)
Some more fixes for 'move to right click target'
Improvements to 'formation pathing' towards 'right click attack target', to better handle moving towards structures more accurately
Adjusted collision on a type of house used in G4 to be more accurate (to not block some projectiles due to its simple collision being too large)
Fixed up some visibility issues on the HUD that blocked parts of the message log. Clicking on notifications to jump to them are much easier now!
Improvement added to civilian unit movers to prevent situations where civilian faction units (guards, scavengers, etc.) all 'stack on exact same spot'
Fixed 'City Saviors' faction name typo
Fixed buildings erroneously getting the
wrong* Zone if near a border, which should fix an issue with Civilian Admin Buildings being 'assigned' to the wrong zone
Fixed units who just spawned failing to hide their unit icon if HideUI was active at spawn time
Implemented a fix for 'selection circles' not correctly responding to HideUI
Keyboard rotation no longer resets camera pitch
Added game option Camera Follow Clipping Allowed. When true, the camera will be allowed to clip into surfaces if you are following a unit (via keybind INSERT)
Speculative fix for crash report from Steam user reported crash. Was crashing when a vehicle was destroyed and units were ungarrsioned(forums)
Speculative fix for rain causing bright flashes in some cases.

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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General Development Updates

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https://youtu.be/7hdBPmUtFb8
https://youtu.be/GV3YOssGEfs
[h3]Letter from the Producer[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
[h3]New Roadmap system [/h3]
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
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Ways to Support Development

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Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
[h3] Consider Supporting us on Patreon[/h3]
[h3] Merch Store [/h3]

[h3]Cepheus Protocol Anthology[/h3]
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
[h3]First 40 Minutes of Cepheus Protocol Anthology Season 1 [/h3]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
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Patch - 1.3.2.5.15

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Patch Notes

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Attack Move order logic improved to keep formations and make smarter movements
Direct Attack order added that allows unit to move into range of a target you right click + follow said target
Additionally, units in formation should run when moving to a right-clicked target if they are far away. If already in range everyone will just shoot and not attempt to form up unless a move order is required
Units no longer manage attack move 'individually' if part of a grouped move command: instead, the Formation Move Handler will do it. On being given an attack move, the Formation Move Handler will let units (who are already in combat) not worry about moving yet, but those who have started moving will try to stay in formation even upon seeing an enemy, only stopping once every member of the team has started fighting
Implemented some fixes to stop some situations where units would 'move too far towards your attack move target' even when enemies are in the way
Fixes added for various garrisoned poses
Made some adjustments to the North Treasure Island Carrier docking area,
Attack Move: slight 'stuttering' when issuing order while at least one member is already in combat should now be gone
Grenade traces now have a proper radius, preventing them from potentially hitting something thin (like a streetlight)
Fixed the 'formation' getting too far ahead should anyone in the formation enter combat
Fixed some units moving in formation potentially entering 'alone attack move' instead of relying on their formation to handle that logic
Fixed SRP construction obeying a turned off 'landscaping' mode, resulting you not being able to build at some SOCS if you've turned off landscaping mode for construction (which may be confusing if you didn't keep track of that)
Implemented some speculative fixes for 'moving to attack right click target' 'failing' for targeting structures: may not work in every scenario, but it works much better than the previous version did for attacking pods
Fixed a loading issue that could cause infected pods to override their health with a really small value
Removed the old Evacuation Shutdown logic, due to evacuated infected units being dumped onto Carrier deck (with ability to attack the mast) now. This should resolve some people getting 'evacuation shutdown' issues with being unable to set helipads to Evacuate mode
Units will now switch back to their primary weapon when reloaded and down to their secondary weapon
Fixed situations where units would have a reload time of 1 second no matter the weapon
Fixed an 'overlapping reload' issue where animation+timer for reload could 'double-reload', which was especially noticeable on the Engineer's SMAW
Set up speculative fixes for reported crash from here https://steamcommunity.com/app/979640/discussions/1/4032473436325246013/
-Set up the ability to shut down Dynamic Civilian Factions from spawning, in Custom Game Settings
Set up the Carrier to properly supply ammo
Fixed up the Selective Call-Ins button using the wrong image when not open
-Fix for Operator 'mouse showing' breaking if you hide then show UI while in Operator mode
Fixed the Missile Turret wrongly using the MG Turret's weapon type
Fixed up snappoints for wall corners being a bit unreliable
Fixed up gates not blocking construction (though open gates still allow you to 'build through' them)
Armed units sprint - Fixed
Tilt added to in combat strafing.
Fix to Heavy Vehicle damage resist type (Cerberus, etc.) having 85% resist to heavy melee (making them almost immune to juggernauts)
Fixed up issue with Rubble'd walls not properly updating navigation
Added speculative safety for Chelsey to try to make sure she is invulnerable if she loaded from a game while in death regen state
Fixed broken Angel island dock navigation.
Fixed Ravens failing to deal damage
Implemented a small fix to make civilians using evac to not use RVO if they fire off one stuck check to improve evacuations.
Adjusted landscaping size for walls+non-walls in the Sandbagbuilder so that 'floating crates' shouldn't occur when setting down buildings around TIG4
Adjustments to UI to prevent 'clicking on' something behind the widget when closing it
Recruitment menu's remember last options now
Clearing tool improved to better account for higher vertical objects
Added some improved collision updating for the rubble mode/landscape-able mode for walls. Used the above to make sure that civilian gates that are 'rubble-ified' can still be cleared by the landscaping tool
Fixed up 'ammoless weapons' (Scanner, Bunker Buster, etc.) displaying 'low/no ammo warnings' on the Unit Group UI
Additionally, fixed up the Weapon UI in the Recruit Popup and Weapon Market to no longer show a damage graph for 'non combat' weapons, via new bNonCombatWeapon setting in Weapon.h
Fixed units sometimes spawning without their secondary weapon if you customize their initial loadout via the Recruit popup (won't fix units who already spawned without secondary weapon, though)
Fixed not being able to swap back and forth between a non-combat weapon and a combat weapon (i.e. Scientist w/ Scanner+Pistol couldn't swap back to Scanner if you switched to the pistol)
Added some 'non-combat weapon auto swapping' logic: If a unit has a non-combat weapon equipped (such as a scientist with an Infection Scanner), they'll automatically swap weapons to their secondary weapon upon entering combat, then swap back upon exiting combat (if not reloading). This gets overridden if you manually swap weapons, however!
Added a small delay between helicopter spawns if you purchase multiple helicopters at the same time (in order to fix a 'helicopter flying too high' issue when ordering a bunch of helicopters at once)
Improved some AI related to 'move to right clicked attack target' to fix some flaws (mimicking some fixes Attack Move already had, primarily!)
Fixed an issue in Vehicle AI which'd stop them from chasing their right-click attack target once they've entered combat
Improvements to vehicle AI for 'move to attack target' logic, to smooth it out further
Set up some buttons (such as weapon selection in the recruit popup) to activate 'on release' instead of 'on mouse down', to prevent 'clicking through' them onto stuff in the world
Added speculative fix to try to stop evac helicopters from getting 'stuck' on the Carrier's mast
Updated Main menu graphics

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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General Development Updates

Ways to Support Development

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Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
[h3] Consider Supporting us on Patreon[/h3]
[h3] Merch Store [/h3]

Patch - 1.3.2.5.14

If your experiencing crashes/instability please try a Steam Verify/Display Drivers update before contacting us.

Patch Notes

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Removed winters lost tip
Move orders to 'unreachable' spots (such as clicking on the side of a building or things like that) should now be more forgiving instead of sending characters off on move proxy journeys
Made it easier to highlight the Mast of the LHA6 to check health status
CERC holograms now block other structure placements . To resolve being able to build CERC structures on top of each other
Fixed an bug that resulted in the GameTimeDay never ticking over (resulting in the infected not escalating their forces, building Leviathans, or building Juggernauts)
Also added a fix for saves that didn't have this timer going (Though it won't be completely accurate when repairing saves that 'missed' it)
Cleaned up some old 'transfer units between zones' logic that bypassed the Civilian Intake management logic and directly sent civilians into the Evacuate logic upon their arrival to the target zone
Set up a fix for Engineers going to the 'first set down construction object' if you tell them to build multiple things, give them a move order away, then resume the construction order and set down another object to build afterwards

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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General Development Updates

Ways to Support Development

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Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
[h3] Consider Supporting us on Patreon[/h3]
[h3] Merch Store [/h3]

Patch - 1.3.2.5.13

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Patch Notes

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Added some 'path checking' logic for the follow actor for units on the LHA6 deck, so that they will be less delayed in starting to move
Civilians evacuating from a zone will now have a higher chance of being infected based on the level of infection in the zone they are coming from.
Set up logic so infected civilians will 'swarm onto the Carrier' if evacuated onto it
Updated units who die on the carrier to 'attach' to it, so their bodies won't 'float behind' it if performing death anims
Set up AI 'LOS' and shooting traces to no longer ignore allied boats (so Carrier Turrets can no longer shoot through the deck, and units on-deck on the Carrier cannot 'shoot through' it to targets on-shore)
Set up the Carrier to be destroyable, if infected destroy its mast. Mast can be targeted by infected: it has a good amount of health, though
Winter is no longer a game-over condition
Fixed up the Engineers so they can properly repair the Carrier's mast if it takes damage
Fixed an issue where, when a unit unfreezes movement on the carrier, their movement would become confused (due to their proxy character also unfreezing movement and thus making their
own* proxy character, resulting in proxy-ception confusion!)
Updated Mine 'overlap detection' logic to be more up-to-date:
Overlapped enemies who die (due to being shot, other explosives, etc.) will no longer be considered, which can save some mines from prematurely firing off. Similarly, overlapped units who convert will be re-checked for validity (so if somehow they become an ally, for example, we'll enable the 'nearby ally' safety! Futureproofing)
Fixed Mines sometimes having units run the wrong way in order to construct them
Updated Mines to have a slightly shorter fuse (and a safety to try to prevent them 'disabling' their fuse after already having jumped, though it ain't perfect)
Set up Winter 're-purchase' logic to properly work if you repurchase before her corpse has faded
Added more safeties for Carrier 'dump units from elevator onto dock' logic to try to stop units from remaining 'attached' to the Carrier
Added 'save blocking' logic to when Carrier is destroyed, so you cannot save after the Carrier has already 'died' (but before the game over popup.. pops up)
Speed changes to standard infected
Added new Animation Combat state system for ground units
Spread decreased for 50 cal turrets (Mutt)
Fixed some initialization issues with the Recruit Popup to resolve weapon changes not affecting unit price
Added a warning (w/ 5 minute cooldown) to Zones to tell the player that there's no Civilian Holding Areas if they're trying to evacuate and have built none yet
Lowered the warning timer from previous commit to 2 minute cooldown (From 5 minute), and updated its pinged location to be the Admin Building in the zone
Updated civilian faction walls to have a 'taller navblock underneath them', so navigation won't sometimes build under raised sections of wall (which in some cases can cause unit pathing to become confuse)
Updated automatic Door 'unit detection' logic to better account for civilians (this helps with faction civilian bases which might block the path)
Adjusted civilian faction base walls to prefer 'being partially submerged in the ground' rather than potentially being too high, when constructed (won't fix walls that spawned too high already, in loaded saves, though)
Adjusted the Move Civilian Faction Base Around tool to be more robust and reliable
Added additional check to Boat 'reverse logic' to prevent them from 'reversing ad infinitum' should they reverse far enough while between two objects that they end up over land
Fixed up the recruitment building (on the Carrier) being directly clickable (clicking on it now redirects to just selecting the Carrier instead)
Fixed the Carrier recruitment building potentially displaying a 'brown circle' when you have the Carrier shop open
Updated 'freeze movement' on Characters to attach to/detach from their Proxy Movement Base (based on whether movement is freezing or not), so units doing any type of 'freezing' while on the Carrier (such as while repairing the Carrier's mast, throwing a grenade, etc.) will no longer get 'left behind in the air' if the Carrier is moving.
Removed the unique implementation of attachment that Engineers were doing for mast-repair, since the above fix is more powerful and covers more cases

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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General Development Updates

Ways to Support Development

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Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
[h3] Consider Supporting us on Patreon[/h3]
[h3] Merch Store [/h3]

Patch - 1.3.2.5.11

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Patch Notes

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Fixed an issue where the player camera would always start inside the carrier when starting a new game
Added some save/load improvements to 'catch' some cases where infection carriers aren't properly loaded as such breaking DNA generation only after save/loading
Fixed Holding Cell bug where Infected Civilians wouldn't generate DNA when caged regardless
Tracked down a delegate issue with the LHA6 that blocked units who were docked from LHA6-into-LCAC from being able to move
Added 'boat reversal' logic
Fixed a broken link in the 'navigate around islands' spline logic that was failing movement in certain directions
Added a water transition point onto the beach at Treasure Island's airstrip (Point Hill)
Fixed an issue with the 'boat navigate around island' spline around Treasure Island having a point erroneously under the water
Added a firemode to target only Structures
Various Animation visual bugs fixed namely for Winters

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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General Development Updates

Ways to Support Development

[expand]
Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
[h3] Consider Supporting us on Patreon[/h3]
[h3] Merch Store [/h3]