Welcome back to the closed beta individuals who have been part of our community for the longest time. Some of you who are coming back after 6 months are in for big changes.

• Fixed situations where players could become trapped due to stale checkpoint data.

• Save files WILL preserve: (Currently name is bugged but will be fixed)

  • Health

  • Armor

  • Date and timestamp metadata.

• Recoil Overhaul

  Introduced a new recoil model inspired by games such as:

  • The Specialists

  • Counter-Strike

  Features:

  • Permanent recoil accumulation.

  • Speed-based recoil scaling.

  • Running substantially increases weapon instability.

  • Smooth view kick behavior.

  • More physical weapon handling.

• Sugar System Expansion (Item_soda)

  The experimental sugar mechanic received major additions.

  High sugar levels can now:

  • Introduce increasing aim instability.

  • Produce severe weapon shaking.

  • Create extreme accuracy penalties.

• Squad Expansion

  Expanded squad slot usage:

  • Increased engagement opportunities.

  • Increased grenade participation.

  • Improved squad aggression.

  • Reduced passive waiting.

• Zombie Revival System

  On higher difficulties:

  Zombies can revive after death.

  Features:

  • Delayed resurrection.

  • Visibility requirements.

  • Distance requirements.

  • Temporary invulnerability while reviving.

  • Proper removal from combat during the revive process.

  Numerous bugs involving invisible zombies were fixed.

• Alien Slaves

  Improved evaluation of:

  • Melee behavior.

  • Forward lunging.

  • Attack responsiveness.

  Work began toward reducing awkward attack movement.

• Proximity Camera

  Introduced:

  trigger_proximity_camera

  Features:

  • Detects nearby players.

  • Camera takeover support.

  • Player-target tracking.

  • Position tracking.

  • Decal visibility improvements.

  • Tracer visibility fixes.

• Heavy Map Changes (TBD)

• More Changes (TBD - Will update)

To our continued patreon members,

What is in our timeline?

Physics

GSPhysics Integration (phys_"")

Began experimental client-side physics integration.

Features include:

• Bullet-based physics testing.

• Ragdoll experimentation.

• Physics debugging commands.

Ragdolls

Major groundwork was completed for future ragdoll support.

Work included:

• .gpd generation.

• Constraint experimentation.

• Scientist testing.

• Barney testing.

• Headcrab support.

Flying Snark Variant - monster_flysnark

A brand-new Snark type was prototyped.

Features:

• Uses the standard Snark model.

• Behaves more like insects or beetles.

• Avoids clipping into other Snarks.

• Supports flock-like behavior.

• Performs fly-by bite attacks.

• Circles victims before re-engaging.

• Uses squad coordination concepts.

• Retains explosive Snark deaths.

• Supports extended lifespans.

• Added looping buzzing flight audio.

• Code to be adjusted to provide a heavier smarter version for stukabat npc