EX-DRONES 2.4.6 update

//EX-DRONES™: THE WASTED test-build now available!//

We are happy to announce you that you can now try the long awaited EX-DRONES™: THE WASTED DLC Campaign. The game is not finished. Not at all. It's in a very early state and there are way more stuff to add. Enemy bosses, Guns, and Story..which will take a while to finish. We are open to any thoughts of yours but for now explore, listen to the radio, blast Enemies and try not to get killed in the desert!

Plot & Timeline: The Wasted takes place in 2184 after the wars against Mr.Johnathan. Your name is Andrew Williams, and you are a Ranger and you used to work in a detective themed office "EX" but now, you ended up being a lone wolf scavenging the desert either for new used/unused equipment or something rare from the old gold years of early to mid 2040s and up. That or you might end up into your new adventure, it should be mentioned that recently a new grand prize of the most powerful weapon of the 2040s has been going on and the winner? Who ever cleans the desert from Bandits will be the winner and the one who accomplishes such achievement will get the chance to enter the doors of none other than, The Vegas.

//The Wasted Societies and Enemies//

- The Blessed

- Vegas Republicians NVR

- Armageddons

- The Outcasts

The Blessed can be usually located at the PARADISE. Robo-Gas masks, red suits, angry faces and yet they are the slowest ones with the speed of 5 while others are better than that. Here's the catch though, they are equipped with a Rapid_Firerer, a NEW weapon available exclusively in the Wasted Land. Detection Range: 150 Attack Range: 25 Known Target Timeout: 12

Finally, the Vegas Republicans (the NVR) are located at the Vegas. Scavengers, like you, but you can't trust anybody in the Desert. Detection Range: 175 Attack Range: 30 Known Target Timeout: 90

Armageddons are splitted around the Desert, an almost fallen Cultish-Society that includes heavy smokers and drunkards. They are equipped with a Vintage Rifle and a Wasted Revolver, those who are equipped with a Vintage Rifle have the following perks: Detection Range: 120 Attack Range: 20 Known Target Timeout: 30. Those who have a Wasted Revolver have the following perks: Detection Range: 160 Attack Range: 50 Known Target Timeout: 30

The Outcasts are usually found at St.PETERSBURG. 1 eye patch and 1 eagle eye, those bandits can detect you from the range of 200 meters, making them the most dangerous threat. They are equipped with a Vintage Rifle. Detection Range: 200 Attack Range: 20 Known Target Timemout: 12

The most common threats surrounding the desert are the casual Bandits. They are equipped with a Vintage Rifle and a Wasted Revolver. Detection Range: 200 Attack Range: 20 Known Target Timeout: 40

//PLAYER FIXES//

- Fixed and Updated the overall Player movement and fixed the "Clip Pervention" and "Lean" mechanic not being responsible.

//Various Adjustments//

The starting Drones in Forest Hills now have the following upgrades:

- The detection range has been increased from 10 to 50.

- The Attack Range has been increased from 10 to 20.

//WEAPON BUFFS//

Buffed the Weapons L4S3RSH00T3R, PumpkinShooter and Asteroid Shooter:

- Decreased L4S3RSH00T3R's Ammo Reload Rate to 2 (was 4).

- Increased PumpkinShooter's projectile speed to 20 (was 10).

- Increased AsteroidShooter's projectile speed to 25 (was 3).

developer note: before this patch, the AsteroidShooter was incredibly underpowered while the PumpkinShooter outsmarted and dominated the arena. Now, with those buffs we believe that both weapons are incredibly OP and provide the experience they are supposed to offer. While the AsteroidShooter now shoots its projectiles faster than PumpkinShooter, it does less damage than the PumpkinShooter.

//VISUAL AND BUG FIXES//

-Fixed the Visual Bug Intensity in Jailbreak Debut.

-Fixed not being able to pickup several weapons in Jailbreak Debut.

//SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS UPDATE//

-Updated the COMPETITIVE Requirements. 32GB of RAM is now required.

-It is REQUIRED to have EX-DRONES installed on NVME M.2 SSD drive for faster loading times. | We tested EX-DRONES on HDD drive and the loading times were too long. We tried it on NVME M.2 SSD and the loading times were significantly improved.

//GRAPHICS API REVERTED//

The game runs on DX11 as default (AGAIN) but you can add DX12 manually. Here's how to do it (..again).

Step 1: Create a Shortcut of the .exe file.

Step 2: Right click and head to "Properties".

Step 3: On the file name add this line " -dx12". Don't forget to leave a blank (space).

Step 4: Now once you run EX-DRONES again, rest assure you're playing with dx12!

developer note: While building this new update in Unity, the Unity Engine itself would crash. So, we tried reverting the DX graphics to 11 and it worked. From now on, EX-DRONES will run in DX11 by default. 

//UPCOMING FEATURES//

-More content for The Wasted (Food, Items to Scavage (collectables),Weapons, Interactions with Civillians, and more interactable buildings/houses (kicking doors and massacring societies is fun!).

-Enemy Bosses for The Wasted.

-Weapons will have their names on the top before picking them up (UI rework).

-Bug Fixes.

-Improvements on Player's movement in Parkour.

-An Update in the enemy indicator compass UI so it can be easier to see when an enemy detects and starts running towards you. Right now it's Orange on idle and Red when the enemy detects the Player and it's hard to tell what's going on most times.

-An Update on the Slow-Motion effect. When the Player activates Slow-Motion, their weapons sound still at a normal pitch. We will patch that, and we might work on adding several other post-processing effects and "whoosh" effect to help the Player know when the Slow-Motion effect is taking place.

-A display message in Chapter 4, informing the Player that all of his weapons are available + the bonuses from EX-EDITION.

-Small rework in Chapter 6 Showdown. | We are planning on making all the Drones coming right in your direction for instant chaos and action.

-Fixes on LMG's, MP5's, M1 Garand's, Asteroid_Shooter's, L4S3RSH00T3R's, SPAS-12 and Flamethrower's gun position.

-Vegas grand opening.

//KNOWN ISSUES//

-In Chapter 1 Part Two, EX-Guy spawns with all of his weapons. 

-After you finish HORDE MODE++, the return to menu gets you to Portal instead of the manual Menu.

-CHAOS is missing some weapons.

-In Chapter 3, the immortal Drone.

-In Chapter 3, EX-Guy has all of his weapons.

-In Chapter 2 Part Four, EX-Guy is very tall.

-In Jailbreak Part Two, Kyle's movement is bugged and unstable.