Alien Swarm Update Patch Notes – February 1, 2022

Weapons

• Doubled the amount that the Damage Bonus skill affects the AVK-36 Marksman Rifle from 10 to 20 per point.
• Fixed gas grenades not recording Steam stats.
• Added stat recording for the IAF Medical SMG’s secondary fire.
• Marines can place sentries on moving objects as long as the feet of the sentry are all located on the same object and the object is not physics-based.

Bots

• Medic bots will only attempt to heal targets within 512 hammer units (32 feet) of their current position to avoid running a long distance while the squad is split.
• Added a cvar (rd_bot_melee) to allow marine bots to melee attack when out of ammo or when being mobbed by aliens. Disabled by default to match previous behavior.
• Fixed bots not being able to use the primary fire of the IAF Medical SMG.
• Fixed keybindings not being shown on the HUD for some extra weapons held by bots in multiplayer.

Hacking

• Right-clicking on a wire hack tile will turn it in the opposite direction.
• Added a cvar (rd_wire_tile_alternate) to adjust what right click does in wire hacks.
• Added an animation to wire hack actuators charging up.
• Added a cvar (rd_wire_tile_charge) to disable the new animation.

Mapping

• Added asw_weapon_healamp_gun and asw_weapon_medrifle to Hammer.
• Sentry tops can be attached to a rotating parent and will update their angles correctly.
• Remote turret can be attached to a rotating parent and has a Parent Name field in Hammer.
• Added rd_debug_sentry_placement cvar to visualize the sentry placement traces.
• Sentries now use the ai_relationship system when determining what they can shoot at.
• Added an input to asw_env_shake to only target one marine.
• Fixed SetTonemapRate not working in multiplayer.

Misc

• Reduced memory usage for large Workshop preview images.
• Fixed lack of controller focus on the Create Lobby screen.
• Enabled the new prediction strategy by default.
• Fixed a puddle at the start of Timor Station using the sewer water material.
• Added EntityOutputs.GetValue VScript function (can be used to read math_counter OutValue).