Alien Swarm Update Patch Notes – June 25, 2022

Aliens

• Fixed a crash when a Buzzer is killed in Holdout mode.

Weapons

• M478 Proximity Incendiary Mines: Fixed kills using this weapon not counting towards a weapon-specific achievement.

Campaigns

• Jacob’s Rest: Rydberg Reactor: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Jacob’s Rest: Sewer Junction B5: Fixed graphical weirdness in the “sky” in first person.
• Area 9800: Landing Zone: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Operation Cleansweep: U.S.C. Medusa: Cryopods at the end of the mission will now re-open if they detect that they were closed erroneously.
• Research 7: Transport Facility: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tears for Tarnor: Insertion Point: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tears for Tarnor: Insertion Point: Fixed some invisible collision above the entrances to the summoner encounter room.
• Tears for Tarnor: Abandoned Maintenance Tunnels: Fixed some drones ignoring marines completely.
• Tears for Tarnor: Oasis Colony Spaceport: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tears for Tarnor: Oasis Colony Spaceport: Fixed a crate with no collision.
• Tilarus-5: Road to Dawn: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tilarus-5: Arctic Infiltration: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tilarus-5: Area 9800: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tilarus-5: Yanaurus Mine: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tilarus-5: Forgotten Factory: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Tilarus-5: Communication Center: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Lana’s Escape: Lana’s Sewer: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Lana’s Escape: Lana’s Sewer: Added north- and bottom-faces to some brushes.
• Lana’s Escape: Lana’s Sewer: Removed a small area of water near the start that was causing rendering issues.
• Paranoia: Close Contact: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Nam Humanum: Logistics Area: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Nam Humanum: Platform XVII: Fixed invisible collision near some boxes at the first platform stop.
• Nam Humanum: Groundwork Labs: Medkits are now single-use (sorry, 60 use medkit fans)
• Nam Humanum: Groundwork Labs: Moved a fire out of the floor in the central room.
• Nam Humanum: Groundwork Labs: Fixed bot navigation not using tactical positions.
• Nam Humanum: Groundwork Labs: Moved some spawners out of displacements.
• Nam Humanum: Groundwork Labs: Fixed an invisible north wall near the medkits.
• BioGen Corporation: Operation x5: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Bonus Mission 2: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.
• Bonus Mission 5: Vault doors now use a more accurate hitbox.

Translations

• Updated French translation.
• Updated Italian translation.
• Updated Korean translation.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Credits files will load file_language.txt instead of file.txt if the former exists.
• Fixed typos in English closed captions.

Misc

• The final melee attack of the combo now has a larger radius and knocks aliens back.
• Visible holstered weapons have been split into rd_client_marine_backpacks (for use in autoexec.cfg) and rd_server_marine_backpacks (for use in challenges).
• Added asw_controls_spectator_override convar, available when spectating or playing a demo.
• Added convars glow_outline_color_alien, glow_outline_color_ammo, glow_outline_color_weapon, glow_outline_color_active, and glow_outline_color_inactive for use in autoexec.cfg.
• Fixed controller navigation for in-briefing difficulty settings.
• Opening chat in Steam Big Picture mode now shows a virtual keyboard.
• Added challenge convars asw_door_normal_health_base, asw_door_normal_health_step, asw_door_reinforced_health_base, asw_door_reinforced_health_step, asw_door_damage_base, asw_door_damage_step, asw_sentry_health_base, and asw_sentry_health_step.