Icarus June 23 Update Patch Notes

Icarus update is now available on PC (Steam) players. According to the official Icarus patch notes, the latest update added new changes, fixes, and improvements.

Unfortunately, since the last major update, players are facing several issues. Today’s Icarus patch will address a few of these errors.

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Icarus Patch Notes – June 23, 2022

Horde Mode

Add biome-specific horde waves (not yet hooked up into level)
Fixed up Horde DT row handles on BP actors to represent what biome theyre in and added function for updating this
Adding New Datatables and Enteries for new Horde System
Adding Component and logic for new Horde System
Hooking up Analyzer Transmitter to use new Horde System
Adding First Pass of Horde Mode to Engine
Adding New In World UI for horde mode which reflects the machines statem, number of waves, progress in current wave, etc
Adding Inventory for Horde Rewards to the Analyzer Transmitter
Setup Basic Horde Mode Datatables so new Hordes can be created and Triggered
Updated Both Inworld UI and Interacted with UI for Vapour Condensor so it works with the Current state of the Horde
Added CompletionsUnitInert and InertReward elements to the Horde Datastructure
Hookedup the multipler so each Horde which is triggered is scaled by the number of completions present on the Enzyme Geyser
Adding new Experience Event For Horde Completion
Horde Mode is now completeable multiple times on a single node with the multiplier scaling the difficulty and rewards upon each subsequent use
Added ability for Horde Spawners to spawn around pre-designated QuestMarker actors placed in the level, instead of using a generic EQS centred around condenser location
Added prospect difficulty and player count scaling to horde mode spawning
Fixed issue where horde mode could spawn more AI during a wave than desired, and go over the 100% completion progress limit
Change item rewards for Horde inert to be a single Enzyme item
Horde mode in world widget UI pass.
Change interacts around (Hold F now activates, Press F opens inventory) to prevent accidental wave stopping
Replaced references to waves in the UI to mention stages as to allow it to make more sence in terms of activating a machine rather than a game mechanic
Added a 1s delay between simultaneous horde spawns to spread out AI and reduce likelyhood of FPS hitches
Add new Getter function for spawned creature levels with a larger (0.5x) multiplier to increase the creature levels per horde completion (now 25 -> 38 -> 50 etc)
Add character growth setups (matching Jaguar) for Cougar and Snow Leopards, so they will now scale with their level
Fixed spelling on Vapor Condenser itemable
Tweaked horde waves: Shorter delays for 2nd waves, only 1 additional Bear per player, Polarbears spawn at level 1, more Hyenas at a time, numerous changes to make Scorpion wave more difficult
Fixed erroneous setup of Jaguar which was getting its health and melee stats from two different sources, doubling its effectiveness
Multiplied base stats curves of Jaguar (also shared with Snow Leopard and Cougar) by 1.5x after dual stat correction (slight nerf to Jaguar, buff to Cougar and Snow Leopard)
NPCs no longer leave blocking collision behind temporarily after death, should make large groups of AI more predictable when fighting and will stop them running into invisible barriers
NPC corpses no longer tick when their ragdoll simulation has full settled; significant performance boost in situations where player is surrounded by many dead NPCs. NPC corpses that come into net relevancy will now use the hosts cached ragdoll pose instead of having the cilent re-simulate their own. This should further reduce cases where dead NPCs fall through the world, especially when returning to carcass from far away
Dont reward Exotics on Outposts as they cannot be taken back to HAB from an Outpost

Enzyme Geyser

Add Deer Statue Decoration Wood item as first recipe which uses Condensed Enzymes in recipe (Crafted on Rustic Decoration Bench), more statues to come
Add 21 Enzyme Geysers to Olympus in .Vision/Geysers folder
Added NS and M Meta Mist Geyser FX
Meta Geyser VFX added periodic explosions + tweaks
Adding geyser analyzer hoard mode start – loop – end audio and blueprint implementation
Adding analyzer transmitter device deploy sound and geyser loop
Add Editor Locator beacon setup for Geyser BP with toggle
Small position tweaks to Enzyme Geysers on Olympus
Add Enzyme Geysers to Outpost002, 003 and 005.
Adding Enzyme Geyser BP Object and setting up snapping points
Added C++ Base Classes forthe Enzyme Geyser and added a recorder component so its state can persist between saves
Added Condensed Enzyme Item, which is currently rewarded when Enzyme geysers reach an inert state
An Enzyme Geyser now goes inert after a certain amount of activations completions so that the high value reward is not limitless
Update EnzymeGeyser to use new mesh and erruption effects
Update Geyser socket and scene component info to suit new mesh
Fix UMG Widget text for geyser collapsing instead of hiding, causing the widget to not fit on screen
BP_EnzymeGeyser audio state updates when an Analyzer is attached – currently switches on and off, will update to apply an EQ parameter instead. Created a new DeployableFoundationInterface to allow attach/detach events to be fired on generic foundation actors to enable this behaviour. Also refactored ADeployables foundation actor functions to use the new interface.
Fix missing ref in BP_EnzymeGeyser audio implementation
Fix geyser FX not restarting when VapourCondenser is destroyed – Deployable wasnt calling detach events correctly from its EndPlay.
Update to distancing of the Geyser
Updated the Static Mesh and Skeletal Mesh LODs for the asset DEP_Analyzer_Transmitter_Device
EnzymeGeyser mesh, textures and material
Split out Geyser niagara effects (eruption from main) for audio purposes
Adding more geyser audio burst events and adjusting standard geyser audio to be more appropriate for updated visuals
Tweaked arctic geyser positions to be in less sparse/open areas making it easy to complete waves
Polish and Optimization pass on Meta Geyser, reduced saturation, emissive, particle spawn count, etc
Meta Geyser Eruption VFX increased duration and delay and fix Lit Water VFX Material
Virtualizing geysers and limiting to 1
Placed 23 Enzyme Geysers in Styx
Adjustment to fmod audio attachment area for the vapour and geyser. Made sure it was where it was meant to be

Analyzer

Adding Prototype Analyzer Transmitter device, animbp and corresponding animation assets, setup basic deploy and activate logic for the visuals
Adding new UI Widgets for Analyzer Transmitter
Setting up basic interaction and temporary effects
Adding Analyzer Transmitter Item to Datatables Creating a BP
Toggle material when AnalyzerTransmitter is active. Add Projection widget locator to fix animation moving info box
Improvements to PhysicsAsset for AnalyzerTransmitter mesh
Small update to analyzer deploy audio. Also added Bait Deploy audio and adjusted flies ADSR to have a more natural start / stop
Fix replication of analyzer transmitter device audio states
Added vapour condensor icon to D_Itemable.
Setting up basic snapping deployment logic on the for the Analzyer onto the Geyer Object
Renamed AnalyzerTransmitter to Vapour Condenser because the name did not represent what it was
Adding new player interactions to access UI and Inventory of Transmitter
Added Rewards (Both XP Items) to Vapour Condenser
Added a recipe doe the Vapour Condenser and added it to the Fabricators Recipe List
Redesigned Vapour Condenser widget active state.
Fix spelling of Vapor from Vapour
Small adjustment to spacializer override settings for the vapour condenser to be more directional at a closer range
Small update to the vapour analyser deploy audio sound. Less metal thunk at the end which didnt sit quite right
Update DM to ElectricDrill for Vapor Condenser
Fixing issue where the T4 Talent for the Vapor Condenser was pointing an invalid Item which was causing build errors
Fixing issue where the Recipe for the Vapor Condenser was pointing to and invalid it which was causing build errors
Fixed Vapor Condenser readout not displaying correctly for clients
Remove ProjectionLocation component from Vapor Condenser and set SK mesh to not update bounds when animating (ComponentUseFixSkelBounds) to prevent widget from wiggling during animation
Update Vapor Condenser icon
Add proper meshable setup for Vapor Condenser
Improvements to Vapor Condenser widget for better readability
Swapping out Analyzer Transmitter mesh for proper pass mess with correct Textures, reimported animations on the new skeleton to include fans turning and slightly more polished deploy animation
Missed base skeleton asset from the last analyzer transmitter commit
Fixing Screen position for Vapor condenser to line up with proper mesh better
Fixing Wrong material being assigned to Vapor Condensor when in active state
Updating vapour condenser deploy sound to match updated animation and slight adjustments to the geyser loops
Fixed screen widget size and position on Vapor Condenser after mesh update

Other Additions, Changes and Fixes

Adding Radar Pulse for Central Scanner used in the outpost unlock mission. Adding blueprint implementation and audio
Add new Highlightable entry for Caveworm Nest used in Gossamer mission, with name/description and assigned in actor blueprint
Rename Rustic Decor Crafting Bench to Rustic Decoration Bench so it fits better on the UI
Add DT validation for Deployables which dont have focusable set
Removed seemingly erroneous Radar deployable define on Dropship in ItemsStatic and improve DT validation to exclude special case animal carcasses
Added Numerous client strings for UI elements so that they can be translated accordingly
Added Bronze Elephant statue to project.
More elements to the bear cub audio.
DCO_StatueBuffalo_Stone mesh, material and textures
Adjusted mud footstep to be more appropriate in volume. Also put a spacializer on it which was missing
When an Online Prospect save occurs we now also trigger a local save which caches out the Prospect Blob data locally so we have save files with players prospect progress saved locally when the backend server goes down. This can be used in future to restore state if required. Files are saved to Saved/OnlineBackup
Delete unused Prospect Image
DEV – Set up overlap-triggered versions of basic audio objects
IcarusAmbientSound and OverlapAudioComponent, actor and component audio emitters with inbuilt overlap triggers
Removed the audio listener collider from BP_IcarusPlayerCharacterSurvival. Replaced it with a dedicated AudioListenerCollider placed on a new native base class IcarusPlayerCameraManager
Removed an old unused audio emitter version
Increased the weight of crystals gathered in the NIGHTFALL mission, as multiple stacks can be carried of these to increase the possible travel time if required.
Ensured all billboard textures are using correct optimized texture settings
Remove unnecessary references in materials causing more texture loads
Fix expensive lossless compression settings on some textures that dont need it
Moved some assets out of dev folders
Delete unused and expensive assets
Fixed missing icon on Rustic Decoration Bench RecipeSet DT
Fixing issue where the Deployable and Deployable setup Data tables had unsaved changes and referenced the wrong rows, preventing the build from compiling and failing build validation
DEV – fix PlayerReflectionAudioComponent cluster size values only being set if debug was enabled
Fixing typo in GrantedAuraWeightReduction_? stat description so it makes gramatical sense
Fixing cooking station having concrete / stone deploy sound. Changed it to heavy wood deploy
Fixed UMG_CharacterProfileSlot compile error.
Fix Frag and Smoke Grenade physics assets, causing stretched visuals when rolling on the ground after being dropped (not thrown)
Fixed Survey Unit tooltip, used in the NIGHTFALL mission.
Fix up special deployable DT errors with dummy content to pass validation checks
Increasing Calming Presence Aura range to match what is written in the talent description (5m -> 20m)
Updating Game Meat to correctly be called Gamey Meat as all our meat is Game Meat and this specific meat is Gamey
Fixed crafting speed of devices being calculated incorrectly
Fixed crafting timer not using correct crafting duration
Adjusted all crafting recipes after code change to keep current crafting speeds the same
Fix materials on destructible mesh for Electric Deep Mining Drill
Tooltip when hovering over potential prospects in the prospect browser now show correct number of Ren and Exotic rewards given
Increase texture poolsize back to 6000 and increase VT memory pool size back to 256 after .27 upgrade changed back to UE default
Build Issues
Merging 4.27.2 Engine upgrade to Trunk
Modified make setup to run venv after to avoid soft lock
Fixed make setup so now venv doesnt activate after installing
Adjusted how make setup works to see if it fixes build issues
Added make setupteamcity which skips venv since some teamcity jobs get stuck on that
Reuploading .exe for UGS because I think we lost them during engine upgrade
Prospect Abandon button UI Pass
Implemented first pass of mount prototype
Committed missing saddle class from mount prototype commit
Fixed mounts not forcing clients into third person perspective when entering saddle. Fixed bumpy camera movement when riding mount
Can no longer strafe left and right while mounted. Added HeadBlocker collider to mount. Moving backwards on a mount is now 80% slower. Made buffalo AnimBPs movement start/stop less glitchy. Fixed prototype mount damage source location being in the wrong position. Added fur to buffalo mount. Mounts can now play idle montages when not ridden
Moved character stamina cost related functions out of IcarusPlayerCharacterSurvival and into IcarusCharacter. Shifted GetMaxSpeed movement mapping function from IcarusNPCGOAPCharacter to IcarusNPCCharacter.
Added new bespoke AIGrowth and movement speed values for mount. Fixed player being deducted sprint stamina cost if they try to sprint while crouching. Mount can now sprint and swim
UMG_Stamina now generically looks for CharacterStates stamina value on possessed pawn instead of casting to BP survival character directly. Fixed sprint stamina cost only blocking IcarusPlayerCharacters from sprinting, instead of anything with stamina.
Fixed AIcarusCharacter::IsSprinting not using normalised accel/velocity values when it expected them.
Fixed bug where adding to max stamina wouldnt keep the current percentage of stamina.
Fixed sprinting not working for mounted clients. Added very simple BT for mount behaviour.
Mount controller is now cleaned up correctly when a player receives control
Adding in previs riding pose for the ridable creature prototype

Art & Map

DeepMiningOreDeposits removed emissive on materials
DeepMiningOreDeposits Exotic adjusted emissive intensity
DeepMiningOreDeposit Exotic removed emissive
Add additional material for DeepMiningDrill with emissive disabled (default)
Added LOD Materials for DC Uderwater Rocks and Adjusted SM_Rock_CF_Underwater Material LOD distance
Landscape Sculpting, Cliff Placement and Detail Pass On Custom Cave Entrance, Outpost 008
Added New Foliage Spawners For Snow Trees and Bushes, Outpost 008
Decal Pass On Cliff Meshes, Finishing Up Voxel Pass and Polishing Cliffs, Outpost 008
Polished riverbanks, cliffs and decals, added voxels and completed underground cave, Desert Outpost 007
Polished cliffs and decals, added BP_Cave volumes and cave voids to handmade caves, added light components to drop-down caves, edited waterpoints on all lakes and rivers, Desert Outpost 007
Edited decals and foliage, fixed BP_Cave trigger volumes and edited cave lighting, Desert Outpost 007
Polished decals, cliffs, riverbanks and foliage, playtested in editor and fixed double foliage issue, polished manual cave entrance and BP_Cave volumes, added resources around cliffs, Desert Outpost 007
Landscape painting, decal placement cliff placment around impassable on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
Landscape painting, decal placement procedural spawning on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
Resource Crop Spawning, Voxel Resource Placement, Water Bodies pass on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
Meta Resources, Spawn Locations Clean Up on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
Polished underwater area painted decals on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
Cleanup Polish Pass on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
Cliff clipping through cave on Blue Quad, Styx
Flushed Grass on Red/Yellow Quad, Styx
Covered impassables around arctic in L10/L11 with cliffs to improve collision, fixed floating voxels and resources around Blue/Green quad, edited underwater foliage in Green Quad lakes, removed BP_Tree_AC_Fir_01 and BP_Tree_AC_Pine_01 from arctic transition areas, flushed grass all across Styx map
Added BP_Tree_AC_Fir_01_SnowLite and BP_Tree_AC_Pine_01_SnowLite for Arctic transition areas
Flushed grass on Outpost 004, 007 and Olympus
Added RVT Swamp Water Shader and Textures
Added FlowMap functionalities to Swamp Water
Swamp Rocks – committing prototype and first pass work
Volcanic Rocks – committing prototype and first pass work
Added Texture Maps for Swamp Landscape Material
Styx Cinematic Sequencers Files

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