EVERSPACE 2 update brengt de game nieuwe content én Unreal Engine 5

Recent verscheen al een forse eerste content update en de tweede is nu ook gearriveerd in de vorm van Incursions. Dit zijn grootschalige confrontaties in de tweede helft van het verhaal, waarin spelers beacons moeten vernietigen om eindeloze hordes vijanden van een andere dimensie te stoppen.

Naast deze nieuwe content, verandert er ook het nodige onder de motorkap. Met Incursions gaat EVERSPACE 2 van Unreal Engine 4 naar 5.3. Hiermee wordt de game toekomstbestendiger en kan ondersteuning worden geboden voor dingen als Lumen GI op DirectX 12, NVIDIA Reflex, Intel XeSS, AMD FSR 3.0 en NVIDIA Frame Generation.

Het zijn niet enkel grote veranderingen die Incursions introduceert. Het remappen van knoppen op consoles wordt ermee beschikbaar, evenals een verbeterde Photo Mode, nieuwe legendaries en modules en een hoop dingen waar de community om gevraagd heeft. Je leert er meer op in deze trailer en eronder de volledige changelog vinden

Changelog 1.2.39656

Features

• Added new endgame activity: Ancient Incursions
• Added new legendary items
• Added new front and rear ship modules
• Added new type of ship module: cockpit
• Added legendary catalysts
• Added new item bonus attributes
• Added new Ancient Rift stage mutators
• Added new Ancient Rift boss variations
• Added option to enable Lumen GI on DirectX 12
• Added option to save photo mode settings
• [PS5, Xbox Series X|S] Added controller button remapping
• [Windows: Steam, GOG, Microsoft Store] Added native DUALSHOCK®4 and DualSense™ wireless controller support
• [Windows: Steam, GOG, Microsoft Store] Added new plugins: Nvidia DLSS 3.5 upscaler with frame generation, Nvidia Reflex latency reduction, Intel XeSS upscaler, AMD FSR 3.0 upscaler

Tweaks

• Legendary items can now roll as “Radiant” grade with superior, but randomized, attributes
• Legendary items will now rarely drop from High Risk Areas (Level 15+, “Rare” decoder quality and above)
• Reworked Scout ULT “Shadow Strike”
• T4 ships can now equip 3 legendary items
• Ancient Rift stage mutators are now associated with varying loot quality bonuses
• Increased “Nightmare” difficulty scaling curve
• Increased the maximum Lunacy in Ancient Rifts from 1000 to 2000 and changed the step size from 50 to 100
• Removed damage and shield regeneration increase in sunlight bonus attributes
• Removed "Dismantling Quality" attribute from cargo units
• Changed Opulence Treasury Unit effect
• Dismantling will now always yield all lower rarity resources
• Reduced tractor beam range bonuses provided by sensors, energy cores and cargo units
• Removed "5% chance to drop Credits with each hit" bonus attribute
• Changed critical hit chain attribute calculation
• The following mutators will now scale with the Lunacy level in Ancient Rifts: “Enemy Regen”, “Corrosive Death”, “Explosive Death” and “Mines on Death”
• Nanobots and Nano Injectors can no longer be used when hull is at 100%
• Balancing: Reduced Stabilizer Missile damage bonus
• Balancing: Reduced Okkar Protector orb damage
• Balancing: Reduced “Rapid” Affix/Catalyst effect from 20% to 15%
• Balancing: Increased Kinetic/Energy damage Catalyst effect from 25% to 30%
• Balancing: Reduced “Barrage” Catalyst damage bonus and increment from 40%/4% to 30%/3%
• Balancing: Slightly increased Gauss Cannon energy consumption
• Balancing: Increased “Utility” device damage scaling
• Controls Customization Menu: Improved usability through collapsing headers and improved binding validation
• Add options to GameUserSettings.ini to customize the framerate limit in menus (defaults to 60fps)
• Added lock-on sound for Outlaw Sniper Drones
• Sticky Turrets will now be deployed towards the aim direction
• UI: Photo mode UX and UI overhaul to improve usability (especially with gamepad)
• UI: Added option to choose previous ship in hangar when using gamepad (was ‘next ship’ only)
• UI: Added confirmation prompt if player tries to skip the tutorial
• UI: Tweaked ship buying process to hide popping of purchased ship in some situations
• UI: Added recenter action to map tab when using gamepad
• UI: Added weapon range hero stat sorting option to equipment item selection
• UI: Improved display logic of loot message log entries within containers to make it more consistent
• UI: Added numerous fade in animations for many (sub-) menus and modal widgets including SFX for a more responsive user experience
• UI: Improved internal handling of changing the active player ship to avoid memory issues after extensive usage
• UI: Introduced caching of many widgets to eliminate hiccups and improve performance on repeated usage and ultimately avoid freezes in rare cases
• UI: Hiding truly empty blueprint slots within crafting tab
• UI: Shop buy action button rendered inactive for already unlocked devices on offer
• UI: Sorting inventories with keyboard actions now results in implicit display of static item tooltip (stat card)
• UI: Improved logic of augment and device shine animation
• UI: Speeding up shop inventory view style action when switching from list to grid view and vice versa
• UI: Fixed that no error message was shown when trying to store multiple items to a fully occupied storage inventory
• UI: Fixed overlapping of stat card hero values in space and item shop in rare cases
• UI: Fixed cutoff unlock banner description text in some languages
• UI: Fixed unassigned ship cycle action button when using joystick input in some cases
• UI: Fixed that slot highlight frame could flicker while expand cargo inventory animation
• Integrated community suggestions for translation improvements from Crowdin

Bugfixes

• Fixed that when viewing a ship in the hangar that was not used last time and had 3 “Escort Duty” items installed, your current ship would get damaged
• Fixed High-Velocity Catalyst description
• Fixed freighters in distress calls not playing jump out sound when leaving
• Fixed that Interceptor regarded destroying mines as a "kill" to extend weapon overdrive for +1s
• Fixed that equipment that had been damaged before entering a Rift was not correctly damaged when returning
• Fixed that the description of the 4th orb perk did not mention ship speed
• Fixed that devices/consumables could be selected (but fortunately not used) when remote-controlling a drone
• Fixed right-hand-side UI elements disappearing when remote-controlling a drone and stopping any of the hacks before they're finished during "The Eye"
• Fixed that Energized Boost did not move player ship forward when there was no boost energy left
• Fixed crash when entering a location or using cruise drive without having a thruster equipped
• Fixed Madcap Pods being hostile towards other player enemies in Ancient Rifts
• Fixed item duplication bug in rifts
• Fixed Quantum Tether not forwarding corrosion damage
• Fixed that re-rolling attributes could sometimes produce two identical mining attributes
• Fixed that boosting buffs were only applied/removed on new boost start
• Fixed that pilot radio chatter events were triggered constantly when healing events took place
• Fixed that energy shield condition falsely removed damaged and overheat debuffs, leading to permanently damaged and overheated items states
• Fixed Gauss Cannon having wrong weapon mesh
• Fixed that hitpoint bars of turrets were shown in rifts and HRAs when hidden HP modifier is active
• Fixed wrong amount of cargo slots when switching ships in hangar
• Fixed that Reactive Radar was only dropping in Union
• Fixed that G&B allies in high-risk areas died too easily
• Fixed G&B Fighter, G&B Light Fighter and Coalition Fighter having almost no hitpoint and damage increase coming with their Elite rank
• Fixed that Interceptor passive refunded secondary ammunition without activated ultimate
• Fixed an edge case in which after loading a savegame a "return from rift" animation at Spatial Bypass locations was played
• Fixed that the Execution Effect of Grim Reaper and Executioner could be transferred via quantum tether
• Fixed that the dogmatic scanner web effect did not apply when using Sentinel ult and probably other effects not applying using sentinel ult
• Fixed Redemption 2-Set bonus working too well
• Fixed that System Recovery Routine consumable and Unyielding Assault perk would not completely remove overheated status from items
• Fixed that Quantum Entangler would switch targets when player switches targets
• Fixed that scorpion missiles would not teleport beyond base weapon range when using a Scout with increased weapon range
• Fixed that Maddocks' freighter looked different during “Paving The Way” compared to other missions (always has the “Paving the Way” look now)
• Fixed missile defense system attacking sticky turret capsules
• Fixed that hidden cargo drones were attacked by enemies
• Fixed TrackIR not working correctly in some locations
• Fixed that analogue input for scrolling would not work in all menus, and rebinding it did not work.
• Fixed that missile lock HUD marker animation was still showing after switching to a secondary weapon without homing/lock ability
• Fixed that shadow creatures gained weight after returning to their initial position, which made them more difficult to move
• UI: Fixed a crash when moving large quantities of items between ships & storage
• UI: Fixed level and demand info within item icon which wasn't refreshed properly in some cases
• UI: Fixed that decal reward items did not show the proper icon in loot message log
• UI: Fixed an issue that impacted performance after hovering between two items in quick succession
• UI: Fixed wrong or missing item amounts of some loot message log entries (e.g. after “Take All” from containers)
• UI: Fixed possible flickering of action buttons within team credits while scrolling with gamepad
• UI: Fixed minor issues while selection style slots in ship customization menu
• UI: Fixed potential bug in tutorial in case a player uninstalls devices before a certain main mission
• UI: Fixed missing sfx when clicking inventory sorting buttons
• UI: Fixed missing “new” indication for mission relevant shop items in some missions
• UI: Fixed that storage items were not listed in item selection of inventory tab when docked on homebase
• UI: Fixed that the unlock banner could still be overlapped by dialog boxes in rare cases like job completion chatter
• UI: Fixed a couple of smaller issues within equipment item selection
• UI: Fixed a couple of smaller issues within save game info widget
• UI: Fixed issues in modify tab when selecting a category with an empty item list
• UI: Fixed that opening and closing the in-game menu simultaneously could render the game unresponsive in some cases
• UI: Fixed that the modify progress circle in re-rolling panel covered item attributes
• UI: Fixed different icon sizes of loot message log entries in some cases
• UI: Fixed that switching the shop inventory view style from list to grid might crash the game in some cases
• UI: Fixed that device charges could show up for every item in a loot container if at least one item is a device with charges
• UI: Fixed that device inventory item charge indication count wasn't updated when adding extra charges by selecting a specific device mode
• UI: Fixed that the shine animation of a fully stacked mainframe component was accidentally displayed on other items after sorting
• UI: Fixed that the item price isn't refreshed after modifying item level or rarity
• UI: Fixed a bug that cargo space wasn't properly updated after crafting a cargo unit into an empty cargo unit slot (might have led to negative cargo ratio)
• UI: Fixed that item tooltip in shop was sometimes not showing
• UI: Fixed that price label of a device was accidentally displayed in mastery preview
• UI: Fixed that modify action could be executed twice under some circumstances
• UI: Fixed broken 'other ships' category navigation of item selection in case of two owned ships
• UI: Fixed loss of focus when selling or buying ships with gamepad in some situations
• UI: Fixed that purchase and sell options dialog window actions could be executed multiple times
• UI: Fixed that credits animation in perk invest overlay wasn't colorized correctly on first use
• UI: Fixed issues within ship dealer in case menu tab was changed immediately after opening sell- or purchase dialogs
• UI: Fixed potential crash or exploit when changing the crafting slot while holding craft action button
• UI: Fixed potential loss of focus (freeze on consoles) in rare cases when opening 2 (cargo full) loot container screens in small succession
• UI: Fixed that device preview and item compare action were shown in footer when using mouse even though no item info was visible
• UI: Fixed that item info within catalyst selection wasn't scrollable using spacebar + mousewheel
• UI: Fixed accidental catalyst selection list refresh after installing one
• UI: Fixed that wrong perk slot details could be shown after returning from invest screen in some cases
• UI: Fixed that no error message was shown when trying to store multiple items to a fully occupied storage inventory
• UI: Fixed numerous minor visual glitches like overlapping elements, color adjustments and unintentional clipping
• UI: Fixed multiple issues with stuck animations especially when closing in-game menu and changing tabs within it

Known Issues

• Due to the Engine migration, all controls have been reset to defaults
• Due to the Engine migration, the game’s language might revert to your OS language