Patch Notes

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Latest Patch

160

• Fixed a bug with the law enforcer settings.
• A few items had disappeared, they should now be back:

Holy True Sight Sanctum Holy Catharsis Revenge Punisher

• All drones are now researchable.
• Fixed the techlevel of Crahn Fire Lance, it is now TL 17.
• Fixed Multi Lightning Bolt.
• The WOC-PA's for APU and PPU now give penalties to 'Agility' instead of 'Focussing'.

Combat Rank

• Combat rank for non-PPU players changed, lowered both the offensive and defensive parts by 10 percent.
• Combat rank of hackers inside the hacknet fixed.

Hacknet

• NPCs re-balanced: Damage and armor reduced.
• Different content gaps closed in the hacknet databases.

NPC

• Fixed wrong shot effects and damage weighting for:

Fallen Angels Light Security Bot Fallen Angels Heavy Security Bot Light Malfunctioning Bot Heavy Malfunctioning Bot Fallen Angels Light Security Bot Fallen Angels Heavy Security Bot

159

Lom Pills

• The 'Loss of Memory' pills used to unlearn subskills will work without causing 'Synaptic Impairment' for the first period of the retail version.

Content

• Added 4 new WoC-missions that have high level goodies as rewards! Keep your eyes open for Commander Harris, Bail Bondsman - Eric Peters, First Lieutenant McLane and The Jackal!
• Added 2 new vehicles that have DEX-based weapons (and requirements): NEXT Air Guard v.1.1 and NEXT Assault 'Trophy Hunter' V.2.56 (Scorpion Trike).

Changes/Bugfixes

• Changed the frame rate cap to 100 milliseconds (100 FPS).
• NPCs with a skill rank below 32 are no longer affected by the general PvE damage modifier: they take more damage now.
• Added some tolerance for the server-side verification of PSI weapons.
• Reduced the strength of fall damage to 70 percent.

• Fixed the different usage of resistance skills inside Neofrag.
• Fixed combat rank update bug. The combat rank will update if you equip a weapon that will change your combat rank. Otherwise the combat rank will stay unchanged.
• Fixed a bug that caused a fatal error when taking damage while entering a vehicle.

Item/Weapon Changes

• Grenades are working again.
• Adjusted range of low level pistols. They now have a minimum range of 75 meters.
• Fixed the remote repair tool.
• Increased the amount of nanites per ammo pack to 20 (was 4).
• Damage of 'Juggernaut Crossbow Pistol' changed to pure instant damage.

157

Bug fixing

• Fixed broken item drop of Wisdom of Ceres Discs. The Wisdom of Ceres Mechanic labs will therefor being re-opened
• Fixed problem where NPCs despawned when being hit by single PSI-spells
• Fixed undamagable turrets. Turrets may be used again in Outpost fights
• Lowered skillevel of Anarchy Breed Harasser and Agressor from 85 to 60
• Fixed problems with german version of "Hunt for Crossbow" Quest
• Fixed wrong location description in Black Dragon Epic
• Fixed problems with "Call of the Hurlerking" Quest
• Fixed problems with Next Epic Mission #4
• Fixed problem with faction medals that turned into City Admin faction medals after being removed from the apartment wall
• Fixed problems with TL-10 heal modules
• This patch also contains several exploit fixes which will not be mentioned explicitly for security reasons.

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Game content

• Modified faction relations for the City Merc faction. CM is now friendly to Tangent Technologies and Tsunami Syndicate. Enemy to Diamond Real Estate and Black Dragon. More information about the story background can be obtained from our webzines Neocronicle News and Voice of the Resistance.
• Added 3 hacknet weapon mods sold by vendors, less powerful than Phoenix mods
• Added quest for obtaining the new Wisdom of Ceres Power Armors. Visit the Wisdom of Ceres Temple for more information
• Added two new versions of the DoY Hover Carrier with new textures. These vehicle are being used for in-game events.
• Added new type of Twilight Guardian guards. These Special Forces guards are being used for in-game events
• Added filter in the CityCom clan search (name and faction)
• The world cup fever has reached Neocron. Look around the gameworld over the coming days.

Old Patches

156

• "No patch notes this time. It's ultra secret preparing content. Just keep your eyes open within the next days." - Snowcrash

155

• Fixed long sync times.
• Fixed loot drop algorithm.
• Fixed stealth.
• Fixed reload problems.
• Removed snow from possible weather effects.
• Reverted the NPC damage changes.

• Further adjusted heal spells.
• Fixed the high sympathy rewards from missions.
• Removed Phoenix weapon mods from traders, they are now only available from the Phoenix database.
• Replaced hacking requirements on Ion guns with the appropriate weapon skills.
• Removed Devourer parts from the Tiki club reward.
• Fixed Ion drones.

154

• Terminal search function for runners and clans updated - added online/offline filter for runner search.
• Added a Runner killed by "Runnername" message.
• Empty holomatch games are now closed after a short time and can be recreated with a different number of players.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the holomatch games to fill the last player slot.
• Fixed a bug with the emote display.
• Fixed an overflow error with very high XP values.
• Fixed calculation errors for Soullight/sympathy gain on mission success.
• Tech Haven sympathy missions now always award +5 sympathy, regardless of the sympathy level for the target faction. The sympathy bonus for other missions was slightly increased.

• High level NPC's are now making more damage.
• Added area damage for Genotoxic Sluggers.
• Adjusted strength of all heal spells.

• Fixed many small mistakes in mission texts.
• TL 100 Datacubes are now available.
• Mr. Ferguson run is now available.
• The Phoenix database is now accesible.
• Ion shotgun weapons are now available.
• Fixed the loot drops from Grim Chasers and Scary Terrormaulers.

• Fixed several terminal and StockX exploits.
• Added checks against the outpost blocking exploit.
• Added checks against the "silentres" exploit.
• Added further checks when zoning and logging in.