Piece by piece: obstacle detection and turning got a few more improvements today.
Also tried to help out some 'thin corridor turning' logic, but wasn't successful yet. Hopefully can refine that idea further though, as I can think of two problem spots in the Open World where vehicles can struggle a bit.


This patch is highly volatile we know there are issues with the driving AI/Pathfinding and Physics. This is simply an experimental to open up testing for those that would like to test them out and provide feedback. Do not play "serious" sessions.


Introduced a new 'pushback' mechanic: while the Humvee may need to reconsider pushing through a mass of infected, the Cerberus can handle smaller groups with confidence.

https://youtu.be/5MW0lDnH92E

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• Added logic to account for CalculateBrakingTimeToTargetSpeed's 'brake dampening' in CalculateBrakingDistanceToTargetSpeed. Result: Braking to turn and to stop seems to be generally improved!
  
• Set up logic for calculating 'distance to front of vehicle' for improved obstacle detection
  
• Fixed up Ajax's physics overlap box not reaching low enough to the ground
  
• Fixed up some more landscape objects
  
• Some prep work for the release of the Abrams/Bradley Set up 'FrontBumper' sockets on each wheeled vehicle mesh (and Bradley+Abrams) towards this end, to precalculate these values in the pathfollowing component for optimizations sake

Please note: Restart your game/Steam to ensure the update is applied.
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If you're experiencing crashes/instability, please try a Steam Verify/Display Drivers update before contacting us.

This patch represents a significant step forward in vehicle performance. While we've made great strides, there are still a few remaining adjustments:

Brake tuning - In some cases, vehicles can over-accelerate or decelerate too late, causing them to "bump" into objects randomly. These collisions are no longer fatal, as vehicles recover quickly, but it's still an issue we're addressing.

Reverse logic fine-tuning - We're improving the vehicles' ability to recognize when reversing is the most efficient option in complex situations.

Turning behavior tweaks - Closely connected to brake tuning, turning behavior still needs refinement to work more cohesively with the braking system. This is a lot of physics and math that we’re investigating, and we’re working on determining the best way forward to make turning 100% reliable.

Our vehicles now consistently reach their targets, though they occasionally struggle with navigating the complexities of the world, particularly when it comes to the complicated math and physics involved in turns and braking calculations. Think of it as training AI to "drive" in real-time—it’s an ongoing process, but we aim to finalize these improvements by the end of the month, including updates for the Abrams and other vehicles. However, if we don’t meet this goal, the Abrams and co may bleed into the first part of next month. The moment we’re happy, and you folks are happy with the driving, we’ll convert the Evac buses and immediately move to the Abrams and co. Stay tuned!


This patch is highly volatile we know there are issues with the driving AI/Pathfinding and Physics. This is simply an experimental to open up testing for those that would like to test them out and provide feedback. Do not play "serious" sessions.


Introduced a new 'pushback' mechanic: while the Humvee may need to reconsider pushing through a mass of infected, the Cerberus can handle smaller groups with confidence.

https://youtu.be/5MW0lDnH92E

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• Basic framework for 'ramming slowdown' added
  
• Set up to respect vehicular mass so more massive vehicles can push through more obstacles
  
• Fixed a UnitInterface issue where OrderFireMode in several places didn't have the right syntax (likely resulted in unintended behavior in some situations) from the new interface system
  
• Fixed collision settings for 'performant capsule' collision presets (such as those used by characters at higher LODs), to prevent vehicles from getting 'bounced around' by low-detail infected running into them
  
• Rotate-in-place logic for Chaos Vehicle Units. Units get zero'd out linear+angular velocities while rotating, preventing them from 'rotating out of control'. Used this to boost rotation speed (Cerberus and Springbok Tweaked so far, need to do the others)
  
• Added an 'overlapped actors' tracker for ram collisions for Chaos Vehicle Units, so overlapped enemies don't continue accumulating 'ram mass' by staying close to vehicle(s)
  
• Adjusted arcade torque control for 'rotate in place' logic for non-treaded vehicles
  
• Improved 'near to target' turning, speed, and reversing for Chaos Vehicle Units (should help with Ajax and Radio Truck 'turning around move target but never reaching it' issue)
  
• Fixed Cerberus not having a garrison
  
• Fixed vehicle units being able to drive without a pilot
  
• Updated 'movement disablement' for Chaos Vehicles
  
• Responds to delegates related to Out Of Gas, DeployMode, and Not Fully Piloted
  
• More performant than previous commit (delegate-based rather than checking every path update, which happens every tick)
  
• Fixed Ajax's camo not functioning properly
  
• Fixed the Transport Atlas's garrison not functioning properly
  
• Added some Chaos Vehicle debug tools for move endpoints
  
• Fixed group move orders for Chaos Units often displaying 'move endpoints' incorrectly
  
• Improved obstacle detection. Skips dodging moving obstacles if 'time to impact' is high
  
• Additional obstacle avoidance checks now ignore allied units
  
• Fixed minor collision issue in Presidio
  
• Crash fix for InstantEnterGarrison using old syntax
  
• Added load game fixes to stop 'component must be set to movable' warnings for buildings/pods
  
• Fixed SMAW rockets sending vehicles flying (updated collision profile of Rockets to ignore vehicles)
  
• Speculative crash fix from here: https://discord.com/channels/469412014427602944/1285238221718032496/1285238221718032496
  
• Updated Mortar Autofire to respect Fire Mode (usable on regular non-Cerberus mortars, too)
  
• Fixed Automatic Gates not reacting to Chaos Vehicle Units
  
• Fixed Heavies and Snipers failing to exit DeployGun mode (syntax issue with EndDeployGun after UnitInterface update)
  
• Cleaned up Obstacle Detection logic in Chaos Vehicle Pathfollowing Component for easier maintenance and updates
  
• Chaos Vehicle obstacle detection improvements
  
• Added distance check when determining the best direction to go if an obstacle is detected, trying to get to the 'closest point on the desired travel line'
  
• Physics-destroyed landscape actors now ignored by obstacle detection
  
• Added angle-check when checking velocity of moving actors, making units more 'tolerant' of allies moving in mostly the same direction ahead of them
  
• Fixed issue with OnSeePawn failing to properly detect enemy structures in certain scenarios
  
• Fixed Chaos Vehicle Unit's OnSeePawn failing to properly detect enemy structures in some cases
  
• Created new Collision Presets for Infected Structure Box Collision and Infected Structure Meshes, allowing infected walls and pods to react to vehicular obstacle traces
  
• Improved reverse logic (including 'reverse to end movepoint' if behind the vehicle)
  
• Updated several reverse-related systems to use improved logic
  
• Obstacle avoidance now uses a 'temp ignore list' for moving objects, ensuring actual obstacles aren't 'missed' by traces being absorbed by moving vehicles
  
• Slightly reduced Chaos Cerberus 'sharp turn' speed for better handling
  
• Increased path recheck frequency for more optimized and reliable pathfinding, especially for long distances
  
• Fixed an issue where units 'forgot' their move target on loading if performing a long move when saved
  
• Added 'correct steer output based on current velocity' logic, so Chaos Vehicles correct their turn based on actual forward/reverse velocity instead of desired velocity (fixes vehicles turning wheels too quickly when reversing and lining up for turns)
  
• Improved targeting logic in Base_Character, ChaosVehicleUnit, AIController_Base, and Projectile classes, ensuring Chaos Vehicle Units are properly targeted
  
• Fixed Interaction Widget (overhead health bar for player units) failing to play 'damaged animation' when a unit takes damage
  
• Added 'PhysicalProjectile' object type and updated collision profiles accordingly. Chaos Vehicle wheel traces now ignore this type, preventing projectiles from 'bouncing' vehicles upward on wheel contact
  
• Updated additional landscape objects to be physics-interactable
  
• Fixed small physics-interactable objects (e.g., benches) to ensure they can interact with landscape (or were landscapeable if not already)
  
• In Treasure Island South, updated overturned fences to no longer block navigation
  
• Adjusted physics overlap boxes for landscape physics interaction with Chaos Vehicle units (MUTT + MULE especially required adjustments)

Please note: Restart your game/Steam to ensure the update is applied.
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If you're experiencing crashes/instability, please try a Steam Verify/Display Drivers update before contacting us.

This patch is highly volatile we know there are issues with the driving AI/Pathfinding and Physics. This is simply an experimental to open up testing for those that would like to test them out and provide feedback. Do not play "serious" sessions.


Introduced a new 'pushback' mechanic: while the Humvee may need to reconsider pushing through a mass of infected, the Cerberus can handle smaller groups with confidence.

https://youtu.be/5MW0lDnH92E

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• Fixed vehicular death logic.
  
• Fixed a 'duplicate UI' issue that was causing vehicular corpses to leave their UI behind.
  
• Fixed some BP errors for infected, spitters, and blow-up guys.
  
• Fixed regular units having 50K mass in their character movement components (though since the character move comps don't have physics enabled by default, this may not have had any effect).
  
• Fixed dead body to vehicle interactions when a character's mesh enters ragdoll mode while touching a vehicle – the vehicle won't get sent flying.
  
• Fixed Radio Humvee physics.
  
• Fixed animations for Atlas Ammo Runners.
  
• Fixed wheeled vehicles having collisions with pawns, causing physics issues.
  
• Added basic ramming mechanic.
  
• Prevented units from walking on top of CERC vehicles.
  
• Implemented improvements to Chaos vehicle pathfinding: All vehicles now have torque control to rotate-in-place when reaching their destination, facing the desired direction.
  
• Implemented 'close to final move target' checks for braking and obstacle detection. Desired turn speeds are halved when near the target to increase precision.
  
• Allied units are now 'skipped' as obstacles when near the target, preventing vehicles from infinitely looping/reversing when multiple units are near the destination.
  
• Fixed some obstacle detection logic for Chaos vehicle units.
  
• Chaos Vehicle Pathfollowing Component now adds enemy units to its 'ignore list' for obstacle detection. It will also prune invalid entries when starting new move orders, preventing memory issues if ramming occurs frequently.
  
• Fixed DeployMode for Chaos vehicle units, ensuring it blocks face rotation logic for stationary vehicles.
  
• Fixed the Chaos Radio Truck not having a proper animBP setup, fixing its deploy animation as well.
  
• Fixed incorrect decal projection on Calypso airfields.
  
• Improved safeties and logic related to enemy damage.
  
• Ramming damage from vehicles is now relative to velocity and mass rather than a flat number.
  
• Removed NavBox from the old vehicle class, preventing pre-placed old vehicles and helicopters from permanently blocking navigation under their start spots.
  
• Fixed the old vehicle class having nav-blocking enabled on their capsule component.
  
• Began framework for 'ramming slowdown' that respects vehicle mass, allowing more massive vehicles to push through more objects.
  
• Fixed a UnitInterface issue where OrderFireMode in several places had incorrect syntax, which could lead to unintended behavior.
  
• Fixed collision settings for 'performant capsule' presets (used by characters at higher LODs) to prevent vehicles from being 'bounced around' by low-detail infected units.

Please note: Restart your game/Steam to ensure the update is applied.
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We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule.
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Get a sneak peek at the intense and dramatic opening of Season 1.

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If you're experiencing crashes/instability, please try a Steam Verify/Display Drivers update before contacting us.

This patch is highly volatile we know there are issues with the driving AI/Pathfinding and Physics. This is simply an experimental to open up testing for those that would like to test them out and provide feedback. Do not play "serious" sessions.

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• All Vehicles except the Evacuation Bus converted to Chaos Vehicles . It will be converted in a few work days after we eliminate the more critical bugs we've noticed.
  
• Basic world object physics added to Street lights, some misc objects and fire hydrants. We are testing to expand these systems and roll them out plus integrate Destruction so objects can break into smaller components based on explosions and collisions into them.
  
• WPO Disable Distances on world actors and HLOD actors to improve build performance
  
• Speculative fix for infinite loop for Interaction Widget medic bar
  
• Minor fix for virtual unit mover proxy pathfinding
  
• Chelsey AI checks proxy pathfinding in one situation where it previously wasn't (when it should have been - also a source of Chelsey getting stuck)
  
• Fixed some BP nodes with old settings in Chelsey's AI (may've broken her ability to fight when loading a save, should be fixed now)
  
• -Speculative fix for crash from https://discord.com/channels/469412014427602944/1276629600646074489/1277314217954902149
  
• Some adjustments to Formation Move Handler and soldier move preview holograms to have more accurate results on the Carrier
  
• Updated movement on-Carrier to have the 'move previews' (blue holograms) 'attach' to the Carrier if on top of it (so they don't get 'left behind' if the Carrier is moving!)
  
• Fixed up Interaction Widgets not properly responding to mesh render status
  
• Added a Mouse-over highlight to settings in the options menu.

Please note the following going forward: Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/

Get a sneak peek at the intense and dramatic opening of Season 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
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If you're experiencing crashes/instability, please try a Steam Verify/Display Drivers update before contacting us.

We are currently tweaking the display text and finishing up some polish of the changes below! A new save is required else you will encounter issues!

If your experiencing crashes/instability please try a Steam Verify/Display Drivers update before contacting us.

https://youtu.be/62Eqla9zp7E
https://youtu.be/fakLaG7r5SI

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• Bus evacuations are now in allowing you to speed up evacuations
  
• Tactical Pause has been added slomo was moved to F2
  F1 Normal
  F2 Slomo
  F3 Tactical Pause
  Spacebar - > Tactical Pause
  
• Massive improvements to evacuation efficiency
  
• Active Intake is increased to 6 from the Civilian Admin Center
  
• New Zone text system to track zone status and make it easier to manage zones (Clickable as well)
  
• 5x5 cages added to the admin center
  
• Option added for zone evac to set how a zone transfers population (Busses, Walking or both)
  
• Double Chinook Evac
  
• Vehicle Gas Rebalance
  
• New Class Weapons/Balancing
  
• Holding Area XL - Houses 250 civies now
  
• Holding Area normal - houses 40 civies now

(Click Show details for a full breakdown of the changes)
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• Speculative fixes for fire damage crash and post-teleport crash
  
• Speculative fix for 'invisible infected' (seems like Ambient Civilians were failing to turn on Stimuli when they converted to infected)
  
• Added 5x5 Civilian cage.
  
• Minor material fix.
  
• Speculative fix for crash reported here: https://discord.com/channels/469412014427602944/1232191510422753280/1232191510422753280
  
• Added 'DestroyClosestVehicle' and 'KillClosestVehicle' console commands for testing's sake
  
• Added some extra checks to the Civvie Bus to make sure it's alive before it continues its behaviors (or tries to show its RTB Widget)
  
• Fixed the helipad not 'spawning a repair actor when damaged'
  
• Set up the evac buses to despawn if there's no garage, once they complete their current action(s)
  
• Updated 'faction relationship updated' messages to be clickable, so you can click on them in order to see what's being talked about
  
• Added a healthbar to the Civvie Intake Bus's popup widget
  
• Added logic to allow the Civilians to be able to 'walk' to the Civvie Intake Bus (instead of 'warping' into it after exiting their evac building)
  
• Fixes for 'civvies stuck while trying to move to intake bus'
  
• Fix added for civvies getting 'stuck on world building' sometimes when their stuckfix fires off
  
• Fix added for civvies sometimes getting dumped into the water from their stuckfix
  
• Some fixes for Civvie Buses getting a bit confused about where to move when trying to go long distances or places without roads (not perfect)
  
• Set up the Buses to have a greater preference for roads, and not as great a need to move as close to buildings to pick up civilians
  
• Updated nav query for civvie intake buses to hopefully avoid some 'stuck' cases
  
• Levi repeater ranges doubled
  
• Added some 'critical stuck checks' to the Buses, to stop them from being permanently stuck some situations (ex: there's a spot in TI G8 where they could potentially jam themselves into rivers)
  
• Added some 'pull move point back' logic to Buses moving towards buildings to evacuate civilians from them, so buses don't have to get as close
  
• Added some logic to Civvie Intake Bus 'move to buildings to evac units' logic to try to avoid parking where other bus(es) woud park
  
• Properly setter/getter'd the Civvie 'bStandingGround' setting to stop civilians sometimes erroneously not ignoring 'roam' behavior when following civvie intake/evac stuff
  
• updated the Camo Combobox to not be mouse-focusable (missed turning that off for those)
  -Functionality added for the Civilian Admin Center 'dropdown combobox'
  
• Set up a Garage build limit of 12 (global)
  
• Set up the Building Construction Hovertip to include the 'build limit' (for the Garage specifically but should be fairly modular)
  
• Added build limit 'overlay' on the Shops Button for constructing global-build-limit buildings, when it's reached said limit
  
• Updated Garage hovertip to indicate that it can be built in any zone
  
• Fixed Atlas modules having incorrect Camo projection in some cases.
  
• Updated the Intake Bus to be more likely to avoid regular shallow water, too
  
• Fix for saving/loading the Civvie Intake Bus with the new 'evac between zones' logic
  
• Fix for civilain mobs not taking up the correct number of seats sometimes when loaded while in a garrison
  
• Several fixes to make Cross Zone Evac behavior for Intake Buses more reliable (less likely to stall either in the target zone or back at base when there's work to do)
  
• Fixing up some potential errors with civilian population tallying
  
• Fixed some issues with wrong zone/node targeting when cross-zone evacuating civvies via buses
  
• Set the maximum amount of Buses per Garage to 1
  
• More save/load fixes for Civ Intake Buses
  
• Added move proxy support to the Civvie Intake Buses, so they can handle longer move orders (for long distance cross-zone evacuation)
  
• Fixed the civvie intake bus 'status text' sometimes not updating properly for cross zone evac
  
• Fixed two potential 'bus stall' situations for cross zone evac
  
• Added some logic for saving/loading when in 'dumping out civvies' state for intake buses
  
• Fixed Vehicle Rotation being reset when left on sloped terrain in some cases.
  
• Visuals of all hand positions for animations were vastly improved
  
• Ammo count for Assault rifles is now 600 max and 256 starting
  
• max corpses upped to 120 and 360 max time ingame + fixed dead bodies sometimes retaining collision after the animation death fixes from Friday
  
• Fixes to death animation hiccups
  
• Speculative fix to DumpGarrison crash for NewBaseVehicle WhenDestroyed (one of the safeties was incorrect and thus might've been the cause of the crash)
  
• Fixed up a vehicle rotation bug that could them prevent from being able to rotate if the game is in slomo and you give a move order to a stationary vehicle
  
• Added a fix for units potentially setting their TargetGarrisonComponent while inside of another Garrison (which could 'clog up' the queue for Helicopters with units who are stuck inside of a Holding Area)
  
• Added a fix for units entering a Garrison without properly setting it as their TargetGarrisonComponent (Which could cause serious confusion for 'garrison queue' logic such as for civvie evac)
  =This helps fix an issue with evac helicopters that could occur when loading a save
  
• Disabled some of the 'WaitingAroundBase' array logic that civilians would enter into when Roaming (could cause some conflict w/ evac system and it's an older system that's mostly deprecated and disabled anyway)
  
• Tracked down an issue with Civvies not knowing which zone they're a part of when entering the Civilian Intake, sometimes causing them to erroneously wander around before returning to a world building, or just immediately leaving for it after exiting a bus
  
• Added some safeties to prevent some civvies from maintaining wrong civvie intake tags or remaining part of the 'wrong zone' once Intake'd by another zone
  
• Added some logic to make civvies less likely to get 'stuck' moving to an intake bus in weird navigation situations (where they can technically move, but movement optimization ends up hindering their ability to navigate a weird spot)
  
• Adjusted a building in PI_G06 that dropped off civvies a little too close to a dividing wall
  
• Improved reaction speed to helicopters landing on an evac pad if there's already one landed on another pad
  
• Added a 'move camera to zone' button on the top right of the Civilian Admin Widget
  
• Fixed the 'jump camera to building' buttons (above the command widget on the bottom right of the HUD) being 'focusable', which caused them to intercept keybinds at times
  
• Added interaction widget (and appropriate metadata, and icon) to the Civvie Intake Bus so you can see where they are from a distance (and their name when you mouse-over)
  
• Added a fix for Infected AI continuing to query perception after death (by disabling perception and destroyed the perception component in OnDeath, to be sure)
  
• Updated slomo handling to support a variety of 'slow down' states, so you can play in slomo, tactical pause, and technically fast forward (not bound to any keybind yet)
  
• Tactical Pause is now on the Spacebar, instead of Slomo
  
• Updated the Hint Text Popup to respect time dilation changes (so it won't 'stay up forever' if you unhover something while in slow motion or toggle slomo/tacpause on right after unhovering something)
  
• Fixed shawnee 30mm spread
  
• Shawnee 30mm Autocannon rebalanced - now fires explosive ammo again, and fires in bursts
  
• Reduced smg spread values
  
• made the sniper have the mp5sd as a secondary option.
  
• Engineer has a smaw as a secondary, gains the Grenade Launcher and Javelin from the Assault
  
• Removed mp5sd from spec ops and replaced it back with the vector
  
• balanced cost for engineers and added the jav to them,
  
• Removed the jav from assaults and removed the scar from the assaults and gave it back to solely winters
  
• Fixed Evac Bus floating above ground slightly.
  
• Scaled up Gates slightly to fix clipping with Evac bus.
  
• Minor Material adjustments.
  
• Fixed the Notification Text popups being focusable (so they'd 'grab' your spacebar if you click on one then hit spacebar before it goes away)
  
• Fixed Camera 'lerping' (smooth movement) to be 'time dilation agnostic'
  
• Fixed up the Carrier 'backing up', sometimes, during TacticalPause
  
• Restrictor price increased to 3800 from 2500
  
• Infected melee tweak and rebalance
  
• Evac income rate decreased to 3 from 5
  
• 'Zoom Out' value added to Game Options for world text (saves/loads, default 40K, minimum 10K, max 95K) and the Game Options Widget
  
• m240 short range damage nerf, increased extended short range damage fall off to 1800 from 1500.
  
• M249 damage nerf switched to 5.56 from 5.56AP, removed suppressor ability.
  
• M107 audible firing distance set to 7500 from 3500, Perfect accuracy set to 4500 from 3000. Bonus Target acquisition at perfect accuracy set to 25 from 5
  
• M110 Damage nerf 40 from 45
  
• Added a fix for ragdolls freezing mid air,
  
• Added FAMAS ,
  
• Soc income rate increased by 30%
  
• Winters health - 450
  
• Assault health - 150
  
• Engineer health - 165
  
• Heavy health - 200
  
• Medic health - 225
  
• Radio op health - 115
  
• Spec ops health - 125
  
• Operator health - 350
  
• Mk-38 range increased to - 17500 from 14500 Added bullet piercing.
  
• Lowered spine pod rpm to 15 from 25
  
• increased reserve ammo for lmgs.
  
• increased spread inc by .3 for lmgs
  
• Removed old animations
  
• ACR - Damage range increased, Damage now matches 6.8 damage model (now competes with the scar)
  
• Scar - increased damage range
  
• M4 - Damage range increased
  
• Corrected some street lights that should have been landscapable
  
• Revamped the Civilian Intake Garage's 'disable bus' option: Now keeps track of the number of 'disabled' buses. The 'purchase bus' button becomes 'reactivate bus' if there are any disabled buses
  
• Set up the LHA6 to automatically join group 2 on new file
  
• Set up Winter to automatically be in the 'first slot' of the first group when starting a new file
  
• Fixed the Weapon Range Indicators option not properly functioning when turned off

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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https://youtu.be/zZA_1INK--I?si=Dx1YWTyRQzPhzgq2
https://youtu.be/dJogCEPsYHU?si=6eJNQoJyj3uQJahl
https://steamproxy.net/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
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[expand type=details]
Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
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A couple of weeks ago i sat in a room with fans of the game on discord and hashed out what issues they feel the game still has in terms of a lackluster evacuation system. This week we made efforts to improve evacuations by adding the following/setting the foundation up.

1. Bus Evacuations (Cross zone evacuations are coming next week)
   
2. Having the ability to choose between Manual intake(old system), Busses only & full exodus (Busses & Manual intake, coming next week)
   
3. Increasing Holding Bay size to 100 (Pending a mesh redesign we just started the visual redesign today)
   
4. Increasing Cages to a 5x5 design like a prison block 10 Civilians (Coming next week)
   
5. Dozens of general Bug fixes to Evacuations

Once we finish up this list we will bug fix a bit more and then officially transition to the new Vehicle driving AI.

If your experiencing crashes/instability please try a Steam Verify/Display Drivers update before contacting us.

(Click Show details for a full breakdown of the changes)
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• Fixed further issues of Civilians moonwalking when doing evacs)
  
• Administration Structure now has a buildable Evacuation Garage (Placeholder). This structure will allow you to build automated busses that will go out and ferry civilians to the Garage for processing.
  
• Fixed a nav setting in the Project Settings that was causing some larger vehicles to erroneously consider themselves to be XL (like LCAC) instead of just Vehicle nav-agents. Was making vehicles overcomplicate their move orders
  
• Fixed pause screen breaking when manually invoked via UI
  
• Fixed some devname issues with several buildings causing evac issues
  
• Set up some 'Different Parking Spots' for Civilian Intake Buses when interacting with their Garage
  
• Fixed up some Civvie Intake Truck 'stalling' a bit near evac buildings when said buildings are dumping out their last civvies
  
• Fixed a Civilian Evac bus bug that would send busses to empty homes
  
• 3 Busses allowed per active evacuation zone
  
• Added a 'Return to Base Widget' for the Civilian Intake Bus. Shows the bus's current task, number of seats (and how many are filled), and a button for forcing Return to Base if they're not already doing that
  
• Busses if they have no Garage, they'll park next to the Admin Center and stop doing things.If a Garage is built while there are idle Buses in Zone, they'll assign themselves to it (and you won't get your free first bus)
  [* Busses can be destroyed and rebuilt at the Garage
  
• Added Evac Bus shop Icon.
  
• Added Class Icon to LCAC shop icon.
  
• Fixed Civilian Admin building rendering with incorrect LOD in some cases.

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
https://youtu.be/zZA_1INK--I?si=Dx1YWTyRQzPhzgq2
https://youtu.be/dJogCEPsYHU?si=6eJNQoJyj3uQJahl
https://steamproxy.net/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
[/expand]

Hey everyone! Quick Update on progress ! We are targeting another experimental in the next few days to address further some bugs/issues. Our goal is to do 24 hour observation periods daily till we deem Experimental stable so we can merge it into the normal branch by Friday at the latest.


To opt into experimental install "Cepheus Protocol Experimental" in your steam library.
It is no longer a beta opt in but an entirely new game granted when you purchase the base game.
(Click Show details for a full breakdown of the changes)
[expand type=details]

• Fixed Vehicles on the LHA6 not properly being 'counted' by the stern elevator
  
• Also made sure 'ungarrisonable' vehicles cannot be boarded onto any LCACs from the LHA6's stern elevator
  
• Fixed vehicles not being able to move if given a group move command on the LHA6 (though rotation issues remain)
  
• Fixed an 'override focal point' issue with the FormationPositionActors that was breaking ground vehicle movement when they're on the deck of the LHA6
  
• Added some logic to make 'outdated' Formation Move Handlers get deleted instead of staying around
  
• Set up a safety to prevent units from 'walking off' of the LHA6 while on it
  
• Fixed a 'loading issue' from preplaced-actor loading that could erroneously mess with all preplaced/already loaded characters. This also seems to fix an issue with the LHA6 sometimes failing to remember if it was docked when loaded from a save
  
• Increased maximum EvacuatingCivilians from 30 to 45 so civvie evacuation can 'flow' more smoothly (though this may have some performance implications)
  
• increased the Civilian Holding Area capacity from 20 to 30, to smooth out evacuation requirements
  
• Added some improvements to 'boarding the LHA6 elevator from the dock' logic to reduce 'vehicles stacking on one another' instances. Also some minor changes to 'finish lerp' to try to break up 'stuck inside one another' instances when multiple vehicles board from elevator onto deck
  
• Fixed the Springbok (JLTV) erroneously being able to drive without a pilot
  
• Added 'click handling' to borders in the HUD Recruit Popup so clicks won't sometimes 'go through' it and 'close out' the recruit popup incorrectly (by selecting buildings in the world, for example, that happened to be where your mouse was on the popup itself)
  
• Fix to loading of 'collision enabled lerps' for boats causing the Carrier to sometimes load at world zero (won't fix saves before this fix, though)
  
• Another fix for rare crash with proxy movement
  
• Updated ProxyMovementCharacters to be more reliable when other units are 'in the way', allowing moshpits of vehicles (if you put a lot of vehicles on the carrier at once) to be more able to move
  
• Added a minor timer loop to the Proxy Movement Characters to 'slow them down' if they get 'too far ahead' of the units they are tied to
  
• Updated ammo transferring logic to support refilling ammo for garrisoned units, even if ammo cannot be given to the garrison owner (example: MULE transfers ammo to soldiers, but not to vehicles. Previously, due to this, it would fail to refill ammo for units inside a vehicle, where other supply boxes would succeed)
  
• Updated GarrisonCapacity (and some relevant functions) back to int32 from uint8 (since some garrisons may want to hold a lot of people, such as a custom difficulty Evac Merlin)
  
• Fixed some function/BP/conditional references in BP that were still in 'byte' format (despite looking like int32!!) causing the math to fail for beyond-255 values Result: Fixes evac for Evac Merlins that had boosted capacity from custom difficulty
  
• Updated the docking spline for Alcatraz to prevent situations where units on the deck of the LHA6 get 'swept around' by colliding with the Alcatraz pipes while the LHA6 docks-in-reverse
  
• Fixed Rate of fire of some vehicle weapons.

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
https://youtu.be/GV3YOssGEfs
https://youtu.be/LOdVk1yiuak
https://steamproxy.net/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
[/expand]

Hey everyone! Quick Update on progress ! We are targeting another experimental in the next few days to address further some bugs/issues. Our goal is to do 24 hour observation periods daily till we deem Experimental stable so we can merge it into the normal branch by Friday at the latest.


To opt into experimental install "Cepheus Protocol Experimental" in your steam library.
It is no longer a beta opt in but an entirely new game granted when you purchase the base game.
(Click Show details for a full breakdown of the changes)
[expand type=details]

• Removed Striker 105 redundant 'explosive settings' in the WeaponConfig (that were also overriding some explosive rounds with wrong info)
  
• Fixed ground vehicles waiting to degarrisoning units until their 'corpse' has despawned
  
• Fixed a bug where if there is no 'active evac' building (i.e. civilian-owned building that's emptying out for evacuation's sake), civilians wouldn't move to the evac pad
  
• Added a safety-checker to stop 'orphaned' civilians from sitting still
  
• Added some logic: now if an evac helicopter takes off and civilians were heading to it, they can quickly re-assess and move to another evac chopper if one is available in the same zone
  
• Updated the Evac Merlin to hide its garrison count when moused over (so the 'Depart Now' widget doesn't conflict with the garrison count)
  
• Updated the Civilian Holding Area's healthbar to not be shown when the Civilian Holding Area's garrison list is shown

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
https://youtu.be/GV3YOssGEfs
https://youtu.be/LOdVk1yiuak
https://steamproxy.net/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
[/expand]

Hey everyone! Quick Update on progress ! We are targeting another experimental in the next few days to address further some bugs/issues. Our goal is to do 24 hour observation periods daily till we deem Experimental stable so we can merge it into the normal branch by Friday at the latest.


To opt into experimental install "Cepheus Protocol Experimental" in your steam library.
It is no longer a beta opt in but an entirely new game granted when you purchase the base game.
(Click Show details for a full breakdown of the changes)
[expand type=details]

• Fixed some missing assets from Sentinel Island
  
• Garrison system revamped to resolve issues relating to Units teleporting to the Carrier and other Faction related oddities
  
• Added buoyancy to some world props on the water
  
• Added a new central Police station to treasure island.
  
• Made adjustments to civilian stronghold walls in grid 7
  
• Fixed several incorrect Pilot/Driver checks
  
• Fixed another issue with checking for pilots, this time an issue on initialization
  
• Guard Tower Atlas - Fixed spawned units failing to garrison
  
• Guard Tower Atlas - Fixed the 'purchase guard' button failing to actually function
  
• Guard Tower Atlas - Guards failing to re-garrison on load fixed
  
• Atlas Guard Tower - now properly blocks camera collision
  
• Added a fix for mouse hovering over a damaged structure failing to display 'building hover effect' and 'building name hovertip'
  
• Fixed Euthanization tent failing to split up units for partial mob garrison
  
• Added a backup check to stop units from 'double-garrisoning' into the same garrison (was happening with Euthanization Tent, will use this to try to track down how that's happening)
  
• Fixed the Euthanization Tent widget not appearing
  
• Euthanization Tent now shows names for individual mob units, and boosts reputation loss for killing them off too based on how many people were murdered
  
• Fixed up Holding Cell to be able to garrison units from mobs
  
• Quick fix so the Guard Tower will create its 'missing occupant' widget after a short delay, when loaded, if it was loaded without any occupant
  
• Added helipad to TI new central police station, slightly updated surrounding area.
  
• Guard Tower Atlas - Praying Animation bug fixed
  
• Fixed Garrisons not 'dumping units' when capacity gets reduced during gameplay (such as when Humvee switches weapons at weapon market)
  
• Fixed Helicopters not being able to degarrison their pilots when landed
  
• Fixed sparrow rappelling issue where ropes would instant deploy after 2 times of rappelling units
  
• Updated LCAC to not skip kinematic updating making it easier to select via box/direct selections
  
• Defined Length+Width addons for LCAC to make it move better with grouped move orders on land
  
• Fixed some C++ boat traces failing to account for other boats
  
• Fixed an issue with group-selected boats failing to figure out how to move onto land
  
• Slight optimization added to C++ boat-landscape traces
  
• Fixed several settings on the LCAC that prevented it from being destroyed
  
• Added 'back button' support to Shops
  
• Resolved an error with Chelsey System reinforcement not functioning due to inverted check
  
• Resolved the Civilian Holding Area widget saying "0/12" if no-units are garrisoned
  
• Fixed a load issue that caused loaded Civilians to not properly be added to civ management/evacuation
  
• Reduced size of navbox for Civilian Holding Area, and made units who are exiting it move 'farther out' (so they're less likely to get 'stuck' on the tent)
  
• Improvements to Leviathan 'restrictor avoidances. Situations where 'safeties burn out' when searching for a place to emerge now have additional logic to reduce or eliminate 'wrong' emergence
  
• Ammo runner resupply amount doubled.
  
• All vehicles gas consumption while moving has been cut in half
  
• Cerberus 105mm set up to use the newer explosive round setup
  
• Added Avenger Turrets to use a construction preview radius
  
• Adjusted vehicle nav to smooth out some vehicular navigation issues at a turning spot in TI G5/6
  
• Fixed the Infected Wall not having collision enabled properly on part of it, causing it to often be 'missed' when targeted
  
• Set up some actor classes to not be damage-able (to save a little processing when grenade overlaps are ran)
  
• Some fixes to evacuating civvies not saving properly

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
https://youtu.be/GV3YOssGEfs
https://youtu.be/LOdVk1yiuak
https://steamproxy.net/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
[/expand]
[expand type=details]
Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
[/expand]