We at Snapshot Games have been impressed by the various mod creators developing content for Phoenix Point and wanted to shine a spotlight on an upcoming mod release from a dedicated team called Phoenix Rising. This is THEIR work, but we wanted you to be aware of it!

Welcome to Phoenix Rising’s Terror from the Void!

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872311902

From the depths, a new danger has emerged to jeopardize Phoenix and the entire planet. This third wave of Pandoravirus threatens to plunge the world into madness if not confronted, but the road to recovery won’t be easy. 

Terror from the Void is a fan-created conversion mod that introduces new and changed game mechanics, enemies, and more for Phoenix Point and includes the team’s previous Better Classes changes[docs.google.com], which tweak soldier classes and skills. If you’ve only played the standard Phoenix Point to date, expect a very different experience with this mod!

Terror from the Void is an open beta release that includes many new features, with the Phoenix Rising team focusing on a few key areas for their mod: More player choice and campaign progression, increased strategic options, and a high degree of game customization for players.


Players can now begin their TFTV campaigns aligned even closer with one of the NPC factions through Origins, granting a starter faction soldier to help fight the Pandorans from Day One; for example, selecting a New Jericho origin will award players with a Technician ready to go. These soldiers can even arrive buffed with higher stats to help you face the horrors to come.

And horrors do await, as the Phoenix Rising team has re-introduced Oneiric Delirium, a game mechanic that takes its toll on your soldiers’ psyche as the campaign progresses. Players must manage their soldiers carefully to keep them operational, as Delirium saps their Willpower, but it can also be harnessed into unique perks or advantages. Be warned, though, as the Oneiric Delirium Index increases, more powerful and harsher effects will rear their head, but players can remove this threat as they progress through the story.

The reframing of Oneiric Delirium is just one piece of a story reinterpretation that the Phoenix Rising team has integrated into the Terror from the Void mod. Much of the existing in-game text has been tweaked, and new lore, characters, and more have been added as well as a reassessing of missions to reflect those changes. You can expect a very different campaign flow than in a standard Phoenix Point campaign!


Of course, the core of any mod is how it changes the gameplay, and Terror from the Void offers lots of new challenges and tweaks. Alongside tougher choices when diplomatically engaging with the various factions, TFTV also introduces Void Omens, temporary global effects that bestow bonuses and penalties linked to the addition of Oneiric Delirium. For example, players may find their skills cost more Will Points, but the Delirium has no effect on their soldiers - or for a period of time, havens in the Mist become Infested when destroyed.

New enemies also join the battlefield, including redesigned Umbras that focus on Delirium-tainted soldiers and grow more powerful over time, and Revenants, reanimated soldiers that now fight for the Pandorans that adapt to your tactics. Thankfully, defeating these threats will eventually open new research pathways that grant powerful rewards. 

Oh, and don’t think the human enemies are pushovers either. Now, humans deploy in unique groupings based on their faction, which includes different ranked soldiers: a boss, officers, and lower-ranked units. These squads introduce specific tactical modifiers that change how you engage them in combat.

These are just some of what you can expect in the open beta happening right now, with many other surprises and changes awaiting players. And best of all, the Phoenix Rising team has made it easy to toggle the different features on or off so you can tailor the game to your preferred playstyle!  

You can download Terror from the Void on Steam, and please be sure to visit the official Phoenix Rising Discord[discord.gg] to chat with the team about their mod or share feedback. TFTV requires the base Phoenix Point game and all of its DLC to run.

We thank the Phoenix Rising team for their exciting work and look forward to jumping into the fray. We also wish you all good luck fighting back against the Madness!

We’ve released a hotfix today that addresses the Resolution setting issue and some other elements that came up with the release of the Hastur update. Here’s the short-list:

Bug Fixes

• Corrected an issue with autosaves.
  
• Fixed the Change Resolution field not showing the setting correctly.
  
• Fixed names on some cinematics in the cinematics library.
  
• Fixed a texture on the new Pandoran Technician skin.

Today is the release of our free Hastur update, which brings Steam Workshop support to Phoenix Point, as well as the release of the Phoenix Point: Complete Edition bundle, where you can own the game and all six DLC packs in one easy purchase or upgrade!

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/bundle/27023/Phoenix_Point_Complete_Edition/

Hastur will be our final official update for Phoenix Point, and we thank our ONE MILLION PLAYERS for being on this journey with us, especially:

• The early adopters that believed in the vision Julian and the team had for our game, your support meant everything!
  
• Our Community Council members who helped guide and shape the various features and content!
  
• The streamers and content creators across the globe that shared their campaigns through thick or thin!
  
• And all of our players and fans or anyone that gave us a try and told a friend to play. We’re here because of you and hope to continue to delight you with new experiences in the future!

But even though official updates are ending, we hope to see Phoenix Point continue to rise thanks to mod support with our Steam Workshop integration, rolling out today as well. We can’t wait to see what the community will bring to enhance Phoenix Point for a long time.

If you’ve been following us and are STILL on the fence about buying the game or know someone who is, you can now officially try before you buy! Today, we’re also releasing a free demo version of Phoenix Point on Steam, which you can find on the game's store page.

And, as one last thank you, we’ve unlocked all cosmetic soldier skins automatically for everyone, regardless of where or when you purchased Phoenix Point, for use in your campaigns (no code inputs necessary). That includes our previous console-only “Neon” skins from PlayStation and Xbox, alongside two brand new skins, the Aztec Priest and the Pandoran Technician. Now, every class can sport a bit more flair on the battlefield… and yes, that Priest head mutation gives a bit of an advantage. 😉
For now, good luck with your upcoming campaigns, Operatives. We believe in you!

It’s the final countdown, people: We’re headed towards our last update for Phoenix Point, “Hastur,” with our most requested community feature: Steam Workshop mod support.

With this final update, we’ll be opening up Steam Workshop for the community to share their creations and make it easy for any player to enable and subscribe to player-made mods. As an added feature that’s part of our mod integration, each mod can be tweaked by players to finely tune the right balance for their intended game.

To get things started on the right foot, we’re releasing an example mod alongside the Workshop launch that we’re currently calling “Custom Campaign.” This mod will demonstrate what creators can do with modding, while also allowing a greater degree of customization when it comes to kicking off your campaigns such as:

• Tactical Difficulty: Players can now make the tactical game easier or harder, separate from the global Geoscape difficulty.
  
• Mission Threat Level: Missions that leverage threat levels can be made more or less difficult
  
• Human Population Census (HPC) AKA the Doomsday Clock: If the timer makes you nervous, you can set up the game so that the population drops slower or turn it off altogether, giving you more time to ready your assaults. Or, for an added challenge, you can speed it up!
  
• Manufacture Speed: This allows the ability to produce items faster, slower, or instantly.
  
• No Ammo: Choose to remove ammunition clips, effectively allowing all weapons to infinitely reload, which we expect may change the game pretty dramatically.

Our programming team has worked very hard to make modding work because we are excited to see what the community brings to the table for Phoenix Point - and for everybody to experience the existing mods that can now be brought over to Steam.

On a separate note: next Thursday, July 21st, we will combine all Phoenix Point content into one Complete Edition bundle on PC. If you already own Year One Edition and the Expansion Pass, don’t despair; you’re not missing out on any additional content, but for those looking to jump in for the first time or upgrade, this will be the definitive way to get all Phoenix Point content with a single purchase.

Finally, we have a few small surprises we’re saving til next Thursday’s release of Complete Edition and the free Hastur update, so still a bit more to come!

We’ve released a small update today that addresses a corrupted save issue, and an issue that could occur with the Masked Manticore.

• Fixed a major issue with save files where destroyed Pandoran aircraft could lead to a corrupted save file with active DLC3.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Masked Manticore special mission disabled the current active one at an explored site, if the Masked Manticore was on it.

We know you’re anxious to learn more about our next update, and we will have more info there very soon!

Today, we’ve released a new update on Steam that addresses some bugs, fixes issues with achievements, and updates the vehicle AI. Special thanks to our community, especially Belial, dtony22 and MadSkunky, for their help in correcting the vehicle AI for the Aspida and Armadillo.

• Fixed the Aspida and Armadillo AI not using weapons properly.
  
• Fixed several issues with Achievements - All the Live Ones, Master Scientist, Scientific Rigor should now complete correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue with XP distribution on completed missions if a Vehicle is in the squad.
  
• Fixed a rare stuck where playing missions might trigger DLC1 encounters when DLC1 content is disabled.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Acheron Resurrection animation of Pandoran units did not play correctly in certain LoS cases (DLC4)
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mutog Enraged status did not apply buffs to speed and damage correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where Tired and Exhausted statuses did not apply debuffs correctly after mission restarts.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Recover ability could not be used inside Vehicles
  
• Fixed an issue where Faction Aircraft did not repair when idle on their Faction Havens. (DLC3)
  
• Fixed an issue where the Repair button on buildings could not be clicked properly

Thanks to all of our fans for your continued support of Phoenix Point!

Having more than 800,000 people play our game is something we never dreamed of when we first came up with the idea for Phoenix Point, and we are deeply grateful to all that have taken the time to suggest improvements, tell their friends, and play the game on so many platforms over these last few years. We’ve done our best to include as many of your suggestions as possible; you have made this game so much better than it ever would have been without you.

While Kaos Engines is the last of our downloadable content drops, we will continue to work on some final patches to improve Phoenix Point, including today’s Azathoth v1.14.3 update for PC. As of today, we’re closing our dedicated feedback portal (Canny) but rest assured that we have captured and backed up all the feedback shared to date, which will be used for guidance on future patches. And don’t worry: if you’d still like to give feedback, you can use the forums or talk with us on Discord[discord.gg]. We may not be able to act on it, but we’ll see it.

We’re also excited to announce that true Mod support on PC, including official Steam Workshop integration, is coming to Phoenix Point this summer.

We will share more details about how mods will work in the future, but we wanted to congratulate the modding community for the work they’ve already done and look forward to seeing what other mod creators will do when the official support is released. And while mods themselves are not officially endorsed by us, we did want to call out the new release of {LINK REMOVED}the "Better Classes" mod, part of the unofficial “Phoenix Rising” mod project, which includes reworked skills and other changes for all seven classes and an entirely different third row of skills! If you’re interested, you can download that here: {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/BetterClassesMod.

Lastly, if you’ve been waiting to take the plunge or know a friend who has been, Phoenix Point will be 50% off, along with a 25% discount for the Expansion Pass during our Steam Daily Deal this Wednesday, April 20th (that’s tomorrow!).

No matter who you are, a huge thank you again for your support and interest— and keep on fighting the good fight!

Patch notes are as follows:
We have resolved a critical issue with corrupted save files where entering or completing a tactical mission would result in lost Geoscape progress. When starting a tactical mission, if you receive the following error message about a failed save game:

“An error has occurred while overwriting the save file! Please make sure you have enough free memory on your device.”

These are the steps to resolve it:

1. Make a manual save on Geoscape
   
2. Exit the game
   
3. Delete autosave file in Phoenix Point local saves folder.
   
4. Restart the game
   
5. If there is a conflict with cloud saves, download the cloud save.

• Fixed a rare issue where the UI of the game gets stuck if the Gift Manticore team gets ambushed. (DLC3)
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the game gets stuck when a dazed fireworm explodes on the final DLC3 mission.
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the game gets stuck due to a problem with enemy deployment on the first mission of DLC4.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game gets stuck when a unit performing the hack ability is mind-controlled.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Fog of War on some DLC2 missions.
  
• Fixed an issue with controller input when selecting Phoenix Bases list on Geoscape.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game gets stuck when selecting a Phoenix Base as deployment location for vehicle or aircraft on Geoscape.
  
• Fixed an issue where Haven defenders steal XP points at the end of a mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Berserker Bloodlust ability is not activated when starting a mission while he is injured.
  
• Fixed an issue where Virophage Injection objective was not interrupted by Mind Control.
  
• Fixed an issue where some DLC3 enemies did not appear as Cause of Death in the Memorial.
  
• Fixed an issue where the end game screen didn’t include DLC statistics.
  
• Fixed several UI text and localization issues.

A hotfix for Steam addressing some issues with the latest release is now available. In some cases, like existing Aspidas not having weapons or abilities, you may need to load from an autosave or complete the mission to fix. Patch notes below:

• Fixed an issue causing the game to become stuck when loading a Haven Defence mission.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the game to become stuck when opening the inventory in Tactical next to a turret, spider mine, mutog or an allied guardian.
  
• Fixed an issue where after an update to the latest version the Aspida had no weapons and no abilities. The issue will still be present in old tactical saves, but it will be resolved after returning to the geoscape.
  
• Fixed an issue where the priest head mutations were not available on the Mutations screen.
  
• Fixed an issue with the edit unit button in Personnel screen.
  
• Fixed an issue with the deployment cost of the Mutogs.
  
• Fixed a deployment issue in "Byzantium" mission.
  
• Fixed several localisation issues.

Hello, Operatives! Our latest DLC, Kaos Engines, is now available, alongside the free Azathoth content update (patch notes at the bottom of this post). Thanks to everyone who has already purchased an Expansion Pass already, your download should already be underway or ready, and thanks also to those considering purchasing Kaos Engines!

If you’re looking for more detail as to what’s in store, we shared insights on the new vehicle and module upgrades previously, but what’s just as important is how you acquire them. As we mentioned before, an independent haven, the Kaos Syndicate, calls the shots on this new research and they don’t give these tools away for free!

To take advantage of Kaos technology, players can access the Syndicate Marketplace haven, where new weapons, the unique Kaos Buggy, and all vehicle upgrades can be acquired for a price. Every 24 hours, the Marketplace refreshes its goods, and while the costs may initially be high, currying favor with their leader by taking on missions will reduce prices and put more options on offer. There are four story missions, each revolving around a particular vehicle the Syndicate’s leader wants you to recover, but even after the DLC missions are completed, the Marketplace remains open for business to offer research completed by the major factions as well as its exclusive weaponry.

Kaos Engines adds five new weapons: a sniper rifle, assault rifle, handgun, shotgun, and heavy autocannon which are only available via the Syndicate Marketplace. While these can’t be manufactured, these guns do not require ammunition, similar to the Living Weapons DLC gear. Armed with these weapons, players can deal increased damage that can include exotic effects, such as poisoning targets or causing acid damage… but, naturally, there’s a catch.

The Syndicate’s leader is a talented engineer, but his dedication towards developing more powerful weaponry has led to a complete disregard for safety, giving Kaos weapons the tendency to malfunction in a spectacular manner. The more a weapon is used, the higher the chance it may malfunction, destroying the weapon and causing different effects to the operative wielding it. But don’t despair, there’s a warning on weapons heading into a critical state for those too timid to roll the dice!

Alongside the release of Kaos Engines is our next free content update, Azathoth, which includes some balance changes that will affect the game whether you own the DLC or not. A few differences players will notice out the gate are increased material and research rewards from Geoscape exploration and encounter events, alongside an increase in materials when completing research. We believe these economic changes may help players who find themselves a little starved for resources. And for those looking for some love around the “Good Boy” mutogs, we’re reducing their deployment cost to two slots in an aircraft, making them a more viable option for future missions.

Oh and one more thing for the free Azathoth update… infiltrators can scavenge for an all-new Kaos Syndicate-themed skin when starting a new game with the code, KAOTIC. Use the key icon from the home screen to access.

Thanks again for all your support… and stay tuned for news on our next update! For now, here are the additional patch notes for the Azathoth update:


Geoscape

• Increased material and research rewards from Geoscape exploration and encounters events by approximately 25%.
  
• Increased material rewards from research by 25%.
  
• Changes to diplomatic rewards/penalties for some story missions from the base game, as well as Blood and Titanium, Legacy of the Ancients, and Festering Skies.
  
• (DLC 3) Festering Skies’ Haven Defense mission now occurs with 75% the rate of the base game (used to be 66%).

Tactical

• We didn’t want Mutogs to go unnoticed, so we’re reducing their deployment cost to 2 (from 3).
  
• Also, Will Points for Mutogs with Venomous Head increased to 40
  
• Some Siren evolutions receive a slight increase in Will Points (Instigator +4 Will Points, Hellion +2 Will Points, Banshee +2 Will Points
  
• Fixed a bug where when manually targeting Siren Armis hands, the text wrongly indicated that they do 6 viral damage