R.E.P.O. v0.5.0 Sunstone Update adds new level, Pony enemy and gamepad support
R.E.P.O.'s fourth major update, The Sunstone Update (v0.5.0), brings a new level, a new enemy, gamepad support, 21 languages and plenty of fixes.
R.E.P.O. has a big new update. Developer semiwork calls v0.5.0, The Sunstone Update, its fourth major one, and it brings a new level, a new enemy, gamepad support and a heap of fixes.
New content
- A new level, Sunstone Valley Resort.
- A new enemy, Pony.
- Gamepad support.
- Localisation in 21 languages.
- 10 new cosmetics.
- New rooms: five in Headman Manor, four in Swiftbroom Academy, four in the Museum of Human Art and five in McJannek Station.
- Three new items: the Human Gun, Human Adventure Cable and Recharge Orb.
- One new music track for the Museum.
Shop, menus and controls
- The shop has a mirror next to the Cosmetic Machine.
- You can hold items up to the shopkeeper for a chance at a discount, or the item being destroyed.
- While in the shop, the map shows a shopping list of what’s currently at the extraction point.
- There’s a new expression wheel with previews and mouse and gamepad support.
- Adjustable grab lead for mouse and gamepad lets held objects and melee swings move ahead of your aim, with separate settings for grabbing and melee.
- The main menu gets new buttons in the lower right for the latest news, Discord and YouTube.
Changes
- Climbing and swinging have been reworked, with smoother camera follow.
- Level loading should freeze less, and microphone input can now continue between levels.
- You can now discover valuables while possessing your death head.
- Melee weapons and guns have less rotation overshoot, and guns aim better close to objects.
- Vehicle grab now uses toggle by default.
- Staffs now need to be lowered between casts.
- Held objects are more stable at high strength.
- Ambient light and fog are a bit moodier once all extractions are done.
- The Arena’s starting room has been improved.
Balancing
- If too few valuables are left to complete extraction, smaller ones now spawn a short distance from players.
- Elsa generates less overcharge in small form when not stunned.
- An Arena Racing track piece that could become impossible to clear has been balanced.
- Several valuables are now more valuable: the Manor Radio, Camera and Diamond Display, the Museum Baby Head and the Swiftbroom Master Potion.
- The Manor Coffin, Manor Piano and McJannek Flamethrower are less heavy, and the Manor Dinosaur is less fragile.
- The Museum Monkey Box now has a chance to trigger when taking damage.
Fixes
- Save files could become corrupted if the game was opened multiple times at once. That’s fixed.
- Healing no longer takes 10 HP when the target needs less.
- Enemies that were impossible to pick up at certain strength values are sorted.
- Fixes for Spewer, Headman, Elsa, Rugrat and Mentalist behaviour.
- Defibro could rarely revive players stored in another player’s inventory. That’s fixed.
- Duct Taped Grenades no longer get purchased by accident at the shop extraction point.
- Battery charge transfer and saving have been fixed, and the truck charger now uses the right amount of energy.
- Extraction point fixes cover the money bag not spawning and extracted valuables not always being destroyed.
- Modded clients can no longer join a lobby without appearing on the player list.
- Voice chat gets various playback and reconnect fixes.
- Volume is no longer reduced after being revived in singleplayer.
