Patch 3 (Update 2)

Hi!

Here's another update related to Patch 3 and what has been done so far:
- [ADDED] Melee system
- [ADDED] Knife equipment slot
- [ADDED] Knife throwing
- [ADDED] New knife: Jaeger 140
- [ADDED] New knife: Skrama 200
- [ADDED] New knife: Skrama 220
- [ADDED] New input / keymap options (Knives)
- [ADDED] New equipment: LVPC Rigs (Non-modular versions)
- [ADDED] New item: Happy Stove
- [ADDED] Snow blending with tree trunks
- [ADDED] Additional / updated terrain textures
- [ADDED] Knives can be attached to weapon walls
- [ADDED] Spinning load circle to the loading screen
- [ADDED] Reliable master audio fade between loading
- [ADDED] Santa's magical platforming challenge easter egg
- [ADDED] Updated billboard and items (Tutorial)
- [FIXED] AI equipment randomization didn't always on work on Bandits
- [FIXED] Environment / ambient noises bleeded to loading screen
- [FIXED] Missing landing impulse and audio when falling without a jump
- [FIXED] AI navigation mesh synchronization caused occational stutters
- [FIXED] AI debug gizmo update caused occational stutters or even crash
- [FIXED] Non-uniform indoor lighting
- [FIXED] Non-uniform weapon reflections
- [FIXED] Conflicting input with canted aim and interaction
- [FIXED] Village dock collider conflicted with player collider
- [FIXED] Scope texture pixelation / flickering
- [FIXED] Sharp normal seam in Winter terrain
- [FIXED] Candle was missing emissive material
- [FIXED] Flashlight didn't affect certain surfaces
- [FIXED] Muzzle flash didn't affect certain surfaces
- [FIXED] Indoor occlusion affected the surrounding terrain
- [FIXED] Floating debris in multiple maps
- [CHANGED] Reduced player run speed by 10%
- [CHANGED] Increased player inertia by 5%
- [CHANGED] Increased muzzle flash intensity by 20%
- [CHANGED] Reduced main menu and death screen music volume by 15%
- [CHANGED] Reduced Minefield helicopter volume by 15%
- [CHANGED] Increased ambient light on all TOD / weather conditions
- [CHANGED] Reduced fog intensity on all TOD / weather conditions
- [REMOVED] Removed POSP scope rubber eyepiece for more usability
- [REMOVED] Removed debug loot indicator (+)

I will release the Patch 3 either tomorrow night (20.12) or after the holidays (27.12). There's still few bugs that I would want to fix, but those are not that critical since they are quite hard to produce.

I will let you know tomorrow which date I chose for Patch 3.

- Antti (Developer)