Alpha 57

**Alpha 57** was an update released on August 9th, 2018. It is a small patch with very few significant changes, due to the Final Level being worked on in the background.

## Patchnotes

### Graphics

* Lighting adjustments on a number of different levels
* Screen shakes no longer occur when their origin point is way offscreen
* Fix for particle effects from bullets remaining large after player returns from Giant status
* NPCs who start the game swimming will appear nude
* Changed textures for “Bars” sprites so they appear more visible in dark areas

### UI / Controls

* Fix for player being sent back to incorrect menu if they join an internet game when player capacity has just been reached
* Potential fix for camera occasionally following someone other than the player after an arrest occurs
* Attempted fix for question marks appearing permanently over people’s heads
* If the player is holding up or down when they enter the main menu, the selection will stay still until they release the analog stick and move it again

### Playfield Objects

* Fix for Computers and other objects not being considered “non-functional” after falling into holes
* Fix for broken object sprites appearing above water with no floating animation after Wrestler throws them in

### Items

* Investment Banker starts the game with Cigarette Lighter
* Fix for NPCs hidden in Bushes being immune to thrown items
* Fix for Werewolf attempting to use First Aid Kit while in Werewolf form when quick-health button was pressed
* Fix for Hologram taking damage from certain environmental hazards

### Status Effects / Traits / Special Abilities

* Fix for NPC Shapeshifter popping out of people who the player had already possessed
* Computer Illiterate cancels out Laptop on custom characters
* Giant status lasts 15 seconds instead of 20

### Big Quests

* For Comedian, Wrestler and Vampire quests, rioters are no longer included when game determines the quest
* When purchasing items from people using Art of the Deal, these items will cost less when the item is needed for a Big Quest so that a profit can actually be made when selling the item

Level Generation

* Fix for one of the Hotels being internally classified as a Dance Club
* Fix for cases of NPCs spawning behind Trash Cans and getting stuck
* Fixed an incorrectly aligned “Private Club” floor
* Fix for an area of one of the Bathhouses being considered a prison when it was not

### Artificial Intelligence

* Fix for NPCs not jumping out of Manholes in Downtown
* Fix for Jock in Arena becoming Friendly toward the player upon talking to them
* Fix for instances where Cops could become Hostile on a “first offense” of breaking something
* Fix for guards becoming Hostile toward patrons of buildings with Bouncers if they opened the front door while exiting
* Player cannot borrow money from people in Uptown levels, since there wouldn’t be time before the end of the game for Assassins to seek retribution
* No longer possible to offer Office Drones things (this was a remnant of the on-hold investment system)
* Fix for NPCs who were initially swimming not going back to their swimming pool after being possessed and depossessed by a Shapeshifter
* Fix for Cannibals sometimes standing still and appearing to not have a goal
* Fix for door guards becoming Hostile when you open doors while out of their line of sight

### Text

* Fix for text still indicating that the Assassin would lose 2 seconds of Camouflage when backstabbing
* Fixed typo in Exploding Bodies description

### Multiplayer

* Fix for several multiplayer connectivity issues

### Other

* Added proper track number metadata to soundtrack files
* Updated NAT Traversal plugin to version 1.61 from something really old

### Internal

* Work on final level, ending, and other related things…