Patch Notes/v14.4

Hey Survivors!

Farlight 84 is scheduled for an awesome tune-up to Version 14.4.0.0 at 2023-7-27! The downtime will be approximately three hours. We apologize for the inconvenience, but on the bright side, you'll be compensated with Gold x4,000!

Survivors can update the game at app stores after the latest version update. The brand-new features, including Battle Pass - Metro Fantasy and Lottery Wheel - Candelia Vacation, are all available now!

## WHAT'S NEW

### Brand-new Battle Pass - 「Metro Fantasy」

As technology advanced, people's imaginations soared, envisioning a futuristic utopian city a hundred years from now. This city is no longer a cold, lifeless steel jungle but a place where the glimmering of metal adds beauty and inspiration. Filled with hope, its residents embrace the endless possibilities of the future.

#### Battle Pass Phase 6:

1. [Metro Fantasy] Battle Pass is here! Rewards include:
	* SSR Hero Skin Maggie - Trans-dimension Agent
	* SR Weapon Skin Defender - Future Traveler
	* SR Vehicle Skin Wasteland Hovercraft - Sizzling Times
	* And a ton of other SR Items, loads of Diamonds and Gold, just begging to be unlocked!
2. This new Battle Pass will last from [2023/7/27 10:00 UTC] - [2023/8/23 22:00 UTC], during which you can get awesome rewards by completing Missions to upgrade your Pass level!

### All New Lottery Event - 「Candelia Vacation」

Amid midsummer, the long-forgotten coastline comes alive with the gentle breeze, rolling waves, warm sunshine, and refreshing sips of ice-cold orange soda. Capsulers, taking a break from their fierce competitions, gather at Candelia Bay. Stepping onto the soft sandy beach, they venture into the depths of the sea, surrendering to the ocean's embrace. The beach is a vibrant oasis of youth and vitality, momentarily making them forget the post-apocalyptic world they inhabit.

#### Lottery Wheel - Candelia Vacation！Lottery Chest includes:

* SSR Hero Skin Lucinda - Rosemary's Kiss
* SSR Pod - Flamenco
* SSR Trail - Rainbow Bonfire
* More SR Skins just waiting for you to unlock!
* Lottery Duration: [2023/7/27 10:00 UTC] - [UTC 2023/8/24 06:00 UTC].

### New Season

The new season opens when V14.4.0.0 is updated!

* S10 Season duration: [2023/07/27 10:00 UTC] - [2023/08/23 22:00 UTC]. Reach Platinum or above to get the SR Pod. Reach Silver or above to get the S10 Avatar Frame.
* S11 Season duration: [2023/08/24 10:00 UTC] - [2023/09/20 22:00 UTC]. Reach Platinum or above to get the SR Hero Skin. Reach Silver or above to get the S11 Avatar Frame.
* S12 Season duration: [2023/09/21 10:00 UTC] - [2023/10/25 22:00 UTC]. Reach Platinum or above to get the SR/SSR Trail. Reach Silver or above to get the S12 Avatar Frame.

### New features and optimizations

#### SYSTEM

##### Added Weekly/Monthly Card

* The brand-new Weekly/Monthly Card is available now. Purchase to get extra daily item rewards such as Diamonds, Room Cards, Lottery Tickets, Resign-in Cards, etc. Up to a total value of Diamond x8520.
* Purchase and activate the Membership Privilege to get exclusive Kills Broadcast, Privilege Logo, and Entry Broadcast.

##### Battle Pass

* Adjusted the max Battle Pass level from Lvl 90 to Lvl 30.
* Optimized the Battle Pass event duration to one month for each phase.

##### Heroes and System voice overs

* Added CN and PT-BR voice overs.
* Changed Maggie's English voice actor.

##### Settings

* Added 【Reversed Gyroscope】 settings.
* Added the settings of 【No Camera Rotation in Aim Mode】.
* Added 【Sensitivity Mode】 settings. Players can now choose between two modes: Acceleration or Fixed Speed.
* Added the feature of Stick size adjustment.
* Added Vehicle 【Weapon settings】.
	+ Added three settings switches: Vehicle Weapon Auxiliary Sight, Vehicle Weapon Auto Fire, and Quick ADS.
* Added 【Shadow settings】.

##### Ranked Match

* Added Deathmatch to Ranked.
* Added Five-Division Ranked Leaderboard. Each Division Leaderboard displays separately.
* Added Ace Tier Star. For every 100 Ranked Points increase, you'll gain one Star.
* Adjusted the Legend Tier requirements: reach Ace Tier 50-Star and top 300 of Division Leaderboard.
* Added the display of Ace Tier Stars and Legend Tier Rankings to the Tier icons in some interfaces.

##### Custom Rooms

* Added two Deathmatch maps to the Custom Room: Tinman Industrial Area and Polar Point.
* Added the feature of room name modification while creating a Custom Room.
* Added the feature of room name and password modification before the game starts after creating a Custom Room.
* Added the feature of setting a Prize Pool in customized Battle Royale Mode.
* Added the feature of presetting Weapon and Vehicle amount in customized Battle Royale Mode.
* Added the feature of Weapon Banning in customized Deathmatch.

##### Social

* Adjusted the Friends system to the Mutual Following. A player can only follow up to 500 people and have a maximum of 1,000 followers.
* Added the feature of Friend Spectator.
* Added the feature of importing Steam friends, after linking the Steam account, you can invite your Steam friends to play Farlight 84.
* Added the feature of Friend Recommendation.
* Added the feature of chat channel translation. Press to translate the messages.
* Added the feature of sending Stickers in chat channels.
* Added Language and Tier filters in the teammate recruitment system.

##### Capsulers Warehouse

* Added Hero Customization. Now you can set exclusive Profile Background, Jetpack, Trail, and Pod for each Hero.
* Added a Random Option for the Jetpack/Trail/Pod Customization. You can set a random customized item to display upon entering the battlefield.

##### Tournaments and Clans

* Optimized the system interface of Tournaments.
* Increased the minimum withdrawal of Clan Prizes ( from $20 to $40).
* Optimized the violation rules to target offending Clans during the Tournament.
* Added the display of exclusive Banners for some Clans.

##### Spectator Tools

* Added the feature of showing bullet trajectory on the map.
* Added the feature of display mode adjustments of players' overhead info.
* Added x-ray vision.

### BATTLE ADJUSTMENTS

#### Heroes

* Role Passives
	+ Reworked [Scout Style Passives]: Enables HP bar observation after aiming the Scope at enemies for a certain period of time.
* Maggie
	+ Tactical Skill changed from [Grenade] to [Tactical Roll].
	+ Tactical Roll: Maggie swiftly rolls towards her target, reloading her weapon and purifying herself. She gains partial immunity to negative effects during the roll.
* Ducksyde
	+ Ultimate [Drone Shield]
		- Faster shield release, and shields will be generated faster.
		- Extended shield durations.
	+ Tactical Skill changed from [Smoke Bomb] to [Wrecking Duckball].
		- Wrecking Duckball: Ducksyde inflates itself into a spherical shape, enhancing speed and defense while dealing impact damage to enemies with a knockback effect.
	+ Shrank Ducksyde's range for taking damage.
* MK.R
	+ Completely revamped; with new passive skills, tactical skills and ultimate.
		- MK.R changed from [Offensive Style] to [Scout Style].
		- Ultimate [Sky Roaming]: MK.R sets a skydiving device, which can eject the user to a high altitude and enter the skydiving state again.
		- Tactical Skill [Fatal Volley]: MK.R reveals his secret weapon to fire a bombardment of rockets in front of him.
		- Passive Skill [Mid-air Hawkeye]: While skydiving, MK.R can scan and acquire enemy information within a specific range, marking them for identification.
* Momoi
	+ Ultimate [Momoi Drop]: using Momoi Airdrop as a model, increased the amount of supplies in the drop. Also optimized the logic behind Momoi Drop and its effects in Deathmatch, SOLO, and Training Grounds.
	+ Passive Skill [Quick Rescue]: Slightly reduced the additional acceleration gained by Momoi and her teammates when using shield rechargers.
	+ Momoi now has an exclusive remote that interacts with Airdrops.
* Lucinda
	+ Ultimate [Absolute Gravity]
		- Now enemy units in the area of the black hole will be sucked into the center and take minor damage.
		- Adjusted the slowing effects of [Absolute Gravity].
* Syfer
	+ Ultimate [EMP Shock]
		- Now [EMP Shock] will deal a certain amount of shield damage. All enemies in range of [EMP Shock] will continue to take shield damage.
		- Adjusted how hero and vehicle skills are disabled when affected with [EMP Shock].
* Ceanna
	+ Ultimate [Medi-Ex]
		- Now the medical drone will no longer be able to be destroyed by enemies.
		- Will now only deploy medical drones to teammates who are in range of the skill.
* Watchman
	+ Ultimate [Freeze Defense Turret]
	+ The turret will now prioritize attacking the closest, unblocked enemy.
* Captain
	+ Ultimate [Aqua Blast]
		- It is now possible to interrupt skills in advance.
		- [Aqua Blast] will be affected by attack range. The damage and slowing effect will become weaker the further an enemy is.
		- [Aqua Blast] will now benefit from Aim Assist.
	+ Tactical Skill [Barrier Deployment]
		- Now allows players to release the skill while shooting, while greatly reducing the skill's pre-release actions.
		- increased shield strength.
		- Optimized skill visuals.
* Phantom
	+ Optimized visuals for the ultimate [Optic Camo]. Now hidden chars are less visible while sprinting.
	+ Slightly reduced the scout range for the tactical skill [Portable Scout].
* Ember
	+ Optimized visuals for the ultimate [Vision Erosion].

* Yong
	+ Optimized visuals for the ultimate [Divulge].
	+ Increased the range of enemy footprints revealed by the passive skill [Track 'n Trace].

#### Vehicles

* Gunboat
	+ Changed weapon trajectory to a curved trajectory, with greater fire coverage at close range and the ability to deal high damage with accurate hits at long range.
* Wasteland Hovercraft
	+ Firing method changed from a 3-shot burst to a single shot.
	+ Overheating mechanism changed to bullet preparation mechanism.
* Rocket Tarantula:
	+ Slightly increased fire delay time.
	+ New [Precision Shooting Mode]. Now you can fire a small number of rockets accurately at a small target.
* Blazing Infantry
	+ added passenger seat.
* War Spider
	+ Optimized gaming feel for using the Leap skill.
	+ Change weapon ballistics to horizontal distribution.
* Single-Pilot Mecha
	+ Optimized visuals for the Dash skill.
	+ Slightly reduced minimum weapon scatter.
* Hoverbike
	+ Opening fire no longer increases scatter, and will now deal higher damage when aiming.
	+ Using [Optic Misdirection] will now increase Hoverbike's speed.
	+ Added a screen effect for [Optic Misdirection], while optimizing the vehicle's material representation.
* Hovercar
	+ Using [Optic Misdirection] will now increase Hovercar's speed.
	+ Added a screen effect for [Optic Misdirection], while optimizing the vehicle's material representation.
* A rotation mechanism for vehicle locations has been added; at the same time, after the patrolling phase of a match, players can check where vehicles are on the large map.
* Optimized other vehicle performances

#### Weapons

* Balances and Adjustments
* Assault Rifle
	+ Jupiter-6
		- Reduced bullet size.
		- Increased Jupiter-6's base magazine capacity.
	+ Invader
		- Increased bullet size.
		- Increased firing speed.
		- Increased Invader's base magazine capacity.
	+ AK77
		- Increased AK77 DMG.
	+ VSS
		- Increased VSS DMG.
		- Increased base magazine capacity and mod magazine capacity for the VSS.
	+ Generator
		- Reduced Generator's DMG.
* SMG
	+ UZI
		- Removed magazine for the UZI.
		- Increased UZI DMG.
		- Adjusted UZI's ballistics.
	+ White Dwarf
		- White Dwarf's DMG.
		- Adjusted White Dwarf's ballistics.
	+ UMP
		- UMP's DMG.
	+ MF18
		- Increased MF18's DMG.
* Sniper Rifle
	+ Bar-95
		- Reduced the weight needed for Bar-95 to hit center targets from a waist shot.
	+ Defender
		- Reduced Defender's firing speed.
		- Increased Defender's DMG.
		- Increased Defender's headshot coefficient.
		- Reduced the weight needed for Defender to hit center targets from a waist shot.
	+ Stellar Wind
		- Increased Stellar Wind's headshot coefficient.
		- Reduced the weight needed for Stellar Wind to hit center targets from a waist shot.
* Shotgun
	+ Added Shotgun damage decay curve.
	+ Hound
		- Optimized firing and reloading animations for Hound.
* Airdrop Weapons
	+ Moved Airdrop weapons from the items weapon's list to the basic weapon's list.
	+ Rhino
		- Reduced Rhino's base magazine capacity.
		- Increased Rhino's DMG.
		- Rhino's bullet speed.
* Weapon Mods
	+ Stylized silhouette are now used for weapon mods.
	+ Optimized scope size on 4:3 ratio screens.

#### Battle System

* Airdrops and Supply Ships
	+ Optimized the visuals and auditory performances of Supply Ships.
	+ New Supply Ship music and broadcast voice.
	+ Optimized special effects when Airdrops land.
* Optimized combat visualization features.
	+ Optimized combat visualization UI.
	+ The size and color of battle arc visualizations will change depending on the distance of the threat.
	+ New type of combat visualization information for parachute jumps.
	+ Adjusted Trail trajectories when parachuting.
* Combat visualization of enemy characters is no longer displayed when the enemy is in an obvious position in the player's line of sight.
* Revive: When walking up to a teammate's Deadloot and reviving them, the loot list collapses by default.
* Rescue: When rescuing a fallen teammate, the camera can now rotate freely without interrupting the rescue.
* Items: consumables of the same type will be combined in the loot list.
* Marker feature
	+ Added a feature of automatically marking "DANGER" after hitting an enemy.
	+ New smart marker "DANGER" feature. Just roughly aim at the enemy, tap the mark button, and you can mark out the danger.
	+ Markers will now change styles given their position from the center to provide a better view of the battle as a whole.
	+ After responding to a teammate's item recommendation marker, the item marker will remain on your screen for a longer period of time.
* Voice wheel: Optimized gaming feel for the voice wheel.
* Hit feedback: Optimized the UI of floating words in combat.
* Being attacked feedback: New screen effects when players are attacked.
* Enemy tracing: New outlines of hostile characters.
* Squad List
	+ New status information displays of teammates firing, using consumables, and restoring shields.
	+ Optimized the expression of teammate's survival status info.
* Reaper: New exclusive performance when becoming the Reaper.
* Added Wall Run feature.
	+ Aim at the wall to trigger a jump, and your character will run vertically up along the wall until the triggering a climb or landing back on the ground.
	+ Rotate the perspective or press the "Crouch" button to cancel and drop immediately during a wall run.
	+ Press the "Jump" button during a wall run to cancel and immediately jump backwards away from the wall.

#### Game Modes

* Newly added [WARM-UP] Mode:
	+ Brief description of the rules: Players can play as a single team in a warm-up match. They are free to choose weapons with unlimited Deathmatch revives until the end of the match countdown.
	+ How to participate:
		- Method 1: [Coliseum] -> [WARM-UP].
		- Method 2: When players are matching for other modes, if the match is expected to take longer than anticipated, the Lobby will show the entrance to a warm-up match, from which you can enter the warm-up match and play while you wait for the corresponding mode to be matched successfully (the mode you want to enter will still be matched normally during the warm-up match). After a successful match, you will go directly to the official battlefield that you were matching for.
* [Battle Royale] Optimizations:
	+ Hero Selection
		- Changing hero skins on the hero selection screen is now supported.
		- When you choose to play at a quality higher than "balanced", the hero selection screen will show 3D models of the hero.
	+ Victory Screen
		- Optimized visuals and performance of the victory screen.
	+ Item Spawns
		- Optimized and balanced gun spawns.
		- Reduced the amount of guns and shields in elite chests, while increasing the amount of mods.
	+ Parachuting
		- Optimized logic and performance behind following and changing targets during parachuting.
	+ Progression:
		- Optimized the model and performance of Capsuler XP, Shield XP, and Shield XP Devices.
		- The location of Shield XP Devices will now vary from match to match.
		- When killing enemies, opening Airdrops or opening chests, progression mission items will directly land on the ground.
		- Players who died in a match will still benefit from the system's regular Capsuler XP distribution.
		- Capsuler XP dropped from a player's body after multiple deaths will be reduced by a specific percentage.
	+ Music & SFX:
		- Added new music when countdown timer reaches 10s during preparation phase.
		- Newly added sound reminders when displaying poison circle warnings, prompts, and completions.
		- New battle background music during late game.
	+ Scenery & Environment
		- Different languages for city names will now be displayed on the mini-map and while parachuting.
		- Newly added underwater effects, and water will no longer block line of sight.
	+ Battle Info
		- New display for number of assists and damage value within matches.
* [SOLO] Mode optimizations:
	+ Optimized all UI and interactions, and removed the [BETA] tab. We're officially live!
	+ Can no longer use skills during the preparation phase, as to not carry over certain effects into the real match.
	+ When a new character comes into battle, their ultimates will enter cooldowns, making timing more of a key factor when using these skills.
	+ At the beginning of the next round, if a character's HP is below 60, the system will restore the character's HP back up to 60.
* [Team Deathmatch] optimizations:
	+ Optimized the weapon selection interface. Now supports viewing all weapons on one screen. You can tap on Favorites and stick the weapons you like on the top for easy viewing and selection.
	+ Eliminated the countdown timer on the weapon selection screen and extended the display duration of the weapon selection button, giving players more time to select the weapon they want.
	+ Now shows enemy nicknames when aiming at them.
* [HUNT] mode has temporarily been removed.

#### Locations

* Sunset City
	+ Reworked Carnivale.
	+ Completely revamped certain buildings.

### Steam adjustments & optimizations

* Placed Med Kits, Shield Recharger (S), and Shield Recharger (L) into the Item Wheel (triggered by 4 keys), and now supports individual use of specific items by configuring custom keys.
* New Emotes/Stickers Wheel (triggered by 5 keys, with spacebar toggling).
* Optimized controller sensitivity.

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