Alpha 36

**Alpha 36** was an update released on October 19th, 2017. It was the second update dedicated to Downtown. A small patch released a few days later included the 2017 Halloween Event.

## Patchnotes

### Music

* New Track “Floor 4-2 Groove is in the Blood-Pumping Organ of an Animate Being”, also added to soundtrack owners’ libraries

### Building Types

* Mall
* Arena
* Music Hall
* Movie Theater

### Objects

* New blue laser emitter type that acts as a Metal Detector (actually it detects any weapon in your inventory)
* Movie Screen
* New Conveyor Belt type for Malls with slightly different functionality

### Characters

* Initial scripting for Arena fights implemented
* Classes within Malls have the ability to sell the player things that they previously did not
* Bouncer gives the player the ability to drop their weapons in front of Metal Detector Laser Emitters
* Comedians can tell jokes to Music Hall patrons
* Thief can pop out of Manholes and pickpocket the player. Other characters may pop out as well... (Cannibal)

### Graphics

* Fix for “Falling into hole” animation of multiplayer clients not playing properly for host
* Fix for players appearing to float permanently if they died in a body of water and returned as a ghost
* Fix for Supercops, cloned NPCs, etc. not displaying particle effect or sound effect when spawned on multiplayer client
* Glass walls are slightly more transparent

### UI / Controls

* Fix for instances on multiplayer client where optional mission objectives would not be indicated on the minimap
* Fix for the mouse collider box attached to NPCs hidden in objects like Bushes sometimes blocking the object, despite the NPC being invisible
* Fix for player not being able to hide “combine” target after right-clicking a Combine item in the toolbar while the inventory was closed

### Playfield Objects

* Fix for being able to knock on certain doors where this should not have been possible
* Fix for Manholes sometimes appearing on top of people rather than beneath them
* Fix for Hole not always appearing on multiplayer client when Well is destroyed
* Crushers shouldn’t go through walls as much, if at all
* Fix for multiplayer client not being able to make offering from Altar

### Items

* When players are mugged by Mobsters, they can get their money and items back by killing the Mobster

### Status Effects / Traits / Special Abilities

* Players can now pickpocket other players in online games

### Gameplay

* Fix for player not being able to teleport while swimming in Canals

### Level Generation

* Minor fixes to placement of certain outdoor walls

### Missions

* Fix for instances where multiplayer missions could not be completed from the multiplayer client

### Mutators

* Supercop, Mobster and Upper-Cruster can no longer appear on “New Character Every Level”

### Artificial Intelligence

* People are now capable of sitting in chairs
* People have the ability to “own” an entire building where different rooms have different owners as well -- such as the owner of a Hotel
* People are better at getting their bearings in regards to pathfinding after being knocked back
* Fix for NPCs not always being able to see multiplayer clients when host was not in the vicinity
* Fix for NPCs in certain buildings getting hostile toward the player upon seeing them when the rest of the building would only become Annoyed
* Fix for people hidden in objects like Bushes becoming visible when Ghost players bump into them
* Mobsters no longer ask players who Can’t Speak English for money

### Engine

* Updated Unity engine from 2017.1.0p2 to 2017.2.0f3

### Other

* Updated 2D Toolkit plugin from 2.5.8.5 to 2.5.8.7
* Updated Rewired plugin from 1.1.7.5 to 1.1.7.8

### Internal

* Bunch of physics modifications to keep things running smoothly on the new version of Unity
* Some multiplayer modifications for the new version of Unity
* Extra multiplayer cleanup, got rid of a bunch of internal errors

## Subpatches

### Alpha 36b

* Fix for Turrets not shooting in the correct direction
* Fix for NPCs not getting angry when you chloroform their friends
* NPCs are slightly more reactive to the player hitting their friends
* Thieves who pop out of Manholes are considered Guilty
* Fix for people standing next to chairs as their default goal instead of sitting in them if you kill the Comedian they were listening to
* Fix for not always having to chloroform people from behind when they are sitting in chairs
* Fixed some AI pathing issues in the Arena
* Thief no longer steals heavy weapons from players, since they tended to use them on the player immediately, which felt kind of cheap
* Real fix for Mobsters mugging people with Can’t Speak English
* Fix for players not being able to teleport after killing the mobster trying to mug them and remaining in their vicinity
* No longer possible for NPCs to close automatic Arena doors
* Guards no longer investigate noises heard in the Arena
* Adjustments to which weapons the Metal Detector will detect

### Alpha 36c

* Fix for NPCs remaining in sitting position if they are killed while sitting in a chair
* Fix for Shapeshifter not being able to Possess NPCs who are sitting
* Fix for NPCs not sitting if they were Possessed and then Unpossessed and returned to their seats
* If player Possesses an NPC who was listening to Comedian, the possessed character will not laugh at the Comedian’s jokes while under player control
* NPCs will not laugh at jokes of they are Dizzy or Frozen
* Fix for City Park areas of Downtown being considered an Indoor location, preventing teleportation
* Fix for shadows appearing underneath Invisible NPCs if they jumped out of water
* Fix for Overpowered text appearing when it should not have, and vice versa

### Alpha 36d - Halloween Event

The **2017 Halloween Event** was an event that took place between October 24th and Halloween, October 31st. On the 24th, the game was updated to **Alpha 36d**, including a new disaster level and a little boost to newer players. This was released separately from the typical update schedule.

#### Features

* A new Disaster level, the Zombie Invasion.
	+ During the event period, this disaster was guaranteed in the Slums.
* Anyone who played during the event would automatically unlock the Zombie.
	+ The achievement that goes with the Zombie is also unlocked.