v0.3.4: Vessel's Machine, Rebuilt. 19 New Attachments.

Vessel never cared whether you understood what you were buying.

He still doesn't. But now you can see it.

VESSEL'S MACHINE, REBUILT

- Your gun turns in 3D on the machine page. Point at or click any part and it appears on the gun before you buy it.

- Every part shows what it gives in green and what it takes in red.

- Stat bars compare what you have fitted against what you are looking at: aim speed, control, stability, accuracy, damage, range, stealth.

- Slot tabs along the top show what is on the gun right now.

- Solo: the run waits while you shop. Co-op and online keep running.

19 NEW ATTACHMENTS

Every part gives something and takes something.

- Muzzle brakes: Twin-Port, Cage, Slotted, Long. Less kick, more noise.

- Flash hiders: Bulb, Ported. Steadier from the hip.

- Suppressors: Fluted, Can, Baffle, Heavy, Compact, Shotgun. The heavier they get, the quieter you are, and every one costs damage and range.

- Red dots: Pedestal, Mini Reflex, Holo Block.

- Scopes: Prism and Long (Mk14 only), each with its own reticle.

- Lasers: Rail Laser for the rifles and shotgun, H3L-G for the Viper and the R08. A lit laser replaces your crosshair and moves with the gun. The flashlight button switches it.

THE ARMORY (FULL GAME)

- Rebuilt to match: a large turning gun, picture tiles for finishes, stickers and charms, and numbered spots on the gun for each sticker.

- Vessel's machine has a LOOK tab to dress the gun in your hands with what the Ledger has paid you.

ZOMBIES

- Deaths blend in instead of snapping. Crawlers and knocked-down zombies die where they lie instead of popping up to die standing.

- Zombies that held their arms up and never swung now attack properly.

- Late waves are as tough as they should be. Reused zombies were keeping the health of the wave they first spawned in.

- Reused zombies no longer all die the same way.

- Brutes pay more nerve: 8 per hit, and more on the kill.

ONLINE AND CO-OP

- A zombie the host kills now dies for the partner too. Hazmats in particular could stay standing on the other screen.

- Zombies no longer turn invisible or freeze for the partner.

- If the host leaves, the partner goes back to the main menu instead of being stranded.

- Pause in co-op and online never freezes the game. Only the player who paused loses control, and the menu sits in their half of the screen.

- In couch co-op, the turn plays in the turning player's half while the partner keeps fighting.

- Horde mode online follows the host's choice.

FIXES AND CHANGES

- Mouse sensitivity and invert Y now work.

- Automatic guns start in full-auto.

- Dying between waves no longer starts the next wave over the game-over screen.

- After a first game over, later runs counted nothing. Kills, records and the leaderboard now track every run.

- Reading The First Page no longer turns you on the spot.

- Horde mode is pure horde: no infection.

- The turn and game-over screens are cleaner, and the board reads YOU HAVE TURNED after a turn.

- Gun previews no longer shake or shimmer while turning.

- The holographic sight no longer glows white when your flashlight is on.

- The intro logo is no longer cut short on a slow start.

- Some of the ceiling cables in St. Harrow's move now. There is a draft. Nobody opened a window.

DEMO

The demo gets this update too: the new machine, all 19 attachments, lasers, scopes and fixes. The Armory and the Ledger stay in the full game.

NEXT

Our own two-player test turned up more online issues: seeing your partner's shots, blood and flashlight, shared ammo drops, and zombie movement under lag. Fixes for those are in progress for 0.3.5.

CREDITS

New models: "Free weapon accessories", made by Rotten Design. "Low Poly Laser Sight Attachment" by VyrianStudios. "Votatu H3L-G Laser Sight" by FLO_wav. All CC BY 4.0, via Sketchfab.

Spend carefully. Every point of nerve you hand him is will you no longer have.