Nuclear Nightmare V8.2

Nuclear Nightmare V8.2 Update

Hey everyone,

I wanted the weather to be something you actually had to plan around. With V8.2, a whiteout can roll in while you’re out on a run, cut visibility, and drop your temperature fast. If you make it inside with time to spare, you can now play chess or shoot some pool while you wait it out.

Whiteouts and weather forecasts

• I added severe whiteouts across all four maps. Blowing snow and dense fog make it harder to see where you’re going, and you’ll lose body heat faster outdoors. Whiteouts can start at different times of day and are rarer at night. You can adjust their frequency in World Settings.
• The evacuation computer has a Weather tab with local conditions and advance warning when a whiteout is on the way. I added a dedicated whiteout siren and increased the range of the existing warning sirens.
• I updated indoor shelter coverage across all four maps so more interiors register as indoors.

Chess, pool, and the nuclear finale

• I added chess to the evacuation computer. You can play against the computer or challenge a teammate.
• I added playable pool tables. Grab a cue off the table and play a round with your crew.
• I made computer terminals more responsive for players joining someone else’s game and fixed cases where an objective terminal stayed locked after someone left it.
• I reworked the nuclear strike cutscene, including the bomber flyover, bomb drop, and blast. I also fixed cases where the results screen could lose input.
• I added snow and grime overlays to character gear, fixed flickering around the Military Base, and fixed a shadow that could linger after letting go of a flare.

Generators and vehicles

• Nonfatal frostbite no longer interrupts generator startup. Other damage and death can still interrupt it.
• I fixed cases where generators could cancel just before completion or stay locked after someone walked away or died. I also corrected rare client alignment issues and the snapback that could happen after startup.
• Drivers and passengers in snowcats and helicopters now get a break from cold exposure and frostbite. Both timers resume when you get out. Snowmobile riders are still exposed to the cold.
• I made steering more responsive for remote drivers and smoothed out vehicle movement on other players’ screens. I also improved helicopter rotation and camera sync to reduce client jitter, and fixed a position mismatch when a client pilot exited in midair.
• The helicopter speed display now shows your actual speed. I also improved snowcat exits on uneven ground, aligned snowmobile drivers’ hands with the handlebars, and fixed mouse inversion on snowmobiles and for snowcat and helicopter passengers.

Combat and enemies

• I added pickaxe melee attacks against enemies and gave a range of enemies visible reactions when they’re shot.
• I fixed cases where a flare shot could fail to affect a Mimic and where a Mimic could reveal itself and then stall. I also improved how the Psycho recovers between attacks.
• I fixed rare cases where armed laser tripmines failed to trigger, including when a Stalker crossed the beam. Solid cover now protects players from tripmine and grenade damage. I also removed the wall muffling from the grenade blast sound.
• I fixed cases where players could become infected after dodging an attack or where a successful infection could fail to finish. I also fixed a missing head that could occur when an infected attacker was killed during assimilation.
• I fixed cases where weapon fire or movement could stay locked after an interrupted attack, and where flashlights could go out unexpectedly.

Multiplayer and controls

• Players who join mid-match now receive the current state of items, generators, and laser tripmines.
• Spectators can cycle through players again, including when joining mid-match. You can also bring a late-joining spectator in as a reinforcement without waiting for another player to die.
• I fixed two players being able to pick up the same item at the same time and interaction icons lingering after death or reinforcement.
• I improved input recovery after Alt-Tab and moved Hide HUD to the numpad decimal key ( . ).
• Saved world presets now keep your chosen boss enemy limit when you update the settings.

Languages

I finished the Russian translation pass and added Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, and Korean, along with font support for the new languages. On your first launch, the language prompt cycles through the available languages before the tutorial. Once you choose a language, the game remembers it between launches.

I also filled in missing translations for item names, descriptions, hints, perk names and tiers, and clothing tooltips. Perks keep their rarity colors. Objective requirements, evacuation and nuclear countdowns, crew joins, infection, flare drops, and reinforcements now use your selected language. I cleaned up Russian weather and objective text, restored missing Crevasse labels, and localized map and radio location names across all four maps.

Thanks for sending in your bug reports. Let me know how your first whiteout goes.