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  Deadswitch 3 Development Log
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[1.6.9]
APRIL 16, 2024
- Added Operation Editor
- Added Steam Workshop support for custom Operations
- Motion Sensors and Jammers can now be thrown
- Added Napalm attachment for Shotguns
- Added new hero: Agent 1237
- New character animations for NPCs
- UI and music updates
- Performance optimizations

[1.6.8]
DECEMBER 18, 2023
- Added daily and weekly challenges
- Challenges can now be completed in local play
- Added daily Shard reward
- Removed local play XP reduction
- Increased character melee attack speed
- Network and performance optimizations
- UI and audio updates
- Added password reset feature for Deadswitch 3 accounts
- Added developer API: https://deadswitch.com/api
- Downed players are now revived at the end of each Survival wave
- Added Community Rotation multiplayer lobby
- New Settings
    - Dynamic Camera
    - Show Challenges
- New World Types
    Dawn
    Random
- New Heroes
    - Alexsei
    - UPBoss
- New Languages
    - Italian
    - Hungarian
    - Polish
    - French
    - Portuguese
    - German
    - Ukrainian
    - Japanese
    - Korean
    - Dutch

[1.6.7 - Patch Notes]
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
- Added new intro animation
- Increased image/audio compression on web version for faster game load time

[1.6.7 - Patch Notes]
JULY 23, 2023
- Added secondary account server for Russia
- Added new Russia multiplayer server

[1.6.7]
JUNE 27, 2023
- Added Downturn Extended (map)
- Added Battleship (map)
- Added promo code support
- New challenges
- Slightly increased sprint and crouch movement speed
- Increased default number of bots from 5 to 7 (local play)
- Reduced lobby timers from 30 to 15 seconds (multiplayer)
- Chat text is now also displayed above each player (multiplayer)
- Performance optimizations
- Lots of UI updates
- Bug fixes

[1.6.6 - Patch Notes]
JANUARY 4, 2023
- Performance optimizations
- Killstreaks unlocked with Shards no longer require Shards again after Prestiging
- Campaign rebalancing
- UI updates
- New challenges

[1.6.6 - Patch Notes]
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
- Performance optimizations
- Additional anti-cheat measures
- Bots have reduced accuracy over longer ranges
- Helicopters now collide with buildings
- Players now spawn with 2 Frag Grenades in Survival game modes
- Reduced difficulty for most Operations
- Added alert icon to enemies in Operations
- New challenges

[1.6.6]
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
- Added Campaign Operations

[1.6.5]
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
- Added Bling (weapon perk)
- Added RC-XD
- Added Operator Supply Cache
- Reduced Undead Survival Shard kill threshold to 750
- Increased max number of clan players to 30
- New survival enemy types
- New Operation: Arms Dealer
- Added new Sandbox units and objects
- Added new items:
  - Kevlar
  - MP1911
  - TEC-9
  - G3A3
  - Steyr Scout
  - Railgun

[1.6.4]
AUGUST 1, 2021
- Unlocked weapons now remain unlocked after Prestige
- Added Minigun Airdrop
- New Playercard Backgrounds
- New character items
- New Fun Pack Operation
- Added Sledgehammer
- Added K1A
- Added Origin-12
- Added SKS
- Added RPK-16
- Added L85A3
- Added Minigun

[1.6.3]
JULY 8, 2021
- Added Airport map
- Slight changes to Estate map
- Added Assassination and Hostage Rescue game modes
- Remote Turret can now be controlled from any location
- New Operations
- New Survival bundles
- New Battlezone and Survival enemies
- Added Shard rewards for Survival games
- Increased XP earned from Survival games
- New character items
- New player icons
- Added PAR4-C
- Added Ameli
- Added MATADOR
- Added Crossbow
- Honey Badger now features integral suppressor

[1.6.2]
JUBE 10, 2021
- Moderate Operations now award 5,000 XP upon completion
- New character items
- New challenges
- New Fun Pack Operations
  - Workers Riot
  - Overgrown Infestation
  - Zombie Thaw
- New Weapons
  - Shovel
  - Maxim 9
  - Micro Uzi
  - Uzi
  - LVOA-C
  - Jackhammer
  - PGM Hécate II
  - MG42
  - Flamethrower
- New Equipment
  - Molotov Cocktail
  - ET-MP
- New Attachments
  - Napalm (Rocket Launchers)

[1.6.1]
MAY 14, 2021 - Patch
- Completing the tutorial now rewards 1 Shard
- Added India multiplayer server
- Updated underlying game engine to latest version (Phaser CE v2.18.0)
- Weapons can now have 2 barrel attachments equipped
- FAL fire rate reduced
- SR-25 fire rate reduced
- M1911 recoil reduced
- TAR21 recoil reduced
- M60E4 recoil reduced
- Updated Marksman: ACR 6.8 (Primary)
- Updated Defender: SR-25 (Secondary)
- Updated Sniper: R700 (Primary)

MAY 10, 2021
- Multiplayer optimizations
- Added restart button at the end of local Operation and Survival games
- Katana now requires Prestige 1
- Crowbar now requires Prestige 2
- Hatchet now requires Prestige 3
- Reduced cost to join clan to 1 Shard
- Reduced Prestige cost to 5 Shards for all Prestiges
- Reduced all Operation Pack costs to 1 Shard
- Reduced some Player Icon Pack costs
- Web version now uses low-quality sound files to speed up load times

[1.6.0]
MAY 1, 2021
- Steam release

[1.5.16]
APRIL 27, 2021
- Added language select (Russian now available)
- Added Tutorial
- Added Napalm Grenade
- Added Napalm Airstrike
- Added new game mode: Battlezone
- Added new map: Factory
- Added new attachment: Booster
- Helicopters now have long-range damage drop off
- Off-screen enemy indicators are hidden when an enemy Counter-UAV or EMP is active
- Stims can now be used to heal nearby allies when player has full health
- An enemy's current killstreaks are shown when they kill you 
- Stun grenades and flashbangs now temporarily stun Dragonfires
- Increased weapon penetration deals more damage to Deployable Cover
- Final survivor in Infected receives Sleight of Hand and Scavenger perks
- New Operations
- Opening doors quietly will not alert enemies in Operations
- New player icons
- Added weapon delay after opening/closing doors

[1.5.15]
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
- Heli Sniper has less sway, making accurate shots easier
- Dragonfire now has damage drop off like firearms
- Destroying enemy equipment now earns XP
- Updated grenade physics so they don't bounce/roll as far
- Added new maps: Overgrown, Warehouse

[1.5.14]
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
- Added new ammo attachment: High Impact
- Added ability to cancel interaction (press E to stop)
- Added new bot difficulty: God
- UI updates
- Updated recoil system
- Weapon tweaks
- Removed 1.2x close range damage modifier for pistols/smgs/machine pistols
- Increased damage for most pistols to make them more viable as secondary
- Gun Game updates
- Weapons are different for each game
- Riot Shield has Speed attachment
- Melee kills set enemies back a gun level

[1.5.13]
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
- Added clan system
- Performance optimizations
- UI updates

[1.5.12]
JANUARY 30, 2021
- UI updates
- Updated some animations
- Updated Outpost and Estate
- Improved round system for Demolition and Headquarters games
- Added new inventory melee weapons
- Using Aggression perk will also apply to inventory melee weapon damage
- Character melee weapons (pressing V/middle mouse) are only cosmetic but can be customized
- Bots will rejoin Ground War games when a player quits
- Players with ping over 10,000ms will be kicked to prevent server lag
- Optimizations to reduce lag
- Updated lobby list to only show human players (previously would show Ground War bots in player count)
- Fat zombies can now carry machetes
- Infestors have improved resistance against melee weapons
- Added melee zombie

[1.5.11]
JANUARY 13, 2021
- Increased default vision for SMGs
- Quickdraw perk increases camera speed
- Bots with Sitrep perk will not attempt to open enemy decoy crates
- Semi-automatic sniper rifles are slightly less accurate when not aiming down sights
- Increased range for shotgun drop off to 75%, but minimum damage reduced to 20%
- Added Pros/Cons in class weapon selector
- Performance mode optimizations
- Updated some weapon sounds
- Updated SAM-R appearance
- Weapon mods are now visible on interact tooltip for dropped weapons
- Sniper default class now has Range base attachment
- Players can join full Ground War games by replacing a bot
- Improved matchmaking/lobby teams
- Reduced Team Defender default score limit to 100
- Updated Demolition to be round-based
- Added Headquarters
- Added Pro Survival
- Updated Sandbox
- Added new objects
- Added new helicopters
- Added new hero: Moussa

[1.5.10]
JANUARY 5, 2021
- Added M203 and Masterkey attachments
- Added slopes to Riverside
- Added Scavenger perk
- Added Vampire perk
- Added Anti-Sniper perk
- Sleight of Hand perk reload speed increased from 150% to 180%
- Increased number of perk killstreak from 3 to 5
- Added shield hitmarker
- Added 0.5 second delay after switching from Riot Shield (cannot fire or use equipment)
- Jammer equipment now disables enemy equipment within radius
- Performance mode optimizations

[1.5.9]
DECEMBER 26, 2020
- Updated Juggernaut killstreak: M240 + Shrapnel perk
- Added option to disable login check (Newgrounds, etc)
- Updated backgrounds for Outpost, Estate, Downturn, and Sandstorm
- Added velocity for grenade launchers
- Minor weapon tweaks
- Performance mode optimizations
- Added prestige weapons:
  - Detective Special
  - Luger
  - MK22
  - MAC-11
  - CZ 75
  - VP70
  - PDR
  - PP-19 Bizon
  - G36C
  - AN-94
  - M1216
  - Saiga-12
  - DP-12
  - Intervention
  - SG 550
  - M240
  - Ultimax MK5
  - M320 Flashbang
  - Stinger

[1.5.8]
DECEMBER 23, 2020
- Barrett M82 does bonus damage against Juggernaut killstreak
- Generic zombies are slightly faster
- Final Infected survivor is given Ghost perk
- Updated District map
- Updated Outpost map
- Updated Downturn map
- Added upper level to outer buildings

[1.5.7]
DECEMBER 21, 2020
- Added Sandbox mode
- Leg shots do 80% damage
- Melee attack damage reduced to 80 (200 with Aggression perk)
- Care Packages can deliver ammo crates
- Updated zombie sounds
- Adjusted some killstreak kill requirements
- Pave Lows fire rockets more frequently
- Infected players are given Tactical Insertion
- Tweaked some weapons
- Honey Badger
- Javelin
- Tactical Insertion
- Trophy System
- Juggernaut
- Juggernaut Recon
- Javelin Juggernaut

[1.5.0 - 1.5.6]
DECEMBER 17, 2020
- Added Asia server
- Added challenges
- Added Deadswitch 3 login system 
- Map updates
- New weapons
- New attachments
- New killstreaks
- New game modes
- New operation
- Added explosive barrels
- Added Ground War and Community lobbies for multiplayer

[1.4.0 - 1.4.3]
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
- New killstreaks
- New default classes
- Added Riot Shield

[1.3.0 - 1.3.2]
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
- New operations
- Game file size reduced

[1.2.0 - 1.2.2]
OCTOBER 30, 2020
- Added team/survival rotation lobbies for multiplayer
- Updated maps and added new sandbags for cover
- Added more character customizations
- New survival enemies

[1.1.0]
OCTOBER 28, 2020
- Added player list and party invites for multiplayer
- Care packages can contain ballistic/grenade turrets
- Lots of survival updates

[1.0.0]
OCTOBER 20, 2020
- Initial release