Update 1043 (Killing Floor 2)

Killing Floor 2 update
Update 1043
Release Date		August 25, 2016
◄◄ 1036	◄ 1042		1046 ►►

“This changelog builds from the previous opt-in beta changelogs which can be found linked below:

• Update 1042
• Update 1041”

– Jared Creasy

Highlights

New Perk

• SWAT
• Flashbang Grenade
• Tactical Knife
• MP7 SMG
• MP5RAS SMG
• P90 SMG
• Kriss Vector SMG

New Map

• Infernal Realm

Balance Changes

SWAT

• MP7 SMG
• Damage reduced to 16 (was 20)
• Mag size decreased to 30 (was 40)
• Ammo cost per mag reduced to 16 (was 26)
• MP5RAS SMG
• Damage increased to 25 (was 22)
• Mag size increased to 40 (was 30)
• Ammo cost increased to 33 (was 22)
• Total ammo reduced to 360 (was 390)

Swat Perk changes

• Removed Dosh assist bonus. This is not needed anymore due to the passive damage bonus now working.
• Close Combat Training skill - Changed damage increase to 110% to match Commando’s Fallback skill.

Support

• Double-barrel Boomstick
• Reload speed increased to 0.8 (was 2.0)
• Elite reload speed increased to 0.57 (was 1.4)

Support Perk changes

• Passive ammo skill now gives 25% more ammo (was 50%)

Sharpshooter

• Winchester 1894
• Damage reduced to 80 (was 105)
• Base fire rate increased 0.45 (was 0.75)
• Refined iron sight shoot animations to have less movement.
• Reload speed increased 20% for both regular and elite reloads
• Ammo size increase to 12 (was 10)
• Total ammo increased to 96 (was 70)
• Ammo cost per mag increased to 32 (was 30)
• Gun Hit Power reduced to 80 (was 100)
• Stun Power reduced to 20 (was 25)

• Crossbow
• Reload speed increased to 1.1 (was 1.4)
• Elite reload speed increased to 0.54 (was 0.65)

• M14 EBR
• Damage increased to 90 (was 75)
• Rate of fire reduced to 0.22 (was 0.2)
• Stun power increased to 15 (was 8)
• Gun Hit power increased to 80 (was 50)
• Max ammo count reduced to 140 (was 180)
• Ammo cost per mag increased to 60 (was 40)

• Railgun
• Reload speed increased by 15%

Gunslinger

• Dual 1858 Remington Revolvers
• Reload speed increased to 2.8 (was 3.6)
• Elite reload speed increased to 1.86 (was 3.1)

Gunslinger Perk changes

• Quickdraw skill now has 50% reduction in hip recoil. (was Zero Recoil before)

Berserker

• Pulverizer
• Knockdown power added to hard, light, and explosive attacks.

Zeds

• Siren
• More vulnerable to damage from following weapon types
• Sub Machine Gun increased to 1.0 (was 0.75)
• Assault Rifle increased to 1.0 (was 0.75)
• Handgun increased to 1.0 (was 0.7)
• Rifle increased to 1.0 (was 0.75)
• Slashing increased to 1.0 (was 0.75)
• Blunt increased to 1.0 (was 0.85)
• Explosive increased to 0.85 (was 0.6)
• Max Scream Range decreased to 900 (was 920)
• Scream Damage Frequency decreased to 0.5 (was 1.0) how often scream damage happens
• Scream Damage decreased to 15 (was 18)
• Scream Animation speed increased by 60%.
• Scream Protective Shield time increased to 2.2 seconds (was 1 second)

The goal is to make the siren more of a glass cannon so she's go down quicker now and scream a little less often but the damage from the scream is higher.

• Bloat
• In suicidal, if bloat explodes 3 bloat mines spawn (was 2).

• Hans
• Evade speed reduced 15%
• Frenzy attack damage reduced 30%

• Special Crawler
• Special crawlers will now not explode upon death if a player manages to blow their head off first

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a server side issue where when a Field Medic player joined a server it would result in all players being disconnected.
• Fixed issue where voice comms radial menu would get stuck on the Boss intro.
• Fixed Issue where boss intro lacked any depth of field effect.
• Fixed bug where Boss name plate UI would occasionally show up during Defeat screen.
• Fixed issue where party leader would get sent to a different server than the rest of party members during matchmaking.
• Fixed Issue where Weapon Quick Select toggle would be reset upon map travel.
• Fixed Commando and SWAT skill percentages for skills that grant damage bonus with 9mm and knife to listed description values of 110%
• Demolitionist - Fragmentation Rounds skill now correctly adjust damage values to 70% of base damage.
• Fixed Hide Boss Health bar setting from not being able to be changed in the middle of a boss wave.
• Fixed death messages to change depending on the Zed that killed you (i.e. not all messages state “Eaten Alive”).
• Fixed issue if you changed perks in the trader menu after that game was over you would revert back to the perk prior to your change.
• Fixed issue where trader would not display the right amount of ammo for the M16 M203 Grenade rounds during initial purchase.
• Fixed issue where characters would revert their customization to default after restarting the game.
• Firebug Napalm skill - Changed how this skill works to make it more useful in game so that Zeds will more consistently catch fire while bumping into each other.
• Fixed missing configure controller UI label within perk menu.
• Fixed issue where last player slot in party was not selectable on browse server menu for party invites,
• Fixed issue where players using controllers were able to highlight multiple perks within the lobby menu
• Fixed issue where accepting an invite when the game is not running would not put you into the squad menu in game.
• Adjusted Versus Crawler’s normal jump attack to be far less difficult to use in game.
• Fixed issue in Versus where Slasher could evade in mid-air allowing them to dramatically increase their jump range.
• Fixed issue where headshot count on the results screen was not consistent with the weapon wise breakup.
• Fixed issue where players could not melee while running with an empty equipped weapon.
• Fixed issue with the Boss Defeat camera not being properly adjusted and moved.
• Improved error logging when the server shuts down because a map in the map vote menu is not within the server admin’s local files or is improperly set up within their PCServer-KFGame.ini config files.
• Improved Matchmaking Menu UI so that elements would not overlap with each other.
• Fixed issue where player could navigate menus with the Connection Lost Pop Up message still displayed.
• Fixed incorrect perk icon display issues within the Versus lobby menu.
• Fixed issue where Fleshpound rage grinder sound effect would get caught in a continuous loop.