Version: v0.615
SteambuildID: 3746596
Client patch size: ~300 MB AI Assassin

• Assassin clones now have a longer lifetime
  
• Assassin now reacts more quickly when a player exits and reenters the arena
  
• Assassin now correctly checks for too much damage during first attack interruption
  
• Assassin bug form no longer takes damage from concertina wire

Onboarding The onboarding is displayed to players that are rank 3 or lower.

• Added Meta tutorial hints: a pop up will appear in the various screen of our menu with an explanation about what this screen is about.
  
• Added In-game tutorial hints: non intrusive hints will appear on the top right of the screen to help new players to understand the game flow and game mechanics.
  
• Added Option to disable onboarding hints in the options menu

Performance

• Enabled a watchdog that would make the game crash in case the game stalls for 1 second or more. It is enabled to provide us with more information about possible stalls. If you have experienced stalls, we would reall...

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The Test servers will be taken offline for maintenance at 10:00 AM CEST in order to deploy a new update to it.We will announce it as soon as it is back online!~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.611
SteambuildID: 3739010
Client patch size: ~ 115MBHunters,We have rolled out a client update to debug frame drops issues that a minority of you have reported to us during the past Test periods.Make sure to download the client update as without it you will not be able to join games. (you'll get kicked back to menu during loading screen). If this happens, close your client and restart steam to get the update. You can confirm the SteamBuildID in the Steam application properties.~The Hunt Team Read more

The Test Servers will go offline for maintenance at 4:30 PM CEST to deploy an update(in about 20 minutes)!We will announce it as soon as the servers are back online!~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.611
SteambuildID: 3731115
Client patch size: ~ 250 MB

• Tentative fix for structures not loading correctly
  
• Fixed Shoulder/Hip Aim sensitivity and changed name to 'Shoulder Aim'
  
• Fixed opacity slider for some HUD elements to make it consistent for all HUD elements
  
• Fixed multiple crashes detected during the Test Server phase

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Hunters, The test servers will go offline for maintenance at 12:00 PM CEST (In about 85 minutes)!Make sure to leave your feedback in the test server discussions here on Steam or on our discord channel!~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.607
SteambuildID: 3725693
Client patch size: ~450 MB AI Assassin

• Assassin now has a damage threshold on the first interruption to cause cloning instantly when taking a lot of damage
  
• Reduced movement speed of Assassin attack
  
• Increased movement speed of Assassin clones

Butcher

• Butcher now takes more damage from shotguns and slightly more damage to the torso from compact ammo

General

• AI spawn distance improvements

Book of Monsters

• Adjusted mastery unlock rules for non-bosses

Gunplay

• Bomb lance projectile impact now generates AI stimulus and the explosion stimulus is increased
  
• Bomb Lance accuracy tweaked to be slightly more precise by default
  
• Bomb Lance accuracy movement modifiers now follow rules for shotguns (no accuracy boost when crouching and no reduction when moving)
  
• Increased initial area damage from Concertina Bomb when it first deploys

Hunter

• Doubled the amount of ammo received from looting players

Quickplay

• Improved region shrink in QP to decrease the chance of having the we...

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Hunters,The Test servers will be taken offline at 1pm CEST/ 3AM PST/ 6AM ESTThank you for everyone participating and for all your feedback!~The Hunt Team

Hunters,We have released a client side update to fix an issue with the new 'Hip Aim' sensitivity option not applying when changed.Version: v0.597
SteambuildID: 3713217
Client patch size: ~70 MB Please make sure to update to the latest client version then restart your game for it to take effect!Happy Hunting and a nice Weekend !~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.597
SteambuildID: 3708908
Client patch size: ~400 MB New Boss: The Assassin

• Added new boss target: The Assassin
  
• Agile attacks from unseen angles
  
• Uses walls to navigate to shortcuts and fire ranged attacks from
  
• Temporarily clones itself to try and open up an opportunity to attack

Developer Note:
The Assassin is the product born from a lot of investigation into what bosses mean to Hunt in its current state, since the previous two boss targets were created the game has shifted a lot to build a better core experience. With this in mind, we wanted to approach the issues that came out of the other bosses and see where we can build a benchmark that offers a few things; a challenge to new and old players, a balance between boss PvE engagement and the ever looming PvP, and something unique to set each boss apart.
There were a lot of prototypes and concepts that we tried – for example the early stages didn’t have clones and relied on trying to lead the player into dead ends, but a ... Read more

Hunters,The Test servers will go offline at 12:00 PM CET (In about 35 minutes)!Thank you all for participating in this testing period and sending your feedback and bug reports to us!~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.588
SteambuildID: 3692516
Client patch size: ~1.7 GB New Equipment LeMat Mark II Revolver

• Re-imagining a classic: The LeMat Mark II is based on a vintage Civil War era caplock design, but modernized to load cartridges
  
• Single-action revolver with a second barrel that holds a single shotgun shell. Uses a small inventory slot
  
• Combines the advantages of a mid-range handgun with the firepower of a shotgun at a point-blank range
  
• Can toggle fire-modes between primary and secondary ammo type
  
• Fires 9 rounds of compact ammo with additional 18 bullets
  
• The shotgun comes with 3 additional shells
  
• The weapon benefits from the Fanning trait, but fans at a lower speed due to its bulky size.

Lebel M93 Bolt-action Rifle

• French bolt-action rifle design that set new standards to many upcoming rifles such as the Mosin Nagant, which would take inspiration from it in the following years
  
• Slightly dated and somewhat clunky to operate. What the weapon lacks with its lower rate of fire and less control, it mak...

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Hi South American Hunters! You can now test the new servers on our test server, please let us know how your ping is behaving.Check out our full blog on details on what we have been working on (www.huntshowdown.com/news/the-state-of-hunt-s-south-american-and-russian-servers)- The Hunt Team

Version: v0.573
SteambuildID: 3628152
Client patch size: ~270MBAudio

• Reduced the pitch of footsteps on solid wood

• Fixed an issue where options in the menu were set as console options instead of pc options
  
• Fixed an issue that caused recruitment screen hunters to have no health bars after playing a mission
  
• Fixed an error where account linking reward were referred to Dollars instead of Bounty
  
• Implemented a number of animation bug fixes

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Hunters,The Test servers will be taken offline for maintenance at 13:00 CET.
Make sure to extract before then to avoid losing your hunter!~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.568
SteambuildID: 3618005
Client patch size: ~370 MBAI

• Grunts / Armoreds are no longer pushed back by melee attacks
  
• Grunts / Armoreds are aligned to movement when running around corners
  
• Immolator is now more resistant to compact bullets and shotguns
  
• Immolator deals more melee damage

Gunplay

• Fixed an issue where after the holding action was completed, holding the left mouse button led to an accidental shot.
  
• After using the last charge of the Medkit now, the Hunter's primary weapon gets automatically selected.
  
• Fixed an issue where pain sounds where not triggering after the start of the burning or bleeding effect

• Tentatively fixed cases of the system (purchase in the shop, matchmaking,...) becoming slow under certain conditions
  
• Adjusted systems to make the med-kit and shot consumables more reliable to use
  
• Fixed an issue where the Silenced pistol fire audio stimuli was too big (reduced from 20m to 5m)
  
• Fixed an issue where Lawson Delta was showing water at a place with no water

• The option me...

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Hunters,The Test servers will go down for maintenance at 12:10 PM CEST.Make sure to extract before that time in order to save your Hunter!~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.562
SteambuildID: 3607708
Client patch size: ~45 MBWe have deployed a small client side patch to fix an issue that occurred when using any scoped weapon variants or the spy-glass tool.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Version: v0.562
SteambuildID: 3602173
Client patch size: ~360 MBA recent version of the Live Server database was copied to the Test Server, we made the following changes:

• Players with an account on the Live servers are now set to (minimum) Rank 70
  
• Players that have prestiged at least once are set to Rank 100
  
• Money is set to $3000
  
• Owned arsenal and hunters are reset

Note: Due to the fact that we frequently wipe the database on the Test Server, you may see the account linking message appear even if you have already linked your account. You can either choose to discard it or to log in again in order to receive the rewards on the Test Server account.On the Live Server we do not wipe the database on a re... Read more

Hunters,The test servers will go down for maintenance at 10:00 AM CET.Thanks to your participation we have identified the issue with the backend and verified a fix.The Test servers will be back later today, and will most likely stay online for a longer time period!~The Hunt Team

Version: v0.561
SteambuildID: 3599455
Client patch size: ~500 MBBalance Changes

• Adjusted the unlock Ranks of the First Aid Kit and Resilience trait.
  • First Aid Kit now unlocks at Rank 1
    
  • Resilience Trait now unlocks at Rank 9

• Tentatively fixed the backend issues with update 5.0 (backend servers are over consuming CPU, making them unresponsive). We will continue to monitor the situation and may interrupt the test server at any time to remote debug it.
  
• Fixed an issue where an ammo box was floating in the air in Lawson Delta
  
• Fixed issue where players could sprint while aiming with the Bornheim pistol
  
• Fixed some vegetation issues in Lawson Delta as they appeared too bright
  
• Fixed a bug where a reward pop up message appeared when recruiting a new Hunter on a fresh bloodline
  
• Fixed derringer texture issues

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