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Hoi Chummers,

A new update for Shadowrun Online is now available to all those who have bought our game on Steam Early Access. This new version adds several improvements and new features, including the new “Rent-a-Hench” system.

New features:

• Rent-a-hench: Choose your henchman for the next mission from a list of other player-generated characters
• New Metatype: Elves have been added as playable characters into the Character Creation
• New Missions: Three new runs round out our prequel campaign about the missing girl Alisi
• New Outfit: The Tribal Shaman outfit has been added to the Character Customization
• In-Mission-Chat: When playing Coop or PvP, players now switch to a dedicated chat-channel, allowing easier in-mission communication.
• Character name as nick name: The name of your character is now used as chat name
• Action Counter: A new indicator shows you how many actions each character has left in this turn.
• Know who you run with: The name of the character you’re playing with is now shown in Coop missions.
• Know what your partner does: Floating texts above a character now show which skill is used, allowing you to see what your Coop-Partner is doing.
• What comes next? The name of the next mission is now shown in the main menu.
• Quick switch: The animation for switching weapons doesn’t delay the gameplay anymore.
• Longer Names: The number of allowed characters for the player name has been increased to 18 up from 12
• 3D-Sound: Sound effects are now played on the corresponding speaker, depending on the camera position.
• Improved Effects: Visual weapon effects have been reworked:
  
  • new Shield effect,
  • Machete’s “Stimulants” now increases character animation speed,
  • new Mana Bolt and Spark effects,
  • new bullet streaks for Rifle, Pistols, Shotgun
  • blood splatter now look more voluminous
    
• Updated info screens: Credits, Options and Help screen have been reworked.
  

Fixes:

• Fixed a lot of clipping issues in character customization
• If matchmaking gets aborted by a matched opponent an appropriate error message is shown.
• Options menu can now be opened and closed using the ESC key
• Credits have been updated
• It’s not possible anymore to press any hidden buttons while the news screen is shown.
• Players don’t see the opponent’s chance to hit display during PvP- and Coop-matches anymore.
• Fixed an issue that made the UI of the mission visible in the debriefing
  

See you in the game, Chummers!

http://www.shadowrun.com/shadowrun-o...pdate-out-now/