2023 Remaster: Gameplay Changes

[FixbotWill]

Thanks to Cannonaire for compiling the original list, but they said they can no longer maintain it. I'm creating a new one that I will update as necessary. I've also attempted to organise it better than before.

*Some of these changes were already implemented as part of the original Ground Zero release.

GENERAL CHANGES
- inventory wheel (Q) and weapon wheel (E) added. Auto-bindings for various powerups (e.g. Q for Quad Damage) removed, but you can reset them yourself with the console
- various improvements to AI including dodging projectiles, jumping up/down to pursue the player, and sometimes being aware of the player earlier than before
- Game now slows down when you open the Help Computer (F1)
- Footstep sounds made by enemies
- New areas in some maps, and new secrets in Processing Plant and Outer Hangar
- Health boost from Stimpacks/Trap cube no longer lost when a player moves to a new level. However, it does deteriorate back to "normal maximum" after collecting Megahealth.
- Compass added as a usable inventory item
- Barrels take a longer moment to explode when hit with light damage
- Dying enemies no longer block movement
- when underwater, the player gets three "gulping" sounds as a warning they're about to start drowning, will start taking damage after the third gulp
- most weapons now deal double damage against an idle monster (certain weapons already did so, notably the Railgun)

WEAPONS
- Disruptor added. damage 160 per shot, rate of fire 100 per minute, has homing ability, hurls its target backward, ignores Power Shield/Power Screen. Higher DPS than Chain Gun. Ammo is uncommon.
- Blaster damage increased to 15 (from 10), matching its multiplayer damage
- Machine Gun upward recoil removed
- Chain Gun fires ten bullets with a single tap instead of nine
- Hand Grenade trajectory altered
- Railgun damage decreased to 100 (from 150) in single-player, matching its multiplayer damage
- BFG10k now deals energy damage and its tracers can penetrate through monsters
- Phalanx now deals energy damage, and has much better splash damage than before - comparable to the Rocket Launcher now
- Trap now affects flying Strogg, doesn't harm the player who threw it, and generally less glitchy than it was
- Chainfist field of effect improved, no longer drags the player forward, potential DPS roughly doubled, and can make monsters flinch in pain even on Nightmare
- Prox mines are no longer triggered by the player who launched them (although they can still be harmed in the explosion)
- Tesla mines max capacity reduced to 5 (from 50), ammo pickup reduced to 3 (from 5). Tesla mine health increased to 50 (from 30), no longer shoot other Teslas, no longer "runs out of power"

POWERUPS/ITEMS
- Power Shield reworked making it more susceptible to energy damage, but a minimum of 2 cells lost with every activation - even against weapons that only deal 1 damage
- player can choose to enable manual/auto Power Shield, but retains the ability to switch on and off. Auto option is currently a little glitchy.
- Adrenaline is now added to the inventory to be used at will, instead of being automatically used upon pickup
- Ammo Pack correctly increases max capacity for Flechettes, and now includes three Disruptor rounds.
- Quad Damage and Double Damage can now stack with each other
- Silencer now has a visual counter displaying number of silenced shots remaining

ENEMIES
- Shotgun Guard maximum damage per shot reduced to 18 (from 24), now only fires one shot in his dying attack
- Barracuda swims more slowly
- Enforcer chain gun accuracy improved against strafing target
- Berserker gains a running attack and a long-range leap attack that deals a large area of effect and hurls the player away. Upward blade swing doesn't knock the target into the air anymore
- Gunner machine gun accuracy improved against strafing target, grenades better at adjusting for elevation. Gunner has "suppression fire" behaviour if loses sight of the player, firing grenade volleys in their general direction
- Flyers move more aggressively, sometimes being eager to get into melee
- Parasite tube has a much longer range and can adjust for elevation, but can be dodged now. If it strikes a wall the Parasite gets stuck for a moment. Tube potential damage reduced to 19 (from 25) and can heal the Parasite by damaging its target. Parasite behaves more aggressively, no longer stopping for a moment every so often.
- Mutant leap is no longer an effective attack
- Brains replaced by the upgraded Beta Class Brains from The Reckoning, gaining a long-range tentacle attack and a laser fired from its eyes
- Medic much quicker to revive fallen Strogg. No longer infights with other Strogg
- Gladiator less vulnerable to the "dancing" strategy; it only tends to use its clamp attack once, firing its railgun instead if the player keeps trying to provoke the clamp attack
- Iron Maiden has "suppression fire" behaviour if loses sight of the player, firing rockets in their general direction
- Tank/Tank Commander has "suppression fire" behaviour if loses sight of the player, firing rockets or blaster in their general direction. Tank/Tank Commander no longer infights with other Strogg.
- Super Tank gains a grenade launcher attack. Chain gun accuracy much worse against a strafing player.
- Hornet accuracy much improved against a strafing player with both weapon systems. No longer infights with other Strogg.
- Jorg health increased to 8000 (from 3000)
- Gekk moves faster and more aggressively on land
- Laser Guard correctly performs his dying attack
- Repair Bot blaster damage increased to 15 (from 2)
- Beta Class Iron Maiden rocket homing ability decreased
- Beta Class Gladiator health reduced to 250 + 500 power shield (from a total of 1700). Phalanx damage decreased to 17/35 per projectile (from 100). Beta Class Gladiator less vulnerable to the "dancing" strategy; it only tends to use its clamp attack once, firing its phalanx instead if the player keeps trying to provoke the clamp attack.
- Beta Super Tank's gains a grenade launcher attack and its rockets now track their target.
- Turret health decreased to 50 plus 50 combat armour (from 240), blaster damage reduced to 8 (from 20), rocket damage reduced to 40 (from 50). Turret now has a laser sight that sweeps to and fro, and an "enemy sighted" sound (a mechanical whirring) that can warn players of their presence
- Stalker blaster damage reduced to 5 (from 15)

[FixbotWill]

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