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Staring today, millions more people will be able to play my favorite game of 2012. Papo & Yo—the semiautobiographical magical realism adventure that explores life with an abusive, addicted parent—comes out for PC today, after months as a PS3 exclusive. The move to another platform will help the critically acclaimed game get a lot closer to being profitable. (The game’s soundtrack is also available today and you’ll find exclusive tracks from it embedded in this post.) Papo & Yo came from the indie dev team at Montreal-based Minority Media. I had a chance recently to speak to studio co-founder Vander Caballero about the lesson they learned making the game and what’s coming next from Minority. “The PS3 release was one of the top sellers on PSN and we’re happy with the numbers,” Caballero told me. “Papo cost $1.5 million to make and we’ve already made a part of our investment back. Hopefully, we are going to get the other part on Steam and make some profit. It’s a great opportunity for us because Sony really helped us to push the game out and make people know about it, and then they really helped us in the development, too. It was an amazing relationship.” And Minority’s next creation will be incubating in a similar fashion. The studio’s upcoming game Silent Enemy is being developed for Ouya. “If you are an independent you have zero marketing money,” Caballero explained. “You have nothing. Then you need someone to support your project. So, if someone asks you for exclusivity and it’s going to help you to bring out your product into the market, I think that can be good. Sometime, I think it’s the only way to get something out.” Some elements of Silent Enemy were outed by recent reporting but Caballero says that the game has changed a lot. “One of my partners is a Crete Indian from Northern Quebec. He said we have to make a really authentic game about Crete culture. It gets cold there, like -50. Survival there is really, really, really hard. I said I would love to do a real authentic hunting survival game about this experience.” “We started developing for iOS,” Caballero continued. “But then, our main creative director there Ruben Farrus said, ‘Dude, we cannot do survival hunting games. That will not be a Minority game.’ I was like, ‘You’re right man. We have to change it. You find the angle. I’m going to help do it, but it has to be an emotional angle.’ " “Ruben came back and said, ‘OK, we can do a game about bullying.’ I was bullied before,” Caballero told me. “Ernie, our partner, our Crete partner, he was bullied before because his father is white and his mother is Indian, so he got bullied in the reserve. We said, ‘Wow, this is a topic that lots of people will relate to. Let’s go for it.’ That’s where Silent Enemy is now. There’s still the native American themes in there but it’s totally changed from what it is now. It’s not about survival hunting anymore. It’s more about bullying and dealing with that.” The official description, with concept art, follows: Set in a world of endless winter, and inspired by Minority Design Director Ruben Farrus’ experience with bullies and isolation growing up in a small town in Spain, Silent Enemy will require players to use shapeshifting abilities and the help of nature spirits on a quest to release spring back into the world. The game is currently in development for OUYA and tentatively planned for release in Q4, 2013. “We were developing for iOS, but then what happened is we started finding all these limitations that we couldn’t do. For example, we couldn’t do full screen effects. So suddenly it’s “No, because something is really expensive.” Caballero told me that that the constant balancing act between cost and creative ambition is a struggle that all indie developers face. “At the end of the day, though, it’s all worth it when we receive letters about Papo and hear people thanking us for doing the game. We want our games to touch people and it’s really good to hear that it’s working.”

EDGE is on sale this weekend for 50% off!*

In EDGE players take direct control of the cube and roll their way around the game's dozens of levels. Search for all the prisms, find the shortcuts to improve your times and compete through the Steam leaderboards!

EDGE also includes over 40 new levels in the free EDGE Extended DLC!

*Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Play Worms Revolution for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup Worms Revolution at 50% off the regular price!

Worms™ Revolution is the latest game in the classic turn-based strategy series to come to the PC, featuring exciting new features and beautiful 3D graphics whilst retaining the classic 2D gameplay that fans love. Choose to play the extensive single player mode which features both campaign and puzzle missions or dive straight into multiplayer warfare via online or local play. For the first time ever see the inclusion of dynamic water, physics objects and worm classes! Customize your experience by choosing what classes you play with, what they look like and even how they speak!

If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play Worms Revolution. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here.

Save 75% on Portal 2 as part of this week's Weekend Deal*!

Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following.

*Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Today's Deal: Save 75% on SPORE!

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3DMark Vantage v1.1.2

This update adds Windows 8 compatibility and fixes a few bugs. Benchmark scores are not affected by this update.

Compatibility
- Fixed Windows 8 compatibility issues with online result service connection.
- SystemInfo updated to version 4.17 to improve compatibility with latest hardware.
- Updated PhysX software to version 9.12.1031.

Bug fixes
- Fixed various GUI bugs.
- Updated exporter.dll to fix problem loading saved results.

3DMark 11 v1.0.5

This version fixes a few minor issues. Benchmark scores are not affected by this update.

Compatibility
- SystemInfo updated to version 4.17 to improve compatibility with latest hardware.

Bug fixes
- Fixed display mode identification for systems with a very large number of supported display modes.

Steam just got a whole bunch of new games approved by its community. From Japanese RPGs to strategy games to zombies to I-Don't-Even-Know-What-That-Is-But-It-Looks-Pretty to Something-That-Looks-Like-Slender to dungeon crawlers and so many more, there's a ton of interesting new games you can check out. I think I like Dreamfall Chapters best simply because I want to ride the train with the music playing on loop. Also she said "magic" in a really pretty way. This is Valve's sixth batch of games green-lit on their relatively new Greenlight platform. If you're looking for something new, take a look at one of these 18 selections: Agarest: Generations of War Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures Battle Worlds: Kronos City of Steam Cradle Dead State Dead Trigger Death Inc. Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey Elsword Faceless Frozen Endzone Hammerwatch Legend of Dungeon Pinball Arcade Planet Explorers Rush Bros. Shovel Knight

For all you patient PC players itching to get your mitts on XBLA indie hit Fez, mark your calendars (probably take off those mitts first): Fez pre-orders open on April 22 via Steam and GOG, and the game will be 10 percent off - $9 - until it launches on May 1.

"No more waiting for a thing to actually be out before you can buy it! No more keeping all that pesky money to yourself! With our patented pre-order technology, we take your money today and give you something later!" Polytron's official pre-order announcement evangelizes. "Spend money and save money! At the same time!" Now that's a deal.

We found 2012's XBLA version of Fez to be joyful, challenging and deeply satisfying as a puzzle platformer. That edition has sold 200,000 copies to date, and eventually, the game should be out on "pretty much everything," including Mac, Linux, Vita, Ouya and iOS.

Monaco, the game of coordinated heists, is now available for pre-order from Steam. We don't suggest actually trying to steal the game, or anything else - save those proclivities for the daring break-ins you'll enact during the game - but pre-ordering will allow you to at least get away with a 10% discount on either a single copy or a four-pack.

Just pretend you lifted $1.50 out of Andy Schatz's pocket after you bought the game, if that helps. Also, we don't want to be the ones to tell you this, but you've got extremely mild kleptomania.

Steam Greenlight has let loose the sixth round of community-chosen projects, with 20 new games and two new software titles. Freshly Greenlit games include Legend of Dungeon, the roguelike crawler from husband and wife development duo Robot Loves Kitty, Shovel Knight from Yacht Club Games' successful Kickstarter campaign, and Faceless, the horror game that's been at the top of the Greenlight pile since day one, but ran into legal problems with the Slender Man franchise.

Other games include Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey, Agarest: Generations of War, Pinball Arcade, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, Death Inc. and more. Check out the entire list below. The two Greenlit software titles are game capture program PlayClaw and strategy planner GamePlan.

We're excited to announce the sixth set of games and software titles to advance through Steam Greenlight, and be offered worldwide distribution via Steam. With weeks of busy voters and exciting new games hitting Greenlight, this batch is comprised of 20 items in total--18 games and two software titles--bringing the total to over 90 titles Greenlit since Steam Greenlight launched in August of last year.
  
The latest software titles:

• PlayClaw - This game recorder got votes for its gaming optimization and utilization of multi-core processors for HD video capture.
  
  
• GamePlan - This real-time strategy software caught the attention of strategy gamers as a way to help plan strategy and tactics for their favorite team-based online games.
  

The latest games:

• Agarest: Generations of War - This Japanese role-playing strategy game quickly shot up the charts and will now add to the small but growing number of Japanese RPGs on Steam.
  
  
• Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures - Angry Video Game Nerd has built up a huge following on YouTube. That popularity appears to have translated into raging success in Greenlight with the game that bears his name rocketing to the top in only 9 days.
  
  
• Battle Worlds: Kronos - This richly-colored turn-based strategy game blew through its Kickstarter goal and jumped quickly up the Greenlight charts with votes of excited strategy fans.
  
  
• City of Steam - This free-to-play action RPG received a lot of visibility and votes from their beta at the beginning of the year, and now look forward to running another beta soon.
  
  
• Cradle - This first-person adventure game caught the attention of Greenlight voters with its beautiful graphics, unique atmosphere, and compelling soundtrack.
  
  
• Dead State - In less than a month, this survival RPG has jumped up the charts with enthusiastic support. Plus, the game blew past their Kickstarter goal in the summer of last year, securing an incredible 10,096 backers.
  
  
• Dead Trigger - This popular free-to-play zombie survival game found great success on android, and has since seen updated graphics as the developers set their sights on Steam for PC and Mac.
  
  
• Death Inc. - This beautiful and elegant strategy game has garnered a lot of positive press and votes with its unique art style and innovative gameplay.
  
  
• Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey - The community clearly wants more from the popular Dreamfall series and quickly up-voted this game.
  
  
• Elsword - This free-to-play, action RPG uses classic side-scrolling beat em up gameplay mechanics and has captured the votes of existing fans and potential new customers alike.
  
  
• Faceless - This cooperative and non-violent free-to-play survival horror mod for Half-Life 2 received overwhelming support from the community.
  
  
• Frozen Endzone - The developers of Frozen Synapse bring the strategic depth of their first game into a new, original and innovative tactical future sports game, capturing the votes of fans and potential customers along the way.
  
  
• Hammerwatch - This pixely hack-and-slash adventure game caught the attention of voters with their cooperative gameplay, character building, and modding support.
  
  
• Legend of Dungeon - This colorful dungeon crawler has gained a lot of votes as well as critical acclaim from the gaming press.
  
  
• Pinball Arcade - Fans of Pinball Arcade have been enthusiastic and vocal, leading to a solid base of support and interest from the community.
  
  
• Planet Explorers - Currently in alpha, this ambitious open world RPG caught the attention of voters with its ability for users create new content and change the terrain.
  
  
• Rush Bros. - This competitive platforming game caught the attention of voters and the gaming press with its innovative premise and integration with users' music library.
  
  
• Shovel Knight - This action adventure game has been sweeping the Greenlight charts with a style reminiscent of platformer adventure classics. After blowing through their ambitious Kickstarter goal, the developers set higher and higher stretch goals, securing an incredible 14,749 backers.
  

  
As with past batches, these titles will be released independently in the months ahead, as they complete development and integrate with any of the Steamworks features they are interested in utilizing. Some will undoubtedly launch with Steam Early Access, while others are ready to launch in full soon.

Steam Greenlight is a new platform feature that enlists the community's help in selecting some of the next games to be released on Steam. Launched on August 30, 2012, Greenlight allows developers and publishers to post information and media about their game in an effort to convince Community members that their game should be released on Steam.
  
For more information and to see all Greenlit titles, please visit http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off!

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist. Play with up to four people online or on the same screen. Compete with others via daily leaderboards. Find out why it won the 2010 IGF and has been described by Rev3Games's Anthony Carboni as "quite possibly the best co-op ever."

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit!

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Version v12b

Add: New monster, the evil turtle
Add: New option to pause the game when a caravan comes
Change: Werepig graphics now are isometric
Change: Pathfinding now adds a bit more importance to the Z level
Change: Removing an item with the contextual menu now reveals the cell under
Change: Now the game doesn't crash if for some reason a saved game file is not found
Fix: Following livings glitches and starts to wander off screen
Fix: Mod loader issue when a mod adds new terrain types
Fix: Buried architect's tables and hanged lamps are not sold by the merchants anymore

When Anna launched late last year, it freaked us right out. It's an adventure game soaked with subtle, horrifying moments and disturbing imagery overlaid on a gorgeous Italian countryside - though not everyone agreed with this positive assessment. It was knocked for being too short, too esoteric, not structured enough. Anna - Extended Edition promises to address these criticisms, based on "the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna." The extended edition is available now, in boxed and digital form in the UK, and digitally in the US via Steam, for PC, Mac and Linux.

Anna - Extended Edition includes new environments, puzzles, user interface and music, improved graphics, and a new character, "The Wife Doll," who has her own AI. The user interface was one con we noted during our time with Anna, though we still found the entire experience to be an outright creep-fest. Enjoy your Wife Doll, everyone - we'll be over here, cowering in the corner.

Sacred Citadel is now available on Steam!

Sharpen your axe, string your bow, brew your potions! Ancaria needs heroes like you. Grab your friends to join the resistance!

The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it. In order to defeat the empire you will have to prove yourself as a warrior by riding terrifying mounts, acquiring earth shattering skills and looting powerful weapons and valuable treasures. Grab your friends and join the resistance!

Victoria II: A Heart of Darkness, all new content for Victoria II is Now Available on Steam!

Victoria II: Heart of Darkness is the second expansion for the grand strategy and political simulator Victoria II. This expansion focuses on the Scramble for Africa. Compete with other colonial powers and experience international crises which require Great Power mediation if the world is to avoid war in this experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio.

In celebration of the launch of this new expansion, take 75% off the rest of the Victoria franchise on Steam*!

*Offer ends April 23rd at 10AM Pacific time

Starseed Pilgrim is Now Available on Steam


Starseed Pilgrim is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate. You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with colour. You are a refugee, building your own world away from the spreading darkness.

"Advice for playing Starseed Pilgrim: As long as you still have questions, continue."
Jonathan Blow

Save 50% on Impire during this week's Midweek Madness*!

Take control the of demon Báal-Abaddon as he attempts to rebuild his mighty hell spawn form. With the aid of dozens of evil creatures big and small as well as an arsenal of spells, you will help him construct a dungeon underworld of limitless evil and nastiness to stop all those pesky Heroes of Ardania from ruining his return to greatness!

*Offer ends Thursday at 4PM Pacific time

Omerta - City of Gangsters - Damsel in Distress DLC, all new content for Omerta - City of Gangsters is Now Available on Steam!

Henry McCarty had the unremarkable childhood of a typical Texas farm boy. Henry was a hot-shot and a rascal and not so much fond of his father. When the old man lost the McCarty ranch to the bank, the young Henry finally rebelled and took off to seek his own fate.

In the next ten years Henry changed a handful of jobs. By the start of the War McCarty already had problems with local criminals and decided to abandon the state of Texas. Packing his arrogant temper, his disdainful attitude towards the spoilt city-boys and a pair of trusty revolvers, he headed to New York City.

This new scenario which plays out in the new Suburbs district starts when Lucky Luciano wants Henry The Kid McCarty to join his cause. Things start to go haywire when we find out that The Kid is already on a mission for a damsel in distress.

Today's Deal: Save 75% on AudioSurf!

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Three new songs are Now Available for Rocksmith

Play "Float On" by Modest Mouse, "The Good Left Undone" by Rise Against and "Get Free" by The Vines.

Save 50% on Antichamber during this week's Midweek Madness*!

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Several years in the making, Antichamber received over 25 awards and honors throughout its development, in major competitions including the Independent Games Festival, the PAX10, IndieCade and Make Something Unreal. Antichamber was also supported by the Indie Fund.

- A deeply psychological experience that will make you question everything you know about how a game works.
- Mind-bending challenges that will subvert your expectations at every twist and turn.
- An enormous, seamless non-Euclidean world to explore.
- Lifelike soundscapes developed by Robin Arnott and an ambient soundtrack composed by Siddhartha Barnhoorn.
- A gun that can create, destroy and manipulate matter, allowing you to discover new ways to overcome your surroundings.

*Offer ends Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time

The Walking Dead™: Survival Instinct Walker Herd Survival Pack, all new content for The Walking Dead™: Survival Instinct is Now Available on Steam!

You cant afford to rest! The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct players will have access to the Herd Mode, see how long you can survive against endless waves of walkers. In addition, fight off walkers in the story mode with a new arsenal of melee weapons including a survival knife, sawtoothed machete, kukri, reinforced hatchet, and advanced machete. How many frenzied flesh-eaters can you survive against before joining their ranks? Note: A New Game must be started to access the extra weapons.

The GamersGate IndieFort Spring Bundle is now available, offering up a quintet of indie games at one rock-bottom price. The core bundle contains Arcen Games' RT, AI War: Fleet Command, Coffee Stain's tower defense game, Sanctum, the Linux-originated space shooter Zigfrak, Legendo's Fortune Winds: Ancient Trader, and an alpha version of Stygian's turn-based RPG, Underrail.

All five cost $7.99 in total, or you can add a little extra if you want to tip the developers. There are also some map packs and DLC bonuses to unlock, depending on how many copies the bundle sells overall.

Steam is also offering the entire Arcen library for 75 percent off. That includes Shattered Haven for $2.49, or A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2 for $3.74, on sale with the rest of Arcen's games all week long.

Build 180520 for Serious Sam 3 is released.
If you have previously opted into public beta, you already have this.

Here are the changes:

- Fixed a crash after initial dialog on Silent Riddler that happened on some machines.
- Fixed problem with black screen when aiming with assault rifle weapon and post-processing effect allows very high exposure range.
- Fixed crash when entering Extras menu in Bulgarian locale.
- Added safety checks to prevent faulty drivers from crashing when they try to load GLSL shaders cached by older versions of driver.
- Multiplayer: Fixed speed hack cheat detection sometimes erroneously marking players as hacked.
- OSX: Split screen is now supported on OSX.

Dishonored - The Knife of Dunwall, all new content for Dishonored is Now Available on Steam.

Description: In Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall take on the role of Daud, the legendary assassin who killed the Empress. This second add-on pack for the award-winning first person action game from Arkane Studios gives you a new perspective on Daud, and access to his weapons, gadgets, allies and supernatural abilities.

Story: After assassinating the Empress, and forever changing the fate of Dunwall, you embark on a search for redemption. The Outsider reveals the key to your atonement, but who—or what—is Delilah? Accompanied by the Whalers, your loyal band of mercenary assassins, your search will take you through never-before-seen districts of Dunwall as you face off against new and terrible foes. Employ a unique arsenal that enhances Dishonoreds dynamic combat, mobility and stealth systems. In the struggle to hang onto the last shred of your humanity, the choices you make will ultimately determine your fate.

If you liked the first Syndicate, you may have been less than satisfied with the first-person shooter version that came out last year. Perhaps you'd like a version that's a bit truer to the original, like Firaxis' take on XCOM? In that case, you might enjoy Black Annex, a new indie game that's more or less a moddable Syndicate with a somewhat less "badass" art vibe. Check out the gameplay video here, and if you dig it, you can give the game a vote on Steam Greenlight. (Via PC Gamer)

DATA

• Added: improved public debug console
  
• New light rendering added for bushes
  
• More detailed middle distance terrain texture added
  
• Adjustable stances for sidearms added
  
• Sprint speed decreased
  
• Tweaked transitions from ragdoll
  
• Fixed transition from free fall into swimming and onto land
  
• New animations for swimming with rifles
  
• Rifle kneel sprinting fix
  
• Rifle raised idling for AI fix
  
• Pistol prone movement improvements
  
• Rifle & pistol evasive move fixes (disabled optics)
  
• Removed sway in prone adjust low
  
• Pistol self healing
  
• Improved pistol kneel sprint animation
  
• Improved connection prone to sprint
  
• Player could shoot a sidearm during the healing animation
  
• Transition from prone to upright sprint while unarmed caused visual sliding
  
• Priority of actions in action menu adjusted
  
• Stratis terrain and object placement tweaks
  
• New post-process effects for injuries added
  
• Fixed fuel gauges for MH-9 helicopter family
  
• MH-9 can now carry more soldiers
  
• Duplicate target icon in Ka60 Helmet-Mounted Display removed
  
• Ifrit cargo pose added
  
• Compass visualization changed
  
• New secondary shadow LODs (glasses, bandoleer, belt, rebreather)
  
• Camouflage selection tweaks
  
• Fixed: Sites are no longer placing patrol waypoints on water
  
• Civilian Sites were disabled
  
• Logo and tagline splash screens merged
  
• Main menu game and version indicator could overlap
  
• Added: Any mission with description.ext has now loading mission box with "Unknown" text
  
• Added: Unknown author is now displayed also for maps
  
• Fixed: Mission restart now resets reload counter
  
• Added: Loading "continue" save will no longer raise the reload counter
  
• Fixed: Mission failed had two debriefing screens
  
• Fixed: "Lose" ending no longer shows "Mission Completed" title
  
• Fixed: Error icon is no longer shown for logics
  
• Fixed incorrect topic selection after closing and reopening Field Manual
  
• Fixed: "Respawn" button is no longer enabled in missions with respawn "NONE", "BIRD" or with missing respawn settings
  
• Added: "respawnButton" parameter can now enable the button in respawn types which would normally disable it
  
• Geometry fixing (AI collisions with buildings tweaked)
  
• Config classes for weapons cleaned
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=4189 (fish no longer only swim North)
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=6333 (EBR sight alignment)
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=6719 (spelling error)
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=3087 (fire geometry - wall)
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=1903
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=3837
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=5511
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=5709
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=5619
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=6664
  

ENGINE

• New fog technology implemented
  
• Picture-in-Picture optimization implemented
  
• Terrain shadows tweaked
  
• Fixed: AI no longer fires on targets it does not see (but which are reported by other group members)
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=5210 (MP rotation synchronization fixed)
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=1126 (Speed of sound delays tweaked)
  
• Changes and fixes merged from Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead beta patches
  
• MP pose synchronization fixed
  
• Improved performance related to object instancing
  
• Fixed - AI disembarking when moving to another vehicle position incorrectly
  
• Game loading with "addAction" crash fixed
  
• PhysX collisions related crashes fixed
  
• Fixed: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=6881 (out of memory crash)
  
• Fixed: Crash while taking RPG Alamut from ground
  
• Larger string buffer for the 'format' script command
  
• Fixed: Reloading different magazine type could do nothing but remove the magazine
  
• Destruction of vehicle while manipulating with objects in its inventory fixed
  
• Ambient creatures' position after game load fixed
  
• Fixed: remote destroyed wheels have now the right distance detection to the ground
  
• Fixed: healing sound effects were endlessly looped
  
• Ships are no longer automatically deleted after destruction (consistent with other vehicle types)
  
• Free fall inventory access fixed
  
• Magazine manipulation while discarding weapons tweaked
  
• Items' behavior while moving from dead body to container tweaked
  
• Helicopter behavior improved (rotor simulation now does not allow helicopter to fly up-side down)
  
• AI running up and down hill tweaked
  
• Command 'stance' now returns more consistent values: "PRONE", "CROUCH" and "STAND"
  
• Fixed: RMB to equip did not work for binoculars
  
• Fixed: Vehicle commander stepped optics zoom did not function correctly
  
• Fixed: artifacts on water near shore when looking from high distance
  
• Solved issues related to flickering optics