Patch Notes for v0.5.1545

Twitch
We added full Twitch support to Firefall! You are now able to stream your Firefall gameplay and your microphone input over Twitch with a simple push of a button. A Twitch account is required. For further information about Twitch and the creation of an account visit http://www.twitch.tv/

General
Smooth progress bar added for uploading big dumps after a crash
The Highlight and the focus is now on the text field of DumpTruck so players are able to directly write a report
0.4 second delay between slotting a consumable and seeing it slotted in the ability bar has been removed

Open World
Added a new “Light Personal Thumper” to the game to fill the gap between the Stock and Improved Thumper. It’s cost is similar to the Improved Squad Thumper
Fixed an issue where two Crashed Thumpers would spawn in close proximity to each other
Signal Scan event is now working
The Melding Guts refining process has been improved to get guaranteed refined items
Increased the resources gained from supply crates in the world
Removed explosive barrels from the world
Players are no longer able to spam El Terromoto which would produce audio and text repeats
Fixed the loss of the Hammer Time mission thumper when players joined a PvP match right after calling down the thumper


Interface
Steam overlay is now working with Firefall if you add Firefall as a non-steam game in steam.
The W-Key now works when exiting a vehicle
Stylized cursors have been added to the game
Added a tooltip for water damage
Added a “drowning” damage type
The mouse is now able to use during chat and players can click the text input box
Loot from encounters are now shown in the UI
Clicking on “create” in the zone selection screen is working now
Fixed the “SIN System Error” message when selecting the portable antenna in the manufacturing terminal

Performance
UI memory leak has been plugged
NPCs should now be displayed animated at long distances
Increased the cache size of 64-bit systems to handle high performance areas with high quality graphic settings

Audio
Players will now hear sound effects when using the Nav wheel
Fixed an issue where players sometimes stopped hearing audio dialogue while playing
Fixed an issue with players losing audio while thumping

Account & character creation
Users can now register for a new account from within the Firefall client
Gender icons in the character creation screens have been optimized to better differentiate them from each other
Fixed a blank tutorial tip when logging into the game

Recon
New Year glasses and SIN antlers are now invisible when recon uses the Decoy ability

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